Elon -7 over Del **
Towson -4 over Hoftra **
Pride not playing well...Towson at home ..
W&Mary -5 over Drex **
FAU -6.5 over North Texas ***
Could write a book on this game..this is the "cliff notes" version...NT on the road is 0-8 something like 3-25 the past few years...they avg 67 pts and give up 73...just got beat at home by Rice by 15....FG% def 308th,3 pt% 322,FT% 65% 308th....there 2 best players Combs and Frazier are gone for the season...they recently lost to ODU at home and Charlotte...FAU just beat those two teams on the road..also beat FIU by 18...think FAU beats NT by +10..
Valpo -10.5 over Clev St **
Valpo due for a breakout game...
Smoo -7.5 over Temple ****
Mustangs won 16-17,finally made top 25,is just kicking everybody's ass...they play only 6 or 7 guys 75% of the time because thats how many scholarship players they have..but that works for us that are playing them...no back doors when your playing the Stangs...Oleleye is an impact player....one of the best in the country...Milton,Brown,Moore,etc....every one of these guys can stick the 3....they are really all gds...so hard to defend...and their defense is ranked 3rd in the country and its not because of a slow down motion offense...what I like about this team is there passing..they have 3 gds that have 104,81 and 52 assist..Temple at home is tough..they have some talent in Obi E and super frosh Alston..Smoo did beat them at Moody 79-65...hate that half pt tonite but think Smoo has the better shooters,better defenders,and with no subs can lay it on the line for 40 minutes...they haven't run out of gas yet once so I'm not filling up the gas tank....ly yr Temple won 89-80 in Philly but almost 50 of those pts from the Owls are no longer there..Smoo has most of those guys back but has added Ole...
Washington +8 over Colorado **
Both teams lost the other day to UCLA and Cal...Huskies bounce back with Fultz
BYU -8.5 over Pepper ****
BYU won the 1st game 99-70...Murray is Peppers only true scorer....stop him and you win by 15-20 on the rd...BYU out rebounded Pepper 54-25 in that game...this should be a double digit win easy..
Zaga -18.5 over Loy Mary ***
Zaga won the 1st one 93-55...think that is right{ please check} so add 15 pts for playing at home..Zaga still covers...they are No 1 in the country...no let downs now...
Rice -4.5 over FIU *****
FIU avg 69 pts and gives up 73...one of the worst 3 pt shooting teams in the country..one of the worst FG% defense teams in the country...has McGill one solid player..they have lost 5 of last 7...Rice did lose on the rd to ODU and La tech..but FIU is a lot worst then those guys... Owls have the Russian kid Koulchov who is tearing up the conf avg 18 pts a game...then they have Evans one of the best gds in the country...Jackson is the other gd..all 3 gds are 6'2,6'3 and 6'5....and have 48,58 and 101 assists...like the Owls do win this on the rd by double digits..
Fairfield -4 over Marist *****
I had the line at -7.5...looks like a trap but I'm jumping in....on offense Fairfield has the better players.. Nelson leads the conf in scoring..think 20 pts...Cobb hi spartner is now scoring,,,Johnson last yr had 26 pts vs marist in a game...Sidbe owns the bds and Foxes have no post players..top rebounder is Parker at 6'2..Segura is a solid pt gd and last yr had 6 pts,5 bds and 11 assists...last week Stags beat Foxes 72-62 at home..Lamb had 14 pts,Parker 14..but Stags fd Miln didn't play..he has 12 last yr here in Poughkeepsie....I think this game might be cancelled..I just thought of that...big snow storm...will check on it.. if they play love Fairfield..they can't plat defense but Foxes have no inside scorers...
Peter -2 over Quinn **
Yest 3-2 +7*'s
Did not play Fordham-LaSalle game. yest..Lasalle's BJ did play and had 26 pts..would of played LaSalle big but didn't know in enough time..
Top plays
Rice,Fairfield,Smoo and BYU
Towson -4 over Hoftra **
Pride not playing well...Towson at home ..
W&Mary -5 over Drex **
FAU -6.5 over North Texas ***
Could write a book on this game..this is the "cliff notes" version...NT on the road is 0-8 something like 3-25 the past few years...they avg 67 pts and give up 73...just got beat at home by Rice by 15....FG% def 308th,3 pt% 322,FT% 65% 308th....there 2 best players Combs and Frazier are gone for the season...they recently lost to ODU at home and Charlotte...FAU just beat those two teams on the road..also beat FIU by 18...think FAU beats NT by +10..
Valpo -10.5 over Clev St **
Valpo due for a breakout game...
Smoo -7.5 over Temple ****
Mustangs won 16-17,finally made top 25,is just kicking everybody's ass...they play only 6 or 7 guys 75% of the time because thats how many scholarship players they have..but that works for us that are playing them...no back doors when your playing the Stangs...Oleleye is an impact player....one of the best in the country...Milton,Brown,Moore,etc....every one of these guys can stick the 3....they are really all gds...so hard to defend...and their defense is ranked 3rd in the country and its not because of a slow down motion offense...what I like about this team is there passing..they have 3 gds that have 104,81 and 52 assist..Temple at home is tough..they have some talent in Obi E and super frosh Alston..Smoo did beat them at Moody 79-65...hate that half pt tonite but think Smoo has the better shooters,better defenders,and with no subs can lay it on the line for 40 minutes...they haven't run out of gas yet once so I'm not filling up the gas tank....ly yr Temple won 89-80 in Philly but almost 50 of those pts from the Owls are no longer there..Smoo has most of those guys back but has added Ole...
Washington +8 over Colorado **
Both teams lost the other day to UCLA and Cal...Huskies bounce back with Fultz
BYU -8.5 over Pepper ****
BYU won the 1st game 99-70...Murray is Peppers only true scorer....stop him and you win by 15-20 on the rd...BYU out rebounded Pepper 54-25 in that game...this should be a double digit win easy..
Zaga -18.5 over Loy Mary ***
Zaga won the 1st one 93-55...think that is right{ please check} so add 15 pts for playing at home..Zaga still covers...they are No 1 in the country...no let downs now...
Rice -4.5 over FIU *****
FIU avg 69 pts and gives up 73...one of the worst 3 pt shooting teams in the country..one of the worst FG% defense teams in the country...has McGill one solid player..they have lost 5 of last 7...Rice did lose on the rd to ODU and La tech..but FIU is a lot worst then those guys... Owls have the Russian kid Koulchov who is tearing up the conf avg 18 pts a game...then they have Evans one of the best gds in the country...Jackson is the other gd..all 3 gds are 6'2,6'3 and 6'5....and have 48,58 and 101 assists...like the Owls do win this on the rd by double digits..
Fairfield -4 over Marist *****
I had the line at -7.5...looks like a trap but I'm jumping in....on offense Fairfield has the better players.. Nelson leads the conf in scoring..think 20 pts...Cobb hi spartner is now scoring,,,Johnson last yr had 26 pts vs marist in a game...Sidbe owns the bds and Foxes have no post players..top rebounder is Parker at 6'2..Segura is a solid pt gd and last yr had 6 pts,5 bds and 11 assists...last week Stags beat Foxes 72-62 at home..Lamb had 14 pts,Parker 14..but Stags fd Miln didn't play..he has 12 last yr here in Poughkeepsie....I think this game might be cancelled..I just thought of that...big snow storm...will check on it.. if they play love Fairfield..they can't plat defense but Foxes have no inside scorers...
Peter -2 over Quinn **
Yest 3-2 +7*'s
Did not play Fordham-LaSalle game. yest..Lasalle's BJ did play and had 26 pts..would of played LaSalle big but didn't know in enough time..
Top plays
Rice,Fairfield,Smoo and BYU