KB HOOPS
5* West Virginia -1 -120 *POD*
5* Utah Jazz -5.5 *POD*
Don Wallace Sports
Chicago -2.5
Atlanta +5
Maddux Sports
3 Units Chicago Over 199.5
Billy Coleman
5* GOM - Chicago -2
3* Indiana +9.5
Jack Burnet
75,000 Dime Davidson -4
Sportsbetsnow
3 Units MIL/NYK over 207
3 Units Washington +2.5
3 Units Milwaukee +1
Matt Fargo
10* Atlanta Hawks +5.5
9* Washington Wizards +2.5
Jim Feist
10* College Inner Circle Club Winner
GEORGIA SOUTHERN at SAMFORD
Take: GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Neither of these clubs will be confused with the Southern Conference elite as both occupy the bottom rungs of the conference. However, the cash is just as green with these teams too and Georgia Southern has been pretty decent to bettors. The Eagles put a big scare into division leading Wofford on Saturday coming from a double-digit deficit to force OT. However, the Eagles dropped the game in OT to Wofford, 82-76. Still, the Eagles have covered four of their last five games and seven of their last nine. Meanwhile, Samford plays its final home game of the season tonight. The Bulldogs snapped a six game home losing streak with a win over Chattanooga on Saturday, 60-54. Unlike Ga Southern, the Bulldogs haven't done well against the number, covering just three times in their last 12 attempts. Samford is averaging a conference low of just 57.7 points per game this season though they allow a conference best 59.3 points per game on defense. It's going to be tough for a team that averages just about 60 points a game to cover a double-digit spread here on Monday, even though they play such good defense. Georgia Southern has already proved they can cover spreads while Samford's lack of offense has resulted in their inability to cover as a chalk. While we don't see any way Ga Southern can win this one straight up, the 10 points is just too much for Samford to cover.
BIG AL
Oklahoma at Kansas
Pick: Oklahoma +22
At 9 pm, our selection is on the Oklahoma Sooners + the points over Kansas. The Jayhawks continue to roll along, with 57 straight home wins, including a 20-point victory over Colorado on Saturday. But Bill Self's men failed to cover the spread (again) in that game, and that extended the dismal pointspread performance of #1-ranked teams in College Basketball over the last few years. Indeed, dating back to January of 2009, #1-ranked College Basketball teams are a horrific 2-21 ATS off a conference win! And if our #1-ranked squad is favored by 2 or more points, our 2-21 stat moves to 0-18 ATS since January 14, 2009! With those kind of numbers, it's hard not to back the Oklahoma Sooners here even though they'll once again be without Willie Warren, who will miss tonight's game due to an ankle injury. But guard Tommy Mason-Griffin and forward Andrew Fitzgerald have picked up the scoring slack in Warren's absence. Mason-Griffin has led Oklahoma in scoring in seven of the past nine games. He led the Sooners on Saturday with 16 points against Kansas State, while Fitzgerald matched his season-high of 14 points vs. the Wildcats. And Oklahoma has actually had a lot of success vs. #1-ranked teams in its history, going 7-8, with three of those victories coming against Kansas, most recently in the 2002 Big 12 tournament. Look for a much closer game than expected tonight. Take the points with the Sooners.
Great Lakes
5* Utah -5.5
4* New York Knicks -1
JB SPORTS
3* Chicago
3* Utah
2* Charlotte
Special K
7* UConn +2.5
Cal Sports
4* Bulls
4* Pacers Over
4* Applic. St
3* UConn
Erin Rynning
Washington Under 201.5
Triple Crown
3* Georgia Southern