2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season

2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, FSN
Regular Season
Season championsLoyola–Chicago
Tournament
ChampionsLoyola–Chicago
Basketball seasons
2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 Loyola Chicago † 16 – 2   .889 26 – 5   .839
Drake 15 – 3   .833 26 – 5   .839
Missouri State 12 – 6   .667 17 – 7   .708
Indiana State 11 – 7   .611 15 – 10   .600
Evansville 7 – 11   .389 9 – 16   .360
Valparaiso 7 – 11   .389 10 – 18   .357
Northern Iowa 7 – 11   .389 10 – 15   .400
Bradley 6 – 12   .333 12 – 16   .429
Southern Illinois 5 – 13   .278 12 – 14   .462
Illinois State 4 – 14   .222 7 – 18   .280
† 2021 MVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason awards and coaches' poll was released by the league office on October 14, 2020.[1]

Rank Team
1. Northern Iowa (30) 426
2. Loyola–Chicago (13) 405
3. Bradley (1) 341
4. Indiana State 282
5. Southern Illinois 235
6. Missouri State 210
7. Drake 207
8. Valparaiso 148
9. Illinois State 112
10. Evansville 54
(first place votes)

Preseason All-Missouri Valley teams

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year A. J. Green, Northern Iowa
Preseason All-MVC First Team Elijah Childs, Bradley
A. J. Green, Northern Iowa
Tyreke Key, Indiana State
Cameron Krutwig, Loyola–Chicago
Austin Phyfe, Northern Iowa
Preseason All-MVC Second Team Donovan Clay, Valparaiso
Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois
Jake LaRavia, Indiana State
Roman Penn, Drake
Gaige Prim, Missouri State
Preseason All-MVC Third Team Trae Berhow, Northern Iowa
Keith Fisher III, Illinois State
Tate Hall, Loyola–Chicago
Marquise Kennedy, Loyola–Chicago
Tremell Murphy, Drake

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Bradley Drake Evansville Illinois
State 		Indiana
State 		Loyola–
Chicago 		Missouri
State 		Northern
Iowa 		Southern
Illinois 		Valparaiso
vs BU – 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs DU 1–1 – 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1
vs UE 2–0 2–0 – 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2
vs IlSU 0–2 2–0 1–1 – 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs InSU 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 – 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1
vs LU 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 – 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs MSU 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 – 1–1 0–2 0–2
vs UNI 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 – 1–1 1–1
vs SIU 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 – 1–1
vs VU 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 –
Total 6–12 15–3 7–11 4–14 11–7 16–2 12–6 7–11 5–13 7–11

Player of the week

Throughout the season, the Missouri Valley Conference named a player of the week and a newcomer of the week each Monday.

Week Player of the week Newcomer of the week
1 Elijah Childs, Bradley Josiah Strong, Illinois State
2 Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois Ben Harvey, Southern Illinois
3 Cameron Krutwig, Loyola-Chicago ShanQuan Hemphill, Drake
4 Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois
Gaige Prim, Missouri State 		ShanQuan Hemphill, Drake
5 Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State Samari Curtis, Evansville
6 Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State Rienk Mast, Bradley
7 Tate Hall, Loyola-Chicago Terry Nolan Jr., Bradley
8 Ben Krikke, Valparaiso Kyler Filewich, Southern Illinois
9 Cameron Krutwig, Loyola-Chicago Darnell Brodie, Drake
10 Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State Sheldon Edwards, Valparaiso
11 Tyreke Key, Indiana State Darnell Brodie, Drake
12 Gaige Prim, Missouri State
Joseph Yesufu, Drake 		Emon Washington, Illinois State
13 Shamar Givance, Evansville Bowen Born, Northern Iowa

Postseason

Coaches

Source[2]

Honor Recipient
Coach of the Year Darian DeVries, Drake

Source[2]

All-Conference Teams

Source[3]

Honor Recipient
Larry Bird Player of the Year Cameron Krutwig, Loyola–Chicago
Defensive MVP Lucas Williamson, Loyola–Chicago
Sixth-Man of the Year Joseph Yesufu, Drake
Newcomer of the Year ShanQuan Hemphill, Drake
Freshman of the Year Bowen Born, Northern Iowa
First Team
Tyreke Key, Indiana State
Cameron Krutwig, Loyola–Chicago
Isiaih Mosley, Missouri State
Roman Penn, Drake
Gaige Prim, Missouri State
Second Team
Elijah Childs, Bradley
Shamar Givance, Evansville
ShanQuan Hemphill, Drake
Jake LaRavia, Indiana State
Lucas Williamson, Loyola–Chicago
Third Team
D J Horne, Illinois State
Lance Jones, Southern Illinois
Ben Krikke, Valparaiso
Austin Phyfe, Northern Iowa
Aher Uguak, Loyola–Chicago

Source[3]

Conference Tournament

Main article: 2021 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament

References

  1. ^ "UNI Favored in MVC Men's Basketball". Missouri Valley Conference. October 14, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "DRAKE'S DEVRIES NAMED MVC'S TOP MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH". mvc-sports.com. March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "2021 MVC MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM" (PDF). mvc-sports.com. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.