This is a 10* UNDERDOG OF THE MONTH on Kansas City.

I'm obviously not suggesting to play UMKC on the money line, but I do think that the Roos can keep this one competitive enough in the second half to comfortably sneak in through the back door down the stretch with the large spread that they've been afforded here.

The Roos have a new head coach in Marvin Menzies. They return four starters. UMKC lost 59-56 to Lincoln in its opener.

But with that awkward game out of the way, I think UMKC will be moderately more competitive here.

LSU starts the season with a new head coach as well in Matt McMahon. LSU has several elite transfers, but chemistry will be an issue in the early going in my estimation:

“I am excited with (Wednesday) night being the opener of our season,” Coach McMahon assessed. “We’ve had a great preseason, going to be a work-in-progress as we get started. Spent a lot of time with our players trying to establish the culture that we want for our program, not just this season, but as we move forward as a program. We’re trying to stay locked in on getting continuous improvement from our players and team as we get started tomorrow night.”

I think LSU takes the foot off the gas over the final few minutes, and the Roos do indeed sneak in comfortably.

Grab the points, the play is UMKC.

Good luck, NP