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Covid Chaos Strikes MVC Again

Quick Thinking Makes Some Lemonade!

Editor: The following is part of a press release from mvc-sports.com.

(St. Louis, MO) – The Missouri Valley Conference has postponed the Drake-Loyola men’s basketball series (Jan. 10-11) from the Drake Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa, and the Drake-Missouri State men’s basketball series (Jan. 17-18) from JQH Arena in Springfield, Mo., due to positive COVID-19 test results among Drake’s Tier I personnel, which consists of student-athletes, coaches, managers and staff.  The Conference will announce make-up dates for the series/games at a later date.

Loyola, however, will now face Indiana State on Jan. 10-11 at Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Ind.  The Sunday, Jan. 10, game will be played at 5:30 p.m. CT and air on ESPN2, while the Monday, Jan. 11, contest will begin at 6:00 p.m. CT and be shown on CBS Sports Network.  Indiana State was originally scheduled to play Southern Illinois this weekend, but positive test results within SIU’s Tier I personnel has forced the postponement of the SIU-ISU series.

Editor: There has been no official announcement about the Valparaiso/SIU series next weekend, but our friend Todd Hefferman has tweeted that an SIU official is hopeful those games will be played.

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Flooding, lightning strikes, etc. have cost @RacersHoops two home games. Had to play 'neutral site' tonight instead of at home and Wednesday's goes from home to away. Tough break for the Racers, and the whole area has been hit with difficulties. #FatherHarry

Josh Betts @BettsOnSports

Murray State's scheduled home game Wednesday vs. Southern Illinois being moved to Banterra Center in Carbondale. #ValleyHoops

Gigantic game for @BradleyUMBB today in Des Moines. If they have a chance to catch @DrakeBulldogsMB, they have to win today. The Bulldogs can basically win the title today. @BustingBrackets breaks it all down. #FatherHarry https://bit.ly/3EGiVgi

Not rooting for any particular @ValleyHoops, but chaos is always fun. If things break certain ways, after today there could be a six-way tie for fifth place.

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