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SMU heads to Syracuse on Saturday afternoon for an ACC matchup at the JMA Wireless Dome. The Mustangs are priced as a small road favorite, which is notable in a building where Syracuse has played its best basketball. This is one of those lines that forces you to choose between overall profile and venue. SMU has the cleaner season résumé and one of the most efficient offenses in the country, while Syracuse is more volatile but has the kind of scoring ceiling at home that can flip a short spread quickly. For bettors, this game sets up as a pace and shot-making handicap. The total is high at 157.5, and that number makes sense only if both teams are comfortable

Pittsburgh heads to Chapel Hill on Saturday afternoon for an ACC matchup with No. 11 North Carolina at the Dean E. Smith Center. The market is pricing this as a clear Tar Heels advantage, and it’s not hard to see why. North Carolina has been dominant at home all season, while Pittsburgh has struggled to find consistent answers away from home. When a ranked team with a 15-1 home record is laying double digits, the spread is essentially asking one question. Does the favorite play a clean, controlled game that turns into separation, or does the underdog hang around long enough to make the backdoor a realistic outcome late. For bettors, this is also a matchup of styles that can

Kent State heads to Muncie on Saturday afternoon for a Mid-American Conference matchup with Ball State at Worthen Arena. The Golden Flashes are priced as a solid road favorite, which reflects two very different season profiles. Kent State has been one of the more productive offenses in this league and has shown it can win games with pace, physicality, and a steady free-throw pipeline. Ball State has had trouble scoring consistently, and that’s the main reason the market is comfortable laying more than two possessions with the visitor. For bettors, the handicap starts with how Kent State’s scoring translates on the road. They have been strong at home, but they’re closer to even away from it, and Worthen Arena can

Army heads to Washington, D.C. on Saturday for a Patriot League matchup with American at Bender Arena. The Eagles are priced as a double-digit home favorite, which reflects how different these teams have looked in their preferred environments. American has been strong at home all season, while Army has been far less consistent away from West Point. That split is the foundation of this number, but the matchup also has a clear volatility lever, Army’s three-point volume. When the Black Knights are making threes, they can shorten games and keep spreads alive even when they’re losing the possession battle in other areas. This is also the type of spread where game flow matters as much as raw efficiency. American doesn’t