| Panthers Win; Advance to Play No. 1 Seed Kansas Using a grind-it-out defense and a clutch shot by Ali Farokhmanesh, Northern Iowa is moving on in the NCAA tournament for lt;br />the first time in two decades and will play No. 1 Kansas on Saturday. IIt marks the eighth time in league history that a league lt;br />member has played a top-seeded team in the NCAA Tournament. MVC teams are 0-7 in the previous games.  Bears Topple Middle Tennessee in First Round of CIT On Wednesday in men's basketball, Missouri State joined Creighton as a first-round winner in the CollegeInsider.com lt;br />Postseason Tournament with an eight-point win against Middle Tenneessee, while Illinois State and Wichita State saw their lt;br />seasons come to an end in the first round of the NIT. Valley Splits a Pair of Post-season Games Tuesday On Tuesday, Creighton knocked off visiting South Dakota with a three-point barage to advance to a second-round home game lt;br />(Monday, March 22) in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT), while Indiana State fell at Saint Louis in the first round of the lt;br />College Basketball Invitational (CBI). MVC Men's Basketball Post-Season Notes (March 15) For just the third time in Missouri Valley Conference history, six teams have reached post-season play. In 2006, the league had lt;br />six in post-season (4 NCAA, 2 NIT), and the MVC established a league record with seven post-season teams last year (1 lt;br />NCAA, 2 NIT, 3 CIT, 1 CBI). Weekly Basketball Coaches Teleconference Each week the Missouri Valley Conference Basketball Coaches are available to media via teleconference. The comments are lt;br />recorded and replayed on the Valley site each Wednesday. News Wizard |