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Pittsburgh over North Carolina State* by 6

Ohio State* over Nebraska by 18

Memphis* over Cincinnati by 5

Tulsa* over CS Fullerton by 9

Western Kentucky over Troy* by 8

Georgetown* over St. John’s by 7
SJU can bang and hang if the Hoyas’ bricklaying guards have one of their typical misfire
outings.
GEORGETOWN, 69-62.

Iowa State over Texas Tech* by 14

SMU* over Connecticut by 1
UConn is the stranger in a strange land in a circled game for SMU and Larry Brown.
SMU, 68-67.

Syracuse* over Miami-FL by 18

Vanderbilt* over Northeastern by 10

Maryland* over Georgia Tech by 7

Arizona* over Washington by 24
Second road game in less than three nights for the depth-shy Romar Roundballers,
against one of the best teams in the nation. Let the rout begin.
ARIZONA, 92-68.

Delaware* over Cal Poly-SLO by 9

Marquette* over Depaul by 14

Indiana* over Michigan State by 1

St. Bonaventure* over Cornell by 25

Wisconsin-GB* over Youngstown State by 12
Big guys vs. little guys edge for the host Gee Bees, but Youngstown can stay in any
game when their bevy of three-point shooters are hot. However, they lost by 11 and
17 in last year’s series.
WISCONSIN-GB, 79-67.

Detroit* over Wright State by 6

Xavier* over Butler by 2

Illinois* over Penn State by 9

North Texas* over Cal-Riverside by 4

Creighton over Seton Hall* by 2
If all injured hands are on deck for Seton Hall, they’ll have the right amount of size,
length, muscle and shooting to hang with Creighton as the Blue Jays make their initial
trip to the East Coast as a member of the Big East.
CREIGHTON, 78-76.

Florida* over Richmond by 19
If Billy Donovan can get his kids to care, it shouldn’t be close.
FLORIDA, 78-59.

Utah* over Oregon State by 10
Oregon State has a knack for playing games in which the spread is in doubt in the final
seconds.
UTAH, 82-72.

San Francisco* over Pepperdine by 7

South Florida* over Houston by 5

Clemson over Boston College* by 6

***BEST BET
Duke over Notre Dame* by 22
Notre Dame, not enough muscle to make Duke cringe and cry to the refs. Also, with
leading scorer Jerian Grant out for the season, Irish offense has a fine opportunity to
take a swan dive. Coach K to former assistant, Irish head coach Mike Brey: ‘Ha-ha,
you came into my conference and I come into your house and steal your cookies.’
DUKE, 82-60.

Central Florida* over Temple by 5

West Virginia over TCU* by 5

Oklahoma State over Kansas State* by 8
K-State plays strong defense, but the best offensive teams in the nation have a habit of overcoming the road, and a strong home defense.
OKLAHOMA STATE, 71-63.

Florida State* over Virginia by 11

South Alabama* over Georgia State by 1

Missouri* over Long Beach State by 24
Most teams are opening their conference season but LBS head coach Dan Monson is
still spending his Big West program’s money traveling to places where they should get
killed.
MISSOURI, 84-60.

UL-Lafayette over UL-Monroe* by 4

Arkansas State over Texas State* by 2

Saint Louis* over Yale by 20

Valparaiso over Oakland* by 3

Louisville over Rutgers* by 19

Texas-Arlington* over Arkansas-LR by 9

Loyola Marymount over Santa Clara* by 1
Shot-hog Anthony Ireland got 9 assists for Marymount in their home upset of BYU
last Saturday. Freshman guard Evan Payne doubled Ireland’s 14 points. What’s goin’
on here?
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT, 81-80.

New Mexico* over Colorado State by 9

Nevada* over Wyoming by 3
Wyoming gets an offensive rebound about twice a half, and that’s only a slight exaggeration. Nevada gets about twice as many and they’re not even a big team. NEVADA, 63-60.

**PREFERRED
Old Dominion* over George Mason by 10
Former Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt is in the process of putting the George
Mason program farther in the rear-view. They’re in the A-10 now, where they figure
to be buried, but before they open that conference season they have to go back to former CAA foe Old Dominion and play a true, non-conference road game. They are
turning the ball over 15 times per game despite reverting to a slow-paced style. ODU
is a desperate team playing one of few winnable games.
OLD DOMINION, 70-60.

James Madison over NC-Wilmington* by 4

Massachusetts* over Miami-OH by 27

Lasalle over Penn* by 8

***BEST BET
LSU* over Rhode Island by 28
Traveling down into an SEC house, with a team scoring only 67.5 ppg, hitting only
29.4% on three-pointers and a roster that has a severe lack of experience in the frontcourt is probably not the best way to avoid getting killed. It’s a good day to be LSU’s two leading scorers, 6’9” Johnny O’Bryant and 6’8” Jordan Mickey, who are supported by group of junior and senior guards.
LSU, 78-50.

Mississippi* over Dayton by 5

Harvard over Rice* by 14

Texas* over Oklahoma by 5

Wisconsin-Milwaukee* over Cleveland State by 2

Gonzaga* over Pacific by 16

**PREFERRED
Indiana State over Evansville* by 10
D.J. Balentine, a 6’2” soph, has stepped up and filled the Colt Ryan scoring void for
Evansville against a weak schedule so far, scoring 22.8 ppg. Visiting ISU will say, ‘We
knew Colt Ryan. You, son, are no Colt Ryan.’ Nobody else scores in double digits for
the Purple Aces.
INDIANA STATE, 72-62.

Bradley* over Drake by 1

Arkansas* over Texas San Antonio by 31

BYU* over San Diego by 16

Boise State* over Fresno State by 10

Utah State* over San Jose State by 19

St. Mary’s over Portland* by 4

UNLV* over Air Force by 15