2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season

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2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)ESPN3, CBSSN, CBS
Regular Season
2017 MVC ChampionsIllinois State and Wichita State (co-champions)
Season MVPParis Lee, Illinois State
Tournament
ChampionsWichita State
  Runners-upIllinois State
Finals MVPConner Frankamp, Wichita State
Basketball seasons
← 2015–16
2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Illinois State 17 – 1   .944 28 – 7   .800
No. 19 Wichita State† 17 – 1   .944 31 – 5   .861
Northern Iowa 9 – 9   .500 14 – 16   .467
Southern Illinois 9 – 9   .500 17 – 16   .515
Loyola (IL) 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563
Missouri State 7 – 11   .389 17 – 16   .515
Bradley 7 – 11   .389 13 – 20   .394
Evansville 6 – 12   .333 16 – 17   .485
Indiana State 5 – 13   .278 11 – 20   .355
Drake 5 – 13   .278 7 – 24   .226
† 2017 MVC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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[]

Team Head coach Previous job Year at school Overall record MVC record MVC championships NCAA Tournaments
Bradley Brian Wardle Green Bay 2 18–47 10–26 0 0
Drake Jeff Rutter Drake
(asst.) 		1 6–17 5–13 0 0
Evansville Marty Simmons SIU Edwardsville 10 158–155 75–105 0 0
Illinois State Dan Muller Vanderbilt
(asst.) 		5 104–65 57–33 1 0
Indiana State Greg Lansing Indiana State
(asst.) 		7 120–108 65–61 0 1
Loyola Porter Moser Saint Louis
(asst.) 		6 89–105 27–45 0 0
Missouri State Paul Lusk Purdue
(asst.) 		7 88–106 45–64 0 0
Northern Iowa Ben Jacobson Northern Iowa
(asst.) 		10 234–134 123–75 2 4
Southern Illinois Barry Hinson Kansas
(admin.) 		5 77–80 36–48 0 0
Wichita State Gregg Marshall Winthrop 10 261–90 132–46 5 6

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–Chicago
Alize Johnson, Missouri State.
Paris Lee, Illinois State
Markis McDuffie, Wichita State
Landry Shamet, Wichita State
All-MVC Second Team Jaylon Brown, Evansville
Deontae Hawkins, Illinois State
MiKyle McIntosh, Illinois State
Jeremy Morgan, Northern Iowa
Sean O'Brien, Southern Illinois
All-MVC Third Team Conner Frankamp, Wichita State
Donte Ingram, Loyola–Chicago
Shaquille Morris, Wichita State
Brenton Scott, Indiana State
Reed Timmer, Drake
All-Newcomer Team Phil Fayne, Illinois State
Aundre Jackson, Loyola–Chicago
Alize 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[]

Main article: 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball 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[]

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball 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[]

Main article: 2017 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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