[BobbyLight]

Got lucky to sneak through that Richmond play as I got them at -2 like I said and they won by 3. Many people pushed.

Tonight I'm doing 2 units on two underdogs and 3 units on one underdog.

I'm 9-6-0 in college hoops and up 17 units of profit, on the year in college basketball (most plays posted here or there...I have nothing to gain or lose by posting my record just tossing it out there)

Here's the breakdown,

2 units-Gonzaga (+ 1 1/2)
2 units-Drexel (+8 1/2)
3 units-Oklahoma (+6)

2 units-Gonzaga. I'm rolling with Gonzaga tonight. Obviously flying across the country from Spokane into the city of Brotherly Love isn't an advantage for the Zags but I think on the floor this is just the better basketball team.

Let's take a look at St Joe's. The Hawks came into their last game against Ball State floating around a 16 point favorite. They looked sluggish and quite rankly overrated with that number in winning 74-63. The game was tight throughout and featured St Joe's turning the ball over more than their opponents.

They also didn't shoot really cold from the outside, hitting 12 of 26 threes, for greater than 46%. You would think that if it was tight with an 0-5 team like Ball State St Joe's would have shot maybe 25% but actually they shot the ball well from behind the arc and also 80% from the foul stripe.

Another interesting SJU fact...they lost to Syracuse who has proven to be quite the fraud; giving up 107 points last night as well as getting absolutely housed by A&M at Madison Square Garden. That is no longer a quality win.

Gonzaga is coming off a pretty strong pounding of Virginia Tech. Though Gonzaga's loss to Texas Tech seems alarming I think that can be generously omissed compared to SJU's games due to the Voskuil kind on TT having a ridiuclously sick game.

I'm not in love with what I've seen out of Fews Bulldogs but I truly believe they have been more tested with the experience they gained in the Great Alaskan Shootout and I feel SJU's has some leaks based off of some of their closer than should be encounters against bad teams.

I think Gonzaga wins the game by 5 and lives up to their top 15 preseason ranking.
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Drexel (+8 1/2)

I think this is too many points for George Mason to be laying against Bruiser Flint's team. I like George Mason to win a close game but I think the Dragons from Drexel hang in the game throughout due to the talent and experience of Frank Elegar.

The only loss for Drexel is against Virginia, who I believe to be the second best ACC team and a taem that contains one of the best players in the country in Sean Singletary.

Flint's Dragons lost 72-58 but gave the Cavs a fight for almost the full 40 minutes.

George Mason seemed to fade in the ball games played in Disney over Thanksgiving on their way to giving up a lead as Villanova pulled away as well as getting down 14-2 against South Carolina, a game in which they were 2.5-3 point favorites and failed to cover.

I think 8.5 is just too much as the Dragons and Elegar keep it close tonight.
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3 unit play on 5-1 Oklahama tonight since I think laying 6 with the Southern California Trojans is just too much.

The line looks inflated off the 70-45 whipping USC handed ranked opponent Southern Illinois.

Personally I think that game is an aberration until I'm proven otherwise.

USC did lose by 15 at home to Belmont as well as winning by only 10 against a 2-3 and bad San Diego team.

Oklahoma's only loss was to a legit Memphis team, ranked third in the land.

Oklahoma plays it tight and I predict wins outright on the west coast.