Vanderbilt @ Kentucky 4:00 PM EST
Play On: Vanderbilt +9.0 (100-Dime)
Kansas @ Kansas St. 7:00 PM EST
Play On: Kansas St. +3.0 (100-Dime)
Georgia @ South Carolina 7:00 PM EST
Play On: Georgia +7.5 (10,000-Dime)
Flat spot here for the Gamecocks, 14-21 ATS laying points, coming off of Tuesday's home upset of No. 1-ranked Kentucky. Simple here is that if you stop Devan Downey then you stop the Gamecocks and look for Georgia coach Mark Fox to have a winning plan installed for the Dawgs. Georgia has been a scrappy team with a home wins over Tennessee and Georgia Tech (and a neutral court win over Illinois) plus tough losses at Mississippi State (three points) and Kentucky (eight points) here in January. Big man Trey Thompkins will cause match-up issues inside for South Carolina, which had been on slides of 0-3 SU and 1-3 ATS before a lay-up missing Kentucky team handed it the game Tuesday. The Dawgs are 4-1 ATS in SEC games this year and after a sub-par effort at Florida on Wednesday, look for a big effort from Fox's Dawgs, who have covered all three when coming off a conference loss this season.
Northwestern @ Michigan St. 7:00 PM EST
Play On: Northwestern +13.0 (10,000-Dime)
The Wildcats, 3-3 SU and 4-2 ATS this month in Big Ten games, will give a game effort in staying inside this bloated number at Michigan State, which is on spread slides of 4-8 versus winning teams, 4-7 at home and 7-10 when laying points. Difficult motivational spot for a Spartan team off two tough wins at rival Michigan and Minnesota, and next up have a trip to Wisconsin on Tuesday. Northwestern has four of its next five at home and after winning in East Lansing last season, the Cats will be more focused and employ better energy after their horrible defensive effort in a 21-point home loss to MUS back on Jan. 2. The Cats, on spread surges this season of 7-4 as a dog, 4-1 on the road and 9-4 versus winning teams, should be inspired after taking Minnesota to the wire in Minneapolis on Tuesday. John Shurna and Northwestern give a game effort in losing by just eight tonight at the Breslin Center.
Stu Fiener's Pick = FADE FADE FADE