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Firday pickoff
In spite of a 2-3 showing last week, I'm back at it for Week 2 of the Friday picks feature, hoping to at least get back above .500.
Since the Saint Peter's-Loyola game was postponed, we're left with a four-game slate. The picks:
Siena (minus 3 1/2) over NIAGARA
This line is almost exclusively a product of what Niagara did to Siena at the Gallagher Center last year, and the Purple Eagles have demonstrated on many occasions that this is a much different, much less dangerous team. Prediction: Siena 84, Niagara 74
RIDER (minus 1) over Fairfield
The Stags have played great basketball over their last two games, but this just isn't a good matchup for them. Rider has won six of the last seven games in the series, the one exception coming on a fluke 18-point showing by Marty O'Sullivan in 2007-08. The Broncs have been the least predictable team in the league all year, so a 10-point Fairfield win wouldn't shock me. But based on Rider's huge edge in athleticism, the most likely outcome is a win for the home team. Prediction: Rider 81, Fairfield 75
Manhattan (plus 11) over IONA
There's a very good chance the Jaspers are in the midst of a freefall, and to be clear, I don't think there's any chance they'll win. But they should be able to get up enough to keep this one fairly close, especially given the Gaels' lack of impressive play over the last week. Prediction: Iona 72, Manhattan 63
CANISIUS (minus 15) over Marist
Nothing about the Red Foxes' play this year suggests that they'll be able to keep this reasonably close. Prediction: Canisius 88, Marist 65
Since the Saint Peter's-Loyola game was postponed, we're left with a four-game slate. The picks:
Siena (minus 3 1/2) over NIAGARA
This line is almost exclusively a product of what Niagara did to Siena at the Gallagher Center last year, and the Purple Eagles have demonstrated on many occasions that this is a much different, much less dangerous team. Prediction: Siena 84, Niagara 74
RIDER (minus 1) over Fairfield
The Stags have played great basketball over their last two games, but this just isn't a good matchup for them. Rider has won six of the last seven games in the series, the one exception coming on a fluke 18-point showing by Marty O'Sullivan in 2007-08. The Broncs have been the least predictable team in the league all year, so a 10-point Fairfield win wouldn't shock me. But based on Rider's huge edge in athleticism, the most likely outcome is a win for the home team. Prediction: Rider 81, Fairfield 75
Manhattan (plus 11) over IONA
There's a very good chance the Jaspers are in the midst of a freefall, and to be clear, I don't think there's any chance they'll win. But they should be able to get up enough to keep this one fairly close, especially given the Gaels' lack of impressive play over the last week. Prediction: Iona 72, Manhattan 63
CANISIUS (minus 15) over Marist
Nothing about the Red Foxes' play this year suggests that they'll be able to keep this reasonably close. Prediction: Canisius 88, Marist 65
posted by Ben Doody at
12:50 PM
4 Comments:
my picks to cover: Siena (i think niagara may be able to win but i want the saints to be on an 18 game win streak when come to the zoo), Rider, Iona, Marist
Tonight's game is on ESPNU! for those of us that get "the U" this is great news, Rider on tv
I don't know what's more ridiculous - O'Sullivan shutting down JT at Harbor Yard, or the fact that he was able to function after downing house shots at the Grape the night before.
KC, gonna leave that one alone, but I'll admit I laughed when reading it.
Another disastrous week, this one a 1-2-1 finish. Season record now stands at 3-5-1.
The one team that REALLY let me down tonight was Canisius, which would have given me a .500 night had won by ONE more point.
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