When the media made their selections at the beginning of the season for who would finish atop the Missouri Valley Conference, they picked the Bears to finish first and Northern Iowa second.
As the two teams enter their final game of the regular season — against each other — the Bears are hoping to avoid a seventh-place finish while Northern Iowa hopes to find better seeding for a play-in game.
The season hasn't gone as was expected for either team.
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