ARTHUR RALPH COMP
Arizona state
NATIONAL SPORTS SERVICE
ARIZONA ST. +6.5
HUDDLE UP SPTS
New Jersey
DARK HORSE SPTS
Valparaiso
TOTALS 4U
ARIZONA WILDCATS
TV HOTLINE COMP
MICHIGAN ST.
3 1 SPTS
NEW MEXICO STATE
RAZOR SHARP SPTS
ARIZONA
VEGAS STEAMLINE
Utah St
MIKE WYNN
Free Pick: Long Beach St
COMPUTER SPTS
WASHINGTON HUSKIES
LT'S LOCK
Louisville -8
Chris Jordan
400* Hawaii
200* UCLA
100* Stanford
Tony Mathews
Matchup: Idaho vs. Hawaii
Selection: Hawaii -10.5
Explanation: We will lay the points with Hawaii as they face-off against Idaho in Thursday's College Basketball contest.
Hawaii has a huge advantage on the offensive end. Hawaii (at home) is scoring an average of 71.3 points per game, while Idaho (on the road) is scoring an average of only 55.7 points per game. It's safe to say that Hawaii has a huge advantage on the offensive end.
These teams just met recently on 01/26/08. In that meeting, Hawaii was able to get a SU & ATS win. We see Hawaii being able to once again get a SU & ATS win!
Lay the points!
Hawaii -10.5
John Fina
Selection: Utah State -18
Reason: Put us down on Utah State -18 for our Free College Basketball Selection on Thursday. Today Louisiana Tech will be on the road as they take on Utah State. We will lay the points with Utah State. Utah State has the much better offense and defense. Utah State (at home) is scoring an average of 76.3 points per game, while Louisiana Tech (on the road) scoring an average of only 55.4 points per game. Utah State (at home) is allowing opponents to score an average of only 63.9 points per game, while Louisiana Tech (on the road) is allowing opponents to score an average of 73.8 points per game. This clearly shows that that Utah State has the much better offense and defense. Utah State is 15-0 when playing at home this season, while Louisiana Tech is 0-11 when playing on the road this season. It's safe to say that Utah State will get a blowout win tonight!
Utah State -18
JIM FEIST
Take "Under"
You think of two things when these Texas titans meets: Defense and a playoff atmosphere. With the second half of the season underway, the Spurs have been tuning up their defense for the postseason, at 13-6 under the total the last 19 games. Dallas is at 6-2-1 under the total the last three weeks. These teams met in December on this court, and the game went under the total in a 97-95 Spurs win, and San Antonio is 17-9 under the total at the Alamodome. Look for another defensive clash, play the Mavs/Spurs under the total!
Winners Edge
CBB
Maryland +3 , 2 units
Notre Dame + 8.5 , 2 units
ATS Consultants
Hoops
Preferred Plays
Maryland over Wake Forest 84-74
Arizona over USC 88-71
Hockey
Preferred Plays
NY Rangers over Carolina
Under in the Kings/Oilers game
Sports Gambling Hotline
Miami at LAKERS -14
Miami was able to snap another one of their prolonged losing skids with a rather convincing thumping of Sacramento on Tuesday night, but that was just a flash in the pan, as the disappointing Heat figure to be right back on the short side this Thursday night when they play the Lakers at the Staples Center.
Los Angeles is riding a 9-game winning streak, and have covered in 8 of those 9 wins. Their only miss coming on Tuesday when they failed as the 15 1/2-point favorite against Portland in their 13-point win.
Expect the Lakers to toy with this Miami team. The Lakes did win the first meeting of the year just prior to the All-Star break, winning by 10 at Miami as the 7 1/2-point road chalk. That makes 2 in a row, and 3 of the last 4 in LA's favor, and puts the Lakers on a 7-3 spread run the last 10 meetings.
Things are going to well in the City of Angels right now, and this one will result in a blowout win.
Play on LA.
THE SPORTS REPORTER
BEST BET
*SAN ANTONIO over DALLAS by 12
It’s indisputable that the Mavericks traded for Jason Kidd with the hopes of improving
their immediate attempts to win the NBA title. After all, a 35-year old point guard shooting 37% from the field isn’t going to get much better in the years to come. But will this move really help Dallas in the short term? What about tonight, when it’s a virtual certainty that the lightning quick Tony Parker, recently returned from injury, will be running circles around Kidd – who has lost more than a step defensively in recent seasons. Parker himself was quoted as saying “I'm really happy for that trade. Diop was doing a good job on us. And Devin Harris, most of the time, he played good against us. So I thought it would be good for us. No disrespect to Jason Kidd, he's a great point guard, but those guys that left always gave us trouble.” Dallas fans shouldn’t be surprised if their Mavericks suffer another early playoff exit this year and live to regret ever parting with Devin Harris.
SAN ANTONIO 102-90
Philly-Connection
Dallas under 182.5
Gamblers Data
Georgia Southern +2.5
Mr. Ernie
Norte Dame under 144
Cappers Access
Louisville
Arizona
Karl Garrett
Michigan State+5 at WISCONSIN
Tonight I have to give the Spartans a play, as Michigan State recently had Magic Johnson come into the locker room to give the team a talking to. Thus far the Spartans have responded with a pair of home court wins, but tonight's road game will be the barometer if the talk worked, as State has come up short their last 3 on the conference road.
Wisconsin is a staunch squad, but if you are going to cover against them, you better do it in Madison, as the Badgers are 8-3 against the spread on the road this year, but just 4-9 against the spread at home!
This is a double-revenge spot for the Spartans, and while the outright may be just out of reach, I look for the cover to be attainable, as Michigan State has been able to go 4-2 against the spread the last 6 series meetings.
G-Man is grabbing the points, and looking for this one to come down to the wire.
4* MICHIGAN STATE
WUNDERDOG
MLB
Game: Florida at Baltimore
Pick: Baltimore -113
The Marlins will make the 90-minute trip south to meet up with the Orioles. The Marlins played at home yesterday and as is typical, the veterans will not make the trip. They used four pitchers yesterday that were with the team last season, which means the breakdown after Sergio Mitre completes his two innings will be comprised of mostly pitchers that weren't even in the Majors last season. We also note that the starters were responsible for all six hits the Marlins got yesterday as they did not get a single hit in the last three innings. That means this travel squad is mostly made up from the remainder that did not even get a hit yesterday. Since this is Baltimore's first game, their projected opening day pitcher Adam Loewen will get the first two innings and Dave Trembley has said the position players will play five innings and try to get them two at-bats. We have to give the nod to the O's here at basically even odds, playing with starters for half the game, a better starter for the first two innings and more frontline bullpen pitchers to follow since the Marlins played yesterday and used some that won't pitch today.
PAUL LEINER
10* Over 182 Spurs/Mavs
5* Over 125 UCLA/Arizona
EZ Winners
1 STAR: MILWAUKEE BUCKS (+3.5) over New Jersey Nets
(Risking $110 to win $100)
BIG Al
Miami Heat plus the points over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Butler Bulldogs minus the points over Wright State.
USA Sports Consulting
UL Lafayette -1
Locksmith Sports Picks
1 Unit on Nevada -3.5
New Mexico State is only 4-9 on the road this season an 4-8 ATS in road lined games. New Mexico State has been hot of late, but they are coming up against a Nevada team tonight that is in a big bounce back spot after being blown out by Southern Illinois. Nevada won the first showdown this season on the road by 9 points. Nevada has won 5 of the last 6 meetings. New Mexico State is 4-12 ATS when playing against a good team (Win Pct. 60% to 80%) over the last 2 seasons and just 10-24 ATS revenging a loss where opponent scored 75 or more points since 1997. Nevada has been unstoppable at home this season with an 11-2 mark. We'll take the Pack laying a small number against a team they have already beaten up on tonight.
Jeff Alexander Sports
1 Unit on CS Northridge +7
Northridge is far too good of a team to be catching this many points. CS Fullerton is just 6-17 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 3 seasons. I have also uncovered a strong system kicking heavily in our favor tonight. Plays against a favorite in a game involving 2 very good teams - outscoring opponents by 8+ PPG in the 2nd half of the season, after scoring 80 points or more 3 straight games are 34-8 ATS over the last 5 seasons. We'll take this 81% system to the bank tonight.
Matt Fargo
UCLA vs. Arizona State
Play: Arizona State
UCLA won the first meeting by 33 points so this one should be another rout right? Well, the public thinks so as they are lining up behind the Bruins faster than it takes Lindsey Lohan to hook up in a club. Don’t think for a second that the Sun devils have forgotten that game, their biggest loss of the season by a wide margin. The game itself was ugly from the start as the Sun Devils held their previous 19 opponents to an average of 59.7 ppg. The Bruins reached 60 less than six minutes into the second half.
Arizona St. is coming off a split last weekend in Washington. The Sun Devils lost at Washington St. by 12 points but the game was much closer as a late Cougars run was the difference. They played one of their best games in a while against the Huskies on Saturday and hope to carry that into this home game where they are 12-3 on the season. UCLA is 7-1 on the road while outscoring foes by 9 ppg. However take away the Oregon St. game and the Bruins are just +5.7 ppg in the other six road Pac Ten games.
Arizona St. had one of the softer schedules to start the season but it has achieved something few other teams have done. The Sun Devils are just one of six teams with four wins over top 25 RPI teams. The wins are over #6 Xavier, two wins over current #17 Arizona and the win over current # 20 Stanford with losses to #7 UCLA and at Stanford. Last year, Arizona St. was 4-17 in games decided by 10 points or less, but this year the Sun Devils are a Pac-10 best 7-2.
Going back to that first meeting against UCLA shows that pretty much everything that could have went wrong did. The Sun Devils play a solid game of defense as they are third in the Pac Ten in field goal percentage defense at 40.9 percent which is 50th in the nation. They allow 61.8 ppg., which is fourth in the conference and 34thi n the nation. Against the Bruins they allowed 84 points on 58.5 percent shooting. You can bet those number come down and playing at home they will come down a great deal.
The Sun Devils are back in Tempe and they fall into a great situation. Play against road favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points that are coming off two consecutive home wins by 10 points or more going up against an opponent off a road win. This situation is 44-17 ATS (72.1 percent) since 1997 with the average point differential being just -1.7 ppg. Arizona St. is 9-1 ATS in home games against teams that are outscoring their opponents by eight or more ppg over the last two seasons. Look for another repeat against the big boys. Play Arizona St. Sun Devils 1 Unit
Big Al McMordie
Notre Dame vs. Louisville
Play: Notre Dame
At 7 pm, our complimentary selection is on Notre Dame. Two of the top three teams will meet Thursday night in Louisville, where Rick Pitino's Cardinals will take on Mike Brey's Fighting Irish in a match-up of Top 20 clubs. Notre Dame probably is not thrilled that its lone game vs. Louisville must take place on the road, and that's because the Irish currently have the 2nd longest home win streak in the country (at 35 games). Only BYU has won more (45) than Notre Dame. In its last game (a 7-point home win over Syracuse), Notre Dame was led by guard Kyle McAlarney, who set a Notre Dame record with nine 3-point goals. McAlarney tallied 30 points in that game, and it was the third time this season, he's hit the 30-point threshold. Notre Dame also received a strong game from center Luke Harangody, who scored 13 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, for his 16 double-double of the season. Against Louisville, Harangody (the Big East's leading scorer) will have to play well vs. Louisville's David Padgett for the Irish to come out on top. These two squads have met seven times since 1991, and Louisville has NEVER covered the spread. I won't buck that history. Take Notre Dame plus the points in this big game at Freedom Hall on Thursday.
Tom Freese Blue Line Club .
Miami at La Lakers
Miami is in a 54-20 ATS Play Against System that says to go against road teams with double digit home loss revenge if they are off a double digit win. The Heat are 3-7 Straight Up and ATS their last 10 games at Staples Center. The Lakers are 11-2 ATS their last 13 games and they are 18-8 ATS vs. losing teams. Kobe and company are 21-8 ATS off one or more games where they went under the total and they are 16-5 ATS after covering ATS in two of their last three games. PLAY ON LA LAKERS
Ross Benjamin
Milwaukee @ New Jersey
Play On: New Jersey -3.5
Any conference home favorite off a home underdog ATS loss by 10 or more points, has won 36 games or more out of their last 82 at home, and is playing an opponent off a home underdog SU win is 8-0 SU and ATS since 1993. The favorite has won those 8 games by an average of 11.8 points per game. Play on the New Jersey Nets minus the points.