Texas- San Antonio -3.5 (4.4* POD)
This is a team that went on quite the role at the right time last year winning 6 in a row and then winning in the four play in game to get to face off against Ohio State. Their journey ended their but now they join the WAC and they return pretty much everyone except their PG, but they get two Junior College transfers to replace Gibson and they have already shown signs of what they are capable of when they gave Oklahoma State a real scare in a 85-90 loss and now theyâll face Fresno State a team in shambles on neutral court. Fresno went 14-17 last year and they have very little depth and have struggles scoring. They have a 1st year coach so itâs going to be a mess in the early going. I think TX really gets out in front on tem and is able to cruise from there.
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Yale +9.5 (3.3* bonus)
Love Yale they have a team that can play with big and small teams this year. 6â10 bigman Greg Mangano was almost going to declare for the NBA draft and they have some of their other key players coming back after playing a lot of off season games over seas including Kriesberg and Willhite who should help them compete in the Ivy League. This is a team that pslit with a very talented Harvard team and I see no reason why they wouldnât be able to keep this game right in line with a Seton Hall team that lost their top two scorers from a year ago after a 13-18 season.
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Missouri -1.5 (3.3* late night fix)
This game will be entertaining for sure as both teams can score and bring back a ton of talent. Missouri is starting to show their change in philosophy already which is defense and rebounding as they out rebounded Notre Dame 38-24 and forced 13 turnovers while still scoring in the 80âs. Theyâre led by Sr. Guard Marcus Denmon who is shooting 56.5% from the field this season. In fact they got a lot of Senior leadership on this team and this CBE Classic championship will be played in Kansas City, MO which will be a long way from California and very much like a home game for Missouri.
