Alabama A&M +6.5 over Oakland: This game may cause the selection committee to rethink having play in games. It should be ugly and the winner gets the honor of a severe beating at the hands of the Tarheels. Oakland had a nice conference tournament run but is not good enough to lay this many in tournament game.
Boston College -5.5 over Penn: BC has too many athletes for Penn to keep this close. Unfortunately for Penn, these athletes will be well rested, too. Craig Smith will have a field day inside. BC is tired of hearing how they are overrated and will take the Quakers to the woodshed.
Texas Tech -3.5 over UCLA: Tech not getting much respect against a Bruin team that I'm not sure belongs in the tourney. Knight has this team playing well and will have them focused to make a run at the Sweet 16.
Oklahoma St./SE La. under 125.5: They couldn't break 50 against NW St. so how many can they score against Oklahoma St.? With a spread of 18 this score projects to be 72-54. SE La. will struggle to get to 45 and OSU will call off the dogs before getting to 70.
Alabama/UWM under 141: This line is a little too high based on UWM going over the number in three of its last four games. But, one of those games was against Loyola who force you to score because they refuse to guard you. Another was against Cleveland St. who had just lost Omari and had pretty much packed it in for the year. The third was a bracket buster against Hawaii. As gman has pointed out, non-conference late season games don't have a whole lot of defense being played. UWM knows they have to control the tempo against Bama. Alabama will not force the issue and their defense should keep the score in the 60's.
Boston College -5.5 over Penn: BC has too many athletes for Penn to keep this close. Unfortunately for Penn, these athletes will be well rested, too. Craig Smith will have a field day inside. BC is tired of hearing how they are overrated and will take the Quakers to the woodshed.
Texas Tech -3.5 over UCLA: Tech not getting much respect against a Bruin team that I'm not sure belongs in the tourney. Knight has this team playing well and will have them focused to make a run at the Sweet 16.
Oklahoma St./SE La. under 125.5: They couldn't break 50 against NW St. so how many can they score against Oklahoma St.? With a spread of 18 this score projects to be 72-54. SE La. will struggle to get to 45 and OSU will call off the dogs before getting to 70.
Alabama/UWM under 141: This line is a little too high based on UWM going over the number in three of its last four games. But, one of those games was against Loyola who force you to score because they refuse to guard you. Another was against Cleveland St. who had just lost Omari and had pretty much packed it in for the year. The third was a bracket buster against Hawaii. As gman has pointed out, non-conference late season games don't have a whole lot of defense being played. UWM knows they have to control the tempo against Bama. Alabama will not force the issue and their defense should keep the score in the 60's.
