Penn State +17 @ Michigan State -Ultimate sandwich spot for Sparty after avenging the Michigan loss on Sunday in front of an awesome crowd at the Breslin. B1G game of the year on Saturday against the Buckeyes in Columbus. Penn State sucks, but this is a play that has to be made. Nittanies are at least good at preventing offensive boards, which could help a little.
George Washington +15 @ Temple -Probably won't play this, but the Owls are in a look-ahead to Xavier on Saturday after a convincing road win at URI a few days ago. Colonials' press can catch teams napping, but TU is filthy at the Liacouras and typically doesn't get caught flat-footed at home. Temple likely wins by 10-17 in an unattractive and sloppy game.
Marshall @ Central Florida -3.5 -The Herd is in free fall mode, losing five of its last six following a thrilling 65-64 home win over these Knights a few weeks ago in Huntington. In that game, DeAndre Kane made two free throws with 14 seconds left after a highly-questionable foul call. Donnie Jones coached Marshall up until last season, when he unceremoniously bolted for Orlando, which has added some extra emotion and spice into this game. Huge revenge spot for UCF and I'm inclined to fade the reeling Herd until they find a remedy for the offensive woes.
Buffalo @ Central Michigan +6.5 -Bulls are hot having won six in a row. Second game of a 2-game road swing after Buffalo rallied from 13 down in the second half to knock off Toledo on Saturday night. I love fading teams in spots like these, as they tend to be complacent and flat-footed after big comebacks on the road. I also love the consecutive road game angle as bringing high levels of intensity in back-to-back road contests is very difficult.
LaSalle -2 @ Richmond -I saw the Explorers up close and in-person on Saturday in a fantastic Big 5 showdown at the Palestra against my Hawks. La Salle has absolutely nothing inside, which was their downfall against a much larger SJU squad on Saturday, but the 4-guard offense of Mills, Duren, Pettis, and Galloway is going to give Richmond tons of problems. The Spiders' matchup zone defense is predicated on getting teams to misfire from deep, but La Salle is actually similar to Missouri (in style, not talent) in that any of its four guards can take over a game on a given night. Neither team has anything inside. I've watched parts or all of the past 3 Richmond games and there just isn't any sort of chemistry right now. Doesn't help, either, that the fans and students have become frustrated after the past few years of success and the arena is half-empty.
Northeastern @ Georgia State -9.5 -Lots of points, but this sets up as a beautiful spot to back Georgia State after Northeastern won a tough 60-57 game several weeks ago in Boston. The Panthers just swept a two-game road swing @ Wilmington and Hofstra and return home to try and add to a 10-1 record in Atlanta. GSU forces turnovers in bunches on its home floor and Northeastern has shown no ability to protect the ball. In the first meeting, NE hit on a season-high 11/21 threes and won despite being outrebounded 34-24 (11-4 offensive boards). That just is not going to happen against in the rematch. The Huskies had only 8 fields goals inside the arc! Nice spot to fade NE as well after a near-upset win on Saturday in Richmond against VCU. I'll be laying the points if this line opens at 10 or less.
Bonnies @ UMASS -4 -Nothing great about the spot here as Bona had a full week off and UMASS won on Saturday @ GW. Problem for SBU, though, is that it can't hang on to the ball. Anyone who has watched UMASS plays this year knows they try and turn every game into a helter-skelter track meet. Whether you want to or not, they face force you into an up-tempo game, especially in the Mullins Center. Even methodical and plodding Saint Louis couldn't withstand the heat and ended up playing at UMASS' pace. Nicholson's impact is lessened in an up-tempo affair and the Bonnies simply aren't good enough offensively to try and outscore UMASS at the Mullins.
Northern Iowa +10 @ Wichita State -Weird game. UNI obviously picked up a huge win on Saturday, beating Creighton at the buzzer. Wichita stole one a few weeks ago in Cedar Rapids in a game that UNI controlled for about 35 of 40 minutes. The Shockers also have the much-anticipated rematch with Creighton Saturday in Omaha. That game will likely match a pair of 12-2 teams and probably decides the regular season conference champion in the Valley. Unlikely we see a letdown from UNI given how the first matchup transpired, so I'll likely take the points at 9 or higher.
Saint Louis +4 @ St. Joe's -Said it months ago - this is a bad, bad matchup for my guys. Majerus has OWNED Martelli over the past several seasons. More on this tomorrow, but my hopes are not high.
Penn State +17 @ Michigan State -Ultimate sandwich spot for Sparty after avenging the Michigan loss on Sunday in front of an awesome crowd at the Breslin. B1G game of the year on Saturday against the Buckeyes in Columbus. Penn State sucks, but this is a play that has to be made. Nittanies are at least good at preventing offensive boards, which could help a little.
George Washington +15 @ Temple -Probably won't play this, but the Owls are in a look-ahead to Xavier on Saturday after a convincing road win at URI a few days ago. Colonials' press can catch teams napping, but TU is filthy at the Liacouras and typically doesn't get caught flat-footed at home. Temple likely wins by 10-17 in an unattractive and sloppy game.
Marshall @ Central Florida -3.5 -The Herd is in free fall mode, losing five of its last six following a thrilling 65-64 home win over these Knights a few weeks ago in Huntington. In that game, DeAndre Kane made two free throws with 14 seconds left after a highly-questionable foul call. Donnie Jones coached Marshall up until last season, when he unceremoniously bolted for Orlando, which has added some extra emotion and spice into this game. Huge revenge spot for UCF and I'm inclined to fade the reeling Herd until they find a remedy for the offensive woes.
Buffalo @ Central Michigan +6.5 -Bulls are hot having won six in a row. Second game of a 2-game road swing after Buffalo rallied from 13 down in the second half to knock off Toledo on Saturday night. I love fading teams in spots like these, as they tend to be complacent and flat-footed after big comebacks on the road. I also love the consecutive road game angle as bringing high levels of intensity in back-to-back road contests is very difficult.
LaSalle -2 @ Richmond -I saw the Explorers up close and in-person on Saturday in a fantastic Big 5 showdown at the Palestra against my Hawks. La Salle has absolutely nothing inside, which was their downfall against a much larger SJU squad on Saturday, but the 4-guard offense of Mills, Duren, Pettis, and Galloway is going to give Richmond tons of problems. The Spiders' matchup zone defense is predicated on getting teams to misfire from deep, but La Salle is actually similar to Missouri (in style, not talent) in that any of its four guards can take over a game on a given night. Neither team has anything inside. I've watched parts or all of the past 3 Richmond games and there just isn't any sort of chemistry right now. Doesn't help, either, that the fans and students have become frustrated after the past few years of success and the arena is half-empty.
Northeastern @ Georgia State -9.5 -Lots of points, but this sets up as a beautiful spot to back Georgia State after Northeastern won a tough 60-57 game several weeks ago in Boston. The Panthers just swept a two-game road swing @ Wilmington and Hofstra and return home to try and add to a 10-1 record in Atlanta. GSU forces turnovers in bunches on its home floor and Northeastern has shown no ability to protect the ball. In the first meeting, NE hit on a season-high 11/21 threes and won despite being outrebounded 34-24 (11-4 offensive boards). That just is not going to happen against in the rematch. The Huskies had only 8 fields goals inside the arc! Nice spot to fade NE as well after a near-upset win on Saturday in Richmond against VCU. I'll be laying the points if this line opens at 10 or less.
Bonnies @ UMASS -4 -Nothing great about the spot here as Bona had a full week off and UMASS won on Saturday @ GW. Problem for SBU, though, is that it can't hang on to the ball. Anyone who has watched UMASS plays this year knows they try and turn every game into a helter-skelter track meet. Whether you want to or not, they face force you into an up-tempo game, especially in the Mullins Center. Even methodical and plodding Saint Louis couldn't withstand the heat and ended up playing at UMASS' pace. Nicholson's impact is lessened in an up-tempo affair and the Bonnies simply aren't good enough offensively to try and outscore UMASS at the Mullins.
Northern Iowa +10 @ Wichita State -Weird game. UNI obviously picked up a huge win on Saturday, beating Creighton at the buzzer. Wichita stole one a few weeks ago in Cedar Rapids in a game that UNI controlled for about 35 of 40 minutes. The Shockers also have the much-anticipated rematch with Creighton Saturday in Omaha. That game will likely match a pair of 12-2 teams and probably decides the regular season conference champion in the Valley. Unlikely we see a letdown from UNI given how the first matchup transpired, so I'll likely take the points at 9 or higher.
Saint Louis +4 @ St. Joe's -Said it months ago - this is a bad, bad matchup for my guys. Majerus has OWNED Martelli over the past several seasons. More on this tomorrow, but my hopes are not high.
I went high because of how much Vegas seems to respect Hagan Arena and due to SLU's previous road showing. Bills being favored wouldn't be a shock but -4 could be slightly heavy.
I went high because of how much Vegas seems to respect Hagan Arena and due to SLU's previous road showing. Bills being favored wouldn't be a shock but -4 could be slightly heavy.
I went high because of how much Vegas seems to respect Hagan Arena and due to SLU's previous road showing. Bills being favored wouldn't be a shock but -4 could be slightly heavy.
I might be high too, but Vegas had em -2 against LaSalle and -4 against Dayton at home, and they view SLU quite a bit better than both of those teams.
I went high because of how much Vegas seems to respect Hagan Arena and due to SLU's previous road showing. Bills being favored wouldn't be a shock but -4 could be slightly heavy.
I might be high too, but Vegas had em -2 against LaSalle and -4 against Dayton at home, and they view SLU quite a bit better than both of those teams.
I really don't see how Bama can cover the number tonight. These guys just can't make a shot and without Mitchell they are without a guy that rebounds well and gets on the offensive glass. He deserves to be suspended because his attitude is garbage but it hurts. Green has been getting himself into foul trouble very consistently and if he finds early fould trouble tonight Bama could lose SU. I will say that Jacobs (freshman undersized forward) should be able to do some damage around the bucket tonight. I think Bama will play a lot of 4 guard looks tonight and try to speed things up. Interesting game and I lean OVER and Auburn.
I really don't see how Bama can cover the number tonight. These guys just can't make a shot and without Mitchell they are without a guy that rebounds well and gets on the offensive glass. He deserves to be suspended because his attitude is garbage but it hurts. Green has been getting himself into foul trouble very consistently and if he finds early fould trouble tonight Bama could lose SU. I will say that Jacobs (freshman undersized forward) should be able to do some damage around the bucket tonight. I think Bama will play a lot of 4 guard looks tonight and try to speed things up. Interesting game and I lean OVER and Auburn.
I really don't see how Bama can cover the number tonight. These guys just can't make a shot and without Mitchell they are without a guy that rebounds well and gets on the offensive glass. He deserves to be suspended because his attitude is garbage but it hurts. Green has been getting himself into foul trouble very consistently and if he finds early fould trouble tonight Bama could lose SU. I will say that Jacobs (freshman undersized forward) should be able to do some damage around the bucket tonight. I think Bama will play a lot of 4 guard looks tonight and try to speed things up. Interesting game and I lean OVER and Auburn.
Such a tough game to read. I'm sure plenty of people want Grant to pick up the tempo. With all those athletes, I don't understand why he wants to run a plodding, methodical offense. Hopefully your guys pull it out tonight. Should be interesting.
I really don't see how Bama can cover the number tonight. These guys just can't make a shot and without Mitchell they are without a guy that rebounds well and gets on the offensive glass. He deserves to be suspended because his attitude is garbage but it hurts. Green has been getting himself into foul trouble very consistently and if he finds early fould trouble tonight Bama could lose SU. I will say that Jacobs (freshman undersized forward) should be able to do some damage around the bucket tonight. I think Bama will play a lot of 4 guard looks tonight and try to speed things up. Interesting game and I lean OVER and Auburn.
Such a tough game to read. I'm sure plenty of people want Grant to pick up the tempo. With all those athletes, I don't understand why he wants to run a plodding, methodical offense. Hopefully your guys pull it out tonight. Should be interesting.
Penn State +17 @ Michigan State -Ultimate sandwich spot for Sparty after avenging the Michigan loss on Sunday in front of an awesome crowd at the Breslin. B1G game of the year on Saturday against the Buckeyes in Columbus. Penn State sucks, but this is a play that has to be made. Nittanies are at least good at preventing offensive boards, which could help a little.
George Washington +15 @ Temple -Probably won't play this, but the Owls are in a look-ahead to Xavier on Saturday after a convincing road win at URI a few days ago. Colonials' press can catch teams napping, but TU is filthy at the Liacouras and typically doesn't get caught flat-footed at home. Temple likely wins by 10-17 in an unattractive and sloppy game.
Marshall @ Central Florida -3.5 -The Herd is in free fall mode, losing five of its last six following a thrilling 65-64 home win over these Knights a few weeks ago in Huntington. In that game, DeAndre Kane made two free throws with 14 seconds left after a highly-questionable foul call. Donnie Jones coached Marshall up until last season, when he unceremoniously bolted for Orlando, which has added some extra emotion and spice into this game. Huge revenge spot for UCF and I'm inclined to fade the reeling Herd until they find a remedy for the offensive woes.
Buffalo @ Central Michigan +6.5 -Bulls are hot having won six in a row. Second game of a 2-game road swing after Buffalo rallied from 13 down in the second half to knock off Toledo on Saturday night. I love fading teams in spots like these, as they tend to be complacent and flat-footed after big comebacks on the road. I also love the consecutive road game angle as bringing high levels of intensity in back-to-back road contests is very difficult.
LaSalle -2 @ Richmond -I saw the Explorers up close and in-person on Saturday in a fantastic Big 5 showdown at the Palestra against my Hawks. La Salle has absolutely nothing inside, which was their downfall against a much larger SJU squad on Saturday, but the 4-guard offense of Mills, Duren, Pettis, and Galloway is going to give Richmond tons of problems. The Spiders' matchup zone defense is predicated on getting teams to misfire from deep, but La Salle is actually similar to Missouri (in style, not talent) in that any of its four guards can take over a game on a given night. Neither team has anything inside. I've watched parts or all of the past 3 Richmond games and there just isn't any sort of chemistry right now. Doesn't help, either, that the fans and students have become frustrated after the past few years of success and the arena is half-empty.
Northeastern @ Georgia State -9.5 -Lots of points, but this sets up as a beautiful spot to back Georgia State after Northeastern won a tough 60-57 game several weeks ago in Boston. The Panthers just swept a two-game road swing @ Wilmington and Hofstra and return home to try and add to a 10-1 record in Atlanta. GSU forces turnovers in bunches on its home floor and Northeastern has shown no ability to protect the ball. In the first meeting, NE hit on a season-high 11/21 threes and won despite being outrebounded 34-24 (11-4 offensive boards). That just is not going to happen against in the rematch. The Huskies had only 8 fields goals inside the arc! Nice spot to fade NE as well after a near-upset win on Saturday in Richmond against VCU. I'll be laying the points if this line opens at 10 or less.
Bonnies @ UMASS -4 -Nothing great about the spot here as Bona had a full week off and UMASS won on Saturday @ GW. Problem for SBU, though, is that it can't hang on to the ball. Anyone who has watched UMASS plays this year knows they try and turn every game into a helter-skelter track meet. Whether you want to or not, they face force you into an up-tempo game, especially in the Mullins Center. Even methodical and plodding Saint Louis couldn't withstand the heat and ended up playing at UMASS' pace. Nicholson's impact is lessened in an up-tempo affair and the Bonnies simply aren't good enough offensively to try and outscore UMASS at the Mullins.
Northern Iowa +10 @ Wichita State -Weird game. UNI obviously picked up a huge win on Saturday, beating Creighton at the buzzer. Wichita stole one a few weeks ago in Cedar Rapids in a game that UNI controlled for about 35 of 40 minutes. The Shockers also have the much-anticipated rematch with Creighton Saturday in Omaha. That game will likely match a pair of 12-2 teams and probably decides the regular season conference champion in the Valley. Unlikely we see a letdown from UNI given how the first matchup transpired, so I'll likely take the points at 9 or higher.
Saint Louis +4 @ St. Joe's -Said it months ago - this is a bad, bad matchup for my guys. Majerus has OWNED Martelli over the past several seasons. More on this tomorrow, but my hopes are not high.
Is this a typo, i dont think St Joes will be favored here...St Louis by at least 4 or 5..GL.
Penn State +17 @ Michigan State -Ultimate sandwich spot for Sparty after avenging the Michigan loss on Sunday in front of an awesome crowd at the Breslin. B1G game of the year on Saturday against the Buckeyes in Columbus. Penn State sucks, but this is a play that has to be made. Nittanies are at least good at preventing offensive boards, which could help a little.
George Washington +15 @ Temple -Probably won't play this, but the Owls are in a look-ahead to Xavier on Saturday after a convincing road win at URI a few days ago. Colonials' press can catch teams napping, but TU is filthy at the Liacouras and typically doesn't get caught flat-footed at home. Temple likely wins by 10-17 in an unattractive and sloppy game.
Marshall @ Central Florida -3.5 -The Herd is in free fall mode, losing five of its last six following a thrilling 65-64 home win over these Knights a few weeks ago in Huntington. In that game, DeAndre Kane made two free throws with 14 seconds left after a highly-questionable foul call. Donnie Jones coached Marshall up until last season, when he unceremoniously bolted for Orlando, which has added some extra emotion and spice into this game. Huge revenge spot for UCF and I'm inclined to fade the reeling Herd until they find a remedy for the offensive woes.
Buffalo @ Central Michigan +6.5 -Bulls are hot having won six in a row. Second game of a 2-game road swing after Buffalo rallied from 13 down in the second half to knock off Toledo on Saturday night. I love fading teams in spots like these, as they tend to be complacent and flat-footed after big comebacks on the road. I also love the consecutive road game angle as bringing high levels of intensity in back-to-back road contests is very difficult.
LaSalle -2 @ Richmond -I saw the Explorers up close and in-person on Saturday in a fantastic Big 5 showdown at the Palestra against my Hawks. La Salle has absolutely nothing inside, which was their downfall against a much larger SJU squad on Saturday, but the 4-guard offense of Mills, Duren, Pettis, and Galloway is going to give Richmond tons of problems. The Spiders' matchup zone defense is predicated on getting teams to misfire from deep, but La Salle is actually similar to Missouri (in style, not talent) in that any of its four guards can take over a game on a given night. Neither team has anything inside. I've watched parts or all of the past 3 Richmond games and there just isn't any sort of chemistry right now. Doesn't help, either, that the fans and students have become frustrated after the past few years of success and the arena is half-empty.
Northeastern @ Georgia State -9.5 -Lots of points, but this sets up as a beautiful spot to back Georgia State after Northeastern won a tough 60-57 game several weeks ago in Boston. The Panthers just swept a two-game road swing @ Wilmington and Hofstra and return home to try and add to a 10-1 record in Atlanta. GSU forces turnovers in bunches on its home floor and Northeastern has shown no ability to protect the ball. In the first meeting, NE hit on a season-high 11/21 threes and won despite being outrebounded 34-24 (11-4 offensive boards). That just is not going to happen against in the rematch. The Huskies had only 8 fields goals inside the arc! Nice spot to fade NE as well after a near-upset win on Saturday in Richmond against VCU. I'll be laying the points if this line opens at 10 or less.
Bonnies @ UMASS -4 -Nothing great about the spot here as Bona had a full week off and UMASS won on Saturday @ GW. Problem for SBU, though, is that it can't hang on to the ball. Anyone who has watched UMASS plays this year knows they try and turn every game into a helter-skelter track meet. Whether you want to or not, they face force you into an up-tempo game, especially in the Mullins Center. Even methodical and plodding Saint Louis couldn't withstand the heat and ended up playing at UMASS' pace. Nicholson's impact is lessened in an up-tempo affair and the Bonnies simply aren't good enough offensively to try and outscore UMASS at the Mullins.
Northern Iowa +10 @ Wichita State -Weird game. UNI obviously picked up a huge win on Saturday, beating Creighton at the buzzer. Wichita stole one a few weeks ago in Cedar Rapids in a game that UNI controlled for about 35 of 40 minutes. The Shockers also have the much-anticipated rematch with Creighton Saturday in Omaha. That game will likely match a pair of 12-2 teams and probably decides the regular season conference champion in the Valley. Unlikely we see a letdown from UNI given how the first matchup transpired, so I'll likely take the points at 9 or higher.
Saint Louis +4 @ St. Joe's -Said it months ago - this is a bad, bad matchup for my guys. Majerus has OWNED Martelli over the past several seasons. More on this tomorrow, but my hopes are not high.
Is this a typo, i dont think St Joes will be favored here...St Louis by at least 4 or 5..GL.
Is this a typo, i dont think St Joes will be favored here...St Louis by at least 4 or 5..GL.
Yeah, 4 is a bit ambitious. I was in a hurry and didn't give it a ton of thought. I'll go SJU -1.5. Keep in mind I expect Saint Louis to win. Just projecting the opening number.
Is this a typo, i dont think St Joes will be favored here...St Louis by at least 4 or 5..GL.
Yeah, 4 is a bit ambitious. I was in a hurry and didn't give it a ton of thought. I'll go SJU -1.5. Keep in mind I expect Saint Louis to win. Just projecting the opening number.
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