here's the writeup with it:
20-Dime Villanova
20-Dime Florida State
20-Dime LSU
5-Dime James Madison
5-Dime Rice
5-Dime Virginia Tech
FREE - Oklahoma State (See daily video for your analysis) Analysis on your six pack due back by 11 a.m. eastern
NOTE: Expecting big things today. Big things. Nobody knows better than I do right now just how important not only today is but just how important this month of March is thru the Championship game in April. Throughout the course of a calendar year there are quite a few defining moments for a handicapper like me and most of the time I have been able to meet them head on with more successes than failures. Today is one of those defining moments. When the NCAA championship game has come and gone, anybody who rolled with me today going forward will look back on today as the day it all turned around. That is how good I feel about today. The best I have felt about a college basketball card all year long. So without further adieu, let's get after my biggest College basketball day of the year. 20-Dime Villanova - 20-Dime Florida State - 20-Dime LSU - 5-Dime James Madison - Can't pass up this kind of value with JMU today. After imploding at home in the 2nd half of the VCU game, they find themselves in the roll of road dog, a roll they have been very profitable in. As part of their 8-2 ATS run on the highway this year, they are 6-1 ATS when getting points. This is a team still playing their best basketball of the year winning 4 of their last 7 SU and 6-1 ATS. Their 3 losses have been an OT loss at Hofstra, an OT loss at VCU and the home loss Wednesday night. It was supposed to be a promising year for Delaware but it's been a disaster at 12-18. Bottom line is when you start losing to the 10-20 Towson State's of the world, you are not going to beat a better road tested James Madison team tonight. Grab the small dog. 5-Dime Rice - Don't think all is well with Tommy Penders and his Houston Cougars. They have lost 2 of their last 3 overall including back to back road losses at Marshall and Tulsa. Personally I don't think there is enough basketball in the gym for Coleman and Lewis to get the amount of shots they both want and it's starting to wear on the team. This team is just 5-5 SU and 3-7 ATS their last 10 and are facing a Rice team that won't be intimidated by them. The Owls come off perhaps their best win of the year, winning outright at UCF on Wednesday night as a 12-point dog. Furthermore, they are facing a Houston team they will be confident against, having played them tough back on February 7th, losing by 7 as an 18 point underdog. Rice is playing with a renewed confidence covering 6 of their last 7 games overall and 4-0 ATS their last 5 on Saturday. In a game I feel goes right down to the wire, grab the generous amount of points with a live dog today. 5-Dime Virginia Tech - Still not a believer in Duke. No real inside threat. Just a bunch of guards waiting to jack up 3's off Gerald Henderson penetration. They can be had and I believe Virginia Tech, like Boston College, Clemson and Michigan before them, takes care of business at home today. Duke is just 2-5 ATS last 7 overall and 1-4 ATS their last 5 road games. V'tech can play, as evidenced by their road wins over Clemson, Miami/Florida and Wake Forest so understand this team can get after it. They are in a great revenge spot having gotten drilled by Duke in the first meeting January 4th getting outscored in the 2nd half by 17. Virginia Tech is a rock solid 10-3 ATS last 13 as an underdog and I truly believe it's a different story at home today as the Hokies punch Duke right in the mouth and get the cover.