*3 Star Play on Suns* The Phoenix Suns are well rested here and they are 7-1 ATS as road favorites so far this season. Atlanta is a bad team now, and the Hawks play next to no defense. The Suns have really improved on the defensive end this year.. Phoenix is likely to show up with a strong effort in this one. I'll lay the short number with the Suns.

*3 Star Play on St. Francis* This is more of a fade of Chicago State than anything else. Chicago State is 2-17 overall and 0-6 in the Northeast Conference. Why should they be laying points on the road here?

St. Francis isn't a good team, but they have played better of late. In fact, they are 18th in the Haslametrics momentum ranking out of 365 teams in the country. They have won 3 of their last 5 games.

St. Francis is much better on offense, and they have been getting to the line at a high rate. I'll grab the points on the home underdog.

Take St. Francis.

*3 Star Play Under* The Iowa State Cyclones played very quickly in the non-conference slate, but they have been slowing things down in Big 12 play. Iowa State is still a defensive-minded team under Coach Otzelberger.

Oklahoma State's offense has been inconsistent in league play.

In the first meeting between these two teams, the final score was 154 points total. The teams combined to shoot 56 free throws and they made 80.4% of those (45 made). That is far above the averages of the two teams. Both defenses have been pretty good at defending without fouling too.

In Iowa State's last 11 games, they haven't had a total within 8 points of this current total. The Cyclones defense should be enough to keep this one under.

Take the under.

*3 Star Play Over* The Denver Pioneers are an excellent over team. Denver is 79th in the nation in offensive efficiency. They move the ball well and have plenty of scoring options. Denver is an ugly 363rd out of 365 teams in the country in defensive efficiency. Denver is allowing 87.2 points per game on the season.

North Dakota is allowing 80 points per game. Denver is one of the best offenses they have faced. North Dakota has seen 4 of their last 6 games finish at 166 points or higher. North Dakota is shooting it well from long range in league play.

There's very little defense in this league in general, and Denver games have been consistently very high.

Take the over here.

*3 Star Play Under* The Clemson Tigers defense has been tremendous over the last few weeks. Brad Brownell has always been a defense first coach, and this team is really putting it together on that end. Clemson is first in the ACC in defensive efficiency. They are 15th nationally in defensive efficiency. Clemson is 7th in the nation in defensive rebounding percentage. Offensively, Clemson is a mediocre 68th in offensive efficiency.

Georgia Tech is 33rd nationally in effective field goal percentage defense. They are 191st in effective field goal percentage offense. The Yellow Jackets turn it over a lot on offense.

Clemson hasn't had a game above 144 points in regulation in their last 11 games in a row.

Take the under.