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Both Cal and SMU are coming off double digit wins, to advance to the quarterfinals in the NIT. Tonight the point spread is -8 in favor of the home team Southern Methodist Mustangs. This should be a game where SMU actually puts a solid game together for both halves. They struggled a bit defensively against an athletic LSU team, in the first half a few nights ago.

They showed strong resilience though and that should carry over against a year long underachieving California team. Do not get duped from their standout performance against Arkansas two nights ago. Arkansas wasn’t ready to play at the onset and actually found a way to get back into the game. SMU just matches up well against this California team and should be able to roll to a solid victory.