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FRIDAY NIGHT UPSET SPECIAL!


Troy Trojans(+10) over AUBURN TIGERS
Auburn is 4-3 this season but the 4 wins have come against Niagara, IUPUI, High Point, and Alabama A & M. Niagara is a fairly solid team from the MAAC but the Purple Eagles have struggled early this season. The point is that the Tigers really don’t have a signature win on their docket yet this season. Their win over Niagara was their best win and yet that’s not overly impressive. In fact, the three times Auburn has faced better competition, they’ve lost all three games. And we’re not talking about stepping up and facing tremendously tough teams either! We’re talking about Missouri State, Central Florida, and NC State. Auburn has played those three teams and lost all three games. With 24 wins last season, the Tigers finally seemed to “break through” under head coach Jeff Lebo. However, Auburn began this season with having to replace three starters. Making matters worse, one of the two starters was lost to injury early this season. The Tigers were already projected to fall back in the SEC this season but now their early season growing pains have been more pronounced due to the reliance on many new players in the starting lineup. The Tigers had 101 turnovers compared to just 70 assists in their first five games this season so it’s apparent that there are issues trying to get all the players use to playing with each other in terms of player rotations and being a cohesive group. Even though Troy is “only” a Sun Belt team the Trojans are one of the top teams in the conference. They dropped to a 4-3 record on a last second loss to Georgia Southern in their most recent game but, keep in mind, that was a situation where Troy was playing their third game in three nights as it was part of a tournament. This game tonight is part of a stretch where Troy is playing eight straight games away from home. Whether the visitor or playing on a neutral court, the early season scheduling means that Troy is already being battle-tested. That helps when it comes to a game like tonight’s game and Troy’s only other two losses this season were against Florida and UAB. Then, after playing three games in three days, the Trojans have been able to gear up for this game with four full off days leading into this Friday affair. It will serve them well and you know the “small school” Sun Belt team is geared up for this game while the “big school” SEC team could get caught looking ahead to upcoming games the Tigers have scheduled with ACC opponents. As for Troy, they don’t play again for over a week after tonight’s game. That said, the Trojans will definitely leave it all on the floor at Auburn tonight and they lost by just three points to the Tigers when they faced them three years ago. This game means a lot to Troy and they’ve got a very strong, experienced backcourt which could continue to give the mistake-prone Tigers offense some issues. Additionally, the Trojans have been getting solid play in the frontcourt from Antywan Jones and Yamene Coleman. Note that Coleman is an Alabama transfer who will look to have a huge gave against a former SEC rival he locked horns with last season. The Trojans are capable of hanging with the Tigers here both in the frontcourt and in terms of play along the perimeter. This will make it very tough for Auburn to ever pull away in this game…let alone to even win it by double digits! Play Troy plus the big points as an 8* Regular Play selection.

[joey]

FRIDAY NIGHT UPSET SPECIAL!


Troy Trojans(+10) over AUBURN TIGERS
Auburn is 4-3 this season but the 4 wins have come against Niagara, IUPUI, High Point, and Alabama A & M. Niagara is a fairly solid team from the MAAC but the Purple Eagles have struggled early this season. The point is that the Tigers really don’t have a signature win on their docket yet this season. Their win over Niagara was their best win and yet that’s not overly impressive. In fact, the three times Auburn has faced better competition, they’ve lost all three games. And we’re not talking about stepping up and facing tremendously tough teams either! We’re talking about Missouri State, Central Florida, and NC State. Auburn has played those three teams and lost all three games. With 24 wins last season, the Tigers finally seemed to “break through” under head coach Jeff Lebo. However, Auburn began this season with having to replace three starters. Making matters worse, one of the two starters was lost to injury early this season. The Tigers were already projected to fall back in the SEC this season but now their early season growing pains have been more pronounced due to the reliance on many new players in the starting lineup. The Tigers had 101 turnovers compared to just 70 assists in their first five games this season so it’s apparent that there are issues trying to get all the players use to playing with each other in terms of player rotations and being a cohesive group. Even though Troy is “only” a Sun Belt team the Trojans are one of the top teams in the conference. They dropped to a 4-3 record on a last second loss to Georgia Southern in their most recent game but, keep in mind, that was a situation where Troy was playing their third game in three nights as it was part of a tournament. This game tonight is part of a stretch where Troy is playing eight straight games away from home. Whether the visitor or playing on a neutral court, the early season scheduling means that Troy is already being battle-tested. That helps when it comes to a game like tonight’s game and Troy’s only other two losses this season were against Florida and UAB. Then, after playing three games in three days, the Trojans have been able to gear up for this game with four full off days leading into this Friday affair. It will serve them well and you know the “small school” Sun Belt team is geared up for this game while the “big school” SEC team could get caught looking ahead to upcoming games the Tigers have scheduled with ACC opponents. As for Troy, they don’t play again for over a week after tonight’s game. That said, the Trojans will definitely leave it all on the floor at Auburn tonight and they lost by just three points to the Tigers when they faced them three years ago. This game means a lot to Troy and they’ve got a very strong, experienced backcourt which could continue to give the mistake-prone Tigers offense some issues. Additionally, the Trojans have been getting solid play in the frontcourt from Antywan Jones and Yamene Coleman. Note that Coleman is an Alabama transfer who will look to have a huge gave against a former SEC rival he locked horns with last season. The Trojans are capable of hanging with the Tigers here both in the frontcourt and in terms of play along the perimeter. This will make it very tough for Auburn to ever pull away in this game…let alone to even win it by double digits! Play Troy plus the big points as an 8* Regular Play selection.

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