1-Unit Play. Take #719 Eastern Michigan (+21) over Ohio State (Noon, Saturday, Dec. 5)
Kind of a tweener spot here for Ohio State. They come off a great effort to beat Florida State in the Big 10/ACC Challenge and next week they head to Butler. So far this year they beat James Madison by 28 and Lipscomb by 20, so they have been peppering this number. Eastern Michigan is better than either of them. The MAC team is going to be way up for this one. EMU has four guys averaging double-digits, including a solid trio of Brandon Bowdry, Carlos Medlock, and Justin Dobbins that can do some positive things. This one is all about how these teams shoot. Ohio State isn’t going to dominate inside, but EMU isn’t going to stop them either. If OSU is just a little off from deep than we hang around. If Ohio State is draining shots then they could bury us and make this number close.
1.5-Unit Play. Take #725 North Carolina (+3.5) over Kentucky (12:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5)
I really don’t think that either of these teams is very good. But there is no doubt that I’m going to defer to the Tar Heels here, despite playing on the road. The Wildcats have shown me exactly nothing. And even though they have a lot of highly touted freshmen I haven’t seen them do anything yet. North Carolina can at least hang its hat on wins over Ohio State and Michigan State, and one really good half of high-level ball against Syracuse in a hostile environment. I’ll go with the ACC team and the strength inside in this contest.
1-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #725 North Carolina (+8.5) over Kentucky (12:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5) AND Take #731 UL-Monroe (+21.5) over Alabama (1 p.m.)
Ferringo 12/5
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