cleveland state at green bay
these two have played some very tight games over the last two years. green bay has won the last four in the series (by 5,7,2,and 1) but all four have come down to the final minute of play. the last few weeks, csu's offense has really bogged down. after the akron game on monday the vikings coaches talked about making a concerted effort to push the ball and play more uptempo against illinois-chicago and it worked, because csu scored 87 points and held on for a four point road win (as a 9 point dog no less). on paper, csu and green bay are about dead even. both are middle of the road horizon teams. csu playing their 5th game in 9 days really helps uwgb though. lean to the over because uwgb's defense has fallen off the map lately and csu had success running and gunning in chicago and they've also put up better offensive numbers away from home.
wright state at milwaukee
panthers have burned some money lately but this game has all the makings of a rout. wright state simply cannot score on the road. take away their 80 point effort against belmont in early november and they've averaged just 50.1 ppg away from home (and thats not a typo). only hesitation with laying the chalk is that milwaukee has lacked their usual killer instinct at home this year, and that's a little strange. going for the throat and burying teams was never a problem when pearl was on the sidelines for uwm. it just seems like jeter is more passive on the sidelines and milwaukee's intensity doesn't always seem to be there for 40 full minutes. this might technically be a battle for first place in the horizon but there's no comparison between the teams if uwm comes to play. lean to milwaukee, but worth noting that uwm has led by double digits in the 2nd half of three of their last four games and has not covered any of those games.
butler at youngstown
penguins seem to have hit the wall after a blazing start to the season against the spread. they've been off for a full week (although you can make a case for it being longer because they really didn't show up for their game last saturday against cleveland state). butler played in chicago on thursday and lost to loyola by 10. bulldogs let loyola shoot a gaudy 63% from the floor so butler will likely look to establish their defense and methodical tempo early in this one. lean to the under.
illinois-chicago at detroit
titans completely let wednesday's game against milwaukee slip away. brandon cotton made an early return from injury and ended up starting the game for detroit and he gave them a huge spark, knocking down some early 3s and giving the titans some momentum at home. but they pissed away a double-digit lead in the final 5:00 and let milwaukee's chris hill knock down the game-winner with 0:10. illinois-chicago has pretty much eschewed defense for the last month or so. but any game that involves detroit is almost impossible to play over the total. this is the toughest horizon game on saturday. these are two most physical teams in the conference so it should be a battle. but you just never know what youre going to get from uic. they haven't played a good game since their late-december win against davidson, but detroit hasn't been a prize either. flip a coin on both the side and total.
these two have played some very tight games over the last two years. green bay has won the last four in the series (by 5,7,2,and 1) but all four have come down to the final minute of play. the last few weeks, csu's offense has really bogged down. after the akron game on monday the vikings coaches talked about making a concerted effort to push the ball and play more uptempo against illinois-chicago and it worked, because csu scored 87 points and held on for a four point road win (as a 9 point dog no less). on paper, csu and green bay are about dead even. both are middle of the road horizon teams. csu playing their 5th game in 9 days really helps uwgb though. lean to the over because uwgb's defense has fallen off the map lately and csu had success running and gunning in chicago and they've also put up better offensive numbers away from home.
wright state at milwaukee
panthers have burned some money lately but this game has all the makings of a rout. wright state simply cannot score on the road. take away their 80 point effort against belmont in early november and they've averaged just 50.1 ppg away from home (and thats not a typo). only hesitation with laying the chalk is that milwaukee has lacked their usual killer instinct at home this year, and that's a little strange. going for the throat and burying teams was never a problem when pearl was on the sidelines for uwm. it just seems like jeter is more passive on the sidelines and milwaukee's intensity doesn't always seem to be there for 40 full minutes. this might technically be a battle for first place in the horizon but there's no comparison between the teams if uwm comes to play. lean to milwaukee, but worth noting that uwm has led by double digits in the 2nd half of three of their last four games and has not covered any of those games.
butler at youngstown
penguins seem to have hit the wall after a blazing start to the season against the spread. they've been off for a full week (although you can make a case for it being longer because they really didn't show up for their game last saturday against cleveland state). butler played in chicago on thursday and lost to loyola by 10. bulldogs let loyola shoot a gaudy 63% from the floor so butler will likely look to establish their defense and methodical tempo early in this one. lean to the under.
illinois-chicago at detroit
titans completely let wednesday's game against milwaukee slip away. brandon cotton made an early return from injury and ended up starting the game for detroit and he gave them a huge spark, knocking down some early 3s and giving the titans some momentum at home. but they pissed away a double-digit lead in the final 5:00 and let milwaukee's chris hill knock down the game-winner with 0:10. illinois-chicago has pretty much eschewed defense for the last month or so. but any game that involves detroit is almost impossible to play over the total. this is the toughest horizon game on saturday. these are two most physical teams in the conference so it should be a battle. but you just never know what youre going to get from uic. they haven't played a good game since their late-december win against davidson, but detroit hasn't been a prize either. flip a coin on both the side and total.
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