SEMO AT KANSAS ST.
I'm sure most of you aren't aware that SEMO is banned from all post season play this year and has restricted practice time and some other crap that really doesn't matter to our discussion. I don't want to take the time to look up the NCAA's point system but the straw that broke the camels back and put SEMO just under the line where they would receive sanctions was two years ago a freshman decide to leave school and declare for the NBA draft after his first year. He couldn't even start for SEMO and EVERYONE that knew anything about basketball told him there was no way he would get drafted. But he said GOD told him to do it and the rest is history. All they have to play for is the regular season.
Coach Rick Ray (Mississippi St.) is in his third year at SEMO and so far has proved to be a good recruiter and game coach. Except for the center position he recruits shooters. This is a young team with only two seniors and they have already come a long way from the start of the season. This team has scorers but like all offensive teams there will be games when the shots just don't fall. Their weakness is defense but they have and will continue to improve since the first game. Lately they look like they have really started to get settled in with the flow of the offense and started to light it up from the arc. They are ranked #47 (39.6%) in 3fg% but in their last three games have went 34-64 53.1% from the arc. I'm real curious to see how they do against a team like Kansas St. 19 is a big number to lay and I think SEMO can stay inside the number.
2* #625 SEMO +19 -105 WINNER