Thursday's Games :
12:15 Oklahoma / Rhode Island - OKLAHOMA +2.5 3 stars - the Sooners have been criticized hard for just making the tourney. Their season ended poorly but Hedgie sees Trey Young leading this team to an inspired win today
12:40 Wright State / Tennessee - UNDER 131.5 2 stars - The Vols play tough physical gritty D and are 4-1 under their past 5
1:30 NC Greensboro / Gonzaga- UNDER 136 2 stars UNCG +12.5 1 star ...both teams focus on defense as the zags allow only 67 ppg. greensboro knows only way to win is a slow paced game . they have a great bigman in James Dickey and should keep this game in single digits
2:00 UPenn / Kansas - UPenn +14 1 star (dont trust Kansas to blow out)
2:45 Iona / Duke - OVER 157 4 stars....Iona gives up 76 ppg . This a a game duke gets healthy with the 3 ball
3:10 Loyola Chi / Miami - Miami -1 2 stars - the SEXY pick here is Loyola Chi. But the U has a better coach and has played a much tougher schedule. nice line value here
4:00 South Dakota St / Ohio St - SD ST +7.5 2 stars not a believer in OSU. This is more of a play on teh Jack Rabbits. They won the conf and conf tourney and are 8-3 against spread in their last 11 neutral site games
4:30 NC State / Seton Hall - Seton Hall -2 1 star Was originally leaning wolfpack but after further review this is the Pirates 3rd appearanec in danec . After two tough losses Hedgie thinks the FOUR RETURING SENIORS will get it done today
6:50 Radford / Villanova - PASS
7:10 Davidson / Kentucky _ Davidson +5.5 3 stars - Kentucky is very young and caught fire during the SEC tourney. They now must travel to Boise where they are unlikley to shoot lights out again (freshman Gabriel hit 7-7 three pointers in the semis) Pesky Davidson team has covered 15 of last 19. Getting good line value here as everyone saw Kty beat Tenn for the SEC tourney .
7:20 San Diego St / Houston - PASS
7:25 Stephen F Austin/ Texas Tech - Stephen F Austin +11 3 stars ....perception of Texas Tech overinflated as they have gone 0-6-1 against spread their last seven
9:20 Alabama / Va Tech - Va tech -2 1 star Hokies better balance with five double digits scorers. Hedgie likes Buzz Williams as the better coach here too
9:40 Buffalo / Arizona - PASS
9:50 Montana / Michigan - Montana + 11 3 stars Montana on a nice spread run this yr 18-7-1 ATS and also 9-2 their past 11 games vs winning teams. Michigan been off a week and a half . May take some time to knock off rust. The Grizzlies hang around
9:55 St Bonnies / Florida - St Bonnies +6 3 stars Florida lives and dies by the 3 pointer and St Bonnies have two great guards that can match up here in Jaylen Adams and Matt Mobley