I'm taking Florida Atlantic -2.5 vs Northwestern in this Tournament Matchup for these reasons:

- FAU should overwhelm Northwestern offensively, because Northwestern are allowing 45% shooting to opponents this season and FAU are shooting 48% for the season, 35% from deep.

- Northwestern are a slow paced team, and when pressured into a shootout (in games like they played vs Iowa) they are at a disadvantage if the opponent can defend their three-point attempts, because they are not a good rebounding team, so FAU are going to eliminate second chance opportunities of first miss attempts from Northwestern.

- Northwestern are coming into this matchup 1-3 in the last 4, losing to Wisconsin, MSU, and Iowa. Though FAU last lost to a terrible Temple Team, the win the 4 beforehand and are getting to play a team that isn't much more superior to the top 3 in their conference (USF, FAU, Memphis)

- Boo Bouie or Bust, is not the way to win a tournament game. And I dont trust Bouie on the road. 15, 12, 14 points in his last 3 games not at home, doesn't give me faith that he will be able to shine like he NEEDS to @ the Barclay's Center.

Official Play: FAU -2.5

Side Bet: Over 141