A Missouri Valley battle is on tap between the Drake Bulldogs and Belmont Bruins at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday at the Knapp Center. Drake is 22-6 overall and 13-4 in the conference with a 12-1 record at home. Meanwhile. Belmont is 19-9 on the season with a 12-5 record in the MVC and a 6-6 record on the road. The two teams met late last month for the first time since Belmont joined the conference and Drake captured a 79-61 victory as 3-point road favorites.
However, Belmont has actually been the more profitable team against the spread this season, going 15-12 against the number while Drake has gone 11-15. Still, the Bulldogs are favored by 7 points in the latest Drake vs. Belmont odds from Caesars Sportsbook and the over/under is set at 147. Before you make any Belmont vs. Drake picks, you’ll want to see the college basketball predictions from the model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times. The model enters Week 15 of the season 66-38 on all top-rated college basketball picks this season, returning almost $1,700 for $100 players. Anybody who has followed it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Drake vs. Belmont. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several college basketball odds for Drake vs. Belmont:
- Drake vs. Belmont spread: Drake -7
- Drake vs. Belmont over/under: 147 points
- Drake vs. Belmont money line: Drake -335, Belmont +260
- Drake vs. Belmont picks: See picks here
What you need to know about Drake
Drake enters Sunday’s contest riding an eight-game winning streak after defeating Northern Iowa 82-74 on Wednesday. Tucker DeVries had 19 points to lead all scorers, while Roman Penn (16), Conor Enright (14) and Garrett Sturtz (13) all reached double-figures.
The Bulldogs shot 55.4% from the floor as a team and went 11 for 24 from the 3-point line. Over their last three games, they’re shooting a staggering 57.1% from the floor and 53.1% from beyond the arc. They also shot 55.0% from the floor in the Jan. 29 win over Belmont despite DeVries missing the game because of an elbow infection.
What you need to know about Belmont
The Bruins are coming off a dominant 95-63 win over Evansville on Wednesday night. The Purple Aces were held to just 31.4% shooting from the floor in the game, while Belmont shot 56.9% from the floor and had all five starters reach double-figures in scoring.
Ben Sheppard led the way for Belmont with 16 points and the fourth-year guard is averaging 19.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game on the season. Sheppard and DeVries should see a lot of each other on both ends of the floor and that marquee matchup could determine Sunday’s game between these two Missouri Valley contenders.
How to make Belmont vs. Drake picks
The model has simulated Drake vs. Belmont 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over and it’s also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in well over 50% of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
So who wins Drake vs. Belmont? And which side of the spread hits well over 50% of the time? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the spread to jump on, all from the advanced model that is 66-38 on its top-rated college basketball picks this season, and find out.
