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2017–18 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)ESPN3, CBSSN, CBS
NBA Draft
Regular Season
2018 MVC ChampionsLoyola
Season MVPClayton Custer
Tournament
Basketball seasons
2017–18 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Loyola Chicago † 15 – 3   .833 32 – 6   .842
Southern Illinois 11 – 7   .611 20 – 13   .606
Illinois State 10 – 8   .556 18 – 15   .545
Drake 10 – 8   .556 17 – 17   .500
Bradley 9 – 9   .500 20 – 13   .606
Indiana State 8 – 10   .444 13 – 18   .419
Missouri State 7 – 11   .389 18 – 15   .545
Evansville 7 – 11   .389 17 – 15   .531
Northern Iowa 7 – 11   .389 16 – 16   .500
Valparaiso 6 – 12   .333 15 – 17   .469
† 2018 MVC tournament winner

The 2017–18 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play will begin in late December 2017 and will conclude in March with the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

This season marks the first season with Valparaiso as a member of the conference.[1] The Crusaders were invited to join the conference after Wichita State left the conference to join the American Athletic Conference.[2]

With a win against Evansville on February 18, 2018, Loyola clinched at least a share of its first-ever Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship.[3] With a win over Southern Illinois on February 21, the Ramblers clinched the outright MVC championship.[4]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Drake's fourth-year head coach Ray Giacoletti resigned on December 6, 2016 after the first eight games of the season.[5] Assistant coach Jeff Rutter was named interim head coach.[5] Following the season, the school chose not to keep Jeff Rutter as head coach and hired Niko Medved, former head coach at Furman, as the Bulldogs' new head coach.[6]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record MVC record MVC titles NCAA Tournaments
Bradley Brian Wardle Green Bay 3 18–47 10–26 0 0
Drake Niko Medved Furman 1 0–0 0–0 0 0
Evansville Marty Simmons SIU Edwardsville 11 158–155 75–105 0 0
Illinois State Dan Muller Vanderbilt
(Asst.) 		6 104–65 57–33 1 0
Indiana State Greg Lansing Indiana State
(Asst.) 		8 120–108 65–61 0 1
Loyola Porter Moser Saint Louis
(Asst.) 		7 89–105 27–55 0 0
Missouri State Paul Lusk Purdue
(Asst.) 		7 88–106 45–64 0 0
Northern Iowa Ben Jacobson Northern Iowa
(Asst.) 		12 234–134 123–75 2 4
Southern Illinois Barry Hinson Kansas
(Adm.) 		6 77–80 36–48 0 0
Valparaiso Matt Lottich Valparaiso
(Asst.) 		2 24–9 0–0 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Overall and MVC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.
  • Lottich and Moser's conference records only includes MVC play, not prior Horizon League record.

Preseason

Preseason poll

Source[7]

Rank Team
1. Missouri State (30)
2. Northern Iowa (8)
3. Loyola (1)
4. Illinois State (1)
5. Southern Illinois
6. Valparaiso
7. Bradley
8. Indiana State
9. Evansville
10. Drake
(first place votes)

Preseason All-MVC teams

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Alize Johnson, Missouri State
Preseason All-MVC First Team
Donte Ingram, Loyola
Brenton Scott, Indiana State
Bennet Koch, Northern Iowa
Reed Timmer, Drake
Aundre Jackson, Loyola
Preseason All-MVC Second Team
Thik Bol, Southern Illinois
Darrell Brown, Bradley
Klint Carlson, Northern Iowa
Phil Fayne, Illinois State
Tevonn Walker, Valparaiso

Source[7]

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games, playing each team twice.

  Bradley Drake Evansville Illinois State Indiana State Loyola Missouri State Northern Iowa Southern Illinois Valparaiso
vs. Bradley – 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. Drake 0–2 – 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0
vs. Evansville 1–1 1–1 – 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Illinois State 1–1 1–1 0–2 – 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. Indiana State 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 – 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
vs. Loyola 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 – 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. Missouri State 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 – 1–1 2–0 0–2
vs. Northern Iowa 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 – 2–0 0–2
vs. Southern Illinois 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 – 1–1
vs. Valparaiso 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 –
Total 9–9 10–8 7–11 10–8 7–11 15–3 7–11 7–11 11–7 6–12

Player of the week

Throughout the regular season, the Missouri Valley Conference named a player and newcomer of the week.

Week Player of the week Newcomer of the week
November 13, 2017[8] Brenton Scott, Indiana State Kavion Pippen, Southern Illinois
November 20, 2017[9] Keyshawn Evans, Illinois State Marques Townes, Loyola
November 27, 2017[10] Donte Ingram, Loyola Tywhon Pickford, Northern Iowa
December 4, 2017[11] Bennett Koch, Northern Iowa Kavion Pippen (2), Southern Illinois
December 11, 2017[12] Dru Smith, Evansville Cameron Krutwig, Loyola
December 18, 2017[13] Milik Yarbrough, Illinois State Milik Yarbrough, Illinois State
December 26, 2017[14] Alize Johnson, Missouri State Milik Yarbrough (2), Illinois State
January 2, 2018[15] Milik Yarbrough (2), Illinois State Milik Yarbrough (3), Illinois State
January 8, 2018[16] Reed Timmer, Drake J. T. Miller, Missouri State
January 15, 2018[17] Alize Johnson (2), Missouri State Tywhon Pickford (2), Northern Iowa
January 22, 2018[18] Donte Ingram (2), Loyola Cameron Krutwig (2), Loyola
January 29, 2018[19] Clayton Custer, Loyola Milik Yarbrough (4), Illinois State
February 5, 2018[20] Reed Timmer, Drake

Ryan Taylor, Evansville

Kavion Pippen (2), Southern Illinois
February 12, 2018[21] Alize Johnson (3), Missouri State Kavion Pippen (3), Southern Illinois
February 19, 2018[22] Reed Timmer (2), Drake Milik Yarbrough (5), Illinois State

Postseason

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

Main article: 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by overall adjusted RPI, if necessary. The top six seeds received first-round byes.

First round
Thursday, March 1
MVC TV 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2
MVC TV 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 3
CBSSN 		Championship
Sunday, March 4
CBS
            
1 Loyola–Chicago 54
9 Northern Iowa 50
8 Evansville 50
9 Northern Iowa 60
1 Loyola–Chicago 62
5 Bradley 54
4 Drake 61
5 Bradley 63
1 Loyola-Chicago
4 Illinois State
2 Southern Illinois 67
7 Missouri State 63
7 Missouri State 83
10 Valparaiso 79
2 Southern Illinois 68
3 Illinois State 76
3 Illinois State 77
6 Indiana State 70

References

  1. ^ Osipoff, Michael. "Valparaiso makes it official, accepts Missouri Valley Conference invitation". Post-Tribune. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  2. ^ "AAC votes to add Wichita St. for '17-18 season". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  3. ^ "Loyola-Chicago vs. Evansville - Game Recap - February 18, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  4. ^ Greenstein, Teddy. "Loyola clinches Missouri Valley title with 75-56 win over Southern Illinois". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  5. ^ a b "Drake's Giacoletti resigns: 'I think it's time for a new voice'". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  6. ^ "Jeff Rutter feels he was treated 'fairly and seriously' during Drake search". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  7. ^ a b "Missouri State Picked to Win MVC Men's Basketball". Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  8. ^ "MVC MBB Weekly Notebook (Nov. 13)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  9. ^ "MVC MBB Weekly Notebook (Nov. 20)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  10. ^ "MVC Weekly MBB Notebook (Nov. 27)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  11. ^ "MVC Men's Basketball Notes (D4)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  12. ^ "MVC MBB Weekly Notes (Dec. 11)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  13. ^ "MVC Men's Basketball Notes (D18)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  14. ^ "MVC Men's Basketball Notes (Dec. 26)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  15. ^ "MVC MBB Weekly Notes (Jan. 2)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  16. ^ "MVC MBB Weekly Notes (Jan. 8)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  17. ^ "MVC Men's Basketball Weekly Notes (J15)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  18. ^ "MVC MBB Weekly Notes (Jan. 22)". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  19. ^ "MVC MBB Weekly Notes (Jan. 29)". Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  20. ^ "MVC MBB Weekly Notes (Feb. 5)". Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  21. ^ "MVC Men's Basketball Weekly Notebook (Feb. 12)". Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  22. ^ "MVC Men's Basketball Weekly Notebook (Feb. 19)". Retrieved 2018-02-22.
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