Northern Kentucky Norse (11-8) vs Cleveland State Vikings (11-8)
Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Cleveland State could be one of the more overvalued teams in the Horizon right now and I think the Vikings are going to experience severe defensive regression. In terms of forcing turnovers, Cleveland State does it well but this team is one of the worst defensive rebounding teams in college basketball and Cleveland State is also allowing a lot of open looks to its opponents. Cleveland State has relied on its opponents missing wide-open shots for most of the season, but that is not sustainable defense, especially in true road conference games against an NKU team that has beaten much tougher and is one of the best teams in the Horizon this season. I expect NKU to win this one comfortably so I will lay the points with the Norse.
Ron’s Pick Northern Kentucky Norse: -4.5 -110
AUTHOR: Ron Romanelli
Ron is a part of the new breed of younger handicappers but Ron has many years of sports handicapping under his belt. Ron has a knack for seeing through the lines, consistently beating the books.