San Diego Toreros vs Western Michigan Broncos Point Spread Picks

San Diego heads to Western Michigan as a big dog, but these teams met twice last season. San Diego won the first meeting, then Western won 68-66 in the rematch, needing a 10-2 late run. San Diego senior center Jito Kok played in that game, a junior then, and paced the Toreros with 15 points and five blocked shots. He had four blocks in the opener in a loss to USC. Western Michigan (0-4 ATS run) is also 0-1, failing to cover in a loss to DePaul getting just 63 points. The Broncos are 3-8 ATS at home and 2-7 ATS at home against a team with a losing road record. This shapes up as another close one, so grab the big dog and take San Diego.

The Western Michigan Broncos have some gaudy numbers to start the season as they are off to a 3-0 start. The Broncos have shot the ball at a 59% clip, which is good enough for third best in the country. They have also knocked down 46% of their 3's, both very impressive numbers to start the season. That loses a lot of value when you consider one of their opponents was Aquinas, and the other two opponents are a combined 0-6 to start the season. They will head a lot deeper into the pool as they head for the West Coast to take on San Diego. San Diego has a 2-1 record, and a credible loss to Boise State, who has suffereed just one loss to a top five team in Wisconsin. While Western Michigan may knock down some shots here to stay close, the rest of their game is not that good, and the numbers are not telling the whole story here. Make the play on San Diego on the moneyline.