00:00What are the ones that excite you the most?
00:02Because we do have, obviously there are a couple that have some lopsided spreads,
00:05but we have plenty in here that have, you know, one-and-a-half, two-and-a-half,
00:09three-and-a-half point spreads that could go either way.
00:12Yeah, to me, I look at a league like the Atlantic 10,
00:15and I think that's somewhere to look at because VCU is a team that is squarely on the bubble,
00:22what they do in regards to their matchup.
00:25So VCU-Dayton is going to be a really intriguing matchup
00:28because you look at the VCU team, it's got a net rating of 28
00:31and a record of, I think, 10-7 in quad one and quad two to play active defense.
00:38Shout out to Ryan Odom doing a hell of a job first year.
00:42And if you know the name Odom, yes, that's Dave Odom's kid there.
00:46Dayton 35, a net rating with a record of, I think, 7-8 in quad one.
00:53That's going to be interesting.
00:54And then there's obviously St. Joe's, Steve Donnie, who's done a hell of a job with them.
00:58So to me, those are what you're looking at is the 8-10
01:00because that's a spot where, depending on what VCU does,
01:04that could be a bid going to VCU or possibly a steal if people don't have them in.
01:08So that is a league to watch, an 8-10 league that's vastly underrated year in and year out.
01:14This one does have a bigger spread, but the MAAC final.
01:17I've seen a lot of people across the college basketball betting industry today all over Akron to cover.
01:23Six and a half, the line has moved to seven and a half in this one in Cleveland against Toledo.
01:28How do you see the MAAC playing out?
01:29And I will remind people, Akron's 17-1 in conference this year.
01:34Yeah, Akron's been absolutely dominant throughout the entire season.
01:38So to me, you're looking at them.
01:41Toledo's always been a team that when you get to the tournament time, they've been really, really good.
01:45Listen, one bid league.
01:47So to me, when you have these games, very rarely do you see teams go and blow teams out,
01:54even if they're dominant, right, Ak?
01:56Because what you get now is you'll get a coach that will burn a timeout quicker.
02:01You'll get a coach that will play a guy with two fouls in the first half or three fouls early
02:06in the second half
02:07a little bit longer than he normally would.
02:09You throw scouting reports out.
02:11You shorten the bench of rotation.
02:12So I'd be leery on laying big points pregame in matchups like these.
02:19These are the games you let them play out, let the team win out in the end,
02:22because you know one bid league.
02:25This is literally like Toledo's national championship game.
02:28Same for Akron.
02:29They don't win.
02:30They don't get in.
02:31So that's where you get a lot of these games that should be blowouts really, really tight.
02:37All right, coach.
02:37Here's the fun part.
02:38As our guy Brady Cannon, who will be on a little bit later with Scott Wetzel,
02:4248 on in-game live, likes to say, it's your get even or get even deeper spots.
02:47Late night, depending on how the day goes along the way, obviously.
02:51And we have got Hawaii, UC Irvine.
02:54This one, a 10 o'clock Eastern tip in the Big West Championship,
02:57where Irvine is a two and a half point favorite for this one in Henderson, Nevada.
03:02One 38 and a half is the total in this contest.
03:06How do you expect the Big West to go?
03:09This is like the end of the day, right, where you can either, like, you know, end on a great
03:16note,
03:17try to win your money back, or send you deep, deep, deep into the hole.
03:23To me, I like UC Irvine.
03:25Listen, net rating of 60, you know, they are, this is obviously an automatic bid league.
03:30They've been good year, for the entire year.
03:33Very consistent program over the Big 12, sorry, Big West over the length of time.
03:38Hawaii, listen, they play well.
03:40They're physical, they're defensive.
03:41But to me, the interior play of UC Irvine, I think it's looked in.
03:48I think it's, I pronounced his last name.
03:49I probably said it wrong.
03:50I like him to kind of dominate inside.
03:52I'm going to go ahead and take UC Irvine to get the win in Henderson, Nevada.
03:57Also, Henderson, Nevada, secretly far from Hawaii.
04:00So, I don't know how many of the Rainbow Nation will travel all the way to Nevada.
04:05I'll give you another one out there, this one in Vegas.
04:08And it's a midnight Eastern tip.
04:10So, this one taking you right into Sunday.
04:12The WAC tourney final, Cal Baptist and Utah Valley.
04:16And this one's basically a pick'em.
04:18UVU, one and a half point favorite.
04:20And that same total, 138.
04:24138 means the first team is 70 wins.
04:27So, to me, that's where it gets interesting.
04:28To me, you know, you have to look at this game going under.
04:32When you get two teams that are close to the vest, they're not going to run away from each other,
04:36right?
04:36So, that's what I'm talking about, the runs.
04:38Meaning, a team jumps out and another team's got to play catch-up.
04:41You won't get that in a game like that today.
04:43Look at the under in that matchup as two teams really close to the vest.
04:46Find it out for the WAC championship.
04:49I will be on during selections tomorrow with Scott Wetzel.
04:53Very much looking forward to that.
04:54Four to eight is when we've got you Eastern time.
04:56Coach, on our way out the door, your favorite bet of the day.
04:59What is it?
05:00I'm going Houston, Arizona, under 138.5.
05:04That may be first to 70 wins.
05:05I may be thinking first to 60 wins.
05:08This will be a tremendous matchup.
05:09Half-corp defense at its finest.
05:11I'll see you next week.
05:11Next week.
05:11Guys, we'll go to BasedDoc.
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