Reasons: Umass was absolutely dominant last time out in the first half running up a 19 pt lead @ East Carolina. They are a pretty strong 1st half team. Richmond should put up a pretty good fight and I actually put some good money on the ml. Iowa State is at home with an in-state Rivalry and they are a talented bunch coached by fred hoiberg who has done some miracles to this program. Iowa should lose by double digits and I do not see them keeping it extremely close. They are mediocre at best, they have not won against any decent teams and Iowa State has a lot to prove this season.
Honestly, Iowa State has some guys who can really score. I have learned my lesson in the past when betting games like this. Iowa State will want to really play up tempo. They average around 76-82 pts a game at home. If you remove the Northern Iowa game (a team that plays tremendously slow) they would have scored no less than 85 pts a game. (risky for the under) AT HOME.
Last edited by xstud; 12-09-11 at 05:51 PM.
Reason: forgot to clarify @ home.