Under The Radar Game of the Day – Sunday, February 26th

Drake (24-6, 15-4) at Bradley (22-8, 15-4) – 4:00 PM ET (ESPN2)

Today’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Peoria, Illinois for the Game of the Year in the Missouri Valley Conference; today’s winner between the Drake Bulldogs and the Bradley Braves will clinch the outright championship and #1 seed in the MVC Tournament that takes place next weekend in St. Louis. In the blue corner are the Drake Bulldogs – they have won 10 straight games. They also hammered Bradley 86-61 in the first matchup; Tucker DeVries had 28 points in that victory.

In the red corner are the Bradley Braves; they enter today with a 9-game winning streak of their own. Belmont managed a sweep against Bradley earlier in conference play, but they are 15-2 against the rest of the league. Rienk Mast averages 14.0 points a game and 7.8 rebounds a game for the Braves.