Andre Ramirez

COLLEGE HOOPS 100 DIME GAME

150 OVER

I will look for this one to go Over the total. The Bulldogs have averaged a strong 79.6 ppg at home and the Tigers have allowed 76.4 ppg on the road. The Tigers have one of the best offenses in the nation and they have averaged 82.3 ppg on the road. The Bulldogs have allowed 71.6 ppg at home overall, but they have allowed 84.7 ppg in their last three games at home and 79.6 ppg in their last five games overall. The Over is 11-3 in LSU’s last 14 road games and 4-1 in Georgia’s last five vs. a team with a winning straight up record, plus 4-0 the last four meetings between these teams here in Athens.

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IOWA -3

Their win over Northwestern allowed the Hawkeyes to double their conference victory total from last season–and, of course, there are plenty of games remaining. This is a deep, impressive team that has a lot more than a win over Rutgers on its mind. Still, messing around with Northwestern for 40 minutes (despite winning) will keep the Hawkeyes on full alert against another opponent that it should beat handily. Iowa has won five of the six all-time meetings with Rutgers.

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MURRAY ST -8

Eastern Kentucky is surrendering 82 points per game. Murray St has a strong 5 can hold opponents to just 62 points per game. This is a 20 point gap, and I like the 8 points from the book

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145 OVER

This one is going to be a highly entertaining affair between two of the top three teams in the SEC. Tennessee has the advantage as far as scoring depth goes and they will push the pace on Kentucky in this one. Both teams are excellent on the glass and they are solid on the defensive end of the floor. Tennessee has experience as they brought back the nucleus of last season’s team, which owned a share of the SEC regular season crown. Calipari had to start over with a bunch of freshmen: Washington and Travis can’t make up for the inexperience of the rest of the rotation. Tennessee gets the upper hand in this one to overcome a very hostile environment.

The over is Money! I have Tennessee 84-82

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TENN +4

This one is going to be a highly entertaining affair between two of the top three teams in the SEC. Tennessee has the advantage as far as scoring depth goes and they will push the pace on Kentucky in this one. Both teams are excellent on the glass and they are solid on the defensive end of the floor. Tennessee has experience as they brought back the nucleus of last season’s team, which owned a share of the SEC regular season crown. Calipari had to start over with a bunch of freshmen: Washington and Travis can’t make up for the inexperience of the rest of the rotation. Tennessee gets the upper hand in this one to overcome a very hostile environment.

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MISS ST -125

Both Mississippi State and Arkansas are coming into this game with a 5-6 record and a real opportunity to climb into fourth place in the SEC standings behind Tennessee, LSU and Kentucky. The conference picture is relatively jumbled outside of the top-three teams. A loss on Saturday would be a devastating blow and land either team in the same discussion as teams like Texas A&M and Missouri.

Arkansas is already coming off a bad road loss to Missouri, and they haven’t exactly been the model of consistency so far this season. Mississippi State is in a much better place after dusting off Alabama. Their two prior losses came against Kentucky and LSU—a pair of SEC powerhouse teams.

Arkansas’ struggles in ball movement were shocking against a bad defensive team like Missouri. Some might chalk that lackluster performance up to road woes, but we have seen similar performances at home as well. Mississippi State boasts the offensive talent that can put pressure on Arkansas to score a lot of points, but given their recent struggles on offense, they’ll be in no position to play keep-up.