MVC schools' '23-'24 schedules

[BraveBird]

My guess on the parameters for selection into the Valley…..location, location, location!!

[BUfan17]

UIC is quite an enigma. They boast of having well over 300,000 alumni, many (if not most) living right there in the Chicago area. They’ve had a Division I program for 42 years, a nice arena, in a new & competitive conference and a winning season as recently as 2020 and a couple post-season appearances as recently as 2017, 2018. Yet, as we saw when we went there to play them, they draw only a few hundred fans and have almost no real student interest & no enthusiasm among those attending.

Seems their people are trying to generate more interest. Maybe hire a Chicago legend or one of their popular players from the past to help with marketing.

UIC is mainly a commuter school. There really isn't a whole lot "college community" on campus. Sports really aren't a priority for many of them.

Also Chicago is pretty apathetic towards college basketball in general.

[Da Coach]

One MVC exhibition game tonight (10/31)- UIC vs. Clayton State.
Clayton State is a Division II school in Morrow, Georgia. It is rather unusual for a D2 team to travel that far for an exhibition game. They were 3-25 last season, and 1-17 in the Peach Belt Conference.

UIC beat Clayton State 71-47- https://uicflames.com/news/2023/10/3...ton-state.aspx
The game was a 1-point game until the last 13 minutes when UIC went on a 28-5 run to finish the game and account for the 24 point winning margin 71-47.

There are 4 MVC exhibition games tonight (11/1)-
11/1- Bradley vs. St. Ambrose
11/1- Murray State vs. Brescia
11/1- Northern Iowa vs. Coe
11/1- Valparaiso vs. St. Mary of the Woods

[yoda]

Both Valpo & Murray State are tied midway thru 1st half

[yoda]

Jonovic, huge improvement
Meta >> Krut

[yoda]

Bradley up 46-24 at half over St Ambrose
Murray State up just 3 pt over Brescia at half, 39-36
Valpo up just 2 pt over St Mary of the Woods, 42-40
UNI up 63-27 at half over Coe

[Da Coach]

There are 4 MVC exhibition games tonight (11/1)-
11/1- Bradley vs. St. Ambrose
11/1- Murray State vs. Brescia
11/1- Northern Iowa vs. Coe
11/1- Valparaiso vs. St. Mary of the Woods

Final scores-
Bradley 74 St. Ambrose 61- Recap- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2023/...t-ambrose.aspx
..............................................Box score- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...boxscore/21865
Murray State 90 Brescia University 69- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=486094
Northern Iowa 103 Coe College 65- https://unipanthers.com/news/2023/11...ibition-103-65
Valparaiso 82 St. Mary of the Woods 71- https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...po-11-01-2023/

[Da Coach]

MVC teams' exhibition games...

11/2- Drake vs. Truman State
11/2- Missouri State vs. Westminster

Finals-
Drake 95 Truman State 50 - https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=484238
MIssouri State 100 Westminister 51- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=485971