Article: Salukis, Missouri State meet in showdown of Valley's best

Kyle Means
University Wire
04-07-2006
(Daily Egyptian) (CSTV U-WIRE) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- With its 10-1 start to the conference season, Missouri State has pushed itself into the talk regarding who is the class of the Missouri Valley Conference.

No. 23-ranked SIU, with its 25-5 record and two straight regular season MVC championships, is still the most respected in the conference, but the Bears sit atop the conference.

Missouri State (25-10, 10-1), with its ten underclassmen, is young, but the group has matured throughout this season. A 2005 season in which the Bears struggled to a .500 record is now a memory, but SIU head coach Kerri Blaylock hopes Missouri State still remembers one ...

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