(24) JACOBI WOOD 6'2" 185 SO G                 133.8371

(33) JAKE STEPHENS 7'0" 275 GR C               125.6037



(52) JAMARI SMITH 6'8" 225 JR F                   100.3692

(13) KENNY WHITE, JR. 6'7" 225 SO F              94.8625
(02) ROB PERRY 6'4" 210 JR G                         92.3491



(05) JAMAL JOHNSON 6'4" 195 SR G               73.3887
(22) DEMETRIUS DAVIS 6'9" 185 JR G/F          72.7260
(04) SAM ALEXIS 6'9" 190 FR F                       72.5768

(55) DJ BURNS 6'7" 220 JR F                           68.1800
(10) DALVIN WHITE 5'10" 162 GR G                 62.1210

(02) JAMAAL WALKER 6'5" 194 R SO G           57.5378
(34) RANDY BRADY 6'5" 215 R FR G/F             54.1546
(00) AJ CALDWELL 6'5" 200 R SR G                51.5856



(14) BRIAN MOORE, JR. 6'3"180 SO G              38.2968
(11) ASHTON SMITH 5'8" 163 JR G                   32.1432

(12) JOHNNY TAYLOR, JR. 6'3" 184 R FR G       28.2384
(10) QUINCY ANDERSON 6'4" 205 JR G            26.3680
(55) BRODY ROBINSON 5'10" 150 FR G            21.6873



(01) BRAXTON STACKER 6'5" 185 FR G              8.9888
(00) JAXON EDWARDS 6'6" 195 FR G                 6.8787
(13) KHRISTION COURSEAULT 6'2" 180 JR G     6.7033
(11) JUSTIN MORGAN 6'6" 215 FR G                   6.1152
(01) KC HANKTON 6'7" 215 SR F                        2.4682
(35) MARLON LESTIN 6'9" 230 SO F                   1.7831
(22) SAM MURRAY II 6'8" 190 FR F                     0.0652

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Here's my prediction for this game.....


STAT    MURRAY STATE    CHATTANOOGA
RTG              100                    175
SOS               46                      54

OFF                70                     201
DEF               141                    119

FGM               27                      29
FGA               60                      61
FG%            45.00                47.54
        
3PM                7                       11
3PA               23                      29
3P%           30.43                 37.93
        
FTM              18                        9
FTA               24                      13
FT%           75.00                 69.23
        
OR                 8                       11
DR                29                      26
REB              37                      37
        
FLS               16                      15
        
AST              13                      17
TOS              11                     12
        
BLK                3                       4
STL                5                       5
        
PTS               79                     78

* Updated numbers as of 26 NOV 2022 @ 5:04 PM

Here's the adjusted player ratings going into this game.....


(24) JACOBI WOOD 6'2" 185 SO G                              155.8157



(02) ROB PERRY 6'4" 210 JR G                                    132.8592

(52) JAMARI SMITH 6'8" 225 JR F                               125.0897
(01) SAM GRIFFIN 6'3" 186 JR G                                123.4766



(13) KENNY WHITE, JR. 6'7" 225 SO F                         107.8672



(33) BRYANT SELEBANGUE 6'8" 227 SO F                    87.3243
(11) BRANDON BETSON 6'1" 181 JR G                         82.9376
(10) TIM DALGER 6'7" 222 JR F                                    80.1745

(55) DJ BURNS 6'7" 220 JR F                                         72.5262



(02) KEYSHAWN EMBERY-SIMPSON 6'3" 210 SR G      57.9411
(14) ANTHONY PRITCHARD 6'2" 184 SO G                  57.8757
(14) BRIAN MOORE, JR. 6'3"180 SO G                         53.6249

(03) STERLING GASTON-CHAPMAN 6'4" 218 SO G     42.6735

(10) QUINCY ANDERSON 6'4" 205 JR G                       33.5582



(12) NIKITA KONSTANTYNOVSKYI 6'10" 232 JR PF     11.5419
(04) BRIAN KNIGHT 6'6" 189 FR G                              11.2851

(11) JUSTIN MORGAN 6'6" 215 FR G                             9.6902
(15) CHARLES CHUKWU 6'9" 250 FR C                         4.4314
(00) JAXON  EDWARDS 6'6" 195 FR G                           3.4763
(00) JESAIAH MCWRIGHT 6'4" 176 FR G                      1.1835
(22) SAM MURRAY II 6'8" 190 FR F                               0.8918

(35) MARLON LESTIN 6'9" 230 SO F                          -  3.0493

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Here's my prediction for this game.....        
        
STAT            MURRAY          TULSA
FGM                  26                  25
FGA                  59                   56
FG%              44.07              44.64
        
3PM                  8                     10
3PA                 24                  24
3P%             33.33               41.67
        
FTM                19                    14
FTA                 26                    18
FT%             73.08               77.78
        
OR                   6                      8
DR                  27                    20
REB                33                    28
        
FLS                 19                   16
        
AST                13                 13
TOS               10                    14
        
BLK                 4                       2
STL                 5                       7
        
PTS                79                    74

(52) JAMARI SMITH 6'8" 225 JR F                   123.7614

(13) KENNY WHITE, JR. 6'7" 225 SO F           116.2411
(02) ROB PERRY 6'4" 210 JR G                      115.8222
(24) JACOBI WOOD 6'2" 185 SO G                115.7256



(11) NOAH FERNANDES 5'11" 180 SR G          94.5960

(12) RJ LUIS 6'7" 196 FR G                              87.0103

(55) DJ BURNS 6'7" 220 JR F                          70.6205

(10) ISAAC KANTE 6'7" 259 GR F                     63.4547

(14) BRIAN MOORE, JR. 6'3"180 SO G             56.2652
(23) TJ WEEKS, JR. 6'4" 190 R JR G                53.0986
(33) MATT CROSS 6'7" 230 JR F                      53.0911

(00) WILDENS LEVEQUE 6'10 255 SR F/C       49.7025
(45) DYONDRE DOMINGUEZ 6'9" 200 JR F      49.2266

(22) KEON THOMPSON 6'0" 210 FR G              37.7536
(10) QUINCY ANDERSON 6'4" 205 JR G           36.7270
(01) BRANDON MARTIN 6'5 223 GR F               33.6510

(03) RAHSOOL DIGGINS 6'2" 185 SO G            16.8569
(13) GIANNI THOMPSON 6'8" 210 SO F            16.0598

(00) JAXON  EDWARDS 6'6" 195 FR G               3.6807
(44) JOHN KELLY 6'7" 212 SO F                         2.1196
(22) SAM MURRAY II 6'8" 190 FR F                     2.0335
(20) RYAN MARCUS 6'3" 185 JR G                      0.1056
(04) JACKSON CRONIN 6'0" 187 SO G                0.0528

(02) TAFARA GAPARE 6'9 FR F                         -  0.6970
(11) JUSTIN MORGAN 6'6" 215 FR G               -  2.3303
(35) MARLON LESTIN 6'9" 230 SO F                -  3.6912

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STAT    MURRAY STATE        MASSACHUSETTS
FGM             26                                   27
FGA             60                                   58
FG%         43.33                              46.55

3PM             9                                      5
3PA            23                                    14
3P%        39.13                               35.71

FTM            23                                    11
FTA             32                                    18
FT%         71.88                              61.11

OR               6                                     11
DR              26                                   24
REB            32                                    35

FLS             17                                   15

AST            12                                    14
TOS           10                                    15

BLK              3                                     4
STL              6                                     7

PTS             84                                  70

Here's the adjusted player ratings going in to this game.....


(04) WADE TAYLOR IV 6'0" 185 SO G                 126.10

(52) JAMARI SMITH 6'8" 225 JR F                       112.92
(55) DJ BURNS 6'7" 220 JR F                             112.27

(15) HENRY COLEMAN III 6'8" 245 JR F             108.89
(02) ROB PERRY 6'4" 210 JR G                         103.99

(00) DEXTER DENNIS 6'5" 210 GR G                   91.74

(10) QUINCY ANDERSON 6'4" 205 JR G               80.51



(24) JACOBI WOOD 6'2" 185 SO G                      68.15
(13) KENNY WHITE, JR. 6'7" 225 SO F                 65.07

(02) HAYDEN HEFNER 6'6" 185 JR G                    58.79
(14) BRIAN MOORE, JR. 6'3"180 SO G                  57.69
(23) TYRECE RADFORD 6'2" 195 SR G                 56.72



(35) MANNY OBASEKI 6'4" 189 SO G                     36.23
(31) JAVONTE BROWN 7'0" 255 SO F                   35.67
(01) KHALEN ROBINSON 6'0" 180 JR G                 32.85

(11) JUSTIN MORGAN 6'6" 215 FR G                     24.95
(11) ANDERSSON GARCIA 6'7" 210 JR F               24.26
(22) SAM MURRAY II 6'8" 190 FR F                        23.35
(34) JULIUS MARBLE 6'9" 245 JR F                       21.35

(01) BRAXTON  STACKER 6'5" 185 FR G               16.34
(20) ANDRE GORDON 6'2" 185 SR G                    12.37

(03) ERIK PRATT 6'5" 185 JR G                              9.99
(13) SOLOMON WASHINGTON 6'7" 225 FR F         9.44
(00) JAXON  EDWARDS 6'6" 195 FR G                   8.18

(25) RODRIGUEZ THOMAS 6'0" 195 SR G           -  2.41
(35) MARLON LESTIN 6'9" 230 SO F                   -  5.00

WOMEN'S CURRENT RANKING    MASSEY PREDICTED FINISH
 81    MISSOURI STATE                     26-  3    89.6552

 73    NORTHERN IOWA                   21-  8    72.4138
 75    DRAKE                                    21-  8    72.4138

 84    BELMONT                               19- 10    65.5172
 77    ILLINOIS STATE                      18- 10    64.2857


165    MURRAY STATE                     14- 15    48.2759
160    SOUTHERN ILLINOIS             13- 15    46.4286
112    VALPARAISO                         13- 16    44.8276
140    INDIANA STATE                     13- 16    44.8276


217    BRADLEY                                9- 22    29.0323
215    EVANSVILLE                            6- 23    20.6897

190    ILLINOIS CHICAGO                  5- 26    16.1290

132    TOTALS MVC WOMEN         168-172   49.4118


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MEN'S CURRENT RANKING    MASSEY PREDICTED FINISH
 81    MISSOURI STATE              23-  6    79.3103
 75    DRAKE                              22-  7    75.8621
 73    NORTHERN IOWA             22-  8    72.4138
217    BRADLEY                         21-  9    70.0000

165    MURRAY STATE               18- 10    64.2857
161    BELMONT                        18- 11    62.0690

160    SOUTHERN ILLINOIS       18- 14    56.2500

 77    ILLINOIS STATE                14- 15    48.2759
140    INDIANA STATE                13- 16    44.8276
112    VALPARAISO                    13- 18    41.9355

225    ILLINOIS CHICAGO           9- 23    28.1250
215    EVANSVILLE                     6- 23    20.6897

141    TOTALS    MVC MEN     197-150    56.7723

Not a good night for the MVC or for Murray State's SOS.

Belmont loses at Furman 74-89
Austin Peay loses at Purdue 44-63
Northern Iowa loses at Richmond 55-68
In a major upset, Colorado loses at Grambling 74-83
Texas A&M wins at home against Abilene Christian 77-58
Illinois Chicago loses a closer-than-expected-home-contest against Loyola Chicago
Chicago State loses at Saint Thomas 61-83
Bradley loses at Utah State 62-84

Using WL% and SOS, here's how each conference stacks up with one another.....

RANK   CONFERENCE             RATING
  1        SOUTHEASTERN         21.55
  2        WESTERN ATHLETIC   20.70
  3        METRO ATLANTIC        20.62
  4        PATRIOT LEAGUE         20.31
  5        BIG SOUTH                  20.27
  6        MISSOURI VALLEY       19.87
  7        BIG 10                        19.07
  8        ATLANTIC 10              18.11
  9        ATLANTIC SUN            17.67
10        WEST COAST             17.19
11        AMERICA EAST           17.07
12        BIG 12                        16.76
13        MOUNTAIN WEST       15.54
14        ATLANTIC COAST       15.28
15        MID AMERICAN          14.59
16        COLONIAL                 14.20
17        SUN BELT                  13.67
18        CONFERENCE USA    12.49
19        BIG SKY                     10.95
20        NORTHEAST              10.39
21        PAC 12                        9.96
22        HORIZON                    9.59
23        BIG WEST                   9.54
24        OHIO VALLEY              9.08
25        AMERICAN ATHLETIC   8.96
26        BIG EAST                     8.45
27        SOUTLAND                  8.24
28        MID EASTERN              8.13
29        SOUTHERN                  7.07
30        SUMMIT LEAGUE          6.70
31        SOUTHWESTERN         6.26
32        IVY LEAGUE                  6.25

I thought I'd start a thread to keep up with the changes in the composite rankings of Valley teams according to Massey, Pomeroy and Sagarin.

Today's post is as of games played through 9 NOV 2022.

1.      86    Drake
2.    105    Southern Illinois
3.    114    Missouri State
4.    115    Bradley Braves
5.    117    Belmont
6.    119    Northern Iowa
7.    140    Murray State
8.    142    Indiana State
9.    199    Valparaiso
10.  236    Illinois State
11.  245    Evansville
12.  257    Illinois-Chicago

Check out the parity early in the season!

#2-#6 : 5 Teams within 14 places of each other!  #2-#8 : 7 teams within 37 places of each other

It will be interesting to see what Evansville does in the coming weeks as they certainly turned some heads winning on the road at Miami, Ohio.

Illinois State struggled with turnovers in the last possessions of their game and should have won.  It was a bad loss and dropped them significantly across all ranking systems.

Beat Louisville @ Louisville 67-66! 

Murray State
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Here's the adjusted player ratings
going into this game.....

(200+) Generational Talent
(180-200) Typical of 1st Round NBA Talent
(160-180) Typical of 2nd Round NBA Talent
(140-160) Typical of All-American Players


(120-140) Typical of Regional Awards
(24) GIBSON JIMMERSON            128.6568


(100-120) All-Conference Type Player
(02) ROB PERRY                         117.7395
(21) SINCERE PARKER                103.1553


(80-100) Indicative of Efficient Players
(10) QUINCY ANDERSON              99.8466
(01) YURI COLLINS                      86.8069
(24) JACOBI WOOD                      85.8013


(60-80) Indicative of Experience
(05) FRANCIS OKORO                   72.6019
(13) KENNY WHITE, JR.                69.1378
(52) JAMARI SMITH                     63.9798
(22) TERRENCE HARGROVE, JR.   62.7586


(40-60) Indicative of Typical Starters
(10) JAKE FORRESTER                  55.7203
(14) BRIAN MOORE, JR.                47.3253
(00) JAXON  EDWARDS                42.9091
(02) LARRY HUGHES, JR.              41.0513


(20-40) Indicative of Rotation Players
(20) FRED THATCH, JR.                35.5137
(22) SAM MURRAY II                   34.9133
(35) MARLON LESTIN                   31.6117
(04) JAVON PICKETT                    30.0976
(11) JUSTIN MORGAN                   28.9481
(01) BRAXTON  STACKER             26.8455
(13) NICK KRAMER                       23.4306


(<20) Indicative of Relief Players
(04) PATRICK CHEW                    15.4215
(25) RODRIGUEZ THOMAS           14.8080
(00) KELLEN THAMES                     9.7678
(35) MOUHAMADOU CISSE         -  1.1169



Sorry about the alignment, but I'm not spending 40 minutes
trying to align the text and the numbers.  I know it will be
fixed, until then please be patient!

The Racers looked pretty good at times.

Young picked up where she left off last season and had 25 points.

Turley added 15 of her her own.

I really liked what I saw out of Horvath and McKay.

They really push the tempo and did a good job of rebounding.

They will be fun to watch this season.

[video=youtube]https://youtu.be/bmFBBjMZ8ys[/video]

Grayson Murphy played his first pro game for Phoenix Hagen in Germany's Pro A division.

He had 11 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals and his team won in overtime 88-81!   :salute:


[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij-etQVaG4k[/media]

https://www.collegiatebasschampionship.com/ep-160-murray-state-previews-the-upcoming-bass-pro-shops-big-bass-bash-presented-by-berkley/

https://goracers.com/news/2022/9/12/womens-soccer-barber-earns-mvc-defensive-player-of-the-week.aspx

Camille with the first MVC honors for the Racers!

Congratulations!

https://fbschedules.com/2024-murray-state-football-schedule/


 :doh:

[highlight=orange]Texas Tech climbed 10 spots to # 23 with their win over Houston[/highlight]

North Dakota State fell 15 spots to #79 with their win over NC A&T

South Dakota State fell 4 spots to #89 with their win over UC Davis

Missouri State fell 4 spots to #114 with their win over Tennessee-Martin

North Dakota fell 1 spot to #119 with their win over Northern Iowa

[highlight=orange]Jacksonville State climbed 7 spots to #132 with their win over Murray State[/highlight]

[highlight=orange]Austin Peay climbed 18 spots to #138 with their win over Mississippi Valley State[/highlight]

[highlight=orange]Ball State fell 13 spots to #140 with their loss to Western Michigan[/highlight]

Northern Iowa fell 43 spots to #142 with their loss to North Dakota

South Dakota fell 24 spots to #146 with their loss to Montana

Youngstown State fell 6 spots to #149 with their win over Dayton

[highlight=orange]Southeast Missouri State Climbed 20 spots to #150 with their win over Southern Illinois[/highlight]

[highlight=orange]Tennessee-Martin fell 25 spots to #154 with their loss to Missouri State[/highlight]

Eastern Kentucky climbed 16 spots to #160 with their win over Bowling Green

Illinois State fell 21 spots to #161 with their win over Valparaiso

[highlight=orange]Southeastern Louisiana fell 17 spots to #170 with their loss to Florida Atlantic[/highlight]

Indiana State fell 15 spots to #175 with their loss to Purdue

Southern Illinois fell 66  spots to #179  with their loss to Southeast Missouri State

Western Illinois fell 12 spots to #202 with their loss to Minnesota

Tennessee Tech climbed 9 spots to #207 with their win over Texas A&M Commerce

[highlight=yellow]Murray State fell 22  spots to #209  with their loss to Jacksonville State[/highlight]

[highlight=orange]Lindenwood climbed 14  spots to #213  with their win over Houston Baptist[/highlight]

[highlight=orange]Eastern Illinois fell 6 spots to #214 with their loss to Chattanooga[/highlight]

[highlight=orange]Tennessee State fell 8 spots to #220 with their loss to Jackson State[/highlight]

[highlight=orange]Robert Morris fell 19 spots to #242  with their loss to Miami, Ohio[/highlight]

Drake fell 14 spots to #259 with their loss to Missouri S&T (D2)

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/8/3/media-center-di-board-of-directors-adopts-student-athlete-benefit-legislation.aspx

QuoteSchools now are empowered to support student-athletes in a variety of ways without asking for waivers, including providing support needed for a student-athlete's personal health, safety and well-being; paying for items to support a student's academic pursuits; purchasing insurance of various types (including loss-of-value and critical injury); and funding participation in elite-level training, tryouts and competition. The benefits proposal is effective immediately.

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/8/23/media-center-abc-to-broadcast-di-womens-basketball-national-championship-game-for-the-first-time-in-2023.aspx

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/8/31/media-center-division-i-board-of-directors-modernizes-infractions-process.aspx

3 Changes.....

1). Peer Review

QuoteChanges to the process include:

    More clearly defined violation charging standards for enforcement staff.
    Clarification about the role of school leadership in an investigation.
    A new standard for head coach responsibility requirements.
    The creation of a public-facing dashboard of existing infractions cases.

Changes will take effect Jan. 1, 2023.

2). Appeals Process

QuoteChanges will include:

    Limiting appeals of penalties to only those that fall outside legislated penalty guidelines.
    Overturning Committee on Infractions decisions only when an appealing party demonstrates that no reasonable person could have made that decision.
    Resolving the majority of appealed cases through a written record rather than conducting oral arguments.
    As with the peer-review proposal, prohibiting extensions to timelines except in extreme and clearly defined circumstances.
    Removing the automatic stay for appealed penalties.
    Authorizing the Infractions Appeals Committee to issue summary affirmations of COI decisions without further comment.

The changes are effective Jan. 1, 2023.

3). Eliminating the IARP

QuoteThe board in January placed a temporary moratorium on accepting additional cases into the IARP, at the request of the Independent Accountability Oversight Committee and the Infractions Process Committee. The number of cases referred to the independent process was greater than initially anticipated, which has prolonged case timelines and required significant resources to bring those cases to resolution.

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/8/31/media-center-division-i-board-adopts-changes-to-transfer-rules.aspx

QuoteNCAA rules now will require any school that considers athletics when awarding scholarships to transfer student-athletes to provide that scholarship for the rest of a student's five-year eligibility or until they complete the requirements for their bachelor's degree, unless the student transfers again or engages in professional athletics opportunities.