College Basketball Betting News and Notes Tuesday, January 26

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Creighton (-3) beat Georgetown 79-66 at home Jan 5, despite Hoyas' 11 of 24 nite from arc; home side won four of five series games. Bluejays lost 75-63/76-61 in two visits here. Creighton is 3-0 on ACC road, but two wins were St John's/DePaul, bad teams. Big East home favorites of less than 5 points are 5-2 vs spread. Georgetown split its last six games; they're 4-6 vs top 100 teams. Creighton is 4-5 vs top 100 teams.

Home side won 10 of last 12 Northern Illinois-Akron games; Huskies lost last three visits here, by 14-24-8 points- they lost 76-52 to Zips in MAC tourney LY. NIU is 5-1 in MAC, losing at Western Michigan y 14, winning at Toledo by 5 in only road games. MAC home favorites of 6+ points are 2-9 vs spread. Akron plays lousy perimeter defense; they are 3-0 at home in MAC, winning by 9-4-29 points.

Ben Howland got his first SEC win Saturday vs Ole Miss; his Bulldogs lost three of last four games with South Carolina, losing 79-72/81-68 in last two visits here. MSU lost its first three SEC road games by 14-6-3 points; they're worst defensive rebounding team in SEC. Carolina is best offensive rebounding team. Gamecocks won their two SEC home games by 4-9 points. SEC single digit home favorites are 11-4 vs spread.

Memphis lost as a 16-point home favorite Sunday; they're 0-4 as home favorite in AAC, with wins by 12-2-15 points. Tigers are 15-1 in last 16 games vs Central Florida, winning last three visits here, by 9-10-10- their win here LY was in OT. UCF is 4-2 in AAC but they swept both ECU and USF, two of worst teams in league. Knights are 0-4 vs top 100 clubs with three losses by 15+. AAC home underdogs are 6-6 vs spread

Indiana (-7.5) beat Wisconsin 59-58 at home January 5, despite their 19 turnovers in game Badgers led by 4 at half. Hoosiers are just 2-14 in last 16 games vs Wisconsin, losing last 10+ visits to Madison, last eight by 7+ points, but these Hoosiers are improved, winning winning 12 games in row, with wins on Big 14 road by 7-10-7 points. Big 14 home dogs of 5 or less points are 2-7 against the spread.

Oklahoma won five of last six games with Texas Tech, winning four of last five here, winning by 9-9-18-45 points (81-36 LY). Sooners are 3-0 at home in Big X, winning by 4-10-2 points. Tech isn't a pushover now; they've lost five of last six games, but only one loss was by more than 10 points- they're 1-4 as Big X underdog this year. Big X double digit home favorites are 3-5 against the spread.

West Virginia (-3.5) won 87-83 in double OT at Kansas State Jan 2, in a game where K-State was 3-19 on arc, 28-43 on foul line. Mountaineers won last four series games by 10-6-4-4 points; Wildcats lost last two in this gym, by 10-4 points. K-State lost five of last seven games; they are 0-3 on Big X road, with losses by 3-10-7. Big X double digit home faves are 3-5 against the spread. K-State's foes are shooting 28.2% on arc.

Texas (-3) lost 58-57 at TCU Jan 9, Frogs' only win in seven Big X tilts this month; TCU was just 13-24 on line, was -8 in turnovers but got its first Big 14 win over Texas in eight tries. TCU lost by 17-12-23 points in three visits here. Big X double digit home favorites are 3-5 vs spread. Texas won three of last four games; they're 3-0 at home in Big X, with wins by 3-3-5 points- their other conference win was only by 7.

Home side won all four Xavier-Providence Big East games; Musketeers lost 81-72/69-66ot in two visits here. Providence won at Villanova in OT Sunday; three starters played 39:00+, a 4th played 34:00. Friars are 5-2 in Big East, but only 2-2 at home, with losses to Marquette/Seton Hall. Xavier is 17-2, allowing 95-81 points in losses to Georgetown and Villanova. Big East home underdogs are 5-6 vs spread.

Florida won seven of last nine games with Vanderbilt, in series where the home side won five of last six games. Gators lost two of last three visits here, losing by 10-6 points. Florida won last three games, but all against teams outside top 100; they're 1-2 on SEC road, losing at Tennessee by 14, LSU by 3. SEC home favorites of 7 or less points are 8-3 vs spread. Vandy won three of last four games, winning last two at home by 18-8.

Home side is 9-2 in last 11 Georgia-LSU games; Dawgs are 1-6 in last 7 visits here, losing in double OT LY after winning by 8 year before. SEC home favorites of 7 or less points are 8-3 vs spread. Georgia won last two games by 3 points each; they're 1-2 on SEC road, losing at Florida, Ole Miss. LSU is 5-2 in SEC, winning all three home games by 18-9-2 points; they covered two of three games as an SEC underdog.

Nevada had emotional home win over rival UNLV Saturday; now MW kingpin San Diego State visits Reno. Aztecs are 5-0 vs Nevada in league games, winning 78-57/65-63 in two visits here- they're 7-0 in conference after going 7-6 in pre-conference. Aztecs are 3-0 on MW road, winning by 3-7-3 points- they've got best eFG% defense in country. Mountain West home underdogs of 5 or less points are 2-6 vs spread.

Virginia won four of last five games with Wake Forest, but lost seven of last eight visits here, snapping skid with 70-34 win here LY. Cavaliers are 0-3 on ACC road, losing by 2-4-7 points at Ga Tech/Va Tech and Florida State. Wake lost seven of last nine games after an 8-2 start; they are 1-2 at home in ACC, losing by 16 to Duke, 28 to Syracuse- they beat NC State at home. ACC home underdogs are 11-6 vs spread.

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