NCAAB
Write-Up
Thursday, December 16
NC State is 5-3, 2-1 as favorite, beating teams at Youngstown's level by 13-10-19 points; they've got Arizona coming in Sunday, could look past Penguin squad that is 4-3, but 0-3 on road, losing by 7 at Akron, 30 at Robert Morris, 9 at Milwaukee. Horizon double digit road dogs are 7-4 against the spread this season. ACC double digit home faves are 9-9.
Troy won three of last four games vs Florida Atlantic, winning last two here by 86-80/94-87 scores, but Trojans are 0-7 vs D-I teams, with none of losses by less than nine points, but they did cover three of their last four games. FAU won three of last four games, splitting pair up north earlier thisweek- they're 5-2 against the spread as an underdog.
Ark-Little Rock is 1-3 on road, losing by 13 at St Bonaventure, 26 at Oral Roberts, 34 at Missouri State (won by 10 at SMU); Trojans are 3-4 as underdog this year. Rice hasn't played in 12 days; they lost four of last five games vs D-I teams. C-USA single digit home favorites are just 2-9-1 vs spread. Sun Belt single digit road underdogs are 7-14.
Austin Peay is 5-5 vs D-I teams, losing by 22 at Purdue, best team they played so far- also lost to Oakland by 8. Governors are 2-3 as underdog this year. Memphis is down to nine scholarship players after player left to go play pro ball in Spain and another got hurt; they haven't played in nine days. Tigers are 1-4 against the spread as a favorite.
Tulsa lost its last three games, and were favored in two of them; they're 4-0 if they allow 68 or less points, 0-5 if they allow more. Hurricane is 2-3 as favorite this year. Weber State won last three games, by 1-4-6 points, after losing to Arizona State by a point up in Alaska. Big Sky road dogs of 14 or less points are 10-6 against the spread.
Arizona got crushed at BYU in last game, has trip to NC State on deck; they're 6-1 vs spread as favorite, beating two Big Sky teams already, by 48 over Idaho State, 23 over No Colorado. Big Sky road underdogs of 14+ points are 3-7 vs spread. Pac-10 home favorites of 15+ points are 13-5 vs spread. Lumberjacks are 3-1 vs spread as an underdog.