The No. 2-seed Drake Bulldogs (26-7) and No. 1 Bradley Braves (25-8) meet Sunday in the title game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Tip-off from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis is slated for 2 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook’s lines around the Drake vs. Bradley odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and bets.
Drake advanced to Sunday’s final after a 65-52 win over Southern Illinois Saturday. The Bulldogs went 15-5 in the MVC regular season and split 2 games with these Braves. The 2nd meeting on Feb. 26 marks Drake’s only loss since Jan. 21.
Bradley nipped 5th-seeded Indiana State 71-70 in a Saturday semifinal in St. Louis. The MVC’s regular-season champ (16-4) has not lost since Jan. 21. A win Sunday would mark the Braves’ 13th in a row and give BU a sweep of MVC titles for the first time since 1987-88.
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