MVC Tournament - 1st Round

7-25, 3-17 MVC

Final

	1	2	T
Valparaiso VAL	22	39	61
Belmont BEL	48	38	86

Belmont BruinsBelmontBEL

20-12, 12-8 MVC

Belmont Bruins vs Valparaiso Beacons

Game Information

St. Louis, MO

Referee:Amy Bonner

Referee:Gene Grimshaw

Referee:Marques Pettigrew

NCAA Division I

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Belmont	16-4	-	26-6
Bradley	13-7	3	21-13
Illinois State	12-8	4	23-13
Murray State	12-8	4	20-13
UIC	12-8	4	19-16
Northern Iowa	11-9	5	23-13
Valparaiso	11-9	5	18-15
Southern Illinois	10-10	6	16-16
Drake	6-14	10	14-20
Indiana State	4-16	12	11-21
Evansville	3-17	13	7-25

Men's College Basketball News

Paul Finebaum remembers former LSU coach Dale Brown

Ole Miss served most punishments past two seasons for ex-assistant's violations

The NCAA has penalized Ole Miss' men's basketball program for tampering violations by former assistant coach Wes Flanigan, with most of the penalties served during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years.

Dale Brown, LSU's winningest basketball coach, dies at 90

Dale Brown, who coached LSU to two Final Four appearances and whose players included Shaquille O'Neal and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, has died at the age of 90.

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