Thursday service plays

Scott Spreitzer Comp

Portland Trail Blazers at Chicago Bulls

The Bulls are smoking under Jim Boylan and I expect the hot streak to continue tonight. Chicago is on a 3-1 run with their only loss coming by two points in O.T. to Orlando. Boylan got Ben Gordon to buy into a six-man role, and Gordon has responded with his best basketball of the season. The UConn alumn is averaging over 29 PPG since being removed from the starting lineup. His FG percentage during the run is a healthy 52.4%, sparking the team's sudden surge on the offensive end that has them scoring 105 PPG in their last four. While Portland has been on a heckuva run themselves, they have yet to prove they can bring it night-after-night away from home, going just 4-10 SU on the road. They knocked off pathetic Minnesota on the road last night, but lost on New Year's Eve to Utah, 111-101 in Salt Lake. After last night's "gimmie" I expect another road loss for Portland tonight. I'm laying it with Chicago on Thursday.

Play on: Chicago

Totals 4 U Comp

Although the Jayhawks and the Hokies are left on the outside looking in at the National Championship, this may be the best match up of the season. The crews of Mark Mangino and Frank Beamer each play with all kinds of heart and intensity, plus when would you ever get to see these clubs face off outside of bowl play? We don't expect this one to be easy by any stretch, but we'll give the nod to the arm of Todd Reesing and against the offensive line of Tech. Take Kansas + 3 1/2 and enjoy the game!

EZ Winners

5 STAR: (540) ARIZONA STATE (PICK) over Oregon

3 STAR: (549) UCLA (-3) over Stanford

2 STAR: (551) USC (+1) over California

NBA

2 STAR: (503) SAN ANTONIO (+1.5) over Denver

NorthCoast Powersweep

Play against a team on New Year's Day whose offense averaged 32+ points and they had 40+ days rest 17-6 74% ATS since 1998

play against Texas Tech play Virginia winner

UPDATED 18-6 75%

play against Kansas play Virginia Tech

Missouri while high profile games have been a norm for VT.

FORECAST: VIRGINIA TECH 30 Kansas 17 RATING: 4★

Joe Wiz

Arizona State -1

Louisiana Tech +7

Vegas Experts Tip Of The Day

The players have knocked the total on tonight's Orange Bowl down from 54 to 51.5. Do they have the right idea or is the value now with playing the over?

Kansas has gone under in four of its last six and for the season has held eight of 12 opponents to 14 points or less. Hokies have split their last six totals three and three but on the year have also played stellar defense, holding 11-of-13 opponents to 21 points or less and nine of those to 16 or less. In addition, KANSAS shows a 13-4 UNDER mark is last 17 vs. teams with a Win Pct. > 75%.

Play on: Under

Wild Bill

Kansas +3 1 unit

Over 53.5 1 unit

Spritzer CBB 25* Illinois-Chicago

Burns Blue Chip Total: UNDER Va Tech/KU

Burns Pers fav: Minn Wild

Ness 24*: Va Tech

John Ryan

Game: Kansas at Virginia Tech

Prediction: Kansas
Reason: Ai Simulator 5* graded play on the Kansas Jayhawks – AiS shows an 83% probability that Kansas will lose this game by 3 or fewer points. AiS also shows a 90% probability that Kansas will out gain V-Tech by 50 or more total yards. This puts Kansas into a perfect role knowing they are 6-0 ATS when they are outgain their opponents by 50-100 yards over the last 2 seasons. Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 93-52 ATS since 1996. Play against neutral field favorites with a winning record on the season and in a non-conference game between two teams from major division 1-A conferences. This line opened at pick and has moved to V-Tech being installed as a 3 point favorite. The betting public has been wrong 71.6% of the time when loving the line in V-Tech games over the past 3 seasons sporting a 10-24 ATS mark. The break also helps Kansas as they have a very strong record when rested. Note that they are 15-5 ATS when playing with 2 weeks or more of rest since 1992. V-tech HC Beamers is not in a good role for this game. He is just 8-17 ATS off 2 consecutive wins by 10 points or more against conference rivals as the coach of V-Tech.

AAA Sports

Thursday NHL System Picks
Yesterday 4-0 +560
Overall 97-84-10 +2390

Leafs over 6 -120 64%

Stars under 5 ev 61%

Stars +140 62%

3-teamer (10-16) Lightning +1.5, Oilers +1.5, Blackhawks +1.5 = +230

Brandon Lang
THURSDAY

10 Dime
Virginia Tech

5 Dime
Marquette
Arizona State
Southern California

Rockdeman Sports

Bowl - Va Tech

NBA - Spurs - Under

CBB - N Colorado

NHL - Wash Caps - Over

Cannon

30 VT buy the half point if you have -3.5
10 Villanova
10 Xavier

Drew Gordon:

1. 300,000* Virginia Tech
2. 50,000* California
3. 50,000* Utah State

BIG AL

Kansas

Gamblers World Tip Of the Day

Prediction: Virginia Tech

Ethan Law

Singledime

VT/Kansas under-

LT's Lock

Kansas +3.5