Lobos vs Aztecs CBB Basketball Spread/Handicapping
The Badgers are always dangerous when you least expect it, especially when they are playing a team that want’s to go up tempo.
The Badgers are always dangerous when you least expect it, especially when they are playing a team that want’s to go up tempo.
The Lobos are good but I don’t think anybody thought they would be leading the Mountain West this season. So far they are undefeated in conference play having already beaten UNLV and looking to get a leg up on San Diego State after this weekend.
This Temple team has no fear. They upset Syracuse at the Carrier Dome and put a scare into Kansas at Lawrence so you know they can hang with pretty much any team in the country.
It looked like the sky was falling early this season in Westwood. The team was losing, players were transferring out, eligibility issues – but things have calmed.
The Blue Devils are back on top of the polls after several teams joined them with a loss recently. Funnily enough Duke is not at the top of their own conference, a spot occupied by Miami who has yet to lose in ACC play.
The Big Ten is loaded at the top this year, so much so that the Spartans might only be the 4th best team in the conference. They enter this tough road environment on a 5 game winning streak including beating a tough Ohio State team over the weekend.
The Cowboys are a confounding team. They have a lot of talent but it doesn’t always shine through. I am not sure if it is because of youth or whether the pieces are not quite perfectly matched.
In a scheduling quirk the Orange did not play at all during the week this week. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing when you have a monster of a game on the road to play.
You have to love both of these programs for scheduling this one. Especially Gonzaga who is going to be travelling most of the way across the country even though the status of the program is such they really don’t need to do these kinds of things anymore.
Pitt has been struggling with the familiar foes in conference this year. They are just 1-3 since Big East play opened and could have a hangover after losing in overtime to Marquette at home last time out.
The Northern Iowa program is kind of what started a nationwide fascination with the Missouri Valley Conference. For years this program was feared though now it is Creighton and Wichita State that are the beasts of the MVC.
The Volunteers were supposed to be a sleeper team in the SEC this season. They had a good amount of talent returning and some strong teams from last year – like Kentucky and Vanderbilt – were going to make take some lumps this year.
The Gophers have one loss, back in November at the hands of #1 Duke. Since then they have rattled off 10 victories in a row including three to start Big Ten play. Impressive ones too as they have already conquered ranked team Michigan State and Illinois.
Duke is still among the few unbeaten teams in the nation but with forward Ryan Kelly injured their depth will be tested. The Blue Devils have been eased into ACC play this season with easy victories against weak sister programs Wake Forest and Clemson.
St. Mary’s vs Gonzaga is usually the best thing about the West Coast Conference. Last year the Gael’s were able to steal some thunder from the Zags beating them in overtime of the WCC tournament.
This is the SEC kickoff for Alabama, a team in the second tier of the conference but expected to be closer to the top than the bottom. The Crimson Tide team played a tough non-conference schedule.