Drake University quieted all critics this past weekend as they sailed through the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in St. Louis. Drake capped the three day run with a 79-49 pounding of number 2 seed Illinois State.

Dick Enberg and Bob Wenzel gave the Bulldogs some love after the game.

The Bulldogs used balance scoring and tenacious defense to cruise to the title. Here is a little video taste of the post game celebrations.

Almost everyone was playing for seeding Saturday as the Missouri Valley regular season wrappde up. Drake had already grabbed the top season in next weeks tourney, but still sent the seniors out on a high note beating Wichita State.

Here are the scores from the Valley, as well as seeding for the conference tournament.

Drake 73, Wichita State 63
Northern Iowa 71, Evansville 68
Missouri State 83, Indiana State 73
Illinois State   Southern Illinois
Bradley    Creighton   (2 OT)

Tournament Seedings

Two games to go and Missouri Valley teams are jockeying for positions in St. Louis.

Tuesday Night Results
Missouri State  86, Drake 83
Southern Illinois 71, Bradley 60
Wichita State 68, Evansville 54

Wednesday Night Results
Illinois State 64, Creighton 58
Northern Iowa 73, Indiana State 538

Here are updated projections for the tourney. Click here to view standings and projected finish.

With Drake wrapping up the Missouri Valley title Saturday, it is never to early to look to St. Louis and gear up for Arch Madness. While only the Bulldogs seed is decided at this point, it is always fun to project where everyone will land.

Be sure to leave a comment below with your thoughts on Arch Madness. Marty will be broadcasting live from St. Louis be sure stop by and say “hi” in St. Louis.

Here are my projections for Arch Madness.

#1 Drake. Wrapped up the #1 seed with the Conference Title.
#2 Illinois State 12-5.
#3 Southern Illinois 11-7.
#4 Bradley 10-8.
#5 Creighton 9-9.
#6 UNI 9-9
#7 Indiana State 8-10.
#8 Missouri State 6-12.
#9 Wichita State 5-13.
#10 Evansville 3-15.With these seedings, here is how I see the tourney playing out.

Round #1
Game 1 - Wichita State over Missouri State.
Game 2 - Indiana State over Evansville.

Round #2
Game #3 - Drake over Wichita State.
Game #4 - Bradley over Creighton.
Game #5 - Illinois State over Indiana State.
Game #6 - Southern Illinois over UNI.

Round 3
Game #7 - Bradley over Drake.
Game #8 - Southern Illinois over Illinois State.

Championship
Southern Illinois over Bradley.

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