Yeah I have no idea on this one.
We could come in overconfident and overlooking DePaul and scratch out an 8 point win while never coming close to covering.
Or we could continue pasting people at home, like Marquette and Providence, pushing a 15 point halftime lead to 25 in the second and coasting from there.
The small possibility of surrendering the cover in garbage time after leading by 20 slightly pushes me towards DePaul +17.5, but not strongly, not like Nova +14.5 earlier this year which I felt was a slam dunk.
Two things about this spread I hate
We could be +20 with 2 min to go and the walk on’s give up -5 -6. Points .
Or it could be under the 20 mark and DePaul sends it end making the final score worse .
I doubt they quit that’s rare , but they’ve had a tough season and they’re on the road so the tank could be empty and Maybe Hurley lets our second team play longer to impress the writers .
Either way the final score is determined by the actions of garbage time players which throws rationality out the window.
I use to be the go to basketball handicapper for my gambling addicted buddies . I usually made them money . My advice was stay away but if you have to , don’t bet the ranch and give the points .
Hurley is playing for seeding