BIG AL's 93% NBA NON-CONFERENCE GAME OF THE MONTH!
At 9:05 pm, our selection is on the Denver Nuggets over Orlando. The Magic won last night at the Lakers, and have the league's best road record at 16-5, but will have a tough time winning tonight on the road vs. Denver. The Nuggets had Friday night off, so they are rested, and have won the last five meetings at home vs. Orlando, going 5-0 ATS in those games, with the last four wins being by double-digits. Also, after posting five straight wins and covers (and scoring 100+ points in those games), the Magic fall into a negative 27-54 ATS system of mine which fades certain teams off a string of high-scoring wins. Finally, over the last two seasons, Denver is 13-1, 93% ATS off a win, if the Nuggets are matched up against a non-conference foe. Take Denver as our NBA Non-Conference Game of the Month. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie.
BIG AL's AFTERNOON COLLEGE BASKETBALL TV WINNER.
At 2 pm, on ESPN, our selection is on the Texas A&M Aggies plus the points over Oklahoma. Mark Turgeon's men catch Blake Griffin & Co. at the perfect time with Oklahoma in off an emotional revenge win vs. Texas. The 5th-ranked Sooners won that game by 15, and that snapped a long losing streak at the hands of the Longhorns (including a 28-point loss in last year's Big 12 Conference Tourney). But off that win, the Sooners will have a letdown today in College Station where Texas A&M is always difficult to beat. The Aggies are 11-0 at home in Reed Arena and defeated the 21st-ranked Baylor Bears 84-73 on Wednesday. That 11-point win triggered a momentum system of mine which is 58-36 ATS and plays on certain home dogs off a double digit win as a home dog. Oklahoma has covered just 18 of its last 55 away from home. Take Texas A&M. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie. And don't miss my NBA Non-Conference Game of the Month or my College Conference Game of the Year today.
BIG AL's NCAA CONFERENCE GAME OF THE YEAR; 100% TY
At 8 pm, our Horizon League Game of the Year is on Youngstown State plus the points over Wisconsin-Green Bay, as the Penguins fall into a 114-44 ATS system of mine which plays on certain double-digit dogs off back-to-back double-digit losses. In its last two games, Youngstown lost 69-50 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and 68-57 at home to Loyola-Illinois. But I look for Youngstown to rebound off those losses, and play Wisc-Green Bay close tonight as the Phoenix are coming off two straight emotional wins (77-75 at rival Wisc-Milwaukee, and an 80-65 upset win over Cleveland State). Wisconsin Green Bay is an awful 9-20 vs. conference foes, if Wisc-Green Bay is off two straight conference wins, and an even worse 7-26 ATS vs. conference foes if Wisc-Green Bay is off back to back pointspread wins. Horizon League Game of the Year on Youngstown State. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie.
BIG AL's 100% ATS NCAA RIVALRY GAME OF THE MONTH!
At 8 pm, our selection is on the Stanford Cardinal minus the points over California. The storyline in this game is the return of Cal head coach Mike Montgomery to Maples Pavillion, where he led Stanford for 18 seasons. But now, after a brief stint in the NBA, Montgomery has moved across town to Berkeley and has the Bears ranked #22 in the country. In its last game, California won in triple overtime vs. Washington as a 5-point underdog, 88-85, even though it did not lead at any point (other than 1-0) before taking an 86-85 lead with seconds to go in the third overtime. That was Cal's ninth straight win, and third in a row as an underdog. But since 1990, college basketball teams off at least six wins, with the last three being upsets, are 0-9 ATS. Stanford comes into this game off two 1-point losses at Washington State and Washington, but covered the spread in each defeat, and is 10-3 ATS this season, including 8-1 vs. winning teams. Also, college basketball teams with strong home courts, off exactly two losses, are 50-29 ATS at home vs. opponents off an upset win. The Cardinal are 8-1 straight-up at home this season and will win this ballgame. Take Stanford minus the points.
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