Florida Atlantic Owls (20-1) vs Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (11-10)
Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 4:00 pm
WKU has had a really disappointing season as the Hilltoppers had huge expectations, returning a lot of production from last year's team and then adding a big-time transfer from Boise State in Emmanuel Akot. Saying this team has underwhelmed and underperformed would be a severe understatement, and now the news broke that three-point specialist Luke Frampton is out for the year. WKU has still fought hard, and this is still one of the most experienced teams in the conference (as well as talented on paper). WKU will not be intimidated on the road here against a very good, but massively overvalued FAU team. FAU has had a special season, but if this game was played on the first day of the season I think WKU would be favored even on the road. Now we see this spread at 12.5, and I think this adjustment is far too much. The value we are getting with WKU is too much to pass up, so give me the boatload of points with the Hilltoppers here.