Wichita State and Illinois State meet in one of the Valley's most contentious and high-stakes championships in recent history.
ST. LOUIS — Wichita State and Illinois State are no strangers to sharing.
The two teams had an identical Missouri Valley record of 17-1 — their only losses being to each other on one another’s home courts.
“They’ve got talented guys,” Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall said. “They’ve got size. They’ve got athleticism and skill.
“We have the same.”
The two teams were so similar, determining who had what seeding for the tournament came down to a conditional tiebreaker being the RPI.