Liberty vs. Mississippi State

Mississippi State is favored, but this is a long road trip out to the West Coast. Mississippi State is 5-15 ATS away from home against teams that commit 12 or fewer turnovers per game, plus coach Ben Howland is 8-18 ATS after scoring 75+ points in back-to-back contests. Mississippi State struggles to take care of the basketball and remains without standout guard Nick Weatherspoon, who was suspended in mid-February for a violation of team rules. They have turned the ball over on 19.3 percent of their offensive possessions for the season (ranked #227). Liberty won the Atlantic Sun Tournament and covered against Vanderbilt of the SEC in a 79-70 game, while also upsetting UCLA (73-58) as a +7 dog. Both those step-up games were on the road. Liberty coach Ritchie McKay is 32-17 ATS after one or more consecutive OVERS and this shapes up as a close one. Play Liberty.