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7-Unit Play. Take #578 UNLV (-15) over Rice (10 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20)
This game is a complete and utter mismatch. Rice is not really a D-I team. Not this year. They lost their coach, two all-league players, and four other key guys all to transfer during a major offseason exodus. The result is a skeleton roster that would probably get run off the court by some D-II schools. The best team that Rice has faced this season is Georgia State, a solid little program out of the Sun Belt. That game was never competitive. The Owls - who were playing at home in that one - were down 15 points at halftime and they were down by over 20 points for most of the second half. It should be worse tonight against a UNLV team that is on kind of a mission. Marvin Menzies still feels he has to prove that he was the right man for the job in Vegas. And after some real lean years this program wants to get back to the NCAA Tournament. Most importantly, UNLV has size and athleticism that Rice doesn't have a prayer of answering. The Owls don't have anyone taller than 6-8. And their three highest-usage 'big men' are freshmen and sophomores. UNLV starts a pair of dominating big men in seven-footer Brandon McCoy, who is a potential one-and-done talent, and 6-8 Shakur Juiston, who was the JUCO player of the year last season. UNLV also brings 6-11, 6-11 and 6-7 off the bench. This game is men against boys. The Rebels are playing close to home in Las Vegas (though not on their home floor) and Rice is going to be completely overwhelmed in this spot.
2-Unit Play. Take #569 Creighton (-3.5) over UCLA (7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20)
2-Unit Play. Take #565 Texas A&M (-5.5) over Oklahoma State (7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20)
2-Unit Play. Take #529 Oakland (+9) over Syracuse (7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20)
2-Unit Play. Take #592 San Diego State (-13.5) over Eastern Illinois (10 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20)
1-Unit Play. Take #564 Michigan (-4.5) over LSU (11:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20)
1-Unit Play. Take #552 Cincinnati (-15.5) over Buffalo (7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20)
1-Unit Play. Take #524 Kentucky (-19) over Troy (8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20)
1-Unit Play. Take #584 Duke (-22) over Furman (7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20)
1-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #546 Iowa (-2) over UL-Lafayette (Noon) AND Take #550 UAB (-4.5) over Richmond (5 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20)
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