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Take Sacramento St. Hornets +14 1/2 vs. USC Trojans. This game is played at the Galen Center on the campus of USC in Los Angeles, CA and is scheduled to start at 10:30pm EST
EVALUATION: Here we have teams with losing records facing up, and the line is totally out of wack here. USC is 2-4 SU and 1-3-1 ATS in their last 6, and are having a hard time putting points up on the board. Averaging just 64.5 pts a game at home we don’t see why USC is a 15 point favorite. We think USC’s turnovers 15.8 to assists 8.8 should stand up well for our theory on this game. Yes Sacramento St. has a 4-5 SU record, but they have covered 6 of their last 7 and are 5-0 ATS on the road this year. The Hornets are scoring 64.5 pts average on the road, and we see this as a much closer game than the line states.
PROJECTION: USC 62 SACRAMENTO ST. 60
Take EVANSVILLE ACES +14 vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. This game is being played at the EA Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, KY and is scheduled to begin at 8:00pm EST
EVALUATION: The Hilltoppers come in this game with a 3-3 SU record and are 1-5 ATS. They are only averaging 65.5 pts a game at home, and have dropped tough games to South Carolina, Indiana St., and LSU. They are only averaging 34 rebounds a game and they turn the ball over an average of 14.2 times a game while only dishing out 9.2 assists a game. The Aces are 4-2 SU and are only 1-2 ATS, but we see this number as just being way to large for this game. We think the Aces defense is pretty solid, and they have 8 more rebounds a game than the Hilltoppers. We don’t think the Aces can win this game, but we see them keeping it much closer than the spread.
PROJECTION: WESTERN KENTUCKY 67 EVANSVILLE 59
Take IOWA HAWKEYES +9 ½ vs. Northern Iowa Panthers. This game is being played at the Mcleod Center on the campus of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls and is scheduled to tip off at 8:00pm EST.
EVALUATION: Northern Iowa comes in with a 5-1 SU record, but have only been able to cover 3 of those 6 games ATS. The only game that N. Iowa was able to breath easy in was when they Beat Boston College at Boston College, but they had to shoot 64.8% from the field to do this. In their other games they have been only shooting 36.47% and had a hard time scoring points. Weather at home or on the road, the Panthers have trouble scoring a lot of points and we just don’t think they will cover this 9 ½ point spread. Yes, the Hawkeyes are only 3-5 SU, but playing tough opponents such as Virginia Tech which they lost by 6 and Wichita St and Texas, we see Iowa’s recent offensive outburst of 73,64, and 80 to help them cover this number.
PROJECTION: NORTHERN IOWA 68 IOWA 64
Take TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS -2 vs TCU HORNED FROGS. This game is being played at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on the campus of TCU in Fort Worth, TX and is scheduled to tip off @ 7:30pm EST
EVALUATION: TCU has dropped 3 games early in the season so far to Arizona St, Nebraska, and Louisiana Tech, and against fairly decent competition they have lost all 3. Pat Knight is actually starting to coach just like his father did, and the Red Raiders are sitting at 8-0 SU and have been really playing good defense. With 5 days rest off their wild win off #10 Washington in OT, We really like the way the Red Raiders have finally decided to start playing some defense this year. The Red Raiders were actually predicted to finish last in the BIG 12, and if this continues we expect the Red Raiders to actually compete in the conference this year. TCU beat Texas Tech last year 85-80 on Tech’s home court and we look for their two big men John Roberson and Mike Singletary to use this as motivation for the team and propel the Red Raiders to win this ballgame and keep their perfect record in place.
PROJECTION: TEXAS TECH 68 TCU 61
SOLIDS: ---------------------------------------------------Projection
KANSAS ST. -5.5 vs. Xavier _________________________________Kansas St. 83-71
WISCONSIN – MILW +14 ½ vs. Marquette __________________Marquette 75-67
OVER/UNDERS
OVER 119 Iowa/N. Iowa ___________________________________132
MONEYLINE
CS NORTHRIDGE +225 ___________________________________CS Northridge 76-70
PEPPERDINE +115 _______________________________________P EPPERDINE 71-70
LOCKS:
Take DENVER NUGGETS -3 vs. Charlotte Bobcats. This game is being played in Charlotte and is scheduled to begin @ 7:05pm EST
EVALUATION: Charlotte has been defending their home floor pretty well, but we just don’t think they have enough fire power to keep up with the Nuggets in this game. In their last 5 games, they have only put up over 95 points once, and their 94.9 home scoring average makes it tough for us to find any way we could not take this small number on the Nuggets and bring home the cash. Denver has been playing inspired ball in their last 4 games beating opponents by an average of over 15 points a game, and Denver has only lost 1 time in the last 4 years in Charlotte. We like that Denver has scored over 106 points in 3 of their last 5 and after a low scoring output last night of only 93, we look for the Nuggets to put a lot of points up tonight.
EVALUATION: NUGGETS 106 BOBCATS 93
SOLIDS-----------------------------------------Projection
NETS +7 vs. Bulls ___________________________________Bulls 91-88
UNDER 191 Bulls/Nets _________________________________179
OVER/UNDERS
OVER 193 Cavs/Grizzlies _______________________________199
