Men's Basketball: MVC ratings

1. Northern Iowa (19-2, 10-1, 16th)

This week: Wichita State, Southern Illinois

No league team can match Panthers’ experience; five of 20 MVC players with 50 career starts are from UNI.

2. Wichita State (19-4, 8-3, 48th)

This week: at Northern Iowa, Indiana State

Clevin Hannah’s string of consecutive free throws made snapped at 43, seventh longest in MVC history.

3. Illinois State (15-7, 6-5, 118th)

This week: at Indiana State, Drake

One more win would guarantee the Redbirds their 33rd winning season in 40 seasons of Division I play.

4. Drake (6-5, 11-12, 173rd)

This week: at Bradley, at Illinois State

Freshman Seth VanDeest is bidding to become the first Bulldog to lead the league in blocked shots.

5. Creighton (6-5, 11-11, 110th)

This week: Evansville, at Missouri State

Cavel Witter (145) and Ethan Wragge (135) rank fifth and sixth in the MVC in points scored by non-starters.

6. Indiana State (5-6, 13-9, 88th)

This week: Illinois State, at Wichita State

Harry Marshall needs five points to become the fourth MVC player to hit the 1,000-point milestone this year.

7. Missouri State (5-6, 15-7, 84th)

This week: at Southern Illinois, Creighton

Steady Justin Fuehrmeyer leads the league in assists-to-turnovers ratio at 2.5-to-1.

8. Bradley (5-6, 10-11, 108th)

This week: Drake, at Evansville

Braves, 21-6 at home in February under Jim Les, play five of last eight regular-season contests at Carver Arena.

9. Southern Illinois (4-7, 12-9, 147th)

This week: Missouri State, at Northern Iowa

Seven of past eight games have been decided by five points or fewer, with Salukis 2-5 in the close calls.

10. Evansville (0-11, 6-15, 268th)

This week: at Creighton, Bradley

Freshman Colt Ryan is second in Valley in scoring and leads league in minutes played (35.5 per game).

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