Week 7 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
The story of this week is probably the continued cancellation of the biggest games of the season due to the pandemic. Just as the Valley...
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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 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...
Week 6 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
It is looking like we might just find out who the best team in the MVC is next weekend in Des Moines. The story of the week is the Drake...
Week 5 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
The MVC season is underway, and there was a lot of action (if little drama) this week. Loyola and Drake cemented themselves as two of the...
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...
Week 4 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
The big story of week four (besides continued game cancellations due to COVID) was the NCAA waiver granting immediate eligibility for all...
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....
Week 3 Summary, Updated Power Rankings, Mid Major Tidbits
Week three of this college basketball season is over, and COVID 19 continues to take its toll. One MVC school has followed Coach K’s lead...
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...
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...
EVERY MVC SCHOOL’S BEST BASKETBALL TEAM OF THE 21ST CENTURY
The twenty-first century has been pretty good to the Missouri Valley Conference. We’ve seen multiple Final Fours and a plethora of Sweet...
2020-21 MVC BASKETBALL PREVIEW PART I: THE MEDIOCRE
When I set out to make my 2020-21 predictions to kick off this site, I had the idea in my head that I was going to debunk the theory that...