2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
Sports season
The 2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began on December 28, 2016, and concluded in March.
Illinois State and Wichita State shared the regular season championship with matching records of 17–1.[1] Due to tiebreakers, Illinois State received the conference's No. 1 seed in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament .
Illinois State's Paris Lee was named Conference Player of the Year and Dan Muller was named Coach of the Year.[2] [3]
The MVC Tournament was held from March 2–5 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis , Missouri . Wichita State defeated Illinois State to win the tournament championship.[4] As a result, the Shockers received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament . No other MVC team received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Illinois State received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament .[5]
The season marked Wichita State's final season as an MVC member. Shortly after the end of the NCAA Tournament, the Shockers announced their departure for the American Athletic Conference , effective July 1, 2017.[6]
Head coaches
Coaches
Notes:
All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school includes 2016–17 season.
Overall and MVC records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2016–17 season.
Fourth-year head coach Ray Giacoletti resigned on December 6, 2016 after the first eight games of the season.[7] Assistant coach Jeff Rutter was named interim head coach.[7]
Preseason
Preseason poll
Source[8]
Rank
Team
1.
Wichita State (37)
2.
Illinois State (4)
3.
Northern Iowa (1)
4.
Missouri State
5.
Southern Illinois
6.
Indiana State
7.
Loyola
8.
Bradley
9.
Evansville
10.
Drake
(first place votes)
Preseason All-MVC teams
Honor
Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year
Jeremy Morgan, Northern Iowa
Preseason All-MVC First Team
Paris Lee , Illinois State
MiKyle McIntosh , Illinois State
Markis McDuffie , Wichita State
Jeremy Morgan, Northern Iowa
Brenton Scott, Indiana State
Preseason All-MVC Second Team
Milton Doyle , Loyola–Chicago
Dequon Miller, Missouri State
Shaquille Morris , Wichita State
Sean O'Brien, Southern Illinois
Reed Timmer, Drake
Source[8]
Regular season
According to college basketball statistical guru Ken Pomeroy , the MVC had "the most unusual conference table in the land" for the season. The co-champions Illinois State and Wichita State were the only two teams that finished above .500 in conference play, each finishing with only one conference loss (splitting their two regular-season matchups). This made the MVC the first Division I conference to have two men's teams finish with no more than one conference loss since the MEAC in 2013 , and also marked the first time that a Division I conference with 10 or more members had only two teams with winning league records since the MVC itself in 2012 (which had a five-team tie for third place at 9–9).[9]
Head-to-head results
Bradley
Drake
Evansville
Illinois State
Indiana State
Loyola
Missouri State
Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois
Wichita State
vs. Bradley
–
0–2
0–2
2–0
2–0
2–0
1–1
1–1
1–1
2–0
vs. Drake
2–0
–
1–1
2–0
1–1
1–1
1–1
2–0
1–1
2–0
vs. Evansville
2–0
1–1
–
2–0
1–1
1–1
1–1
1–1
1–1
2–0
vs. Illinois State
0–2
0–2
0–2
–
0–2
0–2
0–2
0–2
0–2
1–1
vs. Indiana State
0–2
1–1
1–1
2–0
–
2–0
2–0
1–1
2–0
2–0
vs. Loyola
0–2
1–1
1–1
2–0
0–2
–
1–1
1–1
2–0
2–0
vs. Missouri State
1–1
1–1
1–1
2–0
0–2
1–1
–
1–1
2–0
2–0
vs. Northern Iowa
1–1
0–2
1–1
2–0
1–1
1–1
1–1
–
0–2
2–0
vs. Southern Illinois
1–1
1–1
1–1
2–0
0–2
0–2
0–2
2–0
–
2–0
vs. Wichita State
0–2
0–2
0–2
1–1
0–2
0–2
0–2
0–2
0–2
–
Total
7–11
5–13
6–12
17–1
5–13
8–12
7–11
9–9
9–9
17–1
Player of the week
Week
Player of the week
Newcomer of the week
Nov. 14[10]
Alize Johnson, Missouri State
Nov. 21[11]
Jeremy Morgan, Northern Iowa
Aundre Jackson , Loyola–Chicago
Nov. 28[11]
Darrell Brown, Jr., Bradley
Aundre Jackson, Loyola–Chicago
Dec, 5[12]
Paris Lee , Illinois State
Aundre Jackson, Loyola–Chicago
Dec. 12[13]
Jeremy Morgan, Northern Iowa
Alize Johnson, Missouri State
Dec. 19[14]
Paris Lee, Illinois State
Ryan Taylor, Evansville
Dec. 26[15]
Jaylon Brown, Evansville
Alize Johnson, Missouri State
Jan. 2[16]
Alize Johnson, Missouri State
Alize Johnson, Missouri State
Jan. 9[17]
Milton Doyle , Loyola–Chicago
Landry Shamet , Wichita State
Jan. 16[18]
MiKyle McIntosh, Illinois State
Aundre Jackson, Loyola–Chicago
Jan. 23[19]
Shaquille Morris, Wichita State
Alize Johnson, Missouri State
Jan. 30[20]
Milton Doyle, Loyola–Chicago
Phil Fayne, Illinois State
Feb. 6[21]
Conner Frankamp, Wichita State
Thik Bol, Southern Illinois
Feb. 13[22]
Paris Lee, Illinois State
Ryan Taylor, Evansville
Feb. 20[23]
Deontae Hawkins, Illinois State
Alize Johnson, Missouri State
Conference Awards
Award
Recipients
Larry Bird Player of the Year
Paris Lee , Illinois State
Coach of the Year
Dan Muller , Illinois State
Newcomer of the Year
Alize Johnson , Missouri State
Freshman of the Year
Landry Shamet , Wichita State
Defensive MVP
Paris Lee, Illinois State
Sixth-Man of the Year
Aundre Jackson, Loyola–Chicago
All-MVC First Team
Milton Doyle , Loyola–ChicagoAlize Johnson , Missouri State.Paris Lee , Illinois StateMarkis McDuffie , Wichita StateLandry Shamet , Wichita State
All-MVC Second Team
Jaylon Brown , Evansville Deontae Hawkins, Illinois StateMiKyle McIntosh , Illinois State Jeremy Morgan, Northern Iowa Sean O'Brien, Southern Illinois
All-MVC Third Team
Conner Frankamp , Wichita StateDonte Ingram , Loyola–ChicagoShaquille Morris , Wichita State Brenton Scott, Indiana State Reed Timmer, Drake
All-Newcomer Team
Phil Fayne, Illinois State Aundre Jackson, Loyola–ChicagoAlize Johnson , Missouri State Landry Shamet, Wichita State Darral Willis Jr., Wichita State
All-Freshmen Team
Koch Bar, Bradley Jordan Barnes, Indiana State Darrell Brown Jr., Bradley Spencer Haldeman, Northern Iowa Landry Shamet, Wichita State Dru Smith, Evansville
All-Defensive Team
Thik Bol, Southern Illinois Zach Brown, Wichita State Obediah Church, Missouri State Paris Lee, Illinois State Jeremy Morgan, Northern Iowa Tony Wills, Illinois State
Source[24] [25]
Postseason
Missouri Valley Conference tournament
Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by overall adjusted RPI, if necessary. The top six seeds received first-round byes.
Game
Time*
Matchup
Final score
Television
First round – Thursday, March 2
1
6:05 pm
No. 8 Evansville vs. No. 9 Indiana State
83–72
ESPN3 /FSMW /CSNC
2
8:35 pm
No. 7 Bradley vs. No. 10 Drake
67–58
ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
3
12:05 pm
No. 1 Illinois State vs. No. 8 Evansville
80–69
ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC
4
2:35 pm
No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Loyola–Chicago
55-50
ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC
5
6:05 pm
No. 2 Wichita State vs. No. 7 Bradley
82–56
ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC
6
8:35 pm
No. 3 Northern Iowa vs. No. 6 Missouri State
64–70
ESPN3/FSMW/CSNC
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
7
2:35 pm
No. 1 Illinois State vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois
63–50
CBSSN
8
5:05 pm
No. 2 Wichita State vs. No. 6 Missouri State
78–63
CBSSN
Championship – Sunday, March 5
10
1:05 pm
No. 1 Illinois State vs. No. 2 Wichita State
51–71
CBS
*Game times in CT . Rankings denote tournament seeding.
NCAA tournament
The winner of the MVC tournament received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament .
Seed
Region
School
First Four
First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Championship
10
South
Wichita State
N/A
defeated (7) Dayton 64–58
eliminated by (2) Kentucky
W–L (%):
0–0 (–)
1–0 (1.000)
0–1 (.000)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–) Total: 1–1 (.500)
National Invitation tournament
One MVC team, Illinois State, received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament.
Seed
Bracket
School
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
1
Illinois State
Illinois State
defeated (8) UC Irvine 85–71
eliminated by (4) UCF
W–L (%):
1–0 (1.000)
0–1 (.000)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–)
0–0 (–) Total: 1–1 (.500)
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