Akron at Virginia Commonwealth

The Akron Zips have gotten more production out of Brett McKnight who scored 4 ppg a year ago and is now second on the team with 11 ppg. The Zips have some key holdovers and are young, deep and talented as they are getting solid contributions from nine players in the rotation consistently. The Rams are coming off a 24 win season and have some key pieces back but have not recorded a quality win yet. The Rams are getting big performances every night from last year's CAA Player of the year Eric Maynor, but the supporting cast has been a bit suspect and no one is averaging over 5rpg, another area of concern early. The Zips are money in this role as they have produced a 13-3 ATS mark as a dog of from 7-12.5 and I'll back them to stay close in this one.