TSR 12/12/19 CBB Picks

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Game 1: Austin Peay at West Virginia (7:00)

Nick: West Virginia

Sam: West Virginia

Zach: West Virginia

Game 2: Howard Payne at Abilene Christian (7:00)

Nick: Abilene Christian

Sam:  Abilene Christian

Zach: Abilene Christian

Game 3: Southern at Wright State (7:00, ESPN3)

Nick: Wright State

Sam:  Wright State

Zach: Wright State

Game 4: Iowa at Iowa State (8:00, ESPN2)

Nick: Iowa-- Luka Garza asserts his dominance inside

Sam: Iowa State-- Tyrese Halliburton

Zach: Iowa State-Playing in Ames is never an easy feat, and it helps that Luka Garza is a scoring machine right now, but I think the Cyclones have more pieces to win this game

Game 5: Northern Iowa at Grand Canyon (9:00, ESPN3)

Nick: Northern Iowa

Sam: Northern Iowa

Zach: Grand Canyon- Carlos Johnson is no longer the leading scorer, so that means other players are stepping up. Watch out for this Lopes team in the turn of the semester

Game 6: Portland Bible at Portland State (10:05)

Nick: Portland State

Sam:Portland State

Zach: Portland State

Upsets:

Nick: Cleveland Cavs (+11.5) over San Antonio

Zach: Detroit Pistons over Dallas- I’ll probably get some hate because it is the NBA, but there is no lines for the women's games right now and no good DIII games tonight. In Mexico City, Luka struggles and the Pistons win (+6.0)