Illinois Chicago is 2-0 after a 79-56 win over Robert Morris on Friday in which it forced 20 turnovers and scored 23 points off them to Robert Morris’s 3. The Flames also won the paint 38-20, and they opened the season with a 96-47 win over St. Francis (IL), an NAIA school. I had Illinois Chicago against Robert Morris that night, and it cashed. UNC Greensboro is 1-1 after a 74-65 loss at Elon on Friday, where it was outrebounded 45-22 and made 8 of 28 threes. Illinois Chicago wins this game.
UAB is 1-1 and beat Nicholls 70-63 on Friday with a 50-38 rebounding edge and 22 made free throws on 28 tries, even with a 21-for-55 night from the field. Florida A&M is 0-2 and averages 18.5 turnovers, with 17 in a 112-69 loss to Florida State on November 2 and 20 in a 75-70 loss to Fort Valley State, an NCAA Division II school, on Thursday. The Rattlers shot 24-for-62 and 24-for-51 in those games. UAB’s 99-78 loss to McNeese on November 2 shows it can be run on, with McNeese shooting 55.1%, but McNeese also turned it over only 8 times, and Florida A&M has not come close to that. UAB takes it.
Northwestern is 2-0 and made 12 threes in each win, 12 of 30 against Binghamton on November 2 and 12 of 23 against Stony Brook on Friday, while committing 11 turnovers against Stony Brook. Binghamton hit 5 of 18 from three in the 86-60 loss, and Jack Karasinski scored 24 for the Wildcats in that game. Boston University is also 2-0, with a 93-85 win over Northeastern and a 72-67 win at Brown, margins of 8 and 5 points against Northwestern’s 26 over Binghamton. This game goes to Northwestern.
Purdue is 0-2, with a 78-72 loss to Gonzaga on November 2 and an 83-80 double-overtime loss to Valparaiso at home on Friday, and the Boilermakers are 10 for 49 from three in those games. They turned the ball over only 10 and 11 times and made 27 of 32 free throws against Valparaiso. Illinois State is 1-1, lost 90-85 in overtime at Saint Mary’s on November 2 after giving up 54 points in the paint, and beat Central State, an NCAA Division II school, 100-55 on Thursday. Purdue’s shooting could stay cold, but it scored 36 in the paint against Valparaiso and Illinois State gave up 54 there at Saint Mary’s. Purdue is the winner.
Oregon State is 2-0 after a 102-61 win over Weber State and a 96-68 win over Cal Baptist on Friday, and Weber State shot 6 of 35 from three in that first game. Eastern Washington is 0-2 and lost 98-71 at Oregon, where it was outscored 54-32 in the paint and outrebounded 38-24. Oregon State wins this game.
Stanford is 2-0 after a 74-65 win over Eastern Washington on November 2, in which it outscored Eastern Washington 44-22 in the paint, and an 81-63 win over Oakland on Friday. Rice is 1-1 and lost 72-71 at home to East Texas A&M on Thursday, a game in which it shot 24 of 67 and was outrebounded 54-41, with East Texas A&M grabbing 25 offensive rebounds. Rice’s other game was a 100-55 win over Dallas Christian, an NAIA school. Stanford takes it.
Take Illinois Chicago (-2028 moneyline) plus UAB (-1567 moneyline) plus Northwestern (-1438 moneyline) plus Purdue (-1329 moneyline) plus Oregon State (-1329 moneyline) plus Stanford (-1567 moneyline) in a six-team parlay at -228.
