5 MVC games Wednesday, Feb. 27

[Da Coach]

All 10 MVC teams are in action games on Wednesday, Feb. 27.
All 5 games are on ESPN+, and the Missouri State-Illinois State game is on the MVC-TV Network (FoxSports Midwest and NBCSports Chicago Plus channels).

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20190227

[Go_Braves]

My 2 cents....
1. Valpo at Bradley - Bradley needs to win - it's Senior Night ... but after watching the Evansville game - nothing is assured.
.............I appreciate Mike Cash's recent post reminding us that last year Bradley loss on Senior night...
2. Missouri State at Illinois State - a Missouri State win will help the Braves
3. Southern Illinois at Evansville - a Evansville win will help the Braves, and possibly lock in Barry Hinson's Salukis to the bottom 4.
4. Indiana State at Drake - It's at Drake and I'll bet that Drake comes back after loosing at Illinois State. - Assuring Indiana State a bottom 4 spot.
5. Loyola at UNI - A test for Ben Jacobson's team to see if they're really ready to make a run in Arch Madness....
..............A Loyola loss at UNI will only add to the Hornet's Nest I expect Bradley will be facing at Loyola on March 2nd ...
..............Great Teams handle these types of road games.

A interesting set of final regular season games for each of the top 8 Valley teams - 2 of which will be seated 7th and 8th in the Arch Madness bracket once the March 2nd games dust settles. Hang on to your seats.... GO BRADLEY...

[Da Coach]

Other scores

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18

[Da Coach]

Standings with 1 game left-

Drake	11-6	-	22-8
Loyola-Chicago	11-6	-	18-12
Missouri State	10-7	1	16-14
Bradley	9-8	2	17-13
Illinois State	9-8	2	16-14
Southern Illinois	9-8	2	16-14
Northern Iowa	9-8	2	14-16
Valparaiso	7-10	4	14-16
Indiana State	6-11	5	14-15
Evansville	4-13	7	10-20

5 games Saturday-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20190302

[Da Coach]

Standings with 1 game left-

Drake	11-6	-	22-8
Loyola-Chicago	11-6	-	18-12
Missouri State	10-7	1	16-14
Bradley	9-8	2	17-13
Illinois State	9-8	2	16-14
Southern Illinois	9-8	2	16-14
Northern Iowa	9-8	2	14-16
Valparaiso	7-10	4	14-16
Indiana State	6-11	5	14-15
Evansville	4-13	7	10-20

5 games Saturday- http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas.../date/20190302

Interesting that after all the ups and downs this season, if Bradley beats Loyola Saturday, they will tie Loyola for the 2nd most wins and 2nd fewest losses in the MVC, and the 2nd best overall record.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...ngs/_/group/18

Bradley has also been the hottest team over the last 6 weeks of the season, winning 6 of their last 7, and 9 of their last 12.

[tornado]

despite the total ripoff officiating job we got in Des Moines

[Da Coach]

Illinois State just lost to SIU and that assures Bradley can finish no lower than 6th seed

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401089341

[Da Coach]

Looks like Bradley will be the 5 seed whether they win or lose this game. So I believe we will play Friday at 2:30.

[Da Coach]

Final score: Loyola 81 Bradley 68

[Da Coach]

Here are the NET rankings-http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2019/conference/Missouri-Valley

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Bradley wins the mini round robin with ILSU and UNI, so Bradley gets the 5 seed. And they will play 4-seed Missouri State on Friday at 2 :30. MSU loses the tiebreaker with SIU because of a lower NET.