8 MVC games Saturday 12/1

[Da Coach]

Indiana St. 3-2 (Road: 0-2) 2:00 pm CST
at Purdue 3-1 (Home: 3-0)
Mackey Arena (West Lafayette, IN)


Creighton 4-0 (Road: 0-0) 3:30 pm CST
at Drexel 5-2 (Home: 2-0)
John A Daskalakis Center (Philadelphia, PA)


Evansville 1-3 (Road: 1-1) 6:00 pm CST
at Buffalo 4-3 (Home: 3-0)
Alumni Arena (Buffalo, NY)


SE Missouri St. 4-3 (Road: 1-2) 7:05 pm CST
at Bradley 5-2 (Home: 3-0)
Carver Arena (Peoria, IL)


Loyola Chicago 2-3 (Road: 1-1) 7:05 pm CST
at Northern Iowa 5-1 (Home: 3-0)
McLeod Center (Cedar Falls, IA)


Ill. Chicago 3-3 (Road: 1-0) 7:05 pm CST
at Illinois St. 4-2 (Home: 4-0)
Redbird Arena (Normal, IL)


(15) Indiana 5-1 (Road: 0-0) 8:30 pm CST
at Southern Ill. 3-1 (Home: 1-0)
SIU Arena (Carbondale, IL)


Duquesne 6-0 (Road:3-0 ) 8:30 pm CST
at Drake 4-1 (Home: 2-0)
Iowa Realty Drake Tournament
Knapp Center (Des Moines. IA)

MVC Scoreboard for 12/1--

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/scoreboard?d=2007-12-01&refresh=0&c=mvc

[PTownHawkeye]

I'll go with a few predictions here...becuase its almost midnight and I should be going to bed!

*Indiana St. in a SHOCKER (no, not you WSU) over Purdue by 2
*Creighton coasts over Drexel by 15
*Evansville gets "Bullied" (yes I looked up the mascot) by Buffalo by 17
*BU is down 4 at half, wins by 8 vs SEMO, more questions raised about lack of intensity out of the gate
*UNI blows out Loyola by 20
*ISU blows out UIC by 18
*Indiana regrets agreeing to this game @SIU, but pulls it out late by 7
*Duquense and Drake battle into 2 OT, Drake prevails by 2

[Da Coach]

A couple articles about MVC teams playing against former Bradley opponents.

Pantagraph article about UIC at ISU--
ISU takes on UIC, re-energized Collins

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/12/01/sports/doc4750be53400c5044574579.txt

Des Moines Register article about Loyola at UNI:
Northern Iowa men's basketball: Panthers will follow Braves' example

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071201/SPORTS020704/712010348/1003/SPORTS

[tornado]

WOW....you gotta be kidding me....
Jimmy Collins just turned 60!!!

I absolutely can't believe it....he looks at least 75 or older....
I guess college basketball does age a coach fast....


Here is a current picture of 60 year old Jimmy Collins

[Dallas Brave]

8 games against teams from 6 conferences ... time for the MVC to flex it muscle:

B10 - (Purdue, Indiana)
A10 - (Duquesne)
CAA - (Drexel)
Horizon - (UIC, Loyola-Chicago)
MAC - (Buffalo)
Ohio Valley (SEMO)

[shaunguth]

Here are my picks:

57 - Indiana State
71 - Purdue

68 - Creighton
56 - Drexel

62 - Evansville
66 - Buffalo

70 - SE Missouri State
80 - Bradley

59 - Loyola-Chicago
70 - Northern Iowa

65 - Illinois-Chicago
70 - Illinois State

71 - Indiana
67 - Southern Illinois

72 - Duquesne
77 - Drake

[Da Coach]

Indiana State leads Purdue 37-35 at the half--

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712010474

[shaunguth]

Purdue beats Indiana State 71-60.

[shaunguth]

Creighton leads Drexel 31-18 at halftime.

[Majik45]

Creighton blew out Drexel on the road 72-48. For as much as they lost, they sure are looking good early in the season. It's amazing what Altman does year in and year out at Creighton.

[BradleyBrave]

Creighton blew out Drexel on the road 72-48. For as much as they lost, they sure are looking good early in the season. It's amazing what Altman does year in and year out at Creighton.

Drexel is absolutely terrible.

[Da Coach]

7 of the 8 games are final, and the MVC has gone 5-2 with Indiana State and Evansville being the only losses.
SIU trails Indiana 34-28 at half

Scores--

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/scoreboard?d=2007-12-01&c=mvc&refresh=60

[DUBulldog]

Here are my picks:

72 - Duquesne
77 - Drake

Very nice call....can you give me the winning lottery numbers?

[Da Coach]

SIU loses 64-51. They were 0 for their first 13 from 3-point, until Matt Shaw made one in the final minute.

As I expected, poor outside shooting is SIU's weak point. They shot .375 overall, and were 1 for 14 from 3 (7.1%).

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712010528

[Da Coach]

Looks like ISU is a lot better on their home court this season. UIC shot 29% for the game, and Levi Dyer had an awesome game going 7-8 from 3-point.
Official attendance 4,749, but lots of no-shows.
ISU 73 UIC 47--

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712010269

And the other impressive wins were--

Creighton 72 Drexel 48 at Drexel
Crieghton only shot 4-24 from 3-point, but Drexel shot poorly too and turned it over 27 times--

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712010172

Drake 77 Duquesne 73
Only 3,793 in attendance

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712010170

UNI 61 Loyola 50
Poor outside shooting dooms Loyola again--

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore?gid=200712010170