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MVC games Saturday 2/24

Guessing:
Creighton -6 1/2 vs Wichita St
Bradley -12 1/2 vs Indy St
UNI -5 vs ISU
SIU -11 vs E'Ville
Mo St -14 1/2 vs Drake
 
Some articles about other MVC teams and coaches--

Porter Moser--
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/02/23/sports/doc45dfa34c450d9792872603.txt

Dana Altman - there are rumblings that this might be Dana Altman's last year at Creighton--
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/colleges/16678530.htm
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/16772013.htm

Tom Davis- there are rumors that Coach Tom Davis could step down after this season. He has said he will leave when "it stops being fun" or "the program has clearly turned a corner."
Drake just secured it's first winning season in 20 years, so maybe he will consider that as "turning the corner".--
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070223/SPORTS05/702230405/-1/NEWS04

Missouri State- They are in a position where they feel they need to play their way back into the NCAA and Barry Hinson is again feeling pressure--
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070220/SPORTS040101/702200402/1096
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070224/SPORTS040101/702240360/1096

Wichita State's season has been a major disappointment. Mark Turgeon has been on every list of up-and-coming coaches for the past few years, but not this year--
http://www.hutchnews.com/sports/stories/wichitastate022407.shtml
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/sports/16746032.htm
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/sports/colleges/wichita_state_university/16744734.htm

Senior day at UNI--
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070224/SPORTS020704/702240382/-1/SPORTS01
http://fp.uni.edu/northia/article2.asp?ID=5829&SECTION=4

Evansville finishes another disappointing season at SIU--
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/feb/22/aces-cant-dig-out-of-familiar-hole/

Senior day at SIU--
http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2007/02/24/sports/19359933.txt

Review of the MVC--
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/sports/colleges/wichita_state_university/16752584.htm
 
Final standings--
Team................MVC.....All
Southern Illinois..15-3....25-5
Creighton..........13-5....19-10
Missouri State....12-6....21-9
Bradley.............10-8....20-11
Northern Iowa.....9-9....18-12
Wichita St.........8-10...17-13
Illinois St...........6-12...15-15
Evansville..........6-12...14-16
Drake...............6-12...16-14
Indiana State....5-13...12-17
 
I guess this means that Waltman, Dr. Tom, Merfeld, and Porter Moser are out of the running for the Coach of the Year?
Only Jim Les and Chris Lowery remain in the running, and I know who I'd vote for.
 
tornado said:
I guess this means that Waltman, Dr. Tom, Merfeld, and Porter Moser are out of the running for the Coach of the Year?
Only Jim Les and Chris Lowery remain in the running, and I know who I'd vote for.
Click to expand...

Lowery for me with JL a CLOSE 2nd. The UNI home loss pushed it Lowery's way. Still JL did a FANTASTIC job and if he does indeed win no argument from me.
 
But Lowery puts the guys on the floor that Weber recruited and lets them play the way Weber recruited them to play.
He didn't have to make huge coaching changes and his team finished basically where they were picked to finish in the preseason.
I know Lowery did a good job and won't be surprised if he wins the award, but I feel JL did a far better job of coaching.

Go back and look at all the preseason previews that I posted about last October....almost every one picked SIU to win the Valley and most had SIU predicted as a TOP-20 team!
They have finished just about where they were predicted, while BU has far exceeded expectations largely due to the coaching.
http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/preview/2006/index.htm
http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4178
http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4342
http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4501
http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4605
 
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