5 MVC games Saturday 11/22

[Da Coach]

There are 5 MVC games today (Sat. Nov. 22)-

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreboard?date=20141122&confId=18

2 games are finals:

Drake lost at Western Michigan 91-75. Drake falls to 0-3. Their freshman Reed Timmer leads them in scoring with 23 points. Drake shot very well (57% and 61% from three), but 20 turnovers, but WMU shot even better (61% overall).

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400586313

Northern Iowa won at home against North Florida, 66-49, to go to 4-0. Seth Tuttle with 19 points and 7 rebounds. Their other 4 starters didn't score much, but they got nice scoring off the bench from Washpun and Jesperson.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400586315

One other game of interest- Robert Morris, after beating Bradley, traveled to Georgetown and were beaten soundly 80-66

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400588338

[tornado]

midway thru 1st half SIU has just 7 pts vs. Yale

[tornado]

Yale just went 10 minutes and scored only 6 pts so this is turning out to be a low scoring game
Yale 27 - SIU 21 with a minute to go 1st half

[Da Coach]

SIU loses to Yale 53-46. Sean O'Brien with a good game, but Preseason All MVC Anthony Beane not so good.-

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400586316

[tornado]

6 turnovers no asst - Salukis needs a pg too
SIU ought to get a win tomorrow - now they face UIC

MVC now is under .500 vs. D-I opponents and many of the toughest games are yet to come

as early as the first couple weeks last year I saw that the Valley was down and yet it caused people to go ballistic saying you can't tell this early or these early season results are meaningless...

Well - meaningless or not they ARE an indication that the Valley is unfortunately weak again this year - save for two teams that look to at least be able to hold their own against other midmajors (Wichita, UNI)
Look for the Valley to be 12-14 in conference RPI unless we start seeing some key wins...
Valley teams picked to finish 5th, 6th, & 7th have suffered some pretty embarrassing losses already...

[Da Coach]

The MVC is about to lose another game, as Missouri State is trailing Texas Tech late-

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/scoreboard/BIG12/20141122

[tornado]

Marcus Marshall has 27 pts and he's trying to win the game all by himself - but it is backfiring...
he has zero assists, and they are putting Texas Tech on the FT line a ton (26-36)
Ex-BU recruit Alex Foster has just 2 pts for Texas Tech and is a deep sub - perhaps he should have aimed midmajor...