10* under 167.5

I like the under with this game being played on a neutral floor. All it takes is for one team to struggled and we get a game in the low 160's.

10* under 143

Louisville plays solid defense under coach Rick Pitino. W&M is a below average team that can surprise you but I think this ends in the 130's.

10* over 144.5

UNC has played Syracuse twice this year and last year's meeting went over by about 20 points. The game is being played in abig stadium and it may take awhile to adjust but Paige, Jackson and Berry are decent 3-point shooters lately. Brice Johnson inside should score 20 and the Orange has Cooney and Richardson who was hot vs. UVA.

There should be late fouls for more points to get close to 150.

10*  under 147

These two are playing their thrid game in 3 nights out in Las Vegas. ODU has been playing low scores except for a high score in the C-USA Tournament with Western Ky. Their game with Middle Tennessee ended 55-51.

Oakland has played high scores but this game could have pressure being the title game. If Kay Felder gets hot and scores often ODU may rely on Freeman and Aaron Bacote to shoot faster but the Grizzilies did play some low scores and their lone tourney game in conference with Wright State was low scoring.

10+ under 173

10* under 139

ODU is at home. They are a good defensive team that has been off for 9 days. They have solid guards in Trey Freeman and Aaron Bacote who can control the pace. Tenn Tech does play fast and has moslty high scores. They did play a game with Morehead State that ended in the 120's.

I hope to see a game in the 133 to 136 yange that stays under.

under 156

UNC just played a high scoring game with Indiana and two daus later face a Notre Dame team that is not deep. The meeting in the ACCT wasin the 120's as the Irish struggled to score. Notre Dame is familiar with the Tar Heels.

10* over 162.5

VT is off an OT win at home just two days ago. Now they travel to Utah to play at high elevation vs. a team that scored 97 vs. UAB. VT has solid scorerslike Hudson, Leday and Seth Allen. BYU has inside players as well as 3-point shooters. I hope to see both reach 80+ and go over.

10* over 152.5

Princeton played high scoring games with Columbia in the Ivy League. Va Tech likes to have Seth Allen drive and dish to Zack Leday and others. Coach Buzz Williams has his team playing well at home and I think we see 155 or more tonight.

10* under 169

This is one of the higest totals of any of the postseason games.FSU can score and so can Jack Gibbs and the rest of the Davidson team. However, there should be a small crowd in Tallahassee since the game is not on the season ticket package and they only had two days to sell tickets and promote it.

All it takes is for one team to struggle and we get a 90-77 game that goes unders by a few points or a 85-82 game.

10* These two played a game in the 150s' this year at UVA. Their ACCT meeting last year was in this range 138 points.

It si the third game in 3 days for each so we could see tired legs. UVA has Malcolm Brogdon and Anthony Gill and London Perrantes to score while UNC has Paige, Brice Johnson, Meeks, Britt, Loel Berry and Isiah Hicks.

I think we see in the 140's so take the over.

10+ under 161.             

I like the under in this tournament game that has a high total set at 161.

10* under 153.5

This is an early start and the crowd should be small. I hope we seejust 146to 150 points on Tuesday in the ACC Tourney opener.

10* under 154.5

Duke is off a loss at Pitt and plays UNC at home on Saturday. I think they are happy to win 82-66 so this one stays under by a few points.

10* under 137.5

I did hope to see 139 but the game is at Virginia and they have 7 unders in a row. They will keep it slow moving. UNC shoots 3's poorly and has solid defense for Brice Johnson inside.

10* under 175.5

The Citadel coach used to be at VMI. The early start may take awhile for the offenses to get going. All it takes is of a 90-83 game and we have an under.

10* under185

One of the highest totals of the year with a 6pm start. All it takes is for the Citadel to score only 80 and we see a 91-80 type of score that stays under by a few points.

10* under 160.5

I think we see a game in the 150's when these two meet on Tuesday night. This is one of the highest totals of the night. Hopefully, one team struggles to score and we see a 81-75 type of game.

10* under 147

Shaka Smart has Texas playing solid defense. Iowa State is a fast paced team but I think we see a game in the 138 to 145 range.

10 under.     

WOW, whata high. total. They played earlier andshould play better defense. 

10 under the total in this Ivy League game

10* under 150

Louisville is off a low scoring loss at home to Virginia. It does concern me that Damien Lee and Trey Lewis will bounce back and make some 3's after playing a slow paced Virginia team but this is UNC's first game against a good team in ACC action after facing FSU, Boston College, NCSU and Ga Tech.

I think we see a game in the 140's.

10* over 143.5

Carter, Robinson and Clifford are guys who can score for BC. They have had some low scores but the game is at UNC and the Tar Heels are in the top 10 in scoring and have 6 players at 10 ppg or better. Paige has been off lately and gets a chance to step up in front of the fans at home before they play at Louisville on Monday. BC games with Duke and Mich State went to close to 150.

10* over 138.5

Saint Louis has played faster lately as they have combined to reach 151, 171, 161 and 161 in their last four led by Bishop, Hines, Reynolds, Crawford, Yacoubou and others. Dayton just scored 114 with Fordham but had 164, 147, and 154 before that and are led by Pierre and Cooke.

I hope to see 140+.

under 152

I like the under as Duke is off some losses to Miami and Clemson. Duke is not deepand neither is NCSU as the Wolfpack has Cat Barber toscore but the big men like Anya are decent on the boards.

10 over 166

I like the overas UNC is off a low score vs. NCSU. Wake has some scorers like Thomas and the Tar Heels have Paige, Meeks, Brice and others.

10* over 124.5

ODU and MTSU have played their share of low scores in the past and had o/u set at 115 to 118. ODU is off an OT loss to UAB and ready to bounce back. ODU has played some weak teams at home but their game URI ended 71-65 (136) and they average 75 ppg at home. They are led by Trey Freeman and Aaron Bacote.

MTSU can score as they have reached 150, 150 and 145 in recent games but did have low ones with VCU (116).Giddy Poitts scores 16 ppg and Harris 13. They even have a player names Karl Gamble, a name we can relate to. 

I hope to see 3's and late points and even OT.

10* under 143.5

Oklahoma State is the home team and will try to slow down the visitors in this rival game. OU has played some high scoring games but I think we see a game in the 135 to 140 range that stays under.

10* over 148

These two played a game in the 160's last year at Wake Forest. Wake plays fast and led by Codi Miller-McIntrye, Devin Thomas and Crawford. NCSU has Cat Barber to score 20+ as well as Anya and the Martins.

10* over 123

Both are poor offensively but off losses. The Orange lost badly at Miami and Pittsburgh but have seniors Michael Gibjnobli and Trevor Cooney. Clemson has Jared Blossomgame who can score. I think we see some 3's and late FT's to get 125 points.

10* over 175.5

It is a high total for a college game but Charlotte is off a close low scoring game with Georgetown and should be happy facing the uptempo Citadel who have a coach who likes to run as he and his team did at VMI. Charloote played a game with Davidson that reached the 180's. I like the over.

10* over 122

ODU has won 28 in a row but has played poorly this year as Stith was injured but has come back and shooting over 63%. Leading scorer Trey Freeman scores 14.5 ppg but shooting around 35%. Senior guard Aaron Bacote is at 13 ppg and Talley at 9.5. Baker and Denzel Taylor are defenders and score just 5 ppg each. Ambrose Mosley was kicked off the team and was the best defensive guard.

URI has 5 players who average 11 to 12.5 ppg. Four McGlyn is a decent FT shooter to take late 3's if ahead and ODU guards can make FT's as well.

ODU did score 77, 82, 79 and 77 at home while it is true they have played weak teams at home they did play a 138 point game at Richmond. 

ODU did play an ugly game at W&M that barely made it to 100+.

I think we see an over on Tuesday.

10* under 154

Duke hasn't played since December 2, a period of almost 2 weeks. They are a young team that has to be thinking of exams and moving on the Christmas break. Ga Southern was a solid team last year but is just 3-4 and lost to Auburn by 30 points. I hope to see just 148 to 152 scored on Tuesday night in Durham.

10* under the total

These two are same city rivals and have seen the last 3 games end with 116, 111 and 105. Xavier has scored 87, 90, 95 and 90 in their last 4 games but did play a game with Alabama that reached 109 (64-45). Cincinnati has played unders in 26 of its last 36 road games and 39 unders and 12 overs in its last 51 non-conference games. I like the under on Saturday.

Houston at Rhode Island

10* under 145

Rhode Island lost a key player (EC Matthews) in its first game of the season and has struggled some without him.  The Rams have beaten the teams they're supposed to beat, but they're averaging just 68.7 points per game and rank 312th in the nation with just 68.2 possessions.  Part of that is because the Rams are a terrible free throw shooting team, 61.8%.  They did beat Valpo but the score was 58-55 (113). Houston boasts the highest point per possession ranking in the country, but the Cougars have played just one team in the Kenpom top 150 (UL-Monroe #145).  In fact, according to Kenpom, Houston has played the easiest schedule by defenses faced in the country.  Sagarin also says that the Cougars have played the easiest schedule in the nation.  Playing at home I think Rhoddy controls the tempo, and Houston finds it hard to score now that they're stepping up in competition.  I have this one at 134.8.  Kenpom says 144.  Massey says 137.  GL!

10* under 172.5

I was hoping for a higher total as Kenpom expects a game reacing 176 points but UNC just played a high scoring game as home with Maryland as Melo Trimble and Diamond Stone and Rasheed Sulaimon made some nice shots and we had a game that went way over. 

UNC has Marcus Paige outside as well as Brice Johnson and Kennedy Meeks inside to score easy baskets. Davidson does have some solid players and should put up points as their game ended 90-72 (162) last year but I think this total may be too high.

10* over 161.5

I like the over even though this game starts early. The Citadel is off a game with 190 points at Air Force and now they play at home against another team from South Carolina. The Citadel likes to shoot 3's and play FAST, very fast, as their coach was at VMI and became famous for scoring and allowing plenty of points.

10* under 166.5

This is the highest total of the day. Wake Forest is an average college team that has Devin Thomas inside and some players who struggle to make 3's and FT's. They lost at home to Richmond but the game made it to 170. Arkansas did beat WF easily last year so the Deacons will look for revenge. WF is favored by 5.5and plenty has to happen to reach 166. I think we see a game in the low 160's and will suggest a play on the under.

10* under 166.5

This is one of the highest totals of the night. The Citadel has played some high scores with Butler (144-71) and others but Air Force has played some low scores (129, 116 and 130 in OT) in their last three at home. Will the Air Force get into a run and gun fun game ot shpw some discipline? Hopefully, we see some missed shots and a game in the low 160's and an under.

10 over 139.5

10* over 143

Cornell opened the year with a 116-81 (197) loss to Ga Tech, another ACC team. They played a game with Canisius that ended with 149 points and their game with Colgate reached 152 (before OT). Hatter scored 33 in one game. 

Pittsburgh played a 95-79 (174) game with Detroit at home. The Panthers are led mostly by juniors and seniors (Young, Artis, Luther, Robinson, Jeter). They play solid defense and this  could end up being low scoring but I like the over, which is set at 143.

10* over the total

These two played a game that reached 161 last year as QJ Peterson played well for VMI and he scored 24 in a recent game. They did play a very low scoring game at Penn State that was 62-50 but their other game made it to 162. VT opening game with Alabama State was 85-82 (167) as Zach Leday had 26. Bibbs, Allen and Clark should also contribute.

10* under 151.5

ULL has Shawn Long and a solid team. Alabama is off a bad loss at Dayton and should focus on defenseand they are playing at home.They allowed over 80 to the Flyers. ULL has showed they can score vs. teams like Miami but hopefully, the Crimson Tide focus on defense.

Eastern Michigan at Oakland
10* over 151.5

Oakland is the last Division 1 team to play a game this year. They went to Spain in the summer and were 3-0. Their coach (Greg Kampe) has been at the school for 32 years. Oakland played two exhibition games and scored 113 and 130 points. They are led by 5'9" PG Kahlil Fielder, who averaged 17 ppg and 7 apg. Max Hooper scored 19 and 24 in the two exhibition games and scored his 24 on 8  3-pointers. Gibson, Daniels, Brechting, Dorsey-Walker and Cumberland should contribute.

EMU did lose key players but Tim Bond and Mangum scored double digits in a home win vs. Vermont. These two played a gane that reached 166 points early last year. The Grizzlies opened with 175 and 166 points in their first two games last year.

Hopefully, we see a fast paced game with plenty of points.

10* under 160

These two have played unders in 28 of 38 neutral floor games. Duke has scoredplenty of points but they have been at home. This game is at Chicago and both squads are full of youngsters.

10* under 135.5

Kenpom has this 67-61 (128) and ODU played a low scoring game in their opener while Buffalo played a high scoring home game. ODU does have Trey Freeman to score but others like Aaron Bacote focus more on defense. Denzel Taylor is solid on defense as well.

10* over 143.5

I think UNC jumps out at home and puts upplenty of points.Paige is out but they have Pinson, Jackson, Meeks, Britt, Brice Johnson, Berry, Hicks and James. They are deep and can run and score inside. Fairfield should have some open 3's and get a chance to score in the open court.

10* over 144.5

UNC will try to run and force the pace even without Marcus Paige. Britt and Theo Pinson and Joel Berry can handle the ball while Justin Jackson can shoot from the outside. Meeks and Brice Johnson are solid inside. The Tar Heels are poor FT shooters and that does concern me.

10' under 138.5

This game is played at New York's Madison Square Garden. ODU will focus on defense as they struggled on the road. There is a 30 second clock but I look for an under.

under 138.5

10' under 145

Duke has played 5 unders in a row. They are not deep and playing slower and focused on defense. This games total is 17points higher than the other one.

10' inder 138

ODU is undefeated at home. Trey Freeman did not score in their win over Ill St on Monday. The game ended with just 99 points. ODU plays good defense and Trey won't be 100%.

10' over 116.5

MSU has played 7-1 overs in their last 8 and these two reached 120 last year. UVA's last two were 138 with UNC and 146 with Belmont.

I think we see 120+ with Anderson back.

10' under 135'

This is an early start and even with the 30 second clock I think we see an under.

10' over 132'

UNC will dictate pace with better athletes and be happy to see an Ivy team and not ACC players. Harvard scored 153 combined with MSU last year.

10' under the total

Both canscore but this is set in Dayton on a neutral floor with First Four pressure. All it takes is one team struggling for an under.

10* under 146

Oregon games averaged 144 ppg while AZ was at 136. Both teams played games that stayed well under this total on Friday. The Wildcats are a good defensive team. They are playing their third game in 3 days. Oregon can run and gun at home against weak teams but not vs. this solid Wildcats team.

10* under 146

10' over 122

The last two meetings ended with 137 points. Tar Heelswill foul late if down. It is the lowest total for a UNC game under Roy Williams.

Under 134.5

The ACCT has seen their share of overs so far but thesetwo have played recently and know each other. VT is mostly freshmen pkaying theur furst tourbet.

under 134.5

over 139

These two have combined fot 29 overs and just 15 unders.

10* over 113.5

These two managed to play a game in the 130's at UVA last year. Both play solid defense and have had their share of low scores. UVA allowed GT to score just 28 and Harvard struggled. However, FSU has some decent guards, led by Xander Mayes-Hyphen who scored 35 at UNC.

Virginia has some decent scorers like Malcolm Brogden, Mike Tobey and Anthony Gil. Darien Adkins is solid inside as well. Justin Anderson is out but the Cavaliers are good shooting 3's.

10* over 113.5

I think we see an over in this night game seen on espnu. There is good chance of ot.Mcclelland and Rodriguez score for Mismi while Clemson has Blossomgame and Hall and Grantham.

The total is so low all we need is a 61-59 game.

over the total

over 155

I was looking at playing the under at first but Iona is a good offensive team that has played overs in 14 of their last 19 Friday games and these two played over 200 last year at Iona and 90-89 at Niagara last year.

Iona gets 20.8 from English, Lanz gets 20, Williams 14.5 and Casimir 14 ppg. They are one of a few teams that get 20 points per game from two players.

Go with the over on Friday ay night.

10* over 155

under 133

Davidson and UVA played last year and we saw a game with 127 points and that was at Davidson and now they play at UVA. Davidson lost by 18 vs. UNC and now plays another ACC team that likes to play defense and it is at an odd time.

I think we see a game with 125 to 130 points and an under.

10* under 133

under 135

This total did drop a few points and Kenpom has it making it to 138. However, Saint Mary's has played under in 13 of its last 16 and under in 24 of its last 33 road games. Saint John's has played 0 overs, 5 unders and one push this year. Steve Lavin's Red Storm has played unders in 8 of its last 10 Friday games. Hopefully, both teams play solid defense and we don't see overtime and the under wins the cash.

10* under 135

over 115

This is a very low total. I don't expect Columbia to score too many points but think the home team can put up 75+. Maybe we get a 74-44 game and reach 118. That isn't asking too much for the #1 ranked team in the nation to go over 115 points led by the Harrison twins, Willie Cauley-Stein and Karl Townes and Alex Poythesis.

John Calipari does stress defense and Columbia did have 17 unders in a row a few years ago but I think we have a solid chance for an over which is set at 115.

10* over 115

10* ECU/UNC over 142

Both teams are off losses. The Tar Heels lost at home to Iowa and only scored 55 points and now face East Carolina, who are coached by former UNC guard Jeff Lebo. When these two played two year ago we saw a 93-87 (180 points) game. And ECU's game with Wes Miller's (former UNC guard) UNC Greensboro ended 85-84.

Teams are playing a zone against UNC and forcing them to shoot outside and only Marcus Paige is solid from behind the arc (he did miss a  late 3 to tie against Iowa and he played high school hoops in Iowa).

ECU played a 99-81 game with UNCW and 83-79 with UNCA and 148 points with Hawaii. They just playing a game with FAU that ended with 135 points. ECU is led by Tyson 16 ppg, White at 14 (43% 3's and 92% FT) and Whisnant 11 ppg. Hopefully, someone can get hot and they can reach the mid 60's. And hopefully, they play man to man to allow Kennedy Meeks and Brice Johnson to score inside.

UNC plays at Kentucky next Saturday so I expect this to be a fun game and get Paige, Meeks, Brice Johnson, Tokoto, Justin Jackson, etc. some scoring opportunities in a faster paced game that UNC likes to play.

All we need is a 82-64 type of game to get an over.

10* over 142

10* over 133.5

This total at 133.5 seems to low for me to open the ACC season. It has moved up at some books to 135. Both are off losses in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The last two years these two have seen 82-67 (149) points scored last year in Raleigh and two years ago was 81-66 (147 points). Wake Forest did play a home game with Iona that ended with 166 as both were in the 80's.

Wake is led by Codi Miller-McIntyre at 11 ppg, Thomas 10 points and 10 rebs, Mitoglu at 8 ppg and several at 7 points.

NCSU is led by Turner, Barber and Lacey. They played a 84-72 (156 points) game at home with Richmond.

These teams know each other as they are located in the middle of the state and hopefully, they play a fast paced game and Wake Forest can make some 3's and we see some FT's made.

Thanks and good luck this weekend!

10* over 133.5

over 149.5

UNC likes to play fast and got to the 150's with Robert Morris at home and 90-72 (162) with Davidson in Charlotte. This is a high total as Iowa avergaes 130 ppg while UNC is at 146. Games in the Bahamas did go over but had low totals for Tar Heel games.

White, Uthoff and Woodbury are the top scorers for Iowa and they have three starters averaging over 50% from the field. UNC is led by Marcus Paige, Kennedy Meeks and Brice Johnson.

Iowa did score 90 vs. Hampton and 86 with NDSU. Hopefully, they can make some shots, hit 3's and we get late FT's and into the 150's.

10* over 149.5

10* over 134

Both teams are off big losses yesterday ad playing their third game in 4 days. ODU was just 2/17  from 3's and has just 4 points at the 10 minute mark. ODU lost and scored just 45 points and now play a team that is fast paced and their games average 154 ppg. ODU has reached 70 vs. LSU (and were just 11-23 at the FT line). They scored 76 vs. UNCW. Their home game with Richmond is a rivalry that reached 120.

ODU is getting 19 ppg from Trey Freeman and he shoots 92% from the line. Ambrose Mosley is shooting just 28% but can get hot. Richard Ross is at 11 ppg and shoots 62% FG and is an inside threat. Arledge is at 8 ppg but did have 19 vs. UNCW. Palmore, Bacote, Baker and Nik Biberaj contribute for Jeff Jones' Monarchs.

Gardner Webb is known as the Runnin'Bulldogs and their games have seen 152, 142, 147 and 175 this year and going back to last year they saw 169, 146, 154, 154 and a high scoring OT game. The two before that reached 135 and 120 and they were road games.

GW is led by Hill at 17 ppg and Tsenior PG Tyler Strange at 14 ppg and 7.4 assists. Nelson is at 14 ppg and shoots 55% FG and Davis 12 ppg.

If ODU can make some early shots and get into a running game this should reache the upper 130's or higher. I like our chances for an over.

10* ODU/GW over 134