NCAAB
Short Sheet
Sunday, March 2
OHIO ST: 22-11 ATS when the total is 129.5 or less
DEPAUL: 3-13 ATS after having lost 5 or 6 of their last 7 games
ST JOHNS: 12-3 ATS off an upset loss by 10 points or more as a favorite
GEORGE MASON: 2-10 ATS off a home win
GEORGE WASHINGTON: 7-1 ATS when the total is 140 to 149.5
Short Sheet
Sunday, March 2
OHIO ST: 22-11 ATS when the total is 129.5 or less
DEPAUL: 3-13 ATS after having lost 5 or 6 of their last 7 games
ST JOHNS: 12-3 ATS off an upset loss by 10 points or more as a favorite
GEORGE MASON: 2-10 ATS off a home win
GEORGE WASHINGTON: 7-1 ATS when the total is 140 to 149.5
Hot & Not
March 3, 2014
Who's Not in Hoops
Bubbles are going to be bursting all around in college basketball, but today, we're going to be looking at the teams which are bursting our bankrolls instead of our bubbles.
Check out the list of teams who are on the nastiest slides in the land as we head into the beginning of March.
Saint Louis Billikens (0-6 ATS L/6) – The mainstream college hoops world might still not realize that Saint Louis has one of the best teams in America, but bettors sure have picked up on that. All of a sudden, the Billikens can't buy a cover to save their lives. Their once vaunted defense has allowed 67, 71, 59, 85, 62, and 63 points in their last six games, none of which have been covers. Granted, we know that these aren't bad defensive stats at all, but for a team which really prides itself on that side of the ball and is allowing just 60.5 points per game for the season, there is some cause for concern. More problematic? Saint Louis failed to cover against VCU twice in this stretch. The Rams are wreaking more havoc, and they seem like the team ready to make the biggest run in the dance instead of the Billikens.
Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (0-6 ATS L/6) – The Ramblers have lost six games in a row, and they really haven't come all that close to covering any of those games either. They'll go into their first Missouri Valley Tournament this week, and in all likelihood, they'll end up being one and done against a Bradley team which they just lost to 55-38 two weeks ago. Loyola-Chicago is just 4-12 for 'over' bettors in games played away from home, and if you wonder why this 9-21 team isn't covering games, there's your stat to back it all up.
Indiana State Sycamores (0-5 ATS L/5) – It's almost like Indiana State didn't want to dance this year. The Sycamores probably needed to win the remainder of their regular season games when February started, save for a game against the unbeaten Shockers. Instead, Indiana State hit the self-destruct button, and it started with near misses against Southern Illinois and Evansville at home. From there, the Sycamores have been beaten in three straight, and though they're going to end up with at least 21 wins this season, there's really no shot at the NCAA Tournament without winning Arch Madness.
Syracuse Orange (0-4-1 ATS L/5) – You wouldn't think that the Orange would be on this list, but things really started to fall apart from a betting standpoint this year for them when Head Coach Jim Boeheim lost his mind and got a couple technical fouls right at the end of the game against Duke. The 'Cuse were six-point dogs that day, and what should have been an pointspread victory turned into a push on the college basketball betting odds because of the mini-Bob Knight moment. Now, Syracuse is 0-4-1 ATS in its last five games, and is going to be threatened for sure in its regular season finale at Florida State this weekend.
March 3, 2014
Who's Not in Hoops
Bubbles are going to be bursting all around in college basketball, but today, we're going to be looking at the teams which are bursting our bankrolls instead of our bubbles.
Check out the list of teams who are on the nastiest slides in the land as we head into the beginning of March.
Saint Louis Billikens (0-6 ATS L/6) – The mainstream college hoops world might still not realize that Saint Louis has one of the best teams in America, but bettors sure have picked up on that. All of a sudden, the Billikens can't buy a cover to save their lives. Their once vaunted defense has allowed 67, 71, 59, 85, 62, and 63 points in their last six games, none of which have been covers. Granted, we know that these aren't bad defensive stats at all, but for a team which really prides itself on that side of the ball and is allowing just 60.5 points per game for the season, there is some cause for concern. More problematic? Saint Louis failed to cover against VCU twice in this stretch. The Rams are wreaking more havoc, and they seem like the team ready to make the biggest run in the dance instead of the Billikens.
Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (0-6 ATS L/6) – The Ramblers have lost six games in a row, and they really haven't come all that close to covering any of those games either. They'll go into their first Missouri Valley Tournament this week, and in all likelihood, they'll end up being one and done against a Bradley team which they just lost to 55-38 two weeks ago. Loyola-Chicago is just 4-12 for 'over' bettors in games played away from home, and if you wonder why this 9-21 team isn't covering games, there's your stat to back it all up.
Indiana State Sycamores (0-5 ATS L/5) – It's almost like Indiana State didn't want to dance this year. The Sycamores probably needed to win the remainder of their regular season games when February started, save for a game against the unbeaten Shockers. Instead, Indiana State hit the self-destruct button, and it started with near misses against Southern Illinois and Evansville at home. From there, the Sycamores have been beaten in three straight, and though they're going to end up with at least 21 wins this season, there's really no shot at the NCAA Tournament without winning Arch Madness.
Syracuse Orange (0-4-1 ATS L/5) – You wouldn't think that the Orange would be on this list, but things really started to fall apart from a betting standpoint this year for them when Head Coach Jim Boeheim lost his mind and got a couple technical fouls right at the end of the game against Duke. The 'Cuse were six-point dogs that day, and what should have been an pointspread victory turned into a push on the college basketball betting odds because of the mini-Bob Knight moment. Now, Syracuse is 0-4-1 ATS in its last five games, and is going to be threatened for sure in its regular season finale at Florida State this weekend.
Mid-Major Tournaments
March 3, 2014
We've listed below, by conference alphabetical order, upcoming tournament specifics for those lower-profile Division I leagues. Also included are any teams that enjoy home-court tourney edges; the top contenders in each loop, noted by italics, with any clear-cut favorite or co-favorite accompanied by an *; and last season's conference results in the NCAA, NIT, CBI, and CIT.
Before Selection Sunday, we’ll also review how these leagues have fared in recent Big Dance action.
March Madness...it’s here!
AMERICA EAST
Schedule: First round, quarterfinals, and semis March 7-9 at SEFCU Arena, Albany, NY (home court of the Albany Great Danes); final March 15 at home of highest remaining seed. New member UMass-Lowell is in its transition period from Div. II and is ineligible for the conference tournament.
Top Contenders: Vermont, Stony Brook, Hartford, Albany.
Betting Notes: Vermont assumed command of the league race down the stretch and brings a 10-game win streak and top seed into Albany. The Catamounts are well-balanced and fairly good shooting (47.1% from floor and 39.2% beyond arc), though they lack a real go-to threat (6-8 sr. F Clancy Rugg is the leading scorer at 12.7 ppg). The home team of Strat-O-Matic headquarters on Long Island, Stony Brook, is the last team to beat Vermont (67-64 on Jan. 24) and features four double-digit scorers led by soph F Jameel Warney (14.9 ppg). Keep in mind that Albany made the homecourt edge work in the conference tourney last season when stealing the NCAA bid as the fifth seed. None of the bottom four seeds (UMBC, Binghamton, Maine, or New Hampshire) won more than nine games in the regular season.
Last year: NCAA-Vermont lost vs. Duke, 73-6; NIT-Stony Brook won vs. UMass 71-58, lost vs. Iowa 75-63; CBI-Vermont lost at Santa Clara, 77-67; CIT-Boston U lost at Loyola (Maryland), 70-63; Hartford lost vs. Rider, 63-54.
ATLANTIC SUN
Schedule: March 4, 6, 9, all at homecourts of higher seeds. Florida Gulf Coast is the top seed.
Top Contenders: Florida Gulf Coast, Mercer, South Carolina-Upstate.
Betting Notes: This conference tourney was where FGCU and “Dunk City” started its longshot run to the Sweet 16 last March when the event was held on Mercer’s home floor. This season, it’s all campus sites, and the Eagles have the home edge based on a tiebreaker vs. the Bears. Mercer, however, also has some postseason pedigree, winning the CIT two years ago and still featuring a couple of key contributors from that team in srs. G Langston Hall (team-leading 14.9 ppg) and F Daniel Coursey (10.1 ppg). Mercer, which defeated Tennessee in a first-round NIT game last march, also beat Seton Hall and Ole Miss in pre-league play. “Dunk City” no longer has last year’s coach (Andy Enfield moving to Southern Cal) but does have four starts back from last year’s Cindrella bunch, led by jr. Gs Bernard Thompson (15.1 ppg) & Brett Comer (14.2 ppg).
Last year: NCAA-FGCU won vs. Georgetown, 78-68; won vs. San Diego State, 81-71; lost vs. Florida, 62-50; NIT-Mercer won at Tennessee, 75-67; lost at BYU, 90-71.
BIG SKY
Schedule: Tourney March 13-15 at home of regular-season champion Weber State. Top seven teams qualify; top seed Weber State will get a bye into the semifinal round.
Top Contenders: Weber State, North Dakota, Montana, Eastern Washington.
Betting Notes: The Sky had a very topsy-turvy race that didn’t sort out at the top until the end of February, when Weber State finally emerged and was able to sew up the home edge in the conference tourney prior to this week’s final regular-season games. Although the Wildcats were hardly as dominant as many were expecting after returning most of the team that advanced to the CIT final last season, which was a bit of a surprise considering the presence of sr. G Davion Berry (19.1 ppg), a Cal State Monterey Sea Otter transfer and another Oakland product like recent Weber star Damian Lillard and considered the Sky’s best talent. Coach Randy Rahe also returned another All-Sky performer in 6-10 C Kyle Tresnak (11.2 ppg), and frosh combo G Kyle Senglin (11.6 pgp) might be the league’s best newcomer. Despite some less-than impressive efforts, they’re the team to beat. There are several dangerous scorers among the top contenders, including North Dakota’s Troy Huff (19.4 ppg), Montana’s Kareem Jamar (19.7 ppg), and Eastern Washington’s Tyler Harvey (21.8 ppg), although Harvey’s Eagles are still no sure bet to even make the field of seven. If EWU qualifies, however, it might be pose the biggest challenge to Weber because of the Eagles’ hot recent play. The 2012 & ’13 tourney champs from Montana still has the aforementioned Jamar and a potent backcourt, but Wayne Tinkle‘s Grizzlies are undersized this season and one of the lowest-ranked rebounding teams in the country.
Last year: NCAA-Montana lost vs. Syracuse, 81-34; CIT-Weber State won vs. Cal Poly, 85-43; won vs. Air Force, 78-57; won vs. Oral Roberts, 83-74; won at northern Iowa 59-56; lost vs. East Carolina 77-74; North Dakota lost at Northern Iowa, 77-66.
BIG SOUTH
Schedule:Tourney March 4-9 at HTC Center, Conway, SC (home court of Coastal Carolina Chanticleers).
Top Contenders: High Point, VMI, Coastal Carolina, Radford, Winthrop, Gardner-Webb, UNC-Asheville.
Betting Notes: Absolutely, completely wide-open event with the top seven teams separated by just two games in the league standings. The most consistent of that bunch has probably been High Point, coached by up-and-comer Scott Cherry, a former North Carolina Tar Heel under Dean Smith whose coaching career includes several seasons on Jim Larranaga’s George Mason staff, including the Patriots’ Final Four campaign of 2005-06. The Point made the CIT field last season and owns perhaps the most-dynamic element in the Big South, ACC-caliber 6-7 soph F John Brown (19.6 ppg), who along with onetime Florida and Virginia Tech transfer 6-9 sr. Allan Chaney (15.4 ppg), who overcame a hearty condition that was believed to have ended his career a few years, gives the Panthers the best inside scoring combo in the league. Keep an eye, however, on explosive VMI, the nation’s top scoring team (88.5 ppg) featuring an electric trio composed of Gs frosh QJ Peterson & sr. Rodney Glasgow, plus 6-9 bruiser PF D.J. Covington, giving the Keydets three players scoring better than 18 ppg. Note of caution in this league...remember that low-seeded Liberty, after just 12 wins entering the tourney last season, won the event to steal a Big Dance bid. The winner in Myrtle Beach is very likely to be involved in one of the 16 vs. 16 play-in games at Dayton.
Last year: NCAA-Liberty lost vs. North Carolina A&T, 73-72; NIT-Charleston Southern lost at Southern Miss, 78-71; CIT-High Point lost at UC Irvine, 80-71; Gardner-Webb lost vs. Eastern Kentucky, 69-62.
METRO ATLANTIC
Schedule: Tourney March 6-10 at MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA. The top five seeds gets byes in the first round; games will pit 6 vs. 11, 7 vs. 10, and 8 vs. 9, with winners advancing to quarterfinal round.
Top Contenders: Iona, Manhattan, Quinnipiac, Canisius.
Betting Notes: By virtue of wins in 12 of its last 13 games, Iona enters Springfield in pole position for its third straight MAAC Tourney crown and Big Dance berth. The Gaels are a bit better-balanced than in recent seasons, though still own lots of potency in the backcourt with Gs Sean Armand (17.6 ppg) & A.J. English (17.5 ppg). Iona’s only slump this season came when losing 4 of 5 around New Year’s when 6-7 F Isaiah Williams (10.7 ppg) was unavailable, but the ascent commenced soon upon his return. Steve Masiello’s Manhattan, a bitter loser to the Gaels in last year’s title game and the only team to beat Iona in nearly two months, can’t wait to take another swing at the Gaels now that do-everything G George Beamon (19.6 ppg; injured last season) iis once again in the fold. The Jaspers also own the top defensive force in the MAAC in 6-7 PF Rhamel Brown, one of the nation’s leaders in blocked shots (3.9 pg). Canisius cannot be overlooked, either, with MAAC high scorer G Billy Baron (24.9 ppg; son of HC Jim Baron) capable of shooting the Griffs into any game.
Last year: NCAA-Iona lost vs. Ohio State, 95-70; NIT-Niagara lost at Maryland, 86-70; CIT-Canisius won vs. Elon, 69-53; won in OT at Youngstown State, 84-82; lost vs. Evansville, 84-83; Loyola-Maryland won vs. Boston U, 70-63; won vs. Kent State, 73-59; lost at East Carolina, 70-58; Rider won at Hartford, 63-54 lost at East Carolina, 75-54; Fairfield lost at Kent State, 73-71.
MEAC
Schedule: Tourney March 10-15 at the Scope, Norfolk, VA (not the home court of Norfolk State, which plays its games at Echols Hall); First round pits seed 4 vs. 13, 5 vs. 12, 6 vs. 11, 7 vs. 10, and 8 vs. 9; winners advance to quarterfinals, and so forth.
Top Contenders: NC Central*, Hampton, Norfolk State, Morgan State.
Notes... NC Central is the clear favorite entering Norfolk next week, but Levelle Moton’s high-flying Eagles had better beware, because the top seed has lost three straight years in the quarterfinal round of this event, not even getting close enough for a sniff of the title game. Having said that, most expect NCC to prevail and note that the Eagles are probably the only MEAC rep that would likely bypass one of the 16 vs. 16 play-in games that have often involved loop tourney champs in the past. The Eagles also brought a 15-game SU win streak into Monday’s game vs. Savannah State, and Moton’s team was good enough to beat NC State and play unbeaten Wichita State within 11 in pre-league play. Senior G Jeremy Ingram (20.4 ppg) is one of the most-lethal scoring threats in the league. An interesting darkhorse could be Todd Bozeman’s Morgan State, which dealt with a near-suicidal non-conference slate only to emerge stronger for conference play. The Baltimore-based Bears are led by potent sr. G Justin Black (18.8 ppg).
Last year: NCAA-North Carolina A&T won vs. Liberty, 73-72; lost vs. Louisville, 79-48; NIT-Norfolk State lost at Virginia, 67-56; CIT-Savannah State lost at East Carolina, 66-65.
NORTHEAST
Schedule: Quarterfinals March 5, semis March 8, final March 11, all at home of highest seed.
Top Contenders: Robert Morris, Bryant, Wagner, St. Francis (NY).
Betting Notes: Here we go again with the home team of the Pittsburgh Airport, Robert Morris, which looked to be an NEC also-ran after a difficult pre-league experience and minus three starters from last year’s contender than beat Kentucky in the NIT. But HC Andy Toole has confirmed his candidacy for future openings up the ladder by steering the Colonials to the NEC regular-season crown and homecourt edge in Moon Township for as long as RMU stays alive in this tourney. Senior G Karvel Anderson (19.6 ppg) and all-name F Lucky Jones (13.3 ppg), two holdovers from last season, have fueled the charge. Bob beckel’s alma mater Wagner enters the tourney on the heels of eight straight wins. The Staten Island-based Seahawks play their roles well and are the best rebounding team in the loop, as Fs Mario Moody & Orlando Parker stay put in the paint and remain there for 40 minutes (or as long as they are on the floor). St. Francis (NY) beat Jim Larranaga’s Miami Hurricanes and almost beat Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse in pre-league play.
Last year: NCAA-Long Island lost vs. James Madison, 68-55; NIT-Robert Morris won vs. Kentucky, 59-57; lost at Providence, 77-68.
OHIO VALLEY
Schedule: Tourney March 5-8 at Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN (not the home court of Nashville-based Tennessee State, which plays its games at the Gentry Complex, or Nashville-based Belmont, which plays its games at the Mike Curb Events Center).
Top Contenders: Belmont, Murray State, Eastern Kentucky, Morehead State.
Notes...Belmont has not skipped a beat since moving from the Atlantic Sun last year, winning the OVC bid to the Dance last March and top seed again entering this year’s event, played across town from campus in Nashville at the Municipal Auditorium, an early ’60s creation that looks as if it landed in Music City straight from an episode of The Jetsons. Rick Byrd’s team has been to the Dance six times since 2006 and closed the regular season with six straight wins, with sr. 6-5 swingman J.J. Mann (18.4 ppg) and soph G Craig Bradshaw (15.6 ppg) assuming much greater scoring burdens this season. With four scorers averaging better than 13 points, Murray State has the sort of balance to do well in the bang-bang–bang succession of a tourney format, while Eastern Kentucky has won 46 games the past two seasons, shoots the lights out (49% from floor) and owns maybe the league’s best guard in sr. Glenn Cosey (18.8 ppg & 85.1% from the FT line). Looking for a longshot? Try SE Missouri State, which at 50% from the floor (ranks 4th nationally) shoots even better than EKU and just beat Murray in double OT on Saturday. The Redhawks also have two 19+ ppg scorers in juco F Jarekious Bradley (19.4 ppg) and former Missouri transfer F Tyler Stone (19.l1 ppg). Heady sr. PG Lucas Nutt, son of HC Dickey Nutt, is one of the top assist men in the OVC.
Last year: NCAA-Belmont lost vs. Arizona, 81-64; CIT-Eastern Kentucky won at Gardner-Webb, 69-62; lost at Evansville, 86-72. Tennessee State lost at Evansville, 84-72.
PATRIOT
Tourney March 3-12, all at home of higher seeds. Top four seeds receive byes in first round.
Top Contenders: Boston U, American, Holy Cross, Bucknell.
Betting Notes: Patriot newcomer Boston U, which returned all five starters from last year’s team that competed in the America East and qualified for the CIT, picked a good year to switch leagues as some of the recent Patriot powerhouses are down a bit, which was not unexpected after recent stars such as Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum and Bucknell’s Mike Muscala were drafted into the NBA after last season. The Terriers have been cutting it close lately, however, with five of their last six games decided by single-digit margins, including a home loss vs. CBS head honcho Les Moonves’ alma mater Bucknell, which could be an interesting darkhorse after winning its final six regular-season games as sr. G Cameron Ayers (15.5 ppg) stepped up his scoring production. American U set the pace for much of the season thanks to its superb 49.5% FG shooting (ranks fifth nationally), though the Eagles enter the tourney having lost three of five. Still, they will host games in this event, across the street from where Chris Matthews works (and where Norah O'Donnell used to work) at the NBC News Washington bureau, unless they must face Boston U.
Last year: NCAA-Bucknell lost vs. Butler, 68-56; CBI-Lehigh lost at Wyoming, 67-66.
SOUTHERN
Schedule: Tourney March 8-11 at U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC.
Top Contenders: Davidson*, Chattanooga, Wofford.
Betting Notes: Before bolting for the A-10 next season, Davidson is having last hurrah in the SoCon, streaking to 12 straight wins to run away with the regular-season crown and establish itself as the clear favorite in Asheville. Savvy vet HC Bob McKilliop, who bears a resemblance to the late, great Leslie Nielsen, had to break in three new starters from last year’s Big Dance qualifier, and the Wildcats took their lumps vs. a tough pre-league slate, but they emerged as a force behind a familiar name from past March runs, F De’Mon Brooks (18.4 ppg), plus a Miami-Ohio transfer, G Brian Sullivan, who proved invaluable by contributing 13.5 ppg. Wofford is the only team that played Davidson tough down the stretch, and the upperclass-laden Terriers finally put things together in late January when embarking upon a nine-game winning streak fueled by jr. G Karl Cochran (15.2 ppg). Chattanooga had earlier run off ten wins in a row during a surge that roughly coincided with the return to active duty of soph G Ronrico White (11.2 pgp) from preseason his surgery. Ole Miss transfer and former football er Z Mason is a force on the blocks as well.
Last year: NCAA-Davidson lost vs. Marquette, 59-58; CBI-College of Charleston lost vs. George Mason, 78-77; CIT-Elon lost at Canisius, 69-53.
SOUTHLAND
Schedule: Tourney March 12-15 at Merrell Center, Katy, TX. New members Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word are in the transition period from Division II and will be ineligible for the conference tourney until the 2017-18 season.
Top Contenders: Stephen F. Austin*, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Sam Houston State, Oral Roberts, Northwestern State.
Betting Notes: If this looks a bit familiar to last year regarding SFA, it should, because the ‘Jacks were also heavily favored in this event last march only to get KO’d in Katy and settle for the NIT instead before HC Danny “Cool McCool” Kaspar departed for Texas State in the offseason. But new HC Brad Underwood (who moved from South Carolina, where he assisted Frank “The Bouncer” Martin), plugged in three new starters and SFS has not skipped a beat. Some suggest that if the ‘Jacks met the same fate in the Southland Tourney as a year ago, they still might be on the radar for an NCAA Tourney at-large berth. Could you imagine two Southland entries in the Big Dance? Totally unselfish team led by 6-6 jr. F Jacob Parker, who has almost doubled his scoring output from a year ago to 14.8 ppg. Given a puncher’s chance might be Oral Roberts, with a lethal 1-2 punch in former Utah transfer F Shawn Glover (21.7 ppg) and soph G Korey Billbury (14.9 ppg), a local Tulsa product with a string of four straight 20+ point games.
Last year: NCAA-Northwestern State lost vs. Florida, 79-047; NIT-Stephen F. Austin lost at Stanford, 58-57; CIT-Oral Roberts won at UT-Arlington, 87-76; won vs. UC Irvine, 76-62; lost at Weber State, 83-74.
SWAC
Schedule: Tourney March 11-15 at Toyota Center, Houston, TX. Grambling, Mississippi Valley State, Arkansas Pine Bluff, and Southern U are all ineligible for the NCAA Tourney due to APR scores, but will compete in the conference tourney.
Top Contenders: Alabama State, Texas Southern, Alabama A&M.
Betting Notes: The SWAC received a special exemption from the NCAA to adjust which team earns its automatic berth to the tournament, the NCAA announced Saturday. The SWAC is in a unique situation where four teams are ineligible for the postseason because of poor APR scores but all will still be allowed to compete in the conference tournament at the Toyota Center in Houston March 11-15. If one of the four ineligible teams wins the tournament, then the team among the six eligible teams that advances the furthest in the tournament would receive the NCAA tournament bid. If there is a tie among those six teams then the bid will go to the highest seed among those tied teams. Looks like a 16 vs. 16 play-in game spot for the SWAC, though don’t forget that Southern U came as close as we have seen in years to pulling a 16 vs. 1 upset in the sub-regional last season against Gonzaga.
Last year: NCAA-Southern U lost vs. Gonzaga, 64-58.
SUMMIT
Schedule: Tourney March 8-11 at Sioux Falls Arena, Sioux Falls, SD (not the home court of nearby, Brookings-based South Dakota State, which plays its home games at Frost Arena, or nearby, Vermillion-based South Dakota, which plays its home games at the Dakota Dome). New member Nebraska-Omaha is ineligible in its transition year from Division II. The Summit League was formerly known as Mid-Continent Conference.
Top Contenders: North Dakota State, IPFW, South Dakota State, Denver.
Betting Notes: Wins in seven straight and 12 of 13 have thrust NDSU into the pole position for the upcoming Summit event in Sioux Falls. The Bison have also mostly been steamrollering their Summit foes in this surge fueled by the nation’s most-accurate shooting offense (50.9% from floor!). Hybrid 6-7 point-forward Taylor Braun (18 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 4.0 apg) is a 4-year starter and a matchup nightmare for foes, while another sr., bruising 6'8, 250-lb. PF Marshall Bjorklund (career-best 13.6 ppg), anchors the paint. The best chance to knock off the Bison might be with another hot-shooting team, IPFW, hitting 49.1% from the floor (ranks tenth nationally) with a deep (nine players average ten or more minutes) and well-balanced (eight score between 7-15 ppg) led by 6-5 swingman Luis Jacobo’s 14.9 ppg. The Mastodons and NDSU split a pair of 11-point decisions this season, and worth noting Jacobo more than held his own vs. Braun, narrowly outscoring him (32-30) over the two games.
Last year: NCAA-South Dakota State lost vs. Michigan, 71-56; CIT-Oakland lost at Youngstown State, 99-87.
WAC
Schedule: Tourney March 12-15 at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV. New member Grand Canyon is ineligible in its transition year from Division II.
Top Contenders: Utah Valley State, New Mexico State.
Betting Notes: What is left of the WAC contains only a few familiar names from the recent past (specifically new Mexico State, which has earned two straight Big Dance invitations from the loop). Suddenly, however, there has been some extra Tabasco sauce added to the burgeoning Utah Valley State-NM State rivalry after the melee following last week’s Wolverine OT win in Orem. For what it’s worth, the Aggies have been something of a disappointment this season, failing to dominate the watered-down WAC as most expected despite owning more size than any team in the loop (thanks in part to 7-5 soph Sim Bhullar) and the league’s most exciting player in skywalking 6-4 G Daniel Mullings (16.9 ppg). But NMSU has mostly played to the level of the competition in this league. Vet HC Dick Hunsaker (former Ball State HC; also interim HC at Utah when Rick Majerus took a leave in 2001) has steered this program since its inception as a 4-year entity in 2002, and his son Holton (a four-year starter at G) leads the team in scoring at 13.5 ppg. Though NMSU is more physically imposing than UVSU, Hunsaker is squeezing more out of his material than Aggie counterpart Marvin Menzies.
Last year: NCAA-New Mexico State lost vs. Saint Louis, 64-44; NIT-La Tech won at Florida State, 71-62; lost at Southern Miss, 63-52; Denver won vs. Ohio, 61-57; lost at Maryland, 62-52.
March 3, 2014
We've listed below, by conference alphabetical order, upcoming tournament specifics for those lower-profile Division I leagues. Also included are any teams that enjoy home-court tourney edges; the top contenders in each loop, noted by italics, with any clear-cut favorite or co-favorite accompanied by an *; and last season's conference results in the NCAA, NIT, CBI, and CIT.
Before Selection Sunday, we’ll also review how these leagues have fared in recent Big Dance action.
March Madness...it’s here!
AMERICA EAST
Schedule: First round, quarterfinals, and semis March 7-9 at SEFCU Arena, Albany, NY (home court of the Albany Great Danes); final March 15 at home of highest remaining seed. New member UMass-Lowell is in its transition period from Div. II and is ineligible for the conference tournament.
Top Contenders: Vermont, Stony Brook, Hartford, Albany.
Betting Notes: Vermont assumed command of the league race down the stretch and brings a 10-game win streak and top seed into Albany. The Catamounts are well-balanced and fairly good shooting (47.1% from floor and 39.2% beyond arc), though they lack a real go-to threat (6-8 sr. F Clancy Rugg is the leading scorer at 12.7 ppg). The home team of Strat-O-Matic headquarters on Long Island, Stony Brook, is the last team to beat Vermont (67-64 on Jan. 24) and features four double-digit scorers led by soph F Jameel Warney (14.9 ppg). Keep in mind that Albany made the homecourt edge work in the conference tourney last season when stealing the NCAA bid as the fifth seed. None of the bottom four seeds (UMBC, Binghamton, Maine, or New Hampshire) won more than nine games in the regular season.
Last year: NCAA-Vermont lost vs. Duke, 73-6; NIT-Stony Brook won vs. UMass 71-58, lost vs. Iowa 75-63; CBI-Vermont lost at Santa Clara, 77-67; CIT-Boston U lost at Loyola (Maryland), 70-63; Hartford lost vs. Rider, 63-54.
ATLANTIC SUN
Schedule: March 4, 6, 9, all at homecourts of higher seeds. Florida Gulf Coast is the top seed.
Top Contenders: Florida Gulf Coast, Mercer, South Carolina-Upstate.
Betting Notes: This conference tourney was where FGCU and “Dunk City” started its longshot run to the Sweet 16 last March when the event was held on Mercer’s home floor. This season, it’s all campus sites, and the Eagles have the home edge based on a tiebreaker vs. the Bears. Mercer, however, also has some postseason pedigree, winning the CIT two years ago and still featuring a couple of key contributors from that team in srs. G Langston Hall (team-leading 14.9 ppg) and F Daniel Coursey (10.1 ppg). Mercer, which defeated Tennessee in a first-round NIT game last march, also beat Seton Hall and Ole Miss in pre-league play. “Dunk City” no longer has last year’s coach (Andy Enfield moving to Southern Cal) but does have four starts back from last year’s Cindrella bunch, led by jr. Gs Bernard Thompson (15.1 ppg) & Brett Comer (14.2 ppg).
Last year: NCAA-FGCU won vs. Georgetown, 78-68; won vs. San Diego State, 81-71; lost vs. Florida, 62-50; NIT-Mercer won at Tennessee, 75-67; lost at BYU, 90-71.
BIG SKY
Schedule: Tourney March 13-15 at home of regular-season champion Weber State. Top seven teams qualify; top seed Weber State will get a bye into the semifinal round.
Top Contenders: Weber State, North Dakota, Montana, Eastern Washington.
Betting Notes: The Sky had a very topsy-turvy race that didn’t sort out at the top until the end of February, when Weber State finally emerged and was able to sew up the home edge in the conference tourney prior to this week’s final regular-season games. Although the Wildcats were hardly as dominant as many were expecting after returning most of the team that advanced to the CIT final last season, which was a bit of a surprise considering the presence of sr. G Davion Berry (19.1 ppg), a Cal State Monterey Sea Otter transfer and another Oakland product like recent Weber star Damian Lillard and considered the Sky’s best talent. Coach Randy Rahe also returned another All-Sky performer in 6-10 C Kyle Tresnak (11.2 ppg), and frosh combo G Kyle Senglin (11.6 pgp) might be the league’s best newcomer. Despite some less-than impressive efforts, they’re the team to beat. There are several dangerous scorers among the top contenders, including North Dakota’s Troy Huff (19.4 ppg), Montana’s Kareem Jamar (19.7 ppg), and Eastern Washington’s Tyler Harvey (21.8 ppg), although Harvey’s Eagles are still no sure bet to even make the field of seven. If EWU qualifies, however, it might be pose the biggest challenge to Weber because of the Eagles’ hot recent play. The 2012 & ’13 tourney champs from Montana still has the aforementioned Jamar and a potent backcourt, but Wayne Tinkle‘s Grizzlies are undersized this season and one of the lowest-ranked rebounding teams in the country.
Last year: NCAA-Montana lost vs. Syracuse, 81-34; CIT-Weber State won vs. Cal Poly, 85-43; won vs. Air Force, 78-57; won vs. Oral Roberts, 83-74; won at northern Iowa 59-56; lost vs. East Carolina 77-74; North Dakota lost at Northern Iowa, 77-66.
BIG SOUTH
Schedule:Tourney March 4-9 at HTC Center, Conway, SC (home court of Coastal Carolina Chanticleers).
Top Contenders: High Point, VMI, Coastal Carolina, Radford, Winthrop, Gardner-Webb, UNC-Asheville.
Betting Notes: Absolutely, completely wide-open event with the top seven teams separated by just two games in the league standings. The most consistent of that bunch has probably been High Point, coached by up-and-comer Scott Cherry, a former North Carolina Tar Heel under Dean Smith whose coaching career includes several seasons on Jim Larranaga’s George Mason staff, including the Patriots’ Final Four campaign of 2005-06. The Point made the CIT field last season and owns perhaps the most-dynamic element in the Big South, ACC-caliber 6-7 soph F John Brown (19.6 ppg), who along with onetime Florida and Virginia Tech transfer 6-9 sr. Allan Chaney (15.4 ppg), who overcame a hearty condition that was believed to have ended his career a few years, gives the Panthers the best inside scoring combo in the league. Keep an eye, however, on explosive VMI, the nation’s top scoring team (88.5 ppg) featuring an electric trio composed of Gs frosh QJ Peterson & sr. Rodney Glasgow, plus 6-9 bruiser PF D.J. Covington, giving the Keydets three players scoring better than 18 ppg. Note of caution in this league...remember that low-seeded Liberty, after just 12 wins entering the tourney last season, won the event to steal a Big Dance bid. The winner in Myrtle Beach is very likely to be involved in one of the 16 vs. 16 play-in games at Dayton.
Last year: NCAA-Liberty lost vs. North Carolina A&T, 73-72; NIT-Charleston Southern lost at Southern Miss, 78-71; CIT-High Point lost at UC Irvine, 80-71; Gardner-Webb lost vs. Eastern Kentucky, 69-62.
METRO ATLANTIC
Schedule: Tourney March 6-10 at MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA. The top five seeds gets byes in the first round; games will pit 6 vs. 11, 7 vs. 10, and 8 vs. 9, with winners advancing to quarterfinal round.
Top Contenders: Iona, Manhattan, Quinnipiac, Canisius.
Betting Notes: By virtue of wins in 12 of its last 13 games, Iona enters Springfield in pole position for its third straight MAAC Tourney crown and Big Dance berth. The Gaels are a bit better-balanced than in recent seasons, though still own lots of potency in the backcourt with Gs Sean Armand (17.6 ppg) & A.J. English (17.5 ppg). Iona’s only slump this season came when losing 4 of 5 around New Year’s when 6-7 F Isaiah Williams (10.7 ppg) was unavailable, but the ascent commenced soon upon his return. Steve Masiello’s Manhattan, a bitter loser to the Gaels in last year’s title game and the only team to beat Iona in nearly two months, can’t wait to take another swing at the Gaels now that do-everything G George Beamon (19.6 ppg; injured last season) iis once again in the fold. The Jaspers also own the top defensive force in the MAAC in 6-7 PF Rhamel Brown, one of the nation’s leaders in blocked shots (3.9 pg). Canisius cannot be overlooked, either, with MAAC high scorer G Billy Baron (24.9 ppg; son of HC Jim Baron) capable of shooting the Griffs into any game.
Last year: NCAA-Iona lost vs. Ohio State, 95-70; NIT-Niagara lost at Maryland, 86-70; CIT-Canisius won vs. Elon, 69-53; won in OT at Youngstown State, 84-82; lost vs. Evansville, 84-83; Loyola-Maryland won vs. Boston U, 70-63; won vs. Kent State, 73-59; lost at East Carolina, 70-58; Rider won at Hartford, 63-54 lost at East Carolina, 75-54; Fairfield lost at Kent State, 73-71.
MEAC
Schedule: Tourney March 10-15 at the Scope, Norfolk, VA (not the home court of Norfolk State, which plays its games at Echols Hall); First round pits seed 4 vs. 13, 5 vs. 12, 6 vs. 11, 7 vs. 10, and 8 vs. 9; winners advance to quarterfinals, and so forth.
Top Contenders: NC Central*, Hampton, Norfolk State, Morgan State.
Notes... NC Central is the clear favorite entering Norfolk next week, but Levelle Moton’s high-flying Eagles had better beware, because the top seed has lost three straight years in the quarterfinal round of this event, not even getting close enough for a sniff of the title game. Having said that, most expect NCC to prevail and note that the Eagles are probably the only MEAC rep that would likely bypass one of the 16 vs. 16 play-in games that have often involved loop tourney champs in the past. The Eagles also brought a 15-game SU win streak into Monday’s game vs. Savannah State, and Moton’s team was good enough to beat NC State and play unbeaten Wichita State within 11 in pre-league play. Senior G Jeremy Ingram (20.4 ppg) is one of the most-lethal scoring threats in the league. An interesting darkhorse could be Todd Bozeman’s Morgan State, which dealt with a near-suicidal non-conference slate only to emerge stronger for conference play. The Baltimore-based Bears are led by potent sr. G Justin Black (18.8 ppg).
Last year: NCAA-North Carolina A&T won vs. Liberty, 73-72; lost vs. Louisville, 79-48; NIT-Norfolk State lost at Virginia, 67-56; CIT-Savannah State lost at East Carolina, 66-65.
NORTHEAST
Schedule: Quarterfinals March 5, semis March 8, final March 11, all at home of highest seed.
Top Contenders: Robert Morris, Bryant, Wagner, St. Francis (NY).
Betting Notes: Here we go again with the home team of the Pittsburgh Airport, Robert Morris, which looked to be an NEC also-ran after a difficult pre-league experience and minus three starters from last year’s contender than beat Kentucky in the NIT. But HC Andy Toole has confirmed his candidacy for future openings up the ladder by steering the Colonials to the NEC regular-season crown and homecourt edge in Moon Township for as long as RMU stays alive in this tourney. Senior G Karvel Anderson (19.6 ppg) and all-name F Lucky Jones (13.3 ppg), two holdovers from last season, have fueled the charge. Bob beckel’s alma mater Wagner enters the tourney on the heels of eight straight wins. The Staten Island-based Seahawks play their roles well and are the best rebounding team in the loop, as Fs Mario Moody & Orlando Parker stay put in the paint and remain there for 40 minutes (or as long as they are on the floor). St. Francis (NY) beat Jim Larranaga’s Miami Hurricanes and almost beat Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse in pre-league play.
Last year: NCAA-Long Island lost vs. James Madison, 68-55; NIT-Robert Morris won vs. Kentucky, 59-57; lost at Providence, 77-68.
OHIO VALLEY
Schedule: Tourney March 5-8 at Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN (not the home court of Nashville-based Tennessee State, which plays its games at the Gentry Complex, or Nashville-based Belmont, which plays its games at the Mike Curb Events Center).
Top Contenders: Belmont, Murray State, Eastern Kentucky, Morehead State.
Notes...Belmont has not skipped a beat since moving from the Atlantic Sun last year, winning the OVC bid to the Dance last March and top seed again entering this year’s event, played across town from campus in Nashville at the Municipal Auditorium, an early ’60s creation that looks as if it landed in Music City straight from an episode of The Jetsons. Rick Byrd’s team has been to the Dance six times since 2006 and closed the regular season with six straight wins, with sr. 6-5 swingman J.J. Mann (18.4 ppg) and soph G Craig Bradshaw (15.6 ppg) assuming much greater scoring burdens this season. With four scorers averaging better than 13 points, Murray State has the sort of balance to do well in the bang-bang–bang succession of a tourney format, while Eastern Kentucky has won 46 games the past two seasons, shoots the lights out (49% from floor) and owns maybe the league’s best guard in sr. Glenn Cosey (18.8 ppg & 85.1% from the FT line). Looking for a longshot? Try SE Missouri State, which at 50% from the floor (ranks 4th nationally) shoots even better than EKU and just beat Murray in double OT on Saturday. The Redhawks also have two 19+ ppg scorers in juco F Jarekious Bradley (19.4 ppg) and former Missouri transfer F Tyler Stone (19.l1 ppg). Heady sr. PG Lucas Nutt, son of HC Dickey Nutt, is one of the top assist men in the OVC.
Last year: NCAA-Belmont lost vs. Arizona, 81-64; CIT-Eastern Kentucky won at Gardner-Webb, 69-62; lost at Evansville, 86-72. Tennessee State lost at Evansville, 84-72.
PATRIOT
Tourney March 3-12, all at home of higher seeds. Top four seeds receive byes in first round.
Top Contenders: Boston U, American, Holy Cross, Bucknell.
Betting Notes: Patriot newcomer Boston U, which returned all five starters from last year’s team that competed in the America East and qualified for the CIT, picked a good year to switch leagues as some of the recent Patriot powerhouses are down a bit, which was not unexpected after recent stars such as Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum and Bucknell’s Mike Muscala were drafted into the NBA after last season. The Terriers have been cutting it close lately, however, with five of their last six games decided by single-digit margins, including a home loss vs. CBS head honcho Les Moonves’ alma mater Bucknell, which could be an interesting darkhorse after winning its final six regular-season games as sr. G Cameron Ayers (15.5 ppg) stepped up his scoring production. American U set the pace for much of the season thanks to its superb 49.5% FG shooting (ranks fifth nationally), though the Eagles enter the tourney having lost three of five. Still, they will host games in this event, across the street from where Chris Matthews works (and where Norah O'Donnell used to work) at the NBC News Washington bureau, unless they must face Boston U.
Last year: NCAA-Bucknell lost vs. Butler, 68-56; CBI-Lehigh lost at Wyoming, 67-66.
SOUTHERN
Schedule: Tourney March 8-11 at U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC.
Top Contenders: Davidson*, Chattanooga, Wofford.
Betting Notes: Before bolting for the A-10 next season, Davidson is having last hurrah in the SoCon, streaking to 12 straight wins to run away with the regular-season crown and establish itself as the clear favorite in Asheville. Savvy vet HC Bob McKilliop, who bears a resemblance to the late, great Leslie Nielsen, had to break in three new starters from last year’s Big Dance qualifier, and the Wildcats took their lumps vs. a tough pre-league slate, but they emerged as a force behind a familiar name from past March runs, F De’Mon Brooks (18.4 ppg), plus a Miami-Ohio transfer, G Brian Sullivan, who proved invaluable by contributing 13.5 ppg. Wofford is the only team that played Davidson tough down the stretch, and the upperclass-laden Terriers finally put things together in late January when embarking upon a nine-game winning streak fueled by jr. G Karl Cochran (15.2 ppg). Chattanooga had earlier run off ten wins in a row during a surge that roughly coincided with the return to active duty of soph G Ronrico White (11.2 pgp) from preseason his surgery. Ole Miss transfer and former football er Z Mason is a force on the blocks as well.
Last year: NCAA-Davidson lost vs. Marquette, 59-58; CBI-College of Charleston lost vs. George Mason, 78-77; CIT-Elon lost at Canisius, 69-53.
SOUTHLAND
Schedule: Tourney March 12-15 at Merrell Center, Katy, TX. New members Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word are in the transition period from Division II and will be ineligible for the conference tourney until the 2017-18 season.
Top Contenders: Stephen F. Austin*, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Sam Houston State, Oral Roberts, Northwestern State.
Betting Notes: If this looks a bit familiar to last year regarding SFA, it should, because the ‘Jacks were also heavily favored in this event last march only to get KO’d in Katy and settle for the NIT instead before HC Danny “Cool McCool” Kaspar departed for Texas State in the offseason. But new HC Brad Underwood (who moved from South Carolina, where he assisted Frank “The Bouncer” Martin), plugged in three new starters and SFS has not skipped a beat. Some suggest that if the ‘Jacks met the same fate in the Southland Tourney as a year ago, they still might be on the radar for an NCAA Tourney at-large berth. Could you imagine two Southland entries in the Big Dance? Totally unselfish team led by 6-6 jr. F Jacob Parker, who has almost doubled his scoring output from a year ago to 14.8 ppg. Given a puncher’s chance might be Oral Roberts, with a lethal 1-2 punch in former Utah transfer F Shawn Glover (21.7 ppg) and soph G Korey Billbury (14.9 ppg), a local Tulsa product with a string of four straight 20+ point games.
Last year: NCAA-Northwestern State lost vs. Florida, 79-047; NIT-Stephen F. Austin lost at Stanford, 58-57; CIT-Oral Roberts won at UT-Arlington, 87-76; won vs. UC Irvine, 76-62; lost at Weber State, 83-74.
SWAC
Schedule: Tourney March 11-15 at Toyota Center, Houston, TX. Grambling, Mississippi Valley State, Arkansas Pine Bluff, and Southern U are all ineligible for the NCAA Tourney due to APR scores, but will compete in the conference tourney.
Top Contenders: Alabama State, Texas Southern, Alabama A&M.
Betting Notes: The SWAC received a special exemption from the NCAA to adjust which team earns its automatic berth to the tournament, the NCAA announced Saturday. The SWAC is in a unique situation where four teams are ineligible for the postseason because of poor APR scores but all will still be allowed to compete in the conference tournament at the Toyota Center in Houston March 11-15. If one of the four ineligible teams wins the tournament, then the team among the six eligible teams that advances the furthest in the tournament would receive the NCAA tournament bid. If there is a tie among those six teams then the bid will go to the highest seed among those tied teams. Looks like a 16 vs. 16 play-in game spot for the SWAC, though don’t forget that Southern U came as close as we have seen in years to pulling a 16 vs. 1 upset in the sub-regional last season against Gonzaga.
Last year: NCAA-Southern U lost vs. Gonzaga, 64-58.
SUMMIT
Schedule: Tourney March 8-11 at Sioux Falls Arena, Sioux Falls, SD (not the home court of nearby, Brookings-based South Dakota State, which plays its home games at Frost Arena, or nearby, Vermillion-based South Dakota, which plays its home games at the Dakota Dome). New member Nebraska-Omaha is ineligible in its transition year from Division II. The Summit League was formerly known as Mid-Continent Conference.
Top Contenders: North Dakota State, IPFW, South Dakota State, Denver.
Betting Notes: Wins in seven straight and 12 of 13 have thrust NDSU into the pole position for the upcoming Summit event in Sioux Falls. The Bison have also mostly been steamrollering their Summit foes in this surge fueled by the nation’s most-accurate shooting offense (50.9% from floor!). Hybrid 6-7 point-forward Taylor Braun (18 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 4.0 apg) is a 4-year starter and a matchup nightmare for foes, while another sr., bruising 6'8, 250-lb. PF Marshall Bjorklund (career-best 13.6 ppg), anchors the paint. The best chance to knock off the Bison might be with another hot-shooting team, IPFW, hitting 49.1% from the floor (ranks tenth nationally) with a deep (nine players average ten or more minutes) and well-balanced (eight score between 7-15 ppg) led by 6-5 swingman Luis Jacobo’s 14.9 ppg. The Mastodons and NDSU split a pair of 11-point decisions this season, and worth noting Jacobo more than held his own vs. Braun, narrowly outscoring him (32-30) over the two games.
Last year: NCAA-South Dakota State lost vs. Michigan, 71-56; CIT-Oakland lost at Youngstown State, 99-87.
WAC
Schedule: Tourney March 12-15 at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV. New member Grand Canyon is ineligible in its transition year from Division II.
Top Contenders: Utah Valley State, New Mexico State.
Betting Notes: What is left of the WAC contains only a few familiar names from the recent past (specifically new Mexico State, which has earned two straight Big Dance invitations from the loop). Suddenly, however, there has been some extra Tabasco sauce added to the burgeoning Utah Valley State-NM State rivalry after the melee following last week’s Wolverine OT win in Orem. For what it’s worth, the Aggies have been something of a disappointment this season, failing to dominate the watered-down WAC as most expected despite owning more size than any team in the loop (thanks in part to 7-5 soph Sim Bhullar) and the league’s most exciting player in skywalking 6-4 G Daniel Mullings (16.9 ppg). But NMSU has mostly played to the level of the competition in this league. Vet HC Dick Hunsaker (former Ball State HC; also interim HC at Utah when Rick Majerus took a leave in 2001) has steered this program since its inception as a 4-year entity in 2002, and his son Holton (a four-year starter at G) leads the team in scoring at 13.5 ppg. Though NMSU is more physically imposing than UVSU, Hunsaker is squeezing more out of his material than Aggie counterpart Marvin Menzies.
Last year: NCAA-New Mexico State lost vs. Saint Louis, 64-44; NIT-La Tech won at Florida State, 71-62; lost at Southern Miss, 63-52; Denver won vs. Ohio, 61-57; lost at Maryland, 62-52.
Big Monday Action
March 2, 2014
**Notre Dame at North Carolina**
-- As of early Sunday night, most betting shops had North Carolina (22-7 straight up, 16-13 against the spread) installed as an 11.5-point home favorite. The Tar Heels have won 11 consecutive games and haven't tasted defeat since a Jan. 20 loss at Virginia.
-- Notre Dame (15-15 SU, 8-18-2 ATS) has lost three of its last four games while going 0-4 ATS. The Fighting Irish suffered a gut-wrenching loss at home Saturday. Pittsburgh went into the Joyce Center and captured an 85-81 triumph in overtime as a 3.5-point road 'chalk.' In the losing effort, Pat Connaughton scored a team-best 19 points, while Eric Atkins added 17 points and nine assists.
-- Roy Williams's squad scratched past Va. Tech 60-56 in Blacksburg on Saturday. UNC failed to cover for the second straight time as a 10.5-point road favorite. Nevertheless, the Tar Heels are still 9-2 ATS during their 11-game winning streak. James Michael McAdoo led the way against the Hokies with a team-high 15 points.
-- UNC has won 14 of its 17 home games, posting a 10-7 spread record. The Tar Heels have won seven in a row at home and have taken the cash in their last six home contests.
-- Atkins leads Notre Dame in scoring (13.7 points per game), assists (4.8 APG) and steals (1.3 SPG).
-- Notre Dame has only been a double-digit underdog twice, going 1-1 ATS. However, we will point out the Irish's 4-1 ATS mark when listed as a 'dog of six points or more.
-- The 'over' is 15-12 overall for the Irish.
-- Totals have been an overall wash for UNC (14-14), with the 'over' going 9-7 in its home games. -- When these new ACC adversaries met in South Bend, UNC collected a 73-62 win as a 1.5-point road favorite. The 135 combined points fell 'under' the 145-point total. McAdoo was the catalyst for the Heels, producing 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals. Marcus Paige, who averages team-highs in scoring (17.2 PPG) and assists (4.5 APG), added 16 points and dished out six helpers. Garrick Sherman scored a team-high 17 points for Mike Brey's team.
-- ESPN will have the telecast at 7:00 p.m. Eastern.
**Kansas State at Oklahoma State**
-- Oklahoma State (19-10 SU, 11-13-1 ATS) has its mojo back thanks to the the return of sophomore sensation Marcus Smart, who watched his team go winless during his three-game suspension stemming from an incident with a fan in Lubbock during a loss to Texas Tech. Travis Ford's team ended a seven-game losing streak in Smart's first game back, and it has now won three in row both SU and ATS.
-- How does a team win a game when it gets destroyed on the board by a 41-22 margin? Well, you better have Smart on your squad and you better force 22 turnovers. That was the recipe for success in Oklahoma State's 72-65 win Saturday night over Kansas as a one-point home favorite. Smart finished with 21 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals. Markel Brown also scored 21 points by making all 10 of his attempts from the free-throw line. Le'Bryan Nash added 16 points and four blocked shots.
-- Kansas State (20-9 SU, 16-10-1 ATS) picked up a huge win Saturday night when it knocked off Iowa State by an 80-73 count as a two-point home 'chalk.' Five players scored in double figures, including Thomas Gipson and D.J. Johnson. Gipson had 12 points, eight rebounds and a pair of blocked shots, while D.J. Johnson contributed 12 points and six boards off the bench. In just 16 minutes of playing time, Johnson made all five of his shots from the field. Marcus Foster, one of the nation's top freshmen and K-State's leading scorer (15.1 PPG), added 11 points.
-- As of early Sunday night, most books had Oklahoma State listed as an 8.5-point home favorite.
-- Oklahoma State has a 12-3 SU record and a 7-4 ATS mark at home this season.
-- Bruce Weber's team has won five of its last seven games, compiling a 4-3 spread record. Kansas State has been an underdog 11 times, going 6-5 ATS with four outright victories.
-- Kansas State has won five of the last six head-to-head meetings against Oklahoma State both SU and ATS. When these Big 12 rivals met in Manhattan on Jan. 4, the Wildcats won a 74-71 decision as 5.5-point home underdogs. Foster led the way with 17 points and eight rebounds. Nino Williams added 15 points and Gipson finished with 10 points and 11 boards. Nash had a team-high 20 points in the losing effort.
-- The 'over' is on a 6-2 run in the last eight KSU-OSU encounters.
-- The 'over' is 14-11-1 overall for the Cowboys, 7-4 in their home games. However, the 'under' has cashed at a 4-1 clip in OSU's last five outings.
-- The 'under' is 16-10-1 overall for KSU.
-- Tip-off is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
March 2, 2014
**Notre Dame at North Carolina**
-- As of early Sunday night, most betting shops had North Carolina (22-7 straight up, 16-13 against the spread) installed as an 11.5-point home favorite. The Tar Heels have won 11 consecutive games and haven't tasted defeat since a Jan. 20 loss at Virginia.
-- Notre Dame (15-15 SU, 8-18-2 ATS) has lost three of its last four games while going 0-4 ATS. The Fighting Irish suffered a gut-wrenching loss at home Saturday. Pittsburgh went into the Joyce Center and captured an 85-81 triumph in overtime as a 3.5-point road 'chalk.' In the losing effort, Pat Connaughton scored a team-best 19 points, while Eric Atkins added 17 points and nine assists.
-- Roy Williams's squad scratched past Va. Tech 60-56 in Blacksburg on Saturday. UNC failed to cover for the second straight time as a 10.5-point road favorite. Nevertheless, the Tar Heels are still 9-2 ATS during their 11-game winning streak. James Michael McAdoo led the way against the Hokies with a team-high 15 points.
-- UNC has won 14 of its 17 home games, posting a 10-7 spread record. The Tar Heels have won seven in a row at home and have taken the cash in their last six home contests.
-- Atkins leads Notre Dame in scoring (13.7 points per game), assists (4.8 APG) and steals (1.3 SPG).
-- Notre Dame has only been a double-digit underdog twice, going 1-1 ATS. However, we will point out the Irish's 4-1 ATS mark when listed as a 'dog of six points or more.
-- The 'over' is 15-12 overall for the Irish.
-- Totals have been an overall wash for UNC (14-14), with the 'over' going 9-7 in its home games. -- When these new ACC adversaries met in South Bend, UNC collected a 73-62 win as a 1.5-point road favorite. The 135 combined points fell 'under' the 145-point total. McAdoo was the catalyst for the Heels, producing 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals. Marcus Paige, who averages team-highs in scoring (17.2 PPG) and assists (4.5 APG), added 16 points and dished out six helpers. Garrick Sherman scored a team-high 17 points for Mike Brey's team.
-- ESPN will have the telecast at 7:00 p.m. Eastern.
**Kansas State at Oklahoma State**
-- Oklahoma State (19-10 SU, 11-13-1 ATS) has its mojo back thanks to the the return of sophomore sensation Marcus Smart, who watched his team go winless during his three-game suspension stemming from an incident with a fan in Lubbock during a loss to Texas Tech. Travis Ford's team ended a seven-game losing streak in Smart's first game back, and it has now won three in row both SU and ATS.
-- How does a team win a game when it gets destroyed on the board by a 41-22 margin? Well, you better have Smart on your squad and you better force 22 turnovers. That was the recipe for success in Oklahoma State's 72-65 win Saturday night over Kansas as a one-point home favorite. Smart finished with 21 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals. Markel Brown also scored 21 points by making all 10 of his attempts from the free-throw line. Le'Bryan Nash added 16 points and four blocked shots.
-- Kansas State (20-9 SU, 16-10-1 ATS) picked up a huge win Saturday night when it knocked off Iowa State by an 80-73 count as a two-point home 'chalk.' Five players scored in double figures, including Thomas Gipson and D.J. Johnson. Gipson had 12 points, eight rebounds and a pair of blocked shots, while D.J. Johnson contributed 12 points and six boards off the bench. In just 16 minutes of playing time, Johnson made all five of his shots from the field. Marcus Foster, one of the nation's top freshmen and K-State's leading scorer (15.1 PPG), added 11 points.
-- As of early Sunday night, most books had Oklahoma State listed as an 8.5-point home favorite.
-- Oklahoma State has a 12-3 SU record and a 7-4 ATS mark at home this season.
-- Bruce Weber's team has won five of its last seven games, compiling a 4-3 spread record. Kansas State has been an underdog 11 times, going 6-5 ATS with four outright victories.
-- Kansas State has won five of the last six head-to-head meetings against Oklahoma State both SU and ATS. When these Big 12 rivals met in Manhattan on Jan. 4, the Wildcats won a 74-71 decision as 5.5-point home underdogs. Foster led the way with 17 points and eight rebounds. Nino Williams added 15 points and Gipson finished with 10 points and 11 boards. Nash had a team-high 20 points in the losing effort.
-- The 'over' is on a 6-2 run in the last eight KSU-OSU encounters.
-- The 'over' is 14-11-1 overall for the Cowboys, 7-4 in their home games. However, the 'under' has cashed at a 4-1 clip in OSU's last five outings.
-- The 'under' is 16-10-1 overall for KSU.
-- Tip-off is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
Armadillo: Monday's six-pack
-- If you like baseball, March is your month to watch MLB Network- they have 2-3 games on most every day, some on tape delay.
-- St Louis Cardinals have already sold 2.6M tickets for this season.
-- Cincinnati Reds aren't doing so well selling season tickets, so the owner did what rich people do- he blamed someone else (in this case, the media).
-- Arizona State PG Jahii Carson is heading to the NBA after this season, even though he hasn't had that good a year. Curious decision.
-- Towson State is the #2 seed in CAA tourney; two years ago, they were 1-31, albeit in a much tougher CAA. Pat Skerry has done a terrific job.
-- Yup, the Olympics sure promote world peace. Took Russians less than a week to start trouble over there. What a farce. How did Sarajevo make out after it hosted the '84 Olympics? Not very well.
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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend.......
13) They had an outdoor NHL game at Soldier Field Saturday night and it snowed, which is good; they tried to have one in Vancouver Sunday but it rained, which is bad. Vancouver has a retractable dome, so they closed it and played the outdoor game indoors, in front of 50,000 fans who paid to watch a game played outdoors, in the elememts. Oh well......
12) Eldrick Woods withdrew from the Honda Classic after the 13th hole Sunday, citing back pain as a reason. It is the 7th time Woods has withdrawn from a tournament, the fourth time in last five years.
11) Interesting baseball stat: Giants' 3B Pablo Sandoval swung at 45.5% of the pitches he saw last year that were out of the strike zone. Amazing that he swung at almost half the bad pitches he saw.
10) Giancarlo Stanton saw a strike on only 38.2% of pitches he saw LY, due to Miami being so terrible they don't have any other solid hitters in their lineup- he swung at 30.5% of those bad pitches, down from 37.1% he swung at the year before. Good thing walks count in my fantasy league.
Those stats are from Fangraphs.com, by the way.
9) Ohio State started this season 15-0, averaging 75.7 ppg; since then, they are 7-8, averaging 64.4 ppg. They look like a tired team.
8) Steve Alford is in his 23rd year as a coach already? Yikes.
7) Tulane's 16-14/8-7 mark doesn't look like much, but Ed Conroy had done a good job with the Green Wave, who were decimated by transfers after the school failed to get into the Big East.
Conroy also won at Citadel, going 36-29 his last two years there, which is almost impossible to do; the next SEC job that opens could be his.
6) Joakim Noah leads the Bulls in assists; he could be the first center to lead his team in assists since David Robinson 20 years ago.
5) Bruins beat the Rangers 6-3 in New York last night; interesting that the two head coaches, Claude Julien and Alain Vigneault, were once teammates in the early 80's with the minor league Salt Lake Golden Eagles. Good coaches come from all different kinds of backgrounds, not just ex-star players.
4) Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson is 38-68 in conference tilts in his six years with the Beavers; his predecessor, Jay John, got shown the door after going 28-80 in league games over six years.
Robinson is 7-9 in Pac-12 this year but has a veteran team that should be better; fact of the matter is, he is the President's brother-in-law and won't be fired, but you could make the case that he deserves to be.
3) Jake Peavy got scratched from his Monday start after he cut a finger on his left hand in an accident with a fishing knife. Andrew Cashner did the same thing couple years ago, only the injury turned out to be worse. Luckily for Peavy, he hurt his non-pitching hand.
2) NBA has to stop showing the Knicks on national TV; they're not a good adveertisement for their product.
\1) March Madness starts tonight, with two games in the Patriot League tournament. That makes two full weeks of conference tournament games.
-- If you like baseball, March is your month to watch MLB Network- they have 2-3 games on most every day, some on tape delay.
-- St Louis Cardinals have already sold 2.6M tickets for this season.
-- Cincinnati Reds aren't doing so well selling season tickets, so the owner did what rich people do- he blamed someone else (in this case, the media).
-- Arizona State PG Jahii Carson is heading to the NBA after this season, even though he hasn't had that good a year. Curious decision.
-- Towson State is the #2 seed in CAA tourney; two years ago, they were 1-31, albeit in a much tougher CAA. Pat Skerry has done a terrific job.
-- Yup, the Olympics sure promote world peace. Took Russians less than a week to start trouble over there. What a farce. How did Sarajevo make out after it hosted the '84 Olympics? Not very well.
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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend.......
13) They had an outdoor NHL game at Soldier Field Saturday night and it snowed, which is good; they tried to have one in Vancouver Sunday but it rained, which is bad. Vancouver has a retractable dome, so they closed it and played the outdoor game indoors, in front of 50,000 fans who paid to watch a game played outdoors, in the elememts. Oh well......
12) Eldrick Woods withdrew from the Honda Classic after the 13th hole Sunday, citing back pain as a reason. It is the 7th time Woods has withdrawn from a tournament, the fourth time in last five years.
11) Interesting baseball stat: Giants' 3B Pablo Sandoval swung at 45.5% of the pitches he saw last year that were out of the strike zone. Amazing that he swung at almost half the bad pitches he saw.
10) Giancarlo Stanton saw a strike on only 38.2% of pitches he saw LY, due to Miami being so terrible they don't have any other solid hitters in their lineup- he swung at 30.5% of those bad pitches, down from 37.1% he swung at the year before. Good thing walks count in my fantasy league.
Those stats are from Fangraphs.com, by the way.
9) Ohio State started this season 15-0, averaging 75.7 ppg; since then, they are 7-8, averaging 64.4 ppg. They look like a tired team.
8) Steve Alford is in his 23rd year as a coach already? Yikes.
7) Tulane's 16-14/8-7 mark doesn't look like much, but Ed Conroy had done a good job with the Green Wave, who were decimated by transfers after the school failed to get into the Big East.
Conroy also won at Citadel, going 36-29 his last two years there, which is almost impossible to do; the next SEC job that opens could be his.
6) Joakim Noah leads the Bulls in assists; he could be the first center to lead his team in assists since David Robinson 20 years ago.
5) Bruins beat the Rangers 6-3 in New York last night; interesting that the two head coaches, Claude Julien and Alain Vigneault, were once teammates in the early 80's with the minor league Salt Lake Golden Eagles. Good coaches come from all different kinds of backgrounds, not just ex-star players.
4) Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson is 38-68 in conference tilts in his six years with the Beavers; his predecessor, Jay John, got shown the door after going 28-80 in league games over six years.
Robinson is 7-9 in Pac-12 this year but has a veteran team that should be better; fact of the matter is, he is the President's brother-in-law and won't be fired, but you could make the case that he deserves to be.
3) Jake Peavy got scratched from his Monday start after he cut a finger on his left hand in an accident with a fishing knife. Andrew Cashner did the same thing couple years ago, only the injury turned out to be worse. Luckily for Peavy, he hurt his non-pitching hand.
2) NBA has to stop showing the Knicks on national TV; they're not a good adveertisement for their product.
\1) March Madness starts tonight, with two games in the Patriot League tournament. That makes two full weeks of conference tournament games.
NCAAB
Long Sheet
Monday, March 3
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XAVIER (20 - 9) at SETON HALL (14 - 15) - 3/3/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
XAVIER is 35-21 ATS (+11.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
XAVIER is 35-21 ATS (+11.9 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
XAVIER is 23-11 ATS (+10.9 Units) against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
XAVIER is 21-10 ATS (+10.0 Units) after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
SETON HALL is 9-18 ATS (-10.8 Units) in all home games over the last 2 seasons.
SETON HALL is 9-18 ATS (-10.8 Units) in home lined games over the last 2 seasons.
SETON HALL is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) in home games after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
SETON HALL is 1-0 against the spread versus XAVIER over the last 3 seasons
SETON HALL is 1-0 straight up against XAVIER over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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NOTRE DAME (15 - 15) at N CAROLINA (22 - 7) - 3/3/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NOTRE DAME is 9-18 ATS (-10.8 Units) in all games this season.
NOTRE DAME is 9-18 ATS (-10.8 Units) in all lined games this season.
NOTRE DAME is 5-12 ATS (-8.2 Units) against conference opponents this season.
NOTRE DAME is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) after a conference game this season.
NOTRE DAME is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) off a loss against a conference rival this season.
N CAROLINA is 30-18 ATS (+10.2 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
N CAROLINA is 23-13 ATS (+8.7 Units) after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
N CAROLINA is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in home games off a win against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
N CAROLINA is 69-44 ATS (+20.6 Units) after allowing 60 points or less since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
N CAROLINA is 1-0 against the spread versus NOTRE DAME over the last 3 seasons
N CAROLINA is 1-0 straight up against NOTRE DAME over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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NC STATE (17 - 12) at PITTSBURGH (22 - 7) - 3/3/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NC STATE is 43-26 ATS (+14.4 Units) in road games in March games since 1997.
PITTSBURGH is 3-10 ATS (-8.0 Units) in all home games this season.
PITTSBURGH is 3-10 ATS (-8.0 Units) in home lined games this season.
PITTSBURGH is 1-7 ATS (-6.7 Units) after scoring 80 points or more this season.
PITTSBURGH is 5-14 ATS (-10.4 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 1-0 against the spread versus NC STATE over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 1-0 straight up against NC STATE over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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KANSAS ST (20 - 9) at OKLAHOMA ST (19 - 10) - 3/3/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
KANSAS ST is 14-5 ATS (+8.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
OKLAHOMA ST is 15-27 ATS (-14.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
OKLAHOMA ST is 6-17 ATS (-12.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
KANSAS ST is 5-1 against the spread versus OKLAHOMA ST over the last 3 seasons
KANSAS ST is 5-1 straight up against OKLAHOMA ST over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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MONTANA ST (14 - 14) at MONTANA (15 - 11) - 3/3/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MONTANA is 29-17 ATS (+10.3 Units) off a win against a conference rival over the last 3 seasons.
MONTANA is 3-10 ATS (-8.0 Units) as a favorite this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
MONTANA is 3-2 against the spread versus MONTANA ST over the last 3 seasons
MONTANA is 5-0 straight up against MONTANA ST over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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NAVY (9 - 20) at COLGATE (12 - 17) - 3/3/2014, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.
Head-to-Head Series History
COLGATE is 5-1 straight up against NAVY over the last 3 seasons
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LAFAYETTE (10 - 19) at LOYOLA-MD (11 - 18) - 3/3/2014, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOYOLA-MD is 53-83 ATS (-38.3 Units) in all home games since 1997.
LOYOLA-MD is 53-83 ATS (-38.3 Units) in home lined games since 1997.
LOYOLA-MD is 45-72 ATS (-34.2 Units) in home games against conference opponents since 1997.
LOYOLA-MD is 39-63 ATS (-30.3 Units) in home games after a conference game since 1997.
LOYOLA-MD is 26-43 ATS (-21.3 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1997.
LOYOLA-MD is 10-28 ATS (-20.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record after 15 or more games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
LOYOLA-MD is 1-0 against the spread versus LAFAYETTE over the last 3 seasons
LOYOLA-MD is 1-1 straight up against LAFAYETTE over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Long Sheet
Monday, March 3
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XAVIER (20 - 9) at SETON HALL (14 - 15) - 3/3/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
XAVIER is 35-21 ATS (+11.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
XAVIER is 35-21 ATS (+11.9 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
XAVIER is 23-11 ATS (+10.9 Units) against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
XAVIER is 21-10 ATS (+10.0 Units) after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
SETON HALL is 9-18 ATS (-10.8 Units) in all home games over the last 2 seasons.
SETON HALL is 9-18 ATS (-10.8 Units) in home lined games over the last 2 seasons.
SETON HALL is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) in home games after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
SETON HALL is 1-0 against the spread versus XAVIER over the last 3 seasons
SETON HALL is 1-0 straight up against XAVIER over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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NOTRE DAME (15 - 15) at N CAROLINA (22 - 7) - 3/3/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NOTRE DAME is 9-18 ATS (-10.8 Units) in all games this season.
NOTRE DAME is 9-18 ATS (-10.8 Units) in all lined games this season.
NOTRE DAME is 5-12 ATS (-8.2 Units) against conference opponents this season.
NOTRE DAME is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) after a conference game this season.
NOTRE DAME is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) off a loss against a conference rival this season.
N CAROLINA is 30-18 ATS (+10.2 Units) as a favorite over the last 2 seasons.
N CAROLINA is 23-13 ATS (+8.7 Units) after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
N CAROLINA is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in home games off a win against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
N CAROLINA is 69-44 ATS (+20.6 Units) after allowing 60 points or less since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
N CAROLINA is 1-0 against the spread versus NOTRE DAME over the last 3 seasons
N CAROLINA is 1-0 straight up against NOTRE DAME over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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NC STATE (17 - 12) at PITTSBURGH (22 - 7) - 3/3/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NC STATE is 43-26 ATS (+14.4 Units) in road games in March games since 1997.
PITTSBURGH is 3-10 ATS (-8.0 Units) in all home games this season.
PITTSBURGH is 3-10 ATS (-8.0 Units) in home lined games this season.
PITTSBURGH is 1-7 ATS (-6.7 Units) after scoring 80 points or more this season.
PITTSBURGH is 5-14 ATS (-10.4 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 1-0 against the spread versus NC STATE over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 1-0 straight up against NC STATE over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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KANSAS ST (20 - 9) at OKLAHOMA ST (19 - 10) - 3/3/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
KANSAS ST is 14-5 ATS (+8.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
OKLAHOMA ST is 15-27 ATS (-14.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
OKLAHOMA ST is 6-17 ATS (-12.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
KANSAS ST is 5-1 against the spread versus OKLAHOMA ST over the last 3 seasons
KANSAS ST is 5-1 straight up against OKLAHOMA ST over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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MONTANA ST (14 - 14) at MONTANA (15 - 11) - 3/3/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MONTANA is 29-17 ATS (+10.3 Units) off a win against a conference rival over the last 3 seasons.
MONTANA is 3-10 ATS (-8.0 Units) as a favorite this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
MONTANA is 3-2 against the spread versus MONTANA ST over the last 3 seasons
MONTANA is 5-0 straight up against MONTANA ST over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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NAVY (9 - 20) at COLGATE (12 - 17) - 3/3/2014, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.
Head-to-Head Series History
COLGATE is 5-1 straight up against NAVY over the last 3 seasons
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LAFAYETTE (10 - 19) at LOYOLA-MD (11 - 18) - 3/3/2014, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOYOLA-MD is 53-83 ATS (-38.3 Units) in all home games since 1997.
LOYOLA-MD is 53-83 ATS (-38.3 Units) in home lined games since 1997.
LOYOLA-MD is 45-72 ATS (-34.2 Units) in home games against conference opponents since 1997.
LOYOLA-MD is 39-63 ATS (-30.3 Units) in home games after a conference game since 1997.
LOYOLA-MD is 26-43 ATS (-21.3 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1997.
LOYOLA-MD is 10-28 ATS (-20.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record after 15 or more games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
LOYOLA-MD is 1-0 against the spread versus LAFAYETTE over the last 3 seasons
LOYOLA-MD is 1-1 straight up against LAFAYETTE over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
NCAAB
Armadillo's Write-Up
Monday, March 3
Xavier won five of last seven games after upsetting Creighton Saturday; Musketeers are looking to avenge only Big East home loss here a 68-60 loss to Seton Hall (-8) Feb 1, when Xavier was 2-16 from arc, 16-28 on foul line. Big East home teams are 7-3 vs spread in games where spread was 2 or less points. Xavier lost four of last six road games. Seton Hall lost six of its last seven games, four of last five at home.
North Carolina (-2) won 73-62 at Notre Dame Feb 8, after trailing by 9 early; Tar Heels won last 11 games, last two by total of five points. It is a trap game for UNC, with Duke rematch and ACC tourney coming up in next 10 days. Notre Dame is 1-7 on ACC road, with only win by 4 in Boston; only two of their 11 ACC losses were by more than 11 points. ACC double digit home favorites are 8-12 vs spread.
NC State jumped out to 17-2 over Pitt in ACC opener, got outscored in second half 48-28 and lost 74-62 (+3.5) Jan 4. Panthers are just 4-5 in last nine games, with three of four wins in OT- they've lost four of last five home games SU. Wolfpack lost four of last five games, losing close games to Syracuse/North Carolina; four of their last six losses are by 14+ points. ACC double digit home favorites are 8-12 vs spread.
Oklahoma State is 3-0 since Smart returned from suspension; their subs played only 24:00 in 72-65 win over Kansas Saturday that basically put them in NCAA tourney, but quick turnaround here, vs Kansas St. squad that won five of last seven games and beat Cowboys 74-71 (+5.5) Jan 4, in foulfest where both sides took 35+ FTs. Big X home favorites of 7+ points are 11-14 vs spread. K-State lost five of last six road games.
Montana (-2) won 70-66 at Montana State Feb 3, its 7th win in row vs in-state rival Bobcats. Griz won last three series games here by 14-10-5 points. Montana won seven of last nine games, winning last five home games by 6-5-11-1-24 points. Big Sky home favorites of 9+ points are 7-13 vs spread. State is 3-4 on Big Sky road, with only one of four road losses by more than ten points.
Patriot League tournament
Navy lost 17 of last 21 games after starting season 5-3; they led Patriot league in forcing turnovers, but also foul most. Middies lost four games in row- their last win was 71-61 over Colgate Feb 15- they lost 63-41 in first series meeting in Hamilton. Navy lost 11 of last 12 games on road. Colgate won last three games by 24-17-17 points after starting 3-12 in Patriot play; their last five games were all decided by 8+ points.
Loyola lost six of last seven games, finished 6-12 in first Patriot League season; Greyhounds are 3-10 since beating Lafayette 77-63 at home on Jan 13- they lost rematch 61-44 in Easton nineteen days ago. Loyola is 0-3 in last three home games, losing by 15-2-13 points. Lafayette was on 6-1 run before losing at Colgate/Army to close regular season; Leopards won road games at Bucknell/Holy Cross two of top league's three teams.
Armadillo's Write-Up
Monday, March 3
Xavier won five of last seven games after upsetting Creighton Saturday; Musketeers are looking to avenge only Big East home loss here a 68-60 loss to Seton Hall (-8) Feb 1, when Xavier was 2-16 from arc, 16-28 on foul line. Big East home teams are 7-3 vs spread in games where spread was 2 or less points. Xavier lost four of last six road games. Seton Hall lost six of its last seven games, four of last five at home.
North Carolina (-2) won 73-62 at Notre Dame Feb 8, after trailing by 9 early; Tar Heels won last 11 games, last two by total of five points. It is a trap game for UNC, with Duke rematch and ACC tourney coming up in next 10 days. Notre Dame is 1-7 on ACC road, with only win by 4 in Boston; only two of their 11 ACC losses were by more than 11 points. ACC double digit home favorites are 8-12 vs spread.
NC State jumped out to 17-2 over Pitt in ACC opener, got outscored in second half 48-28 and lost 74-62 (+3.5) Jan 4. Panthers are just 4-5 in last nine games, with three of four wins in OT- they've lost four of last five home games SU. Wolfpack lost four of last five games, losing close games to Syracuse/North Carolina; four of their last six losses are by 14+ points. ACC double digit home favorites are 8-12 vs spread.
Oklahoma State is 3-0 since Smart returned from suspension; their subs played only 24:00 in 72-65 win over Kansas Saturday that basically put them in NCAA tourney, but quick turnaround here, vs Kansas St. squad that won five of last seven games and beat Cowboys 74-71 (+5.5) Jan 4, in foulfest where both sides took 35+ FTs. Big X home favorites of 7+ points are 11-14 vs spread. K-State lost five of last six road games.
Montana (-2) won 70-66 at Montana State Feb 3, its 7th win in row vs in-state rival Bobcats. Griz won last three series games here by 14-10-5 points. Montana won seven of last nine games, winning last five home games by 6-5-11-1-24 points. Big Sky home favorites of 9+ points are 7-13 vs spread. State is 3-4 on Big Sky road, with only one of four road losses by more than ten points.
Patriot League tournament
Navy lost 17 of last 21 games after starting season 5-3; they led Patriot league in forcing turnovers, but also foul most. Middies lost four games in row- their last win was 71-61 over Colgate Feb 15- they lost 63-41 in first series meeting in Hamilton. Navy lost 11 of last 12 games on road. Colgate won last three games by 24-17-17 points after starting 3-12 in Patriot play; their last five games were all decided by 8+ points.
Loyola lost six of last seven games, finished 6-12 in first Patriot League season; Greyhounds are 3-10 since beating Lafayette 77-63 at home on Jan 13- they lost rematch 61-44 in Easton nineteen days ago. Loyola is 0-3 in last three home games, losing by 15-2-13 points. Lafayette was on 6-1 run before losing at Colgate/Army to close regular season; Leopards won road games at Bucknell/Holy Cross two of top league's three teams.
NCAAB
Monday, March 3
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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
NOTRE DAME vs. NORTH CAROLINA
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Notre Dame's last 14 games on the road
Notre Dame is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of North Carolina's last 13 games
North Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
7:00 PM
XAVIER vs. SETON HALL
Xavier is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Xavier's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seton Hall's last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Seton Hall's last 11 games at home
9:00 PM
KANSAS STATE vs. OKLAHOMA STATE
Kansas State is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma State
Kansas State is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma State
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma State's last 5 games when playing Kansas State
Oklahoma State is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Kansas State
9:00 PM
MONTANA STATE vs. MONTANA
Montana State is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montana State's last 7 games on the road
Montana is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Montana State
Montana is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Montana State
9:00 PM
NORTH CAROLINA STATE vs. PITTSBURGH
The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Carolina State's last 6 games on the road
North Carolina State is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
Pittsburgh is 1-7-1 ATS in its last 9 games
Monday, March 3
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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
NOTRE DAME vs. NORTH CAROLINA
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Notre Dame's last 14 games on the road
Notre Dame is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of North Carolina's last 13 games
North Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
7:00 PM
XAVIER vs. SETON HALL
Xavier is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Xavier's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seton Hall's last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Seton Hall's last 11 games at home
9:00 PM
KANSAS STATE vs. OKLAHOMA STATE
Kansas State is 1-10 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma State
Kansas State is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma State
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma State's last 5 games when playing Kansas State
Oklahoma State is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Kansas State
9:00 PM
MONTANA STATE vs. MONTANA
Montana State is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montana State's last 7 games on the road
Montana is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Montana State
Montana is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Montana State
9:00 PM
NORTH CAROLINA STATE vs. PITTSBURGH
The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Carolina State's last 6 games on the road
North Carolina State is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
Pittsburgh is 1-7-1 ATS in its last 9 games
NCAAB
Short Sheet
Monday, March 3
NOTRE DAME: 1-9 ATS off a loss against a conference rival
OKLAHOMA ST: 8-0 ATS after 2 or more consecutive unders
PITTSBURGH: 2-12 ATS after playing 3 consecutive games as favorite
SETON HALL: 2-12 ATS in home games after a game where they failed to cover the spread
XAVIER: 11-2 ATS off a home win
Short Sheet
Monday, March 3
NOTRE DAME: 1-9 ATS off a loss against a conference rival
OKLAHOMA ST: 8-0 ATS after 2 or more consecutive unders
PITTSBURGH: 2-12 ATS after playing 3 consecutive games as favorite
SETON HALL: 2-12 ATS in home games after a game where they failed to cover the spread
XAVIER: 11-2 ATS off a home win
NCAAB
Dunkel
Kansas State at Oklahoma State
The Wildcats face Oklahoma State tonight in Stillwater where they are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games versus the Cowboys. Oklahoma State is the pick (-8 1/2) according to Dunkel, which has the Cowboys favored by 11. Dunkel Pick: Oklahoma State (-8 1/2). Here are all of today's games.
MONDAY, MARCH 3
Game 717-718: Xavier at Seton Hall (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Xavier 67.798; Seton Hall 62.929
Dunkel Line: Xavier by 5; 131
Vegas Line: Xavier by 1 1/2; 137
Dunkel Pick: Xavier (-1 1/2); Under
Game 719-720: Notre Dame at North Carolina (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Notre Dame 59.604; North Carolina 74.487
Dunkel Line: North Carolina by 15; 140
Vegas Line: North Carolina by 11; 144 1/2
Dunkel Pick: North Carolina (-11); Under
Game 721-722: NC State at Pittsburgh (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: NC State 59.114; Pittsburgh 72.110
Dunkel Line: Pittsburgh by 13; 128
Vegas Line: Pittsburgh by 10; 135
Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (-10); Under
Game 723-724: Kansas State at Oklahoma State (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Kansas State 64.556; Oklahoma State 75.781
Dunkel Line: Oklahoma State by 11; 142
Vegas Line: Oklahoma State by 8 1/2; 136
Dunkel Pick: Oklahoma State (-8 1/2); Over
Game 725-726: Montana State at Montana (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Montana State 45.542; Montana 52.352
Dunkel Line: Montana by 7
Vegas Line: Montana by 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Montana State (+9 1/2)
Game 729-730: Savannah State at North Carolina Central (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Savannah State 43.692; North Carolina Central 64.255
Dunkel Line: North Carolina Central by 20 1/2; 122
Vegas Line: North Carolina Central by 14; 126 1/2
Dunkel Pick: North Carolina Central (-14); Under
Game 731-732: Navy at Colgate (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Navy 43.825; Colgate 58.025
Dunkel Line: Colgate by 14
Vegas Line: Colgate by 11
Dunkel Pick: Colgate (-11)
Game 733-734: Lafayette at Loyola-MD (7:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Lafayette 50.174; Loyola-MD 48.877
Dunkel Line: Lafayette by 1 1/2
Vegas Line: Lafayette by 3
Dunkel Pick: Loyola-MD (+3)
Dunkel
Kansas State at Oklahoma State
The Wildcats face Oklahoma State tonight in Stillwater where they are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games versus the Cowboys. Oklahoma State is the pick (-8 1/2) according to Dunkel, which has the Cowboys favored by 11. Dunkel Pick: Oklahoma State (-8 1/2). Here are all of today's games.
MONDAY, MARCH 3
Game 717-718: Xavier at Seton Hall (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Xavier 67.798; Seton Hall 62.929
Dunkel Line: Xavier by 5; 131
Vegas Line: Xavier by 1 1/2; 137
Dunkel Pick: Xavier (-1 1/2); Under
Game 719-720: Notre Dame at North Carolina (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Notre Dame 59.604; North Carolina 74.487
Dunkel Line: North Carolina by 15; 140
Vegas Line: North Carolina by 11; 144 1/2
Dunkel Pick: North Carolina (-11); Under
Game 721-722: NC State at Pittsburgh (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: NC State 59.114; Pittsburgh 72.110
Dunkel Line: Pittsburgh by 13; 128
Vegas Line: Pittsburgh by 10; 135
Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (-10); Under
Game 723-724: Kansas State at Oklahoma State (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Kansas State 64.556; Oklahoma State 75.781
Dunkel Line: Oklahoma State by 11; 142
Vegas Line: Oklahoma State by 8 1/2; 136
Dunkel Pick: Oklahoma State (-8 1/2); Over
Game 725-726: Montana State at Montana (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Montana State 45.542; Montana 52.352
Dunkel Line: Montana by 7
Vegas Line: Montana by 9 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Montana State (+9 1/2)
Game 729-730: Savannah State at North Carolina Central (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Savannah State 43.692; North Carolina Central 64.255
Dunkel Line: North Carolina Central by 20 1/2; 122
Vegas Line: North Carolina Central by 14; 126 1/2
Dunkel Pick: North Carolina Central (-14); Under
Game 731-732: Navy at Colgate (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Navy 43.825; Colgate 58.025
Dunkel Line: Colgate by 14
Vegas Line: Colgate by 11
Dunkel Pick: Colgate (-11)
Game 733-734: Lafayette at Loyola-MD (7:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Lafayette 50.174; Loyola-MD 48.877
Dunkel Line: Lafayette by 1 1/2
Vegas Line: Lafayette by 3
Dunkel Pick: Loyola-MD (+3)
NCAAB
Monday, March 3
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Three NCAAB teams looking to play late-season spoiler
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With one week left in the NCAAB regular season, plenty of teams are still hoping to punch their tournament ticket. There are also many programs not going dancing this March - baring a improbable run in the conference tournament.
Those team outside the NCAA picture can either pack it in or fight to the finish, and the ones that do choose to keep battling love to take on the role of spoiler against conference foes on the tournament bubble.
Here are a few schools that can play spoiled sports this week:
Seton Hall Pirates (14-15, 14-14 ATS)
Opponent: Xavier (Monday)
Seton Hall has been inconsistent this season, even with the thinning of the Big East. But the Pirates do have a 68-60 road win over Xavier and will be looking to finish their season above .500 with two games left on the schedule.
With Xavier riding a huge weekend win over Creighton, that likely earned it a spot in the tournament, this could be a letdown spot for a Musketeers team that had problems stopping Seton Hall during their February loss.
Illinois Fighting Illini (17-12, 12-12-4 ATS)
Opponent: Michigan (Tuesday)
Riding a three-game win streak, including a big win over Michigan State Saturday, the Fighting Illini have improved their tournament resume drastically over the past week. Their big win on the weekend also helped their opponent Michigan move up to a two-game lead in the Big Ten, meaning the Wolverines can clinch the outright conference title with a win on Tuesday.
That will be easier said than done as the Illini look to make it four wins in a row on Senior Night over the Big Ten leaders and continue to build up their tournament chances.
Mississippi Rebels (17-12, 10-12-3 ATS)
Opponent: Arkansas (Wednesday)
After Marshall Henderson picked up a suspension and an arrest during the offseason, Ole Miss looked like it would have no chance at repeating its magical 2013 run. But Ole Miss is still fighting, despite just two wins in its last seven games, going 4-2-1 ATS in that span.
The Rebels are likely out of the NCAA picture unless they can make a serious run in the conference tournament. With a 12-point win over Arkansas under their belts and a chance to ruin the Razorbacks' Senior Night, expect Henderson & Co. to embrace the spoiler role down the stretch.
Monday, March 3
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Three NCAAB teams looking to play late-season spoiler
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With one week left in the NCAAB regular season, plenty of teams are still hoping to punch their tournament ticket. There are also many programs not going dancing this March - baring a improbable run in the conference tournament.
Those team outside the NCAA picture can either pack it in or fight to the finish, and the ones that do choose to keep battling love to take on the role of spoiler against conference foes on the tournament bubble.
Here are a few schools that can play spoiled sports this week:
Seton Hall Pirates (14-15, 14-14 ATS)
Opponent: Xavier (Monday)
Seton Hall has been inconsistent this season, even with the thinning of the Big East. But the Pirates do have a 68-60 road win over Xavier and will be looking to finish their season above .500 with two games left on the schedule.
With Xavier riding a huge weekend win over Creighton, that likely earned it a spot in the tournament, this could be a letdown spot for a Musketeers team that had problems stopping Seton Hall during their February loss.
Illinois Fighting Illini (17-12, 12-12-4 ATS)
Opponent: Michigan (Tuesday)
Riding a three-game win streak, including a big win over Michigan State Saturday, the Fighting Illini have improved their tournament resume drastically over the past week. Their big win on the weekend also helped their opponent Michigan move up to a two-game lead in the Big Ten, meaning the Wolverines can clinch the outright conference title with a win on Tuesday.
That will be easier said than done as the Illini look to make it four wins in a row on Senior Night over the Big Ten leaders and continue to build up their tournament chances.
Mississippi Rebels (17-12, 10-12-3 ATS)
Opponent: Arkansas (Wednesday)
After Marshall Henderson picked up a suspension and an arrest during the offseason, Ole Miss looked like it would have no chance at repeating its magical 2013 run. But Ole Miss is still fighting, despite just two wins in its last seven games, going 4-2-1 ATS in that span.
The Rebels are likely out of the NCAA picture unless they can make a serious run in the conference tournament. With a 12-point win over Arkansas under their belts and a chance to ruin the Razorbacks' Senior Night, expect Henderson & Co. to embrace the spoiler role down the stretch.
Take the money and run: Biggest betting streaks
ATS winning streak
Los Angeles Clippers
Doc Rivers wanted no part of Boston’s rebuilding and has hit the jackpot in Los Angeles, where his Clippers are hitting their stride as they begin the final 25 percent of the schedule. They have four SU wins in a row, four covers in a row and now they have added more scoring punch in former All-Star Danny Granger. Granger should provide extra punch off the bench if the leg injury to key reserve Jamal Crawford lingers. Rivers knows a thing or two about monitoring minutes from his days in Boston, limiting Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to keep them fresh for when the games really count, and the Clips have enough games against losing teams to keep Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan from wearing down.
Next up: Tuesday at Phoenix
ATS losing streak
Saint Louis Billikens
It was bad luck that the Billikens had to travel to VCU right after their stunning loss to Duquense, but the schedule is the schedule. The Dukes were 13.5-point dogs before they came in to Saint Louis and won outright, and the Billikens then had to follow that up with a trip to VCU, which promptly won its 19th straight home game. Now Saint Louis' dream season is on hold and Billikens' bettors have had to swallow six consecutive ATS losses. The Atlantic 10 regular season title is still within sight for Saint Louis (25-4), but time to get things back in order before the A-10 tournament is short, and the loss to Duquesne which ended the Billikens’ 19-game win streak still stings.
Next up: Wednesday vs. Dayton
Over/Under streak
Boston Bruins
The Bruins are rarely associated with lazy hockey, but how else to explain their post-Olympics play? Boston’s three games since the break have produced a mind-numbing 24 goals, hardly what Claude Julien has in mind. The Bruins thrive on defense and tight checking, and after four straight games have gone Over, a 3-2 win is (perhaps temporarily) no longer the norm. There are rumors that goalie Tuukka Rask is not they guy anymore. There is even talk about bringing in a defenseman for the stretch run, but that might go on the back burner if Dougie Hamilton continues his strong play.
Next up: Tuesday vs. Florida
ATS winning streak
Los Angeles Clippers
Doc Rivers wanted no part of Boston’s rebuilding and has hit the jackpot in Los Angeles, where his Clippers are hitting their stride as they begin the final 25 percent of the schedule. They have four SU wins in a row, four covers in a row and now they have added more scoring punch in former All-Star Danny Granger. Granger should provide extra punch off the bench if the leg injury to key reserve Jamal Crawford lingers. Rivers knows a thing or two about monitoring minutes from his days in Boston, limiting Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to keep them fresh for when the games really count, and the Clips have enough games against losing teams to keep Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan from wearing down.
Next up: Tuesday at Phoenix
ATS losing streak
Saint Louis Billikens
It was bad luck that the Billikens had to travel to VCU right after their stunning loss to Duquense, but the schedule is the schedule. The Dukes were 13.5-point dogs before they came in to Saint Louis and won outright, and the Billikens then had to follow that up with a trip to VCU, which promptly won its 19th straight home game. Now Saint Louis' dream season is on hold and Billikens' bettors have had to swallow six consecutive ATS losses. The Atlantic 10 regular season title is still within sight for Saint Louis (25-4), but time to get things back in order before the A-10 tournament is short, and the loss to Duquesne which ended the Billikens’ 19-game win streak still stings.
Next up: Wednesday vs. Dayton
Over/Under streak
Boston Bruins
The Bruins are rarely associated with lazy hockey, but how else to explain their post-Olympics play? Boston’s three games since the break have produced a mind-numbing 24 goals, hardly what Claude Julien has in mind. The Bruins thrive on defense and tight checking, and after four straight games have gone Over, a 3-2 win is (perhaps temporarily) no longer the norm. There are rumors that goalie Tuukka Rask is not they guy anymore. There is even talk about bringing in a defenseman for the stretch run, but that might go on the back burner if Dougie Hamilton continues his strong play.
Next up: Tuesday vs. Florida
MARCH TOTALS:
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Monday, March 3
Game Score Status Pick Amount
Notre Dame - 7:00 PM ET Notre Dame +11.5 500
North Carolina - Over 143 500
Xavier - 7:00 PM ET Seton Hall +1 500
Seton Hall - Under 135.5 500
Savannah State - 7:00 PM ET North Carolina Central -14.5 500
North Carolina Central - Over 126.5 500
Navy - 7:00 PM ET Navy +10 500 *****
Colgate -
Lafayette - 7:30 PM ET Loyola-Maryland +4.5 500
Loyola-Maryland -
N.C. State - 9:00 PM ET N.C. State +11 500 DOUBLE PLAY
Pittsburgh - Over 135.5 500
Kansas St. - 9:00 PM ET Oklahoma St. -9 500
Oklahoma St. - Over 138.5 500
Montana St. - 9:00 PM ET Montana St. +9 500
Montana -
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Monday, March 3
Game Score Status Pick Amount
Notre Dame - 7:00 PM ET Notre Dame +11.5 500
North Carolina - Over 143 500
Xavier - 7:00 PM ET Seton Hall +1 500
Seton Hall - Under 135.5 500
Savannah State - 7:00 PM ET North Carolina Central -14.5 500
North Carolina Central - Over 126.5 500
Navy - 7:00 PM ET Navy +10 500 *****
Colgate -
Lafayette - 7:30 PM ET Loyola-Maryland +4.5 500
Loyola-Maryland -
N.C. State - 9:00 PM ET N.C. State +11 500 DOUBLE PLAY
Pittsburgh - Over 135.5 500
Kansas St. - 9:00 PM ET Oklahoma St. -9 500
Oklahoma St. - Over 138.5 500
Montana St. - 9:00 PM ET Montana St. +9 500
Montana -
Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but.......
13) Big week ahead for Wichita State- they’ll try to win MVC tournament and become first squad since UNLV’s ’91 team to enter the NCAA tourney undefeated.
One note: over last 11 years, Wichita has never won the Valley tournament, going 11-11 in Arch Madness. They got eliminated the last two years by 1-3 points, but with Creighton in the Big East now, Shockers are obviously a very heavy favorite to win this year.
12) Kenpom.com has its five-man all-league team for each conference; their MVC team is Seth Tuttle of Northern Iowa and four guys from Wichita. Now that’s dominating a conference.
11) Reading some NFL Draft stuff; wildly differing opinions on the QBs in this draft. Read where one team had LSU’s Zach Mettenberger as the #1 QB, before he wrecked his knee against Arkansas.
10) Sunday would’ve been Dr Seuss’ 110th birthday, that’s a long time. He put a lot of wisdom in his books, often camouflaged by rhyme.
9) Tampa Bay Bucs’ new uniforms look like one of the teams in Any Given Sunday; haven’t seen the back of the jerseys yet, but it looks as if the numbers might be hard to read for TV announcers. Helmets have a much bigger Bucs logo than usual.
8) FOX’s Saturday afternoon baseball team has Harold Reynolds replacing Tim McCarver, a fairly big upgrade. Joe Buck remains play-by-play guy.
7) Glad the Sacramento Kings finally let Jimmer Fredette go; not sure why they even drafted him, considering they rarely used him. Its not like his game was a big secret; flashy with the ball, not very good without it, especially on defense.
By the way, have you ever heard of Vivek Ranadive? Me either until the other day; he is the new owner of the Kings.
6) Tennessee-Martin and Florida Atlantic fired their basketball coaches this week; Martin is a really hard job- they barely got to .500 in the OVC when they had Lester Hudson and he made it to the NBA.
FAU was victimized by football’s move to C-USA; that’s too big a jump for their hoop program, which wasn’t even good at the Sun Belt level. FAU is in Miami though, so you’d think a sharp guy could at least be competitive.
5) You know the Angels had their B-team going against Arizona Monday when Hank Conger bats third.
4) Ex-Angel Chone Figgins started at his fourth different position for the Dodgers Monday, as he looks to be LA’s super sub. Cuban 2B Alexander Guerrero has been a disappointment so far, a $28M disappointment.
3) Read over the weekend that if the Dodgers put Guerrero on waivers right now, no team would claim him. You had to figure, at some point signing these Cuban players pretty much sight unseen would come back to bite someone. Looks like it was the Dodgers, though they’ve made out really well with Yasiel Puig and $28M is a lot less to them than it is to just about any other team, except one or two.
2) Why teams lose, part 1: 2009 NBA Draft-- Minnesota had #5-6 picks in the first round, took Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn, who play the same position. #7 pick in that draft? Steph Curry. Oy.
1) Why teams lose, part 2: 2009 NBA Draft-- Knicks had the #8 pick- they took Jordan Hill from Arizona. Next two picks were DeMar DeRozan and Brandon Jennings- they're paying for that mistake now.
13) Big week ahead for Wichita State- they’ll try to win MVC tournament and become first squad since UNLV’s ’91 team to enter the NCAA tourney undefeated.
One note: over last 11 years, Wichita has never won the Valley tournament, going 11-11 in Arch Madness. They got eliminated the last two years by 1-3 points, but with Creighton in the Big East now, Shockers are obviously a very heavy favorite to win this year.
12) Kenpom.com has its five-man all-league team for each conference; their MVC team is Seth Tuttle of Northern Iowa and four guys from Wichita. Now that’s dominating a conference.
11) Reading some NFL Draft stuff; wildly differing opinions on the QBs in this draft. Read where one team had LSU’s Zach Mettenberger as the #1 QB, before he wrecked his knee against Arkansas.
10) Sunday would’ve been Dr Seuss’ 110th birthday, that’s a long time. He put a lot of wisdom in his books, often camouflaged by rhyme.
9) Tampa Bay Bucs’ new uniforms look like one of the teams in Any Given Sunday; haven’t seen the back of the jerseys yet, but it looks as if the numbers might be hard to read for TV announcers. Helmets have a much bigger Bucs logo than usual.
8) FOX’s Saturday afternoon baseball team has Harold Reynolds replacing Tim McCarver, a fairly big upgrade. Joe Buck remains play-by-play guy.
7) Glad the Sacramento Kings finally let Jimmer Fredette go; not sure why they even drafted him, considering they rarely used him. Its not like his game was a big secret; flashy with the ball, not very good without it, especially on defense.
By the way, have you ever heard of Vivek Ranadive? Me either until the other day; he is the new owner of the Kings.
6) Tennessee-Martin and Florida Atlantic fired their basketball coaches this week; Martin is a really hard job- they barely got to .500 in the OVC when they had Lester Hudson and he made it to the NBA.
FAU was victimized by football’s move to C-USA; that’s too big a jump for their hoop program, which wasn’t even good at the Sun Belt level. FAU is in Miami though, so you’d think a sharp guy could at least be competitive.
5) You know the Angels had their B-team going against Arizona Monday when Hank Conger bats third.
4) Ex-Angel Chone Figgins started at his fourth different position for the Dodgers Monday, as he looks to be LA’s super sub. Cuban 2B Alexander Guerrero has been a disappointment so far, a $28M disappointment.
3) Read over the weekend that if the Dodgers put Guerrero on waivers right now, no team would claim him. You had to figure, at some point signing these Cuban players pretty much sight unseen would come back to bite someone. Looks like it was the Dodgers, though they’ve made out really well with Yasiel Puig and $28M is a lot less to them than it is to just about any other team, except one or two.
2) Why teams lose, part 1: 2009 NBA Draft-- Minnesota had #5-6 picks in the first round, took Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn, who play the same position. #7 pick in that draft? Steph Curry. Oy.
1) Why teams lose, part 2: 2009 NBA Draft-- Knicks had the #8 pick- they took Jordan Hill from Arizona. Next two picks were DeMar DeRozan and Brandon Jennings- they're paying for that mistake now.
NCAAB
Dunkel
Arizona State at Oregon
The Ducks play host to an Arizona State team that is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 road games. Oregon is the pick (-6) according to Dunkel, which has the Ducks favored by 9 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Oregon (-6). Here are all of today's games.
TUESDAY, MARCH 4
Game 513-514: Central Florida at Temple (6:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Central Florida 54.898; Temple 56.591
Dunkel Line: Temple by 1 1/2
Vegas Line: Temple by 3 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Central Florida (+3 1/2)
Game 515-516: Ball State at Eastern Michigan (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Ball State 44.394; Eastern Michigan 62.230
Dunkel Line: Eastern Michigan by 18
Vegas Line: Eastern Michigan by 14
Dunkel Pick: Eastern Michigan (-14)
Game 517-518: Georgia Tech at Syracuse (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Georgia Tech 59.251; Syracuse 70.852
Dunkel Line: Syracuse by 11 1/2
Vegas Line: Syracuse by 14 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Georgia Tech (+14 1/2)
Game 519-520: Iowa State at Baylor (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Iowa State 70.433; Baylor 69.616
Dunkel Line: Iowa State by 1
Vegas Line: Baylor by 3
Dunkel Pick: Iowa State (+3)
Game 521-522: Michigan at Illinois (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Michigan 73.947; Illinois 67.445
Dunkel Line: Michigan by 6 1/2
Vegas Line: Michigan by 3
Dunkel Pick: Michigan (-3)
Game 523-524: Buffalo at Akron (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Buffalo 57.333; Akron 60.998
Dunkel Line: Akron by 3 1/2
Vegas Line: Akron by 2
Dunkel Pick: Akron (-2)
Game 525-526: Ohio at Bowling Green (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Ohio 52.943; Bowling Green 55.790
Dunkel Line: Bowling Green by 3
Vegas Line: Pick
Dunkel Pick: Bowling Green
Game 527-528: Toledo at Central Michigan (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Toledo 55.473; Central Michigan 45.804
Dunkel Line: Toledo by 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Toledo by 7
Dunkel Pick: Toledo (-7)
Game 529-530: Miami (OH) at Kent State (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Miami (OH) 48.550; Kent State 58.201
Dunkel Line: Kent State by 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Kent State by 6
Dunkel Pick: Kent State (-6)
Game 531-532: Northern Illinois at Western Michigan (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Northern Illinois 53.925; Western Michigan 59.665
Dunkel Line: Western Michigan by 5 1/2
Vegas Line: Western Michigan by 9
Dunkel Pick: Northern Illinois (+9)
Game 533-534: Creighton at Georgetown (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Creighton 70.442; Georgetown 71.581
Dunkel Line: Georgetown by 1
Vegas Line: Creighton by 3 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Georgetown (+3 1/2)
Game 535-536: Florida at South Carolina (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Florida 74.033; South Carolina 59.516
Dunkel Line: Florida by 14 1/2
Vegas Line: Florida by 12
Dunkel Pick: Florida (-12)
Game 537-538: Miami (FL) at Clemson (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Miami (FL) 64.961; Clemson 66.783
Dunkel Line: Clemson by 2
Vegas Line: Clemson by 4 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Miami (FL) (+4 1/2)
Game 539-540: Virginia Tech at Maryland (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Virginia Tech 56.265; Maryland 65.452
Dunkel Line: Maryland by 9
Vegas Line: Maryland by 12
Dunkel Pick: Virginia Tech (+12)
Game 541-542: Georgia State at Arkansas State (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Georgia State 62.539; Arkansas State 57.623
Dunkel Line: Georgia State by 5
Vegas Line: Georgia State by 2
Dunkel Pick: Georgia State (-2)
Game 543-544: South Florida at Houston (8:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: South Florida 53.954; Houston 64.015
Dunkel Line: Houston by 10
Vegas Line: Houston by 6 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Houston (-6 1/2)
Game 545-546: Marquette at Providence (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Marquette 65.235; Providence 64.333
Dunkel Line: Marquette by 1
Vegas Line: Providence by 3 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Marquette (+3 1/2)
Game 547-548: Alabama at Kentucky (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Alabama 61.116; Kentucky 69.644
Dunkel Line: Kentucky by 8 1/2
Vegas Line: Kentucky by 13
Dunkel Pick: Alabama (+13)
Game 549-550: Florida State at Boston College (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Florida State 64.308; Boston College 59.944
Dunkel Line: Florida State by 4 1/2
Vegas Line: Florida State by 2
Dunkel Pick: Florida State (-2)
Game 551-552: Arizona State at Oregon (11:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Arizona State 63.199; Oregon 72.748
Dunkel Line: Oregon by 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Oregon by 6
Dunkel Pick: Oregon (-6)
Game 553-554: Youngstown State at Oakland (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Youngstown State 51.109; Oakland 57.563
Dunkel Line: Oakland by 6 1/2
Vegas Line: Oakland by 4
Dunkel Pick: Oakland (-4)
Game 555-556: Detroit at WI-Milwaukee (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Detroit 50.655; WI-Milwaukee 56.814
Dunkel Line: WI-Milwaukee by 6
Vegas Line: WI-Milwaukee by 2
Dunkel Pick: WI-Milwaukee (-2)
Game 557-558: Illinois-Chicago at Valparaiso (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Illinois-Chicago 50.839; Valparaiso 58.335
Dunkel Line: Valparaiso by 7 1/2
Vegas Line: Valparaiso by 10 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Illinois-Chicago (+10 1/2)
Game 559-560: Northern Colorado at North Dakota (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Northern Colorado 50.387; North Dakota 51.316
Dunkel Line: North Dakota by 1
Vegas Line: North Dakota by 4 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Northern Colorado (+4 1/2)
Game 571-572: Stetson at Florida Gulf Coast (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Stetson 36.975; Florida Gulf Coast 57.850
Dunkel Line: Florida Gulf Coast by 21
Vegas Line: Florida Gulf Coast by 14
Dunkel Pick: Florida Gulf Coast (-14)
Game 573-574: Lipscomb at East Tennessee State (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Lipscomb 48.832; East Tennessee State 52.422
Dunkel Line: East Tennessee State by 3 1/2
Vegas Line: East Tennessee State by 6
Dunkel Pick: Lipscomb (+6)
Game 575-576: North Florida at USC Upstate (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: North Florida 45.375; USC Upstate 57.753
Dunkel Line: USC Upstate by 12 1/2
Vegas Line: USC Upstate by 9
Dunkel Pick: USC Upstate (-9)
Game 577-578: Jacksonville at Mercer (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Jacksonville 44.097; Mercer 61.809
Dunkel Line: Mercer by 17 1/2
Vegas Line: Mercer by 14 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Mercer (-14 1/2)
Dunkel
Arizona State at Oregon
The Ducks play host to an Arizona State team that is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 road games. Oregon is the pick (-6) according to Dunkel, which has the Ducks favored by 9 1/2. Dunkel Pick: Oregon (-6). Here are all of today's games.
TUESDAY, MARCH 4
Game 513-514: Central Florida at Temple (6:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Central Florida 54.898; Temple 56.591
Dunkel Line: Temple by 1 1/2
Vegas Line: Temple by 3 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Central Florida (+3 1/2)
Game 515-516: Ball State at Eastern Michigan (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Ball State 44.394; Eastern Michigan 62.230
Dunkel Line: Eastern Michigan by 18
Vegas Line: Eastern Michigan by 14
Dunkel Pick: Eastern Michigan (-14)
Game 517-518: Georgia Tech at Syracuse (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Georgia Tech 59.251; Syracuse 70.852
Dunkel Line: Syracuse by 11 1/2
Vegas Line: Syracuse by 14 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Georgia Tech (+14 1/2)
Game 519-520: Iowa State at Baylor (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Iowa State 70.433; Baylor 69.616
Dunkel Line: Iowa State by 1
Vegas Line: Baylor by 3
Dunkel Pick: Iowa State (+3)
Game 521-522: Michigan at Illinois (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Michigan 73.947; Illinois 67.445
Dunkel Line: Michigan by 6 1/2
Vegas Line: Michigan by 3
Dunkel Pick: Michigan (-3)
Game 523-524: Buffalo at Akron (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Buffalo 57.333; Akron 60.998
Dunkel Line: Akron by 3 1/2
Vegas Line: Akron by 2
Dunkel Pick: Akron (-2)
Game 525-526: Ohio at Bowling Green (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Ohio 52.943; Bowling Green 55.790
Dunkel Line: Bowling Green by 3
Vegas Line: Pick
Dunkel Pick: Bowling Green
Game 527-528: Toledo at Central Michigan (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Toledo 55.473; Central Michigan 45.804
Dunkel Line: Toledo by 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Toledo by 7
Dunkel Pick: Toledo (-7)
Game 529-530: Miami (OH) at Kent State (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Miami (OH) 48.550; Kent State 58.201
Dunkel Line: Kent State by 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Kent State by 6
Dunkel Pick: Kent State (-6)
Game 531-532: Northern Illinois at Western Michigan (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Northern Illinois 53.925; Western Michigan 59.665
Dunkel Line: Western Michigan by 5 1/2
Vegas Line: Western Michigan by 9
Dunkel Pick: Northern Illinois (+9)
Game 533-534: Creighton at Georgetown (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Creighton 70.442; Georgetown 71.581
Dunkel Line: Georgetown by 1
Vegas Line: Creighton by 3 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Georgetown (+3 1/2)
Game 535-536: Florida at South Carolina (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Florida 74.033; South Carolina 59.516
Dunkel Line: Florida by 14 1/2
Vegas Line: Florida by 12
Dunkel Pick: Florida (-12)
Game 537-538: Miami (FL) at Clemson (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Miami (FL) 64.961; Clemson 66.783
Dunkel Line: Clemson by 2
Vegas Line: Clemson by 4 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Miami (FL) (+4 1/2)
Game 539-540: Virginia Tech at Maryland (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Virginia Tech 56.265; Maryland 65.452
Dunkel Line: Maryland by 9
Vegas Line: Maryland by 12
Dunkel Pick: Virginia Tech (+12)
Game 541-542: Georgia State at Arkansas State (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Georgia State 62.539; Arkansas State 57.623
Dunkel Line: Georgia State by 5
Vegas Line: Georgia State by 2
Dunkel Pick: Georgia State (-2)
Game 543-544: South Florida at Houston (8:30 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: South Florida 53.954; Houston 64.015
Dunkel Line: Houston by 10
Vegas Line: Houston by 6 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Houston (-6 1/2)
Game 545-546: Marquette at Providence (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Marquette 65.235; Providence 64.333
Dunkel Line: Marquette by 1
Vegas Line: Providence by 3 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Marquette (+3 1/2)
Game 547-548: Alabama at Kentucky (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Alabama 61.116; Kentucky 69.644
Dunkel Line: Kentucky by 8 1/2
Vegas Line: Kentucky by 13
Dunkel Pick: Alabama (+13)
Game 549-550: Florida State at Boston College (9:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Florida State 64.308; Boston College 59.944
Dunkel Line: Florida State by 4 1/2
Vegas Line: Florida State by 2
Dunkel Pick: Florida State (-2)
Game 551-552: Arizona State at Oregon (11:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Arizona State 63.199; Oregon 72.748
Dunkel Line: Oregon by 9 1/2
Vegas Line: Oregon by 6
Dunkel Pick: Oregon (-6)
Game 553-554: Youngstown State at Oakland (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Youngstown State 51.109; Oakland 57.563
Dunkel Line: Oakland by 6 1/2
Vegas Line: Oakland by 4
Dunkel Pick: Oakland (-4)
Game 555-556: Detroit at WI-Milwaukee (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Detroit 50.655; WI-Milwaukee 56.814
Dunkel Line: WI-Milwaukee by 6
Vegas Line: WI-Milwaukee by 2
Dunkel Pick: WI-Milwaukee (-2)
Game 557-558: Illinois-Chicago at Valparaiso (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Illinois-Chicago 50.839; Valparaiso 58.335
Dunkel Line: Valparaiso by 7 1/2
Vegas Line: Valparaiso by 10 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Illinois-Chicago (+10 1/2)
Game 559-560: Northern Colorado at North Dakota (8:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Northern Colorado 50.387; North Dakota 51.316
Dunkel Line: North Dakota by 1
Vegas Line: North Dakota by 4 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Northern Colorado (+4 1/2)
Game 571-572: Stetson at Florida Gulf Coast (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Stetson 36.975; Florida Gulf Coast 57.850
Dunkel Line: Florida Gulf Coast by 21
Vegas Line: Florida Gulf Coast by 14
Dunkel Pick: Florida Gulf Coast (-14)
Game 573-574: Lipscomb at East Tennessee State (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Lipscomb 48.832; East Tennessee State 52.422
Dunkel Line: East Tennessee State by 3 1/2
Vegas Line: East Tennessee State by 6
Dunkel Pick: Lipscomb (+6)
Game 575-576: North Florida at USC Upstate (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: North Florida 45.375; USC Upstate 57.753
Dunkel Line: USC Upstate by 12 1/2
Vegas Line: USC Upstate by 9
Dunkel Pick: USC Upstate (-9)
Game 577-578: Jacksonville at Mercer (7:00 p.m. EST)
Dunkel Ratings: Jacksonville 44.097; Mercer 61.809
Dunkel Line: Mercer by 17 1/2
Vegas Line: Mercer by 14 1/2
Dunkel Pick: Mercer (-14 1/2)
NCAAB
Long Sheet
Tuesday, March 4
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UCF (11 - 16) at TEMPLE (7 - 21) - 3/4/2014, 6:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
UCF is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) in all games this season.
UCF is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) in all lined games this season.
UCF is 3-12 ATS (-10.2 Units) against conference opponents this season.
UCF is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) on Tuesday nights over the last 3 seasons.
UCF is 3-11 ATS (-9.1 Units) after a conference game this season.
UCF is 3-11 ATS (-9.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
TEMPLE is 15-5 ATS (+9.5 Units) as a home favorite of 3 points or less or pick since 1997.
TEMPLE is 171-134 ATS (+23.6 Units) against conference opponents since 1997.
TEMPLE is 8-18 ATS (-11.8 Units) in all home games over the last 2 seasons.
TEMPLE is 8-18 ATS (-11.8 Units) in home lined games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
TEMPLE is 1-0 against the spread versus UCF over the last 3 seasons
UCF is 1-0 straight up against TEMPLE over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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BALL ST (5 - 22) at E MICHIGAN (17 - 12) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
E MICHIGAN is 32-19 ATS (+11.1 Units) against conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
E MICHIGAN is 31-18 ATS (+11.2 Units) after a conference game over the last 3 seasons.
E MICHIGAN is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in home games after scoring 60 points or less over the last 3 seasons.
E MICHIGAN is 22-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
E MICHIGAN is 17-7 ATS (+9.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record after 15 or more games over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
E MICHIGAN is 4-1 against the spread versus BALL ST over the last 3 seasons
E MICHIGAN is 4-1 straight up against BALL ST over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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GEORGIA TECH (13 - 16) at SYRACUSE (26 - 3) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
GEORGIA TECH is 13-23 ATS (-12.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.
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IOWA ST (22 - 6) at BAYLOR (19 - 10) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
IOWA ST is 4-11 ATS (-8.1 Units) after a conference game this season.
IOWA ST is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) after allowing 80 points or more this season.
IOWA ST is 191-153 ATS (+22.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
IOWA ST is 4-1 against the spread versus BAYLOR over the last 3 seasons
IOWA ST is 4-1 straight up against BAYLOR over the last 3 seasons
5 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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MICHIGAN (21 - 7) at ILLINOIS (17 - 12) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MICHIGAN is 6-16 ATS (-11.6 Units) in road games off a win against a conference rival over the last 3 seasons.
ILLINOIS is 4-16 ATS (-13.6 Units) as a home underdog of 3 points or less or pick since 1997.
ILLINOIS is 19-34 ATS (-18.4 Units) against conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
ILLINOIS is 19-33 ATS (-17.3 Units) after a conference game over the last 3 seasons.
ILLINOIS is 2-11 ATS (-10.1 Units) in home games after scoring 60 points or less over the last 3 seasons.
ILLINOIS is 2-9 ATS (-7.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
MICHIGAN is 4-0 against the spread versus ILLINOIS over the last 3 seasons
MICHIGAN is 4-0 straight up against ILLINOIS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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BUFFALO (18 - 8) at AKRON (18 - 11) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BUFFALO is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in all games this season.
BUFFALO is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in all lined games this season.
BUFFALO is 13-3 ATS (+9.7 Units) against conference opponents this season.
BUFFALO is 12-4 ATS (+7.6 Units) after a conference game this season.
BUFFALO is 15-5 ATS (+9.5 Units) off a win against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
BUFFALO is 11-3 ATS (+7.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
AKRON is 8-16 ATS (-9.6 Units) in all games this season.
AKRON is 8-16 ATS (-9.6 Units) in all lined games this season.
AKRON is 0-7 ATS (-7.7 Units) after scoring 60 points or less this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
BUFFALO is 5-0 against the spread versus AKRON over the last 3 seasons
BUFFALO is 4-1 straight up against AKRON over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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OHIO U (19 - 10) at BOWLING GREEN (12 - 17) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOWLING GREEN is 20-9 ATS (+10.1 Units) after scoring 60 points or less over the last 3 seasons.
OHIO U is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in road games off a loss against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
BOWLING GREEN is 17-36 ATS (-22.6 Units) in March games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
BOWLING GREEN is 3-2 against the spread versus OHIO U over the last 3 seasons
OHIO U is 3-2 straight up against BOWLING GREEN over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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TOLEDO (24 - 5) at C MICHIGAN (10 - 18) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TOLEDO is 4-11 ATS (-8.1 Units) against conference opponents this season.
C MICHIGAN is 10-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) in all home games over the last 3 seasons.
C MICHIGAN is 10-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) in home lined games over the last 3 seasons.
C MICHIGAN is 3-11 ATS (-9.1 Units) in home games against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
C MICHIGAN is 2-10 ATS (-9.0 Units) in home games after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
C MICHIGAN is 1-8 ATS (-7.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
C MICHIGAN is 3-2 against the spread versus TOLEDO over the last 3 seasons
TOLEDO is 5-1 straight up against C MICHIGAN over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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MIAMI OHIO (11 - 16) at KENT ST (16 - 13) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MIAMI OHIO is 20-35 ATS (-18.5 Units) revenging a home loss vs opponent since 1997.
KENT ST is 32-16 ATS (+14.4 Units) on Tuesday nights since 1997.
MIAMI OHIO is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) in road games off a loss against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
KENT ST is 18-33 ATS (-18.3 Units) as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.
KENT ST is 13-25 ATS (-14.5 Units) in all home games over the last 3 seasons.
KENT ST is 13-25 ATS (-14.5 Units) in home lined games over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
KENT ST is 3-2 against the spread versus MIAMI OHIO over the last 3 seasons
KENT ST is 4-1 straight up against MIAMI OHIO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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N ILLINOIS (13 - 15) at W MICHIGAN (19 - 9) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
N ILLINOIS is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points over the last 3 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 20-8 ATS (+11.2 Units) in road games over the last 2 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 20-8 ATS (+11.2 Units) in road lined games over the last 2 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 13-3 ATS (+9.7 Units) in road games against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in road games after a conference game this season.
N ILLINOIS is 17-7 ATS (+9.3 Units) revenging a home loss vs opponent over the last 3 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) in road games off a loss against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) after scoring 60 points or less over the last 2 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 71-42 ATS (+24.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1997.
N ILLINOIS is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
W MICHIGAN is 3-2 against the spread versus N ILLINOIS over the last 3 seasons
W MICHIGAN is 6-0 straight up against N ILLINOIS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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CREIGHTON (23 - 5) at GEORGETOWN (16 - 12) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
GEORGETOWN is 12-4 ATS (+7.6 Units) in home games after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
GEORGETOWN is 8-0 ATS (+8.0 Units) revenging a road loss vs opponent over the last 2 seasons.
GEORGETOWN is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
GEORGETOWN is 57-86 ATS (-37.6 Units) in home games against conference opponents since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
CREIGHTON is 1-0 against the spread versus GEORGETOWN over the last 3 seasons
CREIGHTON is 1-0 straight up against GEORGETOWN over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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FLORIDA (27 - 2) at S CAROLINA (11 - 18) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
S CAROLINA is 55-78 ATS (-30.8 Units) in home games against conference opponents since 1997.
S CAROLINA is 36-56 ATS (-25.6 Units) in home games revenging a road loss vs opponent since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
S CAROLINA is 2-2 against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
FLORIDA is 4-0 straight up against S CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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MIAMI (15 - 14) at CLEMSON (18 - 10) - 3/4/2014, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MIAMI is 33-21 ATS (+9.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 33-21 ATS (+9.9 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 119-81 ATS (+29.9 Units) as an underdog since 1997.
MIAMI is 104-70 ATS (+27.0 Units) in road games since 1997.
MIAMI is 104-70 ATS (+27.0 Units) in road lined games since 1997.
MIAMI is 22-12 ATS (+8.8 Units) against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 96-59 ATS (+31.1 Units) in road games after a conference game since 1997.
MIAMI is 49-28 ATS (+18.2 Units) in road games off a win against a conference rival since 1997.
MIAMI is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in road games after scoring 80 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
MIAMI is 115-80 ATS (+27.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
CLEMSON is 2-0 against the spread versus MIAMI over the last 3 seasons
MIAMI is 3-0 straight up against CLEMSON over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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VIRGINIA TECH (9 - 19) at MARYLAND (15 - 14) - 3/4/2014, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MARYLAND is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) off a loss against a conference rival over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
MARYLAND is 3-0 against the spread versus VIRGINIA TECH over the last 3 seasons
MARYLAND is 4-0 straight up against VIRGINIA TECH over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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GEORGIA ST (22 - 7) at ARKANSAS ST (17 - 10) - 3/4/2014, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARKANSAS ST is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in home games off a loss against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
GEORGIA ST is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
ARKANSAS ST is 1-0 against the spread versus GEORGIA ST over the last 3 seasons
GEORGIA ST is 1-0 straight up against ARKANSAS ST over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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S FLORIDA (12 - 17) at HOUSTON (15 - 14) - 3/4/2014, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
S FLORIDA is 22-34 ATS (-15.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
S FLORIDA is 22-34 ATS (-15.4 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
HOUSTON is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in home games against conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
HOUSTON is 17-6 ATS (+10.4 Units) in home games on Tuesday nights since 1997.
HOUSTON is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
HOUSTON is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
HOUSTON is 1-0 against the spread versus S FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
HOUSTON is 1-0 straight up against S FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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MARQUETTE (17 - 12) at PROVIDENCE (19 - 10) - 3/4/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MARQUETTE is 4-11 ATS (-8.1 Units) against conference opponents this season.
MARQUETTE is 7-14 ATS (-8.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
PROVIDENCE is 18-9 ATS (+8.1 Units) in all home games over the last 2 seasons.
PROVIDENCE is 18-9 ATS (+8.1 Units) in home lined games over the last 2 seasons.
PROVIDENCE is 12-4 ATS (+7.6 Units) in home games after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
PROVIDENCE is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in home games off a win against a conference rival over the last 3 seasons.
MARQUETTE is 114-73 ATS (+33.7 Units) as an underdog since 1997.
MARQUETTE is 105-72 ATS (+25.8 Units) in road games since 1997.
MARQUETTE is 105-72 ATS (+25.8 Units) in road lined games since 1997.
PROVIDENCE is 37-57 ATS (-25.7 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
MARQUETTE is 3-0 against the spread versus PROVIDENCE over the last 3 seasons
MARQUETTE is 3-0 straight up against PROVIDENCE over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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ALABAMA (12 - 17) at KENTUCKY (21 - 8) - 3/4/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
KENTUCKY is 23-34 ATS (-14.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
KENTUCKY is 23-34 ATS (-14.4 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
KENTUCKY is 12-22 ATS (-12.2 Units) after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
ALABAMA is 2-0 against the spread versus KENTUCKY over the last 3 seasons
KENTUCKY is 1-1 straight up against ALABAMA over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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FLORIDA ST (17 - 11) at BOSTON COLLEGE (8 - 21) - 3/4/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 9-17 ATS (-9.7 Units) in all games this season.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 9-17 ATS (-9.7 Units) in all lined games this season.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in all home games this season.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in home lined games this season.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 1-7 ATS (-6.7 Units) in home games against conference opponents this season.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 0-8 ATS (-8.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON COLLEGE is 2-0 against the spread versus FLORIDA ST over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON COLLEGE is 1-1 straight up against FLORIDA ST over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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ARIZONA ST (21 - 8) at OREGON (20 - 8) - 3/4/2014, 11:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OREGON is 11-3 ATS (+7.7 Units) in March games over the last 3 seasons.
OREGON is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) in home games against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
OREGON is 4-13 ATS (-10.3 Units) in home games after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
OREGON is 2-1 against the spread versus ARIZONA ST over the last 3 seasons
OREGON is 2-1 straight up against ARIZONA ST over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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YOUNGSTOWN ST (15 - 16) at OAKLAND (12 - 19) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
YOUNGSTOWN ST is 11-21 ATS (-12.1 Units) against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
YOUNGSTOWN ST is 21-40 ATS (-23.0 Units) after allowing 80 points or more since 1997.
OAKLAND is 10-18 ATS (-9.8 Units) in all games this season.
OAKLAND is 10-18 ATS (-9.8 Units) in all lined games this season.
OAKLAND is 1-7 ATS (-6.7 Units) in home games against conference opponents this season.
OAKLAND is 1-7 ATS (-6.7 Units) in home games after a conference game this season.
OAKLAND is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) off a win against a conference rival this season.
OAKLAND is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) after scoring 80 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
OAKLAND is 4-15 ATS (-12.5 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1997.
OAKLAND is 2-12 ATS (-11.2 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record after 15 or more games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
YOUNGSTOWN ST is 2-1 against the spread versus OAKLAND over the last 3 seasons
OAKLAND is 2-1 straight up against YOUNGSTOWN ST over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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DETROIT (13 - 18) at WI-MILWAUKEE (17 - 13) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WI-MILWAUKEE is 165-126 ATS (+26.4 Units) against conference opponents since 1997.
WI-MILWAUKEE is 159-124 ATS (+22.6 Units) after a conference game since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
WI-MILWAUKEE is 5-1 against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 4-2 straight up against WI-MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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IL-CHICAGO (6 - 24) at VALPARAISO (17 - 14) - 3/4/2014, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
IL-CHICAGO is 22-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) as a road underdog of 9.5 to 12 points since 1997.
IL-CHICAGO is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in road games this season.
IL-CHICAGO is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in road lined games this season.
IL-CHICAGO is 24-9 ATS (+14.1 Units) in March games since 1997.
IL-CHICAGO is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) in all tournament games over the last 2 seasons.
IL-CHICAGO is 20-8 ATS (+11.2 Units) in conference tournament games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
VALPARAISO is 4-2 against the spread versus IL-CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
VALPARAISO is 6-0 straight up against IL-CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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N COLORADO (16 - 11) at N DAKOTA (14 - 14) - 3/4/2014, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.
Head-to-Head Series History
N COLORADO is 2-1 against the spread versus N DAKOTA over the last 3 seasons
N COLORADO is 2-1 straight up against N DAKOTA over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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STETSON (7 - 23) at FLA GULF COAST (20 - 11) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLA GULF COAST is 10-1 ATS (+8.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 10-1 ATS (+8.9 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) against conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in March games over the last 2 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 8-0 ATS (+8.0 Units) after a conference game over the last 3 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) in all tournament games over the last 2 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in conference tournament games over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
FLA GULF COAST is 1-0 against the spread versus STETSON over the last 3 seasons
FLA GULF COAST is 5-2 straight up against STETSON over the last 3 seasons
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LIPSCOMB (15 - 14) at E TENN ST (17 - 14) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
E TENN ST is 20-8 ATS (+11.2 Units) in March games since 1997.
E TENN ST is 35-16 ATS (+17.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
E TENN ST is 3-3 straight up against LIPSCOMB over the last 3 seasons
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N FLORIDA (16 - 15) at USC UPSTATE (18 - 13) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.
Head-to-Head Series History
USC UPSTATE is 5-1 straight up against N FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
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JACKSONVILLE (12 - 17) at MERCER (23 - 8) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.
Head-to-Head Series History
MERCER is 4-2 straight up against JACKSONVILLE over the last 3 seasons
Long Sheet
Tuesday, March 4
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UCF (11 - 16) at TEMPLE (7 - 21) - 3/4/2014, 6:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
UCF is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) in all games this season.
UCF is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) in all lined games this season.
UCF is 3-12 ATS (-10.2 Units) against conference opponents this season.
UCF is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) on Tuesday nights over the last 3 seasons.
UCF is 3-11 ATS (-9.1 Units) after a conference game this season.
UCF is 3-11 ATS (-9.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
TEMPLE is 15-5 ATS (+9.5 Units) as a home favorite of 3 points or less or pick since 1997.
TEMPLE is 171-134 ATS (+23.6 Units) against conference opponents since 1997.
TEMPLE is 8-18 ATS (-11.8 Units) in all home games over the last 2 seasons.
TEMPLE is 8-18 ATS (-11.8 Units) in home lined games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
TEMPLE is 1-0 against the spread versus UCF over the last 3 seasons
UCF is 1-0 straight up against TEMPLE over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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BALL ST (5 - 22) at E MICHIGAN (17 - 12) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
E MICHIGAN is 32-19 ATS (+11.1 Units) against conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
E MICHIGAN is 31-18 ATS (+11.2 Units) after a conference game over the last 3 seasons.
E MICHIGAN is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in home games after scoring 60 points or less over the last 3 seasons.
E MICHIGAN is 22-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
E MICHIGAN is 17-7 ATS (+9.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record after 15 or more games over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
E MICHIGAN is 4-1 against the spread versus BALL ST over the last 3 seasons
E MICHIGAN is 4-1 straight up against BALL ST over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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GEORGIA TECH (13 - 16) at SYRACUSE (26 - 3) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
GEORGIA TECH is 13-23 ATS (-12.3 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.
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IOWA ST (22 - 6) at BAYLOR (19 - 10) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
IOWA ST is 4-11 ATS (-8.1 Units) after a conference game this season.
IOWA ST is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) after allowing 80 points or more this season.
IOWA ST is 191-153 ATS (+22.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
IOWA ST is 4-1 against the spread versus BAYLOR over the last 3 seasons
IOWA ST is 4-1 straight up against BAYLOR over the last 3 seasons
5 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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MICHIGAN (21 - 7) at ILLINOIS (17 - 12) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MICHIGAN is 6-16 ATS (-11.6 Units) in road games off a win against a conference rival over the last 3 seasons.
ILLINOIS is 4-16 ATS (-13.6 Units) as a home underdog of 3 points or less or pick since 1997.
ILLINOIS is 19-34 ATS (-18.4 Units) against conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
ILLINOIS is 19-33 ATS (-17.3 Units) after a conference game over the last 3 seasons.
ILLINOIS is 2-11 ATS (-10.1 Units) in home games after scoring 60 points or less over the last 3 seasons.
ILLINOIS is 2-9 ATS (-7.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
MICHIGAN is 4-0 against the spread versus ILLINOIS over the last 3 seasons
MICHIGAN is 4-0 straight up against ILLINOIS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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BUFFALO (18 - 8) at AKRON (18 - 11) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BUFFALO is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in all games this season.
BUFFALO is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in all lined games this season.
BUFFALO is 13-3 ATS (+9.7 Units) against conference opponents this season.
BUFFALO is 12-4 ATS (+7.6 Units) after a conference game this season.
BUFFALO is 15-5 ATS (+9.5 Units) off a win against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
BUFFALO is 11-3 ATS (+7.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
AKRON is 8-16 ATS (-9.6 Units) in all games this season.
AKRON is 8-16 ATS (-9.6 Units) in all lined games this season.
AKRON is 0-7 ATS (-7.7 Units) after scoring 60 points or less this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
BUFFALO is 5-0 against the spread versus AKRON over the last 3 seasons
BUFFALO is 4-1 straight up against AKRON over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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OHIO U (19 - 10) at BOWLING GREEN (12 - 17) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOWLING GREEN is 20-9 ATS (+10.1 Units) after scoring 60 points or less over the last 3 seasons.
OHIO U is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in road games off a loss against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
BOWLING GREEN is 17-36 ATS (-22.6 Units) in March games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
BOWLING GREEN is 3-2 against the spread versus OHIO U over the last 3 seasons
OHIO U is 3-2 straight up against BOWLING GREEN over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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TOLEDO (24 - 5) at C MICHIGAN (10 - 18) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TOLEDO is 4-11 ATS (-8.1 Units) against conference opponents this season.
C MICHIGAN is 10-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) in all home games over the last 3 seasons.
C MICHIGAN is 10-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) in home lined games over the last 3 seasons.
C MICHIGAN is 3-11 ATS (-9.1 Units) in home games against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
C MICHIGAN is 2-10 ATS (-9.0 Units) in home games after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
C MICHIGAN is 1-8 ATS (-7.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
C MICHIGAN is 3-2 against the spread versus TOLEDO over the last 3 seasons
TOLEDO is 5-1 straight up against C MICHIGAN over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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MIAMI OHIO (11 - 16) at KENT ST (16 - 13) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MIAMI OHIO is 20-35 ATS (-18.5 Units) revenging a home loss vs opponent since 1997.
KENT ST is 32-16 ATS (+14.4 Units) on Tuesday nights since 1997.
MIAMI OHIO is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) in road games off a loss against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
KENT ST is 18-33 ATS (-18.3 Units) as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.
KENT ST is 13-25 ATS (-14.5 Units) in all home games over the last 3 seasons.
KENT ST is 13-25 ATS (-14.5 Units) in home lined games over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
KENT ST is 3-2 against the spread versus MIAMI OHIO over the last 3 seasons
KENT ST is 4-1 straight up against MIAMI OHIO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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N ILLINOIS (13 - 15) at W MICHIGAN (19 - 9) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
N ILLINOIS is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) as a road underdog of 6.5 to 9 points over the last 3 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 20-8 ATS (+11.2 Units) in road games over the last 2 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 20-8 ATS (+11.2 Units) in road lined games over the last 2 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 13-3 ATS (+9.7 Units) in road games against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in road games after a conference game this season.
N ILLINOIS is 17-7 ATS (+9.3 Units) revenging a home loss vs opponent over the last 3 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) in road games off a loss against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) after scoring 60 points or less over the last 2 seasons.
N ILLINOIS is 71-42 ATS (+24.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1997.
N ILLINOIS is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
W MICHIGAN is 3-2 against the spread versus N ILLINOIS over the last 3 seasons
W MICHIGAN is 6-0 straight up against N ILLINOIS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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CREIGHTON (23 - 5) at GEORGETOWN (16 - 12) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
GEORGETOWN is 12-4 ATS (+7.6 Units) in home games after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
GEORGETOWN is 8-0 ATS (+8.0 Units) revenging a road loss vs opponent over the last 2 seasons.
GEORGETOWN is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
GEORGETOWN is 57-86 ATS (-37.6 Units) in home games against conference opponents since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
CREIGHTON is 1-0 against the spread versus GEORGETOWN over the last 3 seasons
CREIGHTON is 1-0 straight up against GEORGETOWN over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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FLORIDA (27 - 2) at S CAROLINA (11 - 18) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
S CAROLINA is 55-78 ATS (-30.8 Units) in home games against conference opponents since 1997.
S CAROLINA is 36-56 ATS (-25.6 Units) in home games revenging a road loss vs opponent since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
S CAROLINA is 2-2 against the spread versus FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
FLORIDA is 4-0 straight up against S CAROLINA over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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MIAMI (15 - 14) at CLEMSON (18 - 10) - 3/4/2014, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MIAMI is 33-21 ATS (+9.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 33-21 ATS (+9.9 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 119-81 ATS (+29.9 Units) as an underdog since 1997.
MIAMI is 104-70 ATS (+27.0 Units) in road games since 1997.
MIAMI is 104-70 ATS (+27.0 Units) in road lined games since 1997.
MIAMI is 22-12 ATS (+8.8 Units) against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 96-59 ATS (+31.1 Units) in road games after a conference game since 1997.
MIAMI is 49-28 ATS (+18.2 Units) in road games off a win against a conference rival since 1997.
MIAMI is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in road games after scoring 80 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
MIAMI is 115-80 ATS (+27.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
CLEMSON is 2-0 against the spread versus MIAMI over the last 3 seasons
MIAMI is 3-0 straight up against CLEMSON over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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VIRGINIA TECH (9 - 19) at MARYLAND (15 - 14) - 3/4/2014, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MARYLAND is 19-9 ATS (+9.1 Units) off a loss against a conference rival over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
MARYLAND is 3-0 against the spread versus VIRGINIA TECH over the last 3 seasons
MARYLAND is 4-0 straight up against VIRGINIA TECH over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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GEORGIA ST (22 - 7) at ARKANSAS ST (17 - 10) - 3/4/2014, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARKANSAS ST is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in home games off a loss against a conference rival over the last 2 seasons.
GEORGIA ST is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
ARKANSAS ST is 1-0 against the spread versus GEORGIA ST over the last 3 seasons
GEORGIA ST is 1-0 straight up against ARKANSAS ST over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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S FLORIDA (12 - 17) at HOUSTON (15 - 14) - 3/4/2014, 8:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
S FLORIDA is 22-34 ATS (-15.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
S FLORIDA is 22-34 ATS (-15.4 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
HOUSTON is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in home games against conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
HOUSTON is 17-6 ATS (+10.4 Units) in home games on Tuesday nights since 1997.
HOUSTON is 8-1 ATS (+6.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
HOUSTON is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record after 15 or more games over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
HOUSTON is 1-0 against the spread versus S FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
HOUSTON is 1-0 straight up against S FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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MARQUETTE (17 - 12) at PROVIDENCE (19 - 10) - 3/4/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MARQUETTE is 4-11 ATS (-8.1 Units) against conference opponents this season.
MARQUETTE is 7-14 ATS (-8.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
PROVIDENCE is 18-9 ATS (+8.1 Units) in all home games over the last 2 seasons.
PROVIDENCE is 18-9 ATS (+8.1 Units) in home lined games over the last 2 seasons.
PROVIDENCE is 12-4 ATS (+7.6 Units) in home games after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
PROVIDENCE is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in home games off a win against a conference rival over the last 3 seasons.
MARQUETTE is 114-73 ATS (+33.7 Units) as an underdog since 1997.
MARQUETTE is 105-72 ATS (+25.8 Units) in road games since 1997.
MARQUETTE is 105-72 ATS (+25.8 Units) in road lined games since 1997.
PROVIDENCE is 37-57 ATS (-25.7 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
MARQUETTE is 3-0 against the spread versus PROVIDENCE over the last 3 seasons
MARQUETTE is 3-0 straight up against PROVIDENCE over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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ALABAMA (12 - 17) at KENTUCKY (21 - 8) - 3/4/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
KENTUCKY is 23-34 ATS (-14.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
KENTUCKY is 23-34 ATS (-14.4 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
KENTUCKY is 12-22 ATS (-12.2 Units) after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
ALABAMA is 2-0 against the spread versus KENTUCKY over the last 3 seasons
KENTUCKY is 1-1 straight up against ALABAMA over the last 3 seasons
1 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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FLORIDA ST (17 - 11) at BOSTON COLLEGE (8 - 21) - 3/4/2014, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 9-17 ATS (-9.7 Units) in all games this season.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 9-17 ATS (-9.7 Units) in all lined games this season.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in all home games this season.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in home lined games this season.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 1-7 ATS (-6.7 Units) in home games against conference opponents this season.
BOSTON COLLEGE is 0-8 ATS (-8.8 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON COLLEGE is 2-0 against the spread versus FLORIDA ST over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON COLLEGE is 1-1 straight up against FLORIDA ST over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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ARIZONA ST (21 - 8) at OREGON (20 - 8) - 3/4/2014, 11:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OREGON is 11-3 ATS (+7.7 Units) in March games over the last 3 seasons.
OREGON is 4-12 ATS (-9.2 Units) in home games against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
OREGON is 4-13 ATS (-10.3 Units) in home games after a conference game over the last 2 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
OREGON is 2-1 against the spread versus ARIZONA ST over the last 3 seasons
OREGON is 2-1 straight up against ARIZONA ST over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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YOUNGSTOWN ST (15 - 16) at OAKLAND (12 - 19) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
YOUNGSTOWN ST is 11-21 ATS (-12.1 Units) against conference opponents over the last 2 seasons.
YOUNGSTOWN ST is 21-40 ATS (-23.0 Units) after allowing 80 points or more since 1997.
OAKLAND is 10-18 ATS (-9.8 Units) in all games this season.
OAKLAND is 10-18 ATS (-9.8 Units) in all lined games this season.
OAKLAND is 1-7 ATS (-6.7 Units) in home games against conference opponents this season.
OAKLAND is 1-7 ATS (-6.7 Units) in home games after a conference game this season.
OAKLAND is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) off a win against a conference rival this season.
OAKLAND is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) after scoring 80 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
OAKLAND is 4-15 ATS (-12.5 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record since 1997.
OAKLAND is 2-12 ATS (-11.2 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record after 15 or more games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
YOUNGSTOWN ST is 2-1 against the spread versus OAKLAND over the last 3 seasons
OAKLAND is 2-1 straight up against YOUNGSTOWN ST over the last 3 seasons
3 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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DETROIT (13 - 18) at WI-MILWAUKEE (17 - 13) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WI-MILWAUKEE is 165-126 ATS (+26.4 Units) against conference opponents since 1997.
WI-MILWAUKEE is 159-124 ATS (+22.6 Units) after a conference game since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
WI-MILWAUKEE is 5-1 against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 4-2 straight up against WI-MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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IL-CHICAGO (6 - 24) at VALPARAISO (17 - 14) - 3/4/2014, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
IL-CHICAGO is 22-10 ATS (+11.0 Units) as a road underdog of 9.5 to 12 points since 1997.
IL-CHICAGO is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in road games this season.
IL-CHICAGO is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) in road lined games this season.
IL-CHICAGO is 24-9 ATS (+14.1 Units) in March games since 1997.
IL-CHICAGO is 9-1 ATS (+7.9 Units) in all tournament games over the last 2 seasons.
IL-CHICAGO is 20-8 ATS (+11.2 Units) in conference tournament games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
VALPARAISO is 4-2 against the spread versus IL-CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
VALPARAISO is 6-0 straight up against IL-CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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N COLORADO (16 - 11) at N DAKOTA (14 - 14) - 3/4/2014, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.
Head-to-Head Series History
N COLORADO is 2-1 against the spread versus N DAKOTA over the last 3 seasons
N COLORADO is 2-1 straight up against N DAKOTA over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
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STETSON (7 - 23) at FLA GULF COAST (20 - 11) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
FLA GULF COAST is 10-1 ATS (+8.9 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 10-1 ATS (+8.9 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) against conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in March games over the last 2 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 8-0 ATS (+8.0 Units) after a conference game over the last 3 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 7-0 ATS (+7.0 Units) in all tournament games over the last 2 seasons.
FLA GULF COAST is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in conference tournament games over the last 3 seasons.
Head-to-Head Series History
FLA GULF COAST is 1-0 against the spread versus STETSON over the last 3 seasons
FLA GULF COAST is 5-2 straight up against STETSON over the last 3 seasons
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LIPSCOMB (15 - 14) at E TENN ST (17 - 14) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
E TENN ST is 20-8 ATS (+11.2 Units) in March games since 1997.
E TENN ST is 35-16 ATS (+17.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record after 15 or more games since 1997.
Head-to-Head Series History
E TENN ST is 3-3 straight up against LIPSCOMB over the last 3 seasons
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N FLORIDA (16 - 15) at USC UPSTATE (18 - 13) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.
Head-to-Head Series History
USC UPSTATE is 5-1 straight up against N FLORIDA over the last 3 seasons
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JACKSONVILLE (12 - 17) at MERCER (23 - 8) - 3/4/2014, 7:00 PM
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MERCER is 4-2 straight up against JACKSONVILLE over the last 3 seasons
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Armadillo's Write-Up
Tuesday, March 4
Iowa State (-7) beat Baylor 87-72 Jan 7, shooting 65% inside arc; they won last four games with Baylor, winning 87-82 in last trip here, but the home side is 12-1 in last 13 series games. Big X home favorites of 3 or less points are 2-4 vs spread. Cyclones are 1-1 when a road dog. Baylor won five of last six games; this is more importanr game for them; Bears won their last three home games, but two of them were in overtime.
Michigan won its last five games with Illinois, winning by 11-14 points in last two visits here. Wolverines won last three games, are 0-3 as road favorites- underdogs covered eight of their nine road games. Illini won its last three games after starting 3-10 in league play; they're 0-4 as home underdogs, with all five home losses by 7+ points. Big Dozen home underdogs of 4 or less points are 7-6 against the spread.
Home team won eight of last nine Buffalo-Akron games; Bulls lost three of last four visits here, but beat Zips 96-90 (-5) Feb 19, in game where both teams scored 1.36+ ppp, maybe worst defensive game in country all year. MAC home teams are 18-13 vs spread if number was 3 or less points. Buffalo won four in row, seven of last eight games; they've won last four road games. Akron lost three of last four games, covered once in their last nine games.
Creighton (-11) beat Georgetown 76-63 at home Jan 25, despite Hoyas holding McDermott to 14 points. Bluejays split last six road games (2-4 vs spread); they struggled in last two games, losing at Xavier after close home win over Seton Hall. Big East home underdogs of 4 or less points are 7-5 vs spread. Hoyas won last three home games, are 2-4-1 as a dog; their home losses are to Seton Hall (10), Marquette (8), Villanova (5).
Florida made 21-26 (80.8%) inside arc in 74-58 (-16.5) win Jan 8 in SEC opener over South Carolina; Gators are 14-0 in SEC, have rivalry game with Kentucky coming up- trap game here vs South Carolina team that upset Kentucky Saturday, is 4-4 at home in SEC (2-0-1 as home dogs). Florida won last two visits to Columbia by 19-14 points. Florida is 3-4 as a road favorite. SEC home underdogs of 9+ points are 4-0 vs spread.
Miami won its last three games with Clemson by 3-2-13 points; they've lost four of last five visits here, are 5-1 as ACC road underdogs, losing only one road game by more than 7 points. ACC home favorites of 5 or less points are 8-17 vs spread. Both teams won three of last four games; Clemson is 3-2 as home favorite after beating Maryland in double OT on Sunday. Miami covered six of its last nine games overall.
Georgia State (-9.5) nipped Arkansas State 73-72 at home Jan 16- they led by 10 at half, then trailed by 7 with 4:10 left as ASU made 11-28 3's. Sun Belt home teams are 13-18 vs spread in games with spread of 3 or less points. GSU won 19 of last 20 games, has 4-game lead in Sun Belt; they're 6-1 as road favorites, winning last last two road games by 28-11 points. Arkansas State won last five home games, is 2-1-1 as a dog.
Marquette (-4.5) beat Providence Jan 30, its 10th win in row vs Friars; Eagles led 31-14 at half in brickfest where teams were 5-30 on arc. Big East home favorites of 5 or less points are 11-8 vs spread. Marquette is 5-1 in last six games overall, 2-3 as road underdogs- they won three of last four on road, after losing first three. Providence won five of its last seven at home, covered three of last four as a home favorite.
Home side won eight of last nine Florida State-Boston College games, as Seminoles lost last four visits here, by 8-3-5-4 points. FSU is playing on short rest in cold climate, has Syracuse coming to Tallahassee Saturday, so trap game here. ACC home underdogs of 4 or less points are 4-12 vs spread. BC lost seven of last nine games, six of seven at home, but they did win at Syracuse. Seminoles are 4-4 on road, 2-1 as road favorites.
Arizona State (-3) beat Oregon 74-72 at home Feb 8, blocking layup at buzzer to preserve game they led by 20 at half. ASU lost last two trips to Eugene, by 9-3 points; they're 1-5 as road underdogs, with four of its five road losses by 9+ points. Pac-12 home favorites of 7 or less points are 13-11 vs spread. Oregon is squarely on bubble; they've won five in row after sweeping LA trip. Ducks are 1-6 though as home favorites.
Horizon tournament
Oakland swept Youngstown this year, 86-85 (-3.5) at home, then 87-81 (+4) on road three days ago; Grizzlies were 20-49 from the ard in those games, 10-22 Saturday. Horizon home teams are 6-17 vs spread in games where spread was 3 or less points. Penguins lost seven of their last nine games, losing last three by total of nine points- three of their last seven games went OT. Oakland is 0-7 vs spread in its last seven home games.
Road team won both Detroit-Milwaukee games this year; Panthers won 68-62 (+6.5) in Motor City five nights ago, after losing 73-54 (-3.5) at home to Titans Jan 24. Detroit lost last three games overall, but covered last six on road. Horizon home favorites of 4 or less points are 4-16 vs spread. Milwaukee's win Thursday snapped a four-game losing streak. Detroit is 0-3 in first round games if under .500 in conference.
Valparaiso swept Ill-Chicago this year, 87-72 (-11.5) at home Jan 2, and 70-46 (-4.5) on road Feb 1; they've now won ten games in row vs UIC, but Crusaders lost three of their last four games overall. UIC is terrible but they're 6-2 vs spread as road underdog, getting only Horizon win in last road game. Horizon home favorites of 9+ points are 8-6 vs spread. UIC lost five of last six first round conference tournament games.
Armadillo's Write-Up
Tuesday, March 4
Iowa State (-7) beat Baylor 87-72 Jan 7, shooting 65% inside arc; they won last four games with Baylor, winning 87-82 in last trip here, but the home side is 12-1 in last 13 series games. Big X home favorites of 3 or less points are 2-4 vs spread. Cyclones are 1-1 when a road dog. Baylor won five of last six games; this is more importanr game for them; Bears won their last three home games, but two of them were in overtime.
Michigan won its last five games with Illinois, winning by 11-14 points in last two visits here. Wolverines won last three games, are 0-3 as road favorites- underdogs covered eight of their nine road games. Illini won its last three games after starting 3-10 in league play; they're 0-4 as home underdogs, with all five home losses by 7+ points. Big Dozen home underdogs of 4 or less points are 7-6 against the spread.
Home team won eight of last nine Buffalo-Akron games; Bulls lost three of last four visits here, but beat Zips 96-90 (-5) Feb 19, in game where both teams scored 1.36+ ppp, maybe worst defensive game in country all year. MAC home teams are 18-13 vs spread if number was 3 or less points. Buffalo won four in row, seven of last eight games; they've won last four road games. Akron lost three of last four games, covered once in their last nine games.
Creighton (-11) beat Georgetown 76-63 at home Jan 25, despite Hoyas holding McDermott to 14 points. Bluejays split last six road games (2-4 vs spread); they struggled in last two games, losing at Xavier after close home win over Seton Hall. Big East home underdogs of 4 or less points are 7-5 vs spread. Hoyas won last three home games, are 2-4-1 as a dog; their home losses are to Seton Hall (10), Marquette (8), Villanova (5).
Florida made 21-26 (80.8%) inside arc in 74-58 (-16.5) win Jan 8 in SEC opener over South Carolina; Gators are 14-0 in SEC, have rivalry game with Kentucky coming up- trap game here vs South Carolina team that upset Kentucky Saturday, is 4-4 at home in SEC (2-0-1 as home dogs). Florida won last two visits to Columbia by 19-14 points. Florida is 3-4 as a road favorite. SEC home underdogs of 9+ points are 4-0 vs spread.
Miami won its last three games with Clemson by 3-2-13 points; they've lost four of last five visits here, are 5-1 as ACC road underdogs, losing only one road game by more than 7 points. ACC home favorites of 5 or less points are 8-17 vs spread. Both teams won three of last four games; Clemson is 3-2 as home favorite after beating Maryland in double OT on Sunday. Miami covered six of its last nine games overall.
Georgia State (-9.5) nipped Arkansas State 73-72 at home Jan 16- they led by 10 at half, then trailed by 7 with 4:10 left as ASU made 11-28 3's. Sun Belt home teams are 13-18 vs spread in games with spread of 3 or less points. GSU won 19 of last 20 games, has 4-game lead in Sun Belt; they're 6-1 as road favorites, winning last last two road games by 28-11 points. Arkansas State won last five home games, is 2-1-1 as a dog.
Marquette (-4.5) beat Providence Jan 30, its 10th win in row vs Friars; Eagles led 31-14 at half in brickfest where teams were 5-30 on arc. Big East home favorites of 5 or less points are 11-8 vs spread. Marquette is 5-1 in last six games overall, 2-3 as road underdogs- they won three of last four on road, after losing first three. Providence won five of its last seven at home, covered three of last four as a home favorite.
Home side won eight of last nine Florida State-Boston College games, as Seminoles lost last four visits here, by 8-3-5-4 points. FSU is playing on short rest in cold climate, has Syracuse coming to Tallahassee Saturday, so trap game here. ACC home underdogs of 4 or less points are 4-12 vs spread. BC lost seven of last nine games, six of seven at home, but they did win at Syracuse. Seminoles are 4-4 on road, 2-1 as road favorites.
Arizona State (-3) beat Oregon 74-72 at home Feb 8, blocking layup at buzzer to preserve game they led by 20 at half. ASU lost last two trips to Eugene, by 9-3 points; they're 1-5 as road underdogs, with four of its five road losses by 9+ points. Pac-12 home favorites of 7 or less points are 13-11 vs spread. Oregon is squarely on bubble; they've won five in row after sweeping LA trip. Ducks are 1-6 though as home favorites.
Horizon tournament
Oakland swept Youngstown this year, 86-85 (-3.5) at home, then 87-81 (+4) on road three days ago; Grizzlies were 20-49 from the ard in those games, 10-22 Saturday. Horizon home teams are 6-17 vs spread in games where spread was 3 or less points. Penguins lost seven of their last nine games, losing last three by total of nine points- three of their last seven games went OT. Oakland is 0-7 vs spread in its last seven home games.
Road team won both Detroit-Milwaukee games this year; Panthers won 68-62 (+6.5) in Motor City five nights ago, after losing 73-54 (-3.5) at home to Titans Jan 24. Detroit lost last three games overall, but covered last six on road. Horizon home favorites of 4 or less points are 4-16 vs spread. Milwaukee's win Thursday snapped a four-game losing streak. Detroit is 0-3 in first round games if under .500 in conference.
Valparaiso swept Ill-Chicago this year, 87-72 (-11.5) at home Jan 2, and 70-46 (-4.5) on road Feb 1; they've now won ten games in row vs UIC, but Crusaders lost three of their last four games overall. UIC is terrible but they're 6-2 vs spread as road underdog, getting only Horizon win in last road game. Horizon home favorites of 9+ points are 8-6 vs spread. UIC lost five of last six first round conference tournament games.
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Tuesday, March 4
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6:30 PM
CENTRAL FLORIDA vs. TEMPLE
Central Florida is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Central Florida's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Temple's last 12 games
Temple is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
BALL STATE vs. EASTERN MICHIGAN
Ball State is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Eastern Michigan
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ball State's last 6 games when playing on the road against Eastern Michigan
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Eastern Michigan's last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Eastern Michigan's last 6 games at home
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
CREIGHTON vs. GEORGETOWN
Creighton is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Creighton's last 22 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Georgetown's last 6 games
Georgetown is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
MICHIGAN vs. ILLINOIS
Michigan is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Michigan's last 7 games on the road
Illinois is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games when playing at home against Michigan
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Illinois's last 5 games when playing at home against Michigan
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
DETROIT vs. WISC-MILWAUKEE
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing on the road against Wisc-Milwaukee
Detroit is 5-12 ATS in its last 17 games when playing on the road against Wisc-Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Wisc-Milwaukee's last 6 games at home
Wisc-Milwaukee is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
FLORIDA vs. SOUTH CAROLINA
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games on the road
Florida is 2-4-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of South Carolina's last 6 games when playing at home against Florida
South Carolina is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Florida
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
TOLEDO vs. CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Toledo is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Toledo is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games on the road
Central Michigan is 1-5-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Central Michigan's last 5 games at home
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
YOUNGSTOWN STATE vs. OAKLAND
Youngstown State is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Youngstown State's last 10 games on the road
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Youngstown State
Oakland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Youngstown State
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
IOWA STATE vs. BAYLOR
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Iowa State's last 6 games on the road
Iowa State is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Baylor's last 7 games
Baylor is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
MIAMI (OHIO) vs. KENT STATE
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami (Ohio)'s last 7 games on the road
Miami (Ohio) is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Kent State is 10-4-1 ATS in its last 15 games when playing at home against Miami (Ohio)
Kent State is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Miami (Ohio)
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
OHIO vs. BOWLING GREEN
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ohio's last 7 games when playing on the road against Bowling Green
Ohio is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Bowling Green
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Bowling Green's last 7 games when playing at home against Ohio
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Bowling Green's last 15 games when playing Ohio
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
GEORGIA TECH vs. SYRACUSE
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Georgia Tech's last 9 games on the road
Georgia Tech is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Syracuse is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games
Syracuse is 0-4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
BUFFALO vs. AKRON
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 7 games on the road
Buffalo is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Akron is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games at home
Akron is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games at home
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
NORTHERN ILLINOIS vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Northern Illinois's last 5 games when playing on the road against Western Michigan
Northern Illinois is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Western Michigan
Western Michigan is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Northern Illinois
Western Michigan is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
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MARCH 4, 8:00 PM
VIRGINIA TECH vs. MARYLAND
Virginia Tech is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Virginia Tech is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Maryland's last 5 games
Maryland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
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MARCH 4, 8:00 PM
NORTHERN COLORADO vs. NORTH DAKOTA
Northern Colorado is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Northern Colorado is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
North Dakota is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Northern Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Dakota's last 6 games at home
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MARCH 4, 8:00 PM
MIAMI vs. CLEMSON
Miami is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games when playing on the road against Clemson
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Clemson's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Clemson's last 6 games at home
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MARCH 4, 8:05 PM
ILLINOIS-CHICAGO vs. VALPARAISO
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Illinois-Chicago's last 5 games when playing on the road against Valparaiso
Illinois-Chicago is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Valparaiso
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Valparaiso's last 5 games when playing Illinois-Chicago
Valparaiso is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Illinois-Chicago
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MARCH 4, 8:05 PM
GEORGIA STATE vs. ARKANSAS STATE
Georgia State is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Georgia State's last 8 games on the road
Arkansas State is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Arkansas State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
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MARCH 4, 8:30 PM
SOUTH FLORIDA vs. HOUSTON
South Florida is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of South Florida's last 15 games on the road
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing South Florida
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against South Florida
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MARCH 4, 9:00 PM
ALABAMA vs. KENTUCKY
Alabama is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Alabama is 2-5-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Kentucky is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kentucky's last 6 games at home
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MARCH 4, 9:00 PM
FLORIDA STATE vs. BOSTON COLLEGE
Florida State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida State's last 6 games on the road
Boston College is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Florida State
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston College's last 8 games when playing Florida State
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MARCH 4, 9:00 PM
MARQUETTE vs. PROVIDENCE
Marquette is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Marquette's last 14 games on the road
Providence is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Marquette
Providence is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Marquette
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MARCH 4, 11:00 PM
ARIZONA STATE vs. OREGON
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Arizona State's last 8 games when playing on the road against Oregon
Arizona State is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oregon's last 5 games at home
Oregon is 18-3 SU in its last 21 games at home
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6:30 PM
CENTRAL FLORIDA vs. TEMPLE
Central Florida is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Central Florida's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Temple's last 12 games
Temple is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
BALL STATE vs. EASTERN MICHIGAN
Ball State is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Eastern Michigan
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ball State's last 6 games when playing on the road against Eastern Michigan
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Eastern Michigan's last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Eastern Michigan's last 6 games at home
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
CREIGHTON vs. GEORGETOWN
Creighton is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Creighton's last 22 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Georgetown's last 6 games
Georgetown is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
MICHIGAN vs. ILLINOIS
Michigan is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Michigan's last 7 games on the road
Illinois is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games when playing at home against Michigan
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Illinois's last 5 games when playing at home against Michigan
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
DETROIT vs. WISC-MILWAUKEE
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing on the road against Wisc-Milwaukee
Detroit is 5-12 ATS in its last 17 games when playing on the road against Wisc-Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Wisc-Milwaukee's last 6 games at home
Wisc-Milwaukee is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
FLORIDA vs. SOUTH CAROLINA
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games on the road
Florida is 2-4-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of South Carolina's last 6 games when playing at home against Florida
South Carolina is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Florida
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
TOLEDO vs. CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Toledo is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Toledo is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games on the road
Central Michigan is 1-5-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Central Michigan's last 5 games at home
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
YOUNGSTOWN STATE vs. OAKLAND
Youngstown State is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Youngstown State's last 10 games on the road
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Youngstown State
Oakland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Youngstown State
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
IOWA STATE vs. BAYLOR
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Iowa State's last 6 games on the road
Iowa State is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Baylor's last 7 games
Baylor is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
MIAMI (OHIO) vs. KENT STATE
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami (Ohio)'s last 7 games on the road
Miami (Ohio) is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Kent State is 10-4-1 ATS in its last 15 games when playing at home against Miami (Ohio)
Kent State is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Miami (Ohio)
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
OHIO vs. BOWLING GREEN
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ohio's last 7 games when playing on the road against Bowling Green
Ohio is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Bowling Green
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Bowling Green's last 7 games when playing at home against Ohio
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Bowling Green's last 15 games when playing Ohio
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
GEORGIA TECH vs. SYRACUSE
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Georgia Tech's last 9 games on the road
Georgia Tech is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Syracuse is 22-3 SU in its last 25 games
Syracuse is 0-4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
BUFFALO vs. AKRON
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 7 games on the road
Buffalo is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Akron is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games at home
Akron is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games at home
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MARCH 4, 7:00 PM
NORTHERN ILLINOIS vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Northern Illinois's last 5 games when playing on the road against Western Michigan
Northern Illinois is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Western Michigan
Western Michigan is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Northern Illinois
Western Michigan is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
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MARCH 4, 8:00 PM
VIRGINIA TECH vs. MARYLAND
Virginia Tech is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Virginia Tech is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Maryland's last 5 games
Maryland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
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MARCH 4, 8:00 PM
NORTHERN COLORADO vs. NORTH DAKOTA
Northern Colorado is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Northern Colorado is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
North Dakota is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Northern Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 4 of North Dakota's last 6 games at home
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MARCH 4, 8:00 PM
MIAMI vs. CLEMSON
Miami is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games when playing on the road against Clemson
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Clemson's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Clemson's last 6 games at home
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MARCH 4, 8:05 PM
ILLINOIS-CHICAGO vs. VALPARAISO
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Illinois-Chicago's last 5 games when playing on the road against Valparaiso
Illinois-Chicago is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Valparaiso
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Valparaiso's last 5 games when playing Illinois-Chicago
Valparaiso is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Illinois-Chicago
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MARCH 4, 8:05 PM
GEORGIA STATE vs. ARKANSAS STATE
Georgia State is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Georgia State's last 8 games on the road
Arkansas State is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Arkansas State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
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MARCH 4, 8:30 PM
SOUTH FLORIDA vs. HOUSTON
South Florida is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of South Florida's last 15 games on the road
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing South Florida
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against South Florida
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MARCH 4, 9:00 PM
ALABAMA vs. KENTUCKY
Alabama is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Alabama is 2-5-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Kentucky is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kentucky's last 6 games at home
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MARCH 4, 9:00 PM
FLORIDA STATE vs. BOSTON COLLEGE
Florida State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida State's last 6 games on the road
Boston College is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Florida State
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston College's last 8 games when playing Florida State
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MARCH 4, 9:00 PM
MARQUETTE vs. PROVIDENCE
Marquette is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Marquette's last 14 games on the road
Providence is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Marquette
Providence is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Marquette
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MARCH 4, 11:00 PM
ARIZONA STATE vs. OREGON
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Arizona State's last 8 games when playing on the road against Oregon
Arizona State is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oregon's last 5 games at home
Oregon is 18-3 SU in its last 21 games at home
