BEST BETS: Take CENTRAL FLORIDA KNIGHTS +7.5 vs. South Florida Bulls, Location: Sun Dome – Tampa, Florida Time: 7:00pm EST
EVALUATION: When looking at how these two 7-2 SU teams matchup, we looked at every side of this game. The key that we see to taking the side of the Knights is that South Florida is without their top scorer Augustus Gilchrist who is averaging 18.8 pts a game. This is their second game without him, and Jones stepped up a little in their loss to Central Michigan last Saturday, but almost 19 points is a lot to make up, and we just think the Knights will cover this number. Our initial calculation of this game was for the Bulls, but the loss of Gilchrist we just don’t see how they can overcome this many points lost per game. NOTE: THIS IS OUR BEST BET OF THE DAY PROJECTION: CENTRAL FLORIDA 66 SOUTH FLORIDA 63
Take SOUTH ALABAMA JAGUARS -5 vs. Arkansas Little-Rock Trojans. Location: Mitchell Center – Mobile, Alabama. Time: 9:00pm EST
EVALUATION: Arkansas- LR comes in with a 4-6 SU mark, and are 0-4 on the road. They are only averaging 60 points on the road also, and that is what South Alabama’s opponent average is at home also. The 6-3 SU Jaguars are playing really good basketball, and have dropped games to Rice and Tulsa on the road, and a very tough Southern Miss squad at home. We like the way the Jaguars play good defense at home, and ALR on the road allows opponents a whopping 79 pts a game. There should be a little extra motivation for the Jaguars since the Trojans beat them on their home court last year by 2 points. PROJECTION: SOUTH ALABAMA 75 ARKANSAS LITTLE-ROCK 63
SOLIDS:-------------------------------------Projections Mississippi St. -10.5 vs. Wright St. ________________Mississippi St. 82-65 Oregon St. -4 vs. Illinois-Chicago ________________Oregon St. 64 – 56 Alabama -14.5 vs. Samford _____________________Alabama 75-52 Northern Colorado -11 vs. UL-Monroe __________N. Colorado 78-61