Tuesday Hoops

[xerri]

12-7, +6 units

N. Iowa -1.5 -110, 2 units
Butler lost some pretty good players so think it may take them a while to gel. N. Iowa has some decent players back in Gruber and Schneiderman so I like their chances at home as I expect them to be a little tougher than Butler's first opponent, Quincy.

CS-Northridge +2 -110, 2 units
Not real sure why Loyala is favored after last year's 10 win season. Northridge usually has some good scorers and they hit 10 3's in their 1st game while LM made just 1 of 10 3's and 8 of 15 FT's against a pretty poor Riverside team. Also think the Matadors are a little deeper so think there is a good chance they take this one on the road.

Ball St. +8.5 -110, 2 units
Think Xavier may have some problems this year as they don't have a real threat in the paint with West leaving. They haven't been too impressive against some very weak teams and they may have trouble on the road as Chalmers and Sato take a lot of perimeter shots and are little streaky. Xavier hasn't shot well at the FT line at just 61% so I like Ball St.'s chances of staying under the number.

Looking at a couple other games so may have a couple more tomorrow.

 

[ND2002HORNS]

GL Thomas! Solid work on Monday night!

HORNS

 

[johnnyb.]

xerri,
i like northridge too! home team has taken it in the last 8 but i feel boylan will be the best player on the court tom. and that will make the difference.

 

[xerri]

making CSN, NI, and Ball St. all 2 unit plays

adding
Kansas -8 -110, 2 units
Have a feeling the line is this high for a reason. MSU is really lacking in the frontcourt as Davis is about the only quality big man they have. I think he will have trouble against an athletic Kansas team and think he may get into foul trouble as he isn't that quick. He managed to foul out in 26 minutes against Bucknell and with the way Kansas takes the ball to the rim I think he will either be forced to commit fouls or give up layups. If MSU's guards aren't able to hit from the outside they will be in real trouble. I think KU will control the paint with Simien and Padgett and like them to win by 12-15 points here.

UC-Irvine +5.5 -110, 2 units
UCI has been a good dog the past couple years and they are capable of knocking off some of the bigger schools. UCI usually slows the tempo and they usually execute their offense pretty well and shoot a good percentage. Childress will probably be back for Stanford but may have his minutes limited coming off a stress fracture so not sure how effective he'll be. Public is all over Stanford yet line is moving down so I have a feeling the Anteaters are the right side here.

Buffalo +14 -110, 1 unit
Not sure this Rutgers team is ready to lay double digits. Buffalo has some of their better players back and they were a little more competitive last season than they have been in recent years. Rutgers doesn't have much of a frontcourt and they are relying a lot on 2 freshman guards. Lamizana has some size but he likes to play on the perimeter and this team relies a lot on the perimeter shot. Rutgers managed to get outrebounded by Lafayette and won by just 6 in that game. Think Buffalo can keep this under 10 so taking the points.

 

[xerri]

last one

Rhode Island +3 -110, 1 unit
Miami had no one to score last season besides Rice and Jones and Jones is gone. Miami doesn't have anyone that can really score in the paint and their guards don't shoot the ball particularly well. URI showed some improvement last year and has most of their key players back. Have a feeling they could win this so taking the 3 points.