Northern Iowa at Iowa State

Northern Iowa had their moment in the dance shortened with an opening round loss to Purdue 61-56. They have the talent to make their way back, but they are no longer under the radar and were tripped up by a lesser Big East force in DePaul. Iowa State may have shown that they can go into the MVC and catch some easy pickings by grabbing a 20-point win over Drake, and are two points from a perfect 6-0 start. The Panthers aren’t having any trouble taking out MVC foes, but stepping out of the conference, they’re just 5-13 ATS in their last 18. The Cyclones are a very profitable 21-10 ATS as a favorite and living large off of non-conference foes at 7-1 ATS in their last eight. I'll take the Cyclones in this one.