Iowa State -9
Illinois State +9.5
USC -11
I like USC and Iowa State to roll here. Iowa State I think will be on a mission this year, the only wild-card early on is having a new coach/new system, but they are fairly similar in style of play so it should be okay. Prohm really ran the Racers at Murray State and it should be similar to what Hoiberg emphasized on offense. Xavier Johnson out for the Buffs until December and he is really one of their two dynamic players. If ISU takes away Scott, they'll cover.
Illinois State plays in tough MVC arenas all the time - so I don't think they'll be phased. SDSU has some distractions as well. Hawkins, Paris Lee, Akoon-Purcell will not be afraid, even though they lost two key Sr's from last year. I think this will be closer than some think. Aztecs will probably win, but inside the number. Dan Muller has improved the team year over year.
YTD: 0-0-0