The Pirates are offensively limited, so they are buttering their bread on defense (27th in adjusted efficiency, per KenPom 10th nationally in 3-point D) and aggressiveness (No. Shaheen Holloway has coached only 11 games at his alma mater, but it’s striking how much the culture already resembles the one he built at Saint Peter’s.

The drill, as usual, is I get 100 tokens to put on my picks against the spread, with a minimum of 10 tokens on each game.