This is a 10* RED DRAGON on Northern Arizona.

Northern Arizona is just 2-6, while Arizona is 9-1. While we won't be so bold as to call for an outright upset, we will in the end recommend grabbing as many points as you can as we look for the Lumberjacks to do just enough to sneak in through the back door down the stretch. We won't try to convince you that Northern Arizona is a great team which has just caught some unlucky breaks, or that the Wildcats are over-rated and lucky to be where they are, that's not the case obviously. NAU is a poor team, while Arizona is a great team. However, this is simply a bad "spot" for the home side and one which we can definitely take advantage of: after winning five of their last six, it's not too hard to imagine the Wildcats "looking past" lowly Northern Arizona today to their matchup at UNLV on Saturday, a team which they lost 71-67 to last season. And note that from a trend based stand point, they simply don't get much stronger than this, as NAU is 7-4 ATS in its last 11 after scoring 60 points or less and 17-12 ATS in its last 29 vs. teams with winning records, while Arizona is already 0-2 ATS this year vs. teams with losing records and interestingly, only 1-2 ATS in its last three vs. poor defensive teams which allow 77-plus points per game. Play on NORTHERN ARIZONA.

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