(St. Louis, MO) – Quarterfinal day is over and the real tension builds at Arch Madness 2016. With the semifinals come all the questions of postseason play, defending titles, graduating seniors and which fans will really show up and support their team?
With a semifinal of defending tournament champion Northern Iowa taking on regular season king Wichita State, you have a meeting of the Valley’s two best teams over the past six or seven years. Clearly the Shockers are the elite program in the MVC and yet the Panthers split their games with them this year and are on a great roll.
The other semifinal is a little less sexy. A pair of Indiana schools that typically fly under the proverbial radar, have driven to St. Louis to reach for the brass ring. Evansville has had a great season and the coronation of their two great seniors, D. J. Balentine and Egidijus Mockevicius has been well deserved. They will contend with two of the better seniors in Indiana State history today in Devonte Brown and Khristian Smith.
With the officiating reverting back to the 2014-15 rules this weekend, the scoring is down, the blood pressure is up and execution is at a premium.
The teams that can react to the hype, energy and pressure of semifinal day in St. Louis will play on national television tomorrow.
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Three more road wins so far in @ValleyHoops as @BradleyUMBB @BelmontMBB & @UIC_MBB capture road wins. Looks like @DrakeBulldogsMB will do so too. #FatherHarry
Well @RacersWBB followed the men's example and swept Iowa in the @ValleyHoops race! Racers are 6-1 & if @BelmontWBB holds on to their Iowa sweep, the Bruins and Racers will be tied for first. What a trip for those two teams! #FatherHarry
After today's action, @EIUWBB is 8-0 in @OVCSports play. 4 teams @usiwbb @TTUWBB @LRTrojans @LindenwoodWBB are tied at 6-2. Six other teams are under .500. Great race to the finish lies ahead. #FatherHarry
Really entertaining game between @BelmontMBB & @UEAthletics_MBB. Under four minutes left in a one point game. Gabriel Pozzato back in the Aces' lineup. Rogers is playing like I've expected. Triples are dropping. It's fun and @kylejpeach bringing it on #ThePlus #FatherHarry
