Picks o' the Weekend

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For the record:

At first glance, I liked BC with +19, but they've been blown out on the road. An 18 point defeat at UVA? The Blue Devils may decide just to bury them early and never let the lead drop below twenty.

I hate to bet against the Ohio Bobcats, but that game could be closer than 5 their way.

Here's four relatively solid ones. Taking all visitors again; I don't know why I do this to myself.

Texas (-6) @ Iowa State

ISU just blew their nine game home winning streak, getting whooped by the A&M boys. The Longhorns are better than A&M. D.J. Augustin and A.J. Abrams will make mince-meat of the Cyclones' D. If the game is close at the end, say Iowa State's down by 5, then they'll have to start fouling. That's a worst-case scenario. I'm feeling Texas dominates.

Penn State @ Michingan (-4.5)

I mean, Michigan SUCKS. I'm not just saying this because I'm a Buckeyes fan; they are terrible. Penn State's not a whole helluva lot better, but at least they're a .500 squad, have a huge win over Michigan State to lean on, and beat the Illini on the road. The Wolverines don't deserve favorite status, not for the rest of the season.

Baylor @ Kansas (-17)

Seventeen points? No respect for the Bears. They ain't gonna win, but I think Baylor is good enough to make this a reasonable Big 12 contest. The Jayhawks have been blowing out folks consistently in Lawrence, but The Gut is saying the Bears keep the loss in the single digits.

Wright State (-2.5) @ Youngstown State

This was your Horizon league Auto-bid last year! Sure they graduated their leadeing scorer, whose name I can't remember, but sophmore guards Todd Brown and Vaughn Duggins are combining for 28 a game. And their leading rebounder is from my hometown, good ol' Middletucky, OH. And my mom went to grad school at Wright State. Seriously, the Raiders are on a 7 game win streak, YSU has won two of the past ten, both against bottom-of-the-bottom feeders Detroit. A 3+ victory is to be expected.


Talk to ya on the flip side-A.B.