All these games are off the beaten path...
Niagara +3.5 over North Texas ****
Purple vs Mean Green....both teams aren't to good...both teams have no inside players...both lost to Rutgers by 13 points..but Purple blew away Drexal by 21 where NT got blown away at home by Drex....Purple also lost to Buffalo by 8 and Brown...NT got blown away by Texas Tech...Think NT although playing home is the weaker team...they just lost Combs their 2nd leading scorer for the year last game..no real loss because he didn't show anything since the season started...NT cannot pass the ball.... in 4 games they have 31 assists compared to 61 that Purple has in 4 games...Purplse does have one out standing player in Scott..avg 21 pts a game and has 21 aasists and 6 bds...NT cannot put the ball in the basket...shooting % ranks 338th,FG%315th and 307th in rebounding...they also rank almost last in def. rebounding... now Purple is pretty bad in those stats but nothing near the Mean Green...Mean cannot defend the perimeter..its been 4 yrs of the same...NT is more athletic and quicker but this isn't a track meet...think wrong team is favored.
Nevada -7 over Buffalo *****
Pack have some scorers in Marshall and Oliver..Oliver is one of the best players in the MT West..plays inside and can hit 3's..these guys won the CBI or what ever last yr with most of their team back..Marshall is a transfer who is on fire avg 20 pts...these guys did lose to St Mary's but who doesn't ...Bulls aren't to bad..but also got blown away by XU...they struggled with Ala-Ank and Niagara,,think Pack win this by 10-15 pts.. Buffs defense will have trouble stopping Oliver...
Weber -3 over Iona ***
Will come back...I taped the Weber-Cal game and haven't watched it..will do later...Iona won and covered but they are still the worst coached team in the country...down by 10 to Drake at half...and Drake is bad...thank god for CBS announcer Pete Gillion...he was saying as diplomatically as possible what Iona was doing.....at least I can say its someone else not jus me.. Taking 3's from all over..NBA 3's,no defense,giving up backdoors,no clue how to attack Drakes 1-3-1 defense....Washinton their best player has one blocked shot all year...he is avg 19 pts and 6 bds a game...only Iona inside player,, but because he was in foul trouble all last yr he plays no post defense...Gillion mentioned that about 5 times..he needs to play in front of the post player....and he got in foul trouble and sat the last 10 minutes..omg....Iona went on a 14-0 run at the end to win and cover....Drake doesn't have the athletics to stay with Iona....Iona's uptempo was to much considering Drake had no point gd..Weber does have a good pt gd ad a great scoring gd in Senglin...Iona is so bad on its fundamentals but with no depth inside it will be there downfall....they will get away with it in the MAAC because thats what the conference is always weak in...but they can't beat the Nevada's and Fl St and that's why they lost to them....will come back because I want to see Weber blowing away Cal Davis last nite...
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Niagara +3.5 over North Texas ****
Purple vs Mean Green....both teams aren't to good...both teams have no inside players...both lost to Rutgers by 13 points..but Purple blew away Drexal by 21 where NT got blown away at home by Drex....Purple also lost to Buffalo by 8 and Brown...NT got blown away by Texas Tech...Think NT although playing home is the weaker team...they just lost Combs their 2nd leading scorer for the year last game..no real loss because he didn't show anything since the season started...NT cannot pass the ball.... in 4 games they have 31 assists compared to 61 that Purple has in 4 games...Purplse does have one out standing player in Scott..avg 21 pts a game and has 21 aasists and 6 bds...NT cannot put the ball in the basket...shooting % ranks 338th,FG%315th and 307th in rebounding...they also rank almost last in def. rebounding... now Purple is pretty bad in those stats but nothing near the Mean Green...Mean cannot defend the perimeter..its been 4 yrs of the same...NT is more athletic and quicker but this isn't a track meet...think wrong team is favored.
Nevada -7 over Buffalo *****
Pack have some scorers in Marshall and Oliver..Oliver is one of the best players in the MT West..plays inside and can hit 3's..these guys won the CBI or what ever last yr with most of their team back..Marshall is a transfer who is on fire avg 20 pts...these guys did lose to St Mary's but who doesn't ...Bulls aren't to bad..but also got blown away by XU...they struggled with Ala-Ank and Niagara,,think Pack win this by 10-15 pts.. Buffs defense will have trouble stopping Oliver...
Weber -3 over Iona ***
Will come back...I taped the Weber-Cal game and haven't watched it..will do later...Iona won and covered but they are still the worst coached team in the country...down by 10 to Drake at half...and Drake is bad...thank god for CBS announcer Pete Gillion...he was saying as diplomatically as possible what Iona was doing.....at least I can say its someone else not jus me.. Taking 3's from all over..NBA 3's,no defense,giving up backdoors,no clue how to attack Drakes 1-3-1 defense....Washinton their best player has one blocked shot all year...he is avg 19 pts and 6 bds a game...only Iona inside player,, but because he was in foul trouble all last yr he plays no post defense...Gillion mentioned that about 5 times..he needs to play in front of the post player....and he got in foul trouble and sat the last 10 minutes..omg....Iona went on a 14-0 run at the end to win and cover....Drake doesn't have the athletics to stay with Iona....Iona's uptempo was to much considering Drake had no point gd..Weber does have a good pt gd ad a great scoring gd in Senglin...Iona is so bad on its fundamentals but with no depth inside it will be there downfall....they will get away with it in the MAAC because thats what the conference is always weak in...but they can't beat the Nevada's and Fl St and that's why they lost to them....will come back because I want to see Weber blowing away Cal Davis last nite...
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