Houston at Murray State

A lot has changed at Houston since last season. They will bring in a new head Coach in Kelvin Sampson, who was last coaching at Indiana, and had success at Washington State, and Oklahoma prior to that. I think this Houston team may be underrated early in the season as Sampson seems to be able to get more out of what he has than expected. Murray State had to replace some key players last year and slipped back a bit, but have just about everyone back this season, and the Racers should find themselves back on top of the Ohio Valley West. I think this team has now built a national reputation with the NCAA Tournament exposure they have had in recent years, and the lines they face, with a lot of roster hold overs, is going to be a tall task to get over. They will win a lot of games, and at least early I expect the lines to simply be too much for them to have a lot of success in that area. I like Houston in this spot with Sampson getting the most out of what he has. Grab the points on the Cougars.