This can be the name of every Thursday post. Every big school marquee games have let us down, but if you want to watch some thrilling basketball, turn on the little guys. There’ve been some knock-down, drag-out cage matches all year long in the Mid-Majors. 3-2 yesterday, with a couple moneyline dawgs breaking even. A couple bonus sprinkles pushed us past as well, so follow the twitter account @morning_flush. Let’s eat up those crumbs.
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Game(s) of the night:
Towson(-3)@UNC Wilmington (135.5) 4:00 pm MT, CBSSN
Oral Roberts@North Dakota State(-1) (155) 6:00 pm MT, ESPN+
San Francisco@Saint Mary’s(-3) (132)
Picks:
Michigan+5
UNC Wilmington +3
Wagner-8.5
Longwood-3.5
San Fracisco@Saint Mary’s(-3) over 132
Other sprinkles on twitter @morning_flush
Games of the Night
Towson(-3)@UNC Wilmington (135.5)
A battle for the number 1 seed in the Colonial Athlectic Association, both teams are coming off back to back wins, but I can’t believe Wilmington is catching points here. They beat this team @Towson by 4 earlier in the season, I’ll take the home dogs to cover with a moneyline sprinkle.
Oral Roberts@North Dakota State(-1) (155)
The summit league is playing good basketball. South Dakota State is absolutely shit pumping people, so this game means a lot in terms of seeding. The winner will get the benefit of waiting until the championship to play the Jackrabbits, the loser might fall behind Kansas City and play SDSU in the Semis. Both teams fill it up; but with this high of a total, I’d advise staying away. Gun to head, I’d take the Bison at home.
San Francisco@Saint Mary’s(-3) over 132
This is a rematch from a thriller in San Francisco last month which saw Saint Mary’s beating the Dons 72-70. Everybody is drinking the San Francisco Kool-aid and has them firmly entrenched in their brackets, but the home loss to Portland was disgusting to me, so I have them on the outside looking in. You can make the “hungry dog runs faster” argument for San Francisco here, I just think the media has them overrated. I’ll still take the over in a system play here.
Picks
Michigan+5@Iowa (149.5)
Michigan needs to pile on quad 1 wins quickly before the B1G tournament, but I like their chances tonight against an inconsistent, yet highly rated Iowa team (18 according to KenPom). This would be huge win for Michigan to put them firmly in the Bubble conversation after a letdown to the fuckeyes. I’d say move the line, but Iowa will score a million if you let them, and Michigan will no doubt try to slow down the pace, but I’ll just take the Wolverines and sprinkle the moneyline.
Towson@UNC Wilmington(+3)
See above, take the Seahawks at home.
Wagner-8.5@Sacred Heart
Take away the letdown to Merrimack, Wagner has been a moneymaking machine this year. Remember when J.D. tried to play basketball in Scrubs? Sacred Heart basketball isn’t much better than that Sacred Heart.
Longwood-3.5@High Point
Don’t let the record fool you, High Point is a frisky team, but Longwood is a wagon. I’m a little concerned they’re playing back-to-back games, but if St. Louis/St. Bonaventure taught us anything, it’s okay to bet on the winner, and the over looks like the play (I’m staying away, but it’s 135.5 for what it’s worth).
San Francisco@Saint Mary’s Over 132
See above, Saint Mary’s plays good defense, but San Francisco will try to push the pace. Sprinkle a bit on Saint Mary’s -3 if you’re feeling frisky too.
Bonus Sprinkle: Delaware-4@Elon
Stick to selling shitty electric cars Musk, your basketball team sucks.
More sprinkles on twitter @morning_flush. New bracketology coming out soon. Love you, bye.
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