College Basketball Betting News and Notes Thursday 11/22

Orlando tournament
--West Virginia looked awful in 84-50 debacle at Gonzaga 10 days ago, expect better showing here; Huggins has young team that will improve as season goes on. Marist has all five starters back from 14-18 team, but a 1-2 start includes losses to Stony Brook/Colgate, not a good sign.
-- Davidson has 5 starters back from 25-8 team, but lost at New Mexico, Milwaukee to start season- they lost to Vanderbilt last two years, 87-83 at home LY, 80-52 in Nashville in '11. Commodores lost all 5 starters on LY's 25-11 team- they got crushed 74-48 at Oregon in only road game.
-- Oklahoma has 5 starters back from 15-16 team; they won at a decent Tex-Arlington team 63-59 last game. Big X road favorites are 4-5 vs the spread. UTEP lost last game by 21 at Arizona; they're starting three sophomores. C-USA road underdogs of 6 or less points are 5-3.
-- Gonzaga has 4 starters back from 26-7 team; they won first three tilts, all by 34+ points, including 84-50 win over West Virginia. Clemson has 5 freshman/6 sophs, very young team. ACC road teams are 12-7 against spread, 5-3 as road dogs. WCC favorites are 6-8, 0-2 on road.

Atlantis tournament
-- Missouri lost 4 starters from LY, but UConn transfer Oriakhi is stud inside; Tigers beat three stiffs to start season, go up in class vs Stanford squad that got upset at home by Belmont in last game. SEC favorites are 12-9 vs spread, 2-4 on road. Pac-12 road underdogs are 5-4.
-- Duke is shooting 55% inside arc, 38% outside it in 3-0 start; they have 4 starters back from 27-7 team, already have 75-68 win over Kentucky on neutral floor. Minnesota is 4-0, with 15-point win over Richmond, a pretty good team. Big Dozen road underdogs are 2-6 against spread.
-- Memphis has 4 starters back from 26-9 team; they start four juniors, but only beat two stiffs so far. VCU lost by hoop to Wichita; they have 4 starters back from 29-7 team. CAA single digit underdogs are 9-3 vs the spread. C-USA favorites are 5-7 vs spread, 2-2 away from home.
-- Louisville is 3-0 with wins by 26+ points; they've got three starters back from 30-10 team, have forced turnovers on 32.6% of possessions so far this season. Northern Iowa has 4 starters back from 20-14 team; they've beaten three stiffs, including 84-81 win over Toledo.

Anaheim tournament
-- Pacific has 5 starters back from 11-19 team; they lost first two games vs D-I teams, by 5 to Fresno, 2 to Oral Roberts. Xavier lost all 5 of its tarters from 23-12 team, but they whacked Butler already. Underdogs from Big West are 10-7 on road. Atlantic 16 road favorites are 5-3.
-- 1-2 Drexel's first three games were all decided by 2 points or in OT, a shaky start for team expected to win CAA; Dragons have 4 starters back from 29-7 team. St Mary's has 4 starters back from 27-6 team; 6 of their 7 rotation guys are juniors/seniors. WCC favorites are 7-7, 0-2 on road.
-- Rice was decimated by transfers this summer; they've got one starter back from LY, have 5 frosh/sophs in top six players, already lost by 13 to St Thomas, whoever that is. Georgia Tech has 3 freshmen starting on team that has all 5 starters back, so they've upgraded talent.
-- Cal Bears have 3 starters back from 24-10 team, are 3-0 with 11-point win at Denver, a decent win- Crabbe is one of best guards in west. Drake has 4 staters back from 18-16 team; 5 of their top 6 guys are freshman/ sophomores. MVC road underdogs are 7-2 against the spread.

Great Alaskan Shootout
-- Oral Roberts has 3 starters back from 27-7 team; they lost at UTEP by 20, won by hoop at Pacific, as they get ready for first season in new league, Southland. LMU has 3 starters back from 21-13 team; they lost first road game by 15 at SMU. WCC underdogs are 4-5 vs spread.
-- Charlotte has good recruits to go with 3 returning starters from 13-17 team; they start 2 frosh/3 sophs, whacked three stiffs to start this year. Texas State lost to SMU at home by 3; they've got 2 starters back from 13-17 team. WAC underdogs are 6-10, 4-6 away from home.

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