PPP
5% Southern Mississippi
4% USC
4% Arkansas St
4% St Louis
3% Georgia
3% Kansas St
3% Memphis Grizzlies
DAVID MALINSKY
4* MISSOURI/OKLAHOMA STATE Over
There are no secrets for this one – in a game in which both teams want to extend their defense to generate pressure and tempo the door is open for a track meet if the offenses chose to be aggressive, and that is exactly what we expect to see here. Both of these teams prefer to attack presses by taking the ball to the basket rather than having to settle into half-court sets, and that not only gets us to a high pace count, but also plenty of open court opportunities that can be converted into easy baskets as well. And with both teams shooting over 70 percent at the free throw line, the fouls that become a natural part of a high-tempo affair also work in our favor. These two played to a 192 in the regular season meeting in Stillwater LY, when there were 137 FG attempts and 69 FT’s, and while things slowed down in the second go-round in the Big 12 tourney note that the circumstances were much different – the Cowboys were playing for the third straight day, and the Tigers the second straight. Now both sides are fresh, and this one sails
Texas Sports Wire
5* Louisiana Tech
BEN BURNS
10* Dallas -9
Per Fav Texas A&M -9
10* Drake/Creighton Under 136
7* Blue Chip Sharks/Wild Under
Sports Bank
500 Creighton
Northcoast
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South -3.5
TRIPLE CROWN SPORTS
5* GOM - Northern Iowa
SPORTS UNLIMITED
7* FRESNO STATE
5* Massachusetts
4* New Orleans Hornets
MIKE NERI
4* Missouri -7.5
3* Detroit -13.5
3* Western Kentucky -17.5
3* USC -1.5
Trey Scott
*200 SMU +8
*200 DePaul +15
*200 Notre Dame -7
*200 Western Carolina -3
*200 Georgetown +2
Street Rosenthal
*200 Milwaukee Bucks -4
Stu Fiener
Vanderbilt @ Kentucky
100-Dime: Vanderbilt +9
Kansas @ Kansas St.
100-Dime: Kansas St. +3
Georgia @ South Carolina
10,000-Dime: Georgia +7.5
Flat spot here for the Gamecocks, 14-21 ATS laying points, coming off of Tuesday's home upset of No. 1-ranked Kentucky. Simple here is that if you stop Devan Downey then you stop the Gamecocks and look for Georgia coach Mark Fox to have a winning plan installed for the Dawgs. Georgia has been a scrappy team with a home wins over Tennessee and Georgia Tech (and a neutral court win over Illinois) plus tough losses at Mississippi State (three points) and Kentucky (eight points) here in January. Big man Trey Thompkins will cause match-up issues inside for South Carolina, which had been on slides of 0-3 SU and 1-3 ATS before a lay-up missing Kentucky team handed it the game Tuesday. The Dawgs are 4-1 ATS in SEC games this year and after a sub-par effort at Florida on Wednesday, look for a big effort from Fox's Dawgs, who have covered all three when coming off a conference loss this season.
Northwestern @ Michigan St.
10,000-Dime: Northwestern +13
The Wildcats, 3-3 SU and 4-2 ATS this month in Big Ten games, will give a game effort in staying inside this bloated number at Michigan State, which is on spread slides of 4-8 versus winning teams, 4-7 at home and 7-10 when laying points. Difficult motivational spot for a Spartan team off two tough wins at rival Michigan and Minnesota, and next up have a trip to Wisconsin on Tuesday. Northwestern has four of its next five at home and after winning in East Lansing last season, the Cats will be more focused and employ better energy after their horrible defensive effort in a 21-point home loss to MUS back on Jan. 2. The Cats, on spread surges this season of 7-4 as a dog, 4-1 on the road and 9-4 versus winning teams, should be inspired after taking Minnesota to the wire in Minneapolis on Tuesday. John Shurna and Northwestern give a game effort in losing by just eight tonight at the Breslin Center.
Gregg Price
5* Old Dom +1 - O.D. is on fire right now, winners of 8 straight and just crushing everyone in the conference. This team plays solid D and are holding teams to 55 points a game. Their D will be the difference in this game.
4* Georgia +7 - We just think SC will have a little let down after beating Kentucky. That was a huge win on ESPN Wednesday night. Georgia has also covered in 7 of the last 9 meetings, so we have that going on for us right now.
10* Drexel +4.5 - We are backing Drexel here. These guys are starting to play better, but the major factor here is 3 weeks ago W&M went into Drexel and beat them by 25. Dexel has some momentum after beating Northeastern the other night. W&M is in the midst of a 3 game slide. Well it sure isn't going to get easier playing a pissed off Drexel team. This is our 10* Underdog Lock of the Day.
Triple Threat Sports
3* Arkansas State (-) over Denver
Denver is a good team at home but just a terrible one on the road, posting a 3-35 SU mark away from Mile High the last three seasons including 0-7 SU (0-6-1 ATS) away this season. Making matters worse for Denver is the fact that they will be without starting guard Bryant for this one, and he is getting a dozen points per contest. For their part Arkansas State is 5-1 SU and 4-1 ATS at home this season, and playing with revenge for a nine point loss at Denver earlier this season. However, in that game not only did Bryant play, but Denver made nine more free throws, the exact margin of victory. Now with the zebra edge in ASU's favor, look for Arkansas State to get the win and cover in this one.
Triple Crown Sports
3* Portland/Dallas Under
RAS
Eastern Illinois/Jacksonville State Under 130.5