Missouri Valley Conference Basketball Media Guides 2013-14 Men's Basketball Media Guide

2013-14 Missouri Valley Conference Schedule Monday December 23 SIU Edwardsville at Southern Illinois Loyola at Fordham Albany at Drake 7:05 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Saturday December 28 Belmont at Indiana State Grambling State at Evansville Iona at UNI South Florida at Bradley 1 p.m. ET 1:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Sunday December 29 Drake at IUPUI SE Missouri State at Missouri State Southern Illinois at Miami (Ohio) Davidson at Wichita State 1:00 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday January 1 *Loyola at Indiana State *Bradley at UNI [MVC TV] *Evansville at Drake 2:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Thursday January 2 *Illinois State at Missouri State *Wichita St. at Southern Illinois [ESPN3] 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Saturday January 4 *Indiana State at Evansville [ESPNU] *Drake at Bradley 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Sunday January 5 *Southern Illinois at Illinois State *UNI at Wichita State [MVC TV] *Missouri State at Loyola 1:05 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Wednesday January 8 *Illinois State at Wichita State *Southern Illinois at Loyola [MVC TV] *Missouri State at Bradley *Indiana State at Drake *UNI at Evansville 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Saturday January 11 12:05 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Tuesday January 14 *Bradley at Wichita State *UNI at Southern Illinois 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Wednesday January 15 *Evansville at Illinois State *Missouri State at Indiana State [ESPN3] *Drake at Loyola 7:05 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Friday January 17 *Southern Illinois at Bradley 7:00 p.m. Saturday January 18 *Indiana St. at Wichita St. [ESPN or ESPN2] *Missouri State at UNI [ESPNU] *Loyola at Evansville *Illinois State at Drake Tuesday January 21 *Evansville at Missouri State 7:05 p.m. Wednesday January 22 *Drake at Southern Illinois *Wichita State at Illinois State *Indiana State at Loyola *UNI at Bradley 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Saturday January 25 *Illinois State at Indiana State *Southern Illinois at Missouri State [MVC TV] *UNI at Loyola *Wichita State at Drake 5:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Sunday January 26 *Bradley at Evansville [MVC TV] 1:00 p.m. Tuesday January 28 *Loyola at Wichita State 7:00 p.m. Wednesday January 29 *Evansville at UNI [ESPN3] *Indiana State at Southern Illinois *Illinois State at Bradley *Missouri State at Drake 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Saturday February 1 *Bradley at Missouri State *Drake at Illinois State *Evansville at Wichita State [ESPNU] *Indiana State at UNI [ESPN3] *Loyola at Southern Illinois 2:05 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:05 p.m. Tuesday February 4 *Southern Illinois at Drake 7:05 p.m. Wednesday February 5 *Missouri State at Evansville *UNI at Illinois State *Wichita State at Indiana State [MVC TV] 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Notable Success • Sweet 16 -- Nine Valley schools have reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament since 1994. • Record 13 -- The Missouri Valley Conference set a post-season record with 13 wins (including a record-5 in the NCAA Tournament) in 2013. Six MVC teams represented the league in post-season play last year. Schedule *Bradley at Indiana State *Evansville at Southern Illinois *Loyola at Illinois State [MVC TV] *Wichita State at Missouri State [ESPN3] *Drake at UNI Drake’s Seth VanDeest started all 32 games last year, averaging 9.5 points and 4.8 rebounds for the Bulldogs. • Postseason Teams -- In 13 of the past 15 years, at least four Valley teams have reached postseason play, including six league teams in 2012-13. • So Close -- In 2013, Wichita State became the first MVC team to reach the Final Four since 1979, losing in the semis to eventual champion Louisville, 72-68. • So Close, Part II -UNI and Evansville both reached the semifinals of the CIT in 2013. • Title Runs -- MVC men’s basketball teams reached the championship game of a post-season tournament in four-straight years from 2008-11: Bradley (CBI, 2008), Bradley (CIT, 2009), Missouri State (CIT, 2010), Creighton (CBI, 2011) and Wichita State (NIT, 2011). 25

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