Preseason Rankings/1st Team

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Re: Preseason Rankings/1st Team

Postby sivert » October 7th, 2020, 8:41 am

UNI- likely starting lineup: Berhow, Pickford, Green, Phyfe, [Carter,Kimmons,Heise,Born]. Look for Noah Carter to have a breakout year. In his 6 minutes/game, he had the team’s highest BPM. Might see time from Betz (So) and Henry (RFr) in the front court. The three income freshmen (Nate Heise, Bowen Born, Tytan Anderson) all might surprise.
Haldeman was a great shooter, but this team is full of shooters. And he was a good defender on a team that will still defend well. Brown will be tougher to replace. Berhow, Green, Carter, Heise, and Born are guys that must be defended from 3.

Loyola - Returning a bunch of good players and Krut will Krut. Loyola and UNI should lead the Valley. I would not want to face Loyola day 1, and I’m looking for Loyola to give the MVC at least one OOC 'upset.' The short OOC will tip the balance a little toward the Loyola in conf, but I still have to go with UNI for #1 (because I’m a Panther fan). There are rankings with Loyola over UNI and with UNI over Loyola. Hopefully, it will be a fun race that further establishes the intensity and respect of the rivalry.

-- After that, there are big questions for everyone. Will depend on newcomers, so I'm probably way off...
Bradley- Childs, Bar, and Boya are good anchors for some guards to step up and work around. Losses of Kennell and Brown will be tough.
SIU- I like this coach. That’s why I have them so high.
ISUb- I think losing Barnes will be tough.
MSU-Hopefully this is a team that sees how far short they fell of their potential and they use that to work on playing as a team.
Drake- Penn will shine. Liam's departure leaves a big hole. Devries seems to do well with offense regardless.
Valpo- JFL was so good on both ends of the court.
ISUr- Maybe they’ll surprise me… Sy Chatman sits this year, I think, which should give Muller another year…
Evansville- Lickliter - I don’t have a ton of confidence in him. What a sad outcome from such high hopes. I hope they pull it together and his style works for them.

Green for POY because in spite of earning POY last year, he has a lot of room for improvement, and he works really hard on his game. TOs / assists was 1:1 in ’19-’20. He needs to improve his decision making and avoid dribbling into trouble - those things I do expect to improve with experience. Getting Kimmons and Born on the court will give him a few ball handling breaks, and last year, when his usage is lower, he played his best ball. He also is adjusting his shot based on advice he got in his NBA tryouts. Defense and strength also are areas he can improve.
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Postby goramblers2011 » October 8th, 2020, 8:51 am

UNI fans picking UNI #1, Loyola fans picking Loyola #1 and neutral posters and experts somewhat split between the two....has the makings for a GREAT conference title race!

For what its worth, my prediction:

1. Loyola (shocker)
2. UNI
3. Indiana State
4. Bradley
5. SIU
6. Drake
7. Missouri State
8. Illinois State
9. Valpo
10. Evansville

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Re: Preseason Rankings/1st Team

Postby Mikovio » October 10th, 2020, 7:44 am

sivert wrote:Bradley- Childs, Bar, and Boya are good anchors

Bar graduated. Ville will have to step into Kennell's shoes. He's just as elite a shooter but can he handle the added attention and volume? I also expect big things from Henry. Reink Mast is a huge wildcard.
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Re: Preseason Rankings/1st Team

Postby mvfcfan » October 10th, 2020, 4:29 pm

Blers42 wrote:1) Loyola
2) UNI
3) Bradley
4) Southern
5) Indiana St.
6) Missouri St.
7) Drake
8) Valpo
9) Illinois St.
10) Evansville

POY: Krutwig


This post is also my exact prediction.
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Re: Preseason Rankings/1st Team

Postby usmcsaluki » October 12th, 2020, 6:04 pm

This year really has 3 NCAA-worthy tourney teams at the top, and it will be a ton of fun - as always - to see how it all plays out.


1. UNI
2. Loyola
3. Bradley
4. SIU
5. ISUBlue
6. MoState
7. Drake
8. Valpo
9. ISURed
10. Evansville
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Re: Preseason Rankings/1st Team

Postby Adunk33 » October 15th, 2020, 8:13 am

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Re: Preseason Rankings/1st Team

Postby Adunk33 » October 15th, 2020, 2:58 pm

Today was media day.

You can hear from all of the coaches and commissioner here http://mvc-sports.com/news/2020/10/15/a ... y-q-a.aspx
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Re: Preseason Rankings/1st Team

Postby siudawgs » October 16th, 2020, 12:42 pm

SIU announced today that sophomore transfer Steven Verplancken was given a waiver to be eligible right away. Here's the release when they signed him: https://siusalukis.com/news/2020/4/21/m ... ncken.aspx

Gives the Salukis another big guard in what is now a very deep backcourt, with Jones and Harvey likely to start and Verplancken now pushing for playing time alongside freshmen Dalton Banks and Eric Butler, sophomore Trent Brown and grad transfer Jakolby Long.

They're sure handing out waivers like crazy these days; it was thought he'd have to sit.
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Re: Preseason Rankings/1st Team

Postby Salukimadness86 » October 17th, 2020, 6:53 pm

siudawgs wrote:SIU announced today that sophomore transfer Steven Verplancken was given a waiver to be eligible right away. Here's the release when they signed him: https://siusalukis.com/news/2020/4/21/m ... ncken.aspx

Gives the Salukis another big guard in what is now a very deep backcourt, with Jones and Harvey likely to start and Verplancken now pushing for playing time alongside freshmen Dalton Banks and Eric Butler, sophomore Trent Brown and grad transfer Jakolby Long.

They're sure handing out waivers like crazy these days; it was thought he'd have to sit.

Great news...wonder if anyone in this group redshirts? Things are looking better in Saluki land!
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