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UAB at ST. JOSEPH'S (-5')
By Andy Fanelli, Featured Handicapper
Wow, UNC showed everyone a little something last night as they opened the can of whip ass on San Diego State. I was flat-out wrong!
I will get back into the college basketball tournament tomorrow through Sunday, but tonight I have a NBA play that is screaming "bet me, bet me!"
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On the surface the -5 1/2 points the St. Joe's Hawks are being asked to cover tonight in their opening-round game in the NIT seems like it might be a little too many when you consider the visiting UAB Blazers like to push the tempo and score 82.5 points per game which happens to lead the AAC, but the home team does have a few things going for themselves tonight on Hawk Hill that I think warrants a play on the Hawks as the chalk.
St. Joseph's can also score the basketball with their key three players - Xzayvier Brown, Rasheer Fleming, and Erik Reynolds II - all posting 14.9 points per game or better, and they should have a successful night on their home floor against a Blazers' defense that is not very good to put it nicely.
The Hawks hold opponents to 68.6 points per game, and I believe after their semifinals flame-out over the weekend in the Atlantic Ten tournament Coach Lange's team will view this second chance at continuing their season a little more enthusiastically than Coach Kennedy's Blazers who were 40 minutes away from playing in the Big Dance on Sunday when they held a 3-point lead at the break on the Memphis Tigers in the AAC title game and also were down by only a basket with 7 minutes remaining before sputtering in a 12-point loss.
I wonder what's the motivation of the visitors who have to fly to Philly midweek and play in the NIT rather than in the Big Dance tomorrow or Friday?
Finally, if you are looking for a divine intangible, today is St. Joseph's Day on the Catholic Calendar. Do you think St. Joe's is going to lose on their Feast Day? I don't!
The Hawk will Never Die! Lay it with Joey's this Wednesday at Hagan Arena.
3* ST. JOSEPH'S
Dayton (-1) at FLORIDA ATLANTIC
By Chris Jordan, Featured Handicapper
Took a breather from the college ranks last night and won an 800♦ play on the Lakers, who beat the Spurs by 16.
Tonight I have something stronger in College Hoops, as it's time to dance.
I toyed with the San Diego State-North Carolina game, but that's a game that has two teams out to prove something. For me, I don't have a problem with the Tar Heels getting in, only the optics of Bubba Cunningham's involvement.
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I'm tired of hearing about people complaining about the teams who made it and didn't make it, the most pissed off team in Division I basketball should be the Dayton Flyers.
They're the No. 1 team in their region of the NIT field, yet because of the first quatro round in the dance on Tuesday and Wednesday, and some high school state basketball games on Friday and Saturday, the Flyers have to open the tournament on the road.
Dayton was third in the Atlantic 10 with a 12-6 record, and I wouldn't have been mad if the Flyers made the dance in front of San Diego State.
The 22-win Flyers visit Florida Atlantic (18-15), which finished fifth in the American Athletic Conference this season. And let's be real, this is a far cry from the Owls team that made the national semis a couple years back.
Coach Anthony Grant once again has a competitive squad, one that could make a deep run in this tournament with an impressive offense that ranks first in the Atlantic 10 in 3-point shooting (.355, 258 of 726), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.45), and third in free-throw percentage (.746, 510 of 684) and turnover margin (1.44).
Dayton will play with a chip on its shoulder and will win this game on the road.
1* DAYTON