Exhibition games are starting

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This season's first exhibition game is DII Eckerd at the Florida Gators..
and as many of these early games go - Florida by all rights ought to blow them out from the start but..

but Eckerd was actually leading most of the way until 4 minutes into the 2nd half but now Florida is pulling away.

The first MVC team exhibition is Friday when UNI Hosts Bemidji - the rest of he MVC doesn't get started 'til November

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Illinois plays Sunday, game will be replayed on BTN Monday afternoon.

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Indiana State will play today against Cincinnati in a closed scrimmage - per ESPN



Evansville held their Purple-Orange scrimmage
they streamed it and it's right here if you want to watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2a89-TeTa4&app=desktop

the men's game doesn't start until 1:08:52 into the video
They said the attendance was 1000, but you judge - looks more like 200-300

Hard to take a lot from it but here's my take....
the entire first 5 minutes - their offense is 100% exclusively - pass around the periphery then take a 3-pt jump shot
there was not one attempt to take a shot or create a shot from inside 20 feet - not one - in the first 15 possession or so (some of which were T/O).
They played 15 minutes - final score 20-10 with 3 of the first four shots (all 3-pointers) going down - so 9 of the 30 pts were scored in the first 45 seconds...then they went pretty cold and a few clunkers & airballs after that.
Solomon Hainna sat out with a cartilage injury in his knee.

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The first MVC team exhibition is Friday when UNI Hosts Bemidji - the rest of he MVC doesn't get started 'til November

UNI 71 - Bemidji 48

the leading scorers for UNI were Haldeman, Wyatt Lohaus, McCloud, and Morgan all with 10 points each
Hunter Rhodes had 2 pts, 1 reb, 2 asst **


More
Duke 90- Virginia State 59
Michigan State 93 - Northwood 69
Arkansas 87 - Emporia State 60
Kansas State 85 - Pittsburg State 72
Florida State 119 - Southeastern Univ. 58
Boise State 85 - Lewis & Clark 53

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Ex-BU Brave Stefan Zezevic & Keiser Univ lost to Drexel Thursday 76-71, Zecevic had 5 pts, 9 reb, 2 asst, 3 steals
Yesterday, Keiser lost to Penn 84-66, Zecevic had 11 pts, 3 reb

Butler 100 - Wabash 53
Providence 87 - Carleton 69 Ex-ISU Redbird Kaza Keane 28 pts, 3 reb, 3 asst
BYU 102 - Seattle Pacific 82
West Virginia 131 - WV Tech 56 - they had a 19-0 lead in the first 4 min, WV Tech 33 T/O
Maine 108 - Husson 79

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Illini exhibition underway...vs Washington Univ.
1st half score 24-24

you can watch live or follow live stats...


edit...Illini pulling away late in 1st half - now it's 29-24
Finke has 7 pts, Morgan, Hill, and Abrams all have 5
Illini shooting only 32% as a team - Wash U lead for most of the first 10 min

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Halftime- Illini lead 40-30

update- Illini score first 13 pts in 2nd half to blow it open 53-30
Finke has 11, Morgan has 9, Coleman-Lands & Hill have 7 each.
Abrams with 5 pts/4 asst



Wisconsin just knocked off Platteville 86-68 in an exhibition

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Illini lead by 29 points at one time but won 82-75

Jeff Goodman of ESPN reports that Oral Roberts beat Wichita State in their full scrimmage 70-67

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Bradley played a closed scrimmage against South Dakota State on Saturday.


Illinois State played a closed scrimmage at Iowa Sunday (today).


I don't have any results to report, and usually we never see any video from these closed scrimmages. But here is a brief video of today's scrimmage between ISU and Iowa, feauring a dunk by former Bradley recruit Christian Williams of Decatur St. Teresa HS-

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMM8TCQjtIQ/

In the Wichita State scrimmage against Oral Roberts Saturday, here is Jeff Goodman's (ESPN) report:

Told Wichita State won the controlled session of scrimmage, Oral Roberts won 40-minute game, 70-67. Emmanuel Nzekwesi had 22 points for ORU.

https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/792854687884214272

Landry Shamet — along with juco products Daishon Smith and Darrel Willis — stood out for Shockers.

https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/792842914695086080

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Kentucky clobbers Clarion 108-51

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All 10 of the MVC teams play at least one closed scrimmage this season. Evansville and Loyola play 2.

Bradley ??“ 10/29 vs South Dakota State
Drake ??“ 10/29 vs. Western Illinois
Evansville ??“ 10/29 vs. Saint Louis, 11-5 vs. Green Bay in Hammond, Indiana
Illinois State - 10/30 vs. Iowa in Iowa City
Indiana State ??“ 10/29 vs. Cincinnati at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis
Loyola ??“ 10/29 at Northwestern, 11/5 vs. Chicago State
Missouri State ??“ 10/29 vs. Missouri-Kansas City
Northern Iowa ??“ 11/5 vs. Wisconsin in Dubuque, Iowa
Southern Illinois ??“ 10/29 at Middle Tennessee
Wichita State ??“ 10/29 vs. Oral Roberts

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The rules do not prohibit info from the closed scrimmages being mentioned or discussed afterwards - and yet most schools still hide everything in secrecy - either due to misunderstanding of the rules...or because they just don't trust NCAA and worry about getting penalized regardless.

The rules DO prohibit promoting the game in advance, having anyone other than coaching staff in attendance, and prohibit publishing of scoring & statistics...but as we have seen - some schools readily tell the outcomes and even post video afterwards.

Here's examples -
Creighton put out a story on their "secret scrimmage" - LINK
..Arizona State even went beyond the line & posted the box score and no outrage from NCAA - LINK
Marquette posted video highlights from the "secret scrimmage - LINK - LINK
...and obviously other people find ways to get even more info and video out on the internet - LINK

The MISUNDERSTANDING seems to emanate form the prohibition of media AT the scrimmage - so most schools go the extra step of prohibiting any info about the scrimmage from even being given to the media.

Here's a new article on the rules covering "secret scrimmages"

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/ncaa-rule-on-secret-division-i-basketball-practices-hiding-from-public-media/knl7w0iuxjhyzk0ix7iwzb2y?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Marquette's closed scrimmage was against Dayton
but their paper has extensive coverage including all the stats

http://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/marquette/2016/10/31/notes-marquette-beats-dayton-scrimmage/93074440/

SIU played a Middle Tennessee State in a closed scrimmage and some discussion on the SIU board indicates that the Salukis did not do well. The word "manhandled" was used, but nobody went into details - but one excuse was that their PG Mike Rodriguez is out with a knee injury.
The Rodriguez injury is a re-injury of something that happened a few weeks ago and sounds a lot more serious this time.... maybe they rushed things a bit bringing him back - LINK

"If Rodriguez's knee doesn't respond well, he could miss the first two months of the season."

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Indiana State plays Rose-Hulman tonight in an exhibition - no TV but LIVE STATS
SIU plays UM-St. Louis in an exhibition - it will be televised - LINK
Drake has their Madness/scrimmage event tonight

After SIU's closed scrimmage with Middle Tennessee, Barry Hinson says:
"I think the biggest thing we got out of it was that we weren't as good as we thought we were."
(unofficial reports are that they got hammered)

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First exhibition UPSET...supposedly in a closed scrimmage Nebraska outplayed Top 25 ranked Iowa State -LINK
but Michigan State, Cal and Univ. Washington both won close ones...

Future BU opponent Ole Miss won their closed scrimmage and a lot of the action was reported including stats

https://olehottytoddy.com/2016/11/03/ole-miss-basketball-rebels-rolls-over-morehouse-in-scrimmage/

Reggie Lynch played in Minnesota's exhibition win over Bemidji 83-59
Lynch had 10 pts, 4 rebs and fouled out
Former BU recruit Akeem Springs was 0-5, scoreless


Dayton's public exhibition is a sellout!

http://abc22now.com/sports/content/ud-prepares-for-1st-ever-sold-out-exhibition-game

South Dakota State wins their public exhibition 85-64 over S. Dakota School of Mines - after playing Bradley in the secret scrimmage
(btw- I heard some things - we shot poorly..)


BU's Sunday opponent UIS plays Northwestern tonight

http://www.uisprairiestars.com/news/2016/11/3/mens-basketball-takes-on-northwestern-in-exhibition-game.aspx