A decent day yesterday. You can tell Vegas is locked in as a lot of our plays very close to the line or actually pushed. We have a huge card tonight that is coming a little later so hopefully everyone gets a chance to make their plays.
3* Plays
Western Kentucky +8 -- Crippled by 16 turnovers
Most teams struggle with the pace at which LT plays but not WK. They love to speed it up as well which should play right into the hands of WK. Ben Larson, Justin Johnson, and George Fant should have a hay day inside against the very porous front line of LT. LT does not rebound on the defensive side which should lead to many second chance buckets for WK. LT is usually able to turn teams over because of the pace but not WK. They are one of the best teams in the conference at taking care of the rock. Finally WK defends the 3 very well which will cause LT to have to go inside against Ben Larson and company. This game should be close with WK maybe even pulling out an outright win.
George Mason -4.5 -- Easy winner Thompson finishes with 19 and 14!
Do you remember the Saint Louis teams of old that played staunch defense well that is not this team, not even close. Saint Louis doesn't play defense at all. Thompson and company should be able to score at will. Thompson may be the best offensive rebounder in the nation behind Gathers and should once again dominate inside. George Mason doesn't have the best offense or defense either but we will take the home team with the best player on the floor. We think Thompson will go for 20-10 or more!
Marshall +3.5 -- Easy outright winner by 15! Just as we called 3s were falling for Marshall!
Marshall's offense is in one word...terrible but they are going against Southern Miss who has made even terrible offenses look great! Marshall is very dependent on the 3 point shot and should have many opportunities against the USM defense that can not defend the 3 point line. Marshall's flaw on the defensive end is their interior defense which shouldn't be a problem as USM rarely feeds the ball inside. This is one of those games where you hold your nose when you make the play but could win outright!
Utah -6
We all know that UCLA is going to come out firing after getting embarrassed last time out against Utah but we don't think it honestly matters. Utah is far and away a better team. Utah's offense is clicking on all cylinders and is coming in against a very porous UCLA squad. Utah loves to shoot the 3 having it account for 38% of their shots and UCLA is allowing a pathetic 46% from downtown. If Utah can drain shots this can get out of hand early as Utah's defense is arguably the best in the nation. They love to grind it out and cause teams to make mistakes. This should be a double digit Utah win again.
2* Play
Montana PK
1* Play
Ohio State -7.5
Old Dominion -13.5
Denver +6.5
Texas Arlington +4.5
Kentucky -18
Colorado -2.5
San Diego -7.5
Hawaii +1
California +3
GOOD LUCK!