4 MVC games Sunday, Nov. 24

[Da Coach]

There are 4 MVC games Sunday, Nov. 24
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../date/20191124

The Evansville-Morgan State game starts at 10:00 am Central

Unfortunately, none of the MVC teams currently playing in tournaments (Evansville, Valpo, Missouri State, Indiana State, Illinois State) have a chance at a championship. SIU, which already played in the Sunshine Slam in early November went 1-2 in that tournament.

Here are the tournaments that all 10 teams participated in this season-
Bradley- Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-off- Nov. 25 and 27
Drake- Gulf Coast Showcase Nov. 25-27
Evansville- The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase- Nov. 22-24
Illinois State- U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam- Nov. 22-25
Indiana State- Junkanoo Jam- Nov. 21-24
Loyola- Cayman Islands Classic- Mon.-Wed., Nov. 25-27
Missouri State- Charleston Classic- Thu.-Fri. and Sun., Nov. 21-22 and 24
Northern Iowa- Cancun Challenge- Tue.-Wed., Nov. 26-27
Southern Illinois- The Sunshine Slam, November 8-10
Valparaiso- U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam- Fri.-Mon., Nov. 22-25

Lets hope the teams that start tournaments this coming week do better- Bradley, Drake, Loyola, and Northern Iowa all start play in warm weather tournaments Monday (BU, DU, LU) or Tuesday (UNI).

[Mikovio]

ESPN.com has an article pointing out the correlation between November tournament winners and success in March. All Final 4 teams last year won holiday tournaments, and the last national champ not to win a holiday tournament was Louisville in 2013, which finished 2nd to Duke in Maui.

[Mikovio]

Evansville beats Morgan State in 3 OT 115-112. MSU tips off on ESPNU shortly.

[Da Coach]

Evansville goes 1-2 in the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase, and avoids 8th place by beating Morgan State

https://gopurpleaces.com/news/2019/11/24/mens-basketball-rallies-for-triple-overtime-win.aspx

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20191124

[Da Coach]

The MVC goes 2-2 today-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20191124

The MVC is now 34-24 overall, and 30-24 vs. Division I.

[egib52]

30-24 vs. Division I.

This is pitiful, and will continue to lead the Valley winner to 14-16 seeds. I was very optimistic after Evansville beat Kentucky, but the league is just not strong. For one I thought MO St would be much better than they have been.

[Da Coach]

This is pitiful, and will continue to lead the Valley winner to 14-16 seeds. I was very optimistic after Evansville beat Kentucky, but the league is just not strong. For one I thought MO St would be much better than they have been.

The MVC, which was ranked 8th in conference RPI a little over a week ago, has now dropped to 15th-

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_mvc_Men.html

There are still a lot of non-conference games remaining, but MVC teams have some work to do.