By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL No. 2 seed Drake took on No. 3 Missouri State in the second game of Arch Madness Semifinal Saturday. The winner advancing to Championship Sunday for a date with No. 1 seed Loyola with an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on the line. On the bubble for an at-large bid…

By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL We know The Valley is certainly in contention to be a two-bid league for the NCAA Tournament, but going into this weekend, there was an outside shot for getting three bids. A lot had to happen, though. Loyola wasn’t having any of that. They’re the top-seed, the No. 1 defensive team…

By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL After the unfortunate cancellation between Northern Iowa and Drake, Missouri State and Valparaiso was the third (and final) game of the night on Quarterfinal Friday. The trendy “dark horse” pick entering this tournament seemed to be the Missouri State Bears, and that might have been easy to say because they are…

By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL The second game of Arch Madness Quarterfinal Friday set up an all Indiana matchup between fourth seeded Indiana State and fifth seeded Evansville. It definitely felt like an in-state battle the way these two teams were competing on Friday afternoon. As a four vs five game should be, the contest was…

By: Sammy Stava @StavaOnSTL It was starting to look like a tough match up for the Southern Illinois Salukis going in to start the Arch Madness Quarterfinal Friday. Already without Marcus Domask, they had to do without Lance Jones, who suffered an ankle injury in Thursday night’s 73-63 win over Bradley. Oh, and the Salukis…