(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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.@SEMOMBB wins at home and is 2-0, tied with @MSUEaglesMBB atop the @OVCSports. Our prayers are with the @LRTrojans after the death of one of their managers Josh Claxton. Their game with EIU was postponed today.
Good officiating in the @SEMOMBB/@SIUEMBB in a little late game dust up.
BTW, @LindenwoodWBB is 2-0. @CoachAmyEagan has that program headed the right direction.
With @SkyhawkHoops winning on the road and @LUMensBball winning at home, right now, 5 @OVCSports teams are 1-1.
