Last 4 games of the day preview

 I was planning on sending out updates every two games, but all 4 games seem like they are happening at the same time, so I might just wait until all 4 are done before sending out updated standings.  All 4 games right now are pretty entertaining – if you are me and the teams you want to see win are actually winning (go SDSU and NMSU!!).  Even St. Peter’s is tied with Kentucky and half time, which could either be a monumental upset, or another blowout a la Gonzaga v Georgia State.

Here are the last 4 games of the day:

Vegas Line: Arkansas -4.5

Picks for Arkansas: 156

Picks for Vermont: 56

Another upset special candidate.  Vermont won their conference title by about 40 points a few weeks ago.  They are kind of in the mold of South Dakota State, where they shoot really well and have won a ton of games.  I also feel like they have a lot of older players, compliments of COVID.  Arkansas was a team I had left for dead around January, but then they got hot the last few months prior to the conference tournament.  So, which Arkansas team will show up?  The red hot team from February, or the horrible team from early January?  I have no idea, which is why I’m watching.

Vegas Line: Murray State -1.5

Picks for Murray State: 123

Picks for San Francisco: 89

It’s that rarest of rarities – a team from the Ohio Valley Conference as a higher seeded and ranked team.  Honestly, I never gave San Francisco a second thought in the basketball world until this season.  They were always one of those teams like Pacific or Santa Clara that you would only see as 20 point losers to Gonzaga.  This team is legit though.  I don’t have a horse in this one, but if St. Peter’s somehow pulls the upset, we may have to learn more about one of them.

Vegas Line: UCLA -13.5

Picks for UCLA: 203

Picks for Akron: 9

I feel obligated to pick the MAC champion every year, but I think this particular MAC champion is not that great.  They were the #4 seed in the MAC tournament.  If they were dominant in the conference and won, I’d like them better.  The conventional logic with UCLA is that they are essentially the same team as last year, and they made the Final 4.  It makes sense.  I can’t really argue against it in this game.  Watch Akron win.

Vegas Line: Kansas -22.5

Picks for Kansas: 212

Picks for Texas Southern: 0

Ouch…  My friend Hutch, who is about as big a Kansas fan as I know made the salient point that virtually all of Kansas’s losses this season were in the state of Texas to Texas teams.  Well, Texas Southern in Forth Worth falls in that category.  That being said, this seems like a no brainer.  Everyone should get a point on this one – emphasis on the should.

Good luck!!!!!!