Morning In The Valley

We finally have a Valley women's preseason poll, Bradley thumped in final exhibition, and Illinois State women's season preview with Greg Halbleib


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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)

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Morning In The ValleyBy Jeff Bidwell