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The No. 25 Missouri State Lady Bears (13-2, 9-0 MVC) are coming off a thrilling 73-72 victory over the Illinois State Redbirds on Feb. 13 in which senior guard Brice Calip made the game-winning shot with 1.4 seconds left.
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!!
What is concerning about that one-point win, however, is that it came against a team that is 9-6 overall and 6-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference not bad, but not as good as the competition the Lady Bears will see in the NCAA Tournament.
On Friday at 8 p.m. ET, the Bradley Braves (12-8, 8-5 MVC) hoping to spoil the Lady Bears’ perfect conference record and steal the automatic bid for the MVC away from Missouri State will try to be two points better than Illinois State (10-6, 7-6 MVC), Drake (12-8, 10-3 MVC) and Valparaiso (7-9, 3-6 MVC) .
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This time Northwestern’s problem was getting punched in the mouth early rather than late, with the ‘Cats digging a 25-7 hole as the Illini brought defensive intensity with Trent Frazier and found Adam Miller and Andre Curbelo to cut holes in the Northwestern 3-2 zone defense. Kofi Cockburn grabbed a routine double-double and kept the ‘Cats in foul trouble. It was sunrise, sunset.
But for as ready as I am to see Northwestern move on from Chris Collins (though, I mean, fire him or don’t, it’s not my money and I think he’s an OK human being so what the fuck do I really care), it is inarguable that this team continues to fight for him. Chase Audige is growing into being a takeover player, Pete Nance showed his usual flashes like a sexxxy little skyhook, and Ryan Young is my favorite lumbering, overmatched Big Ten center since Luka Mirkovic.
Mid-major college basketball ATS and O/U betting tips for February 12-14. Analyzing NCAA basketball small-conference teams like the Loyola Ramblers and UAB Blazers.