Tony Karpinski
East vs. West
Play: East
East vs. West This is a battle of the games biggest and best stars the league has to offer. Even with all the injuries the East squad is still a worthy opponent as they take on an overly stacked West squad which is high in guards. Look for the East to win this shoot out down in New Orleans as Jason Kidd dishes the ball left and right leading to an Eastern Conference victory. Play East
Tony Karpinski
Detroit Red Wings vs. Dallas Stars Premium Play
Pick on the DALLAS STARS
UCLA vs. USC Premium Play
Pick on USC.
Trojan head coach Tim Floyd is 25-11 ATS as an underdog, including 17 outright wins. Two of those were against UCLA. Southern Cal is on a 6-2 ATS run the last eight games played. They are coming off a loss, which is good for us. The Trojans have covered the spread 20 of the last 28 times they played after a loss. Plus, they rise to the occasion, as they have covered four in a row against winning teams and are 9-3 ATS the last 12 home games versus a team that has a better than .600 record on the road. As well as UCLA has played this season, they have lost four in a row to the spread when playing a winning team. USC has a solid team and I expect a very close game. Take the points.
Miami Florida vs. Georgia Tech Premium Play
Pick on MIAMI-FL
Miami a solid 8-2-2 ATS last 12 on the road. Miami has gone 4-1 ATS last 5 in this match-up and today will be no different. There isn't much of a home court advantage and I like the way Miami-FL has played. They play good defenive and knock down FT's. Take the DOG to WIN OUTRIGHT!
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UCLA Bruins at Southern California Trojans - Over 130.5 | Unit Value: 2
Note: Make no mistake about it. We are going to see a lot of good defense in this contest. On the court today we have the #8 and #13 best D efficiency teams in the country. The Trojans are somewhat hampered though with severe injury problems. That is one of the reasons why we have such a low total line for this contest. Actually though, most UCLA/USC Total lines are set within a 126 to 133 range for as long as I can remember. The last 3 of 4 have gone over the mark and they have done so due to close games toward the end. These two squads absolutely despise each other and when they play we generally see our fair number of fouls. That lends itself to very many free throw attempts toward the end of the game and with both having better than average free throw shooting skills, that is going to be a bonus for us. Despite the injuries to the home team, they will be ready to compete today and we have already seen them beat the Bruins once this year. Both of these squads have outstanding shooters and both have outstanding offensive efficiency. They are ranked #3 and #68 in the country and they also have average pace. More than anything else, this is a value play with a total line set 5 to 7 points too in my opinion. The Bruins have been shooting as good as they have all year and they have put up some big numbers. They will be extremely motivated today to beat this team that has given them only 1 of 3 losses on this campaign. That alone may be enough to get us a win. Play up to 134.
Sports Bank
400* UCLA
Lt Profits
2* USC
Mike Neri
3*GTech
3*Ucla
INDIAN COWBOY PLAY OF THE DAY
SETON HALL
Sports Authority
3* Wake Forest
3*Toledo
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400* Georgia Tech
300* Duke
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**PREFERRED
UCLA over USC* by 11
Monster off an embarrassing loss. USC is off a lopsided defeat, too, but they're the team with the injured starting point guard Daniel Hackett.UCLA wants the Pac 10 title and the #1 NCAA Seed in the West and it will start slipping away from them unless they exploit USC's existing disadvantage tonight. UCLA, 68-57.
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2* Nc Charlotte
1* St Louis
INDIAN COWBOY
Seton Hall +13 (POD)
Seton Hall comes off an ugly loss at home to Marquette by more than 20 points - keep in mind the reason Marquette laid the wood down on this team is because they came off a terrible loss and were looking to bounce-back. Well, now Seton Hall gets the opportunity today. They face a Mountaineer team who has lost their last 5 of 7 ballgames and come off a nice 18 point win over top 200 Rutgers. Seton Hall is a top 75 team that can have a lot of bite as they showed on the road at Villanova coming off a similar tough beat down loss. Look for Seton Hall to not necessarily win today, but to play well coming off that bad loss to Marquette, and this team is a top 75 team so they have the caliber to hang tough on the road as they only lost to Georgetown on the road by 12 earlier this year and play a WVU team that recently lost to top 75 Cincy by around 20 points at home. The Pirates are 7-1 ATS following a 20 point loss or more and WVU is 0-4-1 ATS in their last 5 home ballgames.
UCLA -6
UCLA comes off a tough loss on the road in a game they frankly should not have lost to Washington who is a top 75 team, this coming off the heels off that big road win ove Washington State who is a top 25 team. I like the fact the Bruins come off a loss, they also have revenge in this game as they could have lost the last game as they were simply looking ahead to USC - and now they get to have that opportunity to face USC following that recent loss - just 3rd of their season. USC will be without Daniel Hackett and it clearly showed that his presence was missed as they lost by 20+ on the road at Washington State and despite the public being on UCLA today, sometimes the public wins and I think this is one of those times. UCLA has revenge, the more healthier team and comes off a loss. I don't like the fact that USC comes off a big loss on the road, but like what UCLA has going for them today. The Bruins are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 road games and USC is 0-5 ATS when facing a team at home with a winning road record.