Submitted by rsteel on
Monmouth-NJ Hawks over Mississippi Rebels: The NIT is tricky because so much comes down to motivation. Who wants to be here? Who had bigger aspirations of the big dance? For Mon this is big and to get a home game they will be motivated and do have the talent to get by what will be a somewhat uninterested Miss team. Mon went 13-1 s/u at home. They were 19-3 in the cong. Granted there was no comparison of strength of schedule. Miss comes in at 68 Mon comes in at 227. However motivation home court and a Miss team who went 4-6 on the road gives us the value. I have this game at 3.5 giving us excellent value.