Free Picks: Service Plays for Wednesday, January 29

DUNKEL INDEX

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Richmond at St. Louis
The Spiders (14-6) head to St. Louis tonight to face a Billikens team that is 3-7 ATS in its l0 games against teams with a winning SU record. Richmond is the pick (+8) according to Dunkel, which has St. Louis favored by only 5 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Richmond (+8)

Game 723-724: St. Joseph's at Dayton (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: St. Joseph's 61.662; Dayton 62.527
Dunkel Line: Dayton by 1
Vegas Line: Dayton by 5
Dunkel Pick: St. Joseph's (+5)

Game 725-726: Fordham at VCU (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Fordham 51.402; VCU 68.359
Dunkel Line: VCU by 17
Vegas Line: VCU by 19 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Fordham (+19 1/2)

Game 727-728: LaSalle at George Washington (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: LaSalle 61.811; George Washington 64.951
Dunkel Line: George Washington by 3
Vegas Line: George Washington by 5
Dunkel Pick: LaSalle (+5)

Game 729-730: Massachusetts at St. Bonaventure (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Massachusetts 66.024; St. Bonaventure 64.741
Dunkel Line: Massachusetts by 1 1/2
Vegas Line: St. Bonaventure by 1
Dunkel Pick: Massachusetts (+1)

Game 731-732: Virginia Tech at Boston College (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Virginia Tech 53.185; Boston College 56.129
Dunkel Line: Boston College by 3
Vegas Line: Boston College by 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Virginia Tech (+5 1/2)

Game 733-734: North Carolina at Georgia Tech (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: North Carolina 65.531; Georgia Tech 59.500
Dunkel Line: North Carolina by 7
Vegas Line: North Carolina by 4
Dunkel Pick: North Carolina (-4)

Game 735-736: Rutgers at Temple (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Rutgers 56.834; Temple 60.222
Dunkel Line: Temple by 3 1/2
Vegas Line: Temple by 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Rutgers (+5 1/2)

Game 737-738: Penn State at Ohio State (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Penn State 60.471; Ohio State 71.175
Dunkel Line: Ohio State by 10 1/2
Vegas Line: Ohio State by 13
Dunkel Pick: Penn State (+13)

Game 739-740: Drexel at Hofstra (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Drexel 51.607; Hofstra 46.057
Dunkel Line: Drexel by 5 1/2
Vegas Line: Drexel by 3 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Drexel (-3 1/2)

Game 741-742: Delaware at William & Mary (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Delaware 57.269; William & Mary 55.838
Dunkel Line: Delaware by 1 1/2
Vegas Line: William & Mary by 3
Dunkel Pick: Delaware (+3)

Game 743-744: Towson at NC-Wilmington (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Towson 54.939; NC-Wilmington 47.530
Dunkel Line: Towson by 7 1/2
Vegas Line: No Line
Dunkel Pick: N/A

Game 745-746: Vanderbilt at Georgia (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Vanderbilt 62.659; Georgia 64.178
Dunkel Line: Georgia by 1 1/2
Vegas Line: Georgia by 6
Dunkel Pick: Vanderbilt (+6)

Game 747-748: Illinois-Chicago at Detroit (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Illinois-Chicago 48.377; Detroit 58.181
Dunkel Line: Detroit by 10
Vegas Line: Detroit by 8
Dunkel Pick: Detroit (-8)

Game 749-750: Toledo at Miami (OH) (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Toledo 57.599; Miami (OH) 56.737
Dunkel Line: Toledo by 1
Vegas Line: Toledo by 3 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Miami (OH) (+3 1/2)

Game 751-752: Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Bowling Green 53.185; Eastern Michigan 57.593
Dunkel Line: Eastern Michigan by 4 1/2
Vegas Line: Eastern Michigan by 7
Dunkel Pick: Bowling Green (+7)

Game 753-754: Central Michigan at Ohio (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Central Michigan 44.670; Ohio 57.773
Dunkel Line: Ohio by 13
Vegas Line: Ohio by 15
Dunkel Pick: Central Michigan (+15)

Game 755-756: Ball State at Akron (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Ball State 44.100; Akron 60.546
Dunkel Line: Akron by 16 1/2
Vegas Line: Akron by 14
Dunkel Pick: Akron (-14)

Game 757-758: Western Michigan at Buffalo (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Western Michigan 55.629; Buffalo 58.265
Dunkel Line: Buffalo by 2 1/2
Vegas Line: Buffalo by 5
Dunkel Pick: Western Michigan (+5)

Game 759-760: Memphis at Central Florida (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Memphis 69.126; Central Florida 56.795
Dunkel Line: Memphis by 12 1/2
Vegas Line: Memphis by 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Memphis (-8 1/2)

Game 761-762: Northern Illinois at Kent State (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Northern Illinois 47.640; Kent State 59.923
Dunkel Line: Kent State by 12 1/2
Vegas Line: Kent State by 10
Dunkel Pick: Kent State (-10)

Game 763-764: Texas A&M at South Carolina (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Texas A&M 61.306; South Carolina 60.312
Dunkel Line: Texas A&M by 1
Vegas Line: South Carolina by 1 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Texas A&M (+1 1/2)

Game 765-766: WI-Green Bay at Valparaiso (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: WI-Green Bay 62.540; Valparaiso 57.104
Dunkel Line: WI-Green Bay by 5 1/2
Vegas Line: WI-Green Bay by 1
Dunkel Pick: WI-Green Bay (-1)

Game 767-768: Evansville at Northern Iowa (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Evansville 50.477; Northern Iowa 65.088
Dunkel Line: Northern Iowa by 14 1/2
Vegas Line: Northern Iowa by 12 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Northern Iowa (-12 1/2)

Game 769-770: Indiana State at Southern Illinois (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Indiana State 60.421; Southern Illinois 53.986
Dunkel Line: Indiana State by 6 1/2
Vegas Line: Indiana State by 4
Dunkel Pick: Indiana State (-4)

Game 771-772: Missouri State at Drake (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Missouri State 53.079; Drake 53.311
Dunkel Line: Even
Vegas Line: Drake by 3
Dunkel Pick: Missouri State (+3)

Game 773-774: Illinois State at Bradley (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Illinois State 57.236; Bradley 54.283
Dunkel Line: Illinois State by 3
Vegas Line: Bradley by 1 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Illinois State (+1 1/2)

Game 775-776: Alabama at Auburn (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Alabama 62.797; Auburn 61.139
Dunkel Line: Alabama by 1 1/2
Vegas Line: Auburn by 2
Dunkel Pick: Alabama (+2)

Game 777-778: James Madison at Northeastern (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: James Madison 48.907; Northeastern 54.088
Dunkel Line: Northeastern by 5
Vegas Line: Northeastern by 7
Dunkel Pick: James Madison (+7)

Game 779-780: Richmond at St. Louis (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Richmond 64.107; St. Louis 69.688
Dunkel Line: St. Louis by 5 1/2
Vegas Line: St. Louis by 8
Dunkel Pick: Richmond (+8)

Game 781-782: Mississippi at Tennessee (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Mississippi 62.092; Tennessee 72.208
Dunkel Line: Tennessee by 10
Vegas Line: Tennessee by 8
Dunkel Pick: Tennessee (-8)

Game 783-784: Miami (FL) at Maryland (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Miami (FL) 64.983; Maryland 63.089
Dunkel Line: Miami (FL) by 2
Vegas Line: Maryland by 5
Dunkel Pick: Miami (FL) (+5)

Game 785-786: Syracuse at Wake Forest (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Syracuse 73.598; Wake Forest 59.815
Dunkel Line: Syracuse by 13 1/2
Vegas Line: Syracuse by 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Syracuse (-9 1/2)

Game 787-788: Florida State at NC State (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Florida State 65.378; NC State 65.217
Dunkel Line: Even
Vegas Line: Florida State by 2 1/2
Dunkel Pick: NC State (+2 1/2)

Game 789-790: Iowa State at Kansas (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Iowa State 70.111; Kansas 80.136
Dunkel Line: Kansas by 10
Vegas Line: Kansas by 8 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Kansas (-8 1/2)

Game 791-792: Northwestern at Wisconsin (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Northwestern 56.428; Wisconsin 77.931
Dunkel Line: Wisconsin by 21 1/2
Vegas Line: Wisconsin by 17
Dunkel Pick: Wisconsin (-17)

Game 793-794: Arizona at Stanford (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Arizona 76.024; Stanford 67.871
Dunkel Line: Arizona by 8
Vegas Line: Arizona by 5
Dunkel Pick: Arizona (-5)

Game 795-796: Air Force at Boise State (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Air Force 52.989; Boise State 70.499
Dunkel Line: Boise State by 17 1/2
Vegas Line: Boise State by 15
Dunkel Pick: Boise State (-15)

Game 797-798: Butler at Seton Hall (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Butler 59.516; Seton Hall 67.077
Dunkel Line: Seton Hall by 7 1/2
Vegas Line: Seton Hall by 5 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Seton Hall (-5 1/2)

Game 799-800: UNLV at San Jose State (10:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: UNLV 60.070; San Jose State 51.966
Dunkel Line: UNLV by 8
Vegas Line: UNLV by 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: San Jose State (+9 1/2)

Game 801-802: Colorado State at Nevada (10:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Colorado State 58.913; Nevada 62.927
Dunkel Line: Nevada by 4
Vegas Line: Nevada by 2
Dunkel Pick: Nevada (-2)

Game 803-804: Wyoming at Fresno State (10:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Wyoming 59.394; Fresno State 58.440
Dunkel Line: Wyoming by 1
Vegas Line: Fresno State by 2 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Wyoming (+2 1/2)

Game 805-806: Portland at San Francisco (10:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Portland 56.572; San Francisco 62.786
Dunkel Line: San Francisco by 6
Vegas Line: San Francisco by 4 1/2
Dunkel Pick: San Francisco (-4 1/2)

Game 807-808: Gonzaga at Santa Clara (11:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Gonzaga 69.260; Santa Clara 57.347
Dunkel Line: Gonzaga by 12
Vegas Line: Gonzaga by 10 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Gonzaga (-10 1/2)

Game 809-810: Arizona State at California (11:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Arizona State 67.897; California 70.663
Dunkel Line: California by 3
Vegas Line: California by 6 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Arizona State (+6 1/2)

Game 811-812: Belmont at Morehead State (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Belmont 55.095; Morehead State 52.383
Dunkel Line: Belmont by 2 1/2
Vegas Line: Belmont by 1
Dunkel Pick: Belmont (-1)

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Phoenix is a young team playing well with an uptempo offense, 7th in the NBA in scoring. Just as the mighty Indiana Pacers, the best defensive team in the NBA, as the Suns just torched them for 124 points! Phoenix is on a 5-2 run over the total and the over is 6-1 in the Suns last 7 road games vs. a team with a losing home record. One night after rallying from an 18-point halftime deficit to beat Cleveland, Phoenix (26-18) led wire-to-wire in a 124-113 victory over Philadelphia on Monday. Gerald Green scored a season-high 30 as the Suns shot 53.8 percent. Milwaukee is playing no defense for coach Larry Drew, 24th in the NBA in three-point defense and 15th in points allowed. The Bucks dropped to 4-17 at home with a 114-86 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday. The over is 13-3-1 in the Bucks last 17 vs. a team with a winning record. Despite falling 108-99 at the Bradley Center last season, the Suns have won 16 of 22 at Milwaukee. The over is 4-1-1 in the last 6 meetings in Milwaukee, as well as 4-1 in the last five meetings overall. Play Phoenix/Milwaukee Over the total!

Nick Parsons
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San Jose vs. Edmonton
Play: Under 5½
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Edmonton is coming off rare back-to-back victories, hammering the Predators 5-1 on Sunday and then scoring two third-period goals to beat the Canucks 4-2 on Monday.
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"We're slowly getting stronger and it's good for the group," coach Dallas Eakins said after the victory against Vancouver.
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So is it time to jump on the Oilers band-wagon because of a couple of decent efforts?
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Obviously not. Remember, Edmonton had scored just 12 total goals during a six-game slide previous to its small win skein.
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And a date vs. the Sharks is likely not what the doctor ordered for the team to continue its run as Edmonton is 0-4-2 the last six in the series, totaling 12 goals in that span.
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The Sharks look to bounce back tonight after a 1-0 loss to the Kings on Monday. San Jose looked great defensively for the most part, but its offense was held to just nine shots over the first two periods and its 23 total for the game equaled its second-lowest of the year.
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One player you'll want to keep your eyes on today is Sharks' goaltender Annti Niemi who is 3-0-0 at Edmonton and who also has a very respectable 2.18 GAA while going 7-0-1 overall vs. the Oilers.
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Note that San Jose has seen the total dip below the number in 11 of 17 vs. teams with losing records this year and interestingly in five of seven after scoring 1 goal or less in its previous contest.
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And note that despite the plethora of high-scoring affairs that it's been involved in this season that Edmonton has in fact shown a penchant to playing to lower-scoring games in this position, the total going "under" the number in eight of its last 15 after scoring 4 goals or more in its previous contest.
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Consider a second look at the "under" in this one.

Art Aronson

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Miami Heat
Play: Miami Heat -4

With all due respect to the ridiculous run of hot scoring by Kevin Durant, the Oklahoma City Thunder (36-10) is going against a Miami Heat (32-12) that just has its’ number and I expect that trend to continue in this powerhouse matchup in South Beach tonight. The Heat is a perfect 5-0 SU and ATS against the Thunder on home court the past three seasons. The Heat is 19-3 SU at home this season and is the healthier of the two squads. While the loss of Russell Westbrook has been mitigated nicely by the stretch of MVP performances from Durant, it will likely show in this game where the Heat have just play a style of game that make the Thunder vulnerable. LeBron James considers himself the best player in the league and I expect this to be a game where he will want to show why he is the MVP and not Durant. The home court and having Dwayne Wade back in the lineup won’t hurt “The Kings’” chances of that happening here as well. Look for the Heat to get the win and cover the spread along the way.

Rob Vinciletti

Belmont vs. Morehead State
Play: Morehead State +1

Morehead St has some nice right back revenge here as they lost by 14 to Belmont of the road last Thursday. They come in off a road win and will be poised to exact revenge on a Belmont team that us just 1-4 straight up as a road favorite of 3 or less and has failed to cover 12 of the last 17 in the second half of the season vs a winning team. Morehead St has won 7 of 9 here at home and is also 4-1 with road loss revenge. The last time these two met here Belmont escaped with a 1 point win. Look for another tight game. We take Morehead St tonight at home plus the points.

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Massachusetts vs. St Bonaventure
Play: St Bonaventure +1

The Massachusetts Minutemen are still holding a spot in the Top 25 rankings, currently #21 in the country. They don't have a very impressive resume though, for a ranked team. Sure they have only lost two games all year long, but they have only played one ranked team, and that was the New Mexico Lobos who have since fallen out of the Top 25.

Their victories have come by a fairly slim margin as well, and one of those came at home versus the Bonnies earlier this month, and the Minutemen had to come from behind to win by a score of 73-68. The Bonnies led 32-25 at halftime, and didn't surrender the lead until late in the second half.

The Bonnies have been a far better team at home than they have been on the road, winning eight of nine. The home team has won all four meetings in this series dating back to 2011, and the Bonnies have been a moneymaker at home for several seasons now. They are a staggering 32-12 ATS in their last 44 home games.

Red Dog Sports

Air Force vs. Boise State
Play: Air Force +15

The Falcons are 9-4 ATS and only lost by 12 points at Boise State last year. Air Force's last four road games were losses by 6, 6, 13 and 6 points. Look for the road team to stay within 12 points and cover on Wednesday night.

Marc Lawrence

Detroit Pistons at Atlanta Hawks
Pick: Detroit Pistons

Amazing how the disparity in the quality of the two NBA conferences affects a team’s outlook. In the previous write-up, we talked about the view from the cellar for the Pelicans with their 18-25 record – while the Pistons are 17-27 and still have a reasonable shot at the post-season! Yes, even after a loss to lowly Milwaukee where they blew a double-digit second half lead, Detroit is only two games out of the eighth seed in the East. The Pistons dropped a pair of back-to-back decisions to the Hawks earlier this season in November, and added value comes to this play with the Pistons in off a home game with Orlando last night. As for Atlanta, HC Mike Budenholzer has his Hawks two games over .500 and in second place in the Southeast division behind the Heat. Atlanta took advantage of Miami’s circus-induced 13-day road trip on Monday night, and then completed a quick sweep of the Florida teams with a 112-109 victory over Orlando, as seven Hawks scored in double figures. Unfortunately, Atlanta shows up off a gut wrenching, same-season revenger with the Thunder (0-3 SUATS after OKC), and is 0-5 SU and 1-4 ATS before the 76ers. Also, they are just 10-15 ATS versus losing opponents this season. Take the points in this battle of floundering playoff contenders (sic). We recommend a 1-unit play on Detroit.

Larry Ness

Colorado State at Nevada
Pick: Nevada

The Wolf Pack got a HUGE lift when the 6-9 West (a JUCO transfer) became eligible back on Dec 22. Nevada has gone 6-3 SU (7-2 ATS) with West, as he's averaged 7.9 & 7.4 while adding 24 blocks. He's joined the 6-8 Huff (11.4-5.4) up front to give the Wolf Pack a solid inside duo to match the team's excellent guard duo of Burton (21.7-3.8) and UTEP transfer Perrez (12.0-4.2-3.1), who has been a much better complement for Burton than Story (16.7) was last season. Throw in the 6-8 Evans (13.2-6.4), an excellent swingman plus a terrific perimeter defender, and Nevada is a "team to watch" down the stretch in the MWC tourney.

Colorado St owned a significant manpower edge last year (Rams won both meetings), but the tables have been turned. Larry Eustachy had FIVE senior starters last year, with FOUR averaging in double digits, led by the 6-10 Colt Iverson (14.2-9.8). The fifth-starter was the 6-5 Hornung (8.4-8.9), who was maybe the team's MVP and surely it's best defender. This year's frontline is relying on smaller components such as 6-7 Navy transfer J.J. Avila (18.4-7.6) and the 6-9 Santo (6.6-4.1), with CSU's top rebounder being 6-4 guard Bejarano (16.4-9.0). ppg).

David Carter's Nevada team has the much better defensive force on the blocks in West and also owns the game's best scorer in Burton. That 'daily double' produces a win and cover!

DAVE COKIN
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LA SALLE AT GEORGE WASHINGTON
PLAY: GEORGE WASHINGTON -4.5
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Same season revenge in play tonight on a handful of games, including the duel between La Salle and George Washington. The first meeting between these two went to La Salle, so the Colonials will be out to even the score tonight.
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That initial battle was a little unusual in that La Salle led almost the entire game, but the decision was up for grabs for nearly the entire 40 minutes as well. The Explorers could never pull away from GW, but managed to maintain the lead throughout en route to the eventual 76-72 win.
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The difference the first time around was the three-point shooting. The Explorers are not a a good team from long distance, but nailed nine in that game. George Washington, on the other hand, was very inaccurate on their bombs in that hookup. They aren’t a team that relies heavily on the three, but they’ve been pretty good for the most part when they go that route. That certainly was not the case in the first duel between these two entries.
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If I’m feeling pretty good about some correction to the norm in the rematch, I like the current form even more. George Washington has gotten hot again, rolling to four straight wins. It’s not going nearly so well for La Salle. The Explorers were horrible in an ugly loss at St. Bonaventure, and now must rebound off a potentially demoralizing double OT loss to VCU over the weekend.
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I am a fan of trying to make a case for the avenging team when it’s a rematch of a close first meeting. Add in the recent results and what I felt were a few abnormal numbers from the earlier contest, and it looks like an okay spot for the home team tonight. I’ll side with George Washington minus the points this time.

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Tough spot for the Clippers to be laying more than four baskets. They're back home for the first time since January 15. They have a "bigger" game on deck Thursday night at Golden State and making it even tougher to play their "A-game" for four quarters is the fact they had no trouble with Washington in a 113-97 win in D.C. in mid-December. The Wizards have played a decent brand of basketball of late winning six of nine games outright with the three losses coming by a grand total of just 11 points. Washington enters on a 10-3 ATS run on the road after last night's win and I believe they're in a great spot to cash ATS. I'm recommending the Wizards plus the points on Wednesday.

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The road team is 5-2 ATS in this series and San Jose 4-0 ATS L4 meetings in Edmonton. San Jose clearly holds the edge here, but we're going to play this from a different angle considering the Sharks are -180. The under is 9-1-1 in the Sharks last 11 overall and 6-0 in Sharks last 6 vs. a team with a losing record. With a flat price on total, we'll play this one under 5½.

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Temple lost at Rutgers on New Year's Day 71-66. That loss started an eight game losing streak. Dalton Pepper and Quenton DeCosey had big games for the Owls in the first meeting but second leading scorer, Will Cummings was able to only get ( 2 for 12 ) in 38 minutes. Look for Anthony Lee to help out as well for Temple. Always tough to lay points with a team that has dropped 8 straight and ( 10 of 11 ) but it looks like a chance to take advantage of a winless road team! If the Owls are going to win one this could be it! Temple has to keep the Mack & Jack attack under control as Myles Mack & Kadeem Jack average 29 points a night between them. Coach Fran Dunphy will have his Owl team ready!

Bryan Power

Phoenix vs. Milwaukee
Pick: Milwaukee

The Suns have had a remarkable season in that coming into the year they were believed to be the worst team in the Western Conference and here we are approaching the All-Star Break and they are fighting for a playoff berth.

That being said, tonight is an overlay.....

The Milwaukee Bucks have been truly awful. I expected this coming into the year, but did not think they would be the worst team in the league, which they most certainly are. Their current scoring average (91.1) would be the lowest over any 82-game season since 2005-06. They trailed the Clippers by as many as 39 points Monday, which dropped them to 1-12 SU in 2014. I actually had them in their lone SU victory of the calender year, which came here at home against Detroit exactly one week ago. They have failed to cover by a combined 40 points the last two games, but generally speaking its pretty hard to be this bad over a sustained period of time.

This will be just the fifth time this season that the Suns have been favored by more than eight points. They have thrived as underdogs, but this is just the 11th time they have been asked to lay more than 2.5 points. Laying this many points on the road is typically reserved for only the best teams, which the Suns are not, plus they have a potential lookahead to Indiana tomorrow night. Hold your nose and take the points in this one.