College Basketball Knowledge
Michigan State won its last five games with Penn State, winning last two visits here 81-72/79-63. Spartans split two true road games, winning by 8 at Minnesota, losing at Iowa. MSU has #2 eFG% defense in USA. Penn State lost three of last five games; they're 0-4 vs top 100 teams, losing by 10-1-6-23 points. Lions are shooting just 30.2% on arc (#11). Big 14 home underdogs are 3-6 against the spread.
Clemson is playing "home" games an hour away this year while its gym is being re-done. Tigers lost 58-52 (+16) at Louisville in first ACC game between these two LY. Clemson split last four home games, losing to Bama/Georgia by total of 7 points- they did win last two games, with an OT win at Syracuse during week. Louisville is 1-2 in its true road games,, beating NC State by 5. ACC home underdogs are 5-5 vs spread.
St Joe's won five of last six games with Rhode Island; Rams lost last three visits here, by 37-1-4 points. URI scored 81 ppg in winning first couple A-14 games by 28-22 points; they're 1-2 in true road games, with win in OT at Brown. St Joe's had 7-game win streak snapped in last game by VCU; Hawks are 11-0 vs teams outside the top 50. Atlantic 14 home favorites are 7-5 against the spread.
Cincinnati won its last four games with South Florida, all by 8 points or less, in series where the home team won 11 of last 12 meetings; Bearcats lost four of last five in Tampa, with only win 61-54 in last visit here in '14. Cincy is 4-5 in last nine games after 7-0 start; they're 6-0 vs teams outside top 200 with all six wins by 15+. AAC home underdogs are 2-1 vs spread. USF lost eight of its last nine games.
Tulsa is 4-0 vs Tulane in AAC play, winning 70-49/62-55 in two games played here; Golden Hurricane split four true road games, with a win at Oklahoma State- they force turnovers 21.7% of time. Tulane lost five of last six games, losing first three AAC games by 12-8-18 points; Green Wave turns ball over 20.6% of time (#292)- they scored 59.3 ppg in first three conference games.
Indiana is 4-3 in last seven games with Ohio State; Buckeyes lost three of last four visits here, with losses by 4-8-3 points. OSU won its last seven games, scoring 72.7 ppg in winning its first three league games by 15-2-9 points- they have #11 eFG% defense. Indiana won last eight games, with wins by 7-10-1 points in their first three league games. Hoosiers have #2 eFG% in country. Big 14 home favorites are 9-6 vs spread.
Detroit is 4-3 in last seven games with Valparaiso, in series where visitor won five of last eight series games. Valpo lost by 3 here LY, after winning by 1-8 in previous two visits. Both teams won Friday night; Valpo is 5-3 on road with shaky loss at Ball State. Detroit scored 90.3 ppg in winning first three Horizon games by 9-8-18 points- they've got the #331 eFG% defense. Horizon home underdogs are 2-4 vs spread.
Richmond won its last nine games with Fordham, winning last four here by 10-17-17-3 points. Spiders lost last three games, allowing 79.7 ppg in losses by 15-4-12 points after starting season 8-3. Fordham has played worst schedule in country so far; they're 0-2 vs top 100 teams, losing by 5 to Tex-Arlington, 6 to GW. Rams' best win was over #224 St John's. A-14 home underdogs are 2-4 vs spread.
Ill-Chicago upset Oakland 72-69 in Horizon tourney LY, after losing four in row to Grizzlies, three by 14+ points. Flames lost 76-75/81-56 in two visits here. Both teams lost Friday nite; UIC is 0-11 vs D-I teams, losing first two league games by 28-18 points- they're a terrible offensive team. Oakland lost three of last four games, giving up 92 ppg in last two tilts. Horizon home favorites are 6-4 vs spread.
VCU won its last three games with Saint Louis by 11-2-20 points; Rams won last five games after a 3-game skid- they're 5-0 vs teams outside top 200, with all five wins by 18+ points. Billikens upset GW last game, just their second win in last ten games. SLU turns ball over 21.2% of time (#310). VCU is forcing turnovers 25% of time (#5). A-14 home dogs are 2-4 against the spread.
Purdue won 11 of last 13 games with Illinois; Boilers did lose two of last three visits here. Purdue is 2-0 in true road games, winning at Pitt by 13, at Wisconsin by 6- they've got best eFG% defense in country. Illinois is 0-3 in Big 14 play, losing by 10-2-25 points; they've got #309 eFG% defense. Illini is 1-6 vs top 100 teams, with best win over #70 Yale. Big 14 home underdogs are 3-6 against the spread.
Home side won last six NC State-Wake Forest games; Wolfpack is 0-3 in last three visits here, losing by 2-1-4 points. State lost last two games by 4-5 points after 10-3 start; they have #296 eFG% in country. Wake lost three of last four games, with all three losses to top 15 teams; Deacons are 8-1 vs teams outside top 50, with only loss by 9 to Richmond. ACC home favorites are 4-5 against the spread.
Oregon is 5-3 in last eight games with Stanford; Cardinal is 3-2 in last five visits here. Underdogs covered six of last nine series games. Ducks are 4-3 vs top 100 teams; their best win is over #24 Baylor. Stanford won six of last eight D-I games; they won 78-72 in Corvallis Thursday in their first true road game this season. Cardinal is 3-5 vs top 100 teams, with best win over #42 Utah. Pac-12 home favorites are 5-4 vs spread.
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Villanova at Butler
Villanova Wildcats (13-2, 8-5-1 ATS) look to remain undefeated in Big East play when they visit Butler Bulldogs (12-3, 7-8 ATS). Widcats, will be tested by Bulldogs netting a whopping 86.5 PPG. However, defense the moniker for these Wildcats allowing a stingy 60.5 PPG got to lean Villanova's way as they've dominated this series, winning four consecutive games (3-1 ATS). Additionally, Wildcats have shown to be good bets in true Big East road games cashing six of the last seven (6-1 ATS).