By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL It was 5 seeded Bradley vs 6 seeded Northern Iowa for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line in the MVC Tournament Championship. That sounds about right for Arch Madness in the most wide-open Valley Tournament that we’ve had experienced in a while.  For the first time since the Missouri Valley…

By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL The first of two in-state match ups in the MVC Semifinals on Saturday afternoon was No. 1 Loyola and No. 5 Bradley. It was an electric atmosphere at the Enterprise Center between the two fanbases in Illinois. It turned out to be quite the game, too. In a re-match of last seasons MVC Semifinal…

By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL The biggest news that has happened so far in this year’s Missouri Valley Tournament came down late Friday night as the longest-tenured head coach in the league decided to call it quits.  After spending 16 seasons in the Missouri Valley Conference (nine with Missouri State and seven at Southern Illinois), SIU’s…

By:Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL The 2019 Missouri Valley Coach of the Year Darian DeVries showed exactly why he was deserving of winning the award. Coaching in his first-ever conference tournament as a head coach, the Drake Bulldogs played exactly like the MVC regular season champions and the No. 2 seed. In a season battling significant injuries,…

By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL One of the best games of Arch Madness Quarterfinal Friday is usually the four vs five game because of two evenly matched teams going at it. That’s what Missouri State and Bradley did for all 40 minutes at the Enterprise Center. The game came down to the final seconds, but it…