Wright State @ Detroit
These two teams will be meeting for the third time this year. Both won on their home floors. Detroit winning 68-63 in Detroit while Wright State winning on their home floor 67-64. This line baffles the hell out of me and I was tempted to make this a 10 unit play.....WHY? Several reasons. First, the two previous games were decided by 5 or less points. Second, this is the first round of the Horizon League Conference Tournament, so if Detroit gets up big (which I feel would be very surprising to see and don't think will happen) they may want to rest some of the players for the next round which would give us a great chance for a back door cover.....What I see happening though is Wright State coming in here led by two players (Seth Doliboa and Vernard Hollins) and fighting for their lives to move on. Doliboa is a great all around player who does it all. He this game close and the outcome will be decided in the last minute.....Hell, we could even see an upset but at bare minimum we get the back door......
Nebraska @ Oklahoma
This game should be a BLOW OUT! Nebraska is plain horrible in a Powerhouse conference playing one of the top teams in this Power conference on their home court. The Corn Huskers lost by 14 @Baylor, 17 @Mizzou, 26 @TX Tech, 10 @Iowa St, 24 @ KState, and 33 @Kansas.....Meanwhile, Oklahoma has been dominant in the first halves of their home conference games leading at the half by 21 vs Kansas, 12 vs OKSt, 29 vs Baylor, 12 vs A&M, 1 vs TX Tech, and 12 vs Colorado......All these teams are leading Nebraska in the Big 12 Standings. I read a post earlier that made reference to the coaches being good friends, and that is very true! Coupled with that is the fact that the Sooners have looked different in the second halves of their games and they have a HUGE match-up vs Texas at home on Saturday afternoon and won't want to risk injuries late. That being said I look for Oklahoma to come out strong, build an early lead (covering the 1 Half number) and resting the latter part of the second.