Neutral court game. St. John’s comes off their blowout loss to the Wolverines. Joel Soriano still may be dealing with a foot injury, and this is a tough bounce back spot. North Texas is 89th in defensive efficiency and will attempt to slow this game down as the Red Storm will want an up-tempo game. St. John’s has struggled from inside the arc, living and dying by the three. The Mean Green have shoot 60.5% effectively to start the season.

In Charleston. I believe this should be 40ish cents higher, but the books might be a tad overreacting to the Johnnies getting stomped earlier this week by Michigan. North Texas was excellent last year but lost its top 3 scorers and also coach Grant McCasland (to Texas Tech). So maybe a few early-season struggles -- just not yet. Still a good team no doubt. Playing that strong of a Michigan team can only help Rick Pitino's side, which should have a major size advantage. Pitino expects a team that will be “loaded for bear against North Texas, because they’ll be very upset at themselves” for the UM result.