The Missouri Valley tournament is watching the conference leaders crash and burn.  Top seed Northern Iowa – who was 25-5 and had a victory at Colorado this season – shockingly was beat by the 8th seed Drake.   BY 21 POINTS!!!!!  It is very possible Northern Iowa still can get in (lets see how this impacts their NET ranking that was 36th going into today).  But getting blown out of the water by the 167th ranked team doesn’t scream that they deserve an at-large bid.

With the top seed gone, second seed Loyola – Chicago blew an 18 point 2nd half lead to Valparaiso and lost in overtime on a last second drive to the basket.   So, the automatic bid is now wide open, and the bubble has potentially shrunk.  And the week that everyone knows as Championship Week hasn’t even begun yet.

IT MUST BE MARCH!!!!!