T.M. Selection: Western Kentucky.

I like Western Kentucky to cover the spread against Charlotte in this game on Thursday. Western Kentucky has lost 5 games in a row now and I think this is the perfect spot for them to bounce back and get a win here, their 1st road win of the year too. Western Kentucky is 0-5 in road games this year and 2-6 in their conference play but they have had a very tough schedule lately compared to the schedule that Charlotte has had to play. Western Kentucky has lost 5 games in a row but 4 of those losses were to the top 2 teams from each division of this conference. They have a much easier schedule after this stretch and I expect them to start picking up a lot of wins now starting with this game. Charlotte has played some bottom half teams of the conference in their previous 3 games and they even lost their most recent game to Old Dominion by 16 points on the road after just barely beating them at home by 4 points in their game before that one. Before this stretch of bad quality teams, they had played a team from the top 2 in each division of their conference and they were destroyed by 30+ points in one of those games while losing the other by 10+ points but only put up 51 points in the game. I think Western Kentucky is the better team here and I think their record has been a bit off this year due to their tougher schedule lately in their conference play. I think they will start to look a lot better moving forward and I expect them to start winning a lot of games in this next stretch with the teams that are up next for them. I like Western Kentucky to cover the spread in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 78-72 Western Kentucky.