Kyle Hunter

*3 Star CBB Situational Spot Play* The Texas Southern Tigers are a good SWAC team, but they are in a really tough situational spot here. 

Texas Southern just played on Saturday at Oklahoma State and played a very fast paced game against an excellent Cowboys team. Now, they go to play at altitude against a Wyoming team that I expect to be improved under new coach Jeff Linder. 

Linder did a great job at Northern Colorado discouraging his team from taking bad two point jumpers and getting them to look for the open three. The Bears were a good efficient offense. I think Wyoming has several shooters who can knock down the open looks from outside this year.

Wyoming has one of the best home court advantages in the country with the high elevation. Texas Southern isn't a very deep team. I'll lay it here.

Take Wyoming. 

*4 Star Play Over* Archie Miller said he has been wanting to play with faster tempo since he has been at Indiana, but this is the first time he has had the right guys to be able to do it. In their first game, Indiana used up only 13.4 seconds of the shot clock on average. The Hoosiers were playing far faster than they did last year. His players have said from practices that they are excited and that "people will be surprised at how fast we play." 

Providence played quick in their first game against Fairfield (a team who likes to slow the game down). Ed Cooley's teams can be a bit hard to figure out as far as their preferred pace, but I think their aggression on defense is likely to get Indiana to the line quite a bit here. On the other side, Providence is great on the offensive glass which should get them good second chance opportunities.

Take the over. 

*4 Star Play Over* Travis Steele said before the season that he wanted his team to go with a motion offense that led to them playing at a faster pace this year. Through three games, they have definitely played quicker. They averaged using 17.7 seconds of the shot clock last year and they are using only 16.3 seconds of the shot clock so far this year. Steele really thinks he has a much better outside shooting team this year as well.

Eastern Kentucky likes to press as much as possible and push the pace of the game. They have a lot of trouble on the defensive glass too, and Xavier should get a lot of second chance opportunities. Eastern Kentucky's games typically have a lot of trips to the charity stripe.

This is a great opportunity for Xavier to work their motion offense and spread the floor and look for quicker shots.

Take the over.