Northern Illinois vs Tulsa

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Northern Illinois☆Huskies

6886

LineTulsa −14.5O/U154.5

Tulsa☆Golden Hurricane

Strong pickTulsa

Total 153.5 1H Tulsa by 6.0

• Tulsa rates 54th of 366 teams, Northern Illinois 326th: a top-75 team against one of the weakest teams in Division I.
• The edge is mostly Tulsa’s offense (26th nationally) against Northern Illinois’s defense (324th).
• Home court adds 2.7 points for Tulsa.
• The books have Tulsa by 14.5; the model likes Tulsa by more than that, so the spread value is on Tulsa −14.5.
• Projected total 154, in line with the 154.5 over/under.
• Early-season note: about 95% of these numbers are still last season’s.

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