Friday brings another skimpy sports day upon us but never fear. Even with no college football, there will be plenty of action with 118 basketball games and 20 of the top 25 in action. Going into tonight's slate of only ten games, we are now (50-24-2) here at win by two.
Fairfield Stags -2.5 over Old Dominion Monarchs
I was driving the Monarch's last season come tournament time when I had them beating Butler and Pitt en route to the elite eight. Alas, the Bulldogs made liars out of myself making a second consectutive trip to the finals. The Monarchs did play play Butler tight but this is not the same team after losing a number of players to grduation. Fairfield is a definite contender to play spoiler in March with four double figure scorers and Boston College transfer Rakim Sanders leading the way at 18 per game.
Virginia Commnwealth Rams -3 over Richmond Spiders
Interesting rematch of cinderellas from the 2010 tourney. Both teams lost a lot and have paid for it in the early season with some freshman growing pains. I like VCU at home.
Oregon State Beavers -13 over Idaho Vandols
After a very pedestrian season a year ago in the cellar of a weak PAC 10, the Beavers have jumped out to a quick start falling only once to a solid Vanderbilt team by two. I love their talent and depth in a conference that has not really improved in the last 12 months. They win big tonight.
Godspeed
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