PC College hoops 2011-2012
All season long, I will be right here. I got 3 tonight, for small units as the season gets started:
Richmond +6 over Davidson. I think the Spiders are always ready to start the season and have impressed me in early season trends. Darius Garrett is a legit big man and should use his experience to keep this number close. Davidson has a very young team with no senior leadership. I look for Darius Garrett and newcomer Kendall Anthony to get us just enough to dominate a young but explosive Davidson team. The first 5 minutes will settle this game.
PC 2** on Richmond +6
Northern Iowa +10 1/2 @ St Mary's
Sure the Gaels are always a force out of the WCC and I expect them and the Zags to battle it out this year for the title, but don't count out the valley in pivotal "bracket buster" type games. UNI's deliberate slow play is always a mainstay for the Panthers. Johnny Moran is a legit 3 point bomber and this senior shooting guard is great in helping that slow pace of play. The Gaels are used to running and this is a bad matchup for them. UNI held ODU to 46 points in a 17 point win to start the season. St. Mary's has loads of talent but I just can't give up 10 points to ANYONE with Northern Iowa's style of play.
PC 2 ** on Northern Iowa +10 1/2
USC -2 over Nebraska
USC is another team that loves to play defense as does Doc Sadler's team from Lincoln. Nebraska always has a terrible time in these early games and travelling to the West coast for a very late start against the Trojans spells trouble. I thought the line would be around 8 but I'm going to take the 2 and run. While USC doesn't have a lot of talent returning, they should have more ability with their incoming players. I don't know where the scoring will come from with Nebraska, they have some decent players but against a defensive team like USC, i don't see it happening.
PC 2.5++ on USC -2
Wash State vs Gonzaga
Real simple, Zags like to run, Wash State can play slow ball. It's early, should be a blowout but I'm going to take the under for 1 unit. Not a lot of logic, I'm going on trends on this one.
PC 1+ on Wash State/Zags under 141
GL..welcome back hoops. I will be on this thread all year. Was out of town for LSU/Bama and then Miami/FSU, back in the saddle and no opinion on the NFL game tonight. Hit em straight players.