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Georgia Southern heads to Atlanta on Thursday night for a Sun Belt conference game against Georgia State at the GSU Convocation Center. The market is telling you this is basically a pick’em, with Georgia State priced as a tiny home favorite. That makes it the kind of game where one late run, one foul sequence, or a cold three-minute stretch can decide both the winner and the spread. From a betting perspective, the matchup is a clash between Georgia Southern’s higher-scoring profile and Georgia State’s home court and late-game free throw edge. Georgia Southern has shown it can score at a fast clip and put pressure on defenses with spacing and foul drawing. Georgia State’s path is more about stabilizing

Hampton heads to Hempstead on Thursday night to face Hofstra at Mack Sports Complex, and the market is treating this as a clear home spot for the Pride. Hofstra is laying double digits with heavy moneyline juice, which tells you bettors are expecting the home team to control game script, control the glass, and avoid the kind of empty-possession stretches that keep underdogs alive. For Hampton, the handicap starts with whether it can keep this game in the halfcourt and make Hofstra earn points late in the clock. The Pirates have struggled away from home, but they just played a one-point game against North Carolina A&T, and that’s the type of effort level they need again to stay within range.

Kansas City heads to Grand Forks on Thursday night for a Summit Conference matchup with North Dakota at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. This sets up as a classic “bad road team vs solid home side” profile. The Roos have struggled all season and have been especially unreliable away from home, while North Dakota has been closer to its baseline in this building and is priced as a double-digit favorite accordingly. From a betting angle, the question is whether North Dakota can create a clean margin. Kansas City’s floor is low, but big spreads can still get tricky if the favorite goes cold for a stretch, turns it over, or allows too many second chances. Kansas City’s cover path is

SIUE heads to Cookeville on Thursday night for an Ohio Valley Conference matchup with Tennessee Tech at the Hooper Eblen Center. The market is tight with SIUE installed as a small road favorite, which typically means this is a game where execution, shot quality, and late-game free throws decide it more than raw talent. SIUE’s overall record is stronger and their road form has held up, but Tennessee Tech has been competitive at home and is priced as the kind of underdog that can win outright if it controls tempo and finishes possessions. From a betting perspective, this matchup is about which team can impose its preferred shot profile. SIUE wants clean threes and enough rebounding to create second looks.