2011 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Vegas Odds and Expert Predictions – March Madness Betting Preview: Vegas odds to win the 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament are now posted on NSAwins.com and the betting line experts in Las Vegas have installed regular season Missouri valley Conference Champion Missouri St the +135 favorite to win the postseason tournament. Missouri St clinched the regular season MVC Championship this past saturday at home with a 69-64 win over 2nd place Wichita St. The win gave the Bears the season series sweep over the Shockers and wrapped up their regular season record at 23-7 overall including 15-3 in MVC play. The Shockers have been given +150 odds to win the postseason tournament in the Missouri Valley Conference and ended their regular season at 23-7 overall and 14-4 in MVC play. Other teams to watch that could be capable of a Championship run starting this week include No Iowa(+350 odds to win), Indiana St(+500 odds to win), Evansville(+650 odds to win) and Creighton(+800 odds to win). The 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament will be played at Scottrade Center for the 17th consecutive season and in the city of St Louis, Mo for the 21st consecutive year. The winner of the MVC Tournament automatically qualifies for the 2011 NCAA Tournament and will watch their name pop up on selection sunday when the 2011 March Madness Bracket is announced. The MVC should be in strong position to get two teams in the NCAA Field, as Missouri St should be in no matter what it does in this year’s MVC Tournament and Wichita St also deserves strong consideration for an at-large berth in the 2011 NCAA Tournament Bracket. NSAwins.com’s consenus March Madness expert predictions from our 5 top handicappers has Wichita St at +150 odds winning the 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. You can view all of the current odds below to win this year’s 2011 MVC Tournament.
2011 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Schedule
Thursday, March 3 — Session I
Game 1 — #8 Southern Illinois (12-18, 5-13) vs. #9 Illinois State (12-18, 4-14), 6 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]
Game 2 — #7 Drake (13-17, 7-11) vs. #10 Bradley (11-19, 4-14), 8:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]
Friday, March 4 — Session II
Game 3 — #1 Missouri State (23-7, 15-3) vs. Winner Game 1, noon [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]
Game 4 — #4 UNI (19-12, 10-8) vs. #5 Creighton (18-13, 10-8), 2:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]
Friday, March 4 — Session III
Game 5 — #2 Wichita State (23-7, 14-4) vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]
Game 6 — #3 Indiana State (17-13, 12-6) vs. #6 Evansville (15-14, 9-9), 8:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]
Saturday, March 5 — Session IV
Game 7 — Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 1:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [KATZ AM 1600]
Game 8 — Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 4 p.m. [MVC TV Network] [WXOS Radio]
Sunday, March 6 — Session V
Championship — Winner G7 vs. Winner G8, 1 p.m. [CBS Sports, Westwood One, Sirius XM Radio] [WXOS Radio
2011 NCAA Post Season Tournaments – Missouri Valley
Odds to win the 2011 Missouri Valley Tournament
Bradley +2500
Creighton +800
Drake +1500
Evansville +650
Indiana State +500
Illinois State +1500
Missouri State +135
Northern Iowa +350
Southern Illinois +1500
Wichita State +150