T.M. Selection: North Dakota State/Butler OVER.

I like NDSU to push Butler to the brink in this one. The Bulldogs are coming off an ugly loss to Houston over the weekend and I expect they will still be shell-shocked here. The Bison are 14 point dogs and Butler could end up pulling away late to win by that margin but not before North Dakota State puts a scare into them first. The Bison have plenty of scoring options and they can keep up with Butler for long stretches in this one. NDSU enters off an 82-70 win over Northern Colorado, and there's no reason not to think they can't carry that offensive momentum over here. The Bulldogs will be ready to be aggressive offensively after being locked down by a strong Cougars team over the weekend. I expect this dangerous Butler offense (so strong at home) to stretch the perimeter defense of the Bison. This isn't a very high total obviously and this can still be a lower-scoring overall game and easily eclipse this super low number, and that's exactly what I'm expecting. This number is MUCH too low in my estimation.

T.M. Prediction: 84-70 Butler.