3 MVC games Wednesday, Nov. 16

[Da Coach]

3 MVC games Wednesday, Nov. 16

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/date/20221116/group/18

Valparaiso (1-1) plays at Chicago State (1-2) @ 7 pm - Valpo is 10.5 point favorite
Bradley's next opponent Southeast Missouri State @ 7 pm (2-0) is at Evansville (1-1) - Evansville is 2 point favorite
Missouri State (1-0) is at BYU (1-1) @ 8 pm - BYU is 10 point favorite

[Da Coach]

Chicago State has a 25 point lead, 49-24, over Valparaiso at halftime. Ben Krikke has 14 of Valpo's 24 points-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401493618

Bradley's next opponent, SEMO has a double-digit lead at Evansville late in 1st half-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401491890

Missouri State at BYU starts at 8 pm-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401489052

[Nashville Cat]

Chicago State has a 25 point lead, 49-24, over Valparaiso at halftime. Ben Krikke has 14 of Valpo's 24 points-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401493618

Bradley's next opponent, SEMO has a double-digit lead at Evansville late in 1st half-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401491890

Missouri State at BYU starts at 8 pm-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401489052

Valpo is down 25 points at half to Chicago St. YIKES

[Nashville Cat]

Evansville down 13 to SEMO at half.

[Da Coach]

I do think that Chicago State is a little better than their Kenpom.com #360 (out of 363 teams) indicates.
However, if this season keeps going like it's looking now, the love affair that Valpo fans and administration have with Matt Lottich might be nearing an end.
Their top 2 players, Ben Krikke and Kobe King will almost surely be gone after this year, and the younger players are not looking too impressive.

[Nashville Cat]

Pre-season I thought the Valley fell into three groups: contenders, mediocre and just plain bad. Now I'm wondering if it isn't contenders (who may be mediocre objectively speaking) and the just plain bad. Good news is, it's early!

[Da Coach]

Chicago State never trailed, and lead by as much as 25 points in defeating Valparaiso
Chicago State 87 Valparaiso 74
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401493618

And Evansville made a comeback after trailing SEMO most of the game by as much as 17 points, but it was too little, too late-
SEMO 67 Evansville 61
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401491890

Missouri State is in a close game at BYU, with BYU leading 36-35 at halftime-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401489052

[Da Coach]

Missouri State loses on a BYU shot at the buzzer
BYU 66 Missouri State 64

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401489052