by Bill Pollock | Mar 4, 2011 | Sports Features
This had all the makings of being something real ugly for the Missouri State men’s basketball team. For the first 39 minutes, Southern Illinois was in control and ready to pull off the biggest upset in the history of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament....
by Bill Pollock | Mar 3, 2011 | Sports Features
Not a big surprise considering the Missouri State Bears went 23-7 and won the regular season title for the first time in school history, but it is another first for the program, Cuonzo Martin has been named Missouri Valley Coach of the year.. He received 27 of a...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 3, 2011 | Sports Features
Missouri State senior Will Creekmore has been named the 2011 Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He heads a list of 15 student-athletes honored as part of the Missouri Valley’s scholar-athlete team. The full team will be announced Monday, March 7. Creekmore (C, Tulsa,...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 1, 2011 | Sports Features
Missouri State junior Kyle Weems (F, Topeka, Kan.) has been named Missouri Valley Conference Larry Bird Player of the Year, the league announced Tuesday afternoon. He received 33 of the 40 possible first-place votes for the honor. Kyle Weems on the award and the...
by Bill Pollock | Feb 28, 2011 | Sports Features
Cuonzo Martin’s Missouri State Bears take the No. 1 seed into the MVC Men’s Basketball Championship, known as “Arch Madness,” which begins Thursday, March 3, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. Missouri State, which was the No. 10 seed at the tourney two...
