Thanks. Greg's always great to be on with you. How was your holiday season this far?

Thanks. Greg's always great to be on with you. How was your holiday season this far?

My holiday season was great personally. I wish we had a few more college basketball games help it pass by, But you know what, we are going to have ourselves a tremendous lighter half of December into January, February and then obviously March as well. And just how do you gauge this time a year because I always think that it's so interesting when these teams have a week or two off in terms of the holiday break. You have a few teams that might have like a by game or two in between. It does make it very hard to be able to gauge some of these teams. And some of these teams they come out of the gates in late December early January and they're slumping. And then there are other teams that just absolutely surge a time of year as well.

My holiday season was great personally. I wish we had a few more college basketball games help it pass by, But you know what, we are going to have ourselves a tremendous lighter half of December into January, February and then obviously March as well. And just how do you gauge this time a year because I always think that it's so interesting when these teams have a week or two off in terms of the holiday break. You have a few teams that might have like a by game or two in between. It does make it very hard to be able to gauge some of these teams. And some of these teams they come out of the gates in late December early January and they're slumping. And then there are other teams that just absolutely surge a time of year as well.

Yeah, there are you know, I think each level of the sport's a little bit different in the approach you know, so starting at the highest level, you've got a stretch of games. Typically, you know, we saw Wisconsin, for example, they played five or so hard games in a row.

Yeah, there are you know, I think each level of the sport's a little bit different in the approach you know, so starting at the highest level, you've got a stretch of games. Typically, you know, we saw Wisconsin, for example, they played five or so hard games in a row.

They started with a couple easier guarantee games, if you will. They're going to wrap up with a couple of those as well.

They started with a couple easier guarantee games, if you will. They're going to wrap up with a couple of those as well.

But they've only had to really test themselves for maybe one or two stretches thus far, whereas a mid major team might have been challenging themselves throughout the full two months that we've seen so far, and a low major team might take the approach of, well, we're in a one big league, so we're going to just throw everything at the wall in these non conference games, and we're going to actually be surprised when you see their conference opener or when we get into the meat of league play, because they'll start showing completely different looks. They're going to start trimming their rotations, you know, going down from ten guys to maybe seven or eight guys. And so there's just a lot of things to be fascinated with entering this period of the season, because it really is money time for very different reasons at the various levels. And I think if you are starting, like if you look at like a Ducaine or an Indiana State, right, two great examples of their predecessors moving on the assistants getting promoted. They start it off terribly, both the Dukes and the Sycamores, and they finally started figuring things out there in those last four or five performances, you could see a completely different team in du Kin's case in the A ten and in Indiana State's case in the Valley. And there's a lot of different teams that are either growing or you're falling apart at all times. We saw both Louisiana schools lose their coach last week, and it's gonna be very difficult for those teams to patch things up and recover. We saw that with Miami earlier. Now Miami has been kind of a disaster already. I don't know how that's going to really get fixed for this year, but their programs turning the page and it's clear now they're going to go a different direction. So it's an evolving process across all fronts. And then for everybody else, you know, you're either getting better towards March or you're not. And if you're not, you know it's going to be concerning for both the players and the coaching staff. So I think those are the things to look for across. It's hard to keep track everybody. I get that, but I do my best to do so.

But they've only had to really test themselves for maybe one or two stretches thus far, whereas a mid major team might have been challenging themselves throughout the full two months that we've seen so far, and a low major team might take the approach of, well, we're in a one big league, so we're going to just throw everything at the wall in these non conference games, and we're going to actually be surprised when you see their conference opener or when we get into the meat of league play, because they'll start showing completely different looks. They're going to start trimming their rotations, you know, going down from ten guys to maybe seven or eight guys. And so there's just a lot of things to be fascinated with entering this period of the season, because it really is money time for very different reasons at the various levels. And I think if you are starting, like if you look at like a Ducaine or an Indiana State, right, two great examples of their predecessors moving on the assistants getting promoted. They start it off terribly, both the Dukes and the Sycamores, and they finally started figuring things out there in those last four or five performances, you could see a completely different team in du Kin's case in the A ten and in Indiana State's case in the Valley. And there's a lot of different teams that are either growing or you're falling apart at all times. We saw both Louisiana schools lose their coach last week, and it's gonna be very difficult for those teams to patch things up and recover. We saw that with Miami earlier. Now Miami has been kind of a disaster already. I don't know how that's going to really get fixed for this year, but their programs turning the page and it's clear now they're going to go a different direction. So it's an evolving process across all fronts. And then for everybody else, you know, you're either getting better towards March or you're not. And if you're not, you know it's going to be concerning for both the players and the coaching staff. So I think those are the things to look for across. It's hard to keep track everybody. I get that, but I do my best to do so.

And I'm so glad that you did bring that up though with Miami as well, the fact that we did see Jim Layer and I get stepped down on Thursday evening and now it's going to be the interim coachy regime that takes over. How do we gauge these sorts of teams, because we've actually seen some of these scenes in past years, really be able to search looking for further than Ohio State when Chris Holman sat down, Now that was more towards like late January, earlier February, but they played their best basketball towards back half the season after that happened. And then there are some teams that they just go dead after a situation like this too.

And I'm so glad that you did bring that up though with Miami as well, the fact that we did see Jim Layer and I get stepped down on Thursday evening and now it's going to be the interim coachy regime that takes over. How do we gauge these sorts of teams, because we've actually seen some of these scenes in past years, really be able to search looking for further than Ohio State when Chris Holman sat down, Now that was more towards like late January, earlier February, but they played their best basketball towards back half the season after that happened. And then there are some teams that they just go dead after a situation like this too.

Yeah, there are It's not easy to figure out immediately.

Yeah, there are It's not easy to figure out immediately.

I don't think unless there's some sort of forward statement that was made by the athletic director in the press release, or even if the inflect director does some sort of news conference, I think those are the things to pay attention to because in certain cases, like the Ohio statecase, there are opportunities, whether it's a slim crack in the door or a decently sized opening in the door, to get the full time job. Now, I think at places like the Louisiana schools, both Monroe and Lafayette, you're seeing a national coaching search already starting. So the chances of an interim under those previous regimes Bob Mark and of course being there forever fifteen years at Lafayette and Keith Richard close to that at Monroe, the all time winning is Sun Belt Conference coaches in the conference's history, and they're both gone within twenty four hours. Those to me feel like we're going in an entirely different direction. The interim, you know, would be a great story if they can win some games, maybe make a run to the Sun Belt championship, But I don't know if there's a pathway for them to actually get the job.

I don't think unless there's some sort of forward statement that was made by the athletic director in the press release, or even if the inflect director does some sort of news conference, I think those are the things to pay attention to because in certain cases, like the Ohio statecase, there are opportunities, whether it's a slim crack in the door or a decently sized opening in the door, to get the full time job. Now, I think at places like the Louisiana schools, both Monroe and Lafayette, you're seeing a national coaching search already starting. So the chances of an interim under those previous regimes Bob Mark and of course being there forever fifteen years at Lafayette and Keith Richard close to that at Monroe, the all time winning is Sun Belt Conference coaches in the conference's history, and they're both gone within twenty four hours. Those to me feel like we're going in an entirely different direction. The interim, you know, would be a great story if they can win some games, maybe make a run to the Sun Belt championship, But I don't know if there's a pathway for them to actually get the job.

You know, if you're trying to gauge it, you really have to go case by case. There's really no shortcuts.

You know, if you're trying to gauge it, you really have to go case by case. There's really no shortcuts.

YEP. I think that that's so well said as well. Much like when I handicap college basketball games, every single game is its own, living, breathing entity. Every single one of these teams, every single one of these teams, as you mentioned the two Louisiana schools along with Miami, certainly interesting cases all three of those as well as we're being joined by Fred Rocke Miller does such great work over at Brad can here at it or joining me right here on steep say Rocco. In terms of the action that we're going to be seeing on Saturday, a little bit of a mismatch because we're gonna have some of these teams are going to be jumping into conference play, going to be their first game ever since the holidays, and they get right into it. Meanwhile, we've got other of these teams, mainly the SEC, that they've got like one more non conference game remaining. How do you take a look at that shift from non conference play to conference games, because I do think that conference games just have a little bit of a different dynamic, and even going a little bit further, even a conference like the Big Ten, where maybe you've gotten a few conference games already under your belt, it's just different when you get those conference games in Sate January and February rather than those early December late November conference games.

YEP. I think that that's so well said as well. Much like when I handicap college basketball games, every single game is its own, living, breathing entity. Every single one of these teams, every single one of these teams, as you mentioned the two Louisiana schools along with Miami, certainly interesting cases all three of those as well as we're being joined by Fred Rocke Miller does such great work over at Brad can here at it or joining me right here on steep say Rocco. In terms of the action that we're going to be seeing on Saturday, a little bit of a mismatch because we're gonna have some of these teams are going to be jumping into conference play, going to be their first game ever since the holidays, and they get right into it. Meanwhile, we've got other of these teams, mainly the SEC, that they've got like one more non conference game remaining. How do you take a look at that shift from non conference play to conference games, because I do think that conference games just have a little bit of a different dynamic, and even going a little bit further, even a conference like the Big Ten, where maybe you've gotten a few conference games already under your belt, it's just different when you get those conference games in Sate January and February rather than those early December late November conference games.

Yeah, because I think in general, you've learned more about your team, and your opponents can also prepare better about your team because there's more sample size on both ends, you know, depending on the league and depending on how long those staffs have been around. You know, we have some leagues this year where you'll have five or six new head coaches, like the like the CAAA, for example, I think there's five there, there's five in the horizon. But then there's other leagues where you might only have one or two or zero new head coaches. I think they're going to scheme them up pretty hard, like we have the Mountain West starting Saturday.

Yeah, because I think in general, you've learned more about your team, and your opponents can also prepare better about your team because there's more sample size on both ends, you know, depending on the league and depending on how long those staffs have been around. You know, we have some leagues this year where you'll have five or six new head coaches, like the like the CAAA, for example, I think there's five there, there's five in the horizon. But then there's other leagues where you might only have one or two or zero new head coaches. I think they're going to scheme them up pretty hard, like we have the Mountain West starting Saturday.

I think that's the headline for any league play. You know.

I think that's the headline for any league play. You know.

I think they're four very healthy, really solid Mountain West games on schedule this Saturday, and then the fifth one, you know, not bad between Fresno and UNLV, but.

I think they're four very healthy, really solid Mountain West games on schedule this Saturday, and then the fifth one, you know, not bad between Fresno and UNLV, but.

You see a matchup with Utah State and San Diego State.

You see a matchup with Utah State and San Diego State.

Now that's interesting because Calhoun hasn't coached in this league yet, and he's very different in his approach. He's brought in some different defensive elements through his experience at Youngstown, so that one could be really interesting. A little bit more of a wild card. But you know, when you have a Patino versus Medbed matchup in four Collins, and you have even though Sundance Wicks is new technically as a head coach, Toyoman, he's been around the Linder system. You kind of have an idea of what you're gonna see there between him and Nevada. And then with Boise State taken on San Jose State, that's Alvaro cardenis running Boise State's show as the point guard.

Now that's interesting because Calhoun hasn't coached in this league yet, and he's very different in his approach. He's brought in some different defensive elements through his experience at Youngstown, so that one could be really interesting. A little bit more of a wild card. But you know, when you have a Patino versus Medbed matchup in four Collins, and you have even though Sundance Wicks is new technically as a head coach, Toyoman, he's been around the Linder system. You kind of have an idea of what you're gonna see there between him and Nevada. And then with Boise State taken on San Jose State, that's Alvaro cardenis running Boise State's show as the point guard.

Now, who's Tim Miles?

Now, who's Tim Miles?

You know, three year point guard in Tim Miles and Leon Rice very good friends. There's only so much chess you can play, even if you have new players, So I think that it's going to really be it's more difficult to score baskets.

You know, three year point guard in Tim Miles and Leon Rice very good friends. There's only so much chess you can play, even if you have new players, So I think that it's going to really be it's more difficult to score baskets.

It's more difficult to.

It's more difficult to.

Get into a rhythm when you're playing your you know, whether you want to call them brothers, sisters, cousins, teams that know you best and can take you out of what you're good at. It's an extra layer of challenging that you don't get in the non conference. You're going to see a lot of that in the Mount West. And then of course we have the WCC starting as well. So very exciting because the best teams and the ones that can get to march are the ones who can continuously make the right adjustments or continuously anticipate what the opponent has planned against them. And you can bank on some history there with some of these guys, but with like the Jery Calhouns and whatnot, It'll be really excited to see how they navigate this new frontier.

Get into a rhythm when you're playing your you know, whether you want to call them brothers, sisters, cousins, teams that know you best and can take you out of what you're good at. It's an extra layer of challenging that you don't get in the non conference. You're going to see a lot of that in the Mount West. And then of course we have the WCC starting as well. So very exciting because the best teams and the ones that can get to march are the ones who can continuously make the right adjustments or continuously anticipate what the opponent has planned against them. And you can bank on some history there with some of these guys, but with like the Jery Calhouns and whatnot, It'll be really excited to see how they navigate this new frontier.

Yep, I'm right there with you. I do think that it's gonna be a lot of fun as what we're going to be seeing in terms of those new coaches as well as Rockemeller, who does such great workover at Bracteer dot org joining me on soups saying one other team, I think it's going to be really interesting as well that we're going to be seeing in the coming days. What can we expect it out of a team like a Penn State in the Big Ten, because we do have a lot of conference realignment this year, which means that we're going to be seeing as you were talking about, you typically get a lot of familiarity with these conference teams and you don't have as much of that this year, And say, the Big twelve. You don't have as much of that when these Big ten teams have to pace off against the former Pac twelve teams. And I always think that that's interesting when you have like a to sink style in a conference of playing like super fast super slow in the Southland, it's all about generating turnovers, and you've got a team that tries to, for lack of a better term, zag when everyone else is zigging. And I think that those teams set themselves up to either have really really good or really really bad results. And I personally just don't find these teams to really land somewhere in the middle.

Yep, I'm right there with you. I do think that it's gonna be a lot of fun as what we're going to be seeing in terms of those new coaches as well as Rockemeller, who does such great workover at Bracteer dot org joining me on soups saying one other team, I think it's going to be really interesting as well that we're going to be seeing in the coming days. What can we expect it out of a team like a Penn State in the Big Ten, because we do have a lot of conference realignment this year, which means that we're going to be seeing as you were talking about, you typically get a lot of familiarity with these conference teams and you don't have as much of that this year, And say, the Big twelve. You don't have as much of that when these Big ten teams have to pace off against the former Pac twelve teams. And I always think that that's interesting when you have like a to sink style in a conference of playing like super fast super slow in the Southland, it's all about generating turnovers, and you've got a team that tries to, for lack of a better term, zag when everyone else is zigging. And I think that those teams set themselves up to either have really really good or really really bad results. And I personally just don't find these teams to really land somewhere in the middle.

Yeah, no doubt.

Yeah, no doubt.

You know I would lean on in Penn States case, I would lean on the side of success. Been high on them since before the season, but even getting to see them in person. I was at the UNBC game back in the first weekend of the season with Ace ball Would running the show in his sixth year. You know, you have Freddie dillone, who is a really nice addition. Huff Johnson's been around, Nick Kern's been around, Zach Hicks has been around, and I think the real difference maker is Conan Niederhauser, A seven foot two point fifty monster in the middle. Keeping him out of al trouble, of course, is paramount on a game to game basis, But I think you know what it comes down to in the Big Ten and in any league, really is which teams can actually win on the road. I think Penn State will be a really solid home team. I think when the students get back whenever that is, I'm assuming mid January, from that point forward, they're going to be a really, really.

You know I would lean on in Penn States case, I would lean on the side of success. Been high on them since before the season, but even getting to see them in person. I was at the UNBC game back in the first weekend of the season with Ace ball Would running the show in his sixth year. You know, you have Freddie dillone, who is a really nice addition. Huff Johnson's been around, Nick Kern's been around, Zach Hicks has been around, and I think the real difference maker is Conan Niederhauser, A seven foot two point fifty monster in the middle. Keeping him out of al trouble, of course, is paramount on a game to game basis, But I think you know what it comes down to in the Big Ten and in any league, really is which teams can actually win on the road. I think Penn State will be a really solid home team. I think when the students get back whenever that is, I'm assuming mid January, from that point forward, they're going to be a really, really.

Tough team to beat in Happy Valley.

Tough team to beat in Happy Valley.

But I also think this roster, especially with Ace baldwins leadership and playing the most important position in point guard and being the floor general, and he's really really respected by his teammates. You don't see that on a lot of rosters, not even at the highest major level. I think that's going to help them win road games. And you know what we always say, Greg, when you can win on the road, you're you're going.

But I also think this roster, especially with Ace baldwins leadership and playing the most important position in point guard and being the floor general, and he's really really respected by his teammates. You don't see that on a lot of rosters, not even at the highest major level. I think that's going to help them win road games. And you know what we always say, Greg, when you can win on the road, you're you're going.

To have a resume where the committee has to put you in. I think Penn State's going to.

To have a resume where the committee has to put you in. I think Penn State's going to.

Get their fair share of road wins, whether it's four, whether it's five, maybe even more, and they don't have any right now, so they got to get them all in league play. But they're a team that I feel good about, and I think that's a good outline for any type of team. So like the opposite I think of Penn State might be Rutgers, where they're leaning on two freshman phenoms. There's a high ceiling for them, no doubt, but we would have seen them stumble a little bit. They took a tough loss to Rutgers, lost to Princeton, and of course earlier lost to Tennesa, lost some really close games there with Texas A and M and Alabama, and they beat Penn State.

Get their fair share of road wins, whether it's four, whether it's five, maybe even more, and they don't have any right now, so they got to get them all in league play. But they're a team that I feel good about, and I think that's a good outline for any type of team. So like the opposite I think of Penn State might be Rutgers, where they're leaning on two freshman phenoms. There's a high ceiling for them, no doubt, but we would have seen them stumble a little bit. They took a tough loss to Rutgers, lost to Princeton, and of course earlier lost to Tennesa, lost some really close games there with Texas A and M and Alabama, and they beat Penn State.

But the potential and all that's there. But a team like that to win on the road consistently.

But the potential and all that's there. But a team like that to win on the road consistently.

History is certainly not on their side, and the possibility of those guys maybe checking out before March to get ready for the NBA Draft is always there. So those are the teams I wouldn't put a ton of faith in. I would look for that experience. I'd look for that solid point guard play at the senior experience level. And I think that's the biggest difference between Otherwise, like a Rutgers Penn State comparison, they might be pretty even on paper, but there's a big difference there between how those fosters are built and how much investment they have in team success this year.

History is certainly not on their side, and the possibility of those guys maybe checking out before March to get ready for the NBA Draft is always there. So those are the teams I wouldn't put a ton of faith in. I would look for that experience. I'd look for that solid point guard play at the senior experience level. And I think that's the biggest difference between Otherwise, like a Rutgers Penn State comparison, they might be pretty even on paper, but there's a big difference there between how those fosters are built and how much investment they have in team success this year.

No doubt about it, and I think that that is going to be so interesting to look at. I'm very intrigued by Penn State and really what we're going to be seeing in the entirety of the Big Ten because coming into the year, I felt like we didn't have that one clear final four team, but we didn't have whole lot of duds. I'm sorry, Roco, but for Washington it's been a little bit of a dud for them thus far this season. It's been a dud for like two or three teams Minnesota as well. But I know other than that, once again a very tightly to conference in which we know that even for Washington, when you have to travel through two or three time zones, that's a big elixir for that team as well. It's joining me on the show we do have Rocko Miller does tremendous workover i Bracketteer dot Org. Joining me on Cascos Stepson Rocco. I know that one of the great things that you're doing this year is that mid major show on the Field of sixty eight with Sean Paul, and I want to get your thoughts as what we saw in this sound conferencely with the mid major teams, because I'm not sure about you, but I was just hoping for a little bit more out of some of these top flight teams like Grand Canyon. I think that's fair to say they haven't had the start to the season that we were hoping for. Saint Louis certainly has been falling short expectations. You're able to go down the list. There have been a few nice surprises, but what have you just gathered from the main major front, because now I think that there's a lot of major teams that we thought that they were going to be able to run their conference that now there's a few question marks with teams like Vermont and Colgate and teams like that.

No doubt about it, and I think that that is going to be so interesting to look at. I'm very intrigued by Penn State and really what we're going to be seeing in the entirety of the Big Ten because coming into the year, I felt like we didn't have that one clear final four team, but we didn't have whole lot of duds. I'm sorry, Roco, but for Washington it's been a little bit of a dud for them thus far this season. It's been a dud for like two or three teams Minnesota as well. But I know other than that, once again a very tightly to conference in which we know that even for Washington, when you have to travel through two or three time zones, that's a big elixir for that team as well. It's joining me on the show we do have Rocko Miller does tremendous workover i Bracketteer dot Org. Joining me on Cascos Stepson Rocco. I know that one of the great things that you're doing this year is that mid major show on the Field of sixty eight with Sean Paul, and I want to get your thoughts as what we saw in this sound conferencely with the mid major teams, because I'm not sure about you, but I was just hoping for a little bit more out of some of these top flight teams like Grand Canyon. I think that's fair to say they haven't had the start to the season that we were hoping for. Saint Louis certainly has been falling short expectations. You're able to go down the list. There have been a few nice surprises, but what have you just gathered from the main major front, because now I think that there's a lot of major teams that we thought that they were going to be able to run their conference that now there's a few question marks with teams like Vermont and Colgate and teams like that.

Yeah, it's been interesting, hasn't it.

Yeah, it's been interesting, hasn't it.

I think all those teams with the expectations coming in. I think there's three big ones that would be Grand Canyon, McNeice, and High Point in my opinion, that had a lot of preseason hype. Probably all three were in our top five at the start of the year, and I think for a variety of reasons, they've had a lot of inconsistent play, whether there's you know, Grand Canyon had a little bit of injury.

I think all those teams with the expectations coming in. I think there's three big ones that would be Grand Canyon, McNeice, and High Point in my opinion, that had a lot of preseason hype. Probably all three were in our top five at the start of the year, and I think for a variety of reasons, they've had a lot of inconsistent play, whether there's you know, Grand Canyon had a little bit of injury.

Issues with High Point. They've had an interesting conundrum in terms of their roster.

Issues with High Point. They've had an interesting conundrum in terms of their roster.

It goes so deep that basically everybody's worthy of minutes, but you only have so many minutes you can spread out across ten to eleven guys, and I just think they haven't really got a great grip on that quite yet.

It goes so deep that basically everybody's worthy of minutes, but you only have so many minutes you can spread out across ten to eleven guys, and I just think they haven't really got a great grip on that quite yet.

Also, when they do have the injuries, it's easier, but then you're down.

Also, when they do have the injuries, it's easier, but then you're down.

Kind of, you know, one of your tools and your toolkit, which is also keeping the margins really thin.

Kind of, you know, one of your tools and your toolkit, which is also keeping the margins really thin.

We saw them down in the Paradise Jam.

We saw them down in the Paradise Jam.

They were able to come out of that thing two to one, but very disappointing to lose to Missouri State by ten there and then of course be real tight with Old Dominion and Hampton, two teams.

They were able to come out of that thing two to one, but very disappointing to lose to Missouri State by ten there and then of course be real tight with Old Dominion and Hampton, two teams.

On paper, they should be able to handle with.

On paper, they should be able to handle with.

All that talent, and they've been trying to recover since then. I think they're starting to. In Grand Cannon's case, they've been dealing.

All that talent, and they've been trying to recover since then. I think they're starting to. In Grand Cannon's case, they've been dealing.

With the injuries, they're barely skating by and the jury's out. Now they're even gonna be able to win the whack. You know, U t Arlington the Seattle YouTube.

With the injuries, they're barely skating by and the jury's out. Now they're even gonna be able to win the whack. You know, U t Arlington the Seattle YouTube.

Even though they have a bad record at five and eight, they just got Kobe Williamson played its first game in that upset over Washington. Matthew Alexander Bonkreef is their most talented player. He was out three games. So I do think Seattle use a factor in the whack race. It is very surprising because we didn't really know the health status of some of these Grand Cannon guys, and we figured with the continuity, they'd be great in the talent, but it just hasn't clicked yet. On the other hand, that could make them more dangerous later in the year, so you got to just monitor them game by game and then with McNee pretty similar to like a hybrid of the two. They did get the North Texas win, they got a couple other night wins, but for the most part, it's been somewhat disappointing. They haven't been completely destroying opponents. So we'll see what they got as the Southland begins. I think they open with New Orleans this weekend or on Monday. They've got to run through that league if they are who we thought they were. They also didn't do enough to stay in that large conversation, So they're basically fighting for a twelve or thirteen seed.

Even though they have a bad record at five and eight, they just got Kobe Williamson played its first game in that upset over Washington. Matthew Alexander Bonkreef is their most talented player. He was out three games. So I do think Seattle use a factor in the whack race. It is very surprising because we didn't really know the health status of some of these Grand Cannon guys, and we figured with the continuity, they'd be great in the talent, but it just hasn't clicked yet. On the other hand, that could make them more dangerous later in the year, so you got to just monitor them game by game and then with McNee pretty similar to like a hybrid of the two. They did get the North Texas win, they got a couple other night wins, but for the most part, it's been somewhat disappointing. They haven't been completely destroying opponents. So we'll see what they got as the Southland begins. I think they open with New Orleans this weekend or on Monday. They've got to run through that league if they are who we thought they were. They also didn't do enough to stay in that large conversation, So they're basically fighting for a twelve or thirteen seed.

That's their ceiling right now.

That's their ceiling right now.

And then with Vermont and Colgate, I think, you know, Colgate has struggled in non conference in years past, so I think the jury's out, they might still be okay. Vermont TJ Long being out, shmir Bogues being out, they finally come back. They haven't looked themselves. They had terrible games in that thirty point loss to Dartmouth. But I do think if they can get to full strength, that those guys actually play to their typical potential, Vermont should still be able to find a way to win the league like they somehow do every year until that point. Until we see it with our own eyes, New mess Lull deserves to be the pick I think to win the league.

And then with Vermont and Colgate, I think, you know, Colgate has struggled in non conference in years past, so I think the jury's out, they might still be okay. Vermont TJ Long being out, shmir Bogues being out, they finally come back. They haven't looked themselves. They had terrible games in that thirty point loss to Dartmouth. But I do think if they can get to full strength, that those guys actually play to their typical potential, Vermont should still be able to find a way to win the league like they somehow do every year until that point. Until we see it with our own eyes, New mess Lull deserves to be the pick I think to win the league.

Based on what we saw on the non conference. On the flip side of that, Greg, we have a lot of great stories.

Based on what we saw on the non conference. On the flip side of that, Greg, we have a lot of great stories.

UC San Diego has been unbelievable in their first year as an eligible NCAA tournament team.

UC San Diego has been unbelievable in their first year as an eligible NCAA tournament team.

I got to cover them down in Daytona Beach.

I got to cover them down in Daytona Beach.

They steam rolled through that tournament, won the championship over Toledo by a near thirty points.

They steam rolled through that tournament, won the championship over Toledo by a near thirty points.

They got the big piece of.

They got the big piece of.

Gold by winning at Utah State, so now they're going to be interesting from that large resume standpoint if they can start big West play hot.

Gold by winning at Utah State, so now they're going to be interesting from that large resume standpoint if they can start big West play hot.

Irvine, of course, has been a great story.

Irvine, of course, has been a great story.

And I think the two biggest stories are Drake still undefeated in Liberty, winning the Paradise Jam, and coming into an amazing Conference USA with just the one loss.

And I think the two biggest stories are Drake still undefeated in Liberty, winning the Paradise Jam, and coming into an amazing Conference USA with just the one loss.

Yeah, and you talk about Conference USA Middle Tennessee. They didn't get the job down against Tennessee, but on Monday we saw them have the lead at the half on the road in Knoxville. So I think that that is going to be an absolutely tremendous conference. I think that we are in for a great second half of the college basketball season because he's not conference games. We've got for a lot of these teams, maybe one or so remaining, but as we know, on Saturday, conference play it really gets started for money and Roco, you're always ready to go, You're oh started, You're you're always guessed up. And I know you've been doing a tremendous job gauging this game of college basketball. I know that you're doing many great things this season. So love to get people at home, No it's all on top for you and how people can fall on on social media other platforms.

Yeah, and you talk about Conference USA Middle Tennessee. They didn't get the job down against Tennessee, but on Monday we saw them have the lead at the half on the road in Knoxville. So I think that that is going to be an absolutely tremendous conference. I think that we are in for a great second half of the college basketball season because he's not conference games. We've got for a lot of these teams, maybe one or so remaining, but as we know, on Saturday, conference play it really gets started for money and Roco, you're always ready to go, You're oh started, You're you're always guessed up. And I know you've been doing a tremendous job gauging this game of college basketball. I know that you're doing many great things this season. So love to get people at home, No it's all on top for you and how people can fall on on social media other platforms.

Yeah, I appreciate it. Greg.

Yeah, I appreciate it. Greg.

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Is going to be a learning experience and great opportunity to figure out where the season's taking us.

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Greg, Yep, it certainly is. It's going to be such an interesting sort of shall we say, turning of the calendar on over to conference play. I know that Rocco, he is locked in, He's all ready to go for it. He's been doing a great job covering this great game since like June and July when we were wondering what was happening in the transfer portal. He's been there for it all. He's been joining me on the podcast all throughout and always do appreciate him. That's one thing that I'm very thankful for this holiday season. So a big thanks to Rocco for joining me on sep Style part of the Vison Family podcast and coming in next. Games have returned into our lives. We've got ourselves a nice Saturday card. I'll give you guys pix an announcements on every game un betting or for this college bagball Saturday. Next as the ADM bank Shots and we're ran here love be Las Vegas because because SEP's with myself, Grege Speederson now part of the Visa Family podcast. Always great to be joined by Rocke Miller. It does such tremendous workover at pracketeer dot org. They get a look at this great game that we all know, love of college basketball. Every single time he joins me when such great insights. Did so once again today, so big thanks sim for joining me and last segment. Now it is that time the podcast I give you picks and analysis on every game on the betting board for this college basketball Saturday. As we had some bank shots. Most financial establishments calls at a certain time, but not here. It is time for a sign in total on every game on today's betting board bank shots. Do you note that, as per usual, any changes that are made to these plays will be listed up on my Twitter slash x feed at you. At unders forty one, we are going to be going in Las Vegas station or this is where we go with the games on the normal Las Vegas betting board and then the games involving these conferences the Atlantic Sun, the Patriot League, the MIAC, the SWACK, the Big South, the Self Win, the Northeast Conference. If I haven't set so already, the America East, those are going to be the games at the bottom. I will do one segment of the normal laws Vegas betting Board, and then we'll at the extra games in the final segment. So how about if we get things started with six O one, six or two on the card Memphis is playing onst the ole Miss. Ole Miss is a one to one a half point underdog total ons game between one fifty one a half to a one fifty two. I'm all on to lay of the one half with Memphis. I did set them as a two point favorite for Memphis. This team has been a little bit on disciplained with regards they're turning the ball over, and they do face off against the ole Miss team that in terms of turnovers on a per offensive play basis, they're actually number one in all of college basketball. They've been great with that regard, but this is an ole Miss team that isn't quite the same when they're on the road rather than when they are at Allman, this is an ole Miss team that I do have a little bit of fear with their three point shooting defense. They do allow upon its to shoot it a little bit north of thirty one percent from three point in shown Memphis, they've been allowing teams to shoot about thirty five and a half percent from three point and jets an issue. But this has been a Memphis team that has been a bruns and burner from a three point range all season long. Memphis tenth in the country in terms of the air three point shooting percentage. P Ja Haggerty has been able to sply the team with Arthur twenty points per contest, and you've got a team that I think is going to be able to win the battle on the board. Stein Deane has been able to give you six plus rebounds per game. This is a Omas team that is built in the likeness of Chris Beard. And as we know with Chris Beard, he doesn't necessarily have the world's greatest amount of size. Typically with his teams, they are a little bit more guys that are able to be positionless with regards their asyl and Sean Baduo has been great. Comes in from Virginia Tech nearly fifteen points three point eight boards, three point eight assists and has been able to fly the team with about two and a half seals per game. Gonna be a little bit of an issue for Memphis team that has been turned the ball for quite a bit. But Memphis has been executing quite well late in games. You've got a pair of guys in Terree Hunter along Kobe Rodgers who have been really nice Robbins to the batman o pga agrity. As for a Hunter, he's been able to give you three and a half assists the only Apple contests, and for this Memphis team, they do generate a little bit over seven seals per contest as well, with the likes of Nick Jordan and Musasise combined for about eleven rebounds. Preeam, I think that Memphis has just enough down low to be able to get the job done against an ole Miss team that I think that they're going to give up a few too many second and third chances. Now. Ole Miss comes in playing some very good defense sixty three points for fear allowed in every game here in the month of December. I meanwhile, for Memphis, this has been a team that just has been a nice flamethrower where the guards of their offense they have been held the below seventy points and now two out of their last three games, so that was against Virginia Mississippi State. Do you think that they bounce back here a little bit more in terms of that offense. I did se my total out of one to fifty two. Right now we're seeing between one fifty one after a one to fifty two and a half. Since this is a little bit of an earlier game two o'clock PM Eastern time, tip, I lead a little bit more towards that one fifty two and a half under as I do think that these teams might be a little bit russy coming off of Christmas breaks in on the under animal after one and a half year with Memphis six three, six four on the banking board, Davidson is playing out to Eastern Michigan. Eastern Michigan fifteen to fifteen, a half point underdogs, and all this game is one forty four. I'm gonna be one to lay with Davidson. Did say Davidson as an eighteen and a half point favorite. The one trepidation that you do have to have with Davidson. They have not been a good defensive team. They are outside the top two fifty in terms of points allowed on a perposession basis for Davidson two hundred and eighty third in the country in terms upon a three point shooting percentage, but Eastern Michigan three one hundred and forty second in terms of uponent three point shooting percentage. How big outlier they're allowing punis to shoot thirty two point two percent from three point on the road, fifty one point four percent at home. I'm abless to say, I do think that the number irons out. I think that they give up a little bit more from three when they are on the road and at home. I do think that they're not gonna end the season giving them North a fifty percent three point shooting. But this is a Davidson team that they do a nice shot popping in from three themselves. At home, they've been able to shoot forty percent from distance. They do lose a few guys from season ago, and this is a little bit of a hot top heavy Davidson team, But those big three for Davidson have been rocks Oid headlined by Reid Bailey is able to give you nineteen points some boards three and emphasis shooting fifty percent from three. Bobby Dirkin shoots forty five and a half percent from the outside fifteen and a half points, see and a half per game, while Connor cacherra throws in their fifteen points, three assists, four and a half rebounds per game. So these guys been rock solid for David's a team that is a top fifty team in terms of protecting the ball, only about ten turnovers per contest. Eastern Michigan has been able to turn over a little bit of a new leaf themselves with the two De Paul transfers into Sean Nelson Jail and Terry leaving Away. They're combined for about thirty one points, eleven boards, a little bit over five assists and three steals per game. Terry is shooting about forty two percent from three point and ten. Been able to get some nice contributions with fourteen points three and emphasis and thirty six percent three point shooting as well out of mister Henry and Christian Henry. But and it's a little bit of top heavy team themselves. Other than Terry and Nelson, you don't have a lot downlow. Jalen Billingsley has been able to give you about five rebounds per game, and then for Eastern Michigan the thirteen turnovers per game that can be a little bit costly for Eastern Michigan as well. They're allowing a lot of teams to be able to get second and third chances himself. Percentage of misshots that are allowed to be an offensive rebound on the road, they're allowing opponents for a rebound thirty four point eight percent of their mishots, and it's a little bit of an issue. I think that Davidson going to be able to take advantage of those second and third chances. And this Davidson offense legitimately has been rock solid seventy five plus points in three of their last four games. Eastern Michigan, they've been able to get things going as well, but they've also given up seventy six plus in each other the last four games as well. So do you think that this is a lesson savory situation for Eastern Michigan on the road? Did somebody total at one forty four and a half, So you're at the one forty four in on the over end one way up to eighteen with Davidson sixty five six to six. This will be a game that I ride up as George Mason is going to be playing us at Mount Saint Mary's end, the Mount finds themselves as fifteen point underdog cetle on this game. So now between one thirty eight and a half to a one to thirty nine, and I'm going to be riding up the under I saw might toll at one thirty one a half. This George Mason defense has been great. They're a top twenty five team the country in terms of points allowed on a purposession basis, going against some Montset Mary team that's clocking in and then neighbored about three hundred and twenty ninth in terms of turnover townty purposession basis. I would say Mary's traditionally known as a slower team. Over the last two years, they've picked up the tempo a little bit, but not like this team is playing at warp speed. Ninety third of the country in terms of possessions per game, not like they're playing at a salespace by any stretch of the imagination. But George Mason is a little bit of a slower team during twenty first in the country in terms of total possessions per game. This despite the fact that earlier in the year they played a double overtime game against Eastern Carolina. And for the George Mason team, they struggled a little bit from the outside. Like Darius Maddocks last year was shooting forty percent for three this year that's dound to about thirty percent. Still supplying the team with fourteen points per contest, Giovanni Emmarrougi is able to give you ten points five and a half boards per contest. Woody Newton is able to thrown their five and a half boards per game as well. And for George Mason, they do need to cut down on the turnovers themselves, about thirteen turnovers per contest. And for Mount Saint Mary's it's been a little bit better on the turnover front, but still fifteen point eight turnovers per game. That's lessoned savory. In the backcourt, Dallas Hobbs has been rock solid. But Dallas Hobbs has been out since the beginning part of the month of December. He's been able to supply the team before team points per game, so they've had to rely upon the horsepower down low, and I mean it's been good. Joey Cordelia Terrell art Alon Dola at Baio. These three guys have been able to combine for about twenty one and a half to twenty two rebounds per game. But in the backboard, that means that you've been relying upon Carmelo Pacheco has been able to give you about eight points per contest. To really lead the way. Xavier Lipscomb, a career forty percent three point shooter, has been shooting closer to thirty two percent from three this year. Has become a better facilitator. But I do think that for Mont Saint Mary's, they're really up against it. That Hobbs injury has been earning them quite a bit. So I did seb my number out a fifteen and a half here at fifteen gonna be well in the way with George Mason then with the right up, I just don't see where the scoring comes from. I'm in on the under sell my total one thirty one and a half six to seven to six of eight. On the bank board, Georgia State is playing US a mercer. Mercer does find themselves US one to one half point underdogs. It's all game between one to fifty five dolls one to fifty six and did seth my total, I had a one fifty and a half. I'm going to be in on the under as both of these teams certainly have left a little bit of something to be desired on defense, but not like these two teams have been the mona lease of Vetos of offense either. And now you've got a Georgia State team as well, outside the top two fifty in terms of points scoring on a per possession basis. And I'd like the job that Ryan Ritters right now doing over at Mercer, but there's still only about Underneedy first in the country in terms of points scored on a per possession basis, and both of these teams are looking to play up tempo. Don't get a twist at both of these teams inside the top one twenty five in terms of total possessions per game, but I think that's a little bit of a work in progress with regards to both of these offenses, as both of them just turn the ball over a little bit too much. You've got both of these teams turned the ball over north of thirteen times for contest, including four turnoverser game from Abad Robinson on the side of Mercer, though he has run in there fifty nine points, four boards, five assists, so has been a little bit of a do it all sort of guy for a Mercer team that they shoot about thirty two percent from three parrangs. They've got some nice rise up here from il montas junior comes in from Fordham to be able to shoot about forty percent from three part and in and a half points per game with nine plus points each had the last three contests, so you do like to see that. And then Alex holdown Low for Mercery has been able to give you about seven or set rebounds per game. It's going to be BA because Georgia State has actually been pretty rock solid on the glass far Nicholas mcmoll in the transfer from unc Asheville. He has applied the team with ten points ten boards per contest. Love what he's able to provide there, but it is a Georgia State team as shooting just thirty two percent from three pints. I feel like they're leaving a little bit too much on the playoff. Zerrech Nutter, it's been nice fifteen half points, three and af boards stre and emphasis per contest, but isn't necessarily a great three point shooter. He's had to be sort of like a six foot seven point forward. You've had a little bit of the owners taken off by Malachai Brown being able to give you about three assists per contests coming in from Seaton Hall. But you do have a Georgia State team overall they shoot about thirty two percent from three point inch. Both of these teams get up and down, and both of these teams lacks a days ago with regards their defense. But both of these teams leaving a lot to be desired on offense. For Georgia State, sixty three points for few in each other the last three games, so they've given up seventy seven plus in each other last five. Get out situation on something's got to give. Do you think that Georgia State should be the favorite here? But I haven't necessarily love what I've seen out of them in terms of the offense, But I do think that they find a way to get the job done on the glass. I did sep my line at four and a half. I'm gonna be will to lay the small number with Georgia State and I'm in on the under semi total one to fifty and a half, six and nine six cent on the baking board. Another game though, write up as Evelien Christian is on the road against Texas A and M. A and M is a twenty four point favorite, and your total hons game is one forty one, and I'm going to write up the under set by total one thirty five and a half. Both of these teams outside the top two thirty in terms of three point shooting percentage. Texas A and M been one of the better defensive teams in all of college basketball. They rank in the top twenty in terms of points allowed on a per possession basis, and he should be able to absolutely dominate on the glass in terms of percentage of miss shots. The results in an offensive rebound Texas A and M who in all of college basketball going up against an abling Christian team that they're always won the better teams in all of college basketball generating turnovers and they are always a team that turns ball over themselves fourteen turnovers per game for an ablaing Christian team. As outside the top two hundred in terms of total possessions per game, their games get sloppy, they get a little bit slowed down. You've got ke on Williams, who comes on over from Oklahoma State, who's been solid splid the team with fourteen a half points, five and a half boards and half assist per game. Like is do it all sort of mentality for a team that very much as holds greater than the sum of its parts. Typically they're going about nine or ten deep with reguards to rotation. Hunter Jack Madden has really been their main outside shooter over the last few seasons, shooting just thirty four percent from three this season then a half points per contest. I do like the man from Italy and Leonardo but Heal who's been able to give you about fifteen and a half points per contest. But I do think that Texas A and M going to be very cifling on the glass. You've got a pair of guys in the back court that I truly do appreciate and Zerike Phillips along Way Taylor and combined twenty nine points three and a half steals per game. Taylor has been your main facilitator with about four and a half assists per game. They are turned the ball for twelve and a half times per game despite not being an uptempo team, and they have improved upon their three point shooting from a season ago, still only shooting about thirty one a half percent from three parts, so that's a bit of an issue. And then Manny Obaseku, who shot north of forty percent for three parts for the team last season seven a half points, only shooting about twenty three and a half percent from three. So if so many guys are able to sply you with north of four and a half to five rebound spring Farrel Payne, Henry Coleman, Anderson Garcia Souloman Washington, these three guys have been able to combuy him four in that neighbor at about twenty one to twenty two rebounds per game. So Texas A and M should absolutely dominate on the boards. And I do think that Texas A and M gets a job done. But again, their twelve and a half turnover three game against an Ablain Christian team that is very hard to prepare for. I think that Eblin Christian stays in this game, and I think that this is a yucky, sloppy game. So I'm going to be riding up the under some my total one thirty five and a half some line at twenty one a half, so I won't take twenty four here with Ablain Christian six eleven, six twelve on the Benning board. Sun Diago State is going to be playing out to Utah State. UTA State an underdog of four points. In your total un scheme is one forty five? Did some my total one forty three? I mean on the under UTAs State has been a top thirty five team in turist point scored on a per possession basis, and I'm not sure if they get the job outright on the money line. It's just so hard to be able to win at the VAA Center. But for San Diego State, I do feel like their three point shooting has been built a little bit on sand. For San Diego s overall, they're about one hundred and sixty ninth, very nice in terms of point score on a per possession basis, but they're three point shooting. I just feel like it's gone to the moon and it's only going to be going downward. Their top seventy five team with regards they are three point shooting percent. I like when Nicholas Point is able to bring to the table. He and Miles Bird have been able to contribute touple figures for this team, and it has been really interesting what we've been seeing down low on the San Diego State team as he finally has more rebounds than he does blocks, but for the longest of time, you add the freshman who's stands seven feet tall, and Magoon Glothe have more blocks than rebounds right now three point eight rebounds and three point four blocks per contest, So he's been a dominator down low for the seam. But it is also San Diego State team that they're not turning the ball of a ton. They're only turning the ball bah than a half times for contest, but you to State has kept it relatively clean as well. Mason foslof Ia Martinez, this is a backward tying about that I really like. Combining for about thirty four and a half points, just under seven assists per game, Fosloff, he is able to give you two point two seals and shoots forty five percent from three points. For both of these guys that combined h just below forty one percent from three points. Dextercano comes in from Oregon State as males fly the team with eight and a half points per game man though his numbers have fallen off a little bit. Uben gets stairs, say down low, shooting seventy five and a half percent from floor eight a half points, five boards, big man that comes in from the Atlantic Sun. You've got some great depth with this team as well, having someone like at Tucker Anderson come in from Central Arkansas give this team five points. At six foot nine, he's able to pop it from three. Isaac Johnson at seven feet tall, he's able to give you about five points a few rebounds per game as well. I really like this Utah State team. They're doing a nice job cleaning it up on the glass. Again, so hard to be able to win on the road. And we've talked all season long about how good this Utah State team is with regards their offense, but this has been a defense that have stepped up to the plate. San Diego State over last few seasons has played much slower in conference play rather than outside of conference play, So big reasonhy I'm going to be in on the under. Additionally, with Utah State forty first in the country in terms of points allowed on a per possession basis, but if you look at just roaded neutral games, actually a top twelve team in terms of points a lot on a perposesson basis, So we'll take the four year with Utah States of my number three. It's not my total at a one to forty three. So also on the under six thirteen six fourteen on the baking board. Another game that all right up, COYRAC plays US in Mexico. New Mexico open up as a one a half point favorite. Now they're between a pick him to a one point dog and your total own s game is one fifty two. And I like New Mexico right on the money line. I sat in New Mexico as a five and a half point favorite. For New Mexico, they are finding themselves outside the top one hunder terms of point scored on a per possession basis. But I just feel like they've got the best player in this game, and that'd beat Downovan Dent. Donovan Dent nineteen and a half points, seven point three assist per game. That's a top time mark in all of college basketball. Really, aside from that game against ECLA, hasn't been terrible with regards to turnovers. Recognize that he's had three plus turnovers and three at the last five games, but overall has been able to do a pretty rock solid job there. And for Colrad Save, this is just not the same backcourt that we've seen in past years. Recognize that it's hard to head up to four Collins and win. It's a little bit at elevation as well. But and you've got two guys in Jalen Lake along with the Quake Clifford. Guys have combined for a little bit over thirty one points per contest. Clifford has been great down low ten and a half rebounds per game. Lake is able to shoot thirty six percent from three part range. But what are you going to be able to get out of the rest of these guys. Boeing Born has been a disappointment six points per contest, really not dolling out the ball very well. As a matter of fact, this entire team, other than Clifford does not have a main facilitator, so that's a bit of an issue for this team. It is a Carara State team has been slipping a little bit with regards to their defense as well. For this new Mexico team, they should be able to win that battle down low. Mustapha Amziel and No Junior Joseph combined for sixteen rebounds per game. Junior Joseph Alos gives you a block and a half per contest. And how about if we say true true Washington at eleven and a half points shooting forty one a half percent from three with a little bit over two point two seals per contest, again with Coyras set. This is a team that is already lost at home to UC Riverside, albeit a UC Riverside that I do like, but at the same time, that's not necessarily so savory for this team. It is a Carara have state team that additionally, they're only shooting about thirty points six percent from three point range overall. That's about touring seventy six nationally and Colra have said a little bit of sorts turned seventy sixth in terms of fels committed on a per play basis. With a New Mexico team that loves to get after a Cooper or Nolan and guys like this, I do think that they're going to be able to find a way to get the job done on the road. I did set my total out of one fifty three and alf New Mexico a top thirty team with regards to total possessions per game, and this is a car IFC team. I think that they're going to be able to find some scoring opportunities against New Mexico. But I do think that New Mexico drolls out some clean offense, finds his way to get the job done. So writing up New Mexico on the money line slash as a one point underdog. Personally, I'm just going to take their money line and I'm in on the over six fifteen to sixty sixteen on the bakeboard. Another game they'll ride up. As Nevada is on the road against Wyoming. Wyoming and underdog got six a half to have seven points at home. Total in this game is one thirty seven and a half. The elevation in the spot is no joke, and I think that Wyoming is going to give Nevada a good run for their money. I am writing up the points here with Wyoming. Don't quite want the money line in this spot. But for Nevada, they are number two in all of college basketball in terms are a three point I have forty one point six percent. I do think that this is a case of what comes up must come down, and for Wyoming they are a lying teams at home to shoot twenty three percent for three part range. Now, I don't think they're gonna allow neved It only shoot twenty three percent for three part range, but they've been getting after it with that regard. This Cowboys team is rough and tumble under the tutelage of Sundance Wicks. Jordan Nesbit has been a nice edition for the seame ten points eight ports per contest. It is a Wyoming team that's turned the ball for about thirteen and a half times per game. But they've got a clear number one guy Obi oh Jim Hopefully I said that correctly, forty seven a half percent three point shooter, nineteen points per contest shooting actually sixty three and a half percent for three point range when he's at home. Again, that's the number that should be going downward. But for the Savada unit just not the same disciplined team that we've seen in past years. They don't turn the ball over a lot within and a half turnovers screing, but typically this is a team that they really do a great job hitting their free throws, shooting sixty nine percent of the free liw and that's been of an issue and Kobe Sanders and Nick Davidson have had the really trailblaze away for this team. They're combining for about eight a cent thirty points per contest. Davidson does give you about six had rebounds per game, with only one other player giving you North a three and a half boards per contest. You've gotten four point two rebounds seven a half points per game out of the Texas State transfer and Brandon Love. Xavier du Sell is a nice three point shooter that's shooting about forty three percent from the outside. But got of my question marks with regards to Avada team right now, I think that Wyoming going to be able to do a rock solid job on the glass, even though this is a team that, again I do think that the turnovers are going to be a little bit rough for them. It's not like Nevada has been a team has been really taking the ball away themselves. It is a Nevada unit then is playing some good defense. To their credit, this is a bunch that has given up north of seventy three points I believe, just twice ever since they're opening that game against sam Uston State, and this is a Wyoming team that's getting after it as well. Seventy points a few allowed in all but one of their games here in the month of December, with that lone exception coming against a South d coota team playing super duper up tempo. So certains stands for I'm going to be willing to take the points with Wyoming. I think they get a bit of a lower scoring slugs in my total one thirty four and a halfs so also in on the under six six eighteen on the banking board, Columbia is going to be playing us a fairfield. This stag's a fairfield or an underdog of ten points on game one fifty three, I'm gonna be willing to lay with Colombia. I set them as a thirteen point favorite. Colombia has been just one of the better mid major offenses in all of college basketball. And I love Geronimo Rubia de la Rosa. He's been able to do a nice job. Give you nineteen points thrown in there about three assists per contest. But Kenny Nolan has helped dole out the offense as well. He's given you about three and a half assist per game. This for a team has shooting thirty seven percent from three point Engen got some nice stretch ability. Blair Thompson, a former top three to fifty recruit at six foot eight, he's able to pop it out about a thirty five percent clip from three parts, nine and a half points, six a half rebounds per game. If you got the International Man of Mystery, he's on a Dean Betterie who's been able to give you si points, four and a half boards comes in from Algeria. He gives you a pair of assist per game as well, only shooting about thirty one percent per three at six foot ten after last year that was close here about thirty seven percent from the outside and to the credit of a fairfield, they're really not turned the ball over a lot then turnovers per game, but they sped themselves up a little bit last year. They had some nice offensive pieces. They just seem to be able to get a little bit of help around their profit. Prophet Johnson has been able to give you twelve points, seven a half boards, two and a half of sis per game. Nobody else on the ronster has given you north for four and a half wards per contest. As a matter of fact, you've got one other player that's give you a three plus rebounds per game. That'd be the nine points from four to nine rebounds per game of Peyton Smith. But ye early you don't have a lot from the outside. They're shooting thirty one percent from three parrange. It's not like this has been some sort of an amazing defense either. With regards to this Fairfield team in terms of opponents points allowed on a per possession basis, they're right not checking in more in that neighborhood about three hundred and twenty first, so that's been very much less than savory. I do think that Colombia should be able to win the battle on the glass. I think that they've got more depth. This has been a Fairfield team that's had a rough time being able to guard from three parrange, and this is a Columbia team that just time and time again they've been able to put points up on the board. Had a little bit of a hiccup against Albany a little bit earlier this season, but other than that game against Albany, they have been able to score at least seventy six points in every single one of their games as far the season. So I do think that Colombia is putting up a big number. I did set my total out of one fifty one, just because I'm not sure Fairfield does their part with regards to totally. The Columbia defense starting to come alive a little bit more as well. Sixty three points for fear a lot and far their last five games so in on the under one lay up to twelve and a half year with Colombia six nineteen six twenty on the banking board. Another game they'll right up. Poise State is on the road against San Jose State. Old San Josie State is at eight and a half to a nine point underdog. It's on this game between one forty five to one forty five and a half. I'm gonna be willing to take the points with Old Sand Josie State. I set them as a four and a half point underdog, and I think that they can hang right in there with Poise State. Boise Sted overall is fifty third in the country in turns the points a lot on a purposession basis, but in games played away from home they slip outside the top one ten. And this has not been a good three point shooting team there well outside he talked to you ninety in terms of a three point shooting percentage, like I like Tyson Dagonhard and his overall versatility at six foot seven, six foot eight, supplying the team with about seventeen and a half points six sports per contest, but he just slip to being a twenty percent three point shooter. As far as the season, I'll be at a guy that's given the team eighteen plus point in each out the last five games, so he's been highly productive there. He self Omar Stanley, who was able to give you about seven or sports per contest, And I like Alvaro Cardenas, and this is a big time revenge pot for Santa's AC because Cardenas last year was their point guard and he has been able to help out this Boisey S team. Then a season ago really did not have a point guard six emphasis to two point three turnovers per game, not an amazing three points year last year shot thirty eight and a half percent from three down to about thirty one a half percent thus far this season, but has really been able to give the team some stability with that regard. But it's not a boy's eighteen as since the going to be pressuring you too much, So Santa's ACE should be able to get a bunch of nice, clean possessions that josh Uduje has been tremendous for the seam seventeen and a half points last year, shut below thirty percent from three points up to about thirty two and a half percent thus far this season. And Dade Hall is really the X factor for this team. Got off to a miserable start to the season. He's had to combine fifty points, twenty five rebounds, and seven assists in the last two games. This guy is cooking now. And if you could get data Hall fired at Cylinders because he was the top scorer over at steven Off Austin two seasons ago, that's gonna be big for the team. Will McLendon the us CLA transfer Spalos shoo about thirty six percent from the outside. Robert Viola has become that rock soili rim defender that we were hoping that it would be a block and a half seven and a half rebounds per game. So the San Jose State might be a little bit outgunned deal. This has been a poisy State team has been pretty suspect with the guards of their offense. The defense isn't quite where it's been in past years as well, albeit it seems like they're running into form sixty five points for fear a lot in far their last five games, but San Jose State always the team as well, outside the top two twenty five in terms of total possessions per game. I do think that San Jose State steps up to the play dere. I do think that this is going to be a little bit more of a lower scoring slog than a lot of people are expecting as well. Did some my total one forty a half in on the under and I'm going to be writing up the points with San Jose State six two on the banking board. Saint John's plays us to Delaware Delaware twenty four and after a twenty five to nine point underdog sohals game between one fifty eight a half to a one to fifty nine, say State Johns is a twenty two and a half point favorite. I think that we've got a scach too far here. I'm gonna be willing to take those points with Delaware. They had their turnover issues towards the beginning part of the season, but it does feel like the offense has been able to operate a little bit more efficiently as right now, you've got John Camden, the transfer from Virginia tech'splying the team with fifteen points, five board shooting thirty seven percent for three now an issue that you've got his eddies right now leading the way in rebound. So it means that to B edge Offer should be able to take over this game down low. Edge Offer had a few silent games towards the beginning part of the season, but has really been able to round in form ten plus sports in three out of the last four games. He's also been able to sply the team with eight blocks in the last four games as well, fourteen a half points, eight ports, two and a half blocks per game. Not really going to be well rounded and shoot it from three points or anything like that. But when you've got Kadari, Richmond Alon d'vion Smith combined for north of nine assists per game, that helps you out. With r J. Lewis off the ball being able to sply this team with seventeen points per contest, Saint John Seam hasn't necessarily shot it amazing from three points. I'm not saying that they've been bad from three points. But then then neighbor at about thirty four percent three point shooting, So you could use someone like a Simeon Wilter stepping up to the plate for the team a little bit. And for nowhere, I do like the way that they've been able to operate their offense with Kevon Riley getting about thirteen points per game. He's shooting about thirty nine a half per seent to three and all at all is the Delaware team that shooting thirty seven percent from the outside. Again, those turnovers were a little bit costly for the team starts the beginning per the season, but does feel like they've been able to round and form a little bit more. But they do have to go up against the Saint John's team that they themselves have been very efficient with. Hegards their defense at home, a top thirty team in all of college basketball turns points allowed on a per possession basis Delaware they're more around about the two under three ine. So interesting set of circumstances here. I did somebody told one fifty six a half. Delaware has really sped up their tempo. They're a team that's in the top sixty in terms of total possessions pringame. But do you think that Saint John's holds up down low. Do you think that with Saint John's the lack of three point Genoa might be a little bit costly to the spread as well, so won't take the points. With Delaware, I did set them as a twenty two and a half point dog, and in on the under semi told more round a one fifty six a half, six point three, six point four on the banking board, Santa Clara plays use to Pepperdine. The waves of Pepperdine between fifteen and a half to sixteen point underdogs tall this game between one forty nine and a half to a one fifty and a half, and I did say Pepperdine as an underdog of fourteen a half points, So I'm gonna be willing to take those points for Santa Clara. Does feel like the things are starting to come together for them, but there's still been a little bit of shakiness with them. With Carlos Stewart, took them a little bit of time to get going, but it feels like he's been able to get his sea legs underneath them. After two years ago. He was very good for this program. Last year he spent it over at LSU it was a little bit injury riddled and took them a little bit of time to get reacclimated with this program. But now he's been able to give out about an assist at turner ratio of two to eleven a half points per game and has been able to spy the team with double figures and nine plus points in four at the last five games. Shooting about thirty five and a half percent from three points while down the ball leads away given the team thirteen a half points per game. But this Pepperdine team doesn't have any necessarily like true weaknesses. I can't say that they're really like a top fifty team and anything, but they shoot about thirty five percent for three. They don't turn the ball over a ton. They're pretty solid on the glass, as You've been able to get about seven a half points seven a half rebounds per game out of Vetas Buca, who comes over from Lithuania at six foot nine. Sefan Torvik, the six foot eighty combo player, has come in from SMU and San Francisco. I have been great nineteen points, about five and a half boards, shooting thirty nine percent from three points. Jamo Otum top ten player in the country in terms of the assists seven half assists to two point two turnovers per game. Pepperdine not really getting over the out of sorts with the ball. They've brought in a new coach and Ed Schilling who's been able to do a nice job and selling some toughness with this team. The offense has been very rock solid recently as they've gotten past the seventy five point plateau, and I believe now every single one of their games here in the month of December. So do you think that Pepperdine gonna be able to hang in there with Sam Clair? I do think that Sama Claire in the end, just has a little bit more on the glass. But some of these guys have just not been performing the way that you to expect them to. You've been able to get right around about six half rebounds free about Jake Emmons singer, but I was expecting a little bit more than the five rebounds per game about of Christoph Tilley. Johnny O'Neil seems to have taken a little bit of step back five points five boards per contests as well. So circumstances where I'm going to be well and take the points with Pepperdine. Like what I'm seeing there, like when I'm seeing out the offense as well, So something to a one fifty and a half here at the one forty nine a half. I'm in on the over six point five, six point six on biking board. Marshall, it's the road face off against Elon. Elon is a five to eight, five and a half point favorite, and your Toron's game it is between one forty five one forty five and a half. Said, Elon is a six point favorite. I'm gonna be one to lay the five to five and a half. I think that for Elon the big key for them what they've been able to get out of the Matthew van Koleman. He comes over as a transfer from Utah and Saint Mary's. At seven foot four, he's been one of the better room protectors at all of college basketball, being able to fly nor of the three blocks eight rebounds per game has really been able to transform this team. It does a solid job staying out of fallow trouble as well. The Simpkins brothers and TJ. And t K. Simpkins have been the guys that have been leading the backcourt. Both of these guys combining for about twenty nine and a half points of five and a half assist per game. The throwing there nearly three seals per game as well. With both of these guys, they both do shoot below thirty three percent from three, and typically that's been the better and butter of elon. They have been asked great from three points this season, though Nick Dorn when he's been out there, he's going to shoot about thirty nine percent from three points, and Champs at about six foot nine, he's shooting thirty seven a half percent from the outside, thirteen a half points, seven and a half rebounds per game. If you've got some relatively good depth with this team as well, eight plus guys there will play north of twelve minutes for this unit. Full side for Marshall down Lowan has been pretty solid as you've got Obiano Killian along on Nate Martin. These guys have been able to fly north of fourteen rebounds per game and in the back court mkil Dawson has been able to give you thirteen points per game, but Marshall leaves a lot to be desired with their three point shooting. They're shooting is collective twenty nine percent from three points gen that's the way that you knock off Elon. Elon has improved about one hundred and fifty fifth in the country. Turns the points a lot on a purposession basis, but they're much softer around the perimeter rather than down load with what Van Coleman has been able to do for you. You've had Jalen Spear be a little bit banged up, only about seven a half points per game after coming in for Florida, and m Disay Mingo has in an ah shob doling it out five says, shooting thirty five and a half percent from three to ten a half points per game. So he's been able to help the team out quite a bit there. But this is a Marshall team that many of themselves have not been able to generate as many turnovers as in the past. You've got a bunch that just is looking for a little bit more of a boost with regards to backcourt in terms are outside shooting, and I do think that that allows Evon to be able to get the job done self. Am Marciall team that plays relatively uptown point Elon has slowed it down a little bit more, but they've been efficient with their offense. Did set my total at a one forty six or you're at the one forty five one forty five and a half in on the over an, I'm going to lay with Yvon six seven, six, twenty eight on the banking board. It is Portland. They playoffs Washington State, Washington State eight thirteen point road favorite, and your total owns game between one and fifteen and a half to a one to fifty one, and I'm on la with Washington State. I sent them as a seventeen point favorite. I fully recognize that they've been dealing with a injury to center Coward throughout much of non conference play. It's a little bit questionable as whether or not he's going to be out there. I personally think that he's going to be out for this game. But for Portland, I mean, it's been a skid mark on the underpants of college bass well ever since had that overtime loss against Oregon, a very spirited effort. You tell that that was very much one off, though, is other than the games that they've been playing against don D one teams has been less than savory in terms of their offense and the defense has been very much getting gash giving up in the sixty nine points are pretty much every team not named off yet this season. There at the Division one level, Nick Calmezzi has been able to do a nice job headlining things in the backboard for Washington State, giving out about four emphasis sixteen points per game, not shooting it well from three, but overall Washington State does shoot about thirty five percent from three parts, with one Watts combining with Isaac Watts for about twenty five points per game. Isaac has been your main three point shooters see and Dan eric'strup combined to shoot about forty percent from three points. You've had Ethan Price give you about ten and a half points five and a half rebounds per game, and that's very much is Washington State team got a lot of guys that, say in six foot six or taller that shoot it relatively well from three parts. Like Price is six foot ten, dan Eric Strepp is right around six foot nine, six foot ten himself, and then with regards to Lawan Watts, he's six foot six, so you've got a lot to compete with there. For Portland, they do have a case of message who comes over from the America East Conference eleven points three and halphasis shooting about thirty one percent for three for a Portland team that they're not up tempo, they're not really super slow, but they're turned the ball over about fourteen times per game. And it has been a Portland team that just has not been able to give you a good effort on defense terms of points a lot on a purposess basis turn fifty six and off college basketball at home outside the top three hundred as well. Not to say that this Washington State team has been anything magical with the guards or defense, but if you look at what they've done on the road, they're actually a top fifty team. It churs points a lot on a purposesge basis Max McKinnon who comes in for being on good versatility nine points, five boards, two and half assist per game. But I do think the Washington State get hold up here. Now, Washington State is turn the ball for about fifteen times a game, but Portland a bottom wunner a team in terms of turnover sports on a purposession basis natural to allow of Washington State to run some more clean offense. So I did something to one fifty three in on the over and I'm going to lay up to sixteen and a half year with Washington State six twenty nine to six thirty on the betting board. This is from the Into It Dome as Gonzaga and UCLA do battle. Ucla a four point favorite and your tols between one forty seven and one forty seven and a half SAT. Gonzeg is one half point favorite. I don't want Ucla on the money line, as do you think that this has a possibility of being a nip and tuck game, But I'm gonna be willing to take the points. By the way, the Into It Dome that is an Iglewood, California. That's the new home of the Clippers. But with this ECLA team, they've been a top five team in the country in terms of turnovers force on a purposession basis and points allout on a purposessed basis, and Gonzaga all of a sudden the top fifty team in terms of points a lot on a purposage basis. Gonzaga's defense has looked much better this year. Now you just don't know what you're gonna get out of Grimeyk. This guy is either gonna give you a double double or he's gonna give you a double nothing like. In his last three games, he has put up twenty five points to ten rebounds, twenty points to six rebounds, and three points, zero rebounds and four fouls against Yu konzo I. Mean, man, it has been intermissed for him. But you know what you're gonna be able to get out. Ryan Nembert in the back court tennis is about two point two turnovers game, shooting forty percent for three points. Nolan Nickman has been able to shoot about forty five percent for three point and show Dusty Stromer hasn't scored a ton, but when he's shot, and he shot forty five percent from three point ins. Gonzaga keeps the ball relatively clean. One the top twenty five teams that turns a few turnovers on a purposesge basis, but his CCLA team so good at being able to generate turnovers to other Bill Do has been your main man shooting forty three percent for three fifteen points per game for UCLA team all of a sudden is shooting thirty six percent for three To think that that might take a little bit of drop off as the season goes along with Kobe Johnson, has been a nice addition. Talk about a guy that does it all. It comes in from USC seven points, five and a half boards, Rhan emphasis two point three seals per contest. He has been rock solid there. Sebastian Mack is able to give you ten points, and I know that he and Dylan Andrews has sort of been rotating in that starting role. With Dylan Andrews, he's missed a few games sued injury, but should be good to go in this one. Overall shooting thirty eight percent for three with nine points per contest. So like what I'm seeing there on Laser Sefanovitch, it's taking a big step back. I expect he and sky Clark, who are both giving you about six points per game a piece, to be able to step up a little bit more as the season goes along. I like the depth of UCLA. The UCLA defense has been able to hold up all season long. For Gonzaga, the seam has gotten past the eighty five point plateau and four of the last five games, So situations, something's got to give. I do think that with just a strange circumstance with this game being at the intuit Dome. I do think that things get slowed down. Somebody told one forty five and a half. I'm in on the under end. I'm going to take those points with UCLA six to thirty one, six thirty two on on the betting board. Another game they'll right up as Pacific. It's or the facing off against Saint Mary. Saint Mary's a twenty two point favorite, and your toe downs game is one thirty eight to one thirty and a half. I set this line at sixteen and a half. I wrote up the points with Pacific for Saint Mary's. This is not the same team on defense as we've seen in past years, outside the top one sixty in terms of points a lot on a per possession basis at home, and they are gonna have the best player in this game, Augustus Marisalinas fourteen a half points, six assists, but he's seen a little bit of a dip in his three point shooting. Can tell that this team is really missing Ada mahaney as and the team is still fine with regards to offensive efficiency, but it's not great. You've been able to get a lot down low with thirteen a half points eight half boards out of Paulias Marisucus, who's been able to shoot about thirty three percent for three at six foot eight, so good versatility there. This team has still won the better defensive rebound right teams in all of college basketball. Luke Barrett Mitchell Saxson, I've been able combined for about fourteen a half rebounds per game. But even though I do think the Pacific loose is that battle on the boards, you do have each of your top three players giving at least five rebounds, with Elias Ralph who comes over from the country of Canada fifteen points eight boards. He's been rock solid. And then Lamar Washington six point six assists per game. That's in the top fifteen in all of college basketball, albeit he's on into like shooting it well from three point and as a Pacific team that turns ball over a little bit north for twelve times per game, and Saint Mary's there's solid at jeneraring turnovers, They're not amazing at generating turnovers for Pacific. It's been less than savory for them. On offense. Sixty six points are fewer and three o their last five games, Seventy two points for fewer and far their last five. But for Saint Mary's we've seen just a little bit of a drop off with reguards to that defense as well. They've been playing nip and tuck games against the likes of Merrimack. They lose at home to Utah State, which I don't think that there's any shame in that loss. But I do think that for Saint Mary's, perhaps over Christmas break they were able to buckle down with the guards their defense. I do think the things are going to be slowed down. It is a Pacific team that they don't really force a lot of ball pressure, but Saint Mary's still in terms of possessions per regulation because they played a lot of overtime games, so outside the top three. So I do think that this game gets slowed down. Somebody told one thirty a half in on the under, but with Pacific, I'm gonna be one think those points that wrote it up as well. Sixty three to six thirty four on the bank board, San Francisco plays host a Lawyer Marrior Mountain. The San Francisco treat finds themselves as Cent and after eleven point favorites salce game between one forty and after a one forty one with this game up as well, I said San Francisco is a twelve and a half point favorite. I wrote up San Francisco laying it I'm willing to go up to twelve with them. For San Francisco, this defense has been tremendous. A top twenty team in the country turms points a lot on a purpossession basis, and they have not found that one true rebounder or replace Jonathan Mogo, but other top four scores, all but one of them, I've been able to haul in there at least four point two rebounds per a very well rounded team that I think is going to improve with her three point shooting as the season goes along. And for lik Thomas has happened in the last few games, as going into that game against Saint Louis, he's only shooting about thirty percent for three. That really got him going, as he shot at least fifty percent for three and four of the last five games at least forty percent in every one of them, and he's flied the team of fourteen plus points in four of the last five games. So I really like the way that he's coming into his own Marcus Williams is right now shooting forty six a half percent from three points. She and Thomas combining for about three and a half steals per game. Williams has given you four assist thirteen a half points, four boards per contest. Carlton Liingard has good versatility for a seven footer as you saile pop it from three some points a block four boards per contest. I just don't think that loyal Marramount is going to be able to hold up there now. Loyal Marymount has good versatility, which avon Porter. That is a relation to Michael Porter in the NBA thirteen points eight boards three and a half it says just about thirty two percent from three and six foot ten or so. And then Alex Murchfeld does as be able to give you about some boards per contest as well. But inside those two guys, you really don't have a lot in the posts. And mj Amy, who comes on over from San Jose State's effected a lot more out of him at Santose s last year, fifteen a half points, five boards, three assist shot thirty six percent for three seven a half points on twenty three and a half percent three point shooting this for the season not great. Will Johnson, calebs So and Carolwell, we'll give you between about thirteen and a half to fourteen points per contest, and for the mouth, they shoot about thirty five percent from three point range. They have been too bad there for Loyal Marrimount does feel like they're still hitting a little bit of a shall we say new gear is They have given up seventy points for fewer and for their last five games, so their defense has been able to rise to the occasion as well. But the San Francisco team, I don't believe that they've given up north of seventy points ever since that first two games of the season against Poise State along with cal Poly, they've really been able to do a nice job holding up there. I do think that they're going to turn this game a little bit more yucky, little bit more grimy. I said, I total one thirty six a half. I'm in on the under. I do think that San Francisco finds a way to get to Loyal Marimount and gets a job done on the spread. I set them as twelve and a half point favorite, so I want to lay it and I'm going to be in on the under six thirty five six eiry six on the big where UNLV plays, those are President State, President State. Open up as fifteen a half point underdogs, are now sixty and a half point underdogs the game between one forty five to one forty five and a half. Say, un l B has just eleven a half point favorites, so I'm going to be one think the points for President State. Now for Fresdo State, this has been rough, to say the least. There while outside the top two fifty in terms of points scored on a purposession basis, not like this defense has been incredible. One hundred and seventy sixth in the country, turns points a lot on a purposession base. But you tell me what UNLV is doing. Well, they're about r and seventy eighth in the country in terms of points a lot on a purpossession basis. They've got a guy in Dendron Thomas who's gonna be by far the best player out there on the floor. For Thomas, he's flying the team with fifteen plus points per contest, shooting a relatively well from three, leaned the way with regards to assists, but he needs him out from his friends, says, I thought that you were going to get a little bit more off Jalen l two years ago. He was a starter over at Oklahoma, and it's not like he's been awful, but seven points, four boards is ceialing a half per contest. It just expected a little bit more out of m. Jeremiah Jerry. He's been the lone guy on the roster. Give you North a four point two rebounds per game. He's thrown in there about six boards and a half points. He has also given you a dirny or two blocks per contest. But Jaden Henley has been in and out of the fold and they should be having him back for this one. He returned in the last two games prior to Christmas. He's been supplying the team with ten points per game, but also shitting about twenty three percent from three points. You know, he really doesn't turn the ball over a whole lot, So I guess they've been doing that well, but it's not like they've been amazing from three, and for Fresne State, it's been rough for them. I'm on offense because they're shooting twenty eight percent for three. I think a little bit of positivity is coming for them. Zion Collins has been able to shoot thirty nine and a half percent for three. He's playing the team with thirteen and a half points per game. You've got amar Uliagard who's being able to throw in their thirteen points. Was one of the most highly touted junior college transfers according to Juko, recring dot Com as well in his a friensive State team as looking to play fast, top thirty team in terms of total possessions per game, and they're not bad on the glass. You've been able to get eight and a half rebounds per game out of Elijah Price. You've been able to get about six half parts eleven and a half points per game out of mckel Robinson as well. So got a little bit of versatility and shifteens there. Again, I don't think that Vance Wahlberg is a very good coach, but you and LV in my opinion's just getting a little bit over inflated here. I did sell my total at he one forty five and a half, so here at the one forty five, I'm in on the over end. I won't think those points with Friends of States at them as an eleven and a half point talk. This will be the last game on the normal last seg, spending more before we take a break for the extra games. Sixty seven to six thirty eight. San Diego is going to be playing against Grant Canyon. This is from me into a dome and right now Grand Canyon fifteen and a half to sixteen point favorites and the lost game between one forty eight one forty nine and a half could only said Grand Canyon as a fourteen a half point favorite on me to be one takes the points with San Diego. San Diego, it's been a rough team, to say the least. They are well, it's at the top two twenty five. It turns of both points score end points a lot on a per possession basis. But Stephen Jamison has been relatively slid, he hints San Diago Triot have been able to combine him for about fifteen and a half to sixteen rebounds per game, So like what I'm seeing there, and then you've got a nice to go to score on kJ Bradley, who's been able to give this backcourt fifteen a half points nearly four assists per game. Two seals. Now it's a San Diego team that can't shoot from three point in just save their lives. Right now, these guys are shooting I combined twenty seven percent from three point range. And right now Devin Dolki, who is shooting thirty four and a half percent for three and has sort of been in and out of the starting lineup, he's the only guy on the roster shooting above thirty three percent for three point range. So that's been less and tremendous to say the least. But Grand Canyon, man, you want to talk about a tama I expected more from Tyan grand Foster has been awful. He was last year averaging twenty points per game. He's out about twelve and a half point shooting fourteen percent from three. That is not a type of ladies and gentlemen. Fourteen percent from three point range. Thinks somebody able to give you a little bit of something. Got defense in Grand Canyon in terms of turnovers force on a purposession basis, they're a top sixty team in all of college basketball. So they've been able to hold up their end of the bargain there. But and it's all been left to Jacobe Coles. The transfer from TCU is able to give you a pair of assists, five and a half boards, fourteen a half points per game, so and he's been relatively solid there. But Grand Canyon learned seventy eighth in the country. It turns the points scored on a perposesge basis, the rebounding is starting to come back to them. With Duke Brandon, who missed the first four or so games this season, he's been able to give you about eight ports for contest. Lock war down Low has been able to give you a seer and a half four and a half boards. So I like what I'm seeing there. But this is just not the same Grand Canyon team then we've seen in past years. It has a Grand Canyon team that against the one competition has given up seventy two plus points in three at their last four games, seventy four points their fewer scored in every one of those games. And for San Diego the defense, it has been rough to say at least seventy three plus points a looting each other last five games. But they've played tight against the likes of a UC San Diego, against the Long Beach Dight teams like this, I do think that they hold in this one I set my line at a fourteen and a half, so I'm gonna be willing to take the points and it's on by total one forty and a half. This has been a San Diego team has really plummeted with the guards are defense, and I do think the Tyan grah and Foster starts to find it a little bit more so, you know, on the over and now we will take a break in at the extra games on the flip side right here oncus with myself Gregie Peterson now a part of the Decent Family podcasts Every Raggar Love be Las Vegas Forcusecussy with myself greg Eats Peterson now part of the Vson family of podcasts, broke up the regular games in the extra games since I had no recount for me answering, we had no Division one versus Division one games. We only had two games in total, so that's why we had a little bit of a breakup with regards to these game breakdowns. But how but if we dive into it. We've got the extra games board. We've got thirteen games on the extra games board, so let's dive in and try to find you guys some winners. As we go into the bonus. The normal betting board picks are complete, but there are some exture gains today, so we go into the bonus three of six fiv oh one and three of six five O two. Eastern Kentucky is on the road against the Louisville Louisville a nineteen to a nineteen and a half point favorite. TILNS game is one fifty five and a half. Wrote this up at nineteen. Certainly like it at nineteen and a half. I'm gonna be able to take the points with the Eastern Kentucky And with Eastern Kentucky, this team has been pretty rock solidy top seventy five team terms of turnovers sports on a purposession basis, Louisville outside the top one forty in terms of their turnovers per possession. And for Kashan Pryor being out for this Louisville team, it means that they just don't have a whole lot down though. It's an Eastern Kentucky team that has Defante Blinen who's been able to give you five plus boards fourteen plus points per game. He's got some very good versatility. And I will say this, it is a Eastern Kentucky team that is outside that happen to fifty turns points a lot on a purposess basis, But Louisville at home is shooting less than thirty percent from three point. I think that's going to be going northward. But at some point you sort of are what you are. Chucky Eppern has been a nice facilitator five assists, three seals, fifteen points per contest, and Louisville has been able to come up with a few turnovers this season, But Noah Waterman has only been able to shoot about twenty seven half percent for three To use them to give you a little bit more than four and a half rebounds per game as right now, they've been leaving it all to Jevon Hadley has been able to give you about ten points a rebounds per game. Then on the flip side, for Eastern Kentucky, you've been able to get some nice versatility out there at the back court as well, with someone like a George Kimball who's able to give you fifteen points three and a half as sis he's hipping in their nearly three seals per contest as well. And then Ty Buttery he has been buttery smooths he being able to shoot about forty three and a half percent from three point angel throwing their major wall give you about five and a half rebounds. Pream do you think that Eastern Kentucky going to be able to hold in this game against the Louisville team that with that injury now to Keshan Pryor, it does have me a little bit more parish on them. I did somebody total at a one to fifty five a year at the one fifty five and a half in on the under and I wrote up the points here with Eastern Kentucky three A six five with three three or six five of four. Georgia Tech is playing go to Alabama A and M. A and M is a twenty one a half to a twenty two and a half point underdog those between one fifty two to a one to fifty two and a half. And it's at Alabama A and M as an underdog of twenty two points. Personally, I would rather take a twenty two and a half rather than lay a twenty one a half because a Georgia Tech just don't know if they should be able to lay nor the twenty points against too many teams in all of college basketball, Alabama and M very much out of sorts, outside the top three er in terms of fellas committed on a per possession basis. Acy Bryant has been able to give you thirteen points seal and a half per contest. But it is an Alabama A and M team that their numbers are very much warped if you look at the raw numbers because they played against a bunch of non D one teams where they scored undred plus points against them. They've really struggled against the actual D one teams. But I do like the seven a half points that you're getting out of Lorenzo Towani. He's been able to selid job throwing their double figures in each of the last two games. Has a little bit of versatility and that he's able to give you about three boards nearly a seal per contest as well. And then Chad Moody Downlods be able to give you about five rebounds per game. Man for Georgia Tech just feels like a band of misfit toys right now. In the back cord Nathan Georgia has been able to give you darn your six assists per game, and he shoots about thirty two percent for three. He's been rock solid there, but JV. McComb has been in and out of the lineup, and when he's been into it's not like he's been necessarily an elevator for the team. Like the raw numbers are fine, ten points, three assists, shoots forty percent from three part each one, just feels like things are a little bit less fluid when he's out there as well. Land Series been able to give you fifteen point shooting thirty nine percent for three and eight and don't go should win the battle down low. Let's give you a block seven boards, thirteen and a half points per game, and has a little bit of versatility. But again, just something feels off about this Orge team outside the top one fifteen turns points allowed on a per possession basis, and this offense has been very stagnant recently sixty five points for fear in four of the last five games. So interesting circumstances here. Did sell my total one to fifty four. Alabama A and M is gunning it and they have given up eighty two plus points at each other last five games, and one of those games is against like au Indy. So yeah, they're giving it up. So I'm in on the over, but we'll take the twenty two and a half plus year with the Alabama A and M three and six, five and five, three and six, five and six. This is another game I wrote up. Compensate is playing on the road against Georgetown. Georgetown a twenty eight and a half point favorite, and your total hons game is one thirty six to one thirty six a half. I sat by total had a one to twenty six. I rode up the under in this spot. Compensate. My goodness, gracious, this is the team that's just not splashing it in there at all. With regards to their offense. There are three hundred and sixty second in all of college basketball in terms of points scoring on a purposession basis, and Georgetown's actually been good with their defense, the top twenty five team in terms of points alloted on a purposage basis. For a compensate Darius Ward, their top score continues to be out the full for the team. So Toby and Zudi, who's been able to give you nine points per game, that's their main man, you know, all for Georgetown. The one weakness say you're fighting with this team, they're not really shooting a well from three points. You're shooting thirty one percent for the outside. Jaye Nepsen has been a will give you sixteen points stent halfhsis. He shoots thirty nine percent from three point To have Mike ah Peeve, who's been mister do it all, he and Malik Man could both get Betty will give you about four point three assist per game. They're both thrown in their four and a half boards for contests and thank you bye for twenty six points per game. But Pev shooting about thirty five percent from three part range, and he could use a little bit more in terms of shall we say more of the antillery pieces. But Thomas Serber, the freshman, give you eight rebounds perreame. That's been rocks out for Georgetown. That's a big reason why I did set them as a thirty two point favorite. You don't have Julius be back after youat dealt with a little bit of an injury for compensate, he's able to play with five and a half rebounds pringame. But man, this compensate team is right now aftering fifteen and a half points per game. I just don't see how you get over this total because Compensate is about as dead as a doorknob with regards their offense. Fourteen turnover spreing they're shooting gets a collective twenty four point four percent for three point inche again without their top score. So I do think that this rock's out. Georgetown defense just sucks the life out of Compensate. It's on my total one twenty six in on the under I wrote that up and I'm going to lay the number here with Georgetown thirty six five seven thirty six tivee eight. Maryland is playing on the Maryland Eastern Shore. This shore is a forty one to a forty two point underdog, and your total on scame is one to fifty. Give me the shore. I set them as a thirty six a half point underdog. This opened up at forty. It's starting to go to the moon. And for Mayland, this has been an impressive season for them. They're a top twelve team in terms of both white scored and points a lot on a purposession basis. Kevin Willard as He's boys running on all cylinders. Derek Queen along Julian Reese. These two guys have been able to combine for about seventeen rebounds per game. You've got twelve points per game out of Reach, nearly seventeen points per game out of Queen Jacobe Gillespie has maybe shoot forty four percent from three and Maryland ding Dong, the witch is dead. They're finally shooting from three point range. Unlike last season, they're shooting thirty some percent from the outside. Only turned the ball for about nine and a half times per game. Seltan, Miguel Rodney Rice will give you about twelve and a half points per game, with Miguel now shooting forty five percent from three point range. But for this Maryland, he's for short team. I do like Casey Shaw. He comes in with the new coaching staff, which I mean this was a very makeshift job by the same Cleo Hill, who is over I wins to Salem State took this job in June. And for Shaw, he's been able to give the team nineteen points three assist per game. He's legitimately been one of the better mid major players out there in all of college bass Will leading the team at points, rebounds, assists, steals pretty much everything for this team, but he does have a little bit of help with the thirty seven and a half percent three points shooting of Evan Johnson. He's been a little bit in and out of the fall, but I expect him to play in this game, as I know that he began his career out there in the Sun Belt over at Georgia State, so he should be able to give you a little bit of help as well. And then download you've got jail and where the Auson p transfer is give you about four and a half rebounds per game. I mean, this is a team that's going to get bludgeted on the glass for Maryland Easter, for sure. We've seen them have some lesson savory circumstances against the one competition, really the long team that they've been able to bust out upon in the month of December was that game where they scored seventy six points against Longwood. But I do think that forty two year is just a little bit too lofty. Semi told one forty four and a half. I do think that Maryland going to do a nice job on defense against Maryland East, for sure, But do think that the summer has just gone a little bit too far. I'm in on the points, and I'm in on the under three of six five or nine three or six five ten. Delar State is on the road against Saint Joe's. Saint Joe's hopes to not be average Joss when he played favorites one forty nine to one to fifty is your total d said Saint Jose as an eighteen a half point favorite. So I'm going to be well to think the points with Delward Save certainly a team that's leaving a little bit of something to be desired. But Martez Robinson one of the more underrated players in all of college basketball. He does it all for the Selaware State team. He's been able to ply them with sixteen and a half points, six sports dolls out a pair of assists, and for Corey Perkins, who last year was limited just three games due to injury, he spouts back then has become a really nice facilitated for the team. About three and a half a sis per game. When he shoots it from three, he shoots it well, shooting forty eight percent pro geen all at all that we're sat shooting thirty eight percent for three twelve turnovers per game. Not an up tempo team, but not a team that's necessarily a complete slug as well. I'm not too calling Delaware State like some amazing offense, but they're within the top three hundred terms of point score on a purposession basis, and for Saint Jose, I just don't know if this is a well coach team in general. I've noticed that over the last few seasons because it just feels like this team should be better than what they are at home, they are outside the top one thirty five in turns the point score on a purposession basis. Or Shire Fleming has been great at about six foot seven, He's gonna do it all guy with nine rebounds, sixteen and a half points, nearly two seals, shooting thirty nine a half percent for three. But Seavia Brown and Eric Renalds are combined and shoot just over thirty percent for three. They give you thirty two points per game. Brown is able to throw in their five assists per game. Team has all shooting is turning the ballber about twelve times per game. Derek Simpson transfer from Rutgers about ten and a half points, four boards for assists, shooting thirty seven a half percent for three has been rock solid. But that's how your main starting. You need more out of someone like a Justice Asiabor who comes in from Marvard. He's only beody able to give you about three to four rebounds per game. And for Delaware State they lose that battle down low. But Cassine Watson has been able to give you six bords and a seal per game als and Andrews he's rowing there about four and a half to five rebounds and a seal per game as well. I do think the Delaware stat is gonna be able to hold in there against a Saint Jose team that hasn't found a lot of outside shooting from their backcourt. So I did set my line in eighteen and a half. I'm gonna be one think those points. I do think that that outside shooting costs you an over in this game set by total one forty six. So also on the under three of six five eleven, three of six, five to twelve, it is a Paul and they are going to be playing us a loyal Maryland. Loyal Maryland is a underdog of seventeen points in your tals one forty five and a half. Rode up to Paul in the spot I sent them as a twenty three point favorite. I've noticed this with DePaul may have done a really good job of beating up on lesser competition in the step up games. That has been less and tremendous for them. But this is the ball team that as a collective is shooting forty point one percent from three points top twenty market off of college basketball to the credit of Loyal Maryland, top seventy five team in the country in terms of opponent three point shooting percentage, but Loyal Maryland outside the top two fifty in terms of turnovers for possession because they really don't have that true point guard. They're looking at Braden Speed to be that guy nine points, three boards, three assists per contest, but he has turned the ball over three plus times in each other the last four games as well, So that's less than tremendous for Loyal Maryland. They're shotings collective frowenty nine point one percent from three part range. By those Elitch has been able to give you nine boards fourteen a half points per game, and then you've got his brother who's been able to give you about seven a half points, four and a half boards and Vejaiko Elitch as well, but he has been in and out of the fold should be get to go in this one, So you should have Elich squared in this game. But for De Paul, you've got all sorts of versatility when it comes to David Scogan, who's stays six foot ten. Last year he was able shooting north of forty five percent from three partnge and he's picking up right where he left off this past year, giving you about nine points, six halt boards, shooting forty seven a half percent from the outside Connor and right. You'd like to see him team down the three and a half turnovers per game, but given out seven assists per game, Jacob Meyer has become a nice to go to score, shooting forty five percent from three with fourteen half points per contest. DePaul should be able to do a relatively rock solid job on the because other than Elitch, you don't have a ton down low for the loyal Maryland team. It is a loyal Maryland team that has been hold up relatively well defensively, giving up seventy points to three of their last five games. But I do think that for De Paul, after they were a little bit dless on offense. They've hit a rut where they've scored sixty five points for free and for their last five games. But the game against Providence, Texas text Saint John's Northwestern some really good defenses that they bust out here did sell my total at a one forty five here at the one forty five, and I think that we've gone to just a scoach too far loyal Maryland, a little bit more of a slow tempo team. So in on the under I rode up to Paul laying the number three six five thirteen three six five fourteen Boston College plays. That's Fairley Dickinson. Fairley Dickinson hopes to be fairly priced as a fourteen and a half point underdogs. So I scating between one fifty one to one fifty one a half to my line at eleven and a half, I'm gonna be one take those points with Fairley Dickinson. This Boston College team one that caman Islands Tournament, it looked like they were really starting to bust out, and ever since then it has went straight down the toilet bowls for them. They lose at home to Dartmouth. They get completely embarrassed by South Carolina, then you have a hundred and three points on their own floor to smu like everything is going wrong for this team. Donald Han has been able to give other teams a hand as he's been able to fly the seam with fourteen points, seven a half boards, shooting thirty six percent from three points. Boston College Joe, They're a lower dumbo team that's turned the ball o for about twelve and a half times for contest. They're not bad, but they're not amazing with their three point shooting at thirty four percent. Dean Brown is starting to give you a little bit more with about seven a half points per game, but ye have betting for being a big man like he is. He does to give you a little bit of a block per game. You need to get more than three point six rebounds per game, though, and Roger McFarland at six to four and five and a half points, five and a half boards, but fairly Dickin said as well, noted for being won the shortest teams in all of college basketball, and that's going to play into their hands very well, especially when he's got a guy that's as versatile as Terrence Brown is two seals, three assists, twenty one a half points six sports per contest. He's in the top twelve nationally in terms points per game. He's been able to fly the seam with nineteen plus points in four of the last five games. He does turn the ball ovar a little bit more than what you'd like, but Boston College down essay the world's greatest team and being able to generate those turnovers as well, and then you've been able to have a little bit of help from oh Manuel Alan Dylon Jones, both being able to spy about eleven a half points per game fairly Dickinson outside the top three returns of points a lot on a per possession basis, but they vomit. They shoot thirty seven and a half percent from three points. Jones and a man you are both shooting north of forty percent for three As a matter of fact, have your top five scores all but one of them at mister Brown shooting at least thirty eight percent from three points. Boston College has not necessarily done the world's greatest job, but be able to guard the three point arc themselves. With this Posston College team have massive question marks as what you're going to be able to get offensively out of them as well as they're tour ninth in the country. James point scored on a purposage basis. I do think that for Fairley Dickinson they are going to give up their points, but I think that they're going to hold in there against the Boston College team that we've really been seeing a lot of progression with them recently. By the way, for Boston College, you're allowing ponentis to shoot forty two percent from three point inch at home against him, So I will take the points for Fairley Dickinson's not by one to fifty three and a half. I'm also in on the over thirty six five, fifteen three and six sive sixteen. Syracuse is playing as a Bucanal the bracket. Busts and Bison are a thirteen point underdog, and you're tile on this game between one forty seven to one eight. Since Syracuse has a live and a half poay favorites. So when I refer to brack and bust and Bison, I'm referring to Bucanell. I'm will take the points with Buck now. With Buck Now, they've got a true seven foot or no Williamson, who's able to give you about six half boards, thirteen a half points. Laster shot about thirty three percent for three that is down take to about twenty one percent this season, but giving you a little bit more down load about a block and a half per contests. I like what he's able to bring to the table. And for this buck Noll team, they've dealing with a few injuries in the back court. Elvin Edmunds was out for a little bit of time, but now he's back. He's been a little bit more of a main facilitator for the team in past years, but Josh Bosco has really taken over the mantle with that regard. Fourteen points, five boards, three and halfhasas shooting about thirty five percent for three points. Gen I and motor dialed up like a modem six ' six, He's been able to shoot forty three percent from three point in Jock, he's been out of the fold for quite a while. Good chance that he's going to be back for this game. You've been able to get a little bit more as well with him being out in terms of the nine points and a seal per contest out of a Chile Spadon, who's being able to shoot about thirty three percent from three points, has stepped up with eight plus points in far the last five games ever since that injury as well, So that's been been game. But the Syracuse team this has just not been a unit that has been able to play very good defense. Last year they were one of the better teams in all of college basketball in terms of turnover spots on a purpossession basis. This year they've been won the lesser teams with that regard, Syracuse certainly a team that loves to give up the ark as well as for Syracuse one d and sixty ninth in the country in terms of upon a three point shooting percentage, and for Syracuse right now they're doing with that injury to JJ Serlin, that is your top scorer and Chris Bell last year show forty post percent for three points applied the team with twelve points per contest not doing that this year eleven points per game, but shooting twenty three percent from three points. Kwan Carlos has been able to give you some good versatility and some good facilitation six points about four an hamphasis per contest. Not really turned the ball roll up a lot, but team is shooting twenty nine percent from three points. Donny Freeman is giving you rebounds perame Eddie Lampkin about seven boards per contest. But I do think that for Williamson, he's gonna be able to hold up down Low not allowed Buckmell to remain lively in this game semi line at eleven a half. I'm will to take the points with buck Nell sebi total at a one to fifty one a half as well. Buckmell top thirty five team in turns the total possessions per game, so in on the over as well. Three six tys teen three to six five eighteen. North Carolina A and T. You plays those at n C Central and C Central between A pick them go a one point favorite, totals one fifty six after a one to fifty seven, and for A and T, I made them the two and a half point favorite at home. I'm gonna be willing to take A and T as a pickup slash of money line underdogs with North Carolina A and T. I do think that the top light guys are gonna be able to step up in this game. As Cayman Shell, he has a been a very good facilitator for the team eight points three and emphasis B game for an A and T team that for the second third year they're in the top fifteen in turns few turn overs on a per possession basis. And then Landing Glassberg Ryan Force currently combined for thirty seven points and eight rebounds per contest. Glassburg is showing in there nearly two seals per contest. No team man NeSSI gets off the world's greatest shots, but they don't waste their possessions, but I think is very big. And then download Nicolas Jedikutis has been able to come in from Greece, give you about nine and a half points eight rebounds per contest. N C Central not gonna have any sort of response for that, as NC Central does not have a single guy in the roster give you five plus rebounds perringame. And for hen Cy Central they've just been uncharacteristically bad with regards their defense as well, whiles had the top two fifty in turns points allowed on a purposession basis. Non C Central still doing a relatively good job. I'll be ableguard the three point line of po boy King has been able to give you sixteen points two seals per contest. Kashan Porter. He's throwing in their eleven half points, said reporter. He's shooting forty three percent from three point range. But for the n C Central team, it's just not been the same as it has been for past years. For North Carolina Anti, this is the team that they'd like to attack inside n CE Central much of a better perimeter defense rather than a downlow defense, as it is an nc Central team that's not given up seventy plus points and far their last five games, with a lone exception coming in against Anne D one Scoal. Anti has scored sixty eight points for fear and four of their last five games. So it's a good old situation if something's got to give. And I do think that ANT finds a way to get the job done with their top flight talent. So did some online at two and a half. I'd like Anti as a pickup slasher money line underdog semi total one to fifty four and a half as well, I do think the things are going to be a little bit tamed with regards of defense, so in on the under as well. Three out six five to nineteen three or sixty five to twenty. Hampton is playing out a Howard. Howard is a three and a half point underdog, and your to lost game is one forty four and a half with Howard. I set them as a two point underdog, so good people won't take the three and a half for Howard. They've been dealing with a few injuries as far as the season, but I still like when I'm seeing I have a lot of their top guys as You've been able to get sixteen and a half points per game out of Marcus Dockery and for old Lickory Dickory Dockery Doc he's been able to shoot forty six percent from three part range down the clock, so that has been great. And that was a really bad pun. I apologize. I am here all week, but that said, with Pryce Harris him being out of the lineup for the past month, is that how we're getting a little bit creative with some of their rotations at n ROK. Gill has stepped up as a nice versatile guy, not a guy that's going to really pop it from three, but nine a half points, four and a half boards, three and emphasis a little bit of a seal per game. Just whatever the game calls for, he's able to supply. And then for this Hampton team, I've been very impressed by Noah fair Con. It was a really good score a few seasons ago, back when you had Imani bas over at Eastern Michigan. He's been able to get the team thirteen and a half points three and emphasis for contests, and George Biale off the balls being able to shoot about thirty and a half percent for three point in. As a whole, it's a Hampton team that takes care of the ball relatively well, you know, joined the ball about eleven times per game. They generate some turnovers and Kyrie smalling down theaw has been able to give you about seven and a half or so rebounds per game as well, But their interior defense leaves a whole lot of something to be desired. Both of these teams with regards their three point shooting defense as well, it's been a little bit suspect Howard and on the road they are allowing put Us to shoot thirty five and a half percent from three point in. It's a Hampton team that they allow opponents over all to shoot about thirty five percent from three point range. And this is going to be a game from Hampton, Virginia, so a true home game for Hampton, even though it's part of an HBCU showcase. But that said, I do think that Howard holds in there against a Hampton team has really slowed themselves down and for this hour team once again, about fourteen turnovers game, a lot of dead possessions at Howard not playing as up tempoint as they have in past years. About under and eightieth in the country towards a total possessions freame somebody total one four year at the one forty four and a half in on the under won't take the points with Howard set them as a two point underdog three six five twenty one, three six five twenty two. Mcneess plays those too. New Orleans Lands is an underdog of twenty three to twenty three and a half points when game between one forty four to a one forty five and a half set, McNee has a twenty three and a half point favorite. Twenty three is theys, so the max numbering alay, But I'm all, you've got a New Orleans team that has been really giving it up on defense once again outside the top two seventy in terms of points allowed on a per possession basis, and McNeice is outside the top winner turns points a lot on a per posession basis as well. So here at the one forty four, one forty five, I'm in on the overside. I told one forty five and a half. Since here, Parker has been coming in off the bench for Bigdease, but he's been their top score. He's supplying the team with sixteen points per contest. Not shooting him well from three, but he does a good job being able to get to the cup. This is a mcnease seem that they should see some positivity with their three point shooting overall as well. They're shooting about thirty percent from three prange and what better way to get online with your three point shooting than facing up against the ne orlans seeing that shock Shocks of Prize Surprise have been great at guarding the three point line outside of their home environment on the road, they're allowing putons to shoot about thirty five point two percent from three points. Christin Schuemate has been able to give you about five and a half parts per contest, or Charles has been able to give you about six a half rebounds per game, they should be able to dominate New Orleans. Seal Low does have James White, who's been a nice to do it all player seven and a half boards and nineteen points per game shooting thirty nine percent for three, but New Orleans says a whole despite the fact that he and Josh Short Short has given you eleven a half points shooting thirty six a half percent for three. As all, they shoot thirty point two percent for three. They turned the ball over thirteen times per game, and though the McNee defense has not been what it has been in the past, so the top forty teen in terms of turnovers force on a purpossession basis, and now they're really starting to step up with their defense as well. As this has been a unit that has now allowed fewer than seventy points in all but one out of their last eight games. That dates back to their game against Alabama, so they've been able to tighten up with that regard. It is a New Orleans team that is just getting pummeled time and time again with regards to their defense. They had one triumph for they gave up just seventy three points against Nichols, but I believe that that is the only game this year which they have given up seventy three points for fewer So yeah, it's been rough for them, to say the least. I do think the Bank Das can have a flame throw over performance on offense. I'm all to lay up to twenty three with Weeknee se I total one forty five and a half. Also in on the over three of six five to twenty three, three six five to twenty four Richmond. The NCBC Spiders play hes also a Florida Golf Coast. Tug City is a two and a half point underdog total on s game between one thirty seven a half to a one to thirty eight. So the Florida Golf Coast as a two nap point underdog right now. Seeing a three out there, I'd be willing to take the three on Florida Gulf Coast for Dunk City, one of these solar teams that you're gonna find in all of college basketball, and they are really not showing why they're called dunk City because maybe deal with an injury to their big man in Kashan Kellman, but you've got a guy in Deli on Johnson. He's been playing for Pat Chambers ever since he was over at Penn State. He's been able to sply the team with thirteen ane points, shooting thirty six percent from three point inch, so he's been able to step up in the introm and for Coman even though he's been in and out of the fold, should be back for this one. He played in their last game against a ninety one team against Florida Institute of Technology at nine rebounds in twenty seven minutes, so looks like he's all going to go there. And Jevin Muno see transferre from Delaware State, good versatility had right round about six and five six ft six, give you ben about nine a half points five boards for assists. So like what he brings to the table for a Richmond team that they always played relatively under control. They're not turning the ball over aholic a lot once again this year, as they're only turning the ball over about ten and a half times per game, but they shoot thirty percent from three point range. Last season they had one of the better mid major scores of college basketball and Jordan King and without him, the mantle just has not been passed down to these next guys as Saloni Hunt has been able to give you eighteen and a half points, but he shoots twenty five percent for three. In your top five scores, all but one of them are shooting below twenty seven percent from three point As Jason Rosche, it's been able to give you forty five percent three point shooting, but it gives you about seven points per game. Jonathan Migo at six foot eight and he's got good versatility, about three assists, five and a half boards, sign and a half points per game. So I mean that's been fine for the team, but Richmond not doing a great job and turns their offensive rebound rate. And Richmond, uncharacteristically, they're really giving it up from three point range. Last year they were a really good perimeter defense. This year they're allowing upon us to shoot thirty five percent from three points. For Florida Golf Coast, even though they play slowly, they're not amazing with their defense. They're about ron and sixty second in the country in terms opponents three point shooting percent as well. So to think that this is going to be a little bit of a slow grinder of a game, You've got a Richmond team that has given up now ninety plus points in three of their last four games. I think that they're going to buckle down with that regard, especially going against a Florida g Golf Coast team that they themselves one of the solwer teams in all of college basketball? Did somebody to tell I? One thirty four and a half in on the under and a three plus taking the points with the Florida Golf Coast and we wrapp things up with three of six five twenty five three six five twenty six. CaAl Baptists plays those two Jackson State. Jackson State is an underdog of fourteen to fifteen points in it's on his game between one forty one to a one forty two and did somebody to one forty six? I'm in on the over for Jackson State. They've been deal with the injury to Sean Ruffin. They got him back out there on the floor for two games and now he's been out ever since then and we have no idea what he's going to be coming back. So that's not great to say the least. But Gal Baptist has not been great against the spread as well as for Cal Baptists. They've got one of the best scores that you're gonna find in all of college basketball. Dominy Daniels sapped to and score in the country twenty two point two points three innaphesis for contests for a gal Baptist see and then takes care of the ball. They're only turned the ball at ten times for contests, but they also shoot just thirty one percent from three points. Do you think that that should go northward on Jackson State? Jackson State has been really giving it up from three points, well outside the top three. Errent turns the points a lot on a purposession basis. They're allowing to put us to shoot thirty nine point nine percent from three pintschain, I don't know how they're going to handle Kendall Coleman down low twelve and a half points eight a half boards's shooting forty seve percent from three pint at six foot eight. But this is very much a top heavy team. As Martel Williams has been in and out of the lineup for gal Baptists, just returned in their last game against Resident State. As a matter of fact, each of his last two games have come against Fresido State. Javonte Johnson, who comes in for cowred S some points per contest, shooting at relatively well from three point ins For gal Baptists, they've really been speeding themselves up a little bit more. But they ranked three enter forty fifty second in terms of three point shooting percent. They're allowing puns to shoot thirty nine point two percent from three point I recognize that Jackson State is not the Moda Lisa Veto of three point shooting or anything like that at twenty eight and a half percent, but you got a guy in Jamie Mitchell shoots thirty four and a half percent from the outside, twelve and a half points, five rebounds per game. Robo Mansel down them. He's been a rock solid room protector. He's been able to give the team seven a half boards a steal per contest, just under a block per game as well, and you've been able to get a little bit more in the back court as well out of Dorian McMillan. McMillan has come in as a freshman. He's been able to give this team right round about nine points per contest and has been able to surge a little bit more or lately as he's been able to give the team a combined twenty nine points in the last three games. So like what I'm seeing there, do you think that Jackson State finds way to hold in there? They're okay at being able to generate turnovers. So circumstance where I set my line at fourteen being able to get north and fourteen gonna be one of the things of those points with Jackson State. Both of these teams really get up from three partings. So I'm also in on the over and that'll wrap things up for the Saturday edition of Because Gostoops out part of the VS and Family podcasts. Big thanks to Rocko Miller bracketeer dot org for a joining me in the last segment. If you do like hearing from this time podcast, causcus soops here able to subscribe over your podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Google by Spotify, cit you're in tune and if you have a question comment segment idea what I'd be for this podcast? You have one of two ways BF fire those in. First one is my Twitter slash x timeline at gin on unders forty one. Keep in mind Larcy on the mean does that matter so per usual, Please send these into the timeline and the other ways finding an Apple podcast review. 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