THE HOT CORNER
Adam Hill Review-Journal, 42-32-2 (overall record)
Today’s best bet: Winthrop (-4) over Arkansas-Pine Bluff
The Eagles aren’t the power they have been in the Big South Conference in the past, but they defend and sound excited to be in this game with a chance to pick up an NCAA Tournament win. The Golden Lions played a brutal nonconference schedule, but didn’t pick up a single win outside the Southwestern Athletic Conference, the worst automatic-bid league in the nation.