Jimmy The Moose
Game: Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs
Prediction: under
Reason: Boston has played under the total in 7 of their last 9 games. In their last 12 games following a win the under is 9-3. The under is 7-3 in their last 19 games vs. a team with a losing record. The Bruins have played the under in 5 of their last 7 Conference games. The under is 7-2-4 in Toronto's last 13 games. The under is 5-0-3 in their last 8 games played with 1 day rest between games. The under is 5-0-1 in Boston's last 6 trips to Toronto. The under is a profitable 28-9-2 in the last 39 meetings between the clubs. Play the under.
Vegassportspics
Connecticut Huskies - 6 over (at) South Florida Bulls
USF (11-14, 2-10) vs. No.17 Connecticut (19-5, 8-3) enters on a momentum building eight game win streak which includes victories over four ranked teams. In Big East play the Huskies lead the league in FG percentage while ranking third in FG percentage defense.
Creighton Blue Jays + 3 over (at) Bradley Braves
Bradley (14-12, 7-7) is 4-5 last nine home games, three of the four wins coming vs. teams currently below .500 in MVC play. Creighton (17-7, 8-6) is 5-1 at Bradley over the past six seasons including an 82-71 win there last season.
Texas Tech Red Raiders - 2.5 over Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma (16-8, 4-5) at Texas Tech (13-10, 4-5) is 11-1 at home including victories over then No.9 (now 20-4) Texas A&M 68-53 and then No.22 (now 17-6) Kansas State 84-75. The Red Raiders won last season's home meeting beating Oklahoma 68-54.
Texas Longhorns + 1.5 over (at) Baylor Bears
Baylor (17-6, 5-4) vs. No.11 Texas' (20-4, 7-2) record includes three wins over teams currently ranked in the top six of the AP poll. The Horns are 21-0 versus Baylor under coach Barnes.
Villanova Wildcats - 2 over (at) St. John's Red Storm
St. John's (10-13, 4-8) is 1-3 last four home games including a 74-42 loss to No.8 Georgetown on 01/30. Villanova (14-9, 4-7) enters off a last second 55-53 loss at Georgetown on 02/11. The Wildcats are 5-1 last six meetings including 2-0 at St.Johns.
The Rock
10* Villanova -2
JEFFERSONSPORTS
TEXAS TECH-2
MadduxSports
Arizona -2
Gold Sheet
Texas A&M by 26
Miss St. by 17
ILL- Chicago by 5
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Florida (+7) at VANDERBILT
Even though they stand at 19-6 for the year, the Gators recent downturn - 3 losses in their last 4 games - has put them in "must win" positions as we head down the stretch as far as getting into the Big Dance is concerned.
While the outright at Vanderbilt where the Commodores have not lost this season - and are coming off a 41-point destruction of Kentucky - may not be in order, we are very interested in grabbing the points as we feel the Gators will play a close one this afternoon in Nashville.
Vandy is in payback mode as they were dumped rather convincingly in their visit to Gainsville, 86-64 back at the end of January. Still, that only gives us better line value with the underdog in this one. Florida has won outright in 8 of the last 9 series meetings, and while a 9th win in 10 tries is unlikely, the Commodores are only 6-8 against the spread at home this season.
We say grab the points in this SEC battle, as the Gators give the 'Dores all they can handle.
Play on Florida.
3* FLORIDA
Karl Garrett
Temple (+1') at DAYTON
Temple did me in earlier this week when they came from a dozen down at home, and edged a tough Rhode Island team in overtime, as the Owls made it an 8-1 spread run in Atlantic 10 play.
The Owls have also won 7 of their last 9 games straight up, while going 9-2 against the spread their last 11 games! Those are numbers the G-Man can rally around!!!
The Flyers have dropped their last pair of games, and are mired in a 2-6 straight up funk. Dayton has also lost 3 of the last 4 series meetings against Temple.
Fran Dunphy's team is up to 13-10 for the season, and appear to be peaking at the right time.
G-Man says "Give a hoot", and back the Owls at Dayton this afternoon!
4* TEMPLE
Bobby Maxwell
UNLV at BYU (-6)
BYU is undefeated at home this season, sitting at 12-0. The Cougars have won seven games in a row in the Mountain West Conference and they seem to be rolling lately.
The last team to beat the Cougars was UNLV when the Rebels delivered a 70-41 beatdown in Vegas back on Jan. 15. Now do you think BYU has that game in mind when they take the floor tonight? Absolutely! And payback is coming.
The Cougars are 5-2 ATS in their last seven and look to have rectified the offensive troubles they wree havin earlier in the season. And it was just last year, against a UNLV team that ended up in the Sweet 16, that BYU hammered the Rebels in Provo, 90-63 as four-point favorites.
The Rebels have won seven of their last eight games, but have failed to cash a ticket in any of their last three. Seems this team is playing to the level of its competition instead of going for the kill. Tonight they won't have that option as the Cougars do the killing.
Let's play BYU and lay the chalk. The Cougars will win this one by 10 or better.
2* BYU
Clemson (-5') at N.C. STATE
Clemson crushed the Wolfpack a month ago and look for more of the same in this one.
The Tigers scored a 70-54 home win back on Jan. 15, covering as 12 1/2-point favorites. Last year they went to N.C. State and scored an 87-76 road win, covering that line as 6 1/2-point favorites.
Clemson has won three of its last four games and actually should have won all four had they not blown it in OT at North Carolina on Sunday. the Tigers are 3-1 ATS in their lasdt four and they just destroyed Georgia Tech 82-67 on Thursday as 8 1/2-opint favorites.
Compare this one a lot to the Virginia game back on Feb. 7 when Clemson went there and delivered a 78-56 drubbing as 2 1/2-point chalk. This team knows how to score points and we're not sure N.C. State can do anything to slow them down. The Tigers have scored 72 or more points in seven straight games and averages 82.9 on the road.
Even at home, the Wolfpack average just 68.8 points.
Let's play the high-flying Clemson offense to get the job done in this one.
3* CLEMSON
Tom Freese
Game: Oklahoma State at Texas A&M
Prediction: Texas A&M
Reason: Texas A&M is 30-19 ATS their last 49 lined games and they are 28-16 ATS their last 44 games as favorites. The Aggies are 11-3 ATS off three straight conference wins. Oklahoma St is 2-8 ATS vs. winning teams and they are 0-8 ATS off a conference home win. The Cowboys are 1-9 ATS after allowing 75 or more points and they are 1-9 ATS after scoring 80 or more points. PLAY ON TEXAS A&M -
Jimmy Boyd
Youngstown State vs. Valparaiso
Take Youngstown State Penguins
1 Unit on Youngstown State +11 While Youngstown State does not have a good SU record, it is 13-6 ATS this season. More impressively, it is 10-3 ATS in conference play and it appears oddsmakers are undervaluing Youngstown again. Valpo has lost 5 straight games SU and is 0-6-1 ATS in its last 7. Valpo only won by 6 at Youngstown State back in January and that was before it started struggling. Youngstown State is 10-2-2 ATS in its last 14 games. Take the points with one of the best dogs this season today.
Scott Spreitzer Underdog GOY
UAB
USA Sports Consulting
Texas Tech -2.5 over Oklahoma - 1 unit
St Bonaventure -1.5 over George Washington - 1 unit
PSYCHIC
2 units Connecticut -6
2 units Mississippi State -5.5
2 units Wyoming +7
3 units Providence +5.5
3 units Tulane +1.5
DA STICK
5 units Montreal/Philadelphia OVER 6
5 units Florida/Carolina OVER 5.5
10 units Boston/Toronto OVER 5.5
Nelly
Minnesota + over Wisconsin
This might be a tough spot for Wisconsin coming off a miraculous hard-fought win against Indiana on Wednesday. The Badgers dominated the Gophers in the first meeting of the season but Minnesota has been very competitive against the elite Big Ten teams for the most part this season. Wisconsin is just 4-8 ATS at home this season and the line will always inflate given Wisconsin’s strong history at home. Minnesota is playing on the road but the Gophers are coming off one of their worst losses of the season last week. Minnesota has had an extra day to prepare and the Gophers are 4-1 ATS in Big Ten road games this season. Wisconsin will likely prevail in this game but the Badgers are not a team that has been able to pull away from opponents and the motivation level will be high for Minnesota this week.
Jeff Alexander
Missouri vs. Kansas State
Take Kansas State Wildcats
1 Unit on K-State -9 After enduring a set back to Texas Tech, K-State will be out for blood when it returns home to face Mizzou. K-State is a perfect 2-0 SU and ATS at home versus Mizzou the past 3 seasons and we anticpate this trend to continue with the huge advantage that the Cats have in terms of talent. Mizzou is just 3-8 on the road this season and 3-7 ATS in lined road games. K-State is 8-0 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 12 points over the last 2 seasons, 17-2 ATS on Saturday games over the last 2 seasons, and 6-0 ATS in home games after allowing 80 points or more over the last 3 seasons. We expect the Cats to play much better defensively today and really humiliate the Tigers.
Razor Sharp Sports
Georgetown at Syracuse
So, here we are in mid-February. This is the point of the college season when the top teams are battling for top seedings in the NCAA tournament, and middle of the road teams are fighting for the invite to the field of 65. In the monster Big East Conference a lot of things can still happen. As it sits now, I can see maybe as many as nine teams getting invites to the Big Dance. This Saturday, just like most Saturdays the rest of the way, we have a big match-up in the Big East, as the conference-leading Georgetown Hoyas take their 20-3 overall record and 10-2 mark in conference to the Carrier Dome to take on the 16-8 Syracuse Orange. The Orange are 6-5 in Big East play.
Heading into this weekend, the Hoyas have been a little shaky. They are coming off a 2 point home victory over Villanova (4-7 in Big East). They needed two free throws with .1 second on the clock to get the win. Prior to that game, they lost by eight at Louisville, last Saturday.
As for Syracuse, the Orange has done pretty well lately. They are 3-2 their last five games with wins over Providence at home and road victories over Depaul by five and Villanova by fourteen. Their only two loses were to ranked opponents. Last Wednesday they lost by two to #19 UConn, and back on Jan 21st they lost to the Hoyas by two at Georgetown. Syracuse also has a game this Wednesday at South Florida, but this article was written prior to that.
This will be the second meeting of the year between these two. Like we mentioned earlier, G-town won the first meeting 64-62 at home. Syracuse has played tough against the Hoyas. Prior to this last meeting, the Orange had won the last two meetings, winning last year by fourteen at home, and in 2006 they won by one at Georgetown. Look for another close contest here. Take the points and the Orange.
Take the SYRACUSE ORANGE +3 over the Georgetown Hoyas
Cajun Sports
Game: Arkansas vs. Mississippi State
Line: Mississippi State -5.5
Rating: TWO-Star
Selection: MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS -5.5
Humphrey Coliseum will play host to the rematch between the Bulldogs and Razorbacks on Saturday afternoon. This game will be featured on ESPN and we expect State to exact a little revenge. January 30th in Fayetteville saw this State team give up 79 points, end a nine-game win streak, turn the ball over 22 times and get blown-out by 20 points. For State Hansbrough (missed last meeting) returns to the lineup and C Varnado who missed a good portion of the last meeting due to early foul trouble shouldn?t have that problem today. State?s defense which allows only 63 points per game on 37% shooting from the field will control the tempo and pace here and the Bulldogs get their revenge. Arkansas is a money burning 25-49-4 ATS on the highway. If they are an away dog they are 19-38-4 ATS, facing a division opponent away they are 9-26-2 ATS and if they are an underdog in that role they are 7-20-2 ATS. Mississippi State is 24-11-2 ATS versus a division opponent in Starkville, if they are installed as a favorite they are 27-14-3 ATS. If they are a division favorite of 3 to 6 points they are 11-2-1 ATS. Finally if they went over the posted total in their last game and now a home favorite they are a perfect 5-0 ATS.
MATT RIVERS
Richmond
RAZOR SHARP
SANTA CLARA -4
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Texas Longhorns at Baylor Bears
Baylor not the pushover it has been in year's past. It is 17-6 including 10-2 at home. It has dropped four of its last five, yes, but three of the losses came on the road including one two weeks ago to Texas by an 80-72 count. The Bears have covered three-of-four in the series and two in a row at home. Texas is in off its Big Monday win over Kansas and has another big game on this Monday versus Texas A&M.
Play on: Baylor