Missouri Valley

Loyola of Chicago is a four seed in this tournament. This sets up for an interesting bracket. Northern Iowa and Loyola just played a game to determine the regular season league champion but due to tie breaking procedures, the Ramblers fall to the 4 seed. They are likely to meet again in the semi-finals. On the other side of the bracket sits Drake and Missouri St both 20-9 overall and 13-5 in conference. Missouri St beat Drake twice in the regular season. This is going to be a fun one to watch starting on Thursday

Favorite:

Northern Iowa

Contender:

Loyola, Missouri St, Drake

Upset candidate:

Bradley

At large possibilities:

Loyola

Winner:

Missouri St