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**MVCBeat** · 02-02-2021, 08:09 PM

Alright, there is a lot of new stuff this week at https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/.

-We are now on Twitter. Follow @BeatMVC

-New week 10 power rankings and tidbits. The tidbits this week are essentially a mid-major bubble watch so I figure that might be interesting to some people. https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...etology-update

-This week's other article is a check-in on the Larry Bird Trophy race (written primarily before this weekend's games, so it is already a bit out of date. I look at the top 15 candidates with at least one from each team. Phyfe and Berhow featured for UNI. https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...y-watch-top-15

Thanks everyone! Have a good one!

**MVCBeat** · 02-09-2021, 04:59 PM

Hello Panthers. New content is up.

Week 11 Power Rankings and mid-major rundown was just posted: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...-major-tidbits

I also did a rundown of the current situation on the women's side:

2020-21 MVC Women’s Basketball Check-in

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/2020-21-mvc-women-s-basketball-check-in

When I first started this blog, it was my intention to cover the women’s games as well. When push came to shove, I just didn’t have the bandwidth for it. So, I focused on the men’s game with which I am more familiar. But I am still a women’s basketball fan, and the MVC is one of the best women’s basketball leagues in the country. According to the “Valley on the Big 550” podcast, the MVC was 8th in conference RPI last year behind only the power six and the Ivy League, and this year the league is

And you can now follow me on Twitter @BeatMVC

Thanks!

**MVCBeat** · 02-16-2021, 07:45 PM

-The new week 12 power rankings are up: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...-major-tidbits

-With the FCS season starting this week my second article is an MVFC preview. Go Panthers!: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...season-preview

You can now also follow me on Twitter @BeatMvc

Thanks!

**MVCBeat** · 02-23-2021, 07:08 PM

This week's posts are in!

-Week 13 Power Rankings are here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...-major-tidbits

-This week's featured article, "Top Ten Arch Madness Quarterfinal Games Of the Last Decade" is here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...-of-the-decade

-Week 2 MVFC Football Power Rankings are here (if you are into the sort of thing): https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...power-rankings

Also follow me on Twitter at @BeatMVC

I still have hope that UNI can get into the top six.

**iron panther** · 02-24-2021, 12:51 PM

Originally posted by MVCBeat View Post

This week's posts are in!

-Week 13 Power Rankings are here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...-major-tidbits

-This week's featured article, "Top Ten Arch Madness Quarterfinal Games Of the Last Decade" is here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...-of-the-decade

-Week 2 MVFC Football Power Rankings are here (if you are into the sort of thing): https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...power-rankings

Also follow me on Twitter at @BeatMVC

I still have hope that UNI can get into the top six.

I guess i need an update on how the playoffs are going to run this year. Only six are getting in?

**BCPanther** · 02-24-2021, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by iron panther View Post

I guess i need an update on how the playoffs are going to run this year. Only six are getting in?

6 At Large. 10 AQs. 16 Total.

**MVCBeat** · 03-02-2021, 06:40 PM

Originally posted by iron panther View Post

I guess i need an update on how the playoffs are going to run this year. Only six are getting in?

That is a typo. I meant sixteen (or maybe the six at-large.....not sure). Either way the post above is correct. My error. Thank you for reading!

**MVCBeat** · 03-02-2021, 06:41 PM

Happy Arch Madness Week Panther Fans!

-My final weekly power rankings are here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...ajor-tidbits-1

-My ranking of the top ten Arch Madness semifinal games of the last decade are here: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...he-last-decade

-I also did my week 3 MVFC Power Rankings if you're into that: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...power-rankings

You can follow me @BeatMVC on Twitter. I will probably whip up an "Arch Madness Preview and Predictions" tomorrow so watch out for that as well.

Thank you to everyone who read my stuff this year! GO PANTHERS!

**MVCBeat** · 03-03-2021, 07:31 PM

I try not to post twice a week, but I am making an exception this week to promote my Arch Madness preview I just posted. Check it out here if you want a primer for the weekend:

2021 Arch Madness Preview

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/2021-arch-madness-preview

Arch Madness is this weekend, and I won’t be there for just the second time in eighteen years. That makes this weekend bittersweet for me as I am excited for the tournament but also suffering from some serious FOMO. Recent developments at my place of work means my plans for taking Thursday night and all-day Friday off are now gone and I probably wont even be able to watch the games live until Saturday. That means this will be my lamest Arch Madness experience of my life. However, I am still exci

**MVCBeat** · 03-09-2021, 08:16 PM

You can read one disappointed UNI fan's thoughts on last weekend in my post this week. I also talk about the upcoming commissioner hire, possible alternative locations for Arch Madness, and the oft-discussed topic of expansion.

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...for-the-valley

I intend to continue to create MVC content as Drake and Loyola's seasons continue. Plus I have an idea for a fun article next week. So I am not done yet. But this does sort of feel like a season wrap up article in many ways.

PS- MVFC Football power rankings for this week are here as well: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...power-rankings

**UNIdad** · 03-09-2021, 08:50 PM

Originally posted by MVCBeat View Post

You can read one disappointed UNI fan's thoughts on last weekend in my post this week. I also talk about the upcoming commissioner hire, possible alternative locations for Arch Madness, and the oft-discussed topic of expansion.

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...for-the-valley

I intend to continue to create MVC content as Drake and Loyola's seasons continue. Plus I have an idea for a fun article next week. So I am not done yet. But this does sort of feel like a season wrap up article in many ways.

PS- MVFC Football power rankings for this week are here as well: https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...power-rankings

Nice blog. Very thoughtful and well-reasoned.

I keep hearing things like you wrote: "the City of St Louis had protocols that superseded the league’s."
Well, what were their protocols? And why did they necessitate a forfeited game?

**MVCBeat** · 03-17-2021, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by UNIdad View Post

Nice blog. Very thoughtful and well-reasoned.

I keep hearing things like you wrote: "the City of St Louis had protocols that superseded the league’s."
Well, what were their protocols? And why did they necessitate a forfeited game?

I don't know, I can only guess that St. Louis had stricter contact tracing procedures than those of the league.

**MVCBeat** · 03-17-2021, 04:11 PM

Hello Panther Fans! I have three new articles for your consumption.

No new power rankings for hoops but I do have tid-bits. I pontificate on Loyola and Drake in the NCAAs, another weird COVID situation for the MVC at Hoops in the Heartland, Indiana State's reported new coach and a mid-major laden NIT field here:
https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...-mid-major-nit

In my other piece I put together what a Mid Major NCAA Tournament might have looked like if the NCAA was split into two subdivisions in basketball similar to football:
https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/p...l-championship

Finally, I have my weekly MVFC power rankings here:

MVFC Football Week 5 Power Rankings

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/mvfc-football-week-5-power-rankings

As we reach the (almost) midway point of the MVFC season, we are likely down to four possible playoff teams. Illinois State is 0-3, South Dakota lost its second game unexpectedly to Missouri State, and UNI fell to 2-2 with losses to SDSU and SIU. UNI now is squarely behind SDSU, SIU and UND and it is doubtful they would get chosen over any of those teams, nor is it likely the MVFC gets three of the six possible at-large bids. It is down to three Dakotas and SIU, who is looking to end a long play

As always, you can follow me on Twitter @BeatMVC

Thanks everyone!

**MVCBeat** · 03-23-2021, 01:30 PM

Published some more tidbits. Its a quick read. Talks about the new commish, Loyola, Drake, the women, MVC historic success and mid-major failures in this tournament.

Tidbits: LUC, DU, MVC Ladies, MVC Overachievers, Mid-Major Underachievers & The Famous Jeff Jackson

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/tidbits-luc-du-mvc-ladies-mvc-overachievers-mid-major-underachievers-the-famous-jeff-jackson

On July 1, the Missouri Valley will have a new commissioner in Jeff Jackson who is currently the executive associate commissioner of the Big 12. While little is known about Jackson, I got the outside hire I wanted. Now we’ll see what his agenda will be for the league. He used the phrase “move the needle” in his press conference. It is a cliché that I really love. I hope that he takes the league in a new forward-thinking direction instead of the status quo type approach we have had recently. Let’

Thanks!

**MVCBeat** · 03-30-2021, 06:49 PM

Last tidbits of the year. It is a quick read about Loyola, the Lady Bears, transfers, and a roller coaster day for UNI fans yesterday. Thank you all for reading my stuff this year!

Tidbits: On Loyola, MSU Women, the Transfer Portal and UNI’s Roller Coaster Day

https://www.missourivalleybeat.com/post/notes-on-loyola-msu-women-the-transfer-portal-and-uni-s-roller-coaster-day

I miss last week. It was so full of excitement and hope. Loyola had a favorable draw in the Sweet 16, and the MSU women were on their way to locking up a Sweet 16 berth themselves. Even UNI’s women had made a run to the WNIT Final Four. All was well in the world of the MVC. Then this week happened.As you probably already know if you’re reading this, Loyola laid an egg on Saturday in the Sweet 16. After showing the world the peak of what they were capable of in handling top seed Illinois with ea

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