Originally Posted by
astro61200
5* Old Dominion -4.5
The Monarchs are a very solid squad, their record does not indicate such, only at 6-4, but that is because of the top-tier competition they have played: at Clemson, NC vs UNC, NC vs Louisville, home against Georgetown are their 4 losses, their wins have not been agaisnt stellar teams, but pretty solid teams none the less, plus they kept it close in 3 of their 4 losses until the final 4th of the game... Richmond, on the other hand, has played one good team, Memphis, a few decent teams in USF and VCU then a bunch of garbage teams such as Rice and Norfolk State... the Spiders haven't kept it close with any of the 3 good/decent teams I listed, and even lost to some of the garbage squads aswell... they have lost their past 2 games by a combined 34 points and have struggled mightily with rebounding (-10.9 RPG margin)
I expect ODU to cover this spread easily, as they will out-rebound the Spiders by probably 15-20 rebounds and get so many shot attempts with offensive rebounds that it will make it nearly impossible for the Spiders to win or keep it close... Monarchs win by 14+
4* Arizona -3
In Arizona's 2 losses, they have lost by a combined 7 points... those losses were at home to 7-2 Virginia, by 3, and on the road at #3 Kansas, by 4 in OT, in Arizona's 7 wins, which include #9 Texas A&M, at Illinois, a 19 point beat down of Fresno State, win over 7-4 NAU, and a 26 point throttling of 5-2 CS Fullerton, the Wildcats have looked stellar... they have won on the road and went to OT against one of the best teams in the nation
However UNLV has not looked nearly as good, while they have a nice pretty 7-2 record, their top wins include Montana State, Fresno State, Nevada and NAU... not really the same type of skill level that Arizona has been hanging with, and beating... they also have a 20 point loss at home to Louisville, without David Padgett
I see Arizona jumping out to a lead around 5 or 6 minutes in and building it more and more as the game goes on, UNLV making a little run to cut it within 7 or 8 later in the game, then getting cold and end up losing by 12 or more
3* Illinois-Chicago -6.5
2* Memphis -14
1* New Mexico -9.5