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1968-69 Men's Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

Record: 135-104, .565 W-L% (5th of 19) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 3.77 (6th of 19)

SOS: 2.83 (7th of 19)

Regular Season Champion: Drake and Louisville

Player of the Year: Bingo Smith

Coach of the Year: Ken Hayes, Maury John

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Drake)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (Cincinnati)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (Drake and Louisville)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Drake	13	3	.813	26	5	.839	87.1	71.5	14.6	4.3	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; NCAA FF
2	Louisville	13	3	.813	21	6	.778	78.2	74.3	6.9	4.3	Reg. Season Champion
3	Tulsa	11	5	.688	19	8	.704	83.1	77.8	7.9	2.5
4	Cincinnati	8	8	.500	17	9	.654	74.1	64.8	9.6	3.4
4	North Texas	8	8	.500	15	10	.600	88.8	82.2	3.3	2.6
6	Bradley	7	9	.438	14	12	.538	81.7	74.5	3.4	1.5
6	Wichita State	7	9	.438	11	15	.423	81.3	83.3	0.8	2.8
8	Saint Louis	5	11	.313	6	20	.231	72.7	85.4	-8.9	5.0
9	Memphis	0	16	.000	6	19	.240	66.2	69.4	-3.8	-0.9

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/2	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	Final
Saint Louis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Memphis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisville	-	-	-	19	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	20	13	11	15
Wichita State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cincinnati	14	9	6	6	10	10	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Texas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drake	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Tulsa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	13	11	7	14	19	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Drake	31	26	5	.839	13	3	10	1	8	3				35.1	75.0	.469					18.4	24.9	.741		50.4					20.8	87.1	71.5	14.65	4.25
2	Louisville	27	21	6	.778	13	3	11	0	7	4				29.9	65.6	.455					18.5	27.0	.685		47.5					17.7	78.2	74.3	6.86	4.33
3	Tulsa	27	19	8	.704	11	5	9	1	6	5				33.3	73.4	.453					16.6	25.1	.661		52.6					20.6	83.1	77.8	7.94	2.51
4	Cincinnati	26	17	9	.654	8	8	8	3	6	6				28.7	63.9	.449					16.7	27.0	.617		51.1	9.9				17.0	74.1	64.8	9.62	3.40
5	North Texas	25	15	10	.600	8	8	7	1	3	9				35.8	74.2	.483					17.1	24.6	.696		44.3					20.8	88.8	82.2	3.33	2.58
6	Bradley	26	14	12	.538	7	9	6	4	3	6				31.8	64.8	.490					18.1	25.9	.700		44.1	15.7				16.3	81.7	74.5	3.40	1.54
7	Wichita State	26	11	15	.423	7	9	9	5	2	8				31.1	71.0	.438					19.1	27.4	.697		45.1	14.0				21.3	81.3	83.3	0.83	2.79
8	Saint Louis	26	6	20	.231	5	11	3	10	2	10				28.2	68.6	.411					16.3	23.5	.692		44.4					19.6	72.7	85.4	-8.91	4.97
9	Memphis	25	6	19	.240	0	16	3	8	2	8				25.6	63.1	.406					15.0	22.2	.675		44.3	12.4				21.0	66.2	69.4	-3.80	-0.94

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however there are a small number of unknown player records.