Missouri Valley Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Southern Illinois and Creighton continue to Pace Valley Southern Illinois and Creighton concluded 2-0 weeks as the defending Valley Co-Champions again sit atop the Valley with matching 11-1 records. The Salukis’ week was very impressive with road wins at Drake and Southwest Missouri State. […]
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Those Other Bluejays
Those Other Bluejays by Adam Shandler Let’s play a little word association, shall we? I say Creighton Basketball and you say…most likely, Kyle Korver. And why not? Korver, the Ashton Kutcher look-alike from Iowa (which coincidentally is where Kutcher hails from, too) and reigning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Creighton Bounces back with a vengeance A week after suffering its first conference loss of the season, Creighton posted a pair of blowout victories. The Blue Jays handled Indiana State, 74-46, and Drake, 88-68, to up their record to 19-2 and enter the week […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook by Alan Rubenstein A week after earning the school’s first top ten ranking and becoming the first Valley team since 1986 to accomplish the feat, Creighton was stunned at Evansville, 74-66. The Aces used a stifling defense on Creighton All-America candidate Kyle Korver and rode the hot […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook by Alan Rubenstein SIU and Creighton lead as the Valley Rises With Southern Illinois’ appearance in last year’s sweet 16 and Creighton making the Valley’s first national top ten appearance since 1986, the Valley is staking claim to that they are a conference that should be noticed […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Conference Notebook by Adam Shandler Seniors Help Salukis Rally As a coach, you can only hope that you can rely on your seniors to pull your team from despair. Bruce Weber’s seniors came through for Southern Illinois on Saturday, and the Salukis defeated 1-9 Illinois State in their […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook by Adam Shandler Creighton, Come on Down! The Creighton Blue Jays have given hope to mid-majors teams all over the country. With a 6-0 record and wins over Notre Dame and BYU, the Jays have captured a Number 24 ranking in this week’s Hoopville Top 25 poll. […]
Missouri Valley Preview
Missouri Valley Conference Preview by Adam Reich Everybody who correctly had Southern Illinois in the Sweet 16 of last year’s NCAA Tournament please stand up. Now tell me, why am I the only one standing? I’ll tell you why. It’s because the Missouri Valley Conference, like Rodney Dangerfield, “Gets no […]
Evansville: Sleeves vs. Tanks
Is This Something from a Mock-umentary? by Jason Drucker It began, apparently, in the 1947-48 season when Basketball Hall of Fame coach Arad McCutchan decided that his Evansville players would be more comfortable in t-shirts. In a 1964 interview, he explained, “I use the T-shirt style of uniform because I […]
Missouri Valley Notebook
Missouri Valley Notebook Going into the conference season, three Missouri Valley teams had made their mark. Southern Illinois had ambushed Indiana and gave Illinois everything it could handle. Northern Iowa stunned visiting in-state rival Iowa. And Creighton topped a ranked Western Kentucky squad. With perennial contenders Illinois State and Bradley […]
