Kyle Hunter Free Sports Picks & Handicapping Review

*3 Star Play Under* The Richmond Spiders have scored 59 points or fewer in regulation in four of their last five games. Richmond has slowed their pace down by 1.5 seconds per possession on average in league play. The Spiders know they don't have enough offensive firepower to consistently have a chance in higher scoring games. 

George Washington has drastically improved their defense from a year ago. The Revolutionaries are top 75 in defending without fouling and Richmond has struggled badly to score when they can't get to the line. George Washington is also top 20 in the nation in 3 point field goal percentage defense.

The first game between these two was 66-61. This is likely a bit higher, but I like it to stay relatively low scoring.

Take the under here. 

*3 Star Play Over* The South Dakota Coyotes have been as good of an over team as there has been in college basketball this year. They rank second in the country in tempo. South Dakota is 357th in defensive efficiency, so their opponents are torching the nets. On the other side, South Dakota is 36th in the country in shot selection. South Dakota has scored 89 points or more in five of home games against Division I opponents. They are no stranger to extremely high scoring games.

Nebraska Omaha has been a big surprise in the Summit League this year. No one expected this offense to be so exciting. Omaha is shooting 44.7% from 3 point range in the conference. S Dakota is the worst 3 point defense in the conference. Omaha should get a lot of easy looks. The Omaha defense has been much worse on the road than at home.

It's a high total, but I think this game gets very high scoring. Both teams foul a bunch and both teams are great at getting to the line.

Take the over. 

*4 Star Play Under* The Appalachian State Mountaineers are 14th in the nation in effective field goal percentage defense. App State is second in the Sun Belt in defensive efficiency. The Mountaineeers have allowed 58 points or fewer in three of their last four games. They have allowed 66 points or fewer in seven straight games. I'm impressed by the consistency of this defense.

App State does a great job controlling the pace. The Mountaineers are 345th in the country in tempo on offense. They have been the second slowest paced team in Sun Belt play.

The slowest paced team in Sun Belt play has been Old Dominion. The Monarchs have substantially slowed their pace down in the last few weeks. 

Old Dominion and App State just played on January 16 and the game was played to a pace of j57 possessions. It finished at 105 total points. 

Seven straight App State opponents have averaged less than 1 point per possession. Another slow paced contest here.

I think this one is off by several points.

Take the under.