CBB Picks, 1.14

The Sooners are surging right now and I don’t trust a WV team that’s overly dependent on their offense on a tough road spot.

Just think they’re the slightly better team and they won’t be intimidated by this spot on the road– they’ve been in harder/higher pressure situations before, unlike St. Joe’s.

The Hoosiers have lost 5 of their last 7 and chemistry doesn’t just come from nowhere– Wisconsin’s exceptional defense should be able to keep them from finding it for the majority of this contest.

I watched American/Army, which is one of the worst college basketball games I’ve ever seen, and boy did American look AWFUL for stretches in that game. I think regression continues to come for AU.

Alabama has been amazing and at first glance I thought this way too many points, but this is a TOUGH spot for LSU on the road in a marquee time slot and Bama matches up perfectly against LSU’s offense, which is predicated on attacking the rim. The Crimson Tide defend that really well. Pace and points– lights out for the Tigers.

FSU’s offense isn’t good enough to overcome the vaunted UVA defense and the Cavaliers should keep this slow. As long as they control the pace, the under will hit.

The difference here will be from long distance– I don’t UNI can hang with Belmont on the road when they’re dropping 3s for 40 minutes.

Notre Dame just isn’t the same this year, and Syracuse’s ability to run the floor with pace and just produce more scoring opportunities will overwhelm the Irish eventually, again.