Missouri State has entire non-conference schedule completed

[tornado]

Not many Valley teams have theirs done and posted....here's MSU's

They play Arkansas, Auburn, Saint Louis, Tulsa, among others...
I think this is considerably stronger than DePaul's

http://www.missouristatebears.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=59267&SPID=6484&DB_OEM_ID=13800&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2009

http://www.missouristatebears.com//ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13800&ATCLID=204773258

Men's Basketball - 2009-10 Schedules/Results

Date Opponent Location Time (CT)
Mon, Nov 02 Missouri-St. Louis (Exh.) JQH Arena, Springfield 7:05 p.m.
Tue, Nov 10 Henderson State (Exh.) JQH Arena, Springfield 7:05 p.m.
Mon, Nov 16 Auburn JQH Arena, Springfield 7:05 p.m.
Fri, Nov 20 Maryland-Eastern Shore JQH Arena, Springfield 8:05 p.m.
Sat, Nov 21 The Citadel JQH Arena, Springfield 8:05 p.m.
Sun, Nov 22 Eastern Michigan JQH Arena, Springfield 8:05 p.m.
Sat, Nov 28 Tulsa JQH Arena, Springfield 7:05 p.m.
Wed, Dec 02 Arkansas-Little Rock at Little Rock, Ark. 7:35 p.m.

Missouri Valley / Mountain West Challenge Series
Sat, Dec 05 Air Force JQH Arena, Springfield 7:05 p.m.

Wed, Dec 09 UT Martin JQH Arena, Springfield 7:05 p.m.
Sat, Dec 12 Arkansas State at Jonesboro, Ark. 7:05 p.m.
Sat, Dec 19 St. Louis University at St. Louis, Mo. 7:05 p.m.
Tue, Dec 22 Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ark. 7:05 p.m.

ESPNU BracketBusters
Sat, Feb 20 TBA JQH Arena, Springfield 7:05 p.m.
Tickets

State Farm MVC Tournament
Thu, Mar 04 -
Sun, Mar 07 TBA at St. Louis, Mo. TBA

[TheAsianSensation]

A MEAC school slipped in there, aargh. There's no real standout game, but there's a lot of good resume builders in there. I forget how much UALR is returning but that's another good solid building game - go 3-3 in the combo of AFA, UALR, Auburn, Tulsa, StL, Arkansas, and get those other games, and that's a net positive for the MVC.

[squirrelgotdead]

Consistent quality (average to good teams from good leagues) is more important than "name" recognition in the RPI. That's what people always forget.