The National Invitational Tournament Top play is on Old Dominion. Game 616 at 8:00 eastern. The Monarchs have this one CIRCLED. Earlier in the season in neutral court game they were pasted by Illinois St by 19 and scored just 45 points. Now they can serve up revenge on a home floor where they are 18-0 and winning by an average 15 points per game. Round 2 dogs of 5 or less in this round have failed to cover 8 of 11 times. ODU has the best record in the Conference USA and Illinois St was 3rd in the Missouri Valley. Looking at the RPI Scale number we see that Old Dominion is 7-2 vs top 100 tams this year. Illinois St is 2-6 vs top teams and is 0-3 ats of they allowed under 40% shooting in back to back games. As a road dog of 3.5 to 9 the Redbirds have failed both times to cover. ODU is 16-4 after allowing 60 or less and has won 6 of 7 after a game where they shot under 40%. They have covered 7 of 9 off a non conference game. Look for Old Dominion to send the Red birds packing. Take Old Dominion.