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7:00 PM EST. The theme of the day is plucky pooches taking back big numbers against the NCAA's elite, which brings us to the Explorers, who are in search of their first win after a 0-2 start to the season. While its unlikely to come in Gainsville tonight, La Salle is a disciplined team, which they have proved early on with just nine turnovers per game to start the season. The Explorers are a +7 in turnover differential, which makes taking back inflated prices with them so appealing. If you don't cough the rock up, it's hard to get blown out. La Salle also has some quality players including graduate student Pookie Powell, who is averaging 20 points per game to start the season. He posted 26 in a 77-76 loss to Lafayette, but the Explorers disappointed as 10½ point chalk. However, now La Salle does a complete 180, as it is a double-digit dog with a chance to take a shot at one of the big boys. That is a role that suits the Explorers much better.

The Gators are expected to do big things here in 2018-19 after back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances under coach Mike White, but their big dogs were dead silent in a season-opening loss to rival Florida State. Senior guard KeVaughn Allen posted a goose egg in that 81-60 beatdown, which did nothing to help return the shine he lost after a disappointing junior year. Allen led the Gators in scoring and was All-SEC first team as a sophomore and he was lights out against Charleston Southern in a game the Gators easily covered as a 20½ point favorite, but showing up against lackluster competition is not what championship players are made of. Florida will live and die with Allen this season, but asking him to carry the load night after night is unfair, which is going to make the Gators a vulnerable favorite especially when spotting a significantly inflated number. Tonight is our first chance to test that theory.

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