JIM FEIST
Take: (501) TORONTO RAPTORS
Reason: Your Bonus Play for Tuesday, January 27, 2015 is in the NBA scheduled contest between the Toronto Raptors and Indiana Pacers. Despite a bit of a recent run of losses lately, the Raptors still one of better teams in the East with a 29-15 record overall, 12-8 on the road. They have also covered 11 of 19 road contests. This is in part do to their excellent offensive efficiency rating of 113.5 overall and 114.9 on the road, well above the league average of 106.9. The Pacers are 16-30 on the season and while that's pretty dismal, they still only find themselves 3 1/2 games back of the 8th playoff spot in the weaker East Conference. The Pacers snapped a seven game S/U losing streak with a 106-99 win at Orlando on Sunday. It was only their second cover in their last 10 games. The Raptors are 5-0 ATS in the last five meetings with the Pacers and 5-0 in their last five trips to Indiana. Moreover, the road team is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 matchups. Take the road team again here on Tuesday with Toronto.
Take: (501) TORONTO RAPTORS
Reason: Your Bonus Play for Tuesday, January 27, 2015 is in the NBA scheduled contest between the Toronto Raptors and Indiana Pacers. Despite a bit of a recent run of losses lately, the Raptors still one of better teams in the East with a 29-15 record overall, 12-8 on the road. They have also covered 11 of 19 road contests. This is in part do to their excellent offensive efficiency rating of 113.5 overall and 114.9 on the road, well above the league average of 106.9. The Pacers are 16-30 on the season and while that's pretty dismal, they still only find themselves 3 1/2 games back of the 8th playoff spot in the weaker East Conference. The Pacers snapped a seven game S/U losing streak with a 106-99 win at Orlando on Sunday. It was only their second cover in their last 10 games. The Raptors are 5-0 ATS in the last five meetings with the Pacers and 5-0 in their last five trips to Indiana. Moreover, the road team is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 matchups. Take the road team again here on Tuesday with Toronto.
ART ARONSON
1* Bonus Play Wings.
For a number of different reasons I think the Wings will roll over the Panthers today. Detroit comes out of the break riding a season-best five game winning streak and will be extra motivated here to beat Florida for the first time in three tries, losing both games this season at Joe Louis. Conversely, the home side enters the second half having lost four straight. Offense has keyed the Wings recent win skein, scoring 16 goals during the streak. In fact, Detroit has won nine of 12 since Christmas, which is bad news for the Panthers who were outscored 16-7 in non-shootout goals during an 0-3-1 slide heading into the break; note that Florida has gone a miserable 1 for 23 on the power play over its last eight. And note that Detroit is 6-1 (+4.4 units) this season after playing three consecutive home games, while Florida is 7-12 (-2.3 units) vs. teams with winning records this year. In my opinion, this is the very definition of “great line value,” consider a second look at DETROIT in this one.
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1* Bonus Play Wings.
For a number of different reasons I think the Wings will roll over the Panthers today. Detroit comes out of the break riding a season-best five game winning streak and will be extra motivated here to beat Florida for the first time in three tries, losing both games this season at Joe Louis. Conversely, the home side enters the second half having lost four straight. Offense has keyed the Wings recent win skein, scoring 16 goals during the streak. In fact, Detroit has won nine of 12 since Christmas, which is bad news for the Panthers who were outscored 16-7 in non-shootout goals during an 0-3-1 slide heading into the break; note that Florida has gone a miserable 1 for 23 on the power play over its last eight. And note that Detroit is 6-1 (+4.4 units) this season after playing three consecutive home games, while Florida is 7-12 (-2.3 units) vs. teams with winning records this year. In my opinion, this is the very definition of “great line value,” consider a second look at DETROIT in this one.
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Mr Vegas
Bonus Play for Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015:
Take: (505) MILWAUKEE BUCKS
The Milwuakee Bucks are having a good season for a team that much wasn't expected from. the Bucks are 22-22 overall and 12-12 on the road. But most important to us bettors is their 18-6 ATS mark on the road. Compare that to Miami, which is just 7-13 ATS at home and 8-13 S/U. The Bucks are also 11-5 ATS in their last 16 against the Eastern conference. Miami has had trouble stringing together covers, evidenced by their 3-12-2 ATS mark the last 17 times after a ATS cover. Take Milwaukee here on Tuesday.
Bonus Play for Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015:
Take: (505) MILWAUKEE BUCKS
The Milwuakee Bucks are having a good season for a team that much wasn't expected from. the Bucks are 22-22 overall and 12-12 on the road. But most important to us bettors is their 18-6 ATS mark on the road. Compare that to Miami, which is just 7-13 ATS at home and 8-13 S/U. The Bucks are also 11-5 ATS in their last 16 against the Eastern conference. Miami has had trouble stringing together covers, evidenced by their 3-12-2 ATS mark the last 17 times after a ATS cover. Take Milwaukee here on Tuesday.
Jeff Saad of Las Vegas Sports Services
1/27/2015: Tuesday CBB Free Pick:
Indiana State at Evansville. Indiana State 10-10 overall and 6-2 in Missouri Valley play. The Sycamores won and covered their first five conference games before a 1-2 run of late. Four of those outright wins came as an underdog including a 10-point road dog win at Illinois State. Evansville is 5-3 in conference play and just 4-4 ATS. The Purple Aces lost at Indiana State back on January 4, 79-75 in Overtime as a 3 1/2 point away favorite. Not only are the Sycamores 4-1 ATS in their last five road games, but they are 7-1 ATS overall last eight and 7-0 ATS when playing a team with a winning record. Indiana State has also had great success in Evansville, covering 12 of the last 16 meetings there. In addition, the road team is 7-3 ATS the last 10 in this series. Just too many points to pass on with an Indiana State team that is playing very good in conference and covering spreads.
Take Indiana State.
1/27/2015: Tuesday CBB Free Pick:
Indiana State at Evansville. Indiana State 10-10 overall and 6-2 in Missouri Valley play. The Sycamores won and covered their first five conference games before a 1-2 run of late. Four of those outright wins came as an underdog including a 10-point road dog win at Illinois State. Evansville is 5-3 in conference play and just 4-4 ATS. The Purple Aces lost at Indiana State back on January 4, 79-75 in Overtime as a 3 1/2 point away favorite. Not only are the Sycamores 4-1 ATS in their last five road games, but they are 7-1 ATS overall last eight and 7-0 ATS when playing a team with a winning record. Indiana State has also had great success in Evansville, covering 12 of the last 16 meetings there. In addition, the road team is 7-3 ATS the last 10 in this series. Just too many points to pass on with an Indiana State team that is playing very good in conference and covering spreads.
Take Indiana State.
Dave Cokin
Bonus Play Tuesday 7:00PM
(513) PITTSBURGH at (514) VIRGINIA TECH
Take: (513) PITTSBURGH -4
Good teams are often able to overcome tough scheduling spots. It’s more difficult for the lesser lights though, and I think a case in point exists tonight as Virginia Tech plays host to Pittsburgh.
The Hokies are in rebuilding mode this season, and the results have been pretty much what was generally expected. But Virginia Tech came up with a monster effort this weekend, throwing a huge scare into powerful Virginia and just missing what would have been a tremendous upset.
This was quite a performance by the Hokies. They were down a load early, but didn’t just rally to make it interesting. Virginia Tech put together a spectacular run at both ends of the court and ended up having the Cavaliers on the ropes in a big way.
Virginia managed to get it together and the Hokies probably got a little nervous down the stretch. But there is likely little question that this was the best Virginia Tech showing of the season.
The problem now for the Hokies is that they could be drained, both physically and mentally. Pittsburgh is a conference opponent and I’m sure Virginia Tech would love to break through and get that elusive first ACC victory. But it’s a massive potential letdown spot off the Virginia game and I don’t believe the Hokies are good enough to overcome that.
Pitt needs this game badly. The Panthers are sitting at 13-7 overall and 3-4 in league play. As it stands right now, they’re bound for the NIT. You can be sure that’s not their goal, and a loss to the lowly Hokies would be a devastating blow to whatever Big Dance hopes still exist.
Pitt got overrun by Louisville this weekend. The Panthers ran into the Cardinals on the wrong day, as the ‘Ville could not miss and this one was pretty much done shortly after halftime. That was no doubt a disappointing result for Pittsburgh, but I think it pales in comparison to the V-Tech crusher against its state rival.
The home team will still be without freshman star Justin Bibbs and the Hokies lost a valuable inside presence when Joey Van Zegeren was suspended and then left the team. Pittsburgh is usually at its best when they can muscle opponents and make the game ugly. This shapes up as the right type of opponent for the Panthers on that count.
But the main ingredient here is the scheduling setup. Off what I witnessed on Sunday I make this a really challenging turnaround for Virginia Tech and I doubt they’re up to the task. I’ll lay it with Pittsburgh tonight.
Bonus Play Tuesday 7:00PM
(513) PITTSBURGH at (514) VIRGINIA TECH
Take: (513) PITTSBURGH -4
Good teams are often able to overcome tough scheduling spots. It’s more difficult for the lesser lights though, and I think a case in point exists tonight as Virginia Tech plays host to Pittsburgh.
The Hokies are in rebuilding mode this season, and the results have been pretty much what was generally expected. But Virginia Tech came up with a monster effort this weekend, throwing a huge scare into powerful Virginia and just missing what would have been a tremendous upset.
This was quite a performance by the Hokies. They were down a load early, but didn’t just rally to make it interesting. Virginia Tech put together a spectacular run at both ends of the court and ended up having the Cavaliers on the ropes in a big way.
Virginia managed to get it together and the Hokies probably got a little nervous down the stretch. But there is likely little question that this was the best Virginia Tech showing of the season.
The problem now for the Hokies is that they could be drained, both physically and mentally. Pittsburgh is a conference opponent and I’m sure Virginia Tech would love to break through and get that elusive first ACC victory. But it’s a massive potential letdown spot off the Virginia game and I don’t believe the Hokies are good enough to overcome that.
Pitt needs this game badly. The Panthers are sitting at 13-7 overall and 3-4 in league play. As it stands right now, they’re bound for the NIT. You can be sure that’s not their goal, and a loss to the lowly Hokies would be a devastating blow to whatever Big Dance hopes still exist.
Pitt got overrun by Louisville this weekend. The Panthers ran into the Cardinals on the wrong day, as the ‘Ville could not miss and this one was pretty much done shortly after halftime. That was no doubt a disappointing result for Pittsburgh, but I think it pales in comparison to the V-Tech crusher against its state rival.
The home team will still be without freshman star Justin Bibbs and the Hokies lost a valuable inside presence when Joey Van Zegeren was suspended and then left the team. Pittsburgh is usually at its best when they can muscle opponents and make the game ugly. This shapes up as the right type of opponent for the Panthers on that count.
But the main ingredient here is the scheduling setup. Off what I witnessed on Sunday I make this a really challenging turnaround for Virginia Tech and I doubt they’re up to the task. I’ll lay it with Pittsburgh tonight.
Scott Spreitzer
Wyoming vs. Utah State
Bonus Play Utah State
I'm recommending a play on Utah State plus the points on Tuesday night. Wyoming will head into tonight's contest having lost just three of their first 20 games this season. They're a solid shooting team from inside the arc, but will be hard-pressed to continue to do so in this one. Wyoming has dropped two of their six road games this season and they're off of three straight tough battles. Wyoming lost at home to San Diego State on January 14 and were taken to OT in each of their last two games, wins over Fresno State and New Mexico. I expect a bit of a letdown in this one. No letdown for the Aggies who have dropped three of their last five and can hang their hat on a big win over Wyoming. USU is outstanding on the defensive end where they hold teams to 38.5% shooting, including 28.1% from behind the arc, the 12th stingiest 3-point defense in the nation. They're even stingier at home, while Wyoming averages just 58.3 ppg on the road. The Cowboys have made just 42% of their shots in the six road games, including a miserable 26.7% from behind the arc. Despite a loss last time out, Utah State is normally undervalued in MWC action, going 9-3 ATS in their last 12. I believe they're undervalued again and I'm taking the points with Utah State on Tuesday night. Thanks & GL! Scott Spreitzer.
Wyoming vs. Utah State
Bonus Play Utah State
I'm recommending a play on Utah State plus the points on Tuesday night. Wyoming will head into tonight's contest having lost just three of their first 20 games this season. They're a solid shooting team from inside the arc, but will be hard-pressed to continue to do so in this one. Wyoming has dropped two of their six road games this season and they're off of three straight tough battles. Wyoming lost at home to San Diego State on January 14 and were taken to OT in each of their last two games, wins over Fresno State and New Mexico. I expect a bit of a letdown in this one. No letdown for the Aggies who have dropped three of their last five and can hang their hat on a big win over Wyoming. USU is outstanding on the defensive end where they hold teams to 38.5% shooting, including 28.1% from behind the arc, the 12th stingiest 3-point defense in the nation. They're even stingier at home, while Wyoming averages just 58.3 ppg on the road. The Cowboys have made just 42% of their shots in the six road games, including a miserable 26.7% from behind the arc. Despite a loss last time out, Utah State is normally undervalued in MWC action, going 9-3 ATS in their last 12. I believe they're undervalued again and I'm taking the points with Utah State on Tuesday night. Thanks & GL! Scott Spreitzer.
Kyle Hunter
Northern Illinois vs. Bowling Green
*3 Star Free Pick* Bowling Green
The Northern Illinois Huskies work pretty hard for Coach Mark Montgomery, but they aren't a very skilled team. Northern Illinois' best offense is usually an offensive rebound, but Bowling Green does a good job cleaning up the defensive glass. Bowling Green is a tremendous defensive team, and I love the job Chris Jans is doing here in his first year. He has turned this team into an immediate contender in the Mid American Conference. Bowling Green has a nice mix of young athletes and veteran leaders. Bowling Green is 9-1-1 ATS in their last 11 home games. They are also 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 following a loss. Take Bowling Green here.
Northern Illinois vs. Bowling Green
*3 Star Free Pick* Bowling Green
The Northern Illinois Huskies work pretty hard for Coach Mark Montgomery, but they aren't a very skilled team. Northern Illinois' best offense is usually an offensive rebound, but Bowling Green does a good job cleaning up the defensive glass. Bowling Green is a tremendous defensive team, and I love the job Chris Jans is doing here in his first year. He has turned this team into an immediate contender in the Mid American Conference. Bowling Green has a nice mix of young athletes and veteran leaders. Bowling Green is 9-1-1 ATS in their last 11 home games. They are also 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 following a loss. Take Bowling Green here.
