By: Sammy Stava With already one major upset in the books on Quarterfinal Friday, Valparaiso was looking to replicate what Drake did to Northern Iowa. But after seeing the top-seeded Panthers go down in a shocker, Valpo was going to have Loyola’s full attention. Loyola was having no part of being a victim of an…
By: Sammy Stava The second game of Quarterfinal Friday here at Arch Madness was another in-state rivalry between fourth seeded Bradley and fifth seeded Southern Illinois. The Bradley Braves came into this year’s Arch Madness as the defending MVC Tournament Champions, and the Southern Illinois Salukis were picked to finish dead last in the preseason…
By: Sammy Stava The MVC Regular Season Champions Northern Iowa Panthers came into Arch Madness as the only team in the conference with an at-large threat for the NCAA Tournament. To get that at-large spot, head coach Ben Jacobson’s team only have three possible chances this weekend to impress the selection committee. In their first…
By: Sammy Stava On the second game of opening night of the 2020 MVC Tournament, it was an in-state Indiana rivalry between seventh seeded Valparaiso and 10th seeded Evansville. The Aces of Evansville came into conference tournament play with an 0-18 MVC record, but don’t necessarily be fooled by that. Back on November 12th,…
By: Sammy Stava Eighth seeded Drake faced off against ninth seeded Illinois State to tip-off the 30th edition of Arch Madness in St. Louis. The winner would get the challenging, yet huge opportunity of facing top seeded Northern Iowa in the Quarterfinals on Friday. Starting off the MVC Tournament with a thrilling first 20 minutes,…
By: Sammy Stava It’s that time of year. The regular season is over, and the 2020 State Farm Missouri Valley Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket is officially set, and it begins on Thursday evening. And for the 30th consecutive season, it is being held in St. Louis – which is the second longest running conference tournament in…
HOUSTON – Wide-out Cam Phillips hauled in three touchdown passes from quarterback P.J. Walker to lead the 2-0 Houston Roughnecks to a thrilling 28-24 win over the visiting St. Louis BattleHawks (1-1) in XFL action at TDECU Stadium. Houston was up 21-6 at the half, but St. Louis’ Jordan Ta’amu connected with De’Mornay Pierson-El with…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL “The Stanley Cup. I want to win a Cup. So damn bad. That’s why I signed in St. Louis. There’s your headline, print it,” – Tyler Bozak in a Player’s Tribune article back on July 3rd (For Toronto | By Tyler Bozak). Well, you can go ahead and print it, because…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL Either David Backes will win the Stanley Cup against his former team or the St. Louis Blues will win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Yes, that’s the storyline for this 2019 Stanley Cup Final. That’s the same series that the Blues are in for the first time in 49…
By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL For the second time in the last four seasons and the first since 2016, the St. Louis Blues have advanced to the Western Conference Final. That was all possible thanks to a dramatic double-overtime goal by hometown hero Patrick Maroon to end a thrilling seven-game series with the Dallas Stars. The…