First Four Games (Tuesday Edition):
(16) UNC-Asheville vs (16) Arkansas-Little Rock
UNC-Asheville -4
I'm not going to lie. I've seen each of these teams play once this year each. I'm going to base my picks lightly on the eye ball test and some numbers. The Big South and Sun Belt are right next to each other in Conference RPI so Asheville going 11-7 in the Big South is more impressive than Arkansas-Little Rock going 7-9 in the Sun Belt. As a matter of fact, before Little Rock ran off the 4 wins they were a sub .500 team on the season and which would be 8th in the conference if they weren't split into 2 divisions. Asheville was the beneficiary of some good luck in their conference tournament. Coastal Carolina did not have their best player throughout the tournament and you'd have to think that they would have won the tournament if Desmond Holloway was available. That being said, they did have to beat Coastal in the final on their home floor and did so handily. I'm going to go with UNC-Asheville giving the 4. They won their last 3 games going in to the tournament and winning their tournament games by an average of 13 points.
(12) Clemson vs. (12) UAB
UAB +4
I need less analysis for this game since I've seen these teams play a few times. I believe that Clemson is the better team but UAB has been dumped on by everyone for being included in the tournament. I'm going to bank on that as the motivation for them to win this game outright.
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