The Missouri Valley Conference is always one of the toughest mid-major conferences in the nation. Teams play challenging non-conference schedules to get ready for the round-robin grind that is The Valley every year with their sights set on pushing the league to multiple bids in the NCAA Tournament. But if it's just the one bid at the end of the conference tournament, you know it will be earned. MVC play-by-play announcer Brad Wells joins analyst Missy Heidrick to talk about all things MVC - who are the teams to watch and which players are ready for a big year. Brad also recaps what he saw calling the Paradise Jam tournament in the US Virgin Islands over Thanksgiving - three top-10 teams were on the docket in the sunshine.

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