2008 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament
Printable & Viewable Bracket Link: 2008 Missouri Valley Mens Basketball Tournament Bracket
Participants/Overview: When the 2008 Missouri Valley Tournament tips off some of the leading basketball play will be on display. For those of you have been reading our site or are signed up with us for our winning college basketball spread picks, you know we absolutely love this conference and know it pretty much inside and out.
The most astonishing story of the league is Drake and you can pencil the Bulldogs into the dance even if they were to slipup in the first round of the MVC tournament. A well coached senior laden team that runs tricky offensive sets and presses the hell out of you, is going to be a bad matchup for some major conference school in the 2nd round of the 08 mens basketball tournament.
Illinois State has done enough to this point to snag an at-large bid on selection sunday, but would need a good showing in the 2008 Valley tournament to hold onto that spot. The team that could snake that bid away from the Redbirds is Southern Illinois. If the seeding holds to form they are on a collision course to meet in the semifinals in which the loser appears to be NIT bound.
It doesn't matter that all 3 teams deserve to gain entry, because the teams are from a mid major conference. Typically the tournament committee likes to screw teams from the Missouri Valley conference. Although it was 2 years ago, we will still never let this article go away. If you haven't already I would advise reading how Missouri State got screwed by the selection committee. Lets hope both SIU and ISU finish strong and the selection panel makes things right by sending 3 teams to the dance.
Interesting note about this tournament that spells bad news for Drake. The Missouri Valley regular season champion hasn't won the conference tournament since 1998.
Venue: Scottrade Center
Sponsor: State Farm
Dates: March 6th-March 9th
TV: The 2 first round games between will not be televised. The quarterfinals and semifinals are available on FSN Midwest, for those that don't receive Fox Sports Midwest, check out your local comcast sports channel. Occasionally you can find the Valley games shown there. The Missouri Valley championship game will be broadcast at 1:00 on CBS March 9th.
Missouri Valley Tournament Schedule
March 6th - Opening Round
March 7th - Quarterfinals
March 8th - Semifinals
March 9th - Championship
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Last Years Winner
Creighton Bluejays. Creighton knocked off the number 1 seeded Southern
Illinois Salukis 67-61. Creighton got hot at the right time and
rolled through the tournament. The Bluejays won their first round
game by 21 points over Indiana State and 17 points over Missouri
State in the semifinals.
In the Missouri Valley championship game Creighton led most the way and than opened it up in the second half leading by as many as 14 points late. Anthony Tolliver, Nate Funk, and Nick Porter led the way, and all 3 were named to the all conference tournament team. Funk off a 33 point production in the semifinals was awarded with the most valuable player award.
This was Creighton's 10th conference tournament championship and 6th in the last 9 years.
Previous Years Valley Tournament
Brackets
2007 Champion: Creighton
2006
Champion: Southern Illinois
2005
Champion: Creighton
Off Site Links
MVC Conference Official
Website
Scottrade Center Venue
Website
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