Kyle Hunter

*3 Star Play on Wake Forest* Brad Brownell's teams have been really consistent year after year. They start the season red hot and look like a sure NCAA Tournament team. By the end of the year they are either out of the tournament or on the bubble. Also, they have been terrible away from home in ACC play year after year.

How has Clemson done this year on the road in the ACC? The Tigers are 0-5 ATS on the road. None of those ATS losses have been by less than 3.5 points. Clemson has been blown out on the road multiple times. They also played a badly shorthanded Miami team and won by a single point.

Wake Forest isn't a good team, but they are well coached and this team is going to try hard after two bad performances in their last two. Wake Forest has shot 28% from 3 point range in each of their last two games. Clemson is weak at defending beyond the arc, and Wake Forest takes a bunch of 3's. I expect some regression to the mean here.

This should be a close contest. Grab the points.

Take Wake Forest. 

*4 Star Play Over* The Minnesota Timberwolves have a new coach in Chris Finch. Finch has been around the NBA quite a bit and everywhere he has gone he has wanted to push the tempo. In Finch's first game as head coach the Timberwolves played their contest against Milwaukee to 106 possessions (3rd fastest paced game of the year), so it was an initial sign that the faster pace is already showing up. Look for that to continue. 

Minnesota has a bottom 8 or 9 defense in the NBA though, and the Chicago Bulls offense has been solid with LaVine and White really playing well. Chicago has potential to put up a big number here against this Wolves defense.

Chicago ranks fourth in the NBA in pace for the year overall, and I don't see them trying to slow this game down. 

I don't think the oddsmakers have adjusted the Minnesota total enough based on their new style of play. 

Take the over. 

*4 Star Play on McNeese State* The McNeese State Cowboys will be looking for some road revenge here. McNeese State has a much more talented team than SE Louisiana on paper. They were voted much higher in the preseason polls. McNeese State has arguably the best long range shooters in the Southland Conference. They are up against a SE Louisiana team that has been weak against outside shooters.

SE Louisiana is the worst outside shooting team in this conference. SE Louisiana averaged a season high 1.35 points per possession and was 11/26 from 3 point range in their win over McNeese State earlier this year. Normally, SE Louisiana is a team that relies very heavily on getting to the free throw line. McNeese State has committed fewer fouls than any other team in the Southland, and it isn't particularly close.

McNeese State has clearly been playing better of late. Heath Schroyer is a quality coach and I think his team has a solid chance of winning this game. 

Take McNeese State plus the points and sprinkle on the moneyline as well.

*3 Star Play on George Washington* By any luck metric, this George Washington team has been very unlucky this year. George Washington has gotten a lot of bad bounces in their games, and they have had trouble staying healthy. 

James Bishop is the most talented player on the floor in this game. Jamison Battle for George Washington might be second. Battle is back from an injury and had a really nice game in their upset win over Rhode Island this past weekend. 

While George Washington isn't yet at full strength, they have gotten Ricky Lindo Jr. in the fold after he had to sit out earlier this year. Lindo has been great right from the jump in his only three games of action. He has a double double in two of those games. 

George Mason has struggled with George Washington in recent years even when they are the much better team. George Washington won both games last year. George Mason won all three games the year before (when George Washington was a terrible 9-24 team), but they only won one of them by more than 7 points. 

Grab the points.

Take George Washington.