North Dakota State at Iowa

North Dakota State had a year for the ages last season. They not only finished 12-2 in the league and went on to win the Conference Tournament, but made a splash in the NCAA Tournament as a 12 seed taking down #5 Oklahoma. They will pay the price with their top three scorers graduated and their coach moving on. They will step into the deep end of the pool vs. an Iowa team that likes to play fast and was good at it a year ago producing better than 81 points per game. Iowa lost Roy Marble, Jr., but has a lot of remaining cast to easily get by a depleted North Dakota State team that will struggle in a new system early without their top three players from a year ago. The Hawkeyes, living large outside the conference at 16-6 ATS in their last 22, run away with this one. Play on Iowa.