MVC games Tuesday, Nov. 5

[Da Coach]

In addition to the Bradley-St. Joseph's game, there are 5 other MVC men's basketball games Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Here is the schedule of MVC men's games on Tuesday, Nov. 5-
Bradley at Saint Joseph's 6:00 PM - ESPN+
University of Toledo at Valparaiso 7:00 PM ESPN3
Little Rock at Missouri State 7:00 PM - ESPN3
Illinois Wesleyan at Southern Illinois 7:00 PM - ESPN3
UC Davis at Loyola 7:00 PM - ESPN3
Old Dominion University at UNI 7:00 PM ESPN+


There are also 4 MVC Women's games Tuesday, Nov. 5-
Brescia (Ky.) at Evansville 11:00 AM ESPN3
Missouri State at Minnesota 3:00 PM Big Ten+
Loyola at Detroit Mercy 6:00 PM ESPN3
Truman State at Illinois State 7:00 PM ESPN3

[Da Coach]

In addition to the Bradley-St. Joseph's game, there are 5 other MVC men's basketball games Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Here is the schedule of MVC men's games on Tuesday, Nov. 5-
Bradley at Saint Joseph's 6:00 PM - ESPN+
University of Toledo at Valparaiso 7:00 PM ESPN3
Little Rock at Missouri State 7:00 PM - ESPN3
Illinois Wesleyan at Southern Illinois 7:00 PM - ESPN3
UC Davis at Loyola 7:00 PM - ESPN3
Old Dominion University at UNI 7:00 PM ESPN+


There are also 4 MVC Women's games Tuesday, Nov. 5-
Brescia (Ky.) at Evansville 11:00 AM ESPN3
Missouri State at Minnesota 3:00 PM Big Ten+
Loyola at Detroit Mercy 6:00 PM ESPN3
Truman State at Illinois State 7:00 PM ESPN3

Again, note that there are 5 other MVC men's games Tuesday, Nov. 5-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../date/20191105

Also, 4 MVC women's games.

And note that every one of them is on either ESPN3 or ESPN+ (except the Missouri State women's game at Minnesota, which is on Big Ten Network+).

Odds-
Bradley is a 3.5 point favorite over St. Joseph's
Toledo is a 3.5 point favorite over Valparaiso
Missouri State is a 13.5 point favorite over Little Rock
Loyola is a 13 point favorite over UC Davis
UNI is 5.5 point favorite over Old Dominion
No line available on SIU vs. Illinois Wesleyan


Injury News-
As reported, Bradley will be without Ari Boya who is recovering from surgery on his ankle, and Rienk Mast, who will not play this season due to his knee injury and surgery. Everyone else is healthy.

Today, SIU head coach Bryan Mullins announced at his press conference today that former Bradley player Ronnie Suggs, now a grad-transfer at SIU, will not play in SIU's game against Illinois Wesleyan because of a calf strain.
Forward Karrington Davis (Nebraska transfer) is likely out with an achilles injury.

Missouri State also has a couple player who could miss their game Tuesday, Nov. 5, against Little Rock. Tyem Freeman, 6'5" freshman forward has been out with with a knee injury and is said to be a game-time decision. And Junior College transfer forward Gaige Prim has missed time with an undisclosed injury and could miss the game Tuesday.

Wednesday, Nov. 6 game- Belmont at Illinois State- Keith Fisher III has a hand injury and has been limited in practice, but is expected to play. Projected starting point guard Ricky Torres is probably out with a slow-healing ankle sprain, projected starter Matt Chastain could be out with a fractured hand, and forward Taylor Bruninga remains out with his slow-healing, long-time foot fracture.

Thursday, Nov. 7 game- Kennesaw State at Drake- Forward Tremell Murphy is out on suspension

[Da Coach]

On this first day of college basketball, there are a total of 148 games involving Division I schools.-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/50/date/20191105

MVC Scoreboard- 6 games-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20191105

Note that Bradley is now favored by 4.5 points, up from 3.5 points yesterday. The betting line started at 3.0 points. There must be heavier money being bet on the Braves to drive the margin higher.

[Da Coach]

All MVC games are now final-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../date/20191105

Bradley and Missouri State, the top 2 picks in the MVC, both lose close ones.
Valparaiso and UNI both win close ones at home. And Loyola and SIU both win blowouts at home.

St. Joseph's 86 Bradley 81-

https://bradleybraves.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=17978

Little Rock 67 Missouri State 66- Little Rock gets a good game from former BU recruit Ben Coupet, Jr., son of former BU player Ben Coupet, who played at BU from 1994-96 under Jim Molinari-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401173606

Loyola 82 UC Davis 48- Loyola gets good production from their starters and overwhelms UCD-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401171628

SIU 76 Illinois Wesleyan 48- SIU easily beats D3 IWU-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401173629

Valparaiso 79 Toledo 77- Valpo gets strong games from Ryan Fazekas and Javon Freeman
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401172556

UNI 58 Old Dominion 53- UNI shoots poorly but still wins at home-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401173618

[Da Coach]

Not MVC, but University of Illinois was lucky to escape at home against Nicholls State tonight. The final score was Illinois 78 Nicholls State 70 in Overtime.
But Illinois lead by 20 points (43-23) with under 15 minutes left in the game. Then Nicholls State gradually closed the gap and tied the game with 1:53 left. Nicholls State took a 2 point lead, 66-64, but Illinois tied it 66 to go to overtime. In OT, Illinois pulled ahead and held on.