UNI Panthers 4th Seed in MVC Men’s Basketball Tournament
The UNI Panthers men's basketball team was seeded fourth in the upcoming Missouri Valley Conference basketball Tournament. Arch Madness tips off on Thursday, March 3, 2016 in St. Louis.
The first game for the Panthers (19-12, 11-7) will be on Friday. Their opponent is fifth seed Southern Illinois (22-9, 11-7). The two teams split decisions during the 2015-2016 season with the home team winning each game.
For the fourth time in five seasons (and sixth time overall), the Wichita State Shockers (23-7, 16-2) will enter the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament as the event’s No. 1 seed.
There were three ties in the final standings, and all were broken by today’s RPI Report (Jim Sukup, Collegiate Basketball News). Evansville earned the No. 2 seed ahead of No. 3 Illinois State (RPIs: 91 / 106). UNI earned the No. 4 seed ahead of No. 5 seed Southern Illinois (RPIs: 93/130). And Indiana State earned the No. 6 seed ahead of No. 7 seed Missouri State (RPIs: 183/232).
2016 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||||||||||
#1 Wichita State (23-7, 16-2) | |||||||||||||
SCORE | G5 | ||||||||||||
FRI, MAR 4, 12:00 PM | |||||||||||||
#* Loyola (14-16, 7-11) | MVC TV Network | WinnerG5 | |||||||||||
THU, MAR 3, 6:00 PM | G1 | SCORE | G9 | ||||||||||
MVC TV Network | WinnerG1 | SAT, MAR 5, 2:30 PM | |||||||||||
#9 Bradley (5-26, 3-15) | CBS Sports Network | ||||||||||||
WinnerG9 | |||||||||||||
SCORE | |||||||||||||
#4 UNI (19-12, 11-7) | |||||||||||||
SCORE | G6 | ||||||||||||
FRI, MAR 4, 2:30 PM | |||||||||||||
MVC TV Network | WinnerG6 | ||||||||||||
#5 Southern Illinois (22-9, 11-7) | |||||||||||||
SUN, MAR 6, 1:00 PM | G11 | ||||||||||||
WinnerG11 | |||||||||||||
CHAMPION | |||||||||||||
SCORE | |||||||||||||
#2 Evansville (23-8, 12-6) | CBS Sports | ||||||||||||
SCORE | G7 | ||||||||||||
FRI, MAR 4, 6:00 PM | |||||||||||||
#7 Missouri State (12-18, 8-10) | MVC TV Network | WinnerG7 | |||||||||||
THU, MAR 3, 6:00 PM | G3 | SCORE | G10 | ||||||||||
MVC TV Network | WinnerG3 | SAT, MAR 5, 5:00 PM | |||||||||||
Team06 | CBS Sports Network | ||||||||||||
WinnerG10 | |||||||||||||
SCORE | |||||||||||||
#43 Illinois State (18-13, 12-6) | |||||||||||||
SCORE | G8 | ||||||||||||
FRI, MAR 4, 8:30 PM | |||||||||||||
MVC TV Network | WinnerG8 | ||||||||||||
WinnerG4 |