Kyle Hunter Sports Picks

*3 Star Play Over* The Weber State Wildcats are playing at the fastest pace of any team in the Big Sky Conference. Weber State is shooting the ball only 15 seconds into the shot clock on average. 

Weber State has scored 80 points or more in three of their five Big Sky contests so far this season. 

Idaho State prefers to play slowly, but they should be playing from behind here, which would make them speed things up a bit more. The total here is set extremely low for a Big Sky game. This is a conference where over bettors have cleaned up in the past decade. There is very little defense played in the Big Sky.

Take the over. 

*3 Star Play Under* The Boston Celtics have been a very consistently slow paced team with low scoring games of late. Boston ranks second to last in the NBA in pace of play in their last 11 games. In those 11 games, Boston only has had three games go over this total in regulation (one stayed under even with an OT). 

The Celtics rank 6th in the NBA in defensive efficiency in their last 11 games. Boston ranks 19th in offensive efficiency in that period. 

New Orleans is 15th in the league in tempo in that period. They are middle of the pack in both offensive efficiency and defensive efficiency.

These MLK Day early games have stayed under the total at a high rate in the past decade. The earliest start time games in general have been good under wagers.

I think the tempo is slow here and barring very high offensive efficiency, I think this one stays under.

Take the under here. 

*4 Star Play Under* The Eastern Illinois Panthers have played 12 Division One games since November 12th. Zero of those games have gone over this posted total. 

Of course Eastern Illinois is going to have a game go over the total at some point moving forward, but I have to bet the under in this one. The Panthers offense is one of the worst in the entire country.

Murray State ranks 68th in the nation in defensive efficiency. The Racers have played the 82nd toughest schedule of offenses this year. Eastern Illinois is the worst offense they have played all year. 

Eastern Illinois has been held to 55 points or less in 8 straight Division One contests. They have been held to 50 points or less five times this year. 

Eastern Illinois still slows the pace down to an extreme. The Panthers are 320th in average possession length. Murray State plays at a slightly slower tempo than an average team in the country.

Take the under here.