T.M. Selection: Northern Iowa.

Superb spot for Northern Iowa. The Panthers have revenge from a home loss to Murray State earlier this season. The road team has actually won 3 straight meetings between these clubs. Perhaps that is also why we are seeing this line around a pick'em when the reality is normally the the home team would be getting a little more love in this match-up. I like the fact the Panthers have won 4 straight games (and 8 of 10) and also are the better overall shooting team this season. They have a 50% FG rate while the Racers are at 44.6% on the season. Northern Iowa averaging 76 ppg last 4 games. Murray State scoring an average of 62 ppg last 4 games! The Racers are off back to back wins but this following a 1-6 stretch for Murray State. The Racers longest win streak this season is 3 games. Also, all 3 times when on a winning streak of at least 2 games and in which the most recent win by a 10 or more point margin, Murray State is 0-3 this season! Off a 63-53 win, that situation is happening again here as they go for 3 in a row and I expect the Racers record in this situation to drop to 0-4 this season!

T.M. Prediction: 71-63 Northern Iowa