Jimmy Boyd
Akron vs Buffalo
Pick: Buffalo +2.5
Odds makers have the wrong team favored here. The Bulls did not play well down the home stretch but they have shown in this tournament that they truly are the best team in the league. Buffalo lost at home by 5 points back on Feb. 26 in the last regular season matchup and that brings the revenge factor into this one. The Bulls are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 neutral site games and we'll take the points here.
Lee Sterling
San Antonio at Houston
Play: San Antonio +2.5
In NBA action today I'm squarly behind San Antonio in the always intense rivalry game with Houston. Houston like to run but San Antonio will slow down the tempo and make this more of a half courty game where Houston isn't able to match up with the always superbly executing Spurs. The Spurs are also coming off a loss and great teams like the Spurs always seem to rebound and are focused after home losses. San Antonio hereis the strong play.
Jamie Tursini
New Orleans at Chicago
Play: Under 193.5
I'm not interested in any statistical information for this matchup.New Orleans has battled injuries to key players for a while now. P.Stojakovic has missed time and is questionable, and other's are battling the flu as well.Both teams played on the road last night, and are playing in their 3rd game in 4 days.Fatigue has to start to settle in and I think this total is just too high.
Play the under.
JB Sports
SAN ANTONIO SPURS
Opposite Action Plays
LOUISVILLE
Lenny Del Genio
DENVER NUGGETS
Ron Raymond
Red Wings/Blues Over
Tony George
LOUISVILLE
ICEMAN
5* Dallas Stars -143
Alatex
Super Play - Nevada
Bob Akmens
Dallas -150
Sports Bank
500% Purdue
Indian Cowboy
4 Unit Play. Take Maryland +9 over Duke
For starters, let's take the rising Terps in ACC Play. How about ol' Gary huh? He has his guys playing well when it counts. I'm so happy for him and I would love for him to see win it all as he has taken a lot of heat this year and over the last few years. Maryland defeated NC State and Wake Forrest as 6 point dogs to get here. Maryland was actually tied with this team earlier this year at home going into the half only to fall short in the second half. Believe it or not Duke has been really shaky from the foul line as well shooting just around 58% for their last game. I think when it comes to tourney time, it is all about momentum. You see this entire week with teams like Syracuse, Baylor (who we are on indirectly today), Temple, USC and even FSU. It's all about momentum. The regular season means squat. Look, this Maryland team was crushed by Duke in their first meeting by 41 points. Then, these two hooked up in Maryland for a tie score at the end of the first half. This is the same Terps team that beat UNC at home with Ty Lawson playing in that game. The Terps will be refused to be pushed around today as Gary understands they win this - they go dancing. Plain and simple. The refs will help them as well - just watch the personal count between both of these teams. The ACC knows what's up (Maryland doing very well this tourney and the beneficiary of some nice calls), the Big 12 knows what's up (Baylor beneficiary of some nice calls tihs tourney), and the SEC knows what's up (Auburn and Miss. State the beneficiary of some nice calls), and of course, the beneficiary of them all, Syrcause, who gets every call in the book in MSG and has for years if another player dares breath on them. In short, it's not all Vasquez that is getting the scoring done, but this team has come together with Mosley, Neal, Hayes, Milbourne all stepping up - plus, this team shot 21-26 from the charity stripe for over 80%. I see the Terps hanging tough all day. The Terps got it done over NC State, got it done over Wake +6 in Outright fashion, and I have them as an uspet watch today in Hotlanta. I will be at this game rooting for Terps.
Ross Benjamin
Conference Tourney Total of the Year
Utah State / Nevada Over 133.5
EZ Winners
5* USC Trojans +1.5
3* Baylor Bears +5.5