Cinci lost the first match up by 6 at home due to the fact that they allowed Notre Dame to shoot 50% fromt he field and 9-16 from three point land. That is not usually the theme of this Bearcats team that preaches defense by their head coach Mick Cronin. I look for the Bearcats to come up with a huge win here today on the road. They are losers of 4 of their last 5 games and need a win badly to continue their quest to the NCAA Tournament. Notre Dame meanwhile is off a big win at Pitt where they were +10.5 under dogs. Cinci 16-6 ATS in their alst 22 road games, 18-8 ATS in their last 26 following an ATS loss.
Statistically RI and LaSalle are not much different. Record wise they are dramatically different. However, RI being home and LaSalle playing with a lot of confidence gives me value here at +7. RI plays better defense in conference play and La Salle also gets out rebounded by 3.5 and those two things don't deserve for a team to be a 7 point favorite on the road. RI is coming off an ATS loss and are 8-2 ats in their last 10 following an ATS loss.
