MVC games this weekend

[Da Coach]

There are no MVC games Friday, but 7 teams get back into action on Saturday--

Bradley plays Iowa State at Des Moines at 2:05pm (Central) - on ESPN2
Illinois State at Western Michigan at 2:05pm
Northern Iowa at Loyola-Chicago at 7:00pm
Iowa at Drake at 7:05pm - on ESPNU-maybe their only sellout this year?
Indiana State at Missouri State at 7:05pm
Creighton at Fresno State at 9:05pm

2 more games on Sunday--
Maryland-Eastern Shore at Wichita State at 2:05pm
Southern Illinois at Indiana at 7:05pm - on ESPN

[collegehoopjunkie]

Re: MVC games this weekend

Southern Illinois at Indiana at 7:05pm - on ESPN

One local story in Indiana suggests Indiana's Lance Stemler is motivated to play well against SIU because
"once spurned by Southern Illinois"
"when it came time for recruiting, he wasn???‚¬?„?t in the Salukis???‚¬?„? plans."

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/sports/16255536.htm

[Big Mike]

games of interest:

Butler beats Purdue.......68-65
isu loses to W Mich.......57-68
DePaul beats RI............89-81

Wright St losing to Bowling Green 20-27 with 2 mins in the 1st

[Big Mike]

Wright St trails at half to Bowling green....22-29

Ill Chicago 80 to 79 over Akron

[MacabreMob]

UIC beats Akron 86-80

[Da Coach]

Illinois State 57
Western Michigan 65

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200612160640

[MacabreMob]

Wright St lost at home to Bowling Green 59-56.

[Big Mike]

@ the half..........
UNI.............27
Loyola Chi....34

DU...............38
iowa.............28 @ the half

#9 alabama.......23
southern miss.....12.....5:30 to go in the 1st

UE.................36
lipscomb.........32....half

INSt...............32
MSt................44.......19 to go

[IlliBraves]

Drake now up 16......Dr. Tom taking it out on his old school

[IlliBraves]

Drake 75
Iowa 59

Final

[Da Coach]

Here are all the scores--
All are finals, except Creighton is trailing at Fresno State--

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/scoreboard?d=2006-12-16&c=mvc

[MacabreMob]

Creighton loses 69-54 at Fresno St.

(I am starting to really wonder about the BlueJays this season)

[Bravesfan]

Creighton loses 69-54 at Fresno St.

(I am starting to really wonder about the BlueJays this season)

Something's up over there, maybe too many injuries and/or lack of chemistry. But coaching has to meld the players together, especially on a team with as much talent as Creighton. Creighton should win easily Thursday against a struggling Valparaiso team at the Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic, but they need to ratchet things up a couple of notches if they intend on contending in the Valley this year. Winning the Rainbow Classic would help tremendously.

People can say what they want about Jim Les, but he has definately outcoached Dana Altman so far this year!

[Biff]

Dana Alman can't be happy giving up that many points and losing by that big a margin. For as great as their recruiting has been, they are getting nothing from their bench.

[Bravesguy]

Dana Alman can't be happy giving up that many points and losing by that big a margin. For as great as their recruiting has been, they are getting nothing from their bench.

Funk was 1 for 9 from 3 point range.
Creighton was 4-24 as a team.
Even Tolliver and Watts were jacking up 3s, and as a team Creighton is now .275
on the season in 3 point pct. That's dead last by a country mile among MVC teams.