Kyle Hunter

*3 Star Play Under* The Memphis Tigers are 1st in the nation in effective field goal percentage defense. Memphis has been winning on the strength of their defense. The Tigers are second in the nation in block percentage. They are first in 2 point field goal percentage defense. Tulsa is a team that relies on shooting it from inside because they don't have many outside threats. 

Tulsa wants to slow the pace down. They are using a full second more of the shot clock on average in conference play than they did in non-conference action. The Golden Hurricane are much better on defense than offense as well. They are 65th in effective field goal percentage defense and only 143rd in effective field goal percentage offense. Tulsa has played five AAC games so far this year. All five of those games finished at 124 points or less.

This number has been pushed up to a point where I have to bet the under. Memphis has played a bit slower of late, and the Tigers offense has turned it over on 24.2% of their possessions in conference.

Take the under. 

*3 Star Play Under* The Fordham Rams have been awful on offense all year. They lost Chuba Ohams, one of their top two scoring options to a season ending injury. Fordham has also been without Antwon Portley and Erten Gazi the last few games. Those two are both questionable today, and they would at the very least be less than 100 percent.

Fordham has played eight games under this total, and many of those were with their top scoring options. The Rams can create a lot of turnovers and play above average defense. They are a bottom ten offense in the entire nation though. Fordham ranks in the bottom ten in the nation in tempo.

George Washington is a bottom 50 tempo team. They are coached by Jamion Christian, who coached Siena last year and they finished last year as the second slowest paced team in the country.

A very slow pace and a lot of wasted possessions and bad shots.

Take the under. 

*3 Star Play on Cal State Northridge* The Cal State Northridge Matadors have the best player in the Big West Conference in Lamine Diane. Diane has only played in the team's last six games due to off the court issues. Northridge was in trouble without him, but with him their upside is once again very high. With Diane, this is a top three or four team in the Big West. 

UCSB beat Cal State Northridge in all three of their meetings last year, but they were all by six points or less. Northridge held late leads in two of those three meetings. The Matadors have plenty of reasons to be highly motivated for this contest.

UCSB played very tight games at home against Southern and Grambling. They lost at home to Rice. They then lost at home to Long Beach State. The Gauchos are a good team, but they aren't a team I want to lay many points with.

Before the season this spread would have been no more than 5 points. Diane is back and this should be a tight game.

Take Cal State Northridge.