Valley happenings

[tgcshock]

The key issue from Evansville next year will be if Egidius Mockevicius will return. I guess there has been some talk that he might return home to play pro ball.

At least in pro ball someone might run an offense that intentionally works to get him the ball. Evansville has largely wasted him.

[DwShock]

The purple pimps are still playing. They will play for the CIT championship.

[jocoshock]

@JonRothstein: Northern Iowa's Ben Jacobson has received a 10-year contract extension, per the school. Well deserved.

[Rocky Mountain Shock]

Rumored to be at or near 1 mil

Holy cow. Wasn't he only making something like $250k, or am I thinking of Lansing?

[wufan]

Holy cow. Wasn't he only making something like $250k, or am I thinking of Lansing?

Ben was making around $500K. Still a hell of a pay bump.

[RoyalShock]

It's not just SIU. I pulled this off the Bradley board today:

Here is the report on Twitter-

https://twitter.com/Sports_Aaron

Aaron Ferguson @Sports_Aaron · 1h 1 hour ago
Sources: Mike Shaw, Warren Jones, Ka'Darryl Bell, Omari Grier and Jackson Kane are the only players expected to return to Bradley.

With that being said, Josh Cunningham is expected to transfer from Bradley.

Bradley coach Brian Wardle has been meeting one-on-one with his team. He is expected to release these players from their scholarships.

As of now, Kendahl Amerson, Tramique Sutherland, Xzavier Taylor and Nate Wells have all been granted their release.

[TheDover1018]

It's not just SIU. I pulled this off the Bradley board today:

Yikes... Hopefully Wardle can use this as an opportunity to get "his guys" in quickly.

[WstateU]

SIU had a long rebuild ahead of them in the best of cases. This is about the polar opposite of the best case scenario.

[1972Shocker]

Losing Josh Cunningham would be the big blow to Bradley and to the Valley.

[jocoshock]

Paul Suellentrop retweeted Dave Reynolds @DaveReynolds2 22m22 minutes ago
Sources say four more Bradley players -- Sutherland, Amerson, Morgan and Wells -- to transfer along with Cunningham and Taylor.

[Dave Stalwart]

Paul Suellentrop retweeted Dave Reynolds @DaveReynolds2 22m22 minutes ago
Sources say four more Bradley players -- Sutherland, Amerson, Morgan and Wells -- to transfer along with Cunningham and Taylor.

Can we maybe form another MVC franchise altogether? We've got what? 10 players without a home now?

I'm thinking we start another university in Topeka or Kansas City.

[Manhattan_Shocker]

Has anybody heard about the MVC looking into adding UAB since they recently dropped football? This article reports mutual interests. They would be a great add to the Valley, although this would most likely mean the MVC would need to add another team to make 12, right? http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2...know_what.html

[RoyalShock]

There is a realignment topic that is probably on the 2nd or 3rd page of topics which references that article with ensuing discussion.

[TheDover1018]

In my head, Paul is re-tweeting all this bad news to get us even more excited when he breaks the news that we are moving conferences.

[Dave Stalwart]

In my head, Paul is re-tweeting all this bad news to get us even more excited when he breaks the news that we are moving conferences.

Whoa. YES. He is a master if he's doing that because that is actually really clever and well...I guess now you've ruined it for me. :)

"SIU loses half of student body to transer. Hinson takes job as behavioral therapist. Prized Bradley recruit to transfer...along with entire team. Oh, and by the way, WSU accepts invite to MWC, so we can watch the dumpster fires from far, far away and in a different time zone"