This is a 10* on LBSU

The Big West Tournament gets going today and while neither Long Beach State nor Cal State Northridge is expected to do much this week, we see a nice edge with the underdog in this Opening Round matchup. While it’s true that LBSU’s regular season ended with a four-game losing skid, three of those defeats were by two or three points. Had any of those games gone the other way, the Beach would be a higher seed. Now you can say the same for CS Northridge, who lost two close ones to UC Riverside last weekend. But what’s unusual here is CS Northridge is the favorite, something that has happened only two times this year. The line is clearly very small, but this isn’t a team I’d want to bet on to actually win a game. Long Beach State has an incredible six losses by three points or less on its resume, so they are probably better than their record. Neither of these teams is very good defensively, but LBSU has held its opponents to a much lower field goal percentage. They are 7-2 ATS off an ATS loss as well. Play on LONG BEACH STATE

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