MVC games this week

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Here's the schedule:

Tuesday: Loyola plays at Creighton - at 8pm in the NIT - It's on ESPNU - https://loyolaramblers.com/documents...19.pdf?id=8435

Thursday: Bradley plays Michigan State in Des Moines at 1:45pm in the NCAA - LINK

Friday: Drake plays at Southern Utah in Cedar City, Utah at 7:30pm Central in the CIT - https://godrakebulldogs.com/news/201...cit-berth.aspx

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Friday: Drake plays at Southern Utah in Cedar City, Utah at 7:30pm Central in the CIT - https://godrakebulldogs.com/news/201...cit-berth.aspx

a couple notes on this game -
Obviously Nick Norton and DJ Wilkins will not play - both suffered season ending injuries.
But it was hoped that Nick McGlynn might be able to play but....now it's looking like that will not happen.

the game appears to be televised free - http://www.watchcit.com/ scroll down to the schedule and click on the "First Round: Drake vs. Southern Utah"

Southern Utah's roster has a couple names that might be familiar...

-DAOUDA "DAVID" N'DIAYE - who transferred to Southern Utah from Illinois State but is sitting out this year

-ANDRE ADAMS - who is the son of all time Drake great Lewis Lloyd -

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qNGuegMAo0gJ:https://suutbirds.com/roster.aspx%3Frp_id%3D5123+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

https://www.philly.com/philly/sports/other_sports/20130717_Lewis_Lloyd_reunites_with_his_son__finds_his_smile.html

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...Obviously Nick Norton ...will not play ..

Nick Norton and Drake basketball have produced a slick video that's been viewed & retweeted many, many times - apparently to try to appeal to NCAA for another year of eligibility.
He's already played five years in college (4 at UAB, 1 at Drake) and gotten one (at UAB) of those as a redshirt.
So he'd have to appeal to NCAA for a 6th year plus he'd have to ask them to ignore one of the major criteria for gaining a medical redshirt year.

NCAA requires that you can't play in more than 30% of your team's games, but Norton played in 46.2% (14 games) of his team's scheduled games.
But the idea of the video is a fairly good one - painting Norton as a deserving guy and the victim of some pretty bad circumstances - and now with
many people seeing this video - there will be pressure on NCAA to grant the waiver and likely some criticism on them if they don't.
Time will tell if NCAA bows to the pressure of this maneuver .

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Friday: Drake plays at Southern Utah in Cedar City, Utah at 7:30pm Central in the CIT - https://godrakebulldogs.com/news/201...cit-berth.aspx

Nick McGlynn seems to be confirming on his instagram that he will not dress for Drake's game tonight - LINK

Drake is the only MVC team still playing

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Nick Norton and Drake basketball have ....appeal to NCAA for a 6th year..

in an interview head coach DeVries says they should hear soon on whether Norton gets a 6th year to play in 2019-2020,
even tho he does not fit the NCAA criteria for a medical redshirt in 2018-19 because he played more games than the rule allows.
A providence player, Emmitt Holt was just granted a (Sam Singh-like) 6th year but he didn't play at all in 2017-18 and only played 6 games
in 2018-19 due to injury.