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Rhode Island -1 A-10 PLAY
MARQUETTE -3 (-4.5 CURRENT) BIG EAST PLAY
Southcoast Sports
Cleveland St. -4
3-Units
Youngstown St. has lost 4 of its last 5 games, and the culprit is: Allowing opposing teams to hit a whopping 53% from the field!!! Cleveland St. has won 5 of its last 6 and have held opponents to 40% shooting from the field. These two met on Dec. 8th at Cleveland St., and the results were shocking to say the least, with Cleveland St. winning 77-54 and connecting on 65% of their shots. I don't expect Cleveland St. to shoot 65% from the field tonight...but if Youngstown St. continues to struggle on the offensive side of the ball, Cleveland St. should win this one easily.
Take Cleveland St. -4 for 3-Units!!!
JIM HURLEY NEWSLETTER
2 MEMPHIS (27-1, 13-0 Conference USA) at SOUTHERN MISS (15-12, 7-6) - 4 p.m. ET
If it was up to the Memphis Tigers, then they'd like to be introduced in public as the once-and-perhaps future #1 team in the land.
No question that John Calipari's team needed some time to put between them and that painful 66-62 home loss to Tennessee last Saturday night and now slowly-but-surely this still-perfect C-USA club has plenty on the line in these final three regular-season clashes (games at SMU and then home to UAB will follow) with a Continue...
#25 SAINT MARY'S (24-4, 11-1 West Coast Conference) at #24 GONZAGA (22-6, 11-1) - 8 p.m. ET
All eyes on the WCC here in Spokane as this one figures to be a real beauty although neither should feel an NCAA Tournament berth is being threatened.
After all, Saint Mary's has been a Top 25 team for the past several weeks and Randy Bennett's gang already owns one win against the 'Zags - an 89-85 overtime triumph back on Feb. 4th when fifth-year senior guard Todd Golden drained six triples including a monstrous trifecta with 1:19 remaining in the OT session.
Revenge-minded Gonzaga charges into this tilt on a five-game winning streak - note that Mark Few's club has won four of these five by 20-or-more points - and the tandem of Jeremy Pargo (11.7 ppg) and ever-improving Matt Bouldin (a team-high 12.8 ppg) likely need to score 40-to-45 points between 'em here if the home folks are going to get their pound of flesh.
Keep in mind that Saint Mary's - starring Patrick Mills (14.3 ppg) -- could wrap up the WCC regular-season outright crown with the mild upset win here.
KANSAS STATE (18-9, 8-5 Big 12) at #6 KANSAS (25-3, 10-3) - 9 p.m. ET, ESPN
The kids at Kansas are hoping things get back to normal - that's both on and off the court.
The nationally-ranked Jayhawks had suffered back-to-back losses prior to Wednesday's 75-64 non-cover win at 13-point dog Iowa State - a game in which Darrell Arthur proved to be the stat-sheet stuffer deluxe with 18 points and 10 rebounds - but it was Read More...
#22 WASHINGTON STATE (22-6, 10-6 Pac-10) at #8 STANFORD (23-4, 12-3) - 10 p.m. ET
Now here's a real dandy from the Pac-10 where these clubs continue to crowd UCLA at the top of the standings. The fact is both "held serve" on Thursday night as Washington State whipped up on two-point home pup Cal 70-49 as Taylor Rochestie scored 18 points and fellow guard Kyle Weaver added 17 points in a real runaway win.
Meanwhile, Stanford had it a whole lot tougher in its 82-79 hang-on-for-dear-life win against 10½-point dog Washington. The Cardinal - who's now won 10 of its last 11 games - got 21 points and 7 rebs from seven-footer Brook Lopez but the Palo Alto gang better shore up its defense as the UW Huskies shot a blistering 34-of-64 from the floor (that's 53.1 percent).
If you're wondering, Stanford bested 4½-point home fav Washington State 67-65 in overtime in the first meeting back on Feb. 2nd in Pullman.
Sports Bank
500* Underdog Game Of Year
Fresno State
Paul Stone
Kansas -13.0
On Saturday night, the Kansas Jayhawks will be out to atone for a 84-75 loss at rival Kansas State earlier this season.
Although the number is fairly hefty at 13, I believe the Jayhawks will be emotionally charged and get the job done.
It does not hurt that Kansas is awfully strong at home and KSU _ even with true freshman phenom Michael Beasley _ has been an average team at best this season away from the "Little Apple."
Straightup, Kansas is perfect at home at 17-0, while KSU comes in with a 2-6 road record, including four straight road losses both ATS and outright against its Big XII brethren.
Kansas has covered seven of its past 10 homes games.
Bob Akmens
Detroit Pistons @ Los Angeles Clippers Under 183.0
This play is the result of a successful computer model that has allowed Bob Akmens Sports to finish in first-place in 152 different categories of documented monitored handicapping contests since 1978.
The computer models I’ve developed for each sport look at the most-predictive variables that go into the winning and losing of games.
Several interesting factors in today’s play are as follows –
The PISTONS are playing on short rest, and on a tiring West-coast swing.
Somewhat intuitively, you might figure they’re a little tired and just don’t rage up and down the court as they might with a few night’s sleep in their own beds at home. And you’d be correct in assuming that because:
The PISTONS with 2 days rest have gone UNDER 4 of the last 6; 16 of the last 29, and 83 of the last 146 – a clear pattern.
The CLIPPERS are just a bad team. Bad teams start to give up the ghost in the second-half.
Here’s how bad - and realize that these numbers don’t reflect some sort of great defensive prowess – they reflect bad shooting and bad performances:
At home: UNDER 19 of the last 30 games
In the second-half: UNDER 9 of 13; and 57 of 92 games
Vs. Central Division opponents: UNDER 8 of 9; and 18 of 29 games
Vs. non-conference teams: UNDER 15 of 24 games
Revenging (or feebly trying to) a loss last time vs this opponent: UNDER 20 of 32 games
After 3 of more losses in a row: UNDER 9 of 12; and 18 of 29 games
GO WITH UNDER 183 IN THIS 1035PM EST MATCHUP
Alex Smart
California -4.0
The California Bears after winning 4 of 6 games, bumped into PAC 10 power house programs Washington State and Stanford , and suffered losses. With that I said, I expect the Bears to bounce back with a big time effort in their final home game of the season on senior night, and come out here with a fairly lopsided victory against a Washington Huskies program they have done well against of late in Haas Pavilion ,winning 5 of the L6 meetings. Note: Cal is shooting 77.7 percent from the free throw line this year, and fifth-best in the country. This in my opinion will be a big difference maker in this contest tonight. Final notes & Key Trends: The Golden Bears are a good bounce back team, especially off a lopsided loss (20 points or more), which happened last time out, going 6-1 ATS in their following game. Play on California
Wolkosky Milan
10* NYK/ORL UNDER 210
10* PHI/PHO UNDER 210
Sportsmemo
20* T Trushel......... Az St -1.5
20 * Veno................... Bay-6.5
20* Erin Rynning......... Minn -2.5
20* Covers ............... Ark -6.5
The Real Animal
UConn 4.5*
Wright st 4.5*
Lasalle 3*
Drake 3*
Arkansas 3*
The Killer Move's picks for Saturday:
20* Orlando (NBA)
10* Philadelphia (NBA)
10* Detroit/LA Clippers UNDER (NBA)
10* Boston College (CBB)
10* Southern Mississippi (CBB)
10* Iowa State/Colorado UNDER (CBB)
John Ryan
Game: Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes Mar 1 2008 7:05PM
Prediction: Tampa Bay Lightning
Reason: Ai Simulator 3* graded play on Tampa Bay – Supporting this graded play are several supporting money line angles and I will mention a few of them now. TB is 9-2 against the money line (+10.7 Units) in road games against good passing teams averaging 5 or more assists per game in the 2nd half of the year over the last 2 seasons. Carolina is just 3-8 against the money line (-9.5 Units) against poor starting goalies sporting a save percentage of <= 89.5% of shots against this season; 10-25 against the money line (-23.0 Units) after having won 3 of their last 4 games over the last 2 seasons. Take Tampa Bay
Game: Nashville Predators at Dallas Stars Mar 1 2008 8:05PM
Prediction: Nashville Predators
Reason: Ai Simulator 3* graded play on Nashville – Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 28-12 and has made 29 units for 70% since 2002. The average play has been +146. Play against a favorite against the money line after 4 straight wins by 2 goals or more. Here is a second system, that has gone 21-9 and has made 23.4 units since 2002 for 70%. Play against favorite against the money line that is a good team outscoring their opponents by 0.3+ goals/game and after 4 straight wins by 2 goals or more.
Fat Jacks Sports
Missouri +6 1/2
Vanderbilt +5 1/2
Umass -3 1/2
Kansas State+13