Drake vs. Wichita State

Drake is one of the great success stories of the season as it was picked to finish in the middle of the pack of the Missouri Valley Conference, but started the season 18-0 finished 25-4 with a 20-6-1 ATS record. Coach Darian DeVries has done a tremendous job with the Bulldogs, who did lose guard Roman Penn to a foot injury, but others have stepped up, including three players who averaged at least 14.5 points in two games in the MVC tournament. Isaac Brown also has done a great job taking over for Gregg Marshall and leading the Shockers to a 16-5 season although they finished just 9-9-1 ATS. Wichita State lost to Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference tournament and the Shockers are only 3-7 ATS their past 10 games. Drake is 18-7-2 ATS its past 27 neutral-site games and 18-7-1 ATS overall following a loss. Wichita State is 0-3-1 ATS its past four NCAA tournament games and 9-24 ATS its past 33 neutral-site games as a favorite.  Drake averages 77.4 points per game while Wichita State scores 72.4, but the Shockers are not a good shooting team overall as they average 40.8 percent from the field overall and 34.2 percent from 3-point range. Drake's defense allows only 64.7 points per game and a .422 shooting percentage overall and just .316 from beyond the arc. Wichita State has gone UNDER five of its last seven games, including Saturday's 60-59 loss to Cincinnati that went UNDER by 23 points. The Bulldogs are 5-1 UNDER their past six versus teams with winning records and the Shockers have gone UNDER their last six NCAA tournament games. Also, Wichita State is 9-2 UNDER its past 11 games as an underdog and 9-3 UNDER against teams with at least .600 winning percentages. Play Drake and the UNDER.