MVC MEN’S BASKETBALL MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE UPDATE FEBRUARY 15, 2021 MVC Contact: Mike Kern, Associate Commissioner Office: 314.444.4326 • Cell: 314.435.4779 • Email: [email protected] 1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 WWW.MVC-SPORTS.COM 2020-21 Standings (thru 2/14/2021) Non-Conf: 43-24 Missouri Valley Overall Records Feb. 15 W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA H A N L10 t25 Stk. NET Loyola 13 2 .867 72.3 53.9 18 4 .818 73.2 55.9 10-0 8-3 0-1 9-1 0-2 L 1 10 Drake 11 2 .846 73.4 65.4 20 2 .909 78.7 63.2 12-1 7-1 1-0 8-2 1-1 W 1 35 Missouri State 10 5 .667 70.7 67.0 14 5 .737 74.0 66.4 9-4 5-1 0-0 6-4 0-0 W 5 87 Indiana State 9 6 .600 67.4 66.9 12 8 .600 67.8 67.6 8-3 4-5 0-0 8-2 0-0 W 1 121 Evansville 6 7 .462 63.6 65.5 8 11 .421 64.0 67.8 7-3 1-7 0-1 4-6 0-0 L 3 232 Valparaiso 5 8 .385 64.7 70.5 8 14 .364 66.9 69.7 5-5 3-9 0-0 5-5 1-1 L 1 237 Bradley 5 10 .333 66.8 68.5 11 13 .458 69.8 65.1 7-4 2-9 2-0 2-8 0-1 L 2 158 Northern Iowa 5 10 .333 65.5 71.1 7 14 .333 68.6 71.4 6-4 1-7 0-3 4-6 0-1 W 1 199 Southern Illinois 4 9 .308 61.9 70.6 10 9 .526 67.7 69.0 7-3 3-6 0-0 3-7 0-0 W 1 221 Illinois State 3 12 .200 64.0 71.7 6 15 .286 71.8 74.8 3-6 2-9 1-0 2-8 0-1 L 1 238 MVC Home Games: 40-31 Non-Conf.: 43-24 (H: 34-2; A: 5-17; N: 4-5) vs. Top-25: 2-7 (0-5 Non-Conf.) MVC Player of the Week MVC Newcomer of the Week Schedule/Results Tyreke Key Darnell Brodie Indiana State Drake TIMES ARE CENTRAL (*denotes MVC game) 6-3, 205, Sr., Gd. 6-10, 275, Jr., Fwd. Wednesday, Feb. 10 Celina (Tenn.) Newark (N.J.) *UNI at Drake DU, 80-59 Clay County High Newark East Side *Bradley at Valparaiso BU, 76-52 *Southern Illinois at Missouri St. MSU, 65-53 Key put together another [Seton Hall] Saturday, Feb. 13 dominant performance this Had 8.3 points and 6.0 re- week, scoring 29 points while shooting 70.7 bounds per game as Drake went 2-1 including *#22 Loyola at Drake LUC, 81-54 percent (12-of-17) from the floor and add- a win over No. 22 Loyola … played a season- *Illinois State at Southern Illinois ILS, 80-55 ing five rebounds and two steals in Indiana high 37 minutes in the win over Loyola with *Bradley at Missouri State MSU, 80-58 State’s 76-70 victory over Evansville Feb. 14. nine points and eight rebounds while holding *Valparaiso at UNI VALPO, 70-57 The Celina, Tenn. native continues his climb Cameron Krutwig to 11 points on 4-of-13 Sunday, Feb. 14 up the Valley scoring list, sitting at No. 2 in shooting … had a crucial block with eight sec- the league in points per game with 16.6 ppg. onds left to preserve Drake’s OT win … also *#22 Loyola at Drake DU, 51-51 (ot) Key is leading the league in minutes played converted on a layup with two minutes left in *Indiana State at Evansville INS, 76-70 (34.0), and is also fourth in the MVC in free OT that put the Bulldogs up by three … had *Illinois State at Southern Illinois SIU, 59-49 throw percentage (83.5), and has snuck onto 12 points in 19 minutes due to foul trouble in *Bradley at Missouri State MSU, 72-57 the rebounding list at No. 15 (5.3). the loss to Loyola on 5-of-7 shooting. *Valparaiso at UNI UNI, 74-60 MVC Players of the Week Wednesday, Feb. 17 MVC Newcomers of the Week N30 Elijah Childs, Bradley *Evansville at Indiana St. (ESPN3) 4:00 p.m. D7 Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois N30 Josiah Strong, Illinois State *Valparaiso at Loyola (MVC TV/ESPN+) 7:00 p.m. *Drake at UNI (ESPN+) 7:00 p.m. D14 Cameron Krutwig, Loyola D7 Ben Harvey, Southern Illinois *Missouri State at SIU (Marquee/E+) 8:15 p.m. D23 Gaige Prim, Missouri State D14 Shanquan Hemphill, Drake D23 Shanquan Hemphill, Drake D23 Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois Thursday, Feb. 18 J5 Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State J5 Samari Curtis, Evansville J12 Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State J12 Rienk Mast, Bradley *Illinois State at Bradley (ESPN+) 6:00 p.m. J19 Tate Hall, Loyola J19 Terry Nolan Jr., Bradley J26 Ben Krikke, Valparaiso J26 Kyler Filewich, Southern Illinois F2 Cameron Krutwig, Loyola F2 Darnell Brodie, Drake F8 Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State F8 Sheldon Edwards, Valparaiso F15 Tyreke Key, Indiana State F15 Darnell Brodie, Drake MVC BASKETBALL FEBRUARY 15, 2021 PAGE 2 Loyola Stays at No. 22 in AP Lowest Point Totals in a Win Ramblers Tops in KenPom Loyola maintained its position in both Drake defeated No. 22 Loyola on Sun- Loyola leads the Missouri Valley Confer- polls this week. Loyola is No. 22 in the day, 51-50 in overtime. The 51 points ence with its No. 10 rating in KenPom (Drake Associated Press Top 25 Poll, and the in a league win tied for the 7th-lowest is second at 59.) Notably, the Ramblers were Ramblers are 23rd in the Ferris Mowers total in MVC play in the past 10 years. rated 31 in KenPom the year they advanced Coaches Poll (Feb. 15). It marks the first Drake’s 51-point win was the only among to the NCAA Final Four (2018). time Loyola has been ranked in back-to- those below that went to overtime. Eighteen previous MVC teams in the past back weeks as an MVC member. Lowest Point Totals In Win 20 seasons have finished the year in Ken- Drake is also receiving votes in both Pom’s Top 30. All but one earned an NCAA (League Games Only, Last 10 Years) polls this week after being ranked No. 25 Tournament berth [the only one not to was in the Feb. 1 AP and coaches polls. 47 -- UNI (47-41 vs. UE), 2-13-2018 48 -- Illinois State (48-45 at LUC), 1-31-2015 Wichita State 2011, and the Shockers won It marks the first time since 2014-15 48 -- UNI (48-37 vs. Missouri State), 2-5-2013 the NIT that year.] The combined post-season that two different MVC teams have been 49 -- UNI (49-41 vs. SIU), 2-8-2017 record of those 18 teams: 27-17. ranked by the AP in the same season. 50 -- Loyola (50-47 vs. Drake), 1-14-2015 Top MVC KenPom Ratings (Since 2002) 50 -- Illinois State (50-46 vs. SIU), 2-22-2017 Nothing But NET 51 -- Drake (51-50 1ot vs. LUC), 2-14, 2021 6 -- Wichita State (2014) -- NCAA (1-1) 51 -- Loyola (51-41 at UNI), 1-16-2016 Loyola (10) and Drake (35) represent 8 -- Wichita State (2017) -- NCAA (1-1) 51 -- Missouri State (51-48 at BU), 1-21-2012 the MVC in the Top 35 of the NCAA’s NET 10 -- Loyola (2021) -- TBD rankings (through Feb. 14). The last time 11 -- Wichita State (2012) -- NCAA (0-1) 13 -- Wichita State (2015) -- NCAA (2-1) the MVC had two teams in the Top 35 of a Pause in the Action From Nov. 11 through today (Feb. 15), 13 -- Wichita State (2016) -- NCAA (2-1) season-ending metric was in 2014-15 (UNI 15 -- Creighton (2013) -- NCAA (1-1) was 11 in the RPI, and Wichita State was MVC schools had 25 total non-confer- ence games canceled/postponed due to 16 -- Southern Illinois (2007) -- NCAA (2-1) 12). Both reached the NCAA Tournament that 17 -- Drake (2008) -- NCAA (0-1) season. After a putting together a 5-game COVID. A total of 24 of the lost games 17 -- Wichita State (2013) -- NCAA (4-1) win streak, Missouri State is now No. 87. were replaced by another opponent. The 18 -- UNI (2015) -- NCAA (1-1) MVC has had 32 game-date shifts in MVC Leaders Q1+Q2 Q3 Q4 25 -- Bradley (2006) -- NCAA (2-1) league play since Christmas. 26 -- Creighton (2003) -- NCAA (0-1) 10 - Loyola 5-4 3-0 8-0 26 -- Wichita State (2006) -- NCAA (2-1) 35 - Drake 5-1 4-1 9-0 Non-Conference Games Permitted: 90 27 -- UNI (2010) -- NCAA (2-1) 87 - Missouri State 0-4 9-1 3-0 Non-Conference Games Scheduled: 68 121 - Indiana State 1-7 6-1 4-0 27 -- Wichita State (2011) -- NIT Champs (5-0) Games Cancelled/Added: 25/24 28 -- Creighton (2007) -- NCAA (0-1) Conference Games Scheduled/Played: 90/71 28 -- Creighton (2012) -- NCAA (1-1) Quite a Road Stretch MVC Games Postponed/Rescheduled: 17/17 29 -- Southern Illinois (2005) -- NCAA (1-1) Before losing to Drake, 51-50 in Total Games Moved: 32 overtime on Sunday, Loyola had won Games Canceled: 0 Valpo Snaps Streak seven-straight road games in league play.