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There are 3 MVC games Saturday, Jan. 2. All 3 are on ESPN3.com-
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Indiana State goes to 1-1 in the MVC - they win 73-58 over Loyola...
something's wrong with Doyle - he was scoreless with 5 fouls & 5 turnovers
...so we're ahead of Loyola in the standings for the time being!
anyone see the game on FoxSports? Xavier beat Butler 88-69 without their 2nd leading scorer..
but Remy Abell stepped up and carried them, was 7-8 from the floor incl 3-3 from the arc & 4 asst..
Xavier goes to 13-1 -
Salukis hang on to beat UNI 75-73. Beane with 32 points.Comment
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With a win Sunday we can move into a 3rd place tie!
UNI did not play a bad game - SIU just played better - shot about 60% & outrebounded them
Both UNI & SIU have very little depth - and better hope for no injuries as the season wears on.
Egidijus Mockevicius had 21 points & 21 rebounds!!! - Missouri State's STARTING FIVE had 19 rebs & their entire team had 28.
Anyone see the LSU/Vandy game? LSU's Ben Simmons is a totally different player - more of a Magic Johnson do-everything guy but he had 36 pts & 14 rebounds to lead LSU over Vanderbilt. In 13 games thus far, Simmons has a double-double in NINE.
Mockevicius has a double-double in THIRTEEN!!
In between, I was flipping over to the Oregon/TCU football bowl game - it got quite interesting...
and everyone, including the announcers had a hard time hiding that they knew the game was over when Oregon led 31-0 at half and dominated the game.
Guess what - TCU came back to win 47-41!!!!Comment
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Barry Hinson for MVC Coach of the Year!
SIU is now 13-2, and 2-0 in the MVC, with one road win, and their next game is another road game at Bradley next Wednesday. Recall that they were picked a distant 9th place in the coaches & media Preseason MVC Poll, just ahead of Bradley!
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Remy Abell just took over for Xavier yesterday, and lead them to a dominant win over #9 ranked Butler-Originally posted by tornado View Post
How nice would it have been to have Remy Abell? Or to have Remy here with Corey Hawkins, Walt Lemon, and others? I am thinking that would not have been a "middle of the pack" Bradley team.
And there are still people who say he wouldn't have made a difference at Bradley.
Yesterday proved that if Xavier needs him to score, he can score, though his role is usually as a defensive stopper, and team leader. He has shot over 40% from three in each of his previous 3 seasons, and his career 3-point average is 41.8%! And that was with him playing against far better players in the Big Ten and Big East. He's never been a consistent high scorer at Indiana or Xavier, but I believe he could have been a big time scorer if he had played at Bradley, as well as a POY-type MVC player.
This year, in his senior season, Remy is starting for a top 10 team, and all 3 of his previous teams have made it to the Sweet 16! He has always been a winner. His 3 previous teams won 86 games in 3 seasons! And he is likely to have around 110 wins when his career is over.Comment
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The 2 MVC games on Sunday, Jan. 3-
Wichita State 85
Bradley 58
And ISU won at Drake-
Illinois St 67
Drake 62
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Current standings
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Drake had this one - they were up 12 in the 2nd half then folded down the stretch...Originally posted by Da Coach View Post
they made only one basket in the final 5 minutes...
They had just run off 16 points in a 5 minute stretch from 9:55 down to just under 5 minutes.
Then they went really cold...
in those final 4:52 Drake went 1-5 on shots but fouled and turned it over several times.Comment
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Ben Simmons helps his team in a lot of ways....and even on a night where he did not score a lot - he helps LSU "dominate" and "dismantle" Kentucky.Originally posted by tornado View Post
14 pts on 5-5 and 10 rebs, 3 asstComment
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