Blue Ribbon poll ranks Racers 6th

MBB: The Blue Ribbon Yearbook picked Bradley to win the Missouri Valley

(Photo: Murray State Athletics)

Each year, The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook previews each conference in the country. This year’s edition has just been released, and they’ve posted their predicted order of finish for this season in the Missouri Valley Conference:

1. Bradley

2. Northern Iowa

3. Drake

4. Illinois State

5. Belmont

6. Murray State

7. Southern Illinois

8. Valparaiso

9. Evansville

10. Indiana State

11. UIC

12. Missouri State

The Blue Ribbon’s All-Conference Team looks like this:

• Darius Hannah - Bradley

• Tytan Anderson - Northern Iowa

• Cooper Schwieger - Valparaiso

• Duke Deen - Bradley

• Johnny Kinziger - Illinois State

Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year

• Duke Deen - Bradley

Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year

• Bennett Stirtz - Drake