Saw this trend last year. Majority of these teams that played 2-3 games like Penn State, Lasalle, East Carolina are going to cover in first half because the higher ranked team has been sitting and they will be rusty. Be careful on your favorites today guys! Go first half underdogs
Don't think that's the reason for the score. I've been trying to tell people to lean dogs against teams who already have an at large bid, you're not gonna get their best peformance while you're gonna get the better peformance out of the team who has to win a conference tourney to make it to the dance.
Yes It's a combination of both. I do agree just trying open
a discussion point to help the board. I see a lot of folks just pounding favorites without understanding the back story.