T.M. Selection: Chicago State.

I like Chicago State to cover the spread against Loyola IL in this game on Tuesday. Chicago State has already played in 2 games that they won but those teams were not as good as Loyola IL. There was a common theme in those games though, Chicago State would start the game off slow barely taking a lead into halftime and then pour it on in the 2nd half and pull away from the other team more. Loyola IL had a similar event happen in their previous game. In their game against FGCU they took a huge lead in the 1st half of that game, leading by almost 20 points at half. They were actually outscored by FGCU in the 2nd half of that game though as they sat back and didn't try as hard, letting the gap close a bit. I think this is going to be a much closer game than the spread is suggesting. This is still a rivalry game between 2 Chicago schools, there is going to be some bad blood there always and the underdog always gets up for these type of games. I'm expecting Chicago State to play hard in this game and stay in it or at least get the backdoor cover in the 2nd half. I like Chicago State to cover the spread here.

T.M. Prediction: 72-59 Loyola IL.