(photo: FGCU Athletics)
I will do my best to provide college basketball winners for you on a nightly basis. The majority of the nights we will try to keep it to three plays, but some days may ask for more. I recommend you play them individually .. however, never be scared of a little sniper parlay!
Season Record: 41-27
Season Best Bet Record: 15-6
11/30 Card:
Toledo -4
Coastal Carolina -1
FGCU -5
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Toledo -4 : The Rockets are a wagon at the friendly confines of Savage Arena. The rims are very loose, and it is conducive to Toledo scoring an ass ton of points. In their first two home games this season, the Rockets have shot 22/46 from distance while scoring 98.5 ppg. They are ranked 13th in the country in offensive efficiency, and I think Richmond will have a hard time defensively against them. Richmond does have a size advantage, but are down a big man right now. Matt Grace is deemed as a GTD, but I am seeing that he is unlikely to play much if he is even activated at all. That is good news for an undersized Rockets team. We need Setric Millner to stay out of foul trouble and to compete on the boards, but I think the offensive attack of the Rockets takes over in this one.
Score Prediction: Toledo 77 – Richmond 70
Coastal Carolina -1 : Punching against the public in this one. The public bettors are taking a stab at UNCW for surface reasons. They remember their hot run at the end of last year and covering all of those games; paired with an upset win over North Texas for the Baha Mar Championship in the Bahamas. UNCW returned from that trip on Monday, and they are having to turn around quickly and play a road game on Wednesday. That is a major advantage for Coastal. They have remained in Myrtle Beach over the Thanksgiving holiday, and have had tons of time to prepare for this one. This will also be a game where Essam Mostafa can take over. He is 2nd in the nation in rebounds per game at 12.4. 4.2 of those are offensive rebounds. UNCW is 276th in the nation in allowing their opponents to gain offensive rebounds (30.4% of possessions), and their leading rebounder is only sitting at 4.4 per game. It should be a big night for Mostafa and the Chants. Coastal gets the home dub.
Score Prediction: Coastal 69 – UNCW 64
Florida Gulf Coast -5 : You may think that I am contradicting myself in playing a team that won their Feast Week tournament after just explaining why I didn’t like UNCW today, but there are valid reasons here. For starters, they hosted the tournament. No travel or distractions. Just winning basketball games. That is what this team is good at. It was important for Pat Chambers to right the ship after the embarrassing trip to Knoxville, and he certainly did that. This team has a perfect mixture to be competitive in every game they play. A great point guard in Purdue transfer, Isaiah Thompson. A pure scorer in Chase Johnston. Two productive bigs in Weir and Anderson. Lastly, the veteran do-it-all guard Caleb Catto. Georgia Southern has been pathetic against teams with a pulse this season. Their 4-3 record is very deceiving as they have played two D2 teams and also two of the worst teams in D1. They are shooting 26.8% from three, 45.3 from the field, and 62.6% from the line. These stats include their cupcake wins. FGCU has a major, major edge from distance in this game. They have 69 makes in 7 games from three, in comparison to 37 makes in 7 games for Georgia Southern. I had this spread at -9.5, so this is certainly my Best Bet.
Score Prediction: FGCU 75 – Georgia Southern 64
Best of luck! Let’s snipe this one y’all!!
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