Monday CBB & NBA from Ralph Michaels - California Sports
NBA
#612 2* Atlanta -6.5 Washington 8:05 PM (a regular Cal Sports 3*)
The Hawks are streaking again winning and covering 4 straight, 5 of 6 at home (won all 6 SU) and 10 of 12 overall and with their 2 losses to the best team in the NBA, Golden St, and the current #2 seed in the East, Toronto. Meanwhile Washington comes in having won 4 straight but that's why were playing against them here. The Wizards only road game in the 4 game win streak was at Philly, worst team in NBA by far, and they failed to cover it and in their last game they needed to come back from an 18 point deficit to get eh win versus NY. In fact Washington is 2-8 ATS their last 10 away with both covers as road favorites, something they are not here. We also like that when the Hawks win they do so soundly as their average margin of victory of their last 12 games is +11.3 ppg (#1 in the NBA since 2/25).
CBB
#631 2* Vermont -4.5 Seattle 10PM (a regular Cal Sports 3*)
LY Seattle made was invited to the CBI Tourney and sold out both home games. So this season with a 7-7 conference record they again got invited and got to host the first 2 rounds. If you are looking at the matchups for this game that is not a typo as Seattle is 15-16 on the season while Vermont comes in at 22-13 having won 8 of their last 9 and while their road record of 8-9 is respectable they actually won 7 of their last 10 on the road. The Catamounts are deep and talented and over their last 9 games they have 5 players averaging double digits. With the disappointment of losing to Stony Brook in the America East tourney behind then look for this post-season savvy group (8th straight year in post-season action) to we'll call it here, win the CBI. FYI: Teams had only one common opponent so not a fair comparison but both hosted UC Santa Barbara with the Catamounts winning 75-68 and the Redhawks losing 88-50.