2010 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Odds to Win

Last Updated on March 2, 2010 11:21 pm by drew

MVC Tournament Odds

The first conference tournaments of the 2010 College Basketball Season get started this week, and the odds are out for which team will win the

Missouri
Valley Conference Tournament.

Bet the 2010 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament will take place from the
Scottrade
Center in

St. Louis,
Missouri starting on Thursday.

Oddsmakers from online sports book SPORTSBETTING.com have made Northern Iowa a 5/4 favorite to win the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Other short odds to win are Wichita State (5/2), Illinois State (7/2), and Creighton (5/1).

Northern Iowa won the regular season title with a 15-3 conference record and a 25-4 overall record. The Panthers cracked the top 25 rankings. After going on a 15-game winning streak in the middle of the year, N. Iowa has lost three games in the final two months of the season, including a 60-51 loss to

Wichita
State. Northern Iowa won last year’s tournament with a 60-57 overtime win over

Illinois
State.

Wichita
State finished the regular season 23-8 overall and 12-6 in the conference, which landed the Shockers in second place.
Wichita
State had both games against
Northern Iowa decided by single digits, as their lone loss to the Panthers was by three points.

Wichita
State has not won this tournament since 1987.

Illinois
State has finished runner-up in the last two conference tournaments. The Redbirds with 21-9 on the season and 11-7 in the MVC, landing with the third seed in the tournament.
Illinois
State won six straight games prior to losing to
Northern Iowa, 61-55, to end the season.

Creighton won the 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000 MVC Tournament titles in the last 10 years. Creighton is 16-4 this year and 10-8 in the conference, which has earned it the fourth seed. Creighton won its last three games to end the season.

For a complete list of odds for the 2010

Missouri
Valley Conference Tournament, see below.

Odds to win the 2010

Missouri
Valley Conference Tournament:

Northern Iowa 5/4 

Wichita
State 5/2

Illinois
State 7/2

Creighton 5/1

Missouri
State 7/1

Bradley 8/1   

Indiana
State 11/1   

Field 15/1

Bet the 2010 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

Posted: 3/2/10 11:21PM ET