MEAC Tournament title game. We are getting +2 on the MEAC regular-season champion ... presuming because the game is in Norfolk, although not on in Norfolk State's campus gym so maybe less of home advantage. Howard won both regular-season meetings, including by 20 at home in the last one on March 2.

After engaging in a pair of high-scoring games this season, Howard and Norfolk State have gotten serious about defense in the MEAC Tournament. The top-seeded Bison have yielded 55 points each in their two games, while the Spartans are doing their share by allowing 58 (in regulation time) and 56. The high stakes of this finals, with only the winner NCAA-bound, could lead to more missed shots than usual for these sharp-shooting teams.