Davidson Wildcats over Charleston Cougars: Dav is playing very well at 8-1 s/u. Their only loss a neutral site game to N.Car. Dav has been off for a week and will not play again for 10 days.
Colorado St. Rams over Denver Pioneers: Small points to lay on the road for the much better team. Home court and the altitude have minimal issue tonight given the matchup.
Portland Pilots over UNLV Runnin’ Rebels: Other than home court I have these 2 teams rated about even. Getting this amount of points provide us with value. Port has played a tougher schedule making the gap between these 2 teams even greater.
Gonzaga Bulldogs over UCLA Bruins: Even on the road these points are too low given the gap between these 2 teams. UCLA lost 5 key players from last year yet they are being pried like last year. Their 8 wins have come against cupcakes. Their 2 losses are against the only 2 good teams they have played this year and UCLA was not even close. Now they face the best team they will have played yet this year.
Nebraska Cornhuskers over Cincinnati Bearcats: Wow 2 losses in a row at home for Neb the last loss especially bad. Now the markets have soured on Neb we will jump on getting value. This game takes on a new level of importance for Neb with those 2 home losses. They are still a very good team and return their 2 key cogs from last year in Petteway and Shields.
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs over UL Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns: L.Tech returns 4 starters from last year when they went 29-8.
Georgetown Hoyas over Kansas Jayhawks: Kan is a good team not a great team and they will continue to improve as the year goes along. However we are talking about tonight. Wiggins and Embid are in the NBA they have 1 starter returnee this year. This will be their 1st true road game of the year.
Indiana Hoosiers over Louisville Cardinals: Simply too many points especially on a neutral court. We lost with Oh St against Louisv early in the year which turned out to be a very bad beat. Louisv is a very good team great on the defensive side with their pressure tactics. However their offense is just OK.
South Carolina Gamecocks over Oklahoma State Cowboys: NO way given these 2 rosters Oklst should be favored in S.Car. that spells value. Okl St lost Smart and Brown from last year. This will be their 1st true road game of the year.
Ohio St. Buckeyes over Louisville Cardinals: Neither one of these teams have played anybody of significance. This will be the first road test of the year for Oh St. however given that this is still too many points. Louisv is not shooting the ball well. They will not dominate the boards tonight getting those 2nd chance opportunities like they were able to do against the weaker teams.