12/18 Notes: Not much time on the weekends to write-up. Try some one-liners, but much can be taken from previous repeated posts on some of these teams. I lost value with the Depaul game. If I think Wisconsin MKE is a better team than Loyola CHI, then I can't lay the chalk on the road there. Illinois should wax UIC. However, I witnessed Illinois and Gonzaga in person a few years back at the United Center and it was horrific. Regardless, I'm not sure where UIC gets there points in this one. Kreps will struggle to score regardless of who's guarding him, my gut says Richmond is on him and that's mismatch of the year potential. Northern Illinois team total under 40. Midd Tenn State was on the road for three and dropped a conference home game in good fashion and has Vandy on deck. Evansville home for a bit and strong revenge from a game that was played earlier this year where they saw foul trouble and a huge descrepancy at the foul line. The bigger part in question is that they played at Butler the game following the earlier mismatch so it was technically a lookahead game and they got caught napping as they took care of business AT Butler the following game. They had a letdown at Air Force the following game, and weren't expected to compete with UNC the next game, so their best shot will be given in this one I think. Florida matches up decent and has a chance to get the Ohio State loss of their back. Think this one's a neutral in Florida, too. Mississippi State first true road game and they have been a totally different team on the road the past few years than they have been at home. They'll struggle slowing it down as well. This will be their toughest team they play this year so far as well. Slight value with UCLA. Howland's pretty good at shutting opposing stars down, and I like Lee being on him defending here. Also got a big advantage in the frontcourt + depth. Cleveland State's had this date with West Virginia circled on their calendar since the summer. They're 12-0 without their best defensive player, really wish D'Aundray Brown was playing today, but I can't find anything. He's due back anytime soon. No interest in backing Detroit with very little depth and the tail end of a roadtrip of the Western/Eastern/Central series coming off an overtime game against a lesser squad. They've looked awful on this trip. They don't play enough people for trips like this. Cincinnati first true road game if you throw out Toledo. I like UC Irvine's guards against Pepperdine's helter-skelter approach.
Waiting on Totals for a bunch...
Bets
Evansville -5.5 (2 Units)
Central Michigan -1 (1 Unit)
Florida +1 (1 Unit)
NIU/Temple Under 134 (1 Unit)
Texas/UNC Over 148 (1 Unit)
Cal Poly SLO/California Over 121.5 (1 Unit)
Texas Tech/UTEP Under 154 (1 Unit)
Waiting on Totals for a bunch...
Bets
Evansville -5.5 (2 Units)
Central Michigan -1 (1 Unit)
Florida +1 (1 Unit)
NIU/Temple Under 134 (1 Unit)
Texas/UNC Over 148 (1 Unit)
Cal Poly SLO/California Over 121.5 (1 Unit)
Texas Tech/UTEP Under 154 (1 Unit)
