MOLINE, Ill. – The Drake University women's basketball team, which claimed its second-straight outright Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship, is the top seed at this week's "Hoops in the Heartland" MVC Tournament, March 8-11, at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline, Ill.
Drake (23-7, 18-0 MVC), which is the defending MVC Tournament champion, will play either No. 8 Valparaiso or No. 9 Loyola in the quarterfinals on Friday at 12 p.m. The game will be broadcast online on The Valley on ESPN3 and on the radio at 1350 ESPN Des Moines. Drake's game notes will be posted Thursday night following the conclusion of the Loyola and Valparaiso game.