Miami vs. La Salle

Miami plays its first game away from home in this one. They have their first real test coming up next week with the Big Ten/ACC Challenge battle against Minnesota looming. The Hurricanes are awful from the charity stripe, connecting on just 50.8 percent of their free throws. Miami is also 0-11 ATS against teams making 77% or more of their free throws. Miami is also dealing with the loss of talented freshman guard Lonnie Walker to a left leg injury in Thursday's win over Florida A&M. Meanwhile, underdog La Salle has a winning record and will be just 45 miles from campus for this one, while Miami is 1,200 miles from home. La Salle has senior guard/forward B.J. Johnson (22.6 points, 9.6 rebounds per game), who has four consecutive 20-point games. He toyed with the idea of entering the NBA draft last spring but elected to return. Underdogs of 10 to 19.5 points off an upset loss by 15 points or more as a favorite are 139-76 ATS, plus all dogs of 10+ points off a loss by 15+ points as chalk are 150-84 ATS. Play La Salle.