College Basketball Knowledge
NIT Tournament
Temple was 34-49 on foul line in 82-75 win over Louisiana Tech Nov 17 in Philly; Bulldogs were 12-26 on line in game they led 38-34 at the half. Owls won six of last seven games, winning first two NIT games by 6-13 points. Tech won 10 of last 12 games; they won 84-72 at Texas A&M Monday nite, making 11-27 on arc in game they trailed by 7 late in first half. A-14 teams are 4-3 against spread this postseason, 1-2 as favorites. C-USA teams are 4-5, 3-2 as underdogs.
Murray State was 14-25 on arc in easy 83-62 win at Tulsa Monday nite; now they travel to Virginia to play Old Dominion team that won eight of last nine games, losing to Middle Tennessee in C-USA tourney. Racers won last eleven true road games, are 3-0 vs C-USA teams, beating Middle Tennessee by 19, WKU by 12, UTEP by 15. C-USA teams are 4-5 vs spread this postseason, 1-3 as favorites; OVC teams are 5-1 against the spread as underdogs.
CBI Tournament
Long road trip for Vermont after its 78-71 home win over Radford couple nights ago; Catamounts scored 81.5 ppg in winning first two CBA games, with impressive win at Hofstra. UL-Monroe won four of last five games, winning first two CBI games by total of six points. Skyhawks won five of their last six home games, losing only to Georgia State. Sun Belt teams are 5-1 vs spread this postseason, 1-0 as favorites. America East teams are 2-2 vs spread, 2-1 as underdogs.
Long road trip for Seattle after they beat Booker-less Colorado 72-65 at home Monday night; Redhawks won seven of last nine games, but lost last five true road games- their last true road win was Jan 22. Loyola Chi won five of last six games, winning first two CBI games 3-8 points. WAC teams are 1-2 vs spread as underdogs this postseason; teams from mvc are 6-4 vs spread, 4-4 when favored.
CIT Tournament
Eastern Kentucky won 66-58 in OVC opener at Tenn-Martin Jan 8, as Colonels turned ball over only five times (+6), shot 67% inside arc, 22-27 on foul line. EKU won 10 of its last 12 games with both lossrs coming vs Belmont; Colonels won their last nine home games. UT-Martin won its first two CIT games by 25-11 points, both on road; they've won four of last five road games overall.
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