11/26 KenPom rankings update
MBB: Murray State picked up The Valley's best non-conference win Tuesday night
Missouri Valley Conference teams won two of three games on Tuesday, highlighted by Murray State’s 96-95 win over George Washington. Knocking off KenPom’s #60 team gave the Racers the best non-conference win of any Valley team this season. With the victory, Murray State moved up three spots in KenPom to #117.
Northern Iowa remained unbeaten with a 72-51 win over Valley rival #267 Loyola-Chicago, as UNI moved up to #91.
Bradley fell to 3-4 on the season with an 87-77 loss to unbeaten UC San Diego. The Braves dropped seven spots to #130.
Today is the busiest day on The Valley’s calendar since opening day. There are seven games on the docket, with three of them featuring Top 100 KenPom opportunities for Valley teams. Northern Iowa will play #90 Tulsa, Southern Illinois is at #72 Memphis, and Bradley will face #88 Liberty.
After last night’s games, here are this morning’s updated KenPom rankings for the Missouri Valley Conference:
#91 Northern Iowa — Up 1 spot after 72-51 neutral-site win vs. #239 Loyola-Chicago (Next: Neutral-site game vs. #90 Tulsa today)
#95 Belmont — Up 2 spots (Next: Neutral-site game vs. #146 Toledo today)
#116 Illinois State — Down 3 spots (Next: Neutral-site game vs. #188 Charlotte Thursday)
#117 Murray State — Up 3 spots after 96-95 neutral-site win vs. #60 George Washington (Next: Home game vs. #304 Morehead State Tuesday)
#128 Southern Illinois — Up 1 spot (Next: At #71 Memphis today)
#130 Bradley — Down 7 spots after 87-77 neutral-site loss vs. #115 UC San Diego (Next: Neutral-site game vs. #88 Liberty today)
#138 Drake — Down 1 spot (Next: Friday vs. #36 LSU)
#148 UIC — Down 2 spots (Next: Road game at #213 Robert Morris today)
#166 Indiana State — Up 1 spot (Next: Road game at #198 Louisiana Tech today)
#222 Valparaiso — Down 2 spots (Next: Hosts #317 Southern Indiana today)
#306 Evansville — Down 3 spots (Next: Hosts #283 Ball State next Wednesday)
In the conference rankings, KenPom has the Missouri Valley Conference still listed as the 10th-best league in the country. Last season, only seven conferences received multiple bids to the NCAA Tournament. Here are the updated KenPom conference rankings:
SEC +19.07
Big Ten +17.94
Big 12 +17.02
ACC +15.33
Big East +14.37
Mountain West +6.44
Atlantic 10 +5.67
West Coast Conference +3.96
The American +3.21
Missouri Valley +1.77 (Up +0.06)
Conference USA -1.97
Big West Conference -3.04