Season Posted Record: 7 - 9
Sparty Games: 2 - 1
Nothing Monday after the heartbreaking loss on Marquette Sunday. for Tuesday I got:
Wake Forest +11....I wasn't real impressed when they played Tennessee. I was big on Purdue and they won, but they just seem to be missing something early in the season. The Boilers got worked pretty good last year by Duke in this challenge. PU wins, but I don't think it will be a blowout.
Northwestern +5....I'll take these points, this should be a low-scoring game and NC State flat-out ain't that good this year. NU is pretty battle-tested for it being the first day of December. They've already played Butler, Notre Dame, and Iowa State, and won 2 of the 3.
Maryland -4.5....Indiana just ain't very good, and Vazquez is.
No-play for me on the Sparty/UNC game. The line is right where I thought it would be. If anything, I lean a bit towards UNC, but not gonna go against UNCForever's POY. What worries me about Sparty is the turnovers. This is gonna be a tough venue for Sparty to play in, and if they turn the ball over like they did against Florida, they will get run right out of the gym by a team that they are better than. One thing that certainly favors MSU is the backcourt. HUGE advantage there for Sparty. UNC's froncourt is better than MSU's, but MSU will still hang in there on the glass. In the two games that have been competitive for MSU, (Gonzaga, Florida), MSU combined to outrebound them by a total of 80-50!!! So if MSU wins the battle of the boards, and can keep their turnovers to a minimum, they should leave a winner. But if they get down early, and are sloppy with the ball, UNC wins. If this game is anywhere but Chapel Hill, I'm all over Sparty. I'll be rooting my Spartans on, but I just can't back them with my money.
Good luck yall !!!!