Tulane has been one of the most fortunate teams in the country. They are 10-2 in games decided by single digits as they are not nearly as good as their deceptive straight up mark. Four were by three or fewer and eight by six or less. In fact, they are better than .500 straight up yet outscored by 5.7 points per game.

Though North Texas is traveling 554 miles that is much shorter than their foe. Tulane will travel 980 miles to El Paso. Again, it is not a completely neutral game. Metrics overlooked by squares comes into fruition big time today.