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You’ve asked for an audio version of our YouTube show, and now you have it.
October 24, 2025 — In today’s episode, we’ll talk about Bradley’s exhibition loss to Saint Louis and look ahead to this weekend’s exhibition games (2:20), plus we continue our preseason previews as we break down the Illinois State women with Redbird radio voice Greg Halbleib (7:50).
Other topics we discuss:
* Missouri Valley Conference women’s preseason poll finally released (25:45)
* Murray State’s Haven Ford and Halli Poock named to Hammon Award watch list (28:25)
* Murray State’s men dealing with preseason injuries to a pair of players (30:03)
* Gambling on pro sports is now allowed for college athletes (31:28)
* No ‘5 for 5’ rule coming for 2026-27 season (35:08)
* Former G-League players can now play college basketball? (37:16)
* A pair of old friends sign professional contracts overseas (44:30)
Listen and subscribe to the podcast on Apple and Spotify. You can also watch ‘Morning In The Valley’ live on YouTube each Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:00am for year-round coverage of Missouri Valley Conference men’s and women’s basketball.
By Jeff BidwellYou’ve asked for an audio version of our YouTube show, and now you have it.
October 24, 2025 — In today’s episode, we’ll talk about Bradley’s exhibition loss to Saint Louis and look ahead to this weekend’s exhibition games (2:20), plus we continue our preseason previews as we break down the Illinois State women with Redbird radio voice Greg Halbleib (7:50).
Other topics we discuss:
* Missouri Valley Conference women’s preseason poll finally released (25:45)
* Murray State’s Haven Ford and Halli Poock named to Hammon Award watch list (28:25)
* Murray State’s men dealing with preseason injuries to a pair of players (30:03)
* Gambling on pro sports is now allowed for college athletes (31:28)
* No ‘5 for 5’ rule coming for 2026-27 season (35:08)
* Former G-League players can now play college basketball? (37:16)
* A pair of old friends sign professional contracts overseas (44:30)
Listen and subscribe to the podcast on Apple and Spotify. You can also watch ‘Morning In The Valley’ live on YouTube each Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:00am for year-round coverage of Missouri Valley Conference men’s and women’s basketball.