Adding these:
Marshall (+2)
The Ron Jirsa era begins at Marshall. Jirsa is a pretty intense coach and I think he is trying to bring a new attitude there and he finally has a second chance after waiting it out the last few years as an assistant.
UNCW not only lost Brett Blizzard, but another big-time player in Craig Callahan. They have almost lost 2/3 of their offense.
George Washington (+9')
Tough to go against Charlotte at home with the way they shoot the 3 (especially Demon Brown, who led the nation in most 3-pt makes last year).
ALso, GW lost Chris Monroe, one of the country's most underrated players last year, but they return 4 starters and Karl Hobbs (Former Jim Calhoun Asst.) has his second solid recruiting class in as many years.
Charlotte is not laying that many points and it is easy to take them, but I go the other way here.
Auburn (-7')
Western Kentucky loses 4 starters and big man Chris Marcus. Plus, their best shooter, Patrick Sparks, transferred to Kentucky.
WKU adds big man Nigel Dixon (6-11, 330 transfer from Florida St), but he only shoots 46% from the line, so he will get hacked all night going against arguably the best frontcourt in the SEC.
Auburn is also very deep and should have a big crowd with all the alums back for the Iron Bowl.
Ohio State (-4')
This line is low b/c of an entirely new backcourt, but Stockman (Clemson) and Sullinger (Arkansas) can both fill it up.
Dayton (+1)
UD lost their coach, but Brian Gregory is a former Izzo Asst. and his teams will play defense, rebound and be disciplined. That poses well against Pepperdine who takes its fair share of bad shots and turns the ball over a lot in a wide-open offense.
The Flyers also return 4 starters against the Waves who only have 2 back.
Georgia (-17)
I think the Bulldogs comehuge tonight after all of the negative publicity. They have something to prove and Dennis Felton finally has a shot with a big-conference program.
Washington (-17)
Portland St is picked last in the Big Sky and UW should be the most improved team in the Pac-10.
They have a very good and explosive backcourt and some of their problem players (Jeffrey Day, CJ Massingale and Doug Wrenn) are now gone.
Washington plays a creampuff schedule to build confidence and that is what they will do here.
Marshall (+2)
The Ron Jirsa era begins at Marshall. Jirsa is a pretty intense coach and I think he is trying to bring a new attitude there and he finally has a second chance after waiting it out the last few years as an assistant.
UNCW not only lost Brett Blizzard, but another big-time player in Craig Callahan. They have almost lost 2/3 of their offense.
George Washington (+9')
Tough to go against Charlotte at home with the way they shoot the 3 (especially Demon Brown, who led the nation in most 3-pt makes last year).
ALso, GW lost Chris Monroe, one of the country's most underrated players last year, but they return 4 starters and Karl Hobbs (Former Jim Calhoun Asst.) has his second solid recruiting class in as many years.
Charlotte is not laying that many points and it is easy to take them, but I go the other way here.
Auburn (-7')
Western Kentucky loses 4 starters and big man Chris Marcus. Plus, their best shooter, Patrick Sparks, transferred to Kentucky.
WKU adds big man Nigel Dixon (6-11, 330 transfer from Florida St), but he only shoots 46% from the line, so he will get hacked all night going against arguably the best frontcourt in the SEC.
Auburn is also very deep and should have a big crowd with all the alums back for the Iron Bowl.
Ohio State (-4')
This line is low b/c of an entirely new backcourt, but Stockman (Clemson) and Sullinger (Arkansas) can both fill it up.
Dayton (+1)
UD lost their coach, but Brian Gregory is a former Izzo Asst. and his teams will play defense, rebound and be disciplined. That poses well against Pepperdine who takes its fair share of bad shots and turns the ball over a lot in a wide-open offense.
The Flyers also return 4 starters against the Waves who only have 2 back.
Georgia (-17)
I think the Bulldogs comehuge tonight after all of the negative publicity. They have something to prove and Dennis Felton finally has a shot with a big-conference program.
Washington (-17)
Portland St is picked last in the Big Sky and UW should be the most improved team in the Pac-10.
They have a very good and explosive backcourt and some of their problem players (Jeffrey Day, CJ Massingale and Doug Wrenn) are now gone.
Washington plays a creampuff schedule to build confidence and that is what they will do here.
