*4 Star Play Under* The Providence haven't been very good on defense this year. Kim English has been known as a defensive-minded guy in the past. After last game, English was quoted as saying he is going to change up the practices and focus heavily on defense because he is unhappy with the defensive efforts out of his team.

New Hampshire is one of the weakest offenses in the country, so there is a real opportunity here for Providence to turn things around on defense. New Hampshire also plays very slowly and almost never gets to the free throw line.

Take the under here.

*3 Star Play Under* The Grambling Tigers aren't going to keep hitting more than 44% of their 3 point jumpers all year long. I don't know exactly when regression will hit, but it is coming. Grambling plays at a relatively slow pace, and Grambling turns the ball over a bunch. They'll waste a lot of possessions.

San Diego isn't playing as quickly as they normally do. I suspect they'll speed up some, but they are shooting 47.7% from 3 point range and that isn't sustainable in the long run either.

Neither of these teams attack the basket and get to the line all that much. This total has been inflated by the hot shooting.

Take the under.

*4 Star Play Under* The Texas Longhorns have been very good on defense so far this year. Texas is 22nd in defensive efficiency and 30th in effective field goal percentage defense. The Longhorns have been inconsistent shooting the basketball.

Rider is the third slowest paced team in the nation. The Broncos will be walking it up the court the entire night. They could only score 53 points against Virginia and 53 points against Rutgers too. I think the Texas defense is likely to overwhelm them here.

Texas is laying a huge number here for good reason. I think they slow things down late and it stays under.

Take the under.

*3 Star Play Under* The LA Tech Bulldogs have been a really good defensive team and an under type team the last few years. LA Tech once again has several very good shot blockers. They are lacking outside shooters on the offensive end. LA Tech is typically good at controlling the pace. They have got their pace in both of their Division I games so far this season.

Indiana State has slowed down so far this season. They had a low scoring contest against SIU Edwardsville before being blasted by Duke. This LA Tech offense is a huge step down from Duke.

I like LA Tech to slow this thing down and keep it under.

Take the under.

*3 Star Play Under* These two teams both rank in the bottom 35% or so nationally in pace of play. I think the tempo should be relatively slow.

Look at the teams FGCU has played- Illinois (fast and great on offense), GA Southern (extremely fast), and Chattanooga (great offense). Look at the teams Samford has played and the majority of them are fast paced offenses too.

I think this number is inflated based on who they have played thus far. The two teams should play to a pace of 66 or 67 possessions which means it will take very hot shooting to get to the total.

Take the under.