MVC Games Week 3 2024-25

[Bulldog4life24]

Drake fan just got thrown out on national television. Is that one of our posters?

Not on here, but he does post on the Drake board

What he say? Must have been pretty egregious being up 9 at the time.

Turns out when you comment on a player’s physical appearance, the refs don’t like it much. That’s all I’ll say.

He’s a solid supporter of the teams and the collective, but sometimes he’s entirely too passionate

[ReZyNeZy]

What a way to showcase the MVC today on ESPN flagship. Bradley entered the Myrtle Beach Invitational with the idea they'd get a shot at Princeton and South Florida, but Princeton lost to Texas State and Wright State and USF lost to Middle Tennessee, so BU just went ahead and beat Texas State, Wright State, and MTSU (on ESPN) to win the championship. Not to be outdone, along came Drake to beat Vandy on ESPN for its own MTE championship. ESPN crews for both games expressed their admiration for the conference. To all the 'MVC is a disaster this year' prognosticators, to quote Lee Corso, "Not so fast!"

And, get this, The High Majors were so butthurt about the MVC winning these tournaments. That Jeff Goodman just announced on twitter that these events will likely be revamped in the future to 2 4 team brackets. 1 high major. One mid major.

[MissouriValleyUnite]

What he say? Must have been pretty egregious being up 9 at the time.

Turns out when you comment on a player’s physical appearance, the refs don’t like it much. That’s all I’ll say.

He’s a solid supporter of the teams and the collective, but sometimes he’s entirely too passionate

His face was shown clearly on the ESPN flagship station while he was ripped by the announcers. That being probably his first appearance on national television has to be embarrassing for his family.

[SalukiWorld]

Great timing
https://x.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1860896631803072972

This could be the final year of the Myrtle Beach Invitational and the Charleston Classic will also be revamped, likely into 2 brackets: a 4-team high major and a 4-team mid-major, sources told
@thefieldof68
.

There is a chance that Myrtle could return in a different format, but not next season.

[IllinoisState]

What a way to showcase the MVC today on ESPN flagship. Bradley entered the Myrtle Beach Invitational with the idea they'd get a shot at Princeton and South Florida, but Princeton lost to Texas State and Wright State and USF lost to Middle Tennessee, so BU just went ahead and beat Texas State, Wright State, and MTSU (on ESPN) to win the championship. Not to be outdone, along came Drake to beat Vandy on ESPN for its own MTE championship. ESPN crews for both games expressed their admiration for the conference. To all the 'MVC is a disaster this year' prognosticators, to quote Lee Corso, "Not so fast!"

And, get this, The High Majors were so butthurt about the MVC winning these tournaments. That Jeff Goodman just announced on twitter that these events will likely be revamped in the future to 2 4 team brackets. 1 high major. One mid major.

The "Power" teams ruin college athletics.

[BCPanther]

Great timing
https://x.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1860896631803072972

This could be the final year of the Myrtle Beach Invitational and the Charleston Classic will also be revamped, likely into 2 brackets: a 4-team high major and a 4-team mid-major, sources told
@thefieldof68
.

There is a chance that Myrtle could return in a different format, but not next season.

Exactly what happened to the ESPN Events Invitational to UNI this year.

Signed a contract for 3 games and Minnesota and Wake Forest threw a fit about potentially having to play 5 really good mid majors so it got split into two 4s and Wichita won the 'random' draw to get to play with the Power schools.

We aren't going to see Power League teams anymore so we've got to schedule smart and make sure we're playing as many Top 150 teams as we can.

[ReZyNeZy]

Its sad to see. Power Schools used to be willing to come to mid majors for Home and Home series. Now, Power Schools dont see any benefit from these transactions as, in their minds, its lose lose with the NET system. If they win, they beat a mid major that has no effect on their playoff resume as it is most likely a Q2+ win. If they lose, they lose everything as its a Q2+ loss. The NET system has utterly destroyed the Home and Home for high and mid major and now the NET comes for the MTEs as well.

[SalukiWorld]

Its sad to see. Power Schools used to be willing to come to mid majors for Home and Home series. Now, Power Schools dont see any benefit from these transactions as, in their minds, its lose lose with the NET system. If they win, they beat a mid major that has no effect on their playoff resume as it is most likely a Q2+ win. If they lose, they lose everything as its a Q2+ loss. The NET system has utterly destroyed the Home and Home for high and mid major and now the NET comes for the MTEs as well.

Go look at Iowa State and Illinois, their mid-major games are home games against 250+ KenPom teams. They can win by 50 and benefit in NET/KenPom. Why bother playing someone that can beat them?