This is a Northeast Conference Tournament quarterfinal. The Knights beat Stonehill twice by double digits, including an 82-69 home win six days ago. In that game, FDU closed as a 3.5-point favorite. Yes it's hard to beat a team three times, but this is another home game for the Knights. Sophomore Terrence Brown, voted the NEC's most improved player, poured in 48 points in the two regular-season matchups vs. the Skyhawks. This line should be -4 or -4.5.

There is definitely the old concern of beating the same team three times in one season with FDU here, but the Knights won both regular-season meetings over Stonehill by double digits -- and swept last season -- and this NEC quarterfinal is a true home game in Hackensack. Which allows me to say RIP to easily one of my favorite actors ever in Gene Hackman -- he drops "Hackensack" as Lex Luthor in the original Superman, a movie that changed my life. FDU has the NEC scoring leader in Terrence Brown, blocks leader in Bismark Nsiah and 3-point leader in Dylan Jones. So maybe it is simply that much better than Stonehill.