Insider Sports Report
4* St Peters -4
3* Texas A&M +8
Billy Coleman
2-1 day yesterday with a 7-3 on star basis.
4* # 705 8pm EST - UL Monroe-Ark St
3* # 717 8pm EST - Jacksonville State +8.5
3* # 708 9pm EST - New Mexico State
PittViper
CBK: Tennessee Tech +1.5
CBK: Texas A&M +8
EVAN ALTEMUS
CONNECTICUT +10
TEXAS A&M +8
KB Hoops
5* Texas A&M +8 *POD*
4* Villanova -9.5
3* Maryland -9
Wayne Root
Millionaire - Texas A&m +7
Brandon Lang
10 DIME - VILLANOVA WILDCATS
10 DIME - NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES
10 DIME - TEXAS A&M AGGIES
FREE PICK - MANHATTAN JASPERS
ATS LOCK CLUB
4 Units Texas A&M +7
TIM TRUSHEL
Texas A&M
SCOTT SPREITZER
3* New Mexico State
SPECIAL K
20K Bomb - Texas A&M +8
Trent Citron
10 Units Kansas
6 Units UConn
6 Units Virginia
Chuck O'Brien
20 DIME: NEW MEXICO STATE
New Mexico State is coming off its worst defeat of the Western Athletic Conference season, Thursday’s 83-64 debacle at Fresno State. But the Aggies are still 8-3 in conference play, including 4-1 SU and 3-1-1 ATS at home. And for the season, they’ve won nine of 12 home games. Here’s why that’s a big deal: Hawaii is 0-for-7 when leaving the Islands this year (2-5 ATS), including 0-5 in WAC road games. Those five particular conference road losses have come by an average of 18.2 ppg. … When these teams met three weeks ago in Hawaii, New Mexico came away with a 71-69 win as a one-point road underdog. The Aggies have now won four in a row and seven of eight in this series, and they’re 7-3 ATS in the last 10. … Speaking of pointspread stats, this says it all: New Mexico State is 10-3-1 ATS in its last 14 WAC games and 4-0-1 ATS in its last five when coming off a loss, while Hawaii is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 WAC games, 5-12 ATS in its last 17 against winning teams and 3-9 ATS in its last 12 as an underdog. And even though the Warriors covered in Saturday’s 66-60 loss at Louisiana Tech as a 15-point road underdog, they haven’t cashed in back-to-back games this entire season!
Brandon Lang
10 DIME - VILLANOVA WILDCATS
10 DIME - NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES
10 DIME - TEXAS A&M AGGIES
FREE PICK - MANHATTAN JASPERS
10 DIME - VILLANOVA WILDCATS
It's a rout.
If you couldn't step up and deliver at home against Cincinnati in the first game back for your head coach, I am quite confident it's not going to get much better on the road against 22-2 Villanova.
A Nova squad that is a perfect 11-0 at home and all but tow of those home wins have been by double digits.
Bottom line is Nova is the clear cut right side of this game at 16-7 ATS for the year, including 6-2 ATS when laying single digits anywhere on the planet.
It's just not meant to be for this U.conn bunch that is on a current 3-7 SU and ATS slide, and if you look a little closer you will see one big alarming problem:
With exception to a stretch from December 22nd to January 9th which saw the Huskies go 4-2 SU but a perfect 5-0 ATS, this team has been an ATS nightmare.$:( How about 3-14 ATS in all their other games this year.
Nova adds to that with a rock solid wire to wire win and cover.
10 DIME - NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES
Ok, going to give this team a try one more time.
Over the last 2 years I have used this team and in both ballgames they have blown double digit 2nd half leads and fail to cover.
In fact, last Monday they blew a 15-point 2nd half lead to Louisiana Tech to win by 2 laying 2 1/2. OUCH.
However, tonight I like them in this spot after going to Fresno State and getting drilled 83-64 as a 3 1/2 point dog.
You think their head coach has their attention at home tonight against a Hawaii team that is 9-15 overall this year including 0-6 on the road?
Not only that, but Hawaii has been a go against cash-wise as its overall 5-12 ATS mark would tell you.
And let's add a 3-7 ATS mark last 10 meetings to show you New Mexico State is the right side.
10 DIME - TEXAS A&M AGGIES
Wouldn't suprise me in the least if the Aggies knocked off Kansas outright tonight.
It was just 2 weeks ago I grabbed Colorado at home plus the points against the Jayhawks and watched them almost pull it off before losing in OT.
Now I have a better Aggies team, a perfect 13-0 on their homecourt this year in the midst of a 4 game winning streak both SU and ATS playing arguably their best ball of the year.
You add the fact Kansas is just 3-4-1 ATS away from home and it's not exactly confident building numbers they are going to cover this number tonight.
With the dog 5-2 ATS last 7 between these two, this is a very live underdog tonight.
Aggies deliver big on their homecourt.
FREE PICK - MANHATTAN JASPERS
Karl Garrett
20 DIMER - TEXAS A&M AGGIES
Good chance for the Aggies to make some noise tonight at the Reed Arena.
True, Kansas is # 1 in the land, and true the Jayhawks have won 10 straight games since suffering their lone loss of the season, but the linemakers have caught up to KU, as Kansas has covered just 1 of their last 5 games.
The Jayhawks are also just 4-5-1 against the spread away from home this season.
Texas A&M has dropped 3 in a row to Kansas, and the last meeting at College Station saw the Aggies get embarrassed by double-digits. Look for some redemption tonight, as A&M is a perfect 13-0 straight up at home, and they do bring an overall 4 game win and cover streak into this conference battle.
Take the Aggies plus the points as this game stays close.