Morehead State
Morehead state, small only Faried is over 6’7, and he is only 6’8.
Played OSU and Florida this year. Only lost by 6 at Florida. Covered the point spread in both those games. 24-9 record, but 17-11 against the spread. 15 of the 24 wins in double digits. Were in dance in 2009 as a 16 seed, lost by 20 to Louisville.
Faried is NCAA top rebounder in the last 30 some years and had 27 double doubles this year, (84 career tied for 2nd all time) Great Defense avg score against them 61.3/game. Only 3 opponents went over 70 points, NOT Ohio State OR Florida. Possible UNDER bet?
7 of 16 from the 3, and 48% field goals, even with a cold streak of 5 minutes with only 1 bucket.
Against Florida, Faried had 20 pts, 18 rebs (that is more than Florida’s entire front court (13 rebs).
Against Morehead states active aggressive zone D, even OSU was stymied for much of the game. Faried was in foul trouble in this game, and it still was not as big a win for the Buckeyes as it appears. He had 4 fouls at over 15 mins remaining. Buckeyes were 68% from the field, but had 16 turnovers to this tenacious D.
They will cover against a weak frontcourt team. If a team can get Faried into foul trouble, the swing could be pretty huge, but they still covered the spread in that OSU game.
Kirk Add to this: Morehead also had a really solid guard in Demonte Harper. He is a potential pro. Also, Morehead did play solid defense. I just felt that they will cover large spreads.
