*3 Star Play Under* Southern Illinois and Loyola Chicago played in the final two games of the regular season. Those two games both finished regulation at 112 points.

Southern Illinois shot the ball well last night, but Lance Brown was injured and may be unable to play today. That's a key injury for the Salukis. They now go against the best defense in the conference.

Loyola Chicago's last four games have finished regulation at 90 points, 106 points, 112 points, and 112 points.

This game is played at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. This is Arch Madness for the Missouri Valley Conference. This has been arguably the single best under venue in the country in the past decade. On the opening total, the under has hit at a little better than 65% in neutral site games played at Enterprise Center in the past ten years. Even on the closing line (which is usually lower by a good amount the under has hit better than 60% of the time). 

Take the under. 

*3 Star Play Under* The Drake Bulldogs are without two of their starters and best scorers for this tournament (Hemphill and Penn). Drake is still a pretty good offensive team, but their tempo has slowed down and their efficiency is down some as well.

Northern Iowa struggled shooting the ball last night, and I don't think they'll be very efficient with this difficult shooting backdrop here either.

This game is played at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. This is Arch Madness for the Missouri Valley Conference. This has been arguably the single best under venue in the country in the past decade. On the opening total, the under has hit at a little better than 65% in neutral site games played at Enterprise Center in the past ten years. Even on the closing line (which is usually lower by a good amount the under has hit better than 60% of the time). 

Take the under. 

*3 Star Play Under* Samford has been on a COVID pause to end the season. They aren't expected to be at full strength here.

These two teams met twice in the regular season. Both games went to overtime. Even after overtime one of the games was under this number. At the end of regulation, the two games were 59-59 and 66-66. 

Mercer has slowed their pace down drastically in the last ten games. This was a team who was happy to run and gun early on. That hasn't been the case lately. Mercer has had only one game in their last 11 games go over this total in regulation, and it was only 151 points. That included games against The Citadel and Western Carolina. 

Samford has been extremely inefficient on offense down the stretch. They'll try to force the pace, but they aren't good shooters. Samford has scored 66 points or less in regulation in their last five games. 

Neither team has gotten to the line much in league play.

Being played on a neutral court is a clear positive for the under as well.

Take the under.