MVC Conference Tourney Play (Erik Scheponik)
Creighton (+4) over Drake
Very tough to beat a Dana Altman-coached squad 3 times in one season, and must be noted that Creighton is certainly no stranger to big games, and has been money in the bank in this tournament. They’ve won the MVC tourney 6 times in the past 9 years and are a remarkable 19-3/17-5$ during that span, including 7-0SU/$ against a #1 or #2 seed. Back-to-back hard-fought wins over a good Bradley team (with Ruffin in the lineup) shows us that this team is peaking at the right time, and don’t be fooled by the margins they lost to this Drake team by. The 8 pt. loss at home was an overtime game, and the 10 pt. road loss was actually within 2 with less than 30 seconds to play. Drake is the real deal, but Altman will have his team ready here, and rates an edge in a game of this magnitude over young Keno Davis. Creighton by 1
Very tough to beat a Dana Altman-coached squad 3 times in one season, and must be noted that Creighton is certainly no stranger to big games, and has been money in the bank in this tournament. They’ve won the MVC tourney 6 times in the past 9 years and are a remarkable 19-3/17-5$ during that span, including 7-0SU/$ against a #1 or #2 seed. Back-to-back hard-fought wins over a good Bradley team (with Ruffin in the lineup) shows us that this team is peaking at the right time, and don’t be fooled by the margins they lost to this Drake team by. The 8 pt. loss at home was an overtime game, and the 10 pt. road loss was actually within 2 with less than 30 seconds to play. Drake is the real deal, but Altman will have his team ready here, and rates an edge in a game of this magnitude over young Keno Davis. Creighton by 1
Erik Scheponik
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