Virginia at Stanford

Both of these teams limp into the NIT opening round. Stanford dropped their last two while Virginia lost four of their last five. This game comes down to home court advantage. Virginia had to travel cross country to get to this one while Stanford stays in the comfy confies of their home city. While pretty evenly matched, the home court makes the difference. Virginia is just 5-15 ATS as a road dog over the past two seasons including 0-7 as a dog of 6 or less points. Stanford desparately wants to play well here. They were embarrased by UCLA on March 4th and then lost to Arizona to close out the season. A loss here would leave a terrible taste in their mouths and they know it. Meanwhile, if Virigina flys out west and loses a game in which they are a dog, no one would be overly disappointed. They are 3-11 on the road and they know they don't have a great shot here. Two stars on the Cardinal.