11/11/24-Coast To Coast Hoops

Published Nov 11, 2024, 8:00 AM

Greg recaps Sunday's college basketball results, talks to Mid Major Matt Josephs of FTN Network about his takeaways from the first few days of games, the crazy amount of scoring thus far, Monday’s games, & Greg picks & analyzes EVERY Sunday CBB game!

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Podcast Highlights

4:26-Recap of Sunday’s CBB results

20:28-Interview with Mid Major Matt Josephs

Start of picks Youngstown St vs Ohio St

Picks & analysis for Eastern WA vs Missouri

Picks & analysis for St. Peter’s vs Rutgers

Picks & analysis for Western Michigan vs Butler

Picks & analysis for Stony Brook vs George Mason

Picks & analysis for Southern IN vs Marshall 

Picks & analysis for Buffalo vs Notre Dame 

Picks & analysis for Yale vs Purdue

Picks & analysis for NC Greensboro vs SMU

Picks & analysis for UMKC vs Iowa St

Picks & analysis for Central MI vs Marquette 

Picks & analysis for Mercer vs DePaul

Picks & analysis for Idaho vs Washington St

Picks & analysis for North Dakota St vs CS Bakersfield 

Picks & analysis for Pacific vs Hawaii

Start of extra games Long Island vs Air Force 

Picks & analysis for Stetson vs The Citadel 

Picks & analysis for Grambling vs Florida 

Picks & analysis for McNeese vs Alabama 

Pickmas Pick Florida A&M vs Maryland 

Picks & analysis for UT Martin vs North Alabama 

Picks & analysis for Winthrop vs Virginia Tech

Picks & analysis for Coppin St vs Virginia 

Picks & analysis for Gardner Webb vs Pittsburgh 

Picks & analysis for Jacksonville vs Furman 

Picks & analysis for Alcorn St vs Tulane

Picks & analysis for Chattanooga vs Austin Peay

Picks & analysis for Lamar vs Texas A&M 

Picks & analysis for Northwestern St vs Oklahoma 

Picks & analysis for Boston U vs UCLA

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Games for yesterday is Greig buzzing about here is the rowdy recap.

Was not sure why wake Forest was an underdog in their home state against Michigan, and I guess wake Forest didn't know why either. At seventy two to seventy they take down Michigan as or Michigan are pretty miserable three point shooting performance in this one they go ten of thirty three. LJ. Cason off the bench was able to sply the team with ten points for wake Forests. They also win the turnover battle sixteen to thirteen. Now for wake Forests, they did a relatively solid job playing even up on the glass and that was thanks to Fton Reed ten rebounds. Only seven points in this one, but Hunter's House, he sailed away with eighteen points that allowed wake Forest to be able to get the job done. So a nice winner there. Wisconsin looking pretty dominant for the big ten eighty seven to fifty six. They completely dump Drug app Latch and State appleatcha state not looking like the same team that they were eight season ago, but Wisconsin Air looking like they're getting the John Tonja of two seasons ago when he was at corrade of State seventeen points seven boards. He went just one to five from three. Parmjow Wisconsin eight of twenty eight from three par range. A win this game by darn near thirty points thirty one points, despite the fact that they shot that poorly from three part range. As they won the turnover battle eighteen to six in this one, and they won the rebound battle forty three to thirty six. So statement there from Wisconsin, and speaking of the Big ten fighting a lion, I they win, they cover very easily against Eastern Illinois ninety to fifty five this game. Stay is under the total because Eastern Illinois and seventeen turnovers in this one. I've been noticing this as well by the way lots of turnovers in these games. Very early on from the losing teams. The winning teams have been going to take care of the ball, losing teams not so much. And a very even Stephen performance for the Indiana Big Ben umar Ball seventeen point nine boards, McKenzie and Bacbo eighteen points seven boards, Milik Renews seventeen points six rebounds. Backcourt is still a little bit of a work in progress, but at front court they were certainly firing all cylinders. Drake, they were firing all cylinders with regards to their defense sixty six at fifty one Stone Cold Steven F. Auston. They following this one in for Steven F. Fawson nineteen made field goals, nineteen turnovers. That is just not going to cut it. And in eight of thirteen three point sitting performs from Mitch Muscari, he was able to chip in there twenty six big points for Drake to be able to help them get the job done. In the late game, you saw the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors surge in the second half past San Jose State eighty to sixty nine the final. San Jose State was actually leading at the half, but they lose this game despite going six to twelve from three part range because for Hawaii they did a good job winning that turnover battle eight to six, and for San Jose State they were very much feasting at the free th line, going thirteen to thirteen in the first half. That dried up a little bit in the second half with Tanner Christiansen being able to supply twenty points. So a rough one to three start poll straight up and against the spread for old saying Josie State. This was rough for the favorites in the Lake card as well as if you took a look prior to that Hawaii game, the favorites just were not covering. Alabama State was actually leading LSU at the half. They do eventually fall in this one, but they covered the north of eighteen point number seventy four to sixty one. The final For LSU, you did have Cam Carter give you a four or five three point shooting twenty one points. But for Alabama State, the only reason why they lose this game is they shoot one of from three point range. DJ Badlock won one and one from three had twenty one points, as the coaches some but I mean if they shoot anything better than that, they actually win that game. Fairy Dickinson, they were able to cover against Crayton. Certainly Craton was able to run and hide, but at one point, with like five minutes of rating in the first half, this game was tied. As for creating another big performance out of Ryan Kuchbrenner, not quite the forty nine spot that he had a few days ago, but twenty four points out of him the bench not seeing a ton of mins right now for Crane, but Jackson McAndrew freshmen came in off the bench. He had fourteen points. But fairly, Dickinson, what we care about here they were able to cover and for Gonzaga they got more than they bargained for from Arizona State. They were tied at the half and this game was tied with about six minutes remaining for Arizona State, very fising this one. They go nine to twenty nine from three part range, Gonzega eight of twenty four from three part range. But Gonzega did a better job of being able to control the glass thirty eight to twenty nine. They win that battle with Michael Ajai he transferred from Pepperdine chipping in their twelve rebounds. Three seals came in off the bench and was it will be pretty rock solid there. But how about for sure ge HoTT, who was able to supply Arizona State with twenty two points ten rebounds, be able to get them a cover. This was a large favorite that did cover. That would be Old Duga Georgia ninety two to sixty four over Texas Southern. For Texas Southern, they went one of nineteen from three part range, and despite the fact that they went one of nineteen from three part ranges, came went over the total because Georgia went thirty of thirty nine from the free throw line, so it was a march there is Dakota a few off the bench. He was able to spy the team with twenty three points. Saint Thomas a very quality cover against Oklahoma State eighty to seventy one was the final in this one. As for Saint Thomas, they go fifteen out of thirty six from three part range. Kindle bleuw a nice double double eighteen points, eleven rebounds also shipped in their six turnovers as that was ugly for Saint Thomas. He had twenty total turnovers in this one to Oklahoma State's ten. That's how they were able to avoid the upset. A lot of Marcelius Avery being able to coming off the bench. He had twenty three for them. He also had a nice performance from you you see irvines Zot's Zoch. For the and Eaters, they start out three and zero. They get a road win over Northern Iowa eighty to sixty. This after a few days earlier they beat Loyal Merrimount by fifteen points on the road. They are looking quite impressive right now. As for Northern Iowa, they should seven to seventeen from three part range. Well UC Irvine was just four of sixteen from three par range. But what you see Irvine ad on their side was the fact that all five of their starters were able to get into double figures, including the seven footer Bent Neutkan who he was able to fly the team with eighteen points eight rebounds. My pick mez video picks need to do a little bit better. I had the under imprinsive versus Northeastern. There were sixty five points scored in the first half and then ninety in the second half. Seventy nine to seventy six. Princeton is able to get the win. They do not get the cover though, as Northeastern was leading throughout in this one. As for Princeton, the big reason why they were able to be built in this game is that they were able to get twenty five big ones out of Daleen Davis, c sixth man from last season at stepped into a starting role in Xavion Lee only twelve points on seventeen shots. But for Princeton, they did a nice opening that turnover battle by a count of fourteen to seven. Now, Northeastern does win the rebound battle, as you had twenty seven points thirteen rebounds, out of arrow Woods, but those turnovers they proved to be very costly. And how about Maine the Black Bears. They get the job done as another IVY league does not cover in Brown sixty nine to sixty seven. Maine gets the outright win. For Brown they go seven to twenty from three pirates, with Keeno Lilly Junior going six to fourteen from distance. But also for Brown, they lost a turnover battle in this one and they lost the rebound battle, So a nice quality win there, and about a nice quality win for another underdog, Saint Francis Pennsylvania sixty five to sixty four. On the road, they'd get it done against Gampbell as Campbell went just five of twenty four from three pirates with eighteen turnovers. This was a bit of an I soore of a game, but what was a thing of beauty was the eighteen points from ast Tibert, who was able to lead the way for the victory. And this was just the second straight up win for Detroit since the beginning of the twenty twenty three to twenty four season. This was one of the picks that I gave out in the Visent article, and Iigro was up seven points with three and a half minutes remaining, they got overtime and then Nick gets lost in the EBITs. So that was a little bit of a rough one eighty four to seventy eight the finalized. For Detroit, they had a six of seven three point shooting performs from mcman seal that led the way as they went as a team nine of twenty from three point range. Four Niagar they do go thirteen of thirty four from three point range. How about twenty points and six may threes from Olimide at El Dune. He was able to come in and have a nice performance. And for Detroit where they won this game on the glass forty nine to twenty eight. Niagara got completely pludging there and for Vanderbilt they got a little bit more than what they were bargaining for against Southeast Missouri State. Southeast Missouri State they get a nice quality cover eighty five to seventy six. Vanderbilt gets the olright win. But for Vanderbilt they survived a three of twenty five three point shooting performs from them, and for Southeast Missouri State they went twelve to twenty five from three bj turn it up war twenty two points on six to seven three point shooting in for Vanderbilt. They actually committed more turnovers in Southeast Missouri State, but about nineteen rebounds of fourteen points from Devin McLaughlin as Vanderbilt won that rebound battle fifty three to thirty two in If you're looking trendwise at college basketball last two days, we've actually seen more unders and overs, but overall for the season, it's still about a very overwhelming season, with you over sitting at fifty six point eight percent and seventy two overs. One are in thirty one unders and favorites they are one fifty one, forty nine and seven against the spread. You don't give much more even than that. If you're just taking a look at what we got in college basketball on Sunday, eleven unders to ten overs, so one more under than over. So things seem to be reversing course air with underdogs going fourteen and seven against the spread. So that's what we're seeing trendwise in college basketball, and that's what we all got on Sunday. Now, let's take a look at the Monday card. Let's look back at what we got in the first week of college basketball, and so much more with our good friend mid major Matt Joseph on the pop side right here on because he was with myself there you Sweeters and Mountain Park, the Dead Leave.

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Yes time to make wild sweeping judgments based off of one week of college basketball.

And I'm so glad that you bring that up as well, because when you do see a result like Gonzaga versus Baylor, I think that there needs to be a little bit of a reaction and a little bit of movement happening in terms of like shading up Gonzaga shading down Baylor. But how important is it to not go super overreactionary based on one or two results. Yeah.

I mean, when you look at some of these games, there's a lot of Division one versus Division two or Division one versus Division three games, and you can't really pull anything out of that, and so a lot of teams are still trying to build chemistry and still trying to figure themselves out. So you kind of take some of these results with a grain of salt and you basically say, all right, this is not bad, But I'm not ready to say that this team is really bad because they lost this game.

And I think that this is one thing that we do need to be reacting to a little bit. Though as well, we saw just over hitting like wildfire in the first few games of the season. Now on Saturday, we did see a bit of a drop off in terms of these overs, but that said, through the first four days of the college basketball season, overs we're hitting that well north of sixty percent. You had to take a look at just offensive production and these overs because in college basketball, it just feels like the defense is much more diminished than it has been in past years.

Well, I think it's because people are still learning rotations, people are still learning systems and things like that.

I'm not ready to say we're going to have an overseason or anything.

It's like if you flip a coin ten times and you get the first seven times all heads, you'd say, well, the eighth time's going to be heads. I mean, you can't really, you know, go that far when it comes to this sort of thing.

But you're seeing some good offenses.

You're seeing some teams being able to run a little bit more, You're seeing some more pace and things like that.

So it is good to see the overs early at least.

But I know that that's going to present some value coming forward because then the books are going to start moving their numbers up and the others are going to start coming into play.

Yep, I'm right there with you. And how much you just take a look at the time of season as well, Because we were actually talking about this with one of our good friends from FtM, Bets says, I know that's something that was part of by Mike Randall is trying to bring in some of these recruits, some of these prospects be able to play an exciting style in the first few games of the season before things get truly dialed in, And I do think that there might be a little bit of credence to that.

Yeah, and you're seeing a lot of the best teams playing bad teams where you can kind of learn things a little bit and where you can try some different lineups and some of the lineups will work and some of them won't work. And see you'll see some teams struggling to score or only but then later on they pour it on a little bit.

So I think that's kind of what we see.

You know, if there's this kind of circle when it comes to the college basketball season in terms of you've got the start of the season where everybody's learning each other, and then you're kind of getting towards the holidays, we're home court advantage kind of disappears a little bit because the students are gone, and then you've got conference play and then conference tournament actions. So it's like we're kind of in that first stage where everybody's kind of feeling each other out and kind of figuring out what kind of team they want to be.

Yep, absolutely we see that in the transfer for a lot of experimentation, And do you think that there's a little bit of something to this as well with the offense is just being out in front of the defenses this season as well.

Yeah, obviously there wasn't that many.

There were small rule changes, and I don't even think there are anything that was going to affect the offenses or anything like that.

I just think it's.

Some teams are having a lot of success against the bad squads that they're playing. You know, there's a lot of games where you're seeing like one hundred to fifty or one hundred to fifty five, and that goes over a total of one forty nine, even though one team's not really helping out things. So I think that's kind of part of the reason why we're seeing so many overs is because there's some ruthless teams out there who love running up the score.

I'm so glad that you mentioned that as well as Matt. Joseph's better known has been major Matt is showing me onko sco. Soup said, when it comes to taking some of these big underdogs, they are like north of twenty points. How much more pauses there need to be now? In this same age and a few seasons ago, because I feel like a lot of teams have recognized that with the net rankings, they do get upgraded when they take a twenty five point win up to a thirty point win, and they don't necessarily put in the backups like you used to see a lot more of five six years ago. And that's been an adjustment I personally have had to make in my handicapping. I don't know if you've done the same, but it feels like that's the way things have gone the last few seasons.

Yeah, I think that's where you kind of move towards the team totals and isolating the one team in terms of like if you are thinking about an over. And it's funny because there's a lot of people in college football who when they handicap, they say, team X is going to do a lot of the heavy lifting.

That's why I like the over.

Well, instead of just taking the game over because you're assuming that team why is going to help out? Why not just take the over on tmx's team total. And so that's kind of where you look at, Like you know in Arizona, who seems to love to run.

I mean look. On Saturday, we saw a one oh two forty four game between Arizona and Old Dominion. Didn't go over the total.

It went over the Arizona team total because they scored one hundred and two points.

So it's one of those things where you may have to change the way you.

Handicap games and put on team totals as opposed to game totals.

Yeah, my goodness, gracious, when you get a team that scores north of hundred points and you still get an under, that's just wild. And we've seen a few of those thus far this season. I remember being on the over in Central Arkansas versus BYU B YU. What's up all the north of eighty five points? But Central Arkansas was about as useful as a poopy flavored lollipop in that game. So that was really nice. And certainly it's been impressible what we've seen out of Arizona thus far. But are there a few other teams that you take a look at it, maybe you're not even like impressed or unimpressed with them, but they've just presented something a little bit different than what you were expecting. Because in this day and age of college basketball, so many transfers. With so many moving parts, it does cause for a lot of shall we say, guesswork in the offseason. And there's always gonna be teams that we hit. There's always gonna be some teams that we miss. Have there been a few in general that they just have presented something different than what you were expecting.

Well, I'll tell you this. I mean, you know, Gonza get playing defense. I mean that's something that has eluded them in the past.

And we know it's only been one game with them with the with the Baylor game, so we don't know if it's just a one game sample and Baylor just shot really badly in that game, or you can actually give some credit to Gonzaga because that's always been the one thing with the Zags that we've kind of seen. You know, they have the offense, they have the guys, and of course they have the center types who are really good and unfortunately, if they get into the foul trouble, there isn't depth behind them. But if they start playing defense and can start keeping some of these games down a little bit, then that's going to help them come March. It's funny you mentioned what are we you know, expecting I thought it was funny. All off season we heard all Virginia's going to start moving a little faster, Virginia's going to start having a little bit more of a wide open offense. Every year I would interview Tony Bennett and Charlotte and he would say the same thing, Well, we're not going to be as slow as we were in the previous year. And of course the first game they come out and play a fifty nine possession game. Now part of that is Campbell is a really slow team too, and they don't want to run. So it'll be interesting to see when they play at copp And State on Monday, or when they play Tennessee or a Villanova coming up, which are some of the games that are playing for them, and will they continue to be that slowish team or are we going to actually see them play with a little pace And maybe early on we might get some value on the overs if books put little lower numbers on them.

Yeah, certainly, Virginia is one of those cases whereas some things change, other things remain the same. But we have noticed some of those lower tempo teams speeding things up a little bit. I know that you're out there in the City of Richmond. The Richmond Spiders and the Meris Foxes, who were two of the better defensive teams last year, two of the slower teams in the country. On Saturday, they both exploded for north of seventy points. We saw Charlotte give up a one hundred spot against Utah State. How about you think that there are some teams, with Virginia certainly being excluded, that are trying to change your temple a little bit, Because I've noticed a lot of teams have been very reliable to playing slow and playing unders in past years. They're playing quite a bit faster here in the first game or two of the season.

I think there are some types who are I like to call them chameleons.

I think there are some teams out there who will play to the opponent's style, and they will play slow against slower teams, and they will push the pace against the faster teams, and they don't mind playing anything, playing in either direction.

You know, you mentioned the Richmond game.

There were so many fouls and so many free throws in that game. There was thirty seven free throws made in that game, forty eight attempted between the two teams and I think that's kind of the reason why, because it was only a sixty seven possession game between those two teams, but it was the foul line. And that's always something I like handicapping because you used to look it was like the Abilene Christians and the Steven F. Austin's and they would be towards the top of the free throws attempted category, and you would always use that towards the over because you see these teams, especially those two, who would press and then all of a sudden, when the press would get beaten, they would either give up a layup or foul somebody. So early on we're kind of learning who the teams are that are fouling a little bit too much, and who the teams are that are kind of taking advantage of those and pushing it so they get to the free throw line quite a bit.

Yeah, but I think that that's so important to do, and always looking at free throw shooting percentage before you lay, like at minus five minus six is one of my biggest recommendations as well, because there's nothing worse than laying five points. It's a four point game with a minute to go, and you've got a team that you sixty five percent of the free throw line that you're banking on to hit those free throws. But we can always bank on this man. Matt. Just as they came mid major Matt joining me right here on CSICA Soup said, we're doing this before the Monday games, and we do have some games of intrigue and I want to get your thoughts here. Obviously we don't have any openers out for this one. But for Alabama, they had one complete bludgeoning of UNC Asheville and then Arkansas State gave them a really good game a few nights ago. They go up against a McNeese punch at A lot of people were surprised that they dropped that game against South Dakota State. That was a game where that line moved by like four points that I just got a little bit nervous about that, to say the least. With McNeese, I thought that they got overvalued in that one. But how do you take a look at a game like this with Alabama, a team that I think is going to be one of the best in all of college basketball, and all offseason I've been calling McNee State pretty much a Triple A SEC team.

Yeah, and what Will Wade's been able to do in terms of building a roster. That Monday game was interesting because you had South dakost State playing pretty much at home in that game, and you know, the line just kept going up and up and up, and South DA Coast State has lost a lot, but they still are really good at home. So yeah, that line movement was rather interesting to say the least. You know, you look at McNee State in terms of they are a team who kind of wants to play a little bit slower, although they're both their games so far have been faster. I don't think that's a product of them wanting to go faster, but I think it's a product of them unfortunately letting the opponent go faster. It's always one of those things where you kind of want to look at this situation the year before when a McNee State goes and plays against the team who wants to play fast, especially as as fast as Alabama. Did you look at last year, you know they played a higher scoring game at Michigan, McNee State did, and so that's one of those situations where you kind of look at this situation last year or the year before that.

You know they played.

VCU last year, who played at a moderate pace last year, and it was a seventy six to sixty five game. Will Wade knows they can't run with Alabama. Will Wade knows that they're going to have to slow things down and do the best they can not have turnovers, not have you know, fast break opportunities for Alabama. So he's going to try and slow things down as much as possible.

I don't know if he's going to be able to do it.

Early on, they've been able to keep their turnovers down, which I think is something that will definitely help them in that sort of situation.

But it'll be good test for McNee state.

And going off the Ken Palm, number twenty's gonna be really tough to potentially stay away from us.

He has a ninety two to seventy two score for that game.

YEP. I think that that is going to be a fun one that we're going to be seeing for Monday. And I'm so glad that you were talking about the interesting line movement as well, because I'm not sure if you feel this way and this sends back to last year as well, but it feels like there's been more wrong line movement in college basketball than ever before. Like just going back to Saturday, I have no earthly idea I Tennessee went from being the favorite to the being the underdog in game number two of the era of Pat Kelcey. I could maybe see it if Pat Kelsey had a full year under his belt, if this were being played in like February or March, and they had the results that they did. But Game number two didn't make a lot of sense. I'm not sure if you feel the same way or not, but it just feels like with regards to live movement in college basketball, I just can't put as much stock into it as I used to it. As a matter of fact, typically when the line moves against me in college basketball, I just really don't feel bad about it because a lot of these moves, they're not based on injuries or anything like that. It just feels like it's based on air almost for lack of better term.

Yeah, and the ones that happen in the normal part of the card. I agree with you that there's a lot of times where they're not exactly a very good moves. I'm a little bit worried when I go against the move and the added Game section because people like you and I who play the added game section. Like, if you're playing the added game section, chances are you know a lot about that team because you know, the teams that are in the added game section are not exactly public fodder. So I do get a little bit worried when it comes to that. It's much like with the FCS. Like occasionally I dabble with betting on the FCS football and if I see a line that I like, you know, I have to kind of predict, well, is it going to go down?

Is it going to go up? Because people who would bet on.

The FCS games know what they're talking about when it comes to the FCS game, So the added board line movement's a little bit different, I would say, because the people who put the most money, in the most time into that generally know what they're doing.

Yep, that's such a good point there. I still remember one of my funniest interactions on Twitter slash ks. I had one person that was just asking why is the public all over carter Web versus Presbyterian, And then my rebuttal to that is, who in the public is betting carter Web versus Presbyterian? And keep it by. This is five years ago before we had a lot of betting all across the country as well, and first it was like yeah Tooche. So I'm right there with you. When it comes to the normal games where you get your Power Conference versus Power Conference teams and you see the line movement like we did in Louisville versus Tennessee, probably make a little bit less of that than if you've got VMI versus Bellerman. For example, as Matt Justice, who does great workover at FTN Network FtM bets, he does an amazing job with regards to his ESPN radio show Border to Border out there at Richmond joining me on soups and Matt, is there anything else that you're taking a look at, whether that comes to the Monday card or a little bit beyond this week, but it is really catching your attention that either you're going to be betting on or you just want to see a little bit more out of the two teams in the matchup.

Well, I'll say this, I mean in my state there's a couple of games that should be blowouts, but who knows.

Virginia.

As we just mentioned, with Virginia, you know they get Coppon State, and this is not unfortunately the Coppon State teams. They used to be the fastest teams in the country. So we can't see the extreme difference between Coppon State and Virginia. But I'll be interest to see does Virginia want to push the pace a little bit because Coppon State can run. You know, Wake Forest had them at seventy two possessions. High Point had them at seventy one. So will we get to see that slightly faster Virginia team as they take on Coppon State on Monday. Virginia Tech another team that's kind of learning their rotations. They've looked good so far in their two games against lesser opponents, went throw ups a little bit better than their.

First two games.

I'll be interested to see what Mark Prosser does and what he can kind of do to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Monday for that game.

You know, Buffalo has gone undefeated so far. They are traveling to Notre Dame.

I don't know what to expect of Buffalo other than usually no defense.

I mean that's what it was last year. But they're two to zero now.

Granted, one of them is against the lower level opponent, and the other one was a road win at Old Dominion where they got a shot at the buzzer. They don't believe in their defense yet, and they gave up seventy eight to that lower level team. They gave up eighty two to Old Dominion. Notre Dame's offense, you know, I think Notre Dame is going to be a sneaky team this year. You know, Notre Dame has that thing called returning starters, which a lot of people do not have, and that offense is so matter of fact that, you know the joke that Ross team uses in terms of how many plays Micah Shrewsbury has in his playbook. I have a feeling if they can push it just a little bit against Buffalo, that team could probably go over their team total.

It's eighty five sixty.

Three and Ken pump, so it's probably gonna be around eighty four eighty five and a half or so.

I think Notre Dame.

Could certainly find some success against Buffalo, who has won two games but has not played any defense in either of them so far.

Yeah, it's gonna be really interesting to see what we get there and Cwombolton Junior is a guy that I'm pretty bull shot in that Buffalo backcorp. But same time as well with Buffalo, you talk about their pace, they really don't have a lot of rebounding either, so they're playing a lot of positions basketball and their team that I fear might get bludgeing on the guys both in this game and moving forward. But a man that does such a tremendous job, take it a look at this great game of college basketball is diiled into all three are in sixty four D one teams that'd be you, Matt love the good people at them. No, it's all on top for you and how people can fall on on social media and other platforms.

Yeah, I'm in major man on Twitter, I post a lot of my plays there and I also have an account on the Action Network is where I post my college basketball stuff.

So certainly check that out. But we always have the same goals.

We all want to beat the books, and so certainly I take questions because as you mentioned, I bet different things.

I'll bet team totals. I'll bet first halfs.

You know, the Toledo team total over one to one so far this season.

After that Marshall game.

So that's something I've consistently been betting on because I love what the Rockets do in terms of how free their offense is. So for little things like that, they could certainly hit me up on Twitter at Major Mat Yep.

It's gonna be a lot of fun to see what happens in the Mac. It is the return of the Mac and it's a return of being able to break down games with Matt Joseph's and we're all the better for it. So big thanks to my Major Mat for joining me right here on Coach Go Seepstyle part of VSA Family podcasts and coming next it is that time the podcast they give you picks in analysis on every game on the betting board for this college Basketball Monday as Vid some bank shots ever rank here love me Las Vegas for costco Seeps with myself GREGS. Peterson now part of the Vson Family and podcasts. It is always pleasure to have Matt Josephs. They came in Major Man of Board. He does such an amazing job taking a look at this great game that we all know in love of college basketball. Every single time he joins me, he learn such good insights and did so once again today, So big thanks to Matt for joining me in the last segment. Now it is that time the podcast they give you picks it analysis on every game on the betting board for this college basketball Monday, as we hit some bank shots.

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Do you know if that a's for usual changes are made to these plays will be listed up on my Twitter slash tspeed at you and at under forty one. And we're going in Las Vegas Cirtation or this is where the bigger games have three digits on there. So your traditional big conferences and then the MEAC, the Swack, the Atlantic Sun, the soeuth and and conferences that are smaller the Patriot League, the if I haven't said it, are a big sealth. Those are the conferences that are at the bottom. So that'll keep things all nice, neat, clean and easy. And how about if we dive in on this first game of eight fifty five eight fifty six on the card and is Youngsun safe on the road against Io State the OIOC University in eighteen to an eighteen and a half point favorite. Totals dipping a little bit open up at a one fifteen, oh fighting it between one forty eight and a half and one forty nine, and I set my total at one fifty three and a half. I'm gonna be looking at the over. Feels like under Jake Diebler, Ohio State is looking to push a little bit more on tempo. We saw that in the first game of the season. They've got a lot of untapped potential here with Amad Bradshaw just two points in that season opener, but I do think that he's going to be able to improve as the season goes along, and that's a big reason why I did saut Ohio State as a nineteen and a half point favorite. I'm going to be one to lay the number. Have a few question marks with what you're going to be able to get moving forward out of a few of these pieces, like Michie Johnson. He was really good with South Carolina last two seasons, but prior to that did a big giant nothing burger with Ohio State. So a little bit of the jury's out situation there at just six points in the first game and the team lost that game to Texas, by the way, shooting fifty percent from three points. Because it does feel like they're trying to find their bearings in the back court. You have Bruce Soren who's able to do a night shop, being able to doll it out, and I think that that is going to be enough against the young Sound State unit that they took down Chicago State. I like Niko Gletti coming on over from Sacred Art last season, was it will be a nice six to six, do it all sort of player that average thirteen, that point, seven boards, and he had twenty points in that first game. Looks like he's really going to be able to help out this offense. But what are you going to be able to get in terms of some of these guys in the back court, as Jason Nelson, who began his career at VCU and Richmond has just never really put it together as a score. It feels like the reserves are a little bit jerys as well. See e Gendhal, who comes over from the Metro Atlantic just dealt with a lot of injuries throughout his career. A Knisius never played more than twenty three games in a season, so that's something to be noting and EJ. Farmer he went one to twelve in that first game against Chicago State as well. You shot twenty six percent from three parts a season ago. So I do think that there's a little bit of weakness there for Iosate. They've never really been the world's greatest team at being able to guard the ark. But I think that Evan Maheffei, who down low is six 't six able to give you some rebounding. He's going to be able to help out this team. And I do think that ohios just has more side to be able to win from within, especially with Devin Royal. I do think that Ohiost's backcourt puts it together to be able to get the job done. And it feels like they're pushing tempo. So I said my line in nineteen and a half, I'm going to be willing to lay the number and on the overset of my told one fifty three and a half in fifty seven, eight fifty eight on the bank board, Missouri is going to be playing US the Eastern Washington and Eastern Washington is currently a nineteen to a nineteen and a half point underdog, and your talents game is one fifty five and a half. This opened up at a twenty one and a half. You still have great value my opinion the nineteen and a half. This is going to be one of the games that makes the Vsin right up. So I'm going to be one to take those points. When it comes to Eastern Washington, certainly a team in transition. They have a new coach in day Monson, but it feels like he's keeping the just attributes of last year's team intact for this season. As last year. He's Washington twenty ninth in the country and three point shooting percentage at thirty six point eight percent. Guess what they're shooting this year from three point range thirty six point eight percent. In Missouri has ranked in the bottom twenty in terms of rebound rate in both of their years under Dennis Skates. Mark Mitchell, the transfer from Duke, should be able to opt that out. He does have fifteen rebounds in the first two games of the season and just having back in the full Kalob Gril, I think his big he's not too much of a score, but he's able to give you some tremendous defense. But Marcus Warwick, who last year averaged about twenty points per game. At Northern Kentucky. He shot just thirty percent from three all fishing. He is going to be as bit of a question mark tomorrow. Bates's picking up right where he left off last year, shooting north of forty percent from thirty point ran range in Eastern Washington. Always has been a little bit of an head full defense Daan Monson. He was at Long Beach shaded teams were per annually outside the top two hundred turns of points a lot on a per possession basis. So I did set my total a one to fifty eight. I do like the over, but I also think that you're gonna have mister Andrew Cook be cooking. He comes in from non Division one Carrol of Montana, where he was a nice go to score there. He's already had thirty two points in his first two games of the season. A little bit of an under the radar guy because he was at the non Division one level last season, and then you have very few holdovers from a season ago. But one of those guys is Nick McClain. The only saw action games last season. He was, you know, with injuries and things that were going on off the court, but he's the guy that comes back. He's able to give this se him a little bit of presence along with Mason Williams. Williams was able to coming off the bench. Was a on low volume forty seven percent three point shooter. So Eastern Washington has plenty of shooting there. They don't have a ton of size down loow, so both of these teams are gonna be a little bit rough on the glass. But I just don't feel like Missouri should be this big of a favorite. Keep in mind they went over an sec played last season. They got the job done out right against Howard, but that was a non cover as well. See a lot of the same happening here in the non conference for Missouri this season. So did tell my total one to fifty eight. I like the over and I'm going to take those points with Easter Washington that he's your Washington spread. That's going to be making my vsin right up a fifty nine eighty sixty on the bank board. It is Rutgers and they play us to Saint Peters. Saint Peters is an underdog of sixteen points. Total is one thirty and after one thirty one another game that'll most likely be making that right up. I'm willing to take the points with Saint Peters. A big reason why is that you've got Ace Bailey, who's right now to deal with an injury for Rutgers. Did not play in the season opener against Wagner, was deemed day to day. Then even if he plays in this game, you have no idea how close hundred percent he's going to be.

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Dell and Harper, the other star freshman for Rutgers, twenty points in that first game against Wagner. But this Rutgers bunch has been outside the top one fifteen in terms of points scored on a purpossession basis in sixteen straight seasons. Now they're looking to replace Cliff I'm rouy Downlo Leithan Summerville. He's another freshman that comes in for the team at six foot ten. Looks like he's going to be able to do a solid job there. Jordan Durcock, who knows what you're going to be able to get out of him as he comes in from Merrimack, where he was rock solid, did a great job generating turnovers, but never really been an offensive force in terms of being efficient with his three point shooting, and then for Saint Peter's this team as well, it's at the top two fifty in terms points a lot on a purposes basis last season. But even though they're without there are a tough four scores from season. Goo. You bring back Mohammed so who's able to give you quite a bit download last season, was able to chip in their five rebounds at a block per contest on relatively limited minutes. I think that he's going to do a good job there. Saint Peters was in the top thirty five to nationally last year in terms of percentag of misshots that resulted in an offensive rebound, and they were a top twenty team in terms of points allowed on a purposession basis. Marcus Randolph, you have to figure that he takes over the rains in terms of being a go to score. Last year shot forty percent from three part mg bean his career over at Richmond. Feels like this team is getting a little bit more in terms of just finding a way to be able to hit their threes. They need to find that main facilitator that's right now, the one thing that's very much eluding the team. But they're doing a good job with some of these guys, like in Amarani Ziegler being able to generate some turnovers. I think that you can get a little bit of a sloppy game. I do think that Rutgers is a little bit better offensively than they have been in the past. I did somebody total of one thirty two, even with dealing with the injury to Bailey. I do like this total over us. I do think the Rutgers going to be able to elevate there. But in terms of the vison right up, I'm going to be taking the points with Saint Peter's. I made them a twelve point underdog eight sixty one, eight sixty two on the betting board. Western Michigan is on the road facing out against Butler, and Butler is a favorite of sixteen and a half to seventeen points. Your Tournalan's game it is one forty six. I said, Butler is a sixteen and a half point favorite. Seventeen is my minimum by point on Western Michigan. I expect a better effort here from Butler after they play a single digit game against Missouri and they lose out right to Austin p Western Michigan one of the more rough teams out there at the Division one level. They return a few guys from a season goal, Like, I think that you're going to be able to get quite a bit out of Owen Lobsinger, who last season he shot north of thirty seven percent from three, about nine points six half rebounds per game. But in terms of the backcourt pieces, they lose their heart and soul pieces from a season. Gogo b artists. White is no longer there. You no longer Seth Hubbard, who is now over at Toledo as well, So they're in a little bit of transition there. That means that you're really going to need Javon Hannah to be able to step up after he was able to give the team eight plus points per contest a season Goo, and they are without really a lot of the size that they had a season go as well. Well, you do have lob Singer who was relatively versatile. They lose the seven footer and Javonte Brown as well, and then for Butler, they have just been getting outgunned on the glass. They need Andre Screen, the true seven footer to be able to step up. You've been able to get quite a bit out of Finley Bizjack in terms of facilitation standpoint six assists here in the early part of the season, but the last season was a inefficient three point shooter at twenty seven percent. I know a lot of people were raving about him. I think that the love has gone a little bit too far. But they do bring back their top two scores from a season GOO as well, Peter Brooks to Mile Telford. These two guys combined for about thirty plus points per contest. Relatively good three point shooters. Pierre Brooks has had a little bit of a ro off govid from three to begin the season, but last year shot north of forty percent from distance. And then Patrick McCaffrey six foot nine size, not the greatest three point shooter in the world, but is able to give you that stretchability. I just don't think that Western Michigan is going to be able to match up very well there. For Western Michigan very sloppy with the last season while outside the top three enter in terms of points scored on a per possession basis, So I think that that's gonna limit the scoring just a little bit here. With the Butler team, I think is gonna be relatively mid tough of this season, so by total at a one forty four and a half, So I'm gonna be in on the under and at seventeen plus, I'm going to take the points with Western Michigan. Need at least seventeen to be able to take the points with Western Michigan, but I won't take seventeen with Western Michigan. And I'm gonna be in on this total under eight sixty three eight sixty four on the betting bore, George Mason is playing goes to Stonybrook, and stony Brook is an underdog of twelve and a half to thirteen points. In John's game, it is one forty three and for Old Stonybrook, I set them as an underdog of thirteen points, so twelve and a half is the absolute max. I'm willing to lay it with George Mason, and this was an opener of thirteen and a half. Personally, between twelve and a half and thirteen and a half, I would rather take the thirteen and a half with Stonybrook rather than lay it with George Mason. But feels like this line is ticking downwards. If we can get continue to get down to twelve and a half or less gold be one to lay it with old George as George Mason. They do have to replace a few pieces from a season ago, but they've maintained much of the backcourt from last year, including Darius Faddix, who's put up thirty seven points in the first two games of the season. They had a few moving pieces down low, but Giovanni Emeruju, who comes over from Siena last season, he did a solid job eleven and a half points, six a half boards. Not a guy that's gonna pump it from three poor range at six foot eleven, but certainly he's able to be a nice low post presence. The big key is Katie Johnson. Can they get this guy fire and all cylinders? I remember when he was out there in the SEC as a freshman at Georgia during the twenty twenty twenty one season, Guy shot thirty nine percent from three with thirteen a half points per game. He has seen his point total just decline in every year ever since them, but he is good at being able to generate sub turnovers and on the flip side for Sony Brook Joe Octave, he is a little bit of a do with all Guy that comes over from holy Cross last season fourteen and a half points. Didn't shoot it well from three por range. When he was at air Force prior to going to holy Cross, he was a much better three point shooter. But it's able to give you a bit of facilitation. Even though he's not necessarily overly tall. He's able to give you four and a half plus rebounds per game as well. But this stony Brook team did lose pretty much a tough four scores from a season goal. But I ha like Ben White. White comes over from William and Mary was glued to the bench last season over at Toledo two seasons ago. It was happening about eleven points, five rebounds at six point nine. He's able to let it fly from three point range. But for Sony Brook, they're not quite as great defensively as they have been in the past as well. You could see that be on full display for this team, as they did a lot on Earth of seventy points to the Central Michigan team that was well outside the top three errand turns the point scored on a per possession basis last season for George Mason, this was one of the slower teams in all of college basketball, though they were well outside the top three twenty turns to total possessions per game, So I do think that this is going to be a game that is going to be played at a lower tempo. We saw George Mason put up just sixty three against Marquettes, so I did see my total one thirty seven. I like the under end at twelve and a half for less. I'm going to lay with George Mason if the six back up to the opener of thirteen and a half or more. That's my bypoint on Sony Brook a sixty five eight sixty six on the betting board. Marshall plays US too Southern Indiana Southern Indiana on nine to a nine and a half point underdog, and your totals between one forty nine and a half and one fifty in a semi total one fifty three and a half. I do like the over for Marshall. Even though they bring in a new coach in Cornelius Jackson, He's going to be probably having the team play a little bit more slowly than Dan Antoni did, but this team is still looking to play with quite a bit of PA says they've got quite a few holdovers from a season ago, including their two main big men in Nate Martin, who was evering pretty much a double double a season ago and Obiana Killian at six foot seven was able to pop it from three point range out of mid thirties clip. They don't have a ton in terms of three point shooting this season, but I do like the fact that they bring him mckel Dawson. He was over at Acron for four seasons. Last season was able to give them right around about five and a half or so points per contest. Should be able to be a nice six foot five, do it all sort of player that really fits a system quite well. The big key for the team is just being able to have a few shooters around design Mingo, who he comes in as a non Division one transfer. He's been able to do a nice job going out the ball here in the early goings for Marshall. Meanwhile, for Southern Indiana, it's all about what you're going to be able to get download for the team because they don't necessarily have a ton of size. They bring in the VMI transfer in Stefan Obawani, who he's been able to give the team thirteen rebounds in the two games of the season, but they lost pretty much for their top five scores from the season ago as well. The main guy that comes back is Jack Melki, and after Jack Melki was able to give the team eight and a half points out forty three point shooting last year, he's got two more points of myself this far this season, so that hasn't been panting out in Despite that, Southern Indiana goes on the road. They take to Paldo overtime. They play a spirited game against the bracket Bus and Bucknell Bison. Jalen Randall looks like he's going to get the keys to the car after he comes in from Alabama A and M, where he wasn't even that great. At Alabama A and M. He was aftering seven points per contest. He's had thirty nine points in the first two games of the season for Southern Indiana. The team always has an identity of popping it from three points. I think that that's going to be holding true once again. But Southern Indiana since they've come up to the division and level, I've been one of the more rough teams at guarding the Yark as well, so I think that you get quite a bit of scoring in this one, especially with Marshall coming off of putting up eighty against Toledos. So I'm going to be in on the over. So I told one fifty three and a half with Marshall. I think that they went from within one to lay to thirteen and a half with them at sixty seven eight to sixty eight on the big board, Notre Dame is going to be playing us a buffalo buff though it does find themselves as a twenty two point underdog in PA Tonn's game, it is one forty nine said, Notre Dame is a twenty two and a half point favorite. Not want to lay anything more than twenty two, but I am willing to lay twenty two with this Buffalo unit. Give them credit where it is due. They're two to zero as of right now. They take down a non Division one foe, which that was sweatier than it need to be. They win by nine points up against Free Dona State, and then they now off old domain units coming off of eight north a fifty five point loss against Arizona. Ryan Soabel looks like he's going to be a real contributor for the team. Thirty nine points in the first two games of the season. One of the main guys that comes back from last season where any point shot thirty seven a half percent from three point inch and Cwam Bolton Junior is probably gonna be a little bit more of a facilitator for the seam after he saw some good minutes as a freshman. But the team loses pretty much all their sides from a season goo No Bachelor was a former top toinner recruit of Maryland, has now become their main rebounder, and Bachelor was looked at when he was at Maryland as being more of a stretch player, so that's not necessarily a place where you want to be. A Notre Dame should be able to blunchet them down low, with Keeba Enjai looking fair very good in the early going. Ten rebounds in the first game of the season for Notre Dame, as say, dump Truck stone Hill in that one, and I few Buffalo and stone Hill and pretty much the same vein just bad teams in general. Matt a Loko is able to go a loco for Notre Dame. Last season over at Princeton shot forty two and a half percent for three three and half assists twelve and a half points per game. He fits this offense so well. Notre Dame last season was a rough three point shooting team, and we know with Mikel Shrewsbury, when you give him three point shooting, he's able to cook. We saw that with Penn State a few seasons ago. Shrewsbury's a guy that's able to pop it from three. Mad a loco as well. I feel like Marcus Barton is going to do such a good job of facilitating the offense. Not a great three point shooter, but he's wise with the ball. He's gonna be able to cut down on those three point seven turnovers per game that he had a season to go Notre Dame in your number two under Shrewsbury, they bring back a ton from last year. I just think that this is a team that's going to take some good strides forward. And Nika Kotsenatowski, who comes over from Momouth, I think that he's going to do a good job manning things download I think the Buffalo just gets completely plowed on the glass. So I am going to be one to lay with Notre Dame. You've got a Buffalo team. While outside the top three in terms of points a lot on a perpossession basis last year. But even when Mikeah Shrewsbury was really having those guys at Penn State making threes, they were one of the most low tempo teams in all of college basketball. I think that remains the same year, and that keeps a total under. So I'm looking at the under side my toeble one forty two and a half. I want to lay up to twenty two with the under dame a sixty nine eight to seventy on the betting board. It is Yale and they're going to be on the road against Purdue Produe is a sixteen and a half point favorite, and your total NS game is one forty eight. I just don't think that this is the same Yale team that we've seen in past year, as I did set Purdue as a sizeable favorite, recognizing that they lost Zach Edy as well as a seventeen a half point favorite. So gonna be one to lay the number. You've got John Paulo Dakis, who's back for Yale, relatively good forty plus percent three point shooter from a season goal, along with pass m Big, but the guys down low and Danny Wolf, Matt and Noling. Those are the guys that are missing a well, Trey, Kuff and Wren is not what you were able to get out of Zach Edy last season. He's still pretty good down low and you saw have that great backcourt of a season ago. Fletcher Lawyer Brayden Smith really like that these guys bringing to the table. In Smith, I think what it's all sudden done is going to be an All American and perhaps a would an award candidate test and he does a great job being able to do all at the ball. He has had nine turnovers in the first two games the season, but when those games was against Sex's A and L Corpus Chrissy, He's really good at generating turnovers. Has had twenty two assists in those games. And then Bag on the flip side, he's had twelve turnovers in the first two games of the season. So I do think that the things are going to get a little bit sloppier in this game. Big reason why did tell my total at one forty one a half. He've got two teams that are traditionally in the bottom half of college basketball towards the total possessions Greame. I like what I'm seeing. How you've seen Garam. He's been able to step up and give the team production with fifteen rebounds in the first two games. It's by the fact that he's just six foot three, but I do think that that size disadvantage with really relying upon six foot seven Nick Townsend is really going to take it out of this team. And then for Purdue, you just have shooters all across the boulevard with the seam. Miles Colvin last year shot north of forty percent from three point range. He's picking up right where he left off a season Goo Cameron Heaty. He hasn't seen a lot of minutes as far, but he's a guy that's able to light it up from three point range. And Yale typically a relatively solid team at being ableguard the three point but we just saw them a few nights ago also give up ninety one points to UIC Illinois Chicago as the Flames shot twelve to thirty two from three point inch And I do think that the cl defense is gonna be lit a blaze here. I did somebody tell the one forty one a half. I like the owner and I'm going to lay up to seventeen points. With Purdue, it's seventy one eight seventy two on the benning board. It is SMU and they are going to be playing us C NC Greensboro, and Greensborough does find themselves as a thirteen to a thirteen and a half point underdog. One forty nine and a half to a one fifty is your total line with SMU. I did set them as a favorite of nine and a half points. I'm gonna be willing to take those points with UNC Greensboro. With Greensborough, I think that this team has quite a bit of upside and they're roll coach by Mike Jones. You say who, and I say Mike Jones who. He's been able to do a night shob of instilling a lot of three point shooting into this team. They do lose like stuff Mikael Brown, Jones and company from the season ago. But Donovan at Well is back from that backcourt where last season in a starter's role, was able to slide the team with eleven points on about forty two percent three point shooting. Now to take a little bit more onus on the facilitation for this team, but I do think that you're going to be we'll get some good production down low. Demitrio Savis supplying nine rebounds in the first game of the season, comes in after he was a starter for about a year and a half over at Chattanooga. Good versatility with him at right round about six foot eight, able to let it fly from three point engin. I think it was big that they brought in the George Mason transfer and Ronald Polite. Not a guy that's going to completely light it up in terms of the scoring last year to seven and a half points per contest, but at George Mason last years was given you about three and a half a sis per game. When needed, He's able to pop it from three point range as well. I think the Greensboro takes a little bit of a dive in terms of their outside shooting, but I do think that they do a great job taking care of the ball in fors and youth. They've got a lot of talent, but I feel like it's going to be a little bit of a work in progress. First two games of the season very good wins for them. But this is a step up in competition from Charlton along with florid A and m and that Charlton SA team not the same team that won twenty plus games a season. Goo. As you've got Booby Miller who comes over from wake Forest. He has been rock solid thus far. How about sixteen it is his seven seals, forty one points in the first two games of the season and DeAndre Ora looking very good down low after he last year was over at ucc Barbara former top seventy five recruits carry on. Quendo feels like he's getting a little bit more efficient with the ball, but still doesn't necessarily take the world's greatest shots a j. George just looks like he's not going to be too much of a part of this rotation as well. So there's some question marks here with Chuck Kerris being that main off the ball scorer has shot over fifty four percent from three part in. Do you think that that's going to tumble down where a little bit. Greensboro was a little bit laxed with their defense a season. Goo looks like they're going to be able to bring that ruarterback. They held Florida Golf Coast Night number one to just sixty four points in that game and them to nine of thirty four three points range Mike Jones just year and in eurotypically has his team playing good defense. I think that that's going to help them hold in this game. So I did sep my line at a nine and a half. I'm willing to take the double figures with Greensboro and it's on my total at one forty five and a half. I think that Greensboro returns their defensive roots after last year they have better three point shooting and didn't put as much emphasis there. So looking at the under end the points with Greensboro e' seventy three eight to soventy four on the banking board. UMKC is on the road the facing off against I always see. I would say it to say twenty seven to a twenty seven a half point favorite, and your total between one to one thirty nine and a half. I did say this. Ioway say unit has a twenty one half point favorite. I'm gonna be won't think the points with UMKC. Now Iowa stated over the last few seasons, ever since CJ. Alziberger has taken over, they've covered north of sixty percent of these shall we say a double figure spread games? These north of twenty point games? I think is the line of demarcation there. But I feel like this is a little bit different with a UMKC unit that they bring back so much from a season ago. Like Jamar Brown last year was doing everything for them. He was putting in their six boards, fifteen points a steal per contest. He's able to do a really good job of impacting the game in so many ways. And Anderson Coppa is back for his sixth year of college basketball after last year, probably him going down with an injury after about ten or so games. He was given the team ten and a half points. He looked like he was going to be a bit of a do it all guy at six foot six as well. They've brought in a little bit of size to be able to help them out. They do lose a few pieces from eight seas ago. But Melvin I Kung Bowley hopefully I said that correctly, gentlemen, who began his career over at Missouri State, He's going to be able to take a little bit more onus. Sound Lowe stands right ron to forty, so it's got a good frame there. And for I wwall say, the one thing that was really kryptonite of theirs last season was on glass. They did a good job of addressing that in the off season, bringing in Joshua Jefferson, who had north of six rebounds per game over at Saint Mary's. I do think that Kashawn Gilbert team on Lipsby won of the best jewels in all of college basketball. These two guys combined average narth a four and a half steels thirty two points per contest a year ago. These guys are going to be amazing, north of nine as sis per game as well. Milan Mimosilovich saying six foot eight, he's able to pop it from three point range. Like the fact that they bring in Brandon Chatfield to be able to give you a little bit of rebounding. He's got some facilitation as well. And then to Shawn Jackson say it will be a nice rim protector to go along with all those active hand guards out there in the back court along Daithan Heisee. But I just feel like this number has gotten a little bit too far. With EMKC, it's a pretty rock solid defense under Marvin Menzies has really been looking to play a bit of a slower tempo, and I do think that this is going to be a yucky defensive game. I always say wins this game handily. I just feel like the line has went a little bit too inflated, So did sell my line at twenty one a half. I'm going to take those points with EMKC and I'm diving in on the under it's teventy five eight to seventy six. On the bank board, it is Marquette and the playosa Central Michigan. Central Michigan a twenty five and after a twenty six point underdog. His game is one forty eight to one forty eight and a half. Said Marquette is a twenty six and a half point favorite. Twenty six is the absolute maximuill in delay. But I'm going to be willing to lay it. This open up at a twenty five. So starting to tick up board, and rightfully so. Central Michigan was actually pretty rock solid on defense last season, a top one fifty teen terms of points a lot on a per posession basis, but they were outside the top three in terms of points scored on a purposession basis. And even though they bring back their main guard from SEASONO and Anthony Pittcherd, who filed out four and halphasis thirteen points per game. This was still a bunch that shot as collective less than thirty one percent from three point range. A really don't have a ton down load. If you want to knock off this Marquette team, you want to be able to do an ice chef on glass Hunter Harding. He's sand seven feet tall, but he's still a little bit raw as a big man. I just kept seeing in the game against Tony Brook a few days ago EU nine US just a visis he comes over from Lithuania. He just could not stop fooling in that game as well. And he's the guy that's able to popping from three part range. Actually as freshman, shot about thirty eight and a half percent from distance and as relatively good size. But for Martt, I think that they're going to pick him apart Cam Jones when he needed to be a facilitator when he had Tyler co lookout. Last season, he was afting north of three and a half as sis per game when he was starting at that point guard spot. So Ray he had eleven assists in the first two games of the season to just one turnover. So if guys are able to light it up from three point range Chase Rosses back from seas ago after he shot about thirty six percent from three perin range. Have always liked the game of six foot eight David Choplin, who two seasons ago shot forty percent from three, more like thirty six percent a season ago, And it feels like they're going to be get involving Stevie Mitchell. It's going to be a little bit of a dood all sort of guy, not necessarily going to be a primary scorer, but at six foot three, is able to grab a few boards, help out in terms of the facilitation, just do a little bit of this and that, and I think that's Central Michigan just gonna have a tough time with the Marquet team that has won the best in all of college basketball at generating turnovers. Tokobe Heaty comes over from but Thune Cookman. He'll be able to generate a few turnovers as well. But I really like the way that Cam Jones is playing, think that he takes over this game. I do think that this is going to be a little bit of a lower scoring slog, just with the way that Central Michigan is unable to put the ball in the basket. Se b line at twenty six a half one to lay with Marquette adam In on the under semi total at a one to forty four and a half eight to seventy seven eight seventy eight on the banking board, the ball is playing us to Mercer, and Mercer is an underdog of seven to seven half points. Your total is between one fifty two and a half to one to fifty three. And for de Paul, I did something as a favorite of eight and a half points, so I'm going to be one to lay the seven. Mercer has a lot of shall we say, moving pieces right now, and I do think that things are going to be able to get online. This is going to be a very well coached team moving forward. After they make the change in the off season bringing in Ryan Rider, but to replace all their top five scores from a season ago. They do bring back Jock Key Ones who's able to give you a bit in the back court, and the two transfer and Tyler Johnson, I really do think is going to be able to make a nice impact. Was over at Division two usc AN a season ago. That's South Carolina eight and sixteen and a half points six half boards, saying statcheet suffer nine number one against the ninety one team was able to put up sixteen points. But the team has yet to really be tested. I my question marks with Cam Bryan take it a little bit of step forward after he just never really panned out over at Georgia Southern. Was never a bad player, was never necessarily an amazing player for DePaul. This is very much a work in progress team as well. But I feel like they've found their go to score in Isaiah Rivera, who is pretty rock solid at being able to make threes over at colrad of Safe. Last year at U I see fifteen a half points shot forty one a half percent for three part range. Now I don't get a twisted this. The pall team is not big East shall we say caliber, But Davidkagman, who comes over from Davidson, he had six foot eleven last year's shot forty seven percent from three part range. He got into a little bit of fellow trouble in the team's previous game against pairy View, but it did not matter as MJ. Benson was able to do a nice job down low. Connor and Ray is able to give you some good facilitation as well. For De Paul. They're going to struggle in Big East play, but against a team like Mercer that they themselves in a bit of transition. Though I do like Abod Robinson coming in from New Ampshire. I do think that they are just talented enough to be able to get the job done and to be able to cover this number. So I'm going to be one to lay the seven. I'm at lay up to eight in this ordio and it's up my toil. I had a one fifty and a half. I think that Britter is going to look to have a team like a little bit more up Temple, but I think that both of these teams have a lot of kinks to sort up and it's going to cause for a bit of sloppy offense. So looking at the under and I'm willing to lay it with the Paul eight seventy nine to eight eighty on the bakeboard. Washington State plays those to Idaho, and Idaho does find themselves as a underdog of fifteen to fifteen nine points to anywhere between one fifty four to one fifty five. And when it comes to the Vandals, they're looking to not vanderalize bankrolls, but I think if you bet on them here you will be vandalizing your bank realized on my line at a sixteen, I'm gonna be willing to lay with Washington State. This is pretty much the Eastern Washington two point zero. They bring in the Eastern Washington coach and David Riley. He brings over for the top six scores from Eastern Washington from the season go and Eastern Washington was a team that really led to fly from three point rangj We're a top thirty team in terms of their three point shooting percentage at about thirty six point eight percent. Center Coward is a six to six to it all sort of player that in the first two games of the season has had forty one points. I shot fifty percent from three and as a matter of fact, Washington State first two games of the season, I've shot eighty percent the Charity Stripe thirty nine point seven percent from three part range. Now, you do have a little bit of question marks in terms of the fifth slitation. They're looking to Nate Calmezzi, who, if he season goes over, had lamar to do so, and it's never really been a true facilitator. Has been a little bit more of an off the ball scorer, but those far eleven assists in the first two games this season, so then it's very encouraging. And if he had an IDOH team that I think is better than what they have been in past years. At the very least they didn't lose everyone in the transfer portal Julius Mims, who last year registered about seven boards eleven points per game. He's back in the fold for the team. And you've got a guy in Christian Gonzalez that looks like he's going to be able to take a nice drive forward after last season came in off the bench, was able to give the team only about four at points per contest. But you have to look to Isaiah Brickner to really run things for them as he comes in from Marris should be able to instill a little bit of defensive toughness for this unit. But for Ido still a team that has a little bit of breadth down the outside of Mims, They're going to be looking for a little bit more out of Tyler Mirras. Mirras he dealt with injury last year, was only able to get out there for two games. Granted, scored twenty two points in those two games, but still with Ido maybe got a lot of guys have dealt with injuries throughout their career, not necessarily a ton around Brickner in the back court as well. I did that Easter or Washington a team that has so much size, like everyone on the team is worth of six with six other than really Calmezzi, they're all able to light it from three point range. I know typically a team as well tide the top two seventy five in terms of opponent's three point shooting percentage. I think it's really going to struggle in this ordeal, so I'm going to be willing to lay it with Washington State, and I did sell my total out of one fifty four. Itos is a relatively slow team, but a very infficient team Defensively. We are starting to see some one to fifty three and a half pop up.

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At one fifty four and a half, that would be my by point on the under, but between a one fifty three and a half to a one fifty four and a half, personally, I'd rather take that one fifty three and a half over rather than a one fifty four and a half under. So I'm looking at that over on one fifty three and a half that I'm seeing at CIRCA and I'm going to lay with Washington State eight eighty one, eight eighty two on the bank board. See s bakers Field meet meat for the road Runners A playoffs to in Northdakota State. North Dakota State a one and a half point underdog. Your total is between one forty one and a half and one forty two, and I did sell my line at three with Bakersfield being the favorite. I'm going to be oneing to lay Telsea bakers Field just a year in a year on. As a defensive approach, they're always going to play slow and grimy. They typically have like one feature score and they do have to really move on from that from a season to go. So you have to wonder who that top guy is going to be. Right now, the leader in the clubhouse is Jamelle Jones. As he has come in from the junior college level. He's been able to fly the team with forty one points in Bakersfield has done a good job in the pass of being able to bring in guys from the junior college level, as they had Caleb Higgins a few seasons ago. He came in, he was that main guy that scored eighteen points per game last season. Nobody else really gave you north of nine points per contest. But they also bring back Martha McGee from a season ago. He was a nice aint silary piece last few seasons. Has averaged about eight a half points per contest career, thirty seven percent three point shooter to be able to take the load off in the backcourt, and typically you don't have any guy that really gives you an earth of five rebounds per game for the seane, but they're typically a relatively good team in terms of rebound rate. You've got Shakiro Odawandu, who comes over from New Mexico State. He also played a little bit of time at the junior college level. He and Fedalis Okke, who's back after he began his career over at Sea Sun last season, gave the team right around four board per contest. These guys should be able to do a solid job download I will say for okak hopefully said that correctly. He was one of the top players in the country in terms of fellas committed on a per game basis as well. This is a team as not shy of putting you on the free throw line. For bakers Field typically a top twenty team in terms of fellas committed on a purposes basis, and they currently face off against the North data State team. That recognized that it's a small sample size, but in the first two games of the season they have shot sixty one and a half percent at the free throw line. Last year they shot seventy one point eight percent at the charity shipe and they lost their top scorer, Boden Schunberg from a season. Goo that's not good. You've got the jvs Miller long to Cory White, who threw the first two games of the season, have been able to combine an average about thirty five and a half points per contest. They've been able to do a relatively solid job there. You should be able to get a little bit out of the Illinois State transfer as well. In Luke Keazubuki. He is someone that is able to light it up from three points last year over at Illinois State. He's shot in the neighbor about thirty one a half percent from three year before was more of a thirty six percent three point chooter. But you don't have ton down low with Andrew Morgan now being gone, they're going to be looking for a little bit of rebounding out of some like at Jeremiah Burke, who he comes in after being on the bench a seas ago with about three boards for contest able shoot it from three parrange at six foot seven as well. But they're very much work in progress. In the post, I know that coach Richmond has always talked about this being a little bit of a feeling out process, and for North Dakota State, I think that they're going to be doing a lot of that while Bakersfield feels like they've got a little bit more of a set identity. I'm going to be willing to lay with Bakersfield, and I did somebody tell one forty three North the Kota say the last few seasons has been well outside the top ten seventy five in turns point slot on a purpossession basis. At Bakersfield feels like they've got more three point shooting than what they've had in the past. So I'm gonna be willing to take that over and I'm gonna be willing to lay up to two and a half with Bakersfield this last game on the normal lost secon spending more before we hit the extra games. Eight eighty three, eight eighty four. Pacific is on the road against Hawaii. The Rainbow Warriors are a five point favorite. In your total is one forty nine. I did said Hawaii is a thirteen a half point favorite. I'm gonna be willing to lay it for a Pacific. I think that it's really nice that they were able to bring in some three point shooting, that they had a little bit of a regime change in general. But this is a white team that is playing out there on the island. Albeit now Pacific has had a little bit of time to be able to acclimate the last few days. But for Pacific, you're really banking on Elias Ralph, who has come from out of absolutely nowhere to be able to give this team thirty two points in the first two or three games of the season, to be able to step up. I just don't know if he's going to be able to do so. For Pacific, they did a nice job of just being able to bring in these guys are able to light it up from three point range. As you've got Peter kirvra Pick who he's able to shoot it at about a thirty nine and a half percent right from three point range overall for his career, and you can tell that the Texas Tech routs very much run deep Lamar Washington was over there. I know that he spent a little bit of time over at to Paul as well. But they also bring in Elijah Fitcher. These have been two of the top guys for Pacific thus far, and for Pacific overall for two or three games of the season shooting north of thirty five percent from three pointe That's a relatively good sign. But I still do have a few question marks as to what Pacific is going to get because the main head coaching experience Dave Smart had was actually for Carlton University out there in Canada, So this is a little bit of an unproven test from doesn't necessarily have a ton down low. He is going to be very heavily relying upon guys that don't necessarily have a lot of size outside of Jazz Gardner. Gardner is a seven footer at Nevada, but couldn't get it off the bench for them. And now you've got Katis Nemesika, who comes over from the Xavier for this Hawaii team. He last season over at Xavier was able to be a part time starter for them. Should be able to supply this team with some plus rebounds spring, and then you've got your own palm, a six foot ten true big man that's not going to be looking at pop threes, but is a good back to the basket guy that comes in from val Perezo. Tanner Christensen at six foot ten, he spent the last two years over at Utah Tech. Last year eleven a half points, seven boards. Is a capable three point shooter, so he's able to give you that little bit of stretch ability. You do have some question marks when it comes to back court of this team, but Marcus Screen is someone I think is going to be able to stop up after last year and Heston Christian fifteen points out forty two and a half percent three point shooting. I do think that Hawaii is going to be able to do a good job dominating at home. It's just hard to be able to win at the San Sheriff Center, and I think that Pacific is going to be finding that out the difficult way. So I'm going to be willing to lay this number with way I set them at minus thirteen and a half. I did something. My total one forty one half. Hawaii typically won these sower teams at all of college basketball. I think the Pacific gonna have a little bit of a tough time being able to get their offense working. So looking at the under and willing to lay it with Hawaii. And now we hit the extra games.

The normal betting board picks are complete, but there are some extra games today, so we go into the bonus.

Three have six six twenty five. I here're at six six twenty six. It is a Long Island and they hit their road to face off against air Force. Air Force is a ten and a half point favorite, and your total in this game is one forty two. This is another one of those games that's going to make the Vsent article. It's not Long Island as a seven a half point underdog. I'm going to be one to take the double figures for air Force. Right now, they're being dealing with an injury to their top scorer from a season, goo In bo Becker. Bo Becker was able to give the team thirty a half points per contest. Was out there night number one against arth Alabama limped off. The four did not play in the previous game, which was a win against Jacksonville State, and I have to figure that he's going to be out for this game as well. And then you take a look at Long Island and certainly they were a rough team offensively live yeer we outside the top three enter in terms of point scored on a per possession basis. But Jeral Gillion comes in after he was the head coach over at Chicago State. He's out of the primary assistant to hot Rod Strickland, who hot Rod Strickland, by the way, brings back one of his sons in Terrell Strickland, and you've got the Strickland to Strickland connection going on there. When Torello was out there for eighteen games a season ago, shot thirty four percent for three some points three and alphesis. He should be able to help elevate this offense. And with having Gillion in the fold, he also brought with him a few guys from Chicago State, one of which has already paid some great evidence and Brent Davis. Davis was a two year starter over at Chicago State, coming off of scoring nine points on thirty four nine percent three point shooting last season. But more importantly, in the top winner nationally in terms of steals per game. With the arth of two seals per contest, this team is going to have a little bit of a difficult time down low. But the good news is if he's off against an air Force team that you're in in eure out is outside the top three entner in terms of their rebound rate, they're going to be looking most likely to six or five. Jamal Fuller is able to pop it from three point range to be able to give them a little bit down low, But for air Force, what are you going to be able to get down low? Ethan Taylor is having to be a dude all guy and I this game. It's had in the first two games of the season fifty three points eighteen rebounds last year after thirteen a half points, three assists, four boards per contest. But you're just not getting a ton down low. And it feels like we have seen some massive regression in terms of a guy that I was very bullish on from the last few seasons but hasn't really stepped up in Jeffrey Mills. Mills has nineteen points are the first two games of the season last year and nine points three assists, was able to shoot about thirty eight percent from three point range. But I just wonder what you're going to be able to get out of the side of those two main guys. For air Force, it's a team that really doesn't run very deep, and it's a team that doesn't do a great job on the glass. So I'm going to be willing to take the points with air Force. That will be part of the vson right up and one with the Guards to Toubtal, I set mine at a one forty one half. You've got an air Force scene that plays super slow, but they are very inefficient on defense. As a matter of fact, they had one of the biggest dropoffs in terms of points a lot on a per possession basis at home rather than on the road. It was a disadvantage when they were at home last season. But that said, I do think that Long Island could be dialed in with their defense. So here at the one forty two, my min him a bypoint on the under, but I'm will think the a lot of those points with Long Island three six six twenty seven three six six twenty The Citadel plays OSAs Stetson and the Headers find themselves as a one point favorite in your total. It is one forty seven. Stetson let me down a few days ago, and I take them against Soma. I don't think that they are gonna let me down this time. I am willing to take Stetson on this minus one number. I was willing to lay up to al four with them for sets. And they saw some relatively solid three point shooting. You know that they're not going to be able to give you a whole lot down low as right now, they're looking at Jamie Phillips to really do a little bit of everything. He in the first two games of the season as the Bey able to sply the team with thirty five points twelve forwards right around about six As says, So, dude, like what he's able to bring to the table there. But for the Citadel, they have to pick up the pieces from the season ago. They had some nice top flight scores that are now the full they had. Michael Doer was able to give you about twelve points per contest. You were able to get a lot out of a J. Smith who's now over at College at Charleston. He was a sixteen point per game score as well. Clinton Laura Brown was able to do a nice job down low. He's now gone, and now they're going to be looking to someone like Casola Abisi who has come in and has instantly been really good for this team down low. He's been able to spy the team with seven boards per contest five blocks in the first two games of the season after he just did not see any time whatsoever over at Florida State, and this team really did go out there and they just, for lack of a better term, they gambled on a lot of guys that were either at the non divisional on level like a Brody Fox. He was at the non D one level. He's come up. He's been able to give the team thirty four points in the first two games of the season, or they were at the Division one level, but they played so infrequently that you have no idea what you're going to be able to get out of them. Like they do. Bring back Keenan Davis. He's a main re turner from the season Gogo. He was able to get the team about six points per contest, but not a guy that would like take the top off of a defense or anything like that. They bring in some like at John Adams, who was over at the non Division one level as well, so it's a really eclectic group of guys. Meanwhile, for setson, they did lose their top four scores from the season goal including Hubingersse who was really good down low. But I do like the fact that they brought in Josh Massey, who spent a little bit of time at the non division on low after just being glued to the bench beginning his career over at Western Carolina. I also like the fact that they got Jordan Wood back as well, who missed pretty much all of last season due to injury while he was over at Tulane. Go back two years ago when he was over at Howard six foot eight combo player that was able to shoot thirty percent from three point inch, so I do think that he's going to be able to elevate this team as well. The overall size advantage with sets and is big. Even though you do have a beasi who's able to solid out for the Citadel, he's really the lone guy they've got download for the team sets and still has the ability to be able to knock down threes, And just because he plays slowly doesn't mean that you play great defense, as we have seen under Ed Conroy. Citadel has been one of these solowest teams at all of college basketball since he's taken over, But they were well outside the top two fifty in terms of points a lot on a purpossession basis last year. They had a tough time being able to guard the three point arc as well. So that's a big issue for this team. And I do think that overall this is going to be a spot where the sets and adders are going to be able to bounce back. So I did set sets in as a favorite out four a half points. I'm going to be willing to take them. And then I did some my total at a one forty four and a half well, so riding with Stetson and he had the one forty seven. I mean on the under three six six, twenty nine, thirty six, six thirty. You've got Florida and they're going to be playing us at a rambling. Grambling is a twenty three and a half point underdog. Totals between one fifty and one to fifty and a half. This is another one of those games that's going to be making the Vson article, and I'm going to be taking the points with Grambling coming off of a two point loss against Ole mess they look very encouraging there and I don't think that Grambling is going to shoot north with forty percent from three part range like they did in that game. But now going against a Florida team that was two hundred and sixteenth of the country, it turns points a lot on a purpossession basis. The international man, the mystery Urban Clovs are is just still dealing with eligibility from the NCAA. You've seen Olivier Reu the seven foot nine wonder. He has yet to be able to get out there on the floor for Floria as well. I will say Walter Klin, will Richard, these guys that combined thirty seven points per game in the first two games the season. They've been rock solid. But for Florida they don't have quite as much rebounding as the season goes. Micah handlogged In is currently out for the season. They had to lose a few piece of sort of a season ago, like a Samuel down Low is such a dominator, so Alex Condon really needs to step up after he had just six rebounds in the first two games of the season, and Grantley does a relatively solid job down though got Antwerperted who's a little bit of a Swiss Army knife to it all sort of guy who's been able to get the t twelve points eight and a half boards to be able to begin the season last year, was able to do a great job with ten points six board shot thirty six percent from three points as a six to five a little bit of a for lack of better term, joker player. I like what PJ. Edwards is able to provide in the back court as well. Comes in from Bowling Green where he was a little bit more of a reserve, but his guy that is able to help facilitate some offense to be able to take the load off of Contavius Joser, who's the main guy that returns from a season. Gogo shot about thirty two percent from three but more importantly was able to give the team a steel thirteen points. A really good on the ball defender for a Grambling team that two seasons ago they were a top twenty team in the country terms of points allowed on a per possession basis. They've been very much getting back to those roots again. I don't think that their forty seven percent three point shooting is gonna withhold. But he got a Florida team that is playing all sorts of crazy right now. They in the first two games of the season were able to light it up for north of eighty points and they have a lot. Florida had seventy nine plus points in now nine out of the last ten games, so they've been very lax there. I do think that things get tamed down. I think that Todd Golden is looking in the mirror, and Todd Golden, he's not you know what's the greatest of things as well with the allegations. We'll leave that for another podcast on a different day. But that said, I did some my total one forty seven grambling typically when these so lower teams in all of college bass. So I think that Florida is looking to turn over a new leaf with their defense. So I'm looking at the under and with that right up, I'm going to be taking the points with grambling. This is another game that will make that right up three a sixty six thirty one, three six six thirty two. You've got Alabama and they are going to be playing host to mcneise. McNeese is a underdog of twenty and a half points, one sixty five and a half to one sixty six year total line with mcdee, I'm going to be writing them up with the points I set them as a underdog of thirteen and a half points. McNeese was a top eighteen team in the country last year. Turns up both points scored a points a lot on a purposes basis, and Alabama I think has all the goods to be able to make a Final four, but their team in a little bit of transition right now. They now have cliff On Marie Donlow, who's able to be a really good but he's a little bit clunkier than what they're used to in terms of some of the guys running up and down the floor. If John Mark Sears is an amazing scorer north of twenty points for contest a season going in the first two games of the season, you really saw Alabama struggle from three parch in the game against Arkansas State. As a result, they're currently shooting twenty eight point six percent from three parch that'll be going northward. Latreal right Sale was north of a forty percent three point shooter a season goal Lebron Fillin. He's going to be able to do a solid job in that backcourt as well, guy that has really been able to take over the onus in terms of facilitating. You've got someone like a Mohammed Diobate who's able to give you quite a bit downlow as well. But I do think that mcdee is pretty much a shall we say, minor league SEC team, a Triple A SEC affiliate as you've got Christian Joe Meadows back after he gave the team a plus rebounds per game last season, and Alan Breed. I remember this guy was just whenever he got minutes over at Providence of fe Sassgo. He is rock solid. Miss all of last season due to injury. He's backing. In his first game he got eighteen points. I really like the way that he's able to elevate this team. DJ turned it up. Richards is a guy that's able lighted up from three parts. You're bringing Kadir Copeland, who is solid over at Syracuse. McNeese has a talent to be able to hang in this game, and I think that they are going to do so. After they had a lesson savory night number one against sout the gotta states. So it set my line at thirteen and a half. I'll be writing up mcde's for that article. Inne's I tell at one sixty three and a half, McNeese is actually won these solre teams in all of college basketball. I think that Alabama is getting back to what they did two seasons ago when they played fast, but they were like a tough ten team in terms of points allowed on a pur possession basis. Their defense much better with Almrouy in the fold, So lon at the under that write up will be on McNeese. This will be the pick miss pick. We need to do a little bit better with these video picks. But that said, we go three A six six thirty three three of six six thirty four. Maryland plays outs. So Floria A and M. Florida A and M is a thirty three to thirty three and a half point underdog, and your total is between one and forty and a half and one forty one. We're dumpster diving here. I set Florida A and M as a plus twenty five and a half point underdog. This is on the borderline of whether or not it's going to make the article or not but I will make you this the video pick so and somehow, some way I will be featuring this one with and it is a team that is in Joey say, quite a bit of a rebuild. They underwent a coaching change in the offseason, but I like the pieces that actually came in during the off season, and I like that they went down to a little bit of a lower level for their coach as well as the man that they've got coming in. He was coaching over at Anaia, Saint Thomas of Florida and Patrick Crairie the second. He did a nice job being able to bring in a lot of these guys from the junior college level. He actually had Shakiir O'Neill that is the son of Shaquille O'Neal in the full from Roder Coffee is back after he was able to give the team about two and half a sis per contest off the bench as well. I just fully believe that Maryland is once again going to be a little bit of lasadaisical offense. For Maryland, I think that they're going to be a little bit better with their three point training than they were a season go. It's hard to be a whole lot worse considering they were well outside the top three. Air. With that regard, Julian Race is going to be able to win the battle down low. He was able to give the team a double double last season, but he's been completely overshadowed by Derek Queen. Queen has been a king with twenty one rebounds in the first two games of the season, and now they do have a guy that's able to elevate this offense as well. And Rodney Rice was over at Virginia Tech and was simply unable to get out there on the floor. Is two seasons at Virginia Tech, played a career eight games. But it's a former top winner recruit. He's right now been lighting it up from three par range, so you do love to see that. You've also got Seltan Miguel, who's someone that I think is going to be able to elevate this team as well. Last season, was able to log double figures over at South Florida, coming in off the bench with fourteen half points. Nice microwave score. That was able to shoot thirty nine percent from three part range. But for Maryland, they're a team that they're very much built on defense. They're not a team that's going to be just absolutely running it and gunning it. They bringing a guy Intocobe Gillespie who should be able to facilitate some clean offense. But for Floria A and M, I think that you're looking at something with Sterling Young, who's been able to give the team thirty one points in the first two games the season comes over after he was a pretty highly towdy guy going into Charlotte never really got the minutes that he had deserved. So and he's now over here at Florida A and M. Jordan Chapman, he's back from the seasgo after he was averaging about five and a half points, shot about thirty three percent from three par range. So he's another guy that could be a little bit of an elevator along Caleb Washington, who began his career over at Dayton. So I do think that you've got a little bit more on tap down than what Floria in them is getting credit for. When Crairie was coaching at the NAI level, the seams were very much predicated on being in the top twenty five in terms of blocks and opponents three point shooting percent. So they do a solid job in terms of being able to beat up. I think that this is going to be a grimy or slower game. So this is a circumstance where I set my total one thirty nine and a half. I'm in on the under, and then our pick miths play. Hopefully we can get online with these I'm going to be taking the Mondo amount of points here of Florida and m set them as a twenty five and a half point underdog three of six five thirty five three or six five thirty six. U. T. Martin is on the red against North Alabama. North Alabama is a favorite of ten points, and your total is between one fifty three to one one to fifty three and a half said North Alabama as a seven a half point favorite. I'm gonna be willing to take the ten with UT Martin. UT Martin is truly the international men of mystery. Like You've got a whole bunch of guys that they come in from parts of the earth unknown. But I think that they're gonna be able to form a relative We saw a college basketball team. This was another one of those teams that made a little bit of an out of the box higher end. I like these teams that they make the out of the box higher. They hire on someone that is willing to do things a little bit differently, and we're seeing that with Jeremy Schuman, who he was over at East Florida Safe for quite a while. He doesn't really bring in a lot of guys that have Division one experience. Vladimir solo Dar's day comes over from UC Riverside, but he's looking at Ose Grurian, who he was the number twenty seven raighted junior college transfer for the cycle according to juco recruion dot com. He was able to log over at East Florida State for Schumann twenty and a half points six at boards, three in emphasis, and he's already been able to give the team thirty seven points in the first two games this season. Cell Star has been able to give you sixteen rebounds in his first two games in the fold with this team. And then you've been able to get some nice production of a fan Tronka. He has come over from BOSSI and Herzegovina and he's been able to do a nice job, give his team some three point shooting, given them an outside presence for U t Bar and it's been a little bit janky on offense, but they're shooting thirty percent from three points. They go up against the North Alabama team that I think is going to be a bunch of snipers from three points. It's just so massive that they get back so many of their pieces from a season goo as well. You now have Daniel Or He's spent last season over at UAB two seasons ago. It was a fourteen plus point per game score on forty percent three points ginning at North Alabama. You also have a guy in Jakari Lane who looked it up for the team last season. I had thirty six percent for three fourteen a half points per contest. These are iron sharpening iron, and then you've got Dallas Howell downlow. We should be able to do a nice job as well. Blast season was able to give the team a little bit of stretchability at thirty five percent three point shooting with about five boards eight and a half points per game. But outside their main starting five, North Alabama does have a little bit of a depth at you. It does feel like they're starting to get a bit more out of Keenan Jefferson. He's going to be a guy that they looked to after last season he was only getting about like nine or ten minutes per contest. But I do think that UT Martin, with having a lot of size, having a lot of three point shinning Gleham gets a North Alabama team that year in in Europe has been a little bit likes on defense. Looked much better in that game against Air Force begin the season, giving up fifty seven points, but still I have my question marks for our North Alabama team that was well outside the top two fifty in terms of points allowed on a purpossession basis last season. I think that you're going to see U. T. Martin be able to hold in this game, and I think that it's going to be out very high scoring game. I set my total at a one fifty nine and a half so circumstance where I'm willing to take the points with you T. Martin, and I'm going to be diving in on the over. Three of six six thirty seven, three of six six thirty eight Virginia Tech plays list A Winthrop. Winthrop is an underdog of nine points, and your total is one fifty four. That Winthrop as a seven half point underdog, So I'm going to be one to take those points for Winthrop. They bring back a lot of experience from last season, and I just still can't get over the fact that Virginia Tech was supposed to have Issier Miller in the back court. He was supposed to be their main facilitator and only he's not going to be playing for them this season. So mal la Jelle Poltite is one of the main holdovers from the season Goo he's having to do a little bit of everything. I remember early on his career he was having a tough time getting minutes at Rice. Now he's given the team thirty three points to ten rebounds in the first two games of the season, So shout out to him for improving his game. But they just need to get more out of Ben Burnham. Burnham last season was solid over at Chattanooga. He was logging for the team twelve points out thirty seven percent three points shot at six foot seven. It's had three points here in the first two games of the season. Toby Lowell has done a really nice job of being able to fill in for the missing lind kid who transferred over to Miami. But Kelton Telford I like his overall game for Winthrop. I think that He's going to be able to match up well down low. Last season gave the team double figures five plus rebounds per contest. If you've got kJ gus Sett who's been able to do a nice job lending versatility. He's able to give you five boards. He's able to shoot north of thirty five percent from three par range as well. And then Logan Duncom he comes over after he spent the beginning part of his career at the Power Conference level over at Indiana. Was supposed to play a butler last season was just deal with injuries in general. He should be able to give the Sea a nice post presence. And you've got Cassan and Harrison, who's back from a season ago as well, helping to facilitate. He's able to pop it from three part range as well. You've got a lot of experience on this one throat team against a Virginia Tech team that they just don't really have that identity like they've had in the past. They're really looking to see who's going to be that main facilitator, perhaps, says Brandon rech Steiner. But that said, with Cason Harrison, I think that he does a good job throwing out some efficient offense for Winthrop and keeping them lively in this one. So I did sell my tuble at a one forty seven and a half here at the one fifty fourth. Think that we've gone a little bit too far. Both of these seeds not playing at a significant point, and things are a little bit disjoined right now with Virginia Tech. So looking at the under end the points with Winthrop thirty six six thirty nine, thirty six six forty If you have Virginia, they play off the cop and State. Cobbin State is a twenty seven point underdog, and your tunnel is one twenty three and a half. It's on my total at one twenty seven. I'm willing to take the over for Virginia. Certainly not a team that's going to light it up on offense. But Cobba State is just all sorts of awful. They were three ron and sixty first out of three and sixty two D one teams. It turns the points scored on a per possession basis. They have failed to break the fifty marker in any of their games, but I think that there's a high likelihood that they might give up eighty. Here, guys, you've had a Virginia team that has CJ power. He was a top twenty five recruit for the class of twenty twenty three. They need to let him cook. He had just three points in that opening game against Campbell, but it looks like they're going to get a nice surprise download Jacob Kofe. He's a six point ten true freshman. He was able to folog sixteen points, six boards, really bailed out the team in that game against Campbell, and it looks like they're going to be able to get quite a bit as well out of Blake Buchanan. Buchanan last season, he's still some relatively solid action about three and a half points, three and a half boards per contest. Not a guy that's going to light it up from three point range. But they are passing the torch in the back court as well, because typically this team has been very much able to be very efficient on offense with three speakmen being able to lead the way, and now they're able to sort some things up against a completely outguned opponent. I would not be surprised if you see a lot of data Amos in this one. You've got him coming over from Kansas City where he was a part time starter, was able to give out a few siss an okay three point shooter and for compensate, they just don't have anyone that really matches up with that. For compensate, they've seen Darius Ward put up forty one points in the first three games of the season, and nobody else is aving north of seven point seven points for contest, like it's rough Prince or Durou. He comes over after your beginning career at George Mason, they'll be able to give you a little bit of rebounding At Khalil Horton last year, he's back after he gave the team like five points out thirty five percent three point shooting. But for compensate, right now they're producing more turnovers since there at least bakery. That's not a place where you want to be. There's just very much breath of talent on both the offensive and defensive side things. I think that you see a little bit of a more rock solid defensive effort from Virginia in this one. Then you do have Julius Uller be the third. Also on the compenstate side, he comes in from Eastern Michigan, where he was able to actually be a bit of a starter for them last season, but Ellerby had to miss the team's most recent game as well, and that's not a place where you want to be too. So yeah, it's a rough situation for Compensate. I'm gonna be willing to set Virginia as a twenty five point favorite. I think perhaps we've run a little bit too far, as Ron saying, Chez just not quite the same guy as Tony Bennett was, and in such a low scoring game for Virginia to try to cover twenty seven, I just don't think that they're going to be able to do.

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We saw Compensate and hang with him fifteen points against Wake four, So I'm gonna be willing to take the twenty seven in the spot. And I did take a shot on the overset by total at a one twenty seven three oh six six forty one three six six forty two Pittsburgh places as at Gardner Webb Gardner Web and eighteen and a half point underdog, and your total is one fifty to one fifty and a half. I'm gonna be won't take those points. With Gardner Webb. I did set them as a fifteen and a half point underdog. Jeremy Luthor takes over after they had a bit of a coaching janj the offseason. They seed it else with Luther and he's in a nice job. I'll be able to have the guys that returned from a season GOO just really be able to click and firing all cylinders for them. Gardner Webb has been headlined thus far by Darryl Simmons, the second who's been able to log forty points in the first two games of the season, and it was so big that they got back to Anthony Selden, who spent last year at Rice two seasons ago in the Gardter Web program eleven a half points per game. Not necessarily going to light it up from three part range, but he's able to do a nice job at six and six, running good versatility, being a nice plus defender as well. Gardner Web last year was uncharacteristically bad on defense. It feels like they're getting back to those roots now. For Pittsburgh, you have seen mister low getting low. Jalon Lowe has been really able to take over after he last season had some great strides forward taken towards the back half of the season. He was a guy that was given you like, if you look at the overall numbers, about eight to nine points per contest. He chipped in there a few assists, but he could tell that he was getting better as the season went along. And now he's going to be a really nice compliment to Damien Dunn. With two seasons go over at Temple was evering about fifteen and a half points per contest shout in the mid thirties from three parts. Dun has been able to get her done by shooting north of fifty percent from three, with thirty points in the first two games of the season. And then you've got came Corn and Geirdmo Diaz Graham combining from fourteen a half rebounds per contest as far, and Chmael Lagette is just a statue suffer. Last season he was able to give the team right around about five and a half boards twelve and a half points a little bit of a seal per game, and he's had nineteen rebounds here in the first two games of the season. He's a relatively solid three point shooter as well. But for Gardner Web, I do think that with Isaiah Richards coming into the program, he's going to be able to hold up down low. He should be able to give the team a little bit on the glass. And then I like the fact that they also brought back to main Man, another guy that began his career at Gardner Webb, spent some time at Vanderbilt and Georgia State. He's going to be able to elevate this team in terms of just their overall versatility at six for six, again, not a great three point shooter, but it's able to do a good job down low. These guys, they do a nice job on their on ball defense. I think that that's going to be the identity of Gardner Web this season, playing good, rough and tumble defense, knowing that they're not going to be hitting a lot of threes, but knowing that they've got a lot on the interier and I do think that that leads them to the cover.

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I set my line at a fifteen and a half. I'm going to be a willing to take those points with Gardner Webb, and in terms of total, I'm going to be taking the under. My total at a one forty five and a half. As I sent Skardner Web getting back to their roots three of sixty six forty three, three and sixty six forty four. You've got Furman playing us to Jacksonville. Jacksonville is an underdog of eight points. In your totals game, it is one forty three, so Furman has a nine a half point favorite. I'm gonna be willing to lay the eight. Now. We've seen a lot of triumphs thus far for the Atlantic Sun, and you saw Jacksonville be able to cover against Florida a few days ago. This is a Jacksonville team that has been when these slower teams at all of college bass unters a total possessions per game. You've got a Furman team that they were looking to run it and gun it. So it's a good old situation if something's got to give. I did sell my total at a one to forty seven half as I do think that Urman gonna be able to get their seed legs under them. They're looking to be able to replace Cooper wit when what he was able to provide in the backcourt last season. I think that it all comes back to Tyree Siegley, six and six d it all player that last season gave the team like five points, four boards and more of an ancillary role. He stepped up, and he stepped up in a big way thus far being able to sply fifteen rebounds download this far. And then you've been able to get some good production out of PJ. Smith, who he provided twenty one points in the first game that he played in this season, and so that's going to be able to help out a bunch that they're typically known for their three point shooting. And I think that Nick Anderson is going to be the guy that steps up there, a guy that comes in from the non divisional in level was an absolute burner from three parrange. I think that you're going to be getting a lot of that once again this season, as Firman as already shot or the fifty one percent from three part inch in the first two games of the season. But Jacksonville, I do think that they're going to be able to have some success download. They bring in Stefan Pain the third who's been able to give the team seventeen rebounds in the first two games of the season. But else, I think it's going to be big where you're able to get out of zim Noah Kaji. Hopefully I said that correctly, a big man that comes in from Dayton where he was just lost in the shadow of so many of those talents, the big men over the last few seasons, whether that be to Bonti Kamara, if you want to go a few seasons ago, day Ron Holmes, guys like this. Now he's able to shine at this program. Man Robert McCrae, the fifth who he was dealing with some injuries last season. He becomes the main scorer for the team. Last year he was able to give the team eighteen a half points, shot thirty six percent from three parrange. He's on shouldering the load in the backcourt. It's just about finding some of those ancillary pieces, finding someone that's able to take the boat off. Perhaps said is going to be the Portland State transfer in Kendall Munson, who months in a season ago and was able to log about six a half points per contest, but not a guy that's really going to give you anything from three point inch. I think the Furman is going to be able to win from the outside and that allow them to be able to cover this game and get a little bit more of the temple that they want. I set my total one forty seven a half. I like the over animal in to lay with the pellet in Seria six six to forty five three or six six forty six two Lane plays OUs alcorn State. Elkorn State is a sixteen and a half to a seventy point underdog, and your total is one fifty five, but one fifty five and a half. Said to Lane has a fifteen and a half point favorite at north of sixteen, I'm gonna be able to take the points with alcorn State very much less than Savery. The first two nights for Alcorn State, they lost both games by thirty five plus points. They do have some depth, though, and now this is a massive step down in competition as well. They were playing on the road against BYU and Utah. Those are not easy places to play, and now they get to go up against a bunch that is very much in transition into ley NEU. They were only about sixty last season, and they lose four o their top six scores from the season guy. As a matter of fact, they lose all six of their top six scores from season. Goal Roam Brumba, who was a main facilitator over at Georgetown. He was given the team and ap points here and a half to six per contest. He really needs to headline things for this bunch. This is also a team that was three hundred and fifty ninth in the country in terms of percentage of misshots that resulted in an offensive rebound Utah, and by you much better on the glass than we saw there. Michael Eae should be able to give some relatively good production for this bunch. He was all sorts of banging up last season. Well he was over at Sienna, but in the games that he did play for Sienna, he was able to log for them about sixteen points per contest, but not some sort of amazing three point shooter in for al Corn State, it's always this way with them. The whole is greater than some of its parts. Del Luckey gains what it is someone that he's back from season goal after he was a little bit more of a sixth man that was able to fly the team with about five and a half points per contest. So the difference between guy number six and guy number eight in this rotation not very drastic. You've got Marcus Sankersley, who was able to give Detroit two seasons ago fourteen plus points per contest, and then Kiante Cornelius, I think is a good piece coming in from Jackson State where he was shooting about thirty five percent for three after being about six a half points per contest last two seasons. They need to give guys that are able to generate some turnovers a little bit more that is really won the life blazz for the team at Julian Luwell, who comes over from Arkansas State, should be that guy. He's been able to supply four seals for the team this farm, and we'll say relatively saw three point sho at six foot six eight season ago. Two lane. They just don't have a lot of death right now. They're going to be looking very much to Greig Glenn, who began his career over at Michigan for a little bit of production. He's been able to get the team twenty one points in the first two games of the season, but just feels rough with this team. Caleb Banks is a nice player that comes over from Indiana, but I'm wanting to see what the su Laanne team looks like when it's all said and done. They've shot north of forty percent from three point in their first two games the season, but times against the Louisiana Monroe and against a non Division one team, and for two Lane does feel like they're going to start to play a little bit more defense than they did a season goal last seed seasons they were in the top fifteen in terms of total possessions per game. They just don't have the firepower to be able to play quite that quickly, and of Court said, I don't know if they're going to be able to do their part with regards to Totle as well, so makes it interesting there. I set my total at one fifty five and a half. At the one fifty five or less, I'm willing to take a look at the over. That's where we're sitting right now. So one fifty five is my max on the over, but I won't take a shot on the over. And with alkworn say, I won't take sixteen plus with them thirty six six forty seven three or six six forty eight. USIP is playing ust to Tattanooga. Tattanooga the road two and a half to three point favorite. Total is one fifty two to one fifty two and a half, where Tattanuga sent them as a three and a half point favorite. I'm going to be one to lay the two and a half. I have to wonder if Astin p is gonna have a bit of a hangover after a massive win on the road, they go to hankle Field Eus, they get the job done against Butler, and this is an awesome P team I feel pretty bullish about. In the Atlantic Sun.

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Thomas is a guy that's a will flat out perform. He carried the team to victory against Butler. He had twenty nine of the team sixty eight points through in their eight boards. This guy is a bona fide bucket getter that comes in from NCC where I felt like they should have given him some more minutes. But for Tattanooga, I do think that you're going to see better efforts now from Hunter a Huff along with Trey bonhom These two guys combined for thirty three points per contest, combined to shoot about thirty eight to thirty nine percent from three points. Had a rough road trip when they went on over to USC along with Saint Mary's. Now they have to play against Ahall, we say not so so awesome P defense one that was well outside the top two thirty in terms of points a lot on a per possession basis, but it was an awesome p team that played at a outside the top two fifty rate in terms of total possessions per game as well, So they played slowly. They weren't necessarily efficient on the defensive side of things, and this is a unit that is really looking to rebuild after they've lost pretty much for other top five scores from a season ago. They need Anton Brookshire, who began his career over at Missouri, to be able to pick things up. He was shooting about thirty and a half percent from three points with four and a half points per contest two seasons ago, so he's a little bit of an upside guy. And this is a unit that they just don't have necessarily that main facilitator as well. Man assists on just thirty nine point eight percent of their main field goals last season. That was three hundred and fifty six in all of college basketball. Looks like Thomas is going to just need to do a little bit of everything for the team. You've got Assan Emmanuel, who he's the gentleman that plays with one arm, and congratulations to him being able to form himself a nice career, and he is the number two rebounder for the team. He's found a way at the Division one level, but don't have a ton of size for the team either or for Chattanooga, even though they do lose some of their main guys like is Sam Alexis from Seasgo. I do think that you're going to be able to get just enough down low. I like the game of Garrison Kessler, who's been able to give you ten points four and a half rebounds to begin the season. He comes in after he was at the non Division one level at six foot seven, is able to pop it from three parts. I do think that Chattanooga gets a job done against an awesome B team that had a really big win a few days ago. You've got Isaac Caney who's back as well. He's really the main their top six scorers as back from season ago. But think that Chattanooga is able to go bombs away from the outside and get the job done. I said my total at a one forty nine and a half. I'm diving in on the under his awesome p a very low tempo team, and I'm all a layup to three with Chattanooga three sixty six forty nine three six six fifty Texas A and M plays us A Lamar. Lamar is a underdog of twenty three to twenty three and a half points. One thirty three one forty five is a total line with Lamar. I did set them as an underdog of twenty two and a half points. I need at the very minimum of twenty three like we're getting right now. But I'm willing take the twenty three for Lamar. They did a nice job of covering quite a few games a season ago. But I think the big key for them is just what you're gonna be able to get from three point range. Out of Texas A and M. Texas A and M last season was outside the top three thirty five in terms of three point shooting percentage. I love the game of Waye Taylor the fourth he was able to put in their nineteen points start at the four boards for assists for the team of season ago. Nice Satchet suffer got Herey Coleman. That is back. As a matter of fact, for Texas A and M, you pretty much bring back six out of last year's top seven scores. But you know, I have a lot of three points shooting outside of Manyoba Seki, who shot on Earth for forty percent for three part enge and right now he has made as many three pointers as myself. That's a little bit of an issue. So they do bring in farrel pain and he's been able to bring the pain after last year he was over at Minnesota part time start with ten point six boards. He is able to give you a little bit more from the outside now than he did a season go, but still not a guy that's really popping it from three part range or anything like that either, So that's a bit of an issue in Drake Phelps is a really good jitterbug guy. Missed that first game of the season against Central Florida. He's able to come up with seals, but he's a career like twenty five percent three point hitter as well. And that's where you were able to really hurt this Lamar team. And for Lamar, I like the fact that they went down to the junior college level. For Alexis Marma Joles, he was a top winner guy according to Juco, recurring dot com guy that's really able to dish out the ball. He's got some sneaky good shooting ability as well, so he's a high upside guy that not a lot of people have on their radar Andrew Holyfield. He had twenty points in the first game of the season after he spent some time at then a non Division one level as well. Lamar has done a really good job at b able to scout out these junior college guys. And then they bring back one of their top rebounders from the season ago in Adam Hamilton, who was able to put in their ten and a half points six at boards about a block per contest. That is going to be extending to the three point arc or anything like that, and that's a big issue. They do have Lamar. They don't have the same three point shooting that they had a season ago, but they do have one of their main facilitators in bb Night with last year at ten and a half points, he was one of their guys that was able to pop from three at about thirty seven a half percent for business. I think that that's just enough for Lamar to be able to hold in this game against the Texas A and M team that is going to dominate on the glass. They were the number one team in the country in terms of offensive reboundary last season. So there's a line that I said at a twenty two and a half. I'm going to be one to take the points with Lamar, and it's on my toe. At one forty four and a half, Lamar is a very last defense. While outside the top two fifteen in terms of points a lot on a per possession basis, I do think that A and M. Now with having Zerike Phelips back, they're going to be playing a little bit more up Temple than they did night number one against Central Floria. So Lee ad be over and the points with Lamar three six six to fifty one, three six six to fifty two. Oklahoma plays out the Northwestern State the Demons of Northwestern State between twenty five to twenty six at point underdogs one forty six after one forty seven is at total line with Oklahoma. I did set them as a favorite of twenty two points. I'm going to be one to take the points with Northwestern State. There. Another team has done a really good job. I'll be able to scope guys out via the junior college ranks and be able to bring them in. And they bring in a guy that was a former top winner recruit in Addison Patterson. He was ranked in the top ten according to juco recruit dot com for the class of two twenty twenty three, suffered an offseason injury. You didn't know if he was actually gonna at ten Northwestern State. He has first two games out there twenty one points, ten rebounds, has made half of the threes that he has taken so far, So good there. He also bringing in Love Bettis, who prior to him going down with an injury, he was pretty rock solid over at Floria and M. Spent a little bit of time as well over at North Carolina A and T as well. As a matter of fact, he was everything about nine and a half points on forty six percent three point shooting over at Floria A and M last season. So that really elevates a Northwestern S eight team that had a little bit of difficulty from the outside last season, and they've cleaned up the turnovers. Last year in Northwestern eight was a disaster with that just twenty one turnovers between their first two games of the season going up against the Oklahoma team that they're in a little bit of transition in the back court with my los Uzon now over at Houston, but Kobe Elvis he has entered the building after he was at Dayton last season, gave out three and a half to nine and a half points. But where he really shines is from beyond the arc. He's able to shoot about thirty seven to thirty eight percent from three parts. It does feel like the rebounding is also better for the team this season. Sam Godwin, who was everything about four five rebounds per game last season, he had fifteen rebounds in the team's first game of the season. You do like that, and then you've got Jalen Moore, who's just able to give you a really good versatility in general. At six and seven last year shot forty one percent for three eleven point six app or as a block per contest. He is able to do a nice job stuff with a StatSheet there. But you do have a lot of moving pieces. With regards to this Oklahoma backcourt. They bringing Glenn Taylor junior late in the process to two seasons ago put up great numbers out of over Oregon State. I se here at Saint John's was just very much glued to the bench and have no fear. As the freshman in Jeremiah Fears, who he committed to the program late. He should be able to give this team a lot in terms of the back court as well. But I do think the Northwestern State is going to do an okay job with their active hands. They bring in John Sanders. The second was over at Coast to Carolina for quite a bit of time last season. He was able to for Coast to Carolina give out about two and halfhsis seven a half points per contest. Northwestern Staate just not on the same level as Oklahoma, but that's that. I feel like this number has gone a little bit over inflated. As Northwestern State we lost by twenty one to Texas Tech a few days ago. I think that they'll do the same here. So I did some line at a twenty two. I'm gonna be willing to take the points with north Western State. It's on my toe one forty two. I do feel like this Oklahoma team is gonna be playing very slowly under Porter Moser. That's always been Azemo, especially when he had success at Loyal Chicago. So when at the under end the points with north Western State and we were at things up with three at six six fifty three, three is sixty six fifty four. You've got UCLA playing us in Boston. You and Boston You an underdog of twenty three and after twenty four points one thirty three to one thirty three and a half in is that total? Did somebody tell one thirty six a half. I'm gonna be willing to take a shot on the over for UCLA. They played a low scoring slog a few days ago against New Mexico that was just an all sort. It's a sloppy game, and I do think that you're gonna see something a little bit more sthetically pleasing in Boston. You doesn't feel like they're the same defense that they were a season ago. They give up in the season opener an eighty spot in Northeastern, they give up seventy four points to a San Diego team that's in all sorts of transition, and now they have to match up with Tyler Bludoo, who comes over from Oregon States had forty one points and twenty one rebounds in the first two games of the season, with a double figure score last season over at Oregon State at six foot eight, a mid thirty three point shooter. For Boston You, they're very much relying Malcolm Taminese to be able to play relatively even up down Onne I just don't know if he's able to. Last year was able to give the team right around about four or four and a half rebounds per game. But U Clia is gonna have the big size of age in this one. And you've been noticing a few injuries for Boston You as well, like Ethan Ohasoa, who was one of the main guys that returned from the season oh some and a half points for contest a little bit over four rebounds. He was missing in that game against San Diego. It looked like he went out with an apparent injury Night number one. We shall see what happens there. They did. Good news is get back Ben Palatios. He's the guy that he comes in from the non Division one level and he last season over at Boston You was one of their primary guys that coming off the bench be able to hit a few shots for a Boston U team that they were outside the top three air last year and turns the points scored on a per possession basis. But I do think that the coming of age of Miles Brewster is big for them as well. He's not a senior, was a surter in the backward last season that averaged about ten and a half points, right around about four says per contests and did shoot forty percent from three part rings. But that's that you really don't have a lot of offensive firepower. But I think the UCLA better on offense of what they showed a few nights ago. You sell have someone in Daleen Andrews that LA season was a mid thirty three point shooter and was able to put in there a double figure amount of points UCLA in their first two games this season, I shot less than twenty nine percent from three, less than sixty seven percent at the free throw line. I'm not saying that this team is going to be amazing, but Laser Stefanovitch should do much better than the eight points that he's put in there in the first two games of the season. And sky Clark it feels like it's going to be a relatively good facilitator of the offense as well. So I do think the UCLA going to get a little bit more offense going. I think that this is a number that's gone a little bit too lofty, as I do think that Brewser going to do an okay job in the back court. I set my line out a twenty and a half, so won't take the twenty three and a half to twenty four here with Boston you and looking at the over and that'll wrap things up for the Monday edition of goz Seeps Out, part of THEVS and Family podcast. Big thanks to Matt Joseph's better known as mid Major Man for joining me in the last segment. If you do like hearing from this fine podcast, guscuz s Heeps, you're able to subscribe whatever your podcast, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, sit you're in tune in. If you have a question, comment, segment, idea, what I have be for this podcast? You have one of two ways VF for those in first one is my Twitter is check the timeline at Gina under forty one. Keep in mind letters CM they mean that does not matter, so as per usual, please to send these into the timeline. And the other way is find an Apple podcast review. If you rate this podcast, it starts, it is very much appreciated. 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