LOCK THREAD--Thur Jan 31--POST YOUR LOCK

Niagara -2 (-110) (I got -1 last night but also took here at -2)

I got Niagara -1 at open last night but is now -2 or -2.5 everywhere i'm looking. This will be a shoot-out, no doubt, but I see the home team getting some much needed revenge on Iona. Iona has dominated this series recently over the past few seasons but in the first meeting this season Niagara showed in the 2nd half at Iona that they can indeed play with Iona. After trailing by 12 pts at half 43-31 at Iona, Niagara won the 2nd half by 1 pt 41 pts to 40, yet lost the game by 11. That game was back on Nov 28, 2012. Since a loss at Brown, Niagara has won 6 straight games, most recently beating a pretty good Canisus squad on the road. I feel Niagara finally believes they can get the best of Iona tonight at home, and I think they do just that. Iona's bad defense will catch up to them tonight. In years past the oddsmakers have ALWAYS had Iona as big favorites, for good reason, now they have Niagara as slight faves for the first time since I can remember, and I feel they are tipping their hand here as Niagara is the play. Not sure what the current money % is that is backing Iona but by tip-off i'm sure most of the money ATS will be on Iona and Vegas will collect.