Going to use the same type of strategy as I did for the conference tournaments. Picked four tournaments to play and stuck to those only. Going to pick just two Regions and have a play on EVERY game in those two regions. Going with the ones that include the teams from conferences that I feel I know best. The ones I will play:
SOUTHWEST
WEST
Not suggesting you follow or fade, just hoping to provide some good information for anyone who wants it. Will also be playing a MAX of two games per night at the Junior High Dances aka the NIT, CIT & CBI. Figure on having two Regional Previews up for the NCAAs either late tonight or Wednesday. Let's Dance!
MARCH 15th
CBI: HOFSTRA +125
The Pride open on the road against a middling Missouri Valley squad in Evansville. Hofstra has a talented performer in G Charles Jenkins. This is a guy who hands down is rated as the best player ever at the school. He led the team with a 23 ppg average & is complementing by G Mike Moore who chips in about 15 ppg. The Pride were a solid road squad this season with a 10-4 mark. When aggressive, this team gets to the line and knocks them down at 76%. Evansville struggled shooting some down the stretch and lacks much help for leading scorer Colt Ryan who is more of a volume shooter. Evansville is capable as they knocked off Butler this season, but have lost five of their last six overall. Ryan is capable of scoring in bunches, but Jenkins is capable of dominating the pace and flow of the game. Hofstra is in the CBI for the 2nd straight year, flaming out early last year. With Jenkins playing in his last games, I expect a better effort this time.
NIT: UTEP +6.5 [-105]
I hate to think of it this way, but this line seems like a steal. New Mexico lost their leading scorer to a knee injury in their last game of the Mountain West tournament. Dairese Gary averaged just over 14 ppg. The Lobos do boast three other double digit scorers, but it's still plenty to have to replace. For UTEP, it's about the ability to respond. They absolutely blew their shot at the NCAA tournament by choking away a lead to Memphis AT HOME in the C-USA tournament. This team is experienced though with four of their starters experienced from last year's trip to the NCAAs. Guards Randy Culpepper & Christian Polk can light it up and Culpepper especially should be keen for a big night after flopping in the C-USA final. Both teams are pretty even in all the key stats with UTEP a little shakier at the FT line. Both teams have something big to respond to coming in here, so that levels the field and I think the six points is a bit much to give here if the Miners can rebound well.
SOUTHWEST
WEST
Not suggesting you follow or fade, just hoping to provide some good information for anyone who wants it. Will also be playing a MAX of two games per night at the Junior High Dances aka the NIT, CIT & CBI. Figure on having two Regional Previews up for the NCAAs either late tonight or Wednesday. Let's Dance!
MARCH 15th
CBI: HOFSTRA +125
The Pride open on the road against a middling Missouri Valley squad in Evansville. Hofstra has a talented performer in G Charles Jenkins. This is a guy who hands down is rated as the best player ever at the school. He led the team with a 23 ppg average & is complementing by G Mike Moore who chips in about 15 ppg. The Pride were a solid road squad this season with a 10-4 mark. When aggressive, this team gets to the line and knocks them down at 76%. Evansville struggled shooting some down the stretch and lacks much help for leading scorer Colt Ryan who is more of a volume shooter. Evansville is capable as they knocked off Butler this season, but have lost five of their last six overall. Ryan is capable of scoring in bunches, but Jenkins is capable of dominating the pace and flow of the game. Hofstra is in the CBI for the 2nd straight year, flaming out early last year. With Jenkins playing in his last games, I expect a better effort this time.
NIT: UTEP +6.5 [-105]
I hate to think of it this way, but this line seems like a steal. New Mexico lost their leading scorer to a knee injury in their last game of the Mountain West tournament. Dairese Gary averaged just over 14 ppg. The Lobos do boast three other double digit scorers, but it's still plenty to have to replace. For UTEP, it's about the ability to respond. They absolutely blew their shot at the NCAA tournament by choking away a lead to Memphis AT HOME in the C-USA tournament. This team is experienced though with four of their starters experienced from last year's trip to the NCAAs. Guards Randy Culpepper & Christian Polk can light it up and Culpepper especially should be keen for a big night after flopping in the C-USA final. Both teams are pretty even in all the key stats with UTEP a little shakier at the FT line. Both teams have something big to respond to coming in here, so that levels the field and I think the six points is a bit much to give here if the Miners can rebound well.