2 MVC games Sunday, Feb. 22

[Da Coach]

There are 2 MVC games today, Sunday, Feb. 22-

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreboard?date=20150222&confId=18

[tornado]

Drake leads Missouri State
35-14 at half

[braves16]

60-35

8 minutes to go

[braves16]

Final

Drake-78
MSU-43

[ollienanyes]

I watched in on ESPN3

Drake shot the lights out from 3; it was 35-14 at the half and the second half was similar to the first.

Now I have Evansville vs. WSU on; wife is away and I have a nasty head cold. Hopefully, I won't nap during this one.

ooops: "watched IT"

[Da Coach]

Wichita State easily beat Evansville to keep pace with UNI.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400586470

[tornado]

pretty clearcut now...
we will battle with SIU over the final couple games for the right to the 9-10th seeds... we both have two winnable games left but I think SIU's two are harder than ours.
We have a remote chance of reaching the 8th seed but not 7th, but 8-9th matters only for pride & what color you wear on Thursday -

Should we play well in St. Louis and win our Thursday game - then we get either UNI or Wichita - and I am 100% sure that "the powers that be" will never allow one of the ranked MVC teams to lose in their opening round - even if it takes hiring Larry Yamashita out of retirement.

[Chico]

Do you really think either one of those teams would need him to get a win.

[bigjimmy]

In the Wichita/Evansville game Fred Van Fleet had more points, 18, at the half then Evansville, 14. He ended up with 22 and also had 8 rebounds and 5 assists while Ron Baker had 18 points and 15 rebounds. That is going to be one slam bang of a game in Wichita on Saturday between the Shockers and UNI. Even ESPN's College Gameday is coming to Wichita for the game. Both teams are playing their best right now. Wichita has won 6 in a row, outscoring those teams 71-53 while UNI, having won 15 straight in the Valley, have outscored their last 6 opponents 66-51. UNI hosts Evansville while Wichita goes to ISU Blue on Wednesday

[bigjimmy]

The top 5 and the bottom 5 in the Valley are pretty set. The order is still to be decided. The tiebreakers in the Valley are 1st, head to head matchups and 2nd, non conference schedule strength. If there is a 3 way tie the 1st tiebreaker is a mini round robin in which the teams records are pooled together and the 2nd tiebreaker is non conference schedule strength. Obviously Wichita and UNI can be either 1st or 2nd. Evansville, ISU Blue and Red can either finish 3rd, 4th or 5th. Drake and Loyola can finish either 6th, 7th or 8th. Missouri State can finish 7th through 10th. SIU and BU can finish 8th through 10th.