MVC games Saturday 1/5/08

[Da Coach]

There are 3 other games today in addition to the Wichita State-BU game (7:05 pm tonight at Carver Arena).

Northern Iowa (10-3, 2-0) at Indiana State (7-5, 2-0) at 6:05 pm in a battle of the unbeatens. Both teams are 2-0 in MVC play.

Southern Illinois (6-7, 1-1) at Illinois State (10-3, 2-0) at Redbird Arena at 7:05 pm.

Creighton (9-3, 0-2) at Missouri State (8-6, 1-1) at 7:05 pm. Creighton is needs a win to avoid starting 0-3 in the MVC.

Updating MVC scoreboard--
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/scoreboard?d=2008-01-05&refresh=60&c=mvc

There is also 1 game Sunday-
Drake (11-1) at Evansville (5-7) at 2:05 pm
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/scoreboard?d=2008-01-06&c=mvc&refresh=60

 

[Da Coach]

Here are the betting lines--

Indiana State is a 2 point favorite over Northern Iowa.

Missouri State is a 4.5 point favorite over Creighton.

Illinois State is a 3 point favorite over SIU.

Bradley is a 4 point favorite over Wichita State.

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/odds/las-vegas/

 

[Da Coach]

1 more MVC note--

Freshman guard Lamont Austin, has left the Missouri State team. He was a promising recruit, but got into trouble in the preseason when he was arrested in relation to a theft. He was never charged. He played in only 2 of the first 7 games, then suffered a broken foot and would likely not have played the rest of the year. But he was dismissed because he did not meet academic expectations.

http://cjonline.com/stories/010408/loc_231367165.shtml

 

[BUBraves06]

The UNI-ISU(Blue) game is being broadcast on FSN Midwest and Comcast Sportsnet Chicago FYI.

 

[UNIDEKE3]

Good Luck tonight Braves!!!

 

[jasonpeoria911]

Well the other MVC games tonight pretty much magnify how much BU sucks. Creighton beats MO State by a point and out rebounded them by 8 as well as holding them to 29% FG, a game after MO State out rebounds us by about 20 and shoots nearly 55%. Tag on Indiana State's slaughtering of N. IA which we couldn't score 10 points on in 1 half. What a very, very long season this is going to be. I'm embarrassed for BU to be on ESPNU Tuesday night.

Jason