MVC MEN’S BASKETBALL MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE UPDATE 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 2018-19 Standings (thru Feb. 2) Non-Conf: 72-57 Missouri Valley Overall Records W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA H A N L10 t25 Stk. N.E.T. Illinois State 7 3 .700 66.3 62.7 14 9 .609 71.5 71.2 10-2 2-6 2-1 7-3 0-0 W3 168 Loyola Chicago 7 3 .700 65.3 61.5 14 9 .609 66.7 61.0 10-3 3-4 1-2 7-3 0-2 L1 134 Drake 6 4 .600 70.1 66.5 17 6 .739 76.6 70.0 9-2 5-3 3-1 6-4 0-0 W1 137 Southern Illinois 5 5 .500 65.6 66.2 12 11 .522 68.1 67.6 6-5 5-5 1-1 5-5 0-3 W2 155 Valparaiso 5 5 .500 61.4 62.9 12 11 .522 68.7 66.8 7-4 4-5 1-2 5-5 0-0 L4 193 Missouri State 5 5 .500 64.3 61.2 11 12 .478 72.0 69.3 8-2 3-8 0-2 5-5 0-1 L1 164 UNI 5 5 .500 64.4 63.2 10 13 .435 65.5 67.4 7-3 1-7 2-3 5-5 0-1 W1 191 Evansville 4 6 .400 67.8 69.0 10 13 .435 71.7 71.9 9-4 1-9 0-0 4-6 0-0 W1 181 Indiana State 3 7 .300 63.6 70.6 11 11 .500 69.2 71.4 6-4 3-6 2-1 3-7 0-0 L3 189 Bradley 3 7 .300 60.1 65.1 11 12 .478 66.3 66.7 6-6 3-6 2-0 3-7 0-0 L1 206 MVC Home Games: 31-19 Non-Conf.: 72-57 (H: 47-16; A: 11-28; N: 14-13) vs. Top-25: 0-7 (Non-Conf.) Upcoming Schedule Recent Results Tuesday, Feb. 5 Tuesday, Jan. 29 *Drake at Loyola CBS Sports Network Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. *Missouri State 55, Valparaiso 54 (ot) *Valparaiso at Illinois State ESPN+ Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 Wednesday, Feb. 6 *Bradley 81, Evansville 73 *Evansville at Indiana State ESPN+ Terre Haute, Ind. 6:00 p.m. *Loyola 61, UNI 60 *Southern Illinois at Missouri State MVC TV / ESPN+ Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. *Illinois State 69, Drake 55 *Bradley at UNI ESPN+ Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. *Southern Illinois 88, Indiana State 73 Saturday, Feb. 9 Saturday, Feb. 2 *UNI at Drake MVC TV / ESPN+ Des Moines, Iowa 5:00 p.m. *Southern Illinois 72, Bradley 68 *Indiana State at Bradley ESPN+ Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. *Evansville 64, Valparaiso 53 *Evansville at Southern Illinois ESPN3 Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. *Drake 68, Indiana State 62 *UNI 64, Missouri State 59 Sunday, Feb. 10 *Illinois State 65, Loyola 57 *Illinois State at Missouri State ESPN3 Springfield, Mo. 3:00 p.m. *Loyola at Valparaiso ESPNU Valparaiso, Ind. 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12 *Drake at Southern Illinois ESPN+ Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 *Missouri State at Evansville ESPN+ Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. *Loyola at Bradley MVC TV / ESPN+ Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. *Illinois State at UNI PSN / ESPN+ Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. *Indiana State at Valparaiso ESPN3 Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. *denotes MVC game; times are Central Tickets on Sale TicketMaster (www.ticketmaster.com) or (800-745-3000) MVC BASKETBALL FEBRUARY 4, 2019 PAGE 2 Only Two Leagues With 10 Rookie Coaches MVC Player of the Week Only two conferences entered Super In the league’s previous 111 seasons, Armon Fletcher Bowl Sunday with all of its members with a total of nine coaches in their first double-digit win totals -- the Big East and years with an MVC team won 24 or more Southern Illinois the Missouri Valley Conference. games. Darian DeVries of Drake has 17 6-5, 210, Sr., Gd. wins in the Bulldogs’ first 23 contests. Edwardsville (Ill.) A Bakers’ Dozen Bill Hodges established the league re- Edwardsville High Only three times in the league’s 111- cord for wins by a rookie coach, winning Fletcher averaged 24 points year history have all teams reached 33 games with Indiana State’s 1979 13+ wins, including last year. The MVC on 70 percent shooting in lead- Final Four team. ing Southern Illinois to a 2-0 week. He scored has not had a season in which every A total of 19 MVC coaches won the 34 points in the win over Indiana State, the team reached 14 or more wins. In the league in their rookie season, but it’s most by a Missouri Valley Conference player league’s 111 seasons, the MVC has only happened three times since Hodges this season. Fletcher’s 34-point outburst had all teams reach 11 or more wins 10 won the league with ISU in 1979. was the most for a Saluki in an MVC game in times. Only five times in the MVC’s 111 23 years, when Troy Hudson dropped 39 on seasons have all league teams reached Last Three Rookie Coaches to Win MVC Indiana State in 1996. Fletcher went 11-for- 12 wins (those seasons are below). 2003-04 Matt Painter, SIU (25-5 / 17-1 MVC) 14 from the field and 6-for-8 from the 3-point 2004-05 Chris Lowery, SIU (27-8 / 15-3 MVC) line in the game. He followed that up with 14 Season (No.) Date* Last to Reach 12 Wins 2007-08 Keno Davis, Drake (28-5 / 15-3 MVC) points on 5-of-9 shooting in the win at Bradley. 2006-07 (10)+ 1-21-07 Illinois St./Evansville 1955-56 (7)+ 2-18-56 Wichita State Top Win Totals by MVC Rookie Coach 2017-18 (10)+ 2-21-17 Indiana State 2010-11 (10) 2-26-11 Bradley 33 -- Bill Hodges, Indiana State (1978-79) MVC Newcomer of the Week 1954-55 (6) 2-27-55 Oklahoma State 28 -- Keno Davis, Drake (2007-08) 27 -- Ed Jucker, Cincinnati (1960-61) Zach Copeland *Date last team reached 12 wins No. - indicates number of league teams that year 27 -- Chris Lowery, Southern Illinois (2004-05) Illinois State +all teams reached 13+ wins in these seasons 26 -- Denny Crum, Louisville (1971-72) 6-4, 185, Jr., Gd. 26 -- Nolan Richardson, Tulsa (1980-81) 25 -- Matt Painter, Southern Illinois (2003-04) Oakland (Calif.) Only Five Have Done It 25 -- Tim Jankovich, Illinois State (2007-08) Berkeley High Just five MVC coaches have won or 24 -- Eddie Hickey, Saint Louis (1947-48) [City College of shared the league’s regular-season title San Francisco] after having won an MVC title as a player. Margin Call Illinois State’s Dan Muller and Loyola’s Copeland averaged 15 points per game Loyola has been involved in two league as Illinois State went 2-0 with wins over two Porter Moser have their teams tied for games with a 35-point margin this year, of the top three teams in the MVC stand- first place in the MVC race with eight MVC beating Indiana State, 79-44, and los- ings (with Illinois State being the third of games remaining this season. ing to Missouri State, 70-35. In the those three teams). He also pulled down Coach-Player Regular-Season Champs league’s 112 seasons, there have been six rebounds on the week with three assists and a steal. He made 52.9 percent of his as Player as Coach 90 league games decided by 35 or more points. Loyola joins just two others to be shots from the field (9-of-17), and half of his J. Craig Ruby, Mizzou 1918, 20 1921, 22 on both sides (a win and a loss) in the 12 three-point attempts. In the first game of the week against Drake, whom the Redbirds George Rody, Okla. St. 1922* 1931 same season. Chris Lowery, S. Illinois 1992 2005, 07 were tied with for second place in the league MVC Teams to Win by 35, Lose by 35, Same Year Dan Muller, Illinois St. 1997, 98 2017 standings, he scored 19 points, hitting 6-of- Porter Moser, Loyola 1989^ 2018 Drake, 1970-71, W-Bradley (35); L-Louisville (42) 11 shots from the field and 4-of-7 from long Drake, 2014-15, L-ILS (36); W-Missouri St. (35) range. He also had three rebounds and gave *played at Kansas; ^played at Creighton Loyola, 2018-19, W-Indiana St. (35); L-MSU (35) out two assists while picking up a steal. Near Misses: Oklahoma, 1919-20, W-Okla. St. (39), L-Mizzou (33) Mid-Term Grades Bradley, 1948-49, W-Tulsa (39), L-Okla. St. (34) Since 1992-93, all 37 MVC teams in the lead (or co-lead) at the break have reached post-season play. The last Valley Tough Shooting Night mid-season leader to not reach the post- Missouri State gutted out a 55-54 over- season was Tulsa, in 1992. Since then, time win at Valparaiso earlier in the week, mid-year leaders Bradley (1994 & 1999), while shooting just 30.9 percent from the Illinois State (1996 & 2017), Wichita floor.