ATLANTIC 10 TOURNAMENT -- Game from a neutral site in Richmond and what's better than morning hoops? Saint Joseph's won its final three games of the regular season and that coincided with leading scorer Ryan Daly (19.4 ppg) returning from a long absence. That included a home nine-point OT win vs. La Salle on Feb. 20. Daly has averaged 23.0 points per game since his return. The winner of the battle between two Philadelphia Big 5 rivals will face No. 5 UMass in the second round of the A-10 tourney. The Explorers have covered just one of their past six overall, so we'll back the Hawks.

ATLANTIC 10 TOURNAMENT -- Morning hoops and play-in A-10 tourney first-round game from a neutral site in Richmond as Saint Joseph's is the No. 13 seed and La Salle the No. 12. The Hawks are favored because they closed the regular season with three straight wins, including 91-82 in OT over La Salle on Feb. 20 -- but my model forecasts La Salle covering the short spread in nearly 65 percent of simulations.