The La Salle Explorers are hoping to be more of a factor this year in the A-10 returning a lot of experience to a squad that went 15-15 overall a season ago. La Salle has opened the year 3-0 against a adequate slate getting past teams like Saint Peter's, Penn, and South Alabama. La Salle hasn't been overly impressive in their wins.

Northwestern is a talented and experience group, but the Wildcats haven't gotten off to the kind of start they were hoping for. Northwestern opened with two less than dominant single digit wins against Loyola Maryland and Saint Peter's, followed by a 4 point loss against a dangerous Creighton squad. Many are selling Northwestern given their slow start, but the Wildcats started looked better, especially offensively in the second half of their loss to Creighton, and that's the kind of positive momentum this group needed to get back on track.

Northwestern has gotten off to a poor start, but that's given us some better odds today and at home.
NW gets the call and should win by 11 or more.