This is a play on the DRAKE BULLDOGS for our CBB Thursday Ultimate Underdog. There are a number of Southeastern Conference teams that are bunched after the top five that are all interchangeable and Missouri is part of that group. The Tigers started the season 17-4 but since February 5th, they have gone 5-7 and while the losses were all against NCAA Tournament teams, they are of course playing another NCAA Tournament team. They were a dominant home team, going 18-2 but are just 4-9 outside of Columbia while all three Quad 2 games they played, and won, were at home. They are laying a big number with a small total and that favors the underdog. Under first-year head coach Ben McCollum, who came over from Division II and was named MVC Coach of the Year this season, Drake is in a position to make a run similar to what we thought two years ago but coughed up a late lead in the first round against Miami. Drake has played seven neutral site games this season and is 7-0 straight up and 6-1 ATS in those games and is 2-0 in Quad 1 games, wins over Vanderbilt and Kansas St. 10* (765) Drake Bulldogs
Matt’s Pick Drake: +6.5 -110
AUTHOR: Matt Fargo
