NCAAB News and Notes
James Madison has three starters back from 21-15 team, but they lost top scorer and their PG; Brady thinks they will share ball better and are deeper, but Ohio State is loaded with all five starters back plus Lighty, who was a starter until getting hurt in 8th game LY. Buckeyes crushed Alcorn Monday, but hard to tell much from that mismatch. Much like Syracuse last night, big edge for Ohio State having already played game.
Georgia State has three starters back from 12-20 team that went 5-2 in its last seven games; Panthers' G Johnson originally went to NC State, then to Tennessee, now Georgia State. Panthers are picked 9th in CAA. NC State is picked 10th in ACC; they brought in six freshmen to shore up lineup that lost three starters from LY's 16-14 team. Bluechip recruit Brown didn't qualify academically, so Wolfpack could have long year.
GEORGIA STATE vs. NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Georgia State is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Georgia State is 4-14 SU in its last 18 games on the road
North Carolina State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
North Carolina State is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games
JAMES MADISON vs. OHIO STATE
James Madison is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of James Madison's last 7 games on the road
Ohio State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Ohio State is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
JAMES MADISON (21 - 15) at OHIO ST (22 - 11)
Top Trends for this game.
OHIO ST is 11-3 ATS (+7.7 Units) after scoring 80 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
OHIO ST is 10-1 ATS (+8.9 Units) in home games in all tournament games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.
JAMES MADISON at OHIO ST
JAMES MADISON: 11-5 Under in tournament games
OHIO ST: 10-1 ATS in home tournament games
GEORGIA ST at NC STATE
GEORGIA ST: 26-10 Under in road games
NC STATE: 8-15 ATS as a favorite