New MVC Blog

[Da Coach]

It appears the blog has now been edited, and now reads:

....the biggest blow was the indefinite suspension of their four best players with 11 games remaining. Elijah Childs, Danya Kingsby, Terry Nolan and Ja’Shon Henry were lost for the remainder of the season.

The reference to Ja'Shon losing credibility with his teammates has been removed, but not to be too picky, the "correction" is still incorrect. The suspensions happened Feb. 13 at Missouri State. Childs, Nolan, and Kingsby did miss the remaining 5 regular season games (2 at Missouri State, and home games against Illinois State and two against Drake), plus the MVC Tournament game. That was a total of 6 games, not 11. And as previously mentioned, Ja'Shon Henry was not "lost for the remainder of the season. He was reinstated a couple days after the team returned from Missouri State, so he missed only the 2 games at MSU before he rejoined the team.

[MVCBeat]

Hey Everyone,

I definitely made a mistake. I apologize to ya'll and Ja'Shon. I am not journalist or writer as my day job and I saw the error but it took me awhile to fully correct it. Honestly I forgot about Ja'Shon being exonerated and I just saw the old articles naming him and pulled up your last couple games and Arch Madness box scores from last year and he wasn't in them and I just glossed over it. My error 100%.

As you saw, I made a small adjustment at first but made a bigger adjustment yesterday and added a correction to the top of the page. You can see that here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...etball-preview . I definitely messed up and I own it and apologize.

That said, I put together a quick read ranking the ten MVC basketball openers by difficulty if you'd still like to see any of my stuff. I understand if you don't.

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/quick-hitters-ranking-mvc-basketball-openers-by-difficulty

Good luck on Tuesday. Apologies for my error. I will do better.

[Da Coach]

Thanks for following up here and for the correction.

[MVCBeat]

I've been spending an inordinate amount of time on football lately, but I took a break to do a quick hitter basketball power ratings. Not the start to the season we wanted as a league.

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/quick-hitter-black-friday-mvc-basketball-power-ratings

[MVCBeat]

I updated my power rankings and took quick look at this week's openers in my latest article. I'll get back to producing more hoops content soon. The football season is winding down.

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/mvc-hoops-power-rankings-conference-openers-preview

[MVCBeat]

My updated power rankings are below. I zeroed in on who I thought every team's best player is and how they are performing. I also took a quick look at how the expansion candidates are doing on the floor. I plan to take a closer look at the candidates next week. GO VALLEY!

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/every-team-s-best-player-so-far-power-rankings

[Da Coach]

My updated power rankings are below. I zeroed in on who I thought every team's best player is and how they are performing. I also took a quick look at how the expansion candidates are doing on the floor. I plan to take a closer look at the candidates next week. GO VALLEY!

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...power-rankings

Good work. Outside of Loyola, the MVC is really looking overrated this season, so far. Virtually every current team is underperforming, except the team slated to leave (Loyola), and even the teams rumored to be candidates to be added are not looking very good on paper.
The MVC currently ranks #22 in Conference RPI-
https://www.warrennolan.com/basketba...rpi-conference

That is the worst Conference RPI ranking of any season since the RPI was invented. It still could improve a little, but, the MVC conference season resumes in 3 weeks, and from that point, there will be very little improvement.

Here is the MVC rank for recent seasons-
2021-22- 22nd
2020-21- 11th
2019-20- 11th
2018-19- 14th
2017-18- .8th
2016-17- 12th
2015-16- 13th
2014-15- .9th
2013-14- 11th
2012-13- .8th
2011-12- .8th
2010-11- 11th
2009-10- .7th
2008-09- .9th
2007-08- .8th
2006-07- .6th
2005-06- .6th
2004-05- .8th
2003-04- .7th
2002-03- 15th
2001-02- 13th
2000-01- 13th
1999-00- 18th
1998-99- .8th
1997-98- 13th

[MVCBeat]

Hey All,

I put together a deep dive on the MVC expansion candidates. This article was a long time coming and its quite a long read, but I think there is good stuff here if you are interested in MVC expansion. Take a look if you'd like!

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/mvc-expansion-candidate-profiles

[MVCBeat]

I am back with my post-nonconference season power rankings. I also take a closer look at each team's best newcomer.

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/power-rankings-best-newcomers

[Da Coach]

I am back with my post-nonconference season power rankings. I also take a closer look at each team's best newcomer.

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...best-newcomers

Nice job. I might not agree with all your choices, but you make a good case. Thanks for your dedication to Valley fans.

[MVCBeat]

Nice job. I might not agree with all your choices, but you make a good case. Thanks for your dedication to Valley fans.

I appreciate it!

[MVCBeat]

I am going to do a five part series examining the ten best MVC men's hoops players in each class. Today, I started with the freshmen/first-years.

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/mvc-s-top-ten-freshmen-first-year-players

[Da Coach]

I am going to do a five part series examining the ten best MVC men's hoops players in each class. Today, I started with the freshmen/first-years.

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...t-year-players

Good article.
Bradley's Connor Hickman is listed #3 on his list of Top 10 Freshmen.

I have no issue with his #1 choice, Tucker DeVries of Drake. He leads a talented Drake team in scoring and barring an injury, he will be the consensus Freshman of the Year in the MVC.
However, the #2 player, Micah Thomas of Indiana State, who is listed as a freshman by Indiana State, is not technically a freshman. He played one season last year at Northwest Florida State College, a junior college in Niceville, Florida, and lead the team in scoring. Some teams, like Indiana State are classifying their 2nd year players as "freshmen" because of the NCAA ruling last year granting every player an extra season of eligibility.

https://www.nwfraiders.com/sports/mbkb/2020-21/bios/thomas_micah_ff59

But, by the definition in the article, he would be a sophomore (2nd-year player).

[MVCBeat]

Good article.
Bradley's Connor Hickman is listed #3 on his list of Top 10 Freshmen.

I have no issue with his #1 choice, Tucker DeVries of Drake. He leads a talented Drake team in scoring and barring an injury, he will be the consensus Freshman of the Year in the MVC.
However, the #2 player, Micah Thomas of Indiana State, who is listed as a freshman by Indiana State, is not technically a freshman. He played one season last year at Northwest Florida State College, a junior college in Niceville, Florida, and lead the team in scoring. Some teams, like Indiana State are classifying their 2nd year players as "freshmen" because of the NCAA ruling last year granting every player an extra season of eligibility.

https://www.nwfraiders.com/sports/mbkb/2020-21/bios/thomas_micah_ff59

But, by the definition in the article, he would be a sophomore (2nd-year player).

You are correct sir. I did a little checking on each guy by looking at their ESPN stats, but since Thomas played at a JUCO his stats didn't show up so I was bamboozled. Several people pointed this out to me and I made the correction. Hickman is now #2 on the list and now Bradley's Zek Montgomery joins the list at #10.

[MVCBeat]

Before you settle in to watch what's left of the MVC schedule tonight, take a look at part 2 of my series examining the top ten MVC men's basketball players in each class. Today we'll look at the sophomores.

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/mvc-s-top-ten-sophomores-second-year-players