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Missouri Valley Conference Championship Game Lines and Picks

March 9, 2008

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The Drake Bulldogs and the Illinois State Redbirds fight for the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship today at 2:05 PM EST.  It’s fitting these two teams should meet in the conference final as they were consistently the best two teams in the MO-Valley, something that isn’t always the case with confernce tournaments.  The edge here has to go to Drake, who has beaten Illinois State twice already this season.  They do say it is hard to beat a team three times in one season, but I’ve yet to see any hard evidence of that as fact, it’s just something the announcers and pundits like to say.  Drake is the most cohesive team in the conference, nobody plays better together and nobody has as much all-around talent on the court.  They are excellent free-throw shooters and, maybe most importantly, they don’t turn the ball over.  The over/under for the game is set at 128.5, which is right around the same line as the over/under when these teams met in the regular season, in which both games went over the total.  Tonight’s contest should have no problem reaching that mark as both teams can have a very hot hand from behind the three-point arc.

Illinois St. (24-8) vs #21 Drake (27-4)  
Line:  Illinois State vs. Drake -2.5
Over/Under:  128.5
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Picks:  Drake Bulldogs -2.5, Over 128.5

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