Right Angle Sports - NCAA Hoops - 12/06/04
RAS Official Plays 7-4, +2.50 UNITS (Recommended as 1 or 2 UNIT plays)
*No Play Monday.
RAS Added Looks 5-4, +0.30 UNITS (Recommended as 1/2 UNIT plays)
*One Play Monday:
Iowa State (-1, play to -2) over Virginia - Game #517-518 - 4:30pm Pacific
This is a game Iowa State has had circled all season. It is one of just three nationally televised games on their schedule this year and it is by far their biggest non-conference game. Iowa State led by 7 at the 9:00 mark of the second half in last years meeting in Charlottesville. UVA went on a big late run to get a misleading 11 point win while handing ISU their first loss of the season. The Cyclones were simply amazing at home last year going 17-1 straight up and 12-3 ATS. They beat the likes of Iowa, Xavier, Missouri, Kansas, and Texas here last season. Three major components from that team return in do it all G/F Curtis Stinson (17.0ppg), guard Will Blalock (17.0ppg), and improving center Jared Homan (15.5ppg). The surrounding talent has potential but those three will keep them in almost any game on their own. This will be Virginia's second true road game of the season. I felt they played very poorly in first road test against a highly suspect Northwestern team. The Cavaliers showed a major lack of patience and no consistency on offense. Head coach Pete Gillen does not appear to have the full attention of his team. They were a bad bounce or two away from losing outright to Northwestern and followed that up with an unimpressive 2 point win over an undersized Auburn team as a double digit favorite. This will be their third game, in three different states, in a six day span. Iowa State is coming off a double digit loss at Northern Iowa which is why we are getting decent value here. It should be noted that Northern Iowa led at Cincinnati by double digits in second half before losing in double OT so it was not as bad of a loss as it appears, especially considering it was on the road. Expect the home team to come away with a win here.
Added Look: Iowa State -1 1/2 UNIT