MVC drops to 8th in Conference RPI- and other MVC news

[Da Coach]

The MVC has dropped behind the SEC into 8th place in Conference RPI, wher I expect them to stay. --

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_conf_Men.html

Joe Lunardi of ESPN still shows the MVC getting just 1 bid to the NCAA--
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology


Here are a couple other articles--
From the Bloomington Pantagraph:
MVC notes: Point guards dropping like flies

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/01/10/usports/doc47857cde26110405227553.txt

From the Wichita Eagle online site:
Missouri Valley Conference report--
"Tuesday night looked bad for the Valley. It seemed every talking head who appeared on ESPN2 praised the Valley for its overall strength, and then ripped it for its lack of marquee wins and banished it to one-bid hell."

http://www.kansas.com/250/story/276935.html

Story about Kenny George, 7'7" junior for 11-3 UNC-Asheville. George is from Chicago Latin High School--
COLLEGE HOOPS' BIGGEST STORY. LITERALLY-

http://beyondthearc.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/09/565980.aspx

Story from the SouthernIllinoisan about Putnam County's Carlton Fay--
Fay enjoys his breakout performance

http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2008/01/09/sports/22901030.txt

[Da Coach]

More MVC articles--

Dream season so far at ISU

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/01/10/sports/local/doc47864c29dceec592809730.txt

MVC notebook: Valley men's race full of early surprises

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/01/10/sports/local/doc47864c29dceec592809730.txt

Kirk Wessler's column. Note at the bottom, that ESPN will be at Bradley to do more work for a piece they plan to do about the BU soccer team and Danny Dahlquist.
Also, he reports that the MVC has approved a headgear for Matt Braeuer to return to play with protection from concussion.--

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/011108/KIR_BFF9DP1H.073.php

Kyle Whelliston of ESPN on the MVC--

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=whelliston_kyle&id=3186671

MidMajority.com interview with MVC Comissioner Doug Elgin--

http://www.midmajority.com/2008/01/the-midmajority-interview-doug.php

Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post on area teams--
Our hoop teams: All flat, no bounce

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/berniemiklasz/story/2A3A905BD192627B862573CC0019077F?OpenDocument

[BUBraves2006]

Good finds! I think the Kyle Whelliston article has a great quote the BU coaching staff might want to remember:

In total, Drake gets 15.1 rebounds per game from players 6-2 and under.

"My father's teams at Iowa were always near the top of the charts in rebounds," said Keno Davis. "They didn't have the best inside talent or real big guys. If there's anything we emphasize in practice, it's rebounding. You see Adam Emmenecker, a three-year walk-on, and there are games where he gets seven or eight rebounds a game. He can't jump, and he's not tall, so how does he get those rebounds? We sell our guys on the concept that there are enough rebounds that hit the floor and anyone can go get those if they go after them."

[Da Coach]

There must be something to that. Their leading rebounder, and the leading rebounder in the MVC, is Jonathan Cox. He's 6'8", doesn't jump, and was also a walkon at Drake.

[BradleyBrave]

There must be something to that. Their leading rebounder, and the leading rebounder in the MVC, is Jonathan Cox. He's 6'8", doesn't jump, and was also a walkon at Drake.

Which is all the more reason our rebounding woes, regardless of how new our guys are, is unacceptable.