You know I have the MVC’s back on a lot of things. For instance, this idea that is gaining momentum that the MVC is fraudulent because all of their quality wins have come in-conference. Hey, look at bubble teams from power conferences. You’re not going to find too many that have big out-of-conference wins. So don’t lay a double standard on the MVC. However…

Check out the halftime scores of the nine games of the MVC Tourney: 24-23, 24-22, 20-20, 23-19, 23-21, 25-16, 30-24, 19-10, 18-17. Consider yourself warned to tune into games involving Valley teams sometime in the second half.

On an unrelated note, the most convenient way to keep up with conference tournament action is by stopping by The Bracket Board, and utilizing the One Stop Shop.

Friday

                           FG    3pt  FT   Reb
                      Min  M-A   M-A  M-A  O-T  A F  S TO BLK Pts
Ricky Woods            39 12-22  0-1  4-7  3-16 3 3 10  2  3   28
Result: Loss. Southeastern Louisiana 89, Lamar 79.   

Saturday

                           FG    3pt  FT   Reb
                      Min  M-A   M-A  M-A  O-T  A F  S TO BLK Pts
Paul Millsap           38  8-16  0-0  4-9 12-23 0 3  3  5  5   20
Result: Win. Louisiana Tech 51, Hawaii 48.

Talk about having the rebounding gods on your side. The two teams (minus Millsap) combined to go 29 for 96 (30.2%) from the field, and 2 for 35 (5.7%) from 3. There were plenty of missed shots, and naturally Millsap grabbed a lot of the rebounds to clinch his third consecutive national rebounding title. This was the worst 3-point shooting brickfest in the land this season (minimum 25 attempts).

Sunday

                           FG    3pt  FT   Reb
                      Min  M-A   M-A  M-A  O-T  A F  S TO BLK Pts
Je'Kel Foster          34  2-15  1-9  3-3  2-8  5 1  5  2  0    8
Result: Win. Ohio State 76, Purdue 57.

OK, who was the goofball that wore the Je’Kel Foster jersey yesterday?