Missouri State Bears

For What it’s Worth---March 10 -- “We’ve never won in St. Louis, I would think there’s a little sentimentality on our side too.” Shocker Coach Gregg Marshall, when asked whether Creighton reportedly leaving the Valley would...

For What it’s Worth---March 8 -- Another reason to like Wichita State hoops Coach Gregg Marshall, for me anyway-- I walk into his press conference yesterday afternoon with my 14 year old son and he stops in mid-answer to say hello to him---from...

Who was the New York home who voted for the Knicks Carmelo Anthony as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player? Anthony would have voted for LeBron making him the first unanimous MVP in National Basketball League history. The guy helped spur his team to a...

“Everyone’s been saying that we’re completely healthy since Carl got back, but we still had our starting two guard and small forward on the sideline.  We haven’t been healthy since the eighth game of the season.” Wichita...

For What it’s Worth---February 27 -- How ecstatic are parents across the region that school is back in session, probably just a few more than the kids who’re going back… although I do have one child who’s tired of shoveling snow....

For What it’s Worth---on this February 17 -- Former Shocker Coach Mark Turgeon’s Maryland Terrapins beat #2 Duke as the Blue Devils miss a shot at the buzzer, just an hour before former WSU and Turgeon assistant Tad Boyle (Colorado) losses one...

Men's college basketball Len earns Bias Award as most valuable Terp Alex Len was given the Len Bias Award as Maryland's most valuable player at the team's awards banquet. Len also earned the Len Elmore Award for most rebounds and the Buck Williams...

For What it’s Worth on this January 25 --- Repeating history?  Gregg Marshall hasn’t dominated the Missouri Valley Conference in the same way that he did the Big South…yet. Marshall won six conference titles in nine seasons at Winthrop,...

SALT LAKE CITY — Top collegiate athletic directors need many things but should not live without a back-door office exit or a secret list of coaching candidates in advance of their next football and basketball openings. It doesn't matter if your...

For What it’s Worth on this January 23rd --- The more things change, the more they stay the same. KU went on the road and beat K-State last night in an offensively challenged affair ---or was it defensively charged? Still rolling--- Kansas won...

For What it’s Worth on this January 9— The Missouri Valley Conference was expected to be a four horse race, but Illinois State is an early candidate for the glue factory. Picked second behind Creighton, the Redbirds looked the part going 9-3...

The next time I come to Evansville I’m going to drive.  The three worst flights I’ve ever taken in the Missouri Valley Conference have been in to and out of Evansville.  I’m not sure how I’ve wronged this city, but we are clearly...