Racers officially #1-seed in MVC Tourney
WBB: The Racers will play Friday at 12:00pm at the Ford Center in Evansville
As expected, when Sunday’s updated NCAA NET rankings were released, Murray State has earned the #1-seed in this week’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. The Racers moved up from #59 to #56 in the NET with yesterday’s 109-70 win at Indiana State. Missouri State dropped a spot from #65 to #66 after their 64-54 victory over Bradley.
After the NET tiebreakers have been applied, here are the official seeds and opening round matchups for this week’s tournament:
Murray State (16-4) — thanks to NET advantage over Missouri State
Missouri State (16-4)
Belmont (15-5) — thanks to NET advantage over Drake
Drake (15-5)
Illinois State (14-6)
Northern Iowa (11-9)
UIC (10-10)
Valparaiso (9-11)
Bradley (7-13)
Evansville (3-17)
Indiana State (2-18) — thanks to NET advantage over SIU
Southern Illinois (2-18)
Here are how the matchups look for Thursday and Friday in Evansville.
Top half of the bracket:
#8 Valparaiso vs. #9 Bradley (12:00pm Thursday)
The 8/9 winner plays #1 Murray State (12:00pm Friday)
#5 Illinois State vs. #12 Southern Illinois (2:30pm Thursday)
The 5/12 winner plays #4 Drake (2:30pm Friday)
Bottom half of the bracket:
#7 UIC vs. #10 Evansville (6:00pm Thursday)
The 7/10 winner vs. #2 Missouri State (6:00pm Friday)
#6 Northern Iowa vs. #11 Indiana State (8:30pm Thursday)
The 6/11 winner plays #3 Belmont (8:30pm Friday)
The two semifinal games on Saturday will be played at 1:30pm (this will be the game the Racers play in if they get this far) and 4:00pm.
The championship game will be played Sunday at 1:00pm, and will air nationally on ESPN2.
For ticket information to the conference tournament, contact the Murray State ticket office at (270) 809-3000.
