Tulsa (24-13, 19-12 ATS) at Bradley (20-16, 19-14-1 ATS)
Tulsa took Game 1 of the inaugural best-of-three College Basketball Invitational championship series Monday night, holding off Bradley 73-68 but narrowly failing to cover as a 5½-point home chalk. The Golden Hurricane are on a 14-3 SU run (13-3 ATS in lined contests), including 4-0 SU and 3-1 ATS in this tournament.
Bradley had its three-game CBI winning streak halted Monday, but the cover gave the Braves a 7-3 ATS mark in their last 10 games, including 3-1 ATS in this event. Also, Bradley is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 home games (1-1 ATS in the CBI).
Despite Monday’s outcome, the straight-up winner has been a spread-covering machine in both teams’ games lately, going 10-1 ATS in Tulsa’s last 11 matchups and 13-3 ATS in Bradley’s last 16 contests.
The Golden Hurricane are on positive ATS runs of 5-1 in non-conference play and 3-1 on the highway. However, they are 1-6 SU (3-4 ATS) in their last seven true road games and 4-8 ATS in their last 12 as an underdog.
In addition to their 7-3 ATS spree at home, the Braves have won eight of their last nine as a host. They’re also on spread-covering streaks of 14-6 overall, 6-3 as a favorite and 7-4-1 outside the Missouri Valley Conference.
Bradley, which had averaged 85 points per game in its five contests prior to Monday’s loss, is on an 18-5 “over” tear, including topping the total in 12 of its last 13. Also, the over is 19-8-1 in the Braves’ last 28 non-conference games and 7-1 in their past eight at home. For Tulsa, the over is on runs of 8-2 as an underdog and 7-3-1 in non-conference play. Finally, Monday’s contest at Tulsa barely eclipsed the 140½-point posted price.
ATS ADVANTAGE: BRADLEY and OVER
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