Central Michigan Chippewas (7-9, 1-3 MAC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (4-12, 0-4 MAC) DeKalb, Illinois; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Chippewas -9.5; over/under is 140 BOTTOM LINE: Central Michigan faces Northern Illinois after Ugnius Jarusevicius scored 23 points in Central Michigan's 82-63 win against the Eastern Michigan Eagles. The Huskies are 4-3 on their home court.
Northeastern visits Charleston (SC) following Pratt’s 22-point game
Northeastern Huskies (10-8, 2-3 CAA) at Charleston (SC) Cougars (14-4, 4-1 CAA) Charleston, South Carolina; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -7; over/under is 150.5 BOTTOM LINE: Northeastern takes on Charleston (SC) after LA Pratt scored 22 points in Northeastern's 80-72 loss to the UNC Wilmington Seahawks. The Cougars are 7-1 on their home court.
Missouri State visits Walker and Illinois State
Missouri State Bears (7-11, 0-7 MVC) at Illinois State Redbirds (10-8, 2-5 MVC) Normal, Illinois; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Redbirds -9.5; over/under is 131.5 BOTTOM LINE: Illinois State hosts Missouri State after Chase Walker scored 20 points in Illinois State's 66-62 loss to the Drake Bulldogs. The Redbirds are 6-3 on their home court.
Monmouth visits Duggan and Campbell
The Hawks have gone 3-2 against CAA opponents. Monmouth ranks sixth in the CAA with 9.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Jack Collins averaging 2.1. Campbell is shooting 42.8% from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points lower than the 44.6% Monmouth allows to opponents.
Relax, Australia: confected outrage about Sam Konstas hides the real issue | Barney Ronay
The energy expended on my ‘Ashes war of words’ would be better directed at the fight for the future of Test cricket
Australia: an apology. Earlier this week I wrote an article that compared one of that nation’s brightest sporting stars to a comedic figure with a short-lived pop celebrity lifespan, causing outrage among Australia’s media and elite cricketers. It was cheap, disrespectful and unfair. It is now time to make amends. Raygun, I’m sorry. I’m sorry I compared you to Sam Konstas.
Joke! Just a joke. It was all just a joke. In fact, it was a single line buried 1,400 words into a 1,700-word article about the future of Test cricket. Referring to the fevered public reaction to Konstas scoring an unorthodox half-century on his Test debut, I wrote: “There was a sense during the India series of Konstas being installed as a cricketing version of Raygun the Olympic breakdancer, a fun, gimmicky approximation of the real thing.”
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