Southern Mississippi at East Carolina

The Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles are a mid-major with some punch. They are a good candidate, at this point, to squeeze out an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They need to take care of business in this game to hold ground. The Golden Eagles have an RPI of 39 and have more work to do. East Carolina's road to 14-9 is a soft one, with three wins over non-div-1 teams, but the schedule has been suspect. The recent play may be more indicitive of the relative strength or weakness of this team as they are just 9-9 in their last 18 games. The Pirates homecourt advantage has disappeared vs. good road teams, those with a greater than .600 road mark, where they are 3-8 ATS in their last 11. They Golden Eagles have played well here at 5-1 ATS in their last six. Play on Southern Miss.