Preview season continues with Missouri State Bears, Drake Bulldogs and UNI Panthers in the Missouri Valley Conference. We get to know Head Coach Ben McCollum in his first year at Drake.

• Open/Banter (0:28)
• Missouri State @MoStateMBB (10:09)
• Drake @DrakeBulldogsMB (25:41)
• Head Coach Ben McCollum @CoachMcCollum (36:41)
• UNI @UNImbb (54:19)
• Preseason Awards Preview (1:04:00)

Preview season continues with Bradley Braves, Illinois State Redbirds and the SIU Salukis in the Missouri Valley Conference. We are joined by the Voice of the SIU Saluki Luke Martin.

• Open/Banter (0:28)
• Bradley Braves @BradleyUMBB (17:29)
• Illinois State @Redbird_MBB (31:27)
• SIU Salukis @SIU_Basketball (43:48)
• Luke Martin @_LukePMartin (1:08:15)
• This or That and Close (1:41:58)

Baker and Vance are joined by Valley fans Nick @NickMcCargar and Tony @tseghetti11 to talk Valley Hoops and All-Conference Picks. Banter/News (0:43) Game 18 & 19 (10:04) Power Rankings (30:50) All-Conference Awards (39:09) Game Picks (1:20:20) Rapid Fire (1:25:30)

Baker and Vance recap games from January 9 - 11 (5:05). Then Baker gives his Powers Rankings (29:34) and talks with Chad Lindskog about the Purple Aces season (34:20). Then they preview the upcoming games (58:20).

Baker and Vance are joined by Assistant Commissioner Katie Mucci (5:09) to discuss all things Valley social media. They then talk this past weeks games and spotlight that Drake has brought to the league (25:33) and preview upcoming games (55:18).

Excited to be joined by MVC Associate Commissioner Mike Kern (5:10) to talk scheduling, The Valley brand and Arch Madness. Then Baker and Vance recap the first weekend of Valley play (24:36) and preview the upcoming conference series (42:32). Baker then recaps his weekly Power Rankings (50:55) and then hang on for reaction from the Loyola-Chicago vs. Illinois State series with Nick Schultz.

Baker and Vance discuss Missouri Valley Conference hoops (12/17-12/22) non-conference games and recalibrate the conference before conference play begins. 

On this weeks episode, Baker and Vance are joined by Michael Admire to talk all things Drake Basketball. Baker and Vance cover the Mid-Major Top 25 and games from 12/10-12/15. 

SIU 70 Murray State 66

What a week....with Jon Rothstein taking shots at @ValleyHoops or just getting to watch teams play some games. Vance and @marcharchbaker talk through games played and upcoming and then joined by @THefferman to talk @SIU_Basketball and his time in the Valley. 

Vance and Baker talk through the highs and lows of the first week of play. They are joined by Harry Schroeder of valleyhoopsinsider.com. 

Harry Schroeder - 8:55

Week One Recap - 34:04

Preview - 53:30

Close Out - 1:02:08

Baker and Vance discuss what they are thankful for in the upcoming season. The guys then recap scheduling changes and make some picks on the upcoming non-conference games. At the end of the episode Baker talks Bradley Braves with @tseghetti11

Vance and Baker preview the Bradley Braves and Northern Iowa Panthers. Nick Petaros joins them to break down the Northern Iowa Panthers.

Baker and Vance recap @ValleyHoops Game 16 & 17. To give us a national perspective on The Valley, Bobby Reagan joins us from Barstool Sports. Banter & News (0:42) Game 16 & 17 Recap (9:34) @BarstoolReags (36:51) Power Rankings (1:09:46) Game Picks (1:18:43) Gauntlet (1:23:55)

Baker (@MarchArchBaker) and Vance (@MarchArchPod) preview the Loyola-Chicago Rambler and Indiana State Sycamores. Nick Schultz (@NickSchultz_7) from http://www.off-the-inbound.com joins us to preview the Ramblers and share some stories from his time at LUC. 

Baker and Vance preview the Bears and Salukis. The episode is longer than normal because Baker had lots of questions for Vance during the intro, since he worked the polls in the election on Tuesday. They are then joined by Wyatt Wheeler from the Springfield News Leader to talk Bears Hoops. 

Baker and Vance preview the Valpo Crusaders and the Drake Bulldogs. Paul Oren from the Northwest Indiana Times joins us to talk all things Valpo and @ValleyHoops banter. 

Baker and Vance start two-a-days with previewing the Evansville Purple Aces and the Illinois State Redbirds. They are also joined by Jim Benson from The Pantagraph to dive deeper into Valley Hoops. 

Baker and Vance talk pre-season rankings and awards. They are then joined by Jim Root from three-man-weave.com to discuss his MVC Preview.

Baker and Vance chat Valley hoops history and Arch Madness stories through the years with Joe Dalfonso. Joe’s Valley accolades include Bradley University SID (‘76-‘99), Spirit of the Valley Award Recipient and Arch Madness Press Conference Moderator.

We’re getting lots of a Valley updates about the season. Vance and Baker break down the current state of scheduling both non-conference and regular season.

We’ve got some Missouri Valley fan stories from our listeners Al (Valpo), Jason (UNI), Nick (Drake) and Tony (Bradley). Learn about how they became fans and some of their favorite moments.

Happy Fathers Day from the March to the Arch Podcast. Baker and Vance are joined by their dads to talk the origin of their Valley fandom and share some stories along the way.

Random ramblings about the Missouri Valley Conference offseason.

Baker and Vance recap @ValleyHoops Game 14 & 15. MVC Commissioner Jeff Jackson joins us to talk @ValleyHoops and Arch Madness. Banter & News (0:42) Game 14 & 15 Recap (7:16) Power Rankings (46:47) MVC Commissioner Jeff Jackson (51:15) Game Picks (1:10:55)

Baker and Vance do not discuss Bradley’s run in the Big Dance, but recap the season as they closeout the short lived basketball played in March 2020. They are then joined by Paul Oren of the NWI Times (46:17) who discusses Valpo’s Arch Madness run and the past three seasons in The Valley.

Vance and Baker break down Arch Madness #ArchMadness30 including games, All Tournament selections, player/coach interviews and some fun along the way.

Quick recap from Baker and Vance

Baker and Vance preview 2020 Arch Madness. They are joined by MVC Associate Commissioner Jack Watkins who discusses the history and gives us a behind the scenes glimpse into the tournament. Then Harry Schroeder joins us to give his thoughts about the Arch Madness field. Vance and Baker talk post season awards and give their picks.

Baker and Vance break down games 16 & 17 in the Missouri Valley Conference season. They then look ahead to all the scenarios for the regular season finale.

Baker and Vance discuss Missouri Valley Conference games 14 & 15. Baker gives his early 1st and 2nd team all conference and the guys discuss the Lunardi Rule and picks for games 16 & 17.

Baker and Vance discuss game 13 and are joined by Matt Hackman who discusses the genesis of the Arch Madness Seeding Probabilities.

Baker and Vance break down game 12 in the @valleyhoops conference season.

Baker and Vance discuss games 10 & 11, conference standings and look ahead to the next week. Accompanied by all the banter, takes and Deep in the Valley.

On this weeks episode Vance and Baker break down games 8 & 9 and then we are joined by the voice of UNI basketball Gary Rima.

Baker and Vance recap @ValleyHoops Game 12 & 13. Banter & News (0:42) Game 12 & 13 Recap (10:50) Hunter Tickel - @TribStarHunter (45:25) Power Rankings (1:11:19) Game Picks (1:18:38) This or That (1:27:40)

Baker and Vance break down games 6 & 7 from the MVC season. Vance then talks Evansville hoops with Rex from the Aces Hoopscast.

Baker and Vance break down games 4 and 5 of the MVC conference season. Vance takes Baker through a trust fall and Baker builds his ideal MVC lineup.

Baker and Vance talk games two and three of the Valley Conference season. They are then joined by Michael Admire from Drake Athletics to talk Bulldog hoops.

Ep20 Baker and Vance close out the non-conference season and recap game 1 in Missouri Valley Conference play. Baker gives his all-decade first and second teams and Vance plays a little would you rather.

Recap the Redbirds 76-70 win over the Panthers on 12/31/2019.

Baker and Vance are prepping for the conference season by having some fun with a conference only pickem and player draft.

Baker and Vance assign Valley Christmas movie characters and recap the Valley week.

Baker and Vance discuss Finals Week in the Valley while recapping the non-conference season so far. Arch Madness tickets go on sale and the March to the Arch guys are excited.

Baker and Vance are joined by Ethan from Happening Hoops and recap the week in Valley play then look ahead to the upcoming schedule.

Baker and Vance recap the lackluster MVC week, talk about what they’re thankful for in the Valley and look ahead to next weeks games.

Baker and Vance recap @ValleyHoops Game 10 & 11. Banter & News (0:42) Game 10 & 11 Recap (8:33) Dan Muller - Illinois State and ESPN+ (35:23) Power Rankings (1:02:28) Down the Stretch (1:08:15) Game Picks (1:16:32)

The MVC season is a few weeks in, so Baker and Vance talk through results and rank where they see the teams as it stands heading into MTE season. As always Vance goes deep in the Valley.

Baker and Vance talk about Evansville taking down UK and other games around the Valley. Then they are joined by Harry Schroeder from ValleyHoopsInsider.com for some Valley talk. Then they breakdown the upcoming weeks games and Vance goes Deep in the Valley. BONUS: at the end of the podcast Vance added some audio from his time at the Sunshine Slam.

Baker and Vance recap the opening games and look ahead to upcoming opponents.