MVC Transfers
Dawson Carpar a 6'11" Sr PF from Missouri State is available with no NIL set.

Rienk Mast a 6'9" Jr PF from Bradley is available with no NIL set.
Even Brauns a 6'9" Jr PF from Belmont is available with no NIL set.

Kenny White a 6'6" Jr SF from Murray State is available with a NIL of 10.8K.

Jace Carter a 6'5" So SG from Illinois Chicago is available with a NIL of 10.4K.

Blaise Beauchamp a 6'2" So SG from Evansville is available with no NIL set.




NIL Players that may be worth it
Jordan Wilmore a 7'2" So Missouri-to-Northwestern State-to-transfer-portal is available with a 12.7K NIL value.
Alaaeddine Boutayeb a 7'0" Fr C from Arkansas State is available with a NIL of 6K.

Roosevelt Wheeler a 6'11" SO C from Louisville is available with a NIL of 21K.
Jacob Germany a 6'11" Sr C from UTSA is available with a NIL of 12.2K.

Josh Cohen a 6'10" redshirt Jr C from St. Francis, PA is available with a NIL of 9.2K and highly rated.
John Bol Ajak a 6'10" redshirt Fr C from Syracuse is available with a NIL of 7.76K.

Tyrel Bladen a 6'9" redshirt Jr C from Rider is available no NIL value set.
 John Hugley a 6'9" Jr C from Pitt is avaiable with a NIL of 15.3K. Highly rated.
Issa Muhammad a 6'9" Sr PF from New Mexico State is available with a NIL of 9.7K.

Braden Moore a 6'8" FR PF from BYU is available with a NIL value of 7.8K.
Dame Adelekun a 6'8" Sr PF from Dartmouth is available with a NIL of 9.1K and highly rated.

Dontrez Styles a 6'7" So SF from UNC is avaiable with a NIL of 27K.
Learic Davis a 6'7" Fr SF from TSU is available with a NIL of 7.7K.

Chris Ledlum a 6'6" Jr SF from Harvard is available with a NIL of 10.6K and very highly rated.

James White a 6'5" So SG from Ole Miss is available with a NIL of 14.5K.

Nick Timberlake a 6'4" redshirt Jr SG from Towson is available with a NIL of 10.5K and very highly rated.

Nathan Calmese a 6'3" Fr SG from Lamar is available with a NIL of 12.7K and highly rated.
Jayden Taylor a 6'3" So CG from Butler is available with a NIL of 12.3K and highly rated.
Symir Torrence a 6'3" Sr CG from Syracuse is available with a NIL of 8.2K.
Amaree Abram a 6'3" Fr CG from Ole Miss is avialable with a NIL of 8.1K.

Mike Mitchell, Jr a 6'2" So Pg from Pepperdine is available with a NIL of 11.7K and highly rated.

Noah Fernandez (Hit the game winner) a 5'11" Sr PG from UMass is available with a NIL of 13K.




Highly Rated non NIL players
Elijah Hutchins-Everett a 6'11" So C from Austin Peay is available with no NIL set and highly rated.

Teafale Lenard a 6'7" So SF from MTSU is available with no NIl set and highly rated.

Taran Armstrong a 6'5" So PG is available from Cal Baptist with no NIL set.  Highly rated.
 
Jackson Paveletzke a 6'3" Fr SG from Wofford is available with no NIL set and highly rated.




Other non NIL players
David Craig a 7'2" Fr C from Mercer is available with no NIL set.

Timothy Ighoefe a 7'0" Jr C from Cal Baptist is available with no NIL set.

Malcolm Wilson 6'11" from Georgetown is available with no NIL set.
Jamel Melvin a 6'11" Jr C from Northern Colorado is available with no NIL set.
Sam Onu a 6'11" So C from FGCU is available with no NIL set.
Nicolas Pavrette a 6'11" So C from Central Michigan is available with no NIL set.

Benjamin Griscti a 6'11" So PF from Incarnate Word is available with no NIL set.

Alex Timmerman a 6'10" Sr C from Bucknell is available with no NIL set.
Kuany Kuany a 6'10" Sr PF from Cal is available with no NIL set.
Andre Scree a 6'10" Jr C from Bucknell is available with no NIL set.
Shannon Grant a 6'10" Jr C from Mercer is avaialable with no NIL set.
Churchill Bounds a 6'10" Jr C is available from Central Arkansas with no NIL set.
Oleg Kojenets a 6'10" So C from Nebraska is available with no NIL set.
Max Amadasun a 6'10" redshirt So C from St. Bonaventure is avialable with no NIL set.
 Carson Basham a 6'10" So C from Pepperdine is available with no NIL set.
Jadyn Parker a 6'10" So PF from North Florida is available with no NIL set.
Michael Frazier a 6'10" redshirt So PF from Cal Baptist is available with no NIL set.
Faizon Fields a 6'10" So PF from Old Dominion is available with no NIL set.
Jonathan Beagle a 6'10 FR PF from Albany is available with no NIL set.

Maxwell Lorca-Lloyd a 6'9" C from Penn is available with no NIL set.
Sebastian Gahse a 6'9" Jr PF is available from Weber State with no NIL set.
Jamille Reynolds a 6'9" So C from Temple is avialable with no NIL set.
Payton Sparks a 6'9" So C from Ball State is avialable with no NIL set.
Jonathan Aybar a 6'9" So PF from North Florida is available with no NIL set
Ubongabasi Etim a 6'9" redshirt Fr PF from Bowling Green is available with no NIL set.
Kennedy Brown a 6'9" So PF from Omaha is available with no NIL set.

Tray Jackson a 6'8" Sr PF from Seton Hall is available with no NIL set.

EJ Jarvis a 6'8" Sr PF from Yale is available with no NIL set.

Jordan Minor a 6'8" SR PF from Merrimack is available with no NIL set.
Khalil Turner a 6'8" Sr SF from Morgan State is available with no NIL set.
Jeremiah Oden a 6'8" Jr PF from Wyoming is available with no NIL set.
Frank Jacubicek a 6'8" Jr PF from Belmont is available with no NIL set.
 William Dunn a 6'8" Jr PF from Youngstown St is available no NIL value set.
 Trevon Allfrey a 6'8" redshirt So PF from Utah Tech is available with no NIL set.
Anouar Mellouk a 6'8" redshirt FR PF is available from St. Bonaventure with no NIL set.
Elijah Jones a 6'8 Fr PF from East Carolina is available with no NIL set.

Marcus Filien a 6'7" Sr SF from Cornell is available with no NIL set.
Jamison Battle a 6'7" Jr SF from Minnesota is available with no NIL set.
James Glisson III a 6'7" Sr SF from Mercer is available with no NIL set.
Chandler Turner a 6'7" Sr SG from Bowling Green is available with no NIL set.
Bryce Kennedy a 6'7" Jr SF from Northern Colorado is available with no NIL set.
Terrell Ard a 6'7" Jr PF from Presbyterian is available with no NIL set.
Juhlawnei Stone a 6'7" So PF from Cal Baptist is available with no NIL set.

Tyler Millin a 6'7" So SF from MTSU is available with no NIL set.
Alvin Tumblin a 6'7" So SF from Stetson is available with no NIL set.
Benny Schroder a 6'7" Fr SG from Oklahoma is available with no NIL set.

Kennyrahm Harris a 6'6" Sr SG from Pine Bluff is available with no NIL set.
Lamar Wright 6'6" rs Jr SF and Shamar Wright 6'7" rs Jr SF from SIUe are both in the Portal with no NIL set.
KJ Allen a 6'6" Jr SF from Texas Tech is avialable with no NIL set.
Quandre Bullock a 6'6" Jr SG from La Tech is available with no NIL set.
Kaiyem Cleary a 6'6" Jr SG from Ball State is available with no NIL set.
Michael Shanks a 6'6" reshirt Jr SF from Belmont is available with no NIL set.
Diante Smith a 6'6" Jr SF from South Alabama is available with no NIL set.
Clarence Daniels a 6'6" So PF from New Hampshire is available with no NIL set and highly rated.
Tristan Jeffries a 6'6" So SG from Robert Morris is available with no NIL set.
Quion Burns a 6'6" So SG from Long Island U. is available with no NIL set.


Eli Lawrence a 6'5 Jr SG from MTSU is available with no NIL set.
Jalen Windham a 6'5" Jr SG from Ball State is available with no NIL set.
Wil Stevens a 6'5" Sr CG from Maryland is available with no NIL set.
Antonio Foxwell a 6'5" Fr CG from Mt. Saint Mary's is available with no NIL set.



Chuck Harris a 6'2" Jr CG from  Butler is avialable with no NIL set.

Jameer Nelson, Jr a 6'1" Sr CG from Delaware is available from Delaware with no NIL set and very highly rated .



Ex Racers
Chico Carter a 6'3" SG from South Carolina is available with a NIL value of 19K.

The Sycamores lost in Overtime to ex-OVC and current ASUN member Eastern Kentucky 88-89.

Bummer.

That was the last of the MVC teams in post-season action.

Looking forward to the certain improvement for the 2023-2024 basketball season.

Sweet Sixteen

IF only the higher seeded teams won, there there should be 4 #1 seeds and 4 #2 seeds, 4 #3 seeds and 4 #4 seeds left.

Here's the teams left in the Sweet 16..... (Teams in Parentheses are "supposed" to be there.)

(#1 Alabama)
#5 San Diego State

#6 Creighton
#15 Princeton

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(#4 Tennessee)
#9 Florida Atlantic

(#3 Kansas State)
#7 Michigan State

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(#1 Houston)
#5 Miami, Florida

(#2 Texas)
(#3 Xavier)

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(#4 Connecticut)
#8 Arkansas

(#2 UCLA)
(#3 Gonzaga)



So only 56.25% of the teams left in the Sweet 16 are "supposed" to be there.

Crazy Tournament this year.

Rooting for Princeton and Fairleigh Dickinson to continue their fantastic runs!

Drake made the same mistake so many coaches do time and time again.....

They ate shot clock down to 3 seconds and couldn't get a good look and allowed Miami to come from 8 points down to win by 7.

smh

#16 Fairleigh Dickinson beat #1 Purdue!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1631504712418590720

I hope this isn't the same player that slapped a fan recently.

Anyone know?

 

Here's the adjusted player ratings
going into this game.....
(12) TUCKER DEVRIES 6'7" 210 SO G/F		141.1484
(02) ROB PERRY 6'4" 210 JR G		101.6804
(24) JACOBI WOOD 6'2" 185 SO G		99.1672
(01) ROMAN PENN 6'0" 185 GR G		97.2819
(03) GARRETT STURTZ 6'3" 180 GR G		83.3706
(51) DARNELL BRODIE 6'10" 275 SR F		76.5292
(52) JAMARI SMITH 6'8" 225 JR F		75.9886
(00) DJ WILKINS 6'2" 188 GR G		68.4798
(55) DJ BURNS 6'7" 220 JR F		66.4760
(13) KENNY WHITE, JR. 6'7" 225 SO F		62.6488
(14) BRIAN MOORE, JR. 6'3"180 SO G		58.2372
(10) QUINCY ANDERSON 6'4" 205 JR G		53.8155
(14) SARDAAR CALHOUN 6'6" 210 SR G/F		52.1964
(04) CONOR ENRIGHT 6'0" 180 R FR G		38.8653
(13) ISSA SAMAKE 6'8" 225 R SO F		37.6103
(24) NATE FERGUSON 6'8" 220 R JR F		29.6562
(35) ERIC NORTHWEATHER 6'10" 225 SO F		24.9797
(11) JUSTIN MORGAN 6'6" 215 FR G		24.4448
(10) OKAY DJAMGOUZ 6'5" 190 R JR G		24.1356
(22) SAM MURRAY II 6'8" 190 FR F		15.3087
(11) BRYCESON BURNS 6'5" 195 R FR G/F		8.5828
(25) RODRIGUEZ THOMAS 6'0" 195 SR G		6.8218
(00) JAXON EDWARDS 6'6" 195 FR G		4.7724
(01) BRAXTON STACKER 6'5" 185 FR G		4.3494
(35) MARLON LESTIN 6'9" 230 SO F		1.2304

Found this mentioned at the mvcfans forum.

It's done very well and must have taken many hours to put together.

Women's Track & Field finishes day 1 of the MVC Championships at the top of the Leaderboard!

https://goracers.com/news/2023/2/27/womens-track-and-field-racers-close-day-one-at-mvc-champs-on-top.aspx

 

Here's the adjusted player ratings
going into this game.....
(23) BEN KRIKKE 6'9" 235 SR F		126.6607
(02) ROB PERRY 6'4" 210 JR G		107.2870
(35) KOBE KING 6'4" 195 5Y G		102.5208
(24) JACOBI WOOD 6'2" 185 SO G		99.6476
(14) QUINTON GREEN 6'7" 185 6Y G		92.7201
(52) JAMARI SMITH 6'8" 225 JR F		75.9095
(55) DJ BURNS 6'7" 220 JR F		75.7410
(05) NICK EDWARDS 6'1" 170 5Y G		68.4321
(13) KENNY WHITE, JR. 6'7" 225 SO F		67.1033
(14) BRIAN MOORE, JR. 6'3"180 SO G		59.9170
(10) QUINCY ANDERSON 6'4" 205 JR G		49.9616
(13) MAXIMUS NELSON 6'8" 215 FR F		40.5420
(03) CONNOR BARRETT 6'6" 205 JR G/F		33.3415
(11) JUSTIN MORGAN 6'6" 215 FR G		25.7418
(33) JEROME PALM 6'10" 215 JR F		24.4852
(02) PRESTON RUEDINGER 6'2" 185 SO G		24.3050
(04) DARIUS DEAVEIRO 6'0" 170 SO G		23.1309
(12) IBRA BAYU 6'8" 195 FR F		20.7432
(22) SAM MURRAY II 6'8" 190 FR F		16.7223
(32) JOE HEDSTROM 7'0" 240 R SR C		13.7972
(01) CAM PALESSE 6'5 195 R FR G		9.4123
(11) EMIL FREESE-VILIEN 6'10 240 SR C		5.1916
(00) JAXON EDWARDS 6'6" 195 FR G		5.0388
(01) BRAXTON STACKER 6'5" 185 FR G		4.3740
(25) RODRIGUEZ THOMAS 6'0" 195 SR G		3.5640
(15) LUKE MORRILL 6'2" 195 SR G		3.2383
(35) MARLON LESTIN 6'9" 230 SO F		1.3408
(20) JOE VICK 6'1" 190 FR F		1.0361

If the teams that are supposed to win their last game of the Conference Regular Season actually win, then this is what the tournament seeds will look like.....



SCHOOL                         NXT GM MVCREC TIE BREAK
# 1 BRADLEY                 69-66?   16-04
# 2 DRAKE                     66-69?  15-05
# 3 BELMONT                 74-73?   14-06      (BRADLEY)
# 4 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 66-61?   14-06      (MISSOURI STATE)
# 5 INDIANA STATE        71-68?   14-06
# 6 MURRAY STATE         76-69?   11-09      (BRADLEY)
# 7 MISSOURI STATE      68-71?   11-09
# 8 NORTHERN IOWA     73-74?   10-10
# 9 ILLINOIS STATE        72-64?   06-14
#10 VALPARAISO           69-76?   05-15
#11 ILLINOIS CHICAGO   61-66?   04-16
#12 EVANSVILLE 64-72? 01-18


Our win over Bradley was huge!


MONKEY WRENCH SCENARIOS

If Bradley beats Drake they will be the MVC Regular Season Champions. 

We need Bradley to win as we have the 6-seed tie breaker over Missouri State.

If Drake beats Bradley they will share the MVC Regular Season Championship with Bradley.

If Drake wins Missouri State is 2-0 against Drake and they have the tie breaker over us.

If Belmont loses to Northern Iowa, they will be the 5 Seed and Northern Iowa will stay the 8-seed due to tie breakers.

If Southern Illinois loses to Illinois-Chicago, they will fall to the 5-seed and Illinois-Chicago will remain the 11-seed due to tie breakers.

If Indiana State loses to Missouri State, they will remain the 5-seed due to record and will be the 6-seed and Murray State will fall to the 7-seed.

If Murray State loses to Valparaiso they will fall to the 9-seed due to record and tie breakers and Valparaiso will stay the 10-seed due to record and tie breakers.


This is assuming that tie breakers are not decided by teams that had unbalanced schedules - I thank that is poor practice, if so.

All that being said, with the above in mind, this is what the MVC Tournament will look like.....


Thursday Games
 5 INST       6 MURR     7 MOST     8 NOIA
12 EVAN   11 ILCH     10 VALP      9 ILST

Quarterfinals
1 BRAD 2 DRAK 3 BELM 4 SILL
8 NOIA 7 MOST 6 MURR 5 INST

Semifinals
1 BRAD 2 DRAK
4 SILL 3 BELM

Championship
1 BRAD
2 DRAK

SEMO lost @ Lindenwood in 2OT, but that last shot from the hash by SEMO to send it to triple overtime kissed off the glass, bounced off the front of the rim, bounced off the glass again, and bounced twice off the front of the rim again before agonizingly rolling off the front of the rim.

Lindenwood came back from 15 points down to beat UTM and today, they came from 20 points down and had 4 starters foul out to get the double overtime win 105-102.

One would think a tournament is just around the corner.

Here's the adjusted player ratings
going into this game.....
(02) ROB PERRY 6'4" 210 JR G		104.0823
(24) JACOBI WOOD 6'2" 185 SO G		97.7362
(05) DONOVAN CLAY 6'8" 230 SR G/F		93.4877
(00) CHANCE MOORE 6'6" 205 SO G		88.4179
(55) DJ BURNS 6'7" 220 JR F		76.2315
(52) JAMARI SMITH 6'8" 225 JR F		75.0633
(02) JONATHAN MOGBO 6'8" 225 JR F		74.7627
(01) ALSTON MASON 6'2" 175 SO G		71.3825
(03) KENDLE MOORE 6'0" 155 SR G		67.7722
(13) KENNY WHITE, JR. 6'7" 225 SO F		67.4251
(14) BRIAN MOORE, JR. 6'3"180 SO G		60.3960
(12) BRYAN TRIMBLE, JR. 6'3" 205 SR G		59.1861
(34) DALEN RIDGNAL 6'7 215 SR F		55.7445
(10) QUINCY ANDERSON 6'4" 205 JR G		48.2057
(10) DAMIEN MAYO, JR. 6'3" 205 FR G		35.4748
(21) JAMES GRAHAM 6'7" 215 JR G/F		26.9669
(11) JUSTIN MORGAN 6'6" 215 FR G		26.0201
(33) DAWSON CARPER 6'11" 260 SR F		24.4989
(35) NJ BENSON 6'8" 225 FR F		22.5179
(22) SAM MURRAY II 6'8" 190 FR F		16.7647
(11) RAPHE AYRES 6'5" 205 SO G		14.1689
(00) JAXON EDWARDS 6'6" 195 FR G		5.0252
(01) BRAXTON STACKER 6'5" 185 FR G		4.3347
(25) RODRIGUEZ THOMAS 6'0" 195 SR G		3.5278
(35) MARLON LESTIN 6'9" 230 SO F		1.3279

Here's how Katelyn Young ranks within the Missouri Valley Conference.....

1ST-PPG, PTS, FTM, FGM and FGAs.
 
3RD-FG%, REBs, and FTAs.

4TH-RPG and FT%.

Do you think she has done enough to earn POY Honors in the MVC?

Is the team's record going to be a hindrance?

What's your thoughts?

I say she is the front-runner for POY.

Murray State (#199) lost it's Season-and-Road-Opener to North Florida (#92) by a score of 3-2 in 10 innings.

The pitchers had 11 SOs and only 3 Walks.

The 2nd of this 3-game series will be played at 1:00 PM Today.

Go Racers!

The Murray State Rifle Team tied the School's Aggregate record of 4724.

They shot a season-high 2351 in smallbore and 2373 in Air Rifle.

Their 3-score NCAA Qualifying average of 4720.3 is #7 in the country.

8 teams make the NCAA championship field.

Congratulations to the Rifle Team!!

Racers' indoor track star Kayla Bell broke a 33-year-old  University record by winning the 600-meter race at the Music City Indoor Challenge in a time of 1 Minute, 29.89 seconds. 


That's averaging under 15 seconds for 6 consecutive 100 meter races!

Put another way, she was running a 4 Minute 1.11 second Mile pace!

Congratulations are in order for Kayla and the Racers Indoor Track and Field Team!

The Previous record was 1 Minute, 31.60 seconds set by Stephanie Saleem in 1990.

 

Here's the adjusted player
ratings going into this game.....
(12) TUCKER DEVRIES 6'7" 210 SO G/F		140.5948
(02) ROB PERRY 6'4" 210 JR G		107.5732
(24) JACOBI WOOD 6'2" 185 SO G		101.8172
(01) ROMAN PENN 6'0" 185 GR G		90.5972
(03) GARRETT STURTZ 6'3" 180 GR G		79.4984
(51) DARNELL BRODIE 6'10" 275 SR F		79.1194
(52) JAMARI SMITH 6'8" 225 JR F		75.3619
(13) KENNY WHITE, JR. 6'7" 225 SO F		71.9116
(55) DJ BURNS 6'7" 220 JR F		65.2899
(00) DJ WILKINS 6'2" 188 GR G		63.4922
(14) BRIAN MOORE, JR. 6'3"180 SO G		57.9001
(14) SARDAAR CALHOUN 6'6" 210 SR G/F		54.7305
(10) QUINCY ANDERSON 6'4" 205 JR G		43.5555
(04) CONOR ENRIGHT 6'0" 180 R FR G		37.9717
(13) ISSA SAMAKE 6'8" 225 R SO F		37.6651
(35) ERIC NORTHWEATHER 6'10" 225 SO F		31.3980
(24) NATE FERGUSON 6'8" 220 R JR F		28.4065
(10) OKAY DJAMGOUZ 6'5" 190 R JR G		25.7381
(11) JUSTIN MORGAN 6'6" 215 FR G		25.2763
(22) SAM MURRAY II 6'8" 190 FR F		17.4663
(11) BRYCESON BURNS 6'5" 195 R FR G/F		10.2409
(01) BRAXTON STACKER 6'5" 185 FR G		4.7411
(00) JAXON EDWARDS 6'6" 195 FR G		4.0893
(35) MARLON LESTIN 6'9" 230 SO F		0.8542
(25) RODRIGUEZ THOMAS 6'0" 195 SR G		0.3029

If the season ended today,
these are the teams that
are deserving for the
post-season tournaments...

 

	AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
HOUSTON		AUTOMATIC BID
MEMPHIS		AT-LARGE
TULANE		CBI
CINCINNATI		CBI
TEMPLE		CBI
CENTRAL FLORIDA		CBI
	ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
VIRGINIA		AUTOMATIC BID
MIAMI FLORIDA		AT-LARGE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE		AT-LARGE
CLEMSON		AT-LARGE
DUKE		AT-LARGE
PITT		AT-LARGE
NORTH CAROLINA		AT-LARGE
WAKE FOREST		NIT
VIRGINIA TECH		CBI
SYRACUSE		TBC
	AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE
MASSACHUSETTS-LOWELL		AUTOMATIC BID
BRYANT		TBC
MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY		TBC
	ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE
LIBERTY		AUTOMATIC BID
KENNESAW STATE		NIT
FLORIDA GULF COAST		CBI
	ATLANTIC TEN CONFERENCE
FORDHAM		AUTOMATIC BID
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH		AT-LARGE
SAINT LOUIS		NIT
DAYTON		CBI
DUQUESNE		CBI
MASSACHUSETTS		CBI
	BIG TWELVE CONFERENCE
KANSAS		AUTOMATIC BID
TEXAS		AT-LARGE
KANSAS STATE		AT-LARGE
TEXAS CHRISTIAN		AT-LARGE
BAYLOR		AT-LARGE
IOWA STATE		AT-LARGE
WEST VIRGINIA		NIT
OKLAHOMA STATE		CBI
OKLAHOMA		CBI
TEXAS TECH		TBC
	BIG EAST CONFERENCE
XAVIER		AUTOMATIC BID
MARQUETTE		AT-LARGE
CONNECTICUT		AT-LARGE
PROVIDENCE		AT-LARGE
CREIGHTON		NIT
SETON HALL		NIT
SAINT JOHN'S		CBI
	BIG SKY CONFERENCE
EASTERN WASHINGTON		AUTOMATIC BID
MONTANA STATE		CBI
	BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE		AUTOMATIC BID
RADFORD		TBC
	BIG TEN CONFERENCE
PURDUE		AUTOMATIC BID
ILLINOIS		AT-LARGE
INDIANA		AT-LARGE
NORTHWESTERN		AT-LARGE
MARYLAND		NIT
RUTGERS		NIT
MICHIGAN STATE		NIT
IOWA		NIT
PENN STATE		NIT
WISCONSIN		CBI
OHIO STATE		TBC
	BIG WEST CONFERENCE
UC SANTA BARBARA		AUTOMATIC BID
HAWAII		NIT
UC RIVERSIDE		NIT
UC IRVINE		CBI
	CONFERENCE USA
FLORIDA ATLANTIC		AUTOMATIC BID
NORTH TEXAS		AT-LARGE
ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM		CBI
RICE		CBI
CHARLOTTE		CBI
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE		TBC
	COLONIAL CONFERENCE
CHARLESTON		AUTOMATIC BID
NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON		NIT
TOWSON		NIT
HOFSTRA		NIT
	HORIZON LEAGUE
YOUNGSTOWN STATE		AUTOMATIC BID
MILWAUKEE		CBI
CLEVELAND STATE		CBI
	IVY LEAGUE
CORNELL		AUTOMATIC BID
YALE		NIT
PRINCETON		CBI
	METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERNCE
QUINNIPIAC		AUTOMATIC BID
SIENA		NIT
IONA		NIT
	MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
KENT STATE		AUTOMATIC BID
TOLEDO		NIT
AKRON		NIT
BALL STATE		CBI
	MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
NORFOLK STATE		AUTOMATIC BID
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE		TBC
	MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE
NEW MEXICO		AUTOMATIC BID
SAN DIEGO STATE		AT-LARGE
BOISE STATE		AT-LARGE
UTAH STATE		AT-LARGE
NEVADA		AT-LARGE
NEVADA LAS VEGAS		NIT
SAN JOSE STATE		CBI
	MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE
DRAKE		AUTOMATIC BID
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS		AT-LARGE
BELMONT		NIT
BRADLEY		NIT
	NORTHEAST CONFERENCE
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON		AUTOMATIC BID
	OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE
TENNESSEE MARTIN		AUTOMATIC BID
	PACIFIC TWELVE CONFERENCE
ARIZONA		AUTOMATIC BID
CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES		AT-LARGE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA		AT-LARGE
ARIZONA STATE		AT-LARGE
UTAH		NIT
OREGON		CBI
WASHINGTON		CBI
COLORADO		TBC
	PATRIOT LEAGUE
COLGATE		AUTOMATIC BID
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY		CBI
	SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
ALABAMA		AUTOMATIC BID
TENNESSEE		AT-LARGE
AUBURN		AT-LARGE
MISSOURI		AT-LARGE
ARKANSAS		AT-LARGE
KENTUCKY		NIT
TEXAS A&M		NIT
MISSISSIPPI STATE		NIT
GEORGIA		CBI
FLORIDA		CBI
LOUISIANA STATE		TBC
	SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
FURMAN		AUTOMATIC BID
SAMFORD		TBC
NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO		TBC
	SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
NORTHWESTERN STATE		AUTOMATIC BID
	SUMMIT LEAGUE
ORAL ROBERTS		AUTOMATIC BID
	SUN BELT
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI		AUTOMATIC BID
LOUISIANA		AT-LARGE
MARSHALL		AT-LARGE
JAMES MADISON		TBC
	SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE
GRAMBLING STATE		AUTOMATIC BID
	WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
SAM HOUSTON STATE		AUTOMATIC BID
UTAH VALLEY		NIT
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY		NIT
SOUTHERN UTAH		CBI
GRAND CANYON		CBI
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN		TBC
	WEST COAST CONFERENCE
SAINT MARY'S, CALIFORNIA		AUTOMATIC BID
GONZAGA		AT-LARGE
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT		NIT
SANTA CLARA		NIT
SAN FRANCISCO		CBI
BRIGHAM YOUNG		TBC

    AT 

   
2-7 AWAY                                9-1 HOME

Last Meeting at Murray, KY :
SIU Defeated Murray 63 TO 57 Ending Murray's 20-Game Home Winning Streak and giving Coach Steve Prohm his ONLY loss to SIU.

Keys to the game.....

• Take care of the Ball - SIU excels at steals and forced turnovers, so they've got busy hands that pay off.  We must take care of the ball when handling it and especially watch the lazy/telegraphed passes which lead to transition baskets.
• Guard the perimeter -                                                         
  
  
  • 90.8% of Brown's shots are 3's. 
  • 80.8% of Wonders' shots are 3's. 
  • 62.5% of Ferguson's shots are 3's. 
  • 59.3% of Jones' shots are 3's. 
  • 54.2% of Johnson's shots are 3's. 
  • 53.4% of D'Amico's shots are 3's. 
  • 52.1% of Banks' shots are 3's. 
  • 50.6% of Newton's shots are 3's.

    3.  Keep those hands active on Defense -
        SIU averages 13 Turnovers per game, but last  game out
        against us, they only had 4.
        That's 9 opportunities lost!
    4. Aggressively attack the basket
      We rank #1 in the MVC in Free Throws Made Per Game and
      we're getting there by being aggressive and going to the rim.

                                 


Here's the adjusted players' ratings for this game :

(01) MARCUS DOMASK 6'6" 215 SR F		134.3588
(02) ROB PERRY 6'4" 210 JR G		106.3376
(05) LANCE JONES 6'1" 190 SR G		105.7702
(24) JACOBI WOOD 6'2" 185 SO G		105.6074
(10) XAVIER JOHSON 6'1" 185 SR G		103.9613
(52) JAMARI SMITH 6'8" 225 JR F		77.4276
(13) KENNY WHITE, JR. 6'7" 225 SO F		71.6182
(55) DJ BURNS 6'7" 220 JR F		67.5882
(13) JAWAUN NEWTON 6'3" 185 SR G		51.0983
(10) QUINCY ANDERSON 6'4" 205 JR G		46.1209
(04) CLARENCE RUPERT 6'8" SO F		45.4880
(14) BRIAN MOORE, JR. 6'3"180 SO G		44.5123
(23) TROY D'AMICO 6'7" 210 SO F		35.8577
(03) DALTON BANKS 6'2" 185 JR G		33.4283
(11) JD MUILA 6'8" 240 SR F		33.2399
(11) JUSTIN MORGAN 6'6" 215 FR G		26.5634
(24) TRENT BROWN 6'2" 185 SR G		24.6867
(00) FOSTER WONDERS 6'5" 205 R FR G		20.9305
(02) SCOTTIE EBUBE 6'10" 265 R FR C		19.0095
(22) SAM MURRAY II 6'8" 190 FR F		17.6151
(14) AJ FERGUSON 6'6" 185 SO G		16.9091
(21) CADE HORNECKER 7'0" 240 FR C		9.9433
(01) BRAXTON STACKER 6'5" 185 FR G		5.2980
(00) JAXON EDWARDS 6'6" 195 FR G		5.0141
(12) CHRIS CROSS 6'2" 195 JR G		3.3351
(35) MARLON LESTIN 6'9" 230 SO F		0.8757
(25) RODRIGUEZ THOMAS 6'0" 195 SR G		0.2934

Here's my prediction for this game :
   

STAT		MURRAY   STATE		SOUTHERN  ILLINOIS
FGM		26		24
FGA		58		52
FG%		44.83		46.15
3PM		6		8
3PA		18		25
3P%		33.33		32.00
FTM		14		11
FTA		19		15
FT%		73.68		73.33
OR		10		6
DR		25		23
REB		35		29
FLS		17		16
AST		12		14
TOS		10		12
BLK		3		2
STL		5		8
PTS		72		67

Adjusting for home-court advantage, leaves a finalpredicted outcome of
71 - 68,
in favor of.....

Murray State!


Murray State has a 58.83% chance of winning this game.


And Hey!.....



Go Racers!!!