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Tournament plan for Missouri Valley Conference, bracket, action lines

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One of the most fascinating conference tournaments of the mid-major conference in the basketball tips for men in St. Louis, Missouri, known as Arch Madness at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament-in Volksmund.

As a rule, in the week before the selection on Sunday, the conference tournament will be taken into account in the SCHATION SECORNICION of the MVC when sending several teams to the NCAA tournament. Although it does not have a regular event – it was last sent two teams to March Madness in 2021 – depending on the results within the Enterprise Center, a case could be made.

Drake appears as a regular season champion and the projected automatic offer in the USA Today Sports Brackology, but quality teams in Bradley – who defeated the Bulldogs last month – and North -Iowa Lurk and were able to hit their tickets on the big dance. Bubble teams will certainly keep an eye on this tournament to see if BID theft will occur.

Timetable for the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, bracket, scores

First round

Thursday, March 6th

South -illinois against Indiana State, 1 p.m.

Illinois State vs. Missouri State, 3:30 p.m.

Murray State vs. Evansville, 7 p.m.

Illinois chicago against Valparaiso, 9:30 p.m.

Second round

Friday, March 7th

Drake against Southern Illinois-Indiana State winner, 1 p.m.

Belmont against Illinois State-Missouri State winner, 3:30 p.m.

Bradley against Murray State Evansville winner, 7 p.m.

North Iowa against Illinois Chicago-Valparaiso winner, 9:30 p.m.

Semifinals

Saturday, March 8th

Drake-Südern Illinois-Indiana State winner against Belmont-Illinois State-Missouri State winner, 3:30 p.m.

Bradley-Murray State Evansville winner against North Iowa Illinois-Chicago-Valparaiso winner, 6 p.m., 6 p.m.

championship

Sunday, March 9th

Semi -final winner, 2:15 p.m.,

Favorite of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

Will we have the second three-goal in the MVC? drake is the favorite when winning the conference tournament after a dominant season with a 27:3 record and a 17: 3 mark in the conference game with victories in 15 of his last 16 games. The bulldogs play some of the best defense of the country and only allow 59.2 points per game. In Division I, the opponents scored more than 70 points in just four games, since the head coach of the first year, Ben McCollum, regularly continued the win for Drake with a program in the victories in the victories.

The Bulldogs will try to be the first team since Southern Illinois in 1993-95 to win three Missouri Valley conference tournaments in a row. However, a team that could prevent this is Bradleywho took second place in the regular season and shared the season series with Drake. North -iowa is another to be seen. The Panthers almost beat Drake last month before they fall in extra time.

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Top player from Missouri Valley Conference tournament

Bennett Stirtz, Drake – The conference player of the year had no difficulties in transition to Division I level, after being one of four players, McCollum from the state of Northwestern Missouri. He headed the conference in points (18.9), assists (5.9) and steals (2.2) per game, the third player in the league, who achieved performance in the same season.

Duke Deen, Bradley – Deen is a consecutive all-conference selection of the first team and makes everything offensive for the Braves with 14.1 points and 3.8 templates per game. It is also a dangerous 3-point shooter with a brand of 41.1% of beyond the arch.

Tytan Anderson, North -Iowa – Anderson not only leads the Panthers with 15.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, but also defensive the tone. His game in the second half of the season was of crucial importance for North -Iowa as No. 3.

Connor Turnbull, Evansville – Good luck in trying to score with this 6-foot 10-inch junior. It is an average of 1.87 blocks per game and took the 30th place in the country. Its effects on the conference play with an average of 11.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in league games.

NCAA tournament bladder stories for the Missouri Valley Conference

It is probably just a place in the NCAA men's tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference, but it depends on how Drake appears. Currently, the Bulldogs have beaten a seed no. 12 in the latest Bracket projection and have an interesting case if you should lose in the championship game. You have 5: 0 in the quad 1 and 2 games, but the net rank of 60 is not a place where most larger teams can have trust. As a reference, the state of Indiana took a record of 28: 6 No. 29 online last year and missed the tournament.