TENN. TECH AT TENN. ST.
This is the second meeting this year between the two surprise teams of the OVC. TTU comes in with a 9-2 conference record and tied for the lead in the East with Belmont. TSU sets one game back on the lose side at 7-3 in the East. In their first meeting in Cookeville TSU raced out to a 10 point halftime lead. In the second half TTU slowly ground their way back into the game and eeked out a two point win. If you look at the stat sheet for this game it is almost a mirror image of each other. TTU leads the all time series 31-30. It would be hard to find any two teams in a conference any closer to each other than these two teams are. I look for this to be another hard fought game going down to the wire. This one is in Nashville so I give the edge to the home team to pull out the win.
2* #580 TENN. ST. PK -110
JACKSONVILLE ST. AT BELMONT
These two just met back on Jan. 28 at JSU and Belmont came away with a 9 point win. The only thing that worries me in this one is Belmont is coming off of their first home conference loss of the year to EKU 88-78. After this game Belmont has four games left. This will probable be the toughest four game stretch for any team this year against Morehead, EKU, TTU, and TSU. All but one of those games are on the road and they've already lost to two of those teams. The bottom line for me is I just think this is too many points. I look for Belmont to just lock up the win and get ready for the stretch run.
2* #581 JACKSONVILLE ST. +17 -110