I’m still getting used to this new blog format – and I’m not the most computer literate guy around. One of these days I’ll learn how to add pictures to the blog. If I can somehow figure it out in the next few days, my goal would be to take a few photos of the how college basketball coaches dress on the road.

Trust me. It would be plenty entertaining (especially in late-July when a few coaches stroll in for 8:30 a.m. games directly from the casinos).

Anyway, here’s a Missouri Valley Conference offseason rundown. Please e-mail me at jngoodman@aol.com with any additions or corrections.

Bradley – The Braves will play in the Las Vegas Classic on Nov. 27-28 and will open with Oklahoma State and then play either Illinois or Utah. Jim Les’ team will travel to Brazil from Aug. 7-17 and also has non-conference games at BYU (Nov. 13) and at Iowa State (Dec. 20) and on the road at Butler. Darian Norris transferred to Salt Lake CC.

Creighton – The Bluejays will play in Orlando at the Old Spice tournament and also have a non-conference slate that includes at Dayton (Nov. 14), against Nebraska (Dec. 6), at George Mason (Dec. 12) and at New Mexico (Dec. 19). Kenton Walker is transferring out.

Drake – The Bulldogs will play in the Glenn Wilkes tournament in Florida from Nov. 19-22 and also have non-conference games against IUPUI (Nov. 14), Iowa State (Nov. 17) and San Diego State (Dec. 22) at home and Austin Peay (Nov. 28) and Iowa (Dec. 19) on the road. Josh Parker left the program and transferred to Dayton while Mark Phelps added Jordan Clarke from Vermont.

Evansville – Assistant Marcus Belcher left for Southern Illinois and was replaced by Chris Hollender - and three players transferred out of the program – Darin Granger, Zach House (Sauk Valley JC) and Kaylon Williams (Kirkwood CC). Non-conference games are against Butler (Nov. 21) at home and on the road against Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 28 and at Western Kentucky (Dec. 8).

Illinois State – The Redbirds will host the Basketball Travelers Classic from Nov. 27-29 along with St. Bonaventure, SE Missouri State and Norfolk State. Tim Jankovich & Co. will also play non-conference home contests against Central Michigan, Niagara and St. Bonaventure – and also Utah on the road on Dec. 19 and UIC on the road. Trey Blue (Fordham) transferred into the program.

Indiana State – The Sycamores had two players leave the program – Marico Stinson (Kentucky Wesleyan) and Tyler Cutter (Lee College) – and brought in Iowa transfer Jake Kelly – who will apply for a hardship waiver due the death of his mother while he was at Iowa. The non-conference slate includes ORU, IUPUI, Colorado State, at Toledo, at Arkansas State and Ball State.

Missouri State – The Bears will host the Hall of Fame Classic along with Eastern Michigan, Maryland Eastern-Shore and a fourth team to be named on Nov. 20-22. Non-conference games include at Air Force (Dec. 5), at Arkansas (Dec. 22), at Arkansas State (Dec. 12), at St. Louis (Dec. 19) and at home against Auburn (Nov. 16), Tulsa (Nov. 28), UALR (Dec. 2) and UT Martin (Dec. 9). Two players left the program – John Hayward-Mayhew and Dominick Brumfield.

Northern Iowa – The Panthers will play in the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands from Nov. 20-23 and will face DePaul in the first round. They will also have non-conference home games against Iowa (Dec. 2), Wyoming (Dec. 22) and Siena (Dec. 12) and a road game at Iowa State (Dec. 8).

Southern Illinois – Assistant Rodney Watson left to become the head coach at Southern Indiana and was replaced by Marcus Belcher. Director of basketball operations Aundrey Wright left to join the staff at the University of Indianapolis. The Salukis will play in a tournament in Las Vegas on Dec. 21 and also have non-conference games against SEMO and UT Martin.

Wichita State – The Shockers will host a pod in the CBE Classic and also have home non-conference games against TCU (Dec. 12) and Texas Tech (Dec. 19) and a road game at Cleveland State (Nov. 28). Two players – Reggie Chamberlain (UMKC) and A.J. Hawkins (Oklahoma Baptist) – have left the program.