North Dakota St vs Gonzaga
Courtesy of Tony George
The Zags begin their run on Friday and if they watched any games at all on Thursday they know no one is safe. Giants like Baylor and Iowa State going down as 3 seeds, North Carolina pushed to wall, SMU getting beat on a bad call and a ton of close games on Thursday will have them aware of the fact they should take the Bison on tonight with full attention.
That said laying big points in this round 1 is always a slippery slope, however lets look at the Total in this game. The Zags score 78 ppg, these two teams combined for 141 ppg on offense for the combined season average and Gonzaga has a talent and size advantage which leads to easy points in the paint. The Zags also shot 50% from the floor overall in their last 5 games and 41% from beyond the arc. I see the Zags getting very close to their season average here and rest assured, NDSU is no joke and a good team who has some scoring ability here with their backcourt and should exceed 63+ points.
Look for this to fly over the total tonight.
OVER 128.5 Points in this one.
Triple Header - Flat bet card today. Less than $9 a Play and I expect nothing less than a 3-0 Sweep as I had a less than stellar day on Thursday with Two 1 Point beats against the spread and a push. VENGEANCE IS MINE FRIDAY - HAVE NO ILLUSIONS