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From the Wichita Eagle, no less: http://www.kansas.com/sports/basketball/story/659089.html :sycamores::jawdrop:

their team is under performing and will probably finish 11th in the ten team MVC this year. Here is a Peoria sportswriter's take on Bradley: http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x1069310319/Reynolds-Rebuilding-a-difficult-process I will post additional stories from SIU, UNI, Drake (although their...

Pretty good article from one of the Valley news scribes about the MVC/MWC Challenge beginning next season: http://www2.pjstar.com/index.php?/wessler/article/more_on_valley_mountain_challenges_and_the_bracketbuster/ :sycamores:

Brady Shoemaker?s baseball learning curve straightened out in a hurry on Saturday against Illinois State. It was replaced by the arc of three home runs that sailed out of Sycamore Field. More...

Is anyone else having trouble getting onto ValleyTalk? Two days now and neither my home or work computer will connect to the site. Maybe they've finally gotten sick of me and have banned me??? :krazy: Just curious if anyone else is noticing the same thing?

The high schools that make up the Little Illini Conference aren?t among the bigger ones in Illinois, and it?s certainly not every year that three LIC athletes earn Division I college football scholarships. Three LIC football players heading to the same school might be unprecedented, in fact...

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/mvc/home.htm

DU.....14-3....WSU IlSU...12-5....@SIU *88 PWR RATING* SIU....11-6....IlSU *89 PWR RATING* BU.....9-8.....@CU *77 PWR RATING* CU.....9-8.....BU *59 PWR RATING* ISU....8-9.....MSU *70 PWR RATING* UNI....8-9.....@UE *67 PWR RATING* MSU....7-10....@ISU *67 PWR RATING* WSU....4-13....@DU...

DU.....14-2....@MSU, WSU IlSU...11-5....CU, @SIU *77 PWR PTS* SIU....10-6....@BU, IlSU *74 PWR PTS* BU.....9-7.....SIU, @CU *79 PWR PTS* CU.....9-7.....@IlSU, BU *56 PWR PTS* ISU....8-8.....@UNI, MSU *71 PWR PTS* UNI....7-9.....ISU, @UE *57 PWR PTS* MSU....6-10....DU, @ISU *48 PWR PTS*...

Today?s game at Illinois State marks the halfway point of the Missouri Valley Conference season for the Indiana State men?s basketball team ? and the Sycamores are in a position to claim a share of second place in the conference. More...

Indiana State?s men?s and women?s track teams came away with dual-meet victories Saturday in their first action of 2008.The Sycamores? men?s team defeated Illinois State 80-65, and the women won 77-71 inside Horton Fieldhouse. More...

Forget what you know about the Missouri Valley Conference. Southern Illinois, Wichita State and Creighton are down. Drake, Indiana State and Illinois State are up. Talk about a changing of the guard, writes Kyle Whelliston. More...

TUESDAY NIGHT FIGHTS! Valley night on the ESPN networks on Tuesday night. The SIU/Bradley game is on ESPNU and the Wichita St./Missouri St. game is on ESPN2. Both games are at 7:00 EST.

The Missouri Valley Conference has established itself as a consistent multi-bid league. But this season, finding a bid beyond Southern Illinois will be hard, writes Kyle Whelliston. More...

Just for information, the best general site to stay in tune with what is going on with all of the teams in the Valley is www.bradleyfans.com A lot of Bradley info naturally but they keep up with all of us. Valleytalk.net has info also but a lot of "smack". :sycamores:

The Missouri Valley Conference announced Tuesday that the league received a record $4.2 million payout based on its NCAA Tournament participation from 2001 to 2006. More...

The Indiana State women?s basketball team was picked third in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll released Tuesday at MVC Media Day, but there was a strong belief among the Sycamores themselves that they could finish first. More...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The rest of the Missouri Valley Conference believes Southern Illinois is the class... More...

They've got a nice predictions thread going on over at ValleyTalk, so I thought it would be interesting to see how those of us in Sycamore Nation think the MVC will shake out. I'll start with my own prognostication: I love this part of the season. Everyone is filled with optimism and everyone...

Published by the Missouri Valley: https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=36371&SPID=2901&DB_OEM_ID=7600&ATCLID=1275097 We won't be getting much respect until we start beating people regularly in the league, which is the way it ought to be. I have a feeling we will make some...