Season: 1-0-0

A good start to the year as I scooched the St Johns under on Monday Night.  Onto the next one....

The Wildcats are ranked 16th in the country but don't let that fool you.  This team may get there at some point but right now this Arizona team is as raw as the come.  In fact, they suffered a loss to a division 2 team in the preseason.  On Monday night, they led Valpo by just 2 and after stretching the lead to as many as 20, Valpo was able to cut the lead to single digits and only lossed by 9.  Duquesne is better than Valpo and much more athletic.  Yes, the Dukes lost a ton of production, but they have the A 10 frosh of the year coming back in local product T.J. MCConnell.  The Dukes will try out there 40 minutes of hell tonight, pressing the entire game, hoping to dictate the tempo.  They also have the advantage of having game film on this current wildcat squad.  I think McConnell will be able to keep Kyle Fogg in check most of the night.  So Arizona will have to find other players to contribute scoring wise.  I'm not sure they'll be able to do that.  All and all I love the +10.5 the Dukes are getting.  At +425 I considered the ml, but instead I'll take the points.

Pick: Duquesne +10.5 for 3 units