NCAAB 02/14/12

Buffalo @ Kent State
Suggestion: Kent St -4

These teams have been fairly even this year. They both have similar records overall (Bufalo is 16-6, Kent St is 18-6), and in conference (Buffalo is 9-2, Kent St is 8-3). They're scoring and allowing nearly identical PPG, and both come into this matchup shooting 45% from the field. When they played at Buffalo in January, the Bulls won by a point. So there's not a lot separating these two teams. Kent State has been very solid at home, compiling an 11-2 record and outscoring opponents by an average of 12 PPG. The last time they played Buffalo was aggressive and getting the calls at home, marching to the charity stripe 31 times to Kent State's 14. But with this game now in Ohio, those numbers should even out and Kent St should cover a close spread.