Drake is coming into this game with a 28-6 record this season and they were 16-4 in their conference. They were the 2nd best team in their conference during the regular season but they were heating up a lot toward the end of the season and ended up winning their conference tournament to get here, even beating the best team in the conference in Indiana State with a dominant win over them as well. They have been playing very well in their recent games as they have won their last 5 straight as well as 10 of their last 11 games. They have a very good and consistent offense that has scored 72+ points in their last 11 straight games and their offense has been averaging 80.5 points scored per game this season which is 35th in the country. Their defense has also been much better in their recent games as they have allowed 67 points or less in 3 of their last 4 games and their defense is going to step up for this game in the tournament. They also have some experience to lean on from being in the tournament last season and they lost in the 1st round against Miami in a very close game that they were leading for a majority of the time so they are going to be hungry to win a game this year and make it to the 2nd round when they were so close last season. They are going up against a Washington State team that is 24-9 this season and was 14-6 in their conference. They were the 2nd best team in the conference during the regular season but they fizzled out of the Pac-12 Tournament against Colorado in their 2nd game of the tournament, losing by 6 points. They have also lost 2 of their last 3 games and have not been great in their recent games as they have struggled against weaker opponents in the conference since beating Arizona on the road near the end of February. They were a solid team in the Pac-12 all season but they have not been as good since that big win over Arizona and Drake is a team that has been very hot recently and will be playing with a chip on their shouler in the tournament from last year. Drake will cover the spread in this game.