Loyola Marymount -8.5 vs Columbia
LMU has quietly been a very solid team so far this year. Their 4-2 record features wins over 2 ranked opponents in #20 UCLA and #25 St Louis. While neither of those 2 teams really deserved to be ranked, they are still competitive teams and vastly more talented than Columbia. LMU's two close losses were to an undefeated Harvard team that knocked off Florida St and a very solid 7-1 Middle Tennessee team. I think LMU is a dark horse in the WCC and are right in the mix with Saint Marys and BYU for 2nd best in the conference behind Gonzaga.
Columbia has not really played anyone of LMU's caliber aside from UCON, a game they lost by 14 to start the year. Since then they have lost to the likes of Furman, American and Stoneybrook by an average of 8 pts per game. Two of those games were at home. Now theyre traveling 3000+ miles from home and only getting 8.5 points?
I like LMU for a double digit win here, 72-57.
LMU has quietly been a very solid team so far this year. Their 4-2 record features wins over 2 ranked opponents in #20 UCLA and #25 St Louis. While neither of those 2 teams really deserved to be ranked, they are still competitive teams and vastly more talented than Columbia. LMU's two close losses were to an undefeated Harvard team that knocked off Florida St and a very solid 7-1 Middle Tennessee team. I think LMU is a dark horse in the WCC and are right in the mix with Saint Marys and BYU for 2nd best in the conference behind Gonzaga.
Columbia has not really played anyone of LMU's caliber aside from UCON, a game they lost by 14 to start the year. Since then they have lost to the likes of Furman, American and Stoneybrook by an average of 8 pts per game. Two of those games were at home. Now theyre traveling 3000+ miles from home and only getting 8.5 points?
I like LMU for a double digit win here, 72-57.
