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Missouri Valley Conference Beat is a blog dedicated to the Missouri Valley Conference, Missouri Valley Football Conference, mid-major basketball and FCS football.  I am a Northern Iowa alum who loves small school DI sports.  Enjoy my ramblings about all things mid-major, with a focus on the Missouri Valley, below.

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All Time MVC Arch Madness Session 2

Today we continue our all-time Arch Madness with session two, the Friday afternoon session featuring the first two games of the...

All Time MVC Arch Madness Session 1

Today, we have reached the third and final part of my whatifsports.com simulation featuring each school’s best team of the century (as...

Greatest MVC Teams Simulated Season Part 2

Today, I have the results of our full regular season whatifsports.com simulation featuring each school’s best team of the century (as...

Greatest MVC Teams Simulated Season Part 1

I am doing something a little different this week. One of my first articles on this site was “Every MVC School’s Best Team of the 21st...

Ranking all the MVC Coaches

In times of strength for the MVC, there is usually one common factor: strong coaches. The Valley is often made or broken by its coaches....

Recapping Every Arch Madness Final

Last year the MVC celebrated 30 years of Arch Madness. From humble beginnings at a now-demolished venue in 1991, Arch Madness has grown...

Week 2 Summary, Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits

A second week of this extremely weird college season is behind us. Here are the team summaries and power rankings after week two. At this...

New MVC Reference Section Added

Just wanted to quickly check in to let everyone know I added a new "MVC References" section to the blog. There you'll find links to all...

THE MVC'S TOP 30 RETURNING PLAYERS

After ranking the MVC teams last week, I’m now going to take a look at the best individual players. I’d love to do a write up about the...

WEEK 1 SUMMARY, POWER RANKINGS, MID-MAJOR TIDBITS

With the first week of college basketball play behind us, we’ll take a look at how things shook out last week and update the power...

2020-21 MVC PREVIEW PART III: THE MAGNIFICENT

We finish up the 2020-21 MVC preview with the two teams I believe will have the best shot to compete for a league title this season. If...

2020-21 MVC BASKETBALL PREVIEW PART II: THE MIDDLE

The preview continues with the teams that I believe will avoid Thursday and claim spots three through six at Arch Madness. Author’s note:...

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