UMass has fired coach Matt McCall, who is 58-81 over five seasons, but he will continue to coach the Minutemen through the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Look for his team to respond with a better effort than they showed in losing 85-73 at Fordham two days ago. But the Minutemen shouldn't be laying so many points to the Rams. Fordham has won three of four and just got leading scorer Darius Quisenberry (16.9 ppg) back in the lineup. Back the Rams to cover for the fifth straight time versus a losing team.

This line makes no sense. The Minutemen are a mess. They are 0-6-1 ATS in their last seven games and they just fired their coach. This game is a rematch of two days ago where the Rams beat the Minutemen by 12 points. The Rams are now 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games against the Minutemen. The Rams are 5-1 ATS in their last six games. They should be the favorite in this game. I’ll gladly take a plus-money line with the better team.