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[Applause] [Applause] He You know I’m sitting here wondering we might as well get sparkling pink grapefruit juice to sponsor the show I mean I think we have to here because we are scalding hot on our mission for 91 days until March 19th to get one unit per day and we are well ahead of pace
Last five shows 6833 67.3% against the spread however you want to look at that that is roughly 30 units above 500 on the show and our goal is one unit and that’s how we’re going to progress here and go through the show I am Mike Randall Chief content officer
At ftn follow me at Exit Randall rant we come back to you here each Tuesday Wednesday and Saturday and Saturday I’m gonna have a guest I’m gonna have Justin Perry here from shot quality he’s gonna do piics for me as well here on Saturday so very excited to have the show Tuesday
Wednesday and Saturday now today we have interesting games a lot of games some of them are no picks because they’re a little frisky a lot of teams on vacation some have finals kids have gone home stadiums are empty so it’s a little questionable some of our picks here but
We have some that we like we’re going to go through the show and get it and get and listen we’re coming off last night where we actually picked loyal and marry Mount and Stan Johnson to cover and they did Cover the 16 so we are rolling here
We go folks gonna go right through it as we always do make sure to put those comments in if you have questions as well I mean if you can pick if you can’t pick an 0 and 10 Georgia Southern team then why how could you pass that
Opportunity up if you’re not gonna take it okay Georgia Southern two-9 against the spread Georgia Southern 0 And1 this game’s at six o’clock Florida GF Coast is 2-8 against the spread so if a two-9 Georgia Southern team against a two and eight Florida Gulf Coast team against a
Spread something has to give Charlie Henry’s first year here at Georgia Southern four years prior at Alabama they’ve been better their last few games they’ve done a nice job here their last few games and I think today they’re going to get their first win now the interesting part about this which you
Always have to check and people don’t check it enough is that it is at a neutral site this game is not home Georgia Southern is 0 and 11 Georgia Southern is playing Florida G Coast Georgia Southern is playing them in Savannah but I think they get the win
Today their last few games they played north Florida close away they played Tennessee that game was very frisky in the second half they almost pulled the cover and then UNC Wilmington who you know I love at home they own lost by five they are playing better Georgia
Southern they are getting points I think at worst it’s coin flip tonight we are taking Eagles vers Eagles we’re taking the Georgia Southern Eagles plus three and a half here on a neutral site I don’t know what Notre Dame is dumb to be faor by nine points I don’t see it uh
Citadel likes to shoot the threes get up and down I just don’t trust Notre Dame to cover such a big spread here I think it’s too many points we are taking the points with Citadel on the road against Notre Dame n Dame struggled against Georgetown n Dame lost big against
Marquette yes they beat Western Michigan at home but this is a citadel team that shoots the three well um they’ve also had some terrible luck Citadel teams are shooting 80% from the free throw line against them that is fourth best against the team this year uh they are great on
The defensive board Citadel discipline group as you would expect under Ed Conroy one rebound and done so we’ll take the Citadel plus nine here against Notre Dame whenever you have New York versus New York games or rivalry games that in the state I always like taking the
Points and that’s what we’re doing here with Niagara Niagara getting five and a half points at Bingington now Niagara is coached by Greg paus okay their offense has actually been pretty darn good they’re shooting 36 % from three-point range they don’t turn the ball over a lot the struggles are on defense but
Their last couple games they have played well they have shot it well they want a way to S Francis in one they were frisky against Notre Dame in the first game and they covered for us here they played well against a good buck nail team so
They’ve gone up and down now you have Bingington who doesn’t Force turnovers and doesn’t shoot free throws o and I’ve gone back to that free throw thing over and over again when you have a team that does not shoot free throws well it is very difficult to cover at times this is
Sort of a rivalry game proxim R look ahead for Bingington they have St Bon Adventure away coming up on Friday so I think it’s Niagara I think it’s a close game I will take the five and a half Butler minus 10 and a half for short
Toown we are now in the Big East regular season we have a great big East game coming up later tonight as well which I will talk about Butler is great at home that Ma has been fantastic they’re nine- two they just they beat California in a really tough game where California well
Coached team by Mark Madson played well they blew Buffalo out at home they beat Texas Tech at home home they beat Boise State on neutral they beat Penn State they should have beat Florida Atlantic they’re playing well and they’re competing well georgetown’s all over the place in Ed ky’s first year they had
About as good a first half against Cen State as you could possibly imagine and still found a way to not cover that game that’s questionable Notre Dame Georgetown just won away which I think says more about Notre Dame than anything else so now we have their second Road
Game here this is the first game of the Big East conference that they’re playing I like Butler I’m laying the points Ken pal has it at 13 I will lay the 10 and a half I don’t like Indiana I I get that Indiana can play well and I get there’s
Magic at home uh but they did lose that game to Kansas and I don’t like the fact that their backourt is so weak here Xavier Johnson is questionable for this game again they cannot make enough shots they are very big inside I get that but they got bullied by Auburn they got
Bullied by Kansas now you would expect them to bounce back here in a very comfortable Inn over Morehead State not so fast as Lee Coro says Preston sprawled in at Morehead State this team is very competitive they’re eight and3 they shoot 55% from inside the arc they
Do turn the ball over but they’ve also had bad luck with teams shooting 77.3% from the free throw line against them they are tough they’ve rattled off a bunch of nice wins bman they won Away by 13 Austin P they won Away by 11 Chattanooga they were able to score 87
Points on Chattanooga I think they can score here I think Indiana is in for a little bit of regression I have not like Indiana I don’t want to get off the scent they played about as well as possible against Kansas and they still lost that game I’m taking Morehead State
Plus 12 and a half people asked about this game because they know my love a presbyterian I want to put up there this is not a pick but people ask about games all the time so I want to make sure I cover them it is very tough to take
Ferman with with their Str without uh Marcus Foster and Marcus fer should not be back until January uh we should have got the cover against Tain they really were a gritty performance we lost that by a half point in a double overtime getting six and a half lose by seven
Double overtime never easy uh I just don’t like this game I don’t know what way to go Presbyterian has struggled they’ve been terrible from the free throw line at 63% so you know I don’t like taking teams that can’t make free throws uh they’re also terrible in the
Offensive boards I am not picking this game at all uh I my lean was to go to Ferman here but are they definitely going to cover 14 points without Marcus for foster I don’t know so it’s a stay away for me this one is not however I’m actually taking Michigan and those who
Love the show are gonna fall out of the chair right now thinking about this I am on Michigan tonight this is a neutral Court game this battle so this game is Michigan versus Florida and the game is on a neutral it’s in Charlotte North Carolina it’s part of the Jumpman
Invitational that they had last year uh they’re playing Florida this game should be very close I don’t know why Florida is favored by three and a half I don’t know what Florida’s done this year to be favored by three and a half they beat Florida State and look super impressive
Then they beat Pittsburgh on a neutral they lost to Baylor on a neutral they lost Away by wake farce by 11 which was a terrible performance they hung around with maram they hung around with Richmond who’s not very good East Carolina on a semi home game they almost
Lost that game so I don’t know why they’re favored here give me a big game here with Michigan from players like Doug McDaniel olivan kamwa who’s the transfer from Tennessee has played better than I thought he would you got Jawan Howard back on the bench gave him
A little bit of a spur and they won by 17 over Eastern Michigan so I think things are back to normal with Michigan to me this is a coin flip game I think we’re getting three points of value if this game was in Florida maybe I’d be
Nervous but it’s on a neutral in Charlotte I’ll take Michigan who’s had some big performances Doug McDaniel has had big performance against Oregon he’s had big performances against St John’s if douge gets hot watch out don’t mind a moneyline play here either USC is going
The wrong way 17 and a half is a lot with Alabama People expect a bounce back but this game for USC is tricky because USC does not have great metrics this year they lost to gonzago to neutral they lost to Long Beach State at home which was a brutal loss and then they
Got pummeled by Auburn now they go to Alabama State away and it’s just a lot of points for a USC team that is not great on offense that’s not great from the line that’s not great on defensive rebounding and I know Alabama state’s not fantastic they’re shooting 38% from
Inside the arc but they are going to play defense they don’t turn the ball over it’s just a lot of points not one of my top plays here but I am not at the point where I’m laying 20 points with USC it’s just one of these games like Gonzaga against Mississippi Valley State
There are teams I just don’t like laying that many points here so USC to win by 20 on the road against Alabama State if this was home maybe on the road is just a lot of points not one of my top plays but really more indicative of my lack of
Faith UNC USC than anything else no pick on this one Gardner web plus five and a half against Chattanooga you know to deal with Chattanooga they’re one of they are the best three most uh most volume from three-point range of any team here in America they
Shoot it so they can shoot themselves in games or out of games Gardner web’s offense has been brutal they battle they’re Scrappy I understand that I just don’t want to run the risk that Chattanooga’s on tonight Chattanooga could get up in this game 21 to7 and the
Game is over so sure if Chattanooga has an off night they struggle that’s why I don’t like Chattanooga as like a one-point favorite over a good team Gardner Webb really isn’t a great team here so this is a no pick for me like Chattanooga like Gardner web in this
Matchup to me you’re flipping a coin is Chattanooga gonna be hot maybe you look at the live line if Chattanooga gets up early then maybe you want to take Chattanooga and think they’re on to a hot start here but I’m staying away from this game I think there’s better options
Don’t like FIU FIU has been involved in a lot of picks that we’ve taken this year I don’t like them this year okay we’re going with ston ston the Hatters have play well for us with Donnie Jones uh they are only six and five this year
But they are the number one team the sets and Hatters 82.4% from the free throw line this year we’ve seen them play against Milwaukee at a neutral they won they beat UCF away which was fantastic for us they’ve played tough games against Houston didn’t go well but they played them Charlotte Nebraska
Omaha they’re coming off a loss this is an FIU team that I don’t like they’re 4 and8 under Jeremy Ballard they’re allowing 60% from inside the arc 60% to their opponents from inside the arc and please it’s not like the teams they’ve played have been like amazing fantastic
Sure they played Miami but they also played Charlton State they also played Houston Christian who they allowed 74 points to 74 points to Houston Christian so I’ll take Stetson here I’ll take Donnie Jones I think he does a good job four and a half points for a team that I
Think can win the game outright that’s a great free throw shooting team I will take it no problem I’ll take Wright State here minus 12 and a half against Ohio right state I’m going to trust the offense behind right state that’s what I like in the Horizon
Here with the Raiders they are great from the three-point line 36% they’re great from inside the arc 56% they also don’t get their shots blocked and they’re also great on the defensive boards it’s a fundamental game they’re coming off two losses in their last three this is a big game before they
Start getting into conference play so they’re sitting at four and six right State Scott naggie is a great coach they’ve played Indiana they’ played Toledo they played HRA they’ve played some good teams I just think they get it right here against Miami Ohio who lost to Ohio State who got blitzed by
Davidson by 18 points I’m going with right State here laying the points in a game that I think they get to 80 to 85 points and I think that they cover there’s no pick here and I love JMU shout out to my screen the screener uh partner Gus Kerns who went to James
Madison you ever notice that James Madison gets a little frisky James Madison get a little full of themselves they can get up by 20 and then give 10 points back it’s like the James Madison team who I love and I especially love when they’re playing a really good
Opponent like give me JMU against Arizona give me JMU against a really good team they will show up but when they play substandard teams sometimes they mess around and they blow it up here and they end up losing the spread so I’m staying away from this game against copen state copen state looks
Looked terrible in their first game against Georgetown the one they just had and they are the second worst team in kenpom I mean 24% from three-point range 41% from inside the arc terrible on the defensive boards but they do Force turnovers I could easily see James
Madison winning this game by 25 points I could easily see James Madison getting up by 40 points and then having a back door cover with copen State Cen state was getting blown out by Georgetown they came all the way back I want nothing to do with this game I love James Madison
They’re 10 and0 they’re fantastic they’re gonna be so live in the tournament they’re fun to watch however they get a little frisky with the ball and they’re a little N1 mixtape so I don’t like them laying big spreads they beat Hampton by 177 Old Dominion by 15 they didn’t cover against Buffalo at
Home what are we talking about here no interest in messing around with this game whatsoever I do like Western Carolina I don’t know why they’re getting four and a half points always watch guys because sometimes here during December break teams have sicknesses players get ruled out last second this line makes me think
That somebody could be ruled out but sure as heck if they’re fully loaded I am taking Western Carolina and the catamounts here getting four and a half against Vanderbilt they have one of the best backcourts in the country vontavious Woolbright if you have not seen him is a freaking scoring machine
Trey Jackson DJ Campbell this team shoots it they get up and down the floor they’re great from inside the arc they’re great on defense they’re great on defensive rebounds they don’t turn the ball over love this Western Carolina team now they stumbled against Gardner web away they stumbled against High
Point away but they’ve been pretty good so far they beat a good they beat USC upsate who’s not great but they covered that game comfortably no problem I think they stick at the Vil I think Western Carolina is one of these mid- major teams like James Madison who really gets
Up for big opponents and here you have Western Carolina now playing Vanderbilt who again is a big team in Tennessee coming off a loss to San Francisco Texas Tech they’ve lost five of the last six stockhouse this year the team is in disarray they’re not playing well they’re allowing 40.8% from three-point
Range I think Ezra manjon the point guard for veld is back tonight looks like he’s gonna play he’s been out the last couple games but four and a half is too much I like Western Carolina here plus four and a half only for the faint of heart I like Sacred Heart sacred
Heart was the favorite in their conference at the beginning of the year they sure as heck haven’t played like it but they’ve been better lately so I’m going to take sacred Hart here at Albany they were the favorite under Anthony Latina in the Northeast conference Anthony Latina needs that title he’s
Looking for it he has a veteran team here H but they have struggled they’ve lost six games in a row but they played well at Providence they they were competing in St John’s before the game got away from them I think this is a good spot if you just look at records
And you look at four and eight Sacred Heart going against Albany who six and five you’re going to say oh it’s only three and a half points I’m going to lay it well Alban’s coming off a loss in a neutral Temple Albany lost to Drexel
Three and a half is too many points I like Sacred Heart they do the five and five out thing and I like really like Anthony Latina as a coach so even though they have struggled in the non-conference they were competitive in their last game I think they write the
Ship I think they start playing well and niik glet should be the best player on the floor yet again rivalry game no one is surprised by this winr at South Carolina I think we’re overrating South Carolina a little bit but you know all teams are going to regress even Arizona
Regressed there in the game against Purdue so when you see a team Hot you expect regression they are nine and one they played they were seven and0 South Carolina before they played Clemson away and they lost that game by five since then they played East Carolina away who
They should have pummeled they won by six then they play Charleston Southern H who they really should have pummeled and they won by four I think they’re going the wrong way I think we’re selling uh at our we’re buying at the High Point here for South Carolina and going to get
Some value with a winr team Mark prer does a great job they are strong they like to score they played well at Xavier they kept it close but they ended up succumbing there but before that they beat Coastal away they’ beat Queens they beat Little Rock and in those games here
Are the points at win scored 90 88 85 I think they score I know South Carolina likes to slow it down but I think they’re able to score and I think they cover the 10 and a half points I like them here uh let’s get some comments you
Get some comments some questions let’s get these things going here uh Austin Georgia Southern yeah fighting for the first win but it’s neutral sight in Savannah I told you about that I like Georgia Southern there yeah yeah you got it you got it Austin sorry about that uh
Do you like Georgetown plus 10 I don’t Don I’m not a Georgetown guy uh they played well at Notre Dame but I think playing at Butler is a completely different story fad ma is a better Coach right now has better resources than Ed Coy does I think Ed Coy will get it
Going for Georgetown but this is still year one it’s transition period um who is Cincinnati laying yeah Kobe we’ll get to that game I have it coming up Don do you like Michigan yet player props not here yet I will put them in the tracker Austin so make sure you check the tracker
Later I’m taking Virginia and I’ve been very critical of Virginia but this is a Virginia spot Virginia this line was a pick them when it was a pick them I was taking Memphis it’s not a pick them anymore it’s actually three and a half Memphis is going to be ready to go
At home and want to prove themselves against Virginia the problem is Virginia does well in these games first of all they’re going to control the Pace well they’re number one in the country in effective field goal percentage defense they’re number seven at holding opponents just 26% from three-point range they’re number nine holding
Opponents 42% from inside the arc and these are the type of teams that Virginia does well against with Reese beakman and while I’m very critical of Ryan Dunn he is a superior Defender uh I expect mcney to be hot from three-point range if this game was a pick him I
Would take Memphis I think three and a half is too much it’s a little too much for me for a well- coached Virginia team on the road here against Memphis Memphis has Vanderbilt coming up at home that’s a rivalry game Memphis just be Clemson Memphis be Texas A&M Memphis be VCU
They’re getting hot I think Virginia is the type of team that gives Memphis trouble Memphis is not going to struggle with Clemson Memphis is not going to struggle with Texas A&M Virginia down screen back screen patience pull it out we don’t fast break oh you fou us we’re
Gonna make our free throws even though they haven’t been great this year I think it’s too many points if it gets back down to one one and a half it’s that easy I think think it’s a play on Memphis but right now I’m taking Virginia I’m going to take the better
Coach here with UNCC Greensboro I like high point and High Point covered for us against Georgia gotta love Mike White right fade Mike White’s always one of our favorite things uh but High Point still does not force turnovers their metrics are not great and UNCC Greensboro coached by Mike Jones always
Does a solid job they’re coming off a loss against Marshall uh before that they were eight and one so they’re coming off only their second loss of the year the first one was at Vanderbilt by four early in the year when Vanderbilt had their regular group of people I like
UNCG here I like them in this spot they’re great on defense they’re shooting 38% from three-point range and they don’t turn the ball over they don’t beat themselves close game coin flip game I’ll take you and CG tread carefully with this one I’m gonna go with the ivy I have to tell you
This is not one of my favorite picks I’m going to lay the points here I love K masello and I love Sienna and I’m waiting for them to get hot but God they are atrocious look at C Sienna’s metric this year they’re the third worst team
In kenpom Sienna playing at a slow pace 310th in the country and what do they do with that slow pace they are third worst in turnover percentage so they turn the ball over a ton not good against Cornell they are third worse in three-point shooting 24% and they’re shooting 55%
From the free throw line so how can I take a Sienna team that can’t make free throws can’t make threes and by the way which is even more damning teams are only shooting 66% from the free throw line against Sienna this year so they’re getting good luck imagine if teams are
Making their free throws two and eight Sienna I love I love coach car masello I just think Cornell is really good now this is a little frisky because it’s a lot of points it’s not like Cornell wins games by a lot of points on the road
They beat Lehi by six they beat forom after being up big by five they let them back in the game uh they beat Lafayette Away by eight I’m not saying that this is a slam dunk but I am going to lay the points just because Sienna has been so
Bad and I love Coach K massarella if I get it wrong coach I apologize to you but I’m going to lay the points a team that is absolutely on fire is Indiana State if you’re not aware how good Indiana state is then why don’t you get
Ready in a couple in about a week because they’re gonna play Michigan State and they’ll show you how good they are they’re right now uh number 53 in kenpom they are top 25 in the country at PACE they are number one in effective field goal percentage they’re number four in three-point shooting they’re
Shooting 41% from three-point range they’re number five inside the arc 61.8% Josh shz has done an amazing job with Indiana State they just can’t stop the only game they lost was an away game in Alabama which by the way they dropped 80 on this is a big game against Tennessee
State you want to say it’s a look ahead spot against Michigan State that’s fine but it’s 11 days from now if this Michigan State game was three days from now I could get there they score they’re tough at home they beat Ball State on neutral by 11 they beat Bradley Away by
Eight which is really tough Southern Illinois you know they can score beat them by 30 Toledo this team is good Tennessee State on the other hand can’t make threes can’t stop the threes uh not good on the boards and and just get blocked way too much here so I’m laying
The points first half Indiana State and Tennessee full game as well I think Cincinnati bounces back against meramac Marram usually gets their pace and they slow teams down but Cincinnati has been pretty good at scoring consistently at home and even against Bryan a game that was really close for a while here they
Pulled away uh late and ended up winning that game by 32 points they’ve been good at home against substandard teams uh they played Detroit Mercy at home they won by 32 they played Eastern Washington at home who’s pretty good they beat them by 12 Northern Kentucky good Northern
Kentucky team at home beat them by 24 Georgia Tech they beat by 35 at home they’re pretty good Cincinnati and their scoring is consistent and the biggest issue I have here is Cincinnati under West Miller is one of the best rebounding teams in the country they are
Number two in the defensive boards and they are number 16 in the offensive boards let’s flip that around on meramac meramac is 10th worst on the defensive boards and 300th on the offensive boards there’s just too big a discrepancy on rebound all I need is an effort from
Cincinnati they should bring an effort coming off their loss to Dayton that’s why I like them here as well I’ll take Queens College plus two and a half against Mercer no one knows Queens College they have no idea who it is and no one likes to even follow them but
Queens College has been pretty competitive this year they’re in Charlotte North Carolina the Royals and they’re great at defending the three so they limit their opponents and Mercer is a team that wants to score from three-point range and can get those points up I like Queens here getting two
And a half in North Carolina they’re playing a merer team this uh Queen team played appstate in a neutral and appstate was just scalding hot from outside they couldn’t do anything about that but they played well against Gardner web and they won they played Fairfield on a neutral one they played
High Point who’s not easy at home and they played well they’re going on the road to Mercer here I don’t trust Mercer Mercer’s coming off two wins I think the line’s too low a lot of people are going to take Mercer I think this Queen’s team is legit they’ve played some good
Opponents and they’ve played competitive and I don’t trust a mercer team at home that shoots 63% from the free throw line they don’t stop the threes and they don’t make free throws well that’s kind of a bad combination I no pick here I I like Central Connecticut state they got the
Back door cover for Boston College against us nor Eastern is getting better under Bill Cohen who’s been there for years they were sloppy against Sean Hall and they were able to cover when I went to that game I don’t have a feel for this game I kind of like Central
Connecticut but not enough uh nor Eastern is tough at home they play well they played well against Virginia no feel not picking this game Scott cross covers Scott cross covers five- one this year Scott cross against the spread and this is a situational spot against Mississippi let’s take a look at
Mississippi this year fantastic job by Chris beard in his first year at Mississippi they are 10 and0 now we always want to be contrarian and go against the hot team and go for the team that really hasn’t played well they’re 10 and0 they have Southern Miss coming
Up so that’s sort of a rivalry game on a neutral this is a very flat spot they played UCF away two-point win California on a neutral came back and won that game now they’re playing Troy and what I like about this Troy team is they are great on the offensive boards and Mississippi
Is not good on the defensive boards Scott cross is a very good coach ever since he was wrongly dismissed from Texas Arlington I have followed him my partner Gus we love that him as well at the screen the screen podcast huge fan of him they are top 10 in the country in
Offensive rebound and they’re also shooting 37% from three-point range now they don’t make their free throws at 66% but this to me with Mississippi playing at a slow pace 10 and0 flying high nobody knows who Troy is it’s a wooden Horse no one cares Here Comes Scott
Cross 12 and a half points I like them here they covered for us against Dayton they played well against other teams they lost in double overtime away against Oregon State this is a good matchup here for Troy offensive rebounding versus the one weakness that Mississippi has shown so so far and
That’s defensive rebounding in a game that Mississippi should play at a slow pace I like Scott cross I like Troy getting 12 and a half New Mexico had their big game they turned the ball over way too much I’m going with Stephen F Austin at home I love Stephen F Austin
They have they force turnovers they play an aggressive style uh they’re number 11 in the country in offensive turnovers now they give the ball up a lot but I don’t think Mexico State can do much about that New Mexico State under Jason hooton took over a horrific situation
And they were very very competitive against New Mexico played really well they played well against New Mexico uh back on December 2nd that game was away then they played them at home and they lost by one it’s the law of efforts here it’s the law of efforts how many times
They lost an overtime game to Fresno they lost an overtime game to Louisville they lost away to New Mexico by 34 but then they bounced back and they still lost by one now they’re playing Stephen F Austin a team at home who’s going to turn them over a team at home that’s
Very aggressive that is coming off two losses to Louisiana Tech and Wyoming then it has also run into some bad luck with teams shooting 73.5% from the free throw line against them New Mexico State isn’t doing that I like them to win comfortably if you are not
Aware of what goes on here with this Southern Illinois team and how great they have an individual player who’s just fantastic you need to hop on board I love what Xavier Johnson has done here for Southern Illinois just a prolific prolific score love what he does loved him here watching him against James
Madison he brought that team back they were down 20 in the first half he is a lethal scorer tough loss at home to Austin P tough loss to witch State Away by one I think they get right here I’ve seen North Dakota State I’m not impressed with them they have to shoot
Threes to stay in the game they don’t shoot the free throws well they’re not good from inside the arc and they allow 37.4% from outside I think this is game that southern Illinois can get away and they can hide and move forward here so I do like them in this spot Southern
Illinois Xavier Johnson God if you could find a prop out there grab it because I think he’s hanging 30 tonight against North Dakota State who by the way North Dakota state has a game coming up at home against South Dakota rivalry game look ahead you know the drill I don’t
Like loyala Chicago all year long I’ve been fading them there’s not a lot in this pick so if you don’t want to take this pick I have no problem with it I am going with uh Charleston Southern here at loyala Chicago I just don’t like loyal Chicago loyala Chicago is a team
That was built on Porter M’s Vision that has not continued that Vision under Drew Valentine they are not shooting the three well only 34% they are not great on the offensive boards they are allowing teams to shoot 38% from three-point range and they’re only making 70% of their free throws I don’t
Like this team we fade him against South Florida we hit it we fade them against Tulsa we hit it they somehow beat Harvard which I still can’t get over they got us on that one but prior to that they were dead and buried against Boston College Boston College gave up 12
Consecutive points with two minutes left they C we got the cover against kraton all those games Eastern Illinois we got and we almost got an outright win by New Orleans at home New Orleans an 18-point underdog don’t like don’t like loyala Chicago if you want some deep analysis
On Char Charleston Southern this is not the place to come this is a fade of loyala Chicago a team that we faded all year long I’m taking Providence plus four and a half against Marquette Big East opener it’s no longer the dunk right I think they changed the name uh
It’s not the I forget what it is they did change the name it used to be the dunk but Providence plays very well at home and I think they’re going to do so again uh I’ve been impressed with Marquette and I like the way Marquette plays but Providence can have some big
Big moments here uh yeah this game is now and I just want to get the name right sorry about this yeah the the amp the amaka mutual Pavilion that’s it I like Providence getting four and a half Bryce Hopkins last year remember in that double overtime game against Marquette had 23
And 20 I believe 23 and 20 there’s a weakness inside they should be able to attack them inside Marquette I love eodo I love everything about Marquette but they can do some things to limit cam Jones I’m concerned about Devin Carter who’s questionable for this game so
Again if Devin Carter is out I’m going to be a little more concerned about this pick but Josh aduro can do some stuff uh Jaden Pierre all the whole crew uh ticket gains as well I like provin game four and a half provided that they are
At full strength here if we don’t get Carter tonight this is a little frisky maybe a stay away last two games people have asked me about I’m not picking this game I like nickel state but Maryland sometimes can get hot and nickel state is really not great offensively so I
Have no pick for Maryland Nicholls State and the last one do you know this is the first game that Middle Tennessee State has played on the road all year very odd normally I fade them but St Mary’s has not been a great cover team right now
They stop and they stare and they look and they don’t force the issue and the big man inside Saxon is not great with his back to the basket 15 is a lot it is a lot of points it could be 15 15 and a
Half so this is a no pick for me as well couple other comments we’ll get to and then we’ll get out of here um yeah I think it’s more Mar yeah marac is bad it’s not that Cincinnati is great here Ben it’s just they’re great on the
Boards and I think as long as they bring a decent effort they should be able to to to Really stick uh meramac as well um yeah cop and state MSU are worse than Sienna Camp they are Sienna let’s just think about that that those only two
Teams and it’s cop and state and Miss and Mississippi Valley State who are worse than Siena that says a lot here um 13 now for Troy at some books I like Scott cross then I do I think he covers and I get it if this was Mississippi
Coming off a loss I would understand it if this was Mississippi in a different situation I like Troy I think they compete if they get in foul trouble that’s the great equalizer we always don’t want injuries we don’t want players ruled out we don’t want foul trouble but I think Scott cross covers
Here as well guys thank you so much I appreciate everyone watching you watching here always appreciate it today tomorrow and Saturday Justin Perry coming here um to bring us some insight as well so as always check the models support let’s get to the window we’re going to keep it hot and don’t forget
Guys we have been rolling here scalding hot so far great things going on we want to keep we want to push this right now we are at 67.3% against the spread we want to get over to 70% here after these games today let’s get to the window as
Always Mike Randall on xit Randall red appreciate you ftn bets only place to [Applause] be
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Nooga -3.5
Great picks last night..love your information 👏