Disappointing college hoops Friday. I didn't expect Sparty to win and it didn't, but Iona definitely should have -- I watched almost all of that, but the Gaels simply couldn't put away an inferior team and it bit them late. Kinda saw that coming sadly enough. Gotta finish. Texas Tech is a Final Four threat but UCF is just a different animal at home, having already beaten Kansas there this season and hanging with No. 1 Arizona. A win like this almost assures an at-large NCAA Tournament berth. Ideally, TTU wins by 4 so both me and Larry Hartstein win as he's on the Red Raiders -3.5. All four of their losses are away from home.

The Red Raiders have won five straight and come in with a full week of rest. While UCF is a solid team that has pulled off some impressive upsets at home, the Texas Tech duo of JT Toppin (22.1 ppg, 10.9 rpg) and Christian Anderson (19.8 ppg, 7.5 apg) isn't going to let that happen. The Red Raiders just put up 90 points against Houston's Top-10 defense. Back them to improve to 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games.