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This is a play on the CREIGHTON BLUEJAYS for our NCAA Tourney Annihilator. This has the makings of a complete mismatch as this is a Creighton team than can go far going up against an NC State team that arguably should not even be here. The Wolfpack have dropped three of their last four games including two losses against Clemson by 25 and 26 points, a team that did not even make the NCAA Tournament. After spending some time in the top-50 in defensive efficiency this season, NC State enters the NCAA Tournament No. 87 which is not horrible but not ideal against an offense like this. Creighton was the preseason favorite to win the Big East Conference Championship but injuries played a role in a 3-8 run but the Bluejays closed strong winning 12 of their final 7 games. Offensively, Creighton does not have a player that can take a game over but the key is its balance as all five of its starters average double figures in scoring. This veteran and balanced team does not only get it done on offense but those five starters helped the Bluejays finish first in defensive efficiency in Big East play this season. 10* (794) Creighton Bluejays

This is a play on the VERMONT CATAMOUNTS for our NCAA Tourney Ultimate Underdog. Based on this line, the Golden Eagles are the weakest No. 2 seed, and the weakest since 2015, in the field while Vermont is the strongest No. 15 seed. Marquette won the Big East Conference by two games over Xavier and then survived a pair of two points wins in the conference tournament before beating the Musketeers by 14 points in the championship game. The Golden Eagles are riding a nine-game winning streak but they have been far from dominant as of those nine wins, six were by six points or fewer including five by two points or less. The Catamounts are 23-10 this season after going 14-2 in the America East Conference to win the regular season title by three games. They won all three of their conference tournament games by double digits to reach the NCAA tournament for the second straight season and this veteran laden team is not going to be an easy out. Granted, they come from a smaller conference and we saw they nearly pulled off the upset against Arkansas in this spot last season. 10* (743) Vermont Catamounts

This is a play on the VCU RAMS for our NCAA Tournament Dominator. VCU is another lower-seeded underdog that is in a great matchup to win outright. VCU has rattled off nine straight wins, including a 68-56 victory over Dayton in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament championship and is catching fire at the right time. Seven of those nine wins have been by double digits. They have great guard play led by Ace Baldwin and it is the defense that really makes the difference as Baldwin was the best defensive player in the Atlantic 10, while Jayden Nunn and Nick Kern Jr. love to hassle opposing guards and that is a problem for the Gaels. St. Mary's has gone just 5-3 in its last eight games with a pair of bad losses coming against Gonzaga and those defeats can give the right script to take them down. The Gaels struggle with athleticism on both ends and they really struggle with pressure and their offense can become rather pedestrian when freshman point guard Aidan Mahaney is taken out of games. This is exactly what VCU excels at its 12-4 record away from home is an edge, especially with this game being played on the east coast. 10* (773) VCU Rams

This is a play on the UC SANTA BARBARA GAUCHOS for our NCAA Friday Afternoon Dominator. Baylor has the experience and pedigree to make a run in the NCAA Tournament but the Bears do not have the defense and they floundered down the stretch. No team has ever made a big run, let alone win a National Championship, with a defensive efficiency rating outside the top 30 and the Bears are ranked No. 90. Baylor finished the season 2-4 with an impressive win against Texas but that was at home and the only win away from home was against non-NCAA Tournament team Oklahoma St. UC Santa Barbara closed the season on a seven-game winning streak in winning the Big West Conference Tournament and it is a dangerous team despite a very low seed. Facing a poor defense is an ideal matchup for the Gauchos as they shot 56.4 percent from two-point range and are led by Big West Player of the Year Ajay Mitchell. They also have Josh Pierre-Louis and Ajare Sanni on the perimeter to form a great guard trio that can actually matchup with the Bears which is typically a big edge for Baylor. 10* (795) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

This is a play on the UNC ASHEVILLE BULLDOGS for our NCAA Tourney Ultimate Underdog. Injuries are going to play some key roles for some top teams and one of those is UCLA. The Bruins played without two starters in the Pac 12 Conference Tournament championship and while center Adem Bona should return, he will not be 100 percent and there is very little inside presence to make that up. Guard Jaylen Clark, who is second on the team in scoring and first in steals while winning the Pac 12 Defensive Player of the Year, is done for the season after suffering a leg injury which hurts their backcourt considerably. In 17 games away from home, UCLA was 12-5 and only two of those wins were by more than what it is laying against the Bulldogs. UNC Asheville blew through the Big South Conference with a 16-2 record and won the conference tournament with a few closer than expected wins but this can be a dangerous team with a player than can be a mismatch for most teams. Drew Pember, who averages 21.2 ppg and 9.4 rpg, will be hard to contain and he can step out and shoot the long ball at a 38 percent clip. 10* (767) UNC Asheville Bulldogs

This is a play on the TORONTO RAPTORS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over Denver on Tuesday and while that could cause a letdown spot, things are too important for Toronto right now and the Nuggets are in a slump with four straight losses. The Raptors 21-13 at home where they have won five straight and they are currently No. 9 in the Eastern Conference but there is more room to move down that up. Toronto trails No. 8 Atlanta by one game but No. 7 Miami by four games while the other way, it is only a game and a half of falling out of the playoffs altogether. Oklahoma City won for us Tuesday as it rolled over Brooklyn for its third straight win and it has gone 6-1 over its last seven games. The Thunder are sitting in ninth place in the Western Conference in a huge group of nine teams separated by four games vying for seven postseason spots. Oklahoma City is just 13-20 on the road and is in a tough travel spot here as this is the sixth straight day they have been on the move. Here, we play on favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points revenging a loss of 10 points or more, well rested team playing only their 2nd game in five days. This situation is 89-54 ATS (62.2 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (506) Toronto Raptors

This is a play on the ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS for our NCAA Tourney Enforcer. Arkansas is one of the most athletic teams in the country and will be a dangerous team and has a great matchup against a very inconsistent Illinois team. A wildcard for the Razorbacks is Nick Smith, Jr. who was hurt early in the early and was in and out for a while but a top NBA prospect, he is fully healthy, has been on a tear and can carry this team along with Anthony Black who has come on strong. Despite a 20-13 record, Arkansas finished No. 21 in the NET and No. 20 in the KenPom rankings so it is a lower seed than what the numbers suggest. The Illini were all over the place this season and while they were outstanding at home at 15-2, they were just 5-10 outside of Champaign and going back, they are 5-0 at home and 0-6 away from home over their last 11 games. Their rankings are close to that of Arkansas as they are roughly 10 spots back and they finished 2-11 against Quad 1 teams which is the concern when stepping up in competition. They do play solid defensive with a No. 32 ranking in efficiency but the Razorbacks are twice as better at No. 16. 10* (760) Arkansas Razorbacks

This is a play on the COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON COUGARS for our NCAA Tournament Dominator. College of Charleston did not get a very good draw but the same can be said for San Diego St. as this is not a good matchup for the Aztecs as well. The Cougars won both the Southern Conference regular season and conference tournament championships and will be a tough out with their experience and balance on both ends of the floor. Charleston is ranked in the top 20 in the country in both offensive and defensive efficiency, and it has a balanced group of scorers that finished No. 10 in the country in three-pointers made. San Diego St. closed the season with four straight wins and backed up its MWC regular season title by winning the conference tournament championship. The Aztecs possess a great defense that is ranked No. 27 in the nation in efficiency so they can pose a problem for the Cougars offense but their own offense is a concern as San Diego St. was just No. 105 in the nation in efficiency. Both teams are relatively equal in rebounding which is where San Diego St. had an advantage in many of their games. 10* (737) College of Charleston Cougars

This is a play on the UTAH ST. AGGIES for our NCAA Tourney Annihilator. The Tigers went on a late five-game winning streak including an upset of Tennessee before losing to Alabama in the SEC Tournament and have a difficult matchup here despite being the higher seed. Missouri was a solid 18-0 in Quad 2, 3 and 4 games but it will not be facing a team in those groups despite facing a No. 10 seed. The Tigers were 6-9 against Quad 1 teams which is a reason they come in as a slight underdog here. The defense is a problem, finishing bottom third in the nation in most categories. Utah St. was a bubble team for most of the latter part of the season but went on a seven-game winning streak that included two wins over Boise St. and a win over Nevada before falling to San Diego St. by just five points in the MWC Championship. The Aggies were always a lock with a NET ranking of No. 19 and a KenPom ranking of No. 18 and have an exceptional backcourt that can give the Missouri defense fits. Missouri is on the cusp of a Quad 2 team on a neutral floor and the Aggies flourished in those games, going 9-1. 10* (761) Utah St. Aggies

This is a play on the WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS for our NCAA Thursday Afternoon Dominator. West Virginia is an experienced team with plenty of offensive firepower and this offense should be the difference as it is ranked No. 15 in the country in offensive efficiency. It starts five seniors, three of which joined the program via the transfer portal this past offseason and they have had all season to gel and find their chemistry. The Mountaineers closed the season well by winning four of five games before running into Kansas in the Big 12 Conference Tournament and losing by 17 points. They posses 12 Quad 1 and 2 wins which was tied for fifth most in the conference. Maryland comes in with losses in three of its last four games including a 10-point loss against Indiana as a short underdog in the Big Ten Conference Tournament. The Terrapins had a significant edge on their home floor where they went 16-1 but were just 5-11 away from home which includes five losses against teams not in the NCAA Tournament. They come in with lower NET and KenPom rankings and they were just 3-10 in Quad 1 games. 10* (747) West Virginia Mountaineers

This is a play on the UC IRVINE ANTEATERS for our NIT Wednesday Dominator. Oregon failed to make the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season and will be in the NIT against this year following an opening round win before losing at Texas A&M last season. The Ducks had some decent momentum going when they faced UCLA in the Semifinals of the Pac 12 Tournament as they had won four straight games but were no match for the Bruins in the 19-point loss. Being the No. 1 seed in the NIT can be considered an honor but there is no doubt disappointment. This is a rare revenge spot in the postseason as Oregon lost by 13 points at home against UC Irvine back in November and while it might be out to avenge that defeat, it also shows another possible bad matchup. UC Irvine shared the Big West Conference regular season championship with UC Santa Barbara but a loss to CSU Fullerton in the conference tournament knocked the Anteaters into the NIT and a rematch with the Ducks. They finished 23-11 overall and in addition to the game against Oregon, the other Quad 1 team they played was San Diego St. which resulted in a three-point loss. 10* (711) UC Irvine Anteaters

This is a play on the LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Here we go again with the Warriors hitting the road where they have the fourth worst record in the league, ahead of only San Antonio, Houston and Detroit and that is something that should not be the case for a team with another potential NBA championship run. Golden St. has won two straight games against contenders Milwaukee and Phoenix but of course those were at home and going back, the home team is 13-0 in its last 13 games as well as 18-1 in its last 19 games. The Clippers have won three straight games following a five-game losing streak with all three of those wins coming at home. Los Angeles is just 18-15 at home but playing one of the worst road teams in the league negates any part of that. The Clippers are now tied for fifth place in the Western Conference with Golden St. but are one of nine teams within four games vying for the final seven spots so every game is big. The Clippers lost the most recent meeting by 24 points less than two weeks ago. Here, we play against road teams scoring 114 or more ppg on the season going up against an opponent after allowing 100 points or less in two straight games. This situation is 44-15 ATS (74.6 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (588) Los Angeles Clippers

This is a play on the BOSTON CELTICS for our NBA Supreme Annihilator. Boston is coming off a bad loss at Houston and there was no excuse despite coming off two straight wins. The Celtics have dropped four of their last six games and have fallen three games behind Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference following the Bucks win last night. Boston is a very solid 21-13 on the road which is the second best road record in the league, a half-game behind Milwaukee and coming off a loss like that against the Rockets provides enough motivation. Minnesota went into Atlanta and destroyed the Hawks from start to finish which snapped a two-game slide where it trailed at the most by just one points and led by as much as 28 points. The Timberwolves have won four of their last six games and while they have been a strong home underdog this season, this is an awful spot to back that victory up. They are 20-16 at home which is nothing spectacular and it is the third worst home record in the NBA of any winning team. Here, we play on road favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points outscoring their opponents by three or more ppg going up against an opponent after leading in their previous game by 20 or more points at the half. This situation is 41-12 ATS (77.4 percent) since 1996. 10* (581) Boston Celtics

This is a play on the ALCORN ST. BRAVES for our NIT Ultimate Underdog. It was a great season for North Texas which won a program record 26 games but its reward was a trip to the NIT. The Mean Green were the top ranked team in the NET rankings, where they finished No. 35, to not earn an NCAA tournament berth so there is definitely disappointment. This team has the No. 1 scoring defense in the country so they play lockdown on that side of the floor but a lot of that comes with being motivated and they might not be at their best here and yet are being asked to lay a massive number. Alcorn St. also had a great season as the Braves won their second straight SWAC regular season title and were the top seed in the conference tournament before being upset in the first round by Texas Southern which eventually went on to win the SWAC Tournament. Coming from a lower-tier conference, the body of work is not great but the Braves do own a pair of solid wins against Wichita St. and Stephen F. Austin and while it was 0-3 in Quad 1 games, all three of those were against teams currently playing in the NCAA Tournament. 10* (707) Alcorn St. Braves

This is a play on the TEXAS SOUTHERN TIGERS for our NCAA Tourney Wednesday Play-In Annihilator. This is the third straight play-in game for the Tigers as they defeated Mount St. Mary's in 2020-21 and Texas A&M-CC last season so they know the situation and the environment they are playing in. This is a senior laden team that wants another crack at the big boys after losing the Michigan and Kansas the last two years and a look at the overall record of 14-20 is going to make people sky away from this side. The Tigers had eight losses of four points or less including four in overtime and they own a strong win over Arizona St. Fairleigh Dickinson lost to Merrimack in the Northeast Conference Championship but it got the bid because the Warriors were ineligible as they are still on probation from the Division I move. The Knights finished 17-14 on the season and they too had some close losses along the way but they came against some awful teams and the Tigers have the No. 362 SOS RPI ranking, out of 363 teams, and that is not a good resume coming into this game against a very veteran team that has already been here. 10* (671) Texas Southern Tigers

This is a play on the MISSISSIPPI ST. BULLDOGS for our NCAA Tourney Tuesday Play-In Enforcer. Pittsburgh snuck into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed which is not a good look considering the Panthers tied for third place in the ACC which shows how bad that conference was this season. Pittsburgh struggled to get past Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament before getting blown out by Duke by 27 points and ended up No. 67 in the NET rankings. Mississippi St. comes in also sneaking in but has a much better resume as it is No. 48 in the NET rankings and played a much more difficult schedule. The Bulldogs have failed to cover four straight games which is adding value to this short number. This one comes down to the better defender and that is clearly Mississippi St. The Panthers give up 69.7 ppg which was 159th in the country and they allowed 75 points or more in eight of their last 10 games. Meanwhile, Mississippi St. allowed 75 or more points just twice this season and only Tennessee has eclipsed 80 points against the Bulldogs, which finished eighth in the country at 60.4 ppg. 10* (701) Mississippi St. Bulldogs

This is a play on the OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER for our Nonconference Game of the Month. The trade Brooklyn made have not affected its most recent play as it has won five of its last games while covering all six of those and this includes four outright road wins, three as an underdog. The Nets are now 20-17 on the road and overall they are 10 games over .500 which has put them into the No 5 spot in the Eastern Conference which has put them one game ahead of New York. This is a tough spot coming in off a big win at Denver and with a four-game homestand on deck. Oklahoma City has also won five of its last six games following a five-game losing streak which has put the Thunder two games under .500. They are currently in the logjam of six teams within two games of each other for the No. 7 through No. 10 spots in the Western Conference for the play-in tournament. Winning their games at home is key and they come in 20-15 at home and this is the final home game before five of the next six taking place on the road. Here, we play against underdogs with a winning percentage between .501 and .600 off two or more consecutive upset wins as a road underdog. This situation is 59-23 ATS (72 percent) since 1996. 10* (566) Oklahoma City Thunder

This is a play on the SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI GOLDEN EAGLES for our NIT Tuesday Ultimate Underdog. UAB is another team where motivation is a concern for not making the NCAA Tournament and instead heading to the NIT. The Blazers played without all conference guard Jelly Walker for five games in late January and while they went 3-2, they clearly were not the same but since his return, they went 10-1 including eight straight wins, five of those by double-digits, before facing top seed Florida Atlantic in the C-USA Championship which resulted in a 22-point loss and completely shattered their momentum and confidence. Southern Mississippi won the Sun Belt Conference with a 14-4 record but could not make it out of the first round of the conference tournament and that is an edge since it was not a disheartening loss in the championship and they can build on the season which was the Golden Eagles first one in the Sun Belt. The Golden Eagles led the conference with three Quad 1 and 2 wins which is the same number for UAB so playing in a more difficult conference did not matter although this line is telling us so. 10* (687) Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles

This is a play on the TOLEDO ROCKETS for our NIT Tuesday Dominator. It was a disappointing season for Michigan that had eyes on the NCAA Tournament but it lost its final three games of the season including a 12-point loss against Rutgers in the opening round of the Big Ten Conference Tournament. The Wolverines motivation has to be in question here as after losing to Rutgers, head coach Juwan Howard was pretty vague about whether or not the team would accept a potential invite to the NIT and while it was accepted, they will not be the more motivated team here. Toledo was rolling with 17 straight wins before it ran into Kent St. in the MAC Championship as it was unable to capture the championship as well as revenging a loss against the Golden Flashes which was the Rockets last defeat before their winning streak. It was definitely a disappointment buy coming from a smaller conference, this is an opportunity to prove what they can do against the power teams and this offense can keep them around with a big number as they come in No. 2 in the country in scoring and No. 5 in shooting. 10* (685) Toledo Rockets

This is a play on the UTAH JAZZ for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Utah opened its six-game roadtrip with three losses but has won the last two games and has a chance to even up the trek tonight before heading home for a four-game homestand. The Jazz are just 13-22 on the road but are catching an overinflated number as they remain in the Western Conference playoff hunt as they are part of four teams tied for ninth place with only two of those teams making the postseason. But it is tight above them as well as Utah is just 2.5 game out of fifth place. Miami is coming off a loss at Orlando which followed a 3-3 homestand and the Heat are back home where they are 22-13 but have been the worst cover team in the NBA as they are 10-23-2 ATS yet the lines continue to go against them. They are 5-15 ATS when favored by five points or more so a narrow win is all that is needed here. Miami is No. 7 in the Eastern Conference with not much room to move up as it is 3.5 games behind the Knicks. Here, we play on road underdogs revenging a close loss of three points or less going up against an opponent off an upset loss as a favorite. This situation is 34-9 ATS (79.1 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (551) Utah Jazz

This is a play on the MEMPHIS TIGERS for our C-USA Tourney Dominator. Memphis has had a very quiet great season at 23-8 and in all eight of those losses, it has never been out of a game with those defeats averaging just 4.0 ppg and none by more than eight points. This includes two losses against Houston which were by eight points on the road and two points at home to close the regular season. Guard play is big this time of the season and Kendric Davis is one of the best as he has scored 20 points or more in five straight games and leads the AAC in scoring with 21.5 ppg and he actually missed the first meeting in that eight-point defeat. We played against Houston yesterday and it ran away against Cincinnati to snap a four-game non-cover streak and pick up its 13th straight win but this one will not be easy as the Tigers have been their toughest opponent. The Cougars remain undefeated on the road at 15-0 but overall have struggled against the top teams, going 8-10 ATS against teams with a winning record. 10* (657) Memphis Tigers

This is a play on the UC SANTA BARBARA GAUCHOS for our Big West Tourney Enforcer. UC Santa Barbara has won six straight games and the preseason favorite to win the Big West Conference and after splitting the regular season title with UC Irvine, the Gauchos are in a great position to take home the tournament and the automatic NCAA Tournament bid. They have covered five of those six games with the lone exception being a push against Cal Poly in their tournament opener and four of the six wins have come against teams in the top six in the conference. There is extra incentive here as the last defeat came at home against CSU Fullerton by 14 points as a seven-point favorite after beating the Titans by eight points on the road in the first meeting. CSU Fullerton has won its first two games of the Big West Conference Tournament as underdogs by a combined five points, one in overtime, so those could have gone either way. The Titans have won nine straight games with six of those coming by one or two possessions and find themselves in a tough spot here. 10* (636) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

This is a play on the GOLDEN ST. WARRIORS for our NBA signature Enforcer. To no surprise, Golden St. is coming off a three-game roadtrip where it went 0-3 to make it eight straight losses on the road to fall to 7-26 away from home which is tied with the Piston for the third worst record in the league and just one win higher than San Antonio and Houston. The Warriors are back home where they are 27-7 which is the third best record in the Western Conference and they are not only in a bounce back spot but also a revenge spot after a 17-point loss at Milwaukee earlier this season. Milwaukee is on a three-game winning streak following a loss against Philadelphia which snapped a 16-game winning streak so the Bucks are still the hottest team in the NBA and it is not really close. That being said, this is by far their toughest road assignment during this 19-1 stretch which includes a 9-0 record on the road with the best win being against the Clippers. Milwaukee is now 2.5 games clear of Boston for first place in the Eastern Conference with this being the start of a three-game trip against three of the top four or five teams out west. Here, we play on home underdogs revenging a road loss of 10 points or more, off an upset loss by 15 points or more as a favorite. This situation is 46-16 ATS (74.2 percent) since 1996. 10* (530) Golden St. Warriors

This is a play on the TOLEDO ROCKETS for our MAC Tournament Dominator. Toledo has won 17 straight games with its last loss coming way back on January 10 against, you guessed it, Kent St. in the one meeting this season by 12 points. The difference in that game was on the glass as Kent St. outrebounded the Rockets 42-28 including 19-6 on the offensive end. This was a complete aberration as the as the Golden Flashes do not have a significant edge on the boards. These teams are evenly matched all around but we have to look at who has been more dominant coming in and that is clearly the Rockets as during the winning streak, only two wins were by fewer than six points and none of those were by one possession. Kent St. is riding high as well with five straight wins and victories in nine of its last 10 games so it has clearly not been as dominant and with the exception of home wins against Ball St. and Toledo in the game mentioned, the Golden Flashes struggled to put the top teams away by margin. This is a Quad 2 matchup and Kent St. is 1-4 against Quad 1 and 2 teams while Toledo is 3-2. 10* (606) Toledo Rockets

This is a play on the XAVIER MUSKETEERS for our Big East Tourney Annihilator. Marquette has won eight straight games and 18 of its last 20 games to come in as the favorite for the Big East Championship but 13 of those wins came against teams with no chance at the NCAA Tournament with very few making any postseason tournament. The Golden Eagles are 5-2 against NCAA Tournament teams with those five wins coming by 19 points while the two losses also coming by 19 points. The last three wins in this group were by just five points total including a home win against Xavier by one point. We will regurgitate the Xavier info as it is now 25-8 overall following a 22-point blowout win against Creighton Friday and they have been on the cusp of a very special season as one of those losses came by seven points against Duke on a neutral floor back in late November and a 17-point loss at Creighton. As for the other six losses, they have come by a total of 11 points, five of which were by one or two points. Xavier is once again undervalued. 10* (627) Xavier Musketeers

This is a play on the CINCINNATI BEARCATS for our CBB Ultimate Underdog. Houston rolled to a win over East Carolina on Friday but it was a close game for a half as the Cougars were not able to pull away until midway through the second half and as great as they are, they are continuing to be overvalued. They have gone 0-4 ATS in their last four games and are 1-6 ATS in their last seven games and while Houston has the potential to win any game by 20 points, not in a matchup like this facing a team playing its best basketball of the season. Houston is the only team in the country to not have lost away from home as it is 14-0 but in six games against quality opponent, four of the victories were under this number they are laying here. Cincinnati has won four of five games and over the last two months, the five losses were by an average of 5.4 ppg. Of their 11 losses, only three have come by more than what they are getting here and the last defeat by more than seven points was way back on January 8 against the Cougars. 10* (619) Cincinnati Bearcats

This is a play on the VCU RAMS for our A10 Tourney Game of the Year. St. Louis and VCU both cruised in their opening round Atlantic Ten Conference Tournament games on Thursday and we will be rolling with the hotter team that does have a matchup edge. The Rams have won seven straight games and 15 of their last 17 games with the two losses coming by seven points combined against Dayton and St. Bonaventure and have dominated along the way. VCU is 10-4 away from home with only one of those coming in the conference at Duquesne which was one of its worst offensive performances. The Rams won both regular season meetings and while we say beating a team three times is difficult, the offense is simply more dominant as they outshot St. Louis 47.4 percent to 43.1 percent. The Billikens have been all over the place of late as they are 6-5 over their last 11 games with four of those losses coming by eight points or more. St. Louis is just 6-8 away from home including 1-4 over its last five games and the only significant road win on the season was against Providence by three points. 10* (608) VCU Rams

This is a play on the MISSOURI TIGERS for our SEC Tourney Enforcer. Missouri is peaking at the right time as it has won five straight games including a pair of wins against future NCAA Tournament teams Tennessee and Mississippi St. and the win over the Volunteers on Friday improved the Tigers to 8-5 away from home and they are catching a bigger number today than what the Bulldogs got yesterday against Alabama despite being the much better team. Missouri has the second best Q score in the SEC and while they do have eight Quad 1 losses, a lot of those came early including a 21-point loss against Alabama at home and that is a circle game as that one came down to long range shooting where the tide went 10-35 from long range while Missouri was a dismal 3-28 from beyond the arc. Alabama finally had a big win on Friday as it rolled past Mississippi St. by 23 points after going 3-1 over its previous four games with the three wins coming by nine points combined. The Tide are still not right as the distractions will be present the rest of the season. 10* (611) Missouri Tigers

This is a play on the ARIZONA ST. SUN DEVILS for our CBB Ultimate Underdog. Arizona St. is coming off an upset over USC on Thursday and is once again making a move up the NCAA Tournament bubble. The Sun Devils were one of the last teams in following a last second upset at Arizona a couple weeks ago but losses at UCLA and USC knocked them back down but are now in better shape after the Trojans win as they are the last team out so a win here gets them back in as their five Quad 1 wins are third most in the Pac 12 Conference. Arizona St. is now 12-6 away from home and could be a live dog here despite the large number it is getting. The Wildcats took care of Stanford by 11 points yesterday but have gone just 4-3 over their last seven games. They are 11-4 away from home but four of those wins came against the four worst teams in the conference. Arizona was favored by 10 points against Stanford on Thursday and are now favored by just a bucket less against a team that finished four games better in the conference than the Cardinal. 10* (859) Arizona St. Sun Devils

This is a play on the VANDERBILT COMMODORES for our SEC Tournament Dominator. Vanderbilt has been rolling in the SEC on a 9-1 run following a 57-point loss at Alabama which clearly woke this team up and while it was a win over a horrible LSU team, the Commodores have snuck into the final eight teams out with five of those ahead of them already out of their conference tournaments. Vanderbilt finished 11-7 in the SEC but it was so far back in the analytical rankings that is it still on the outside of the NCAA Tournament despite having the same or better conference record than five other teams in the SEC that are already in the big dance. A win here and they make a massive jump and they have already proven they can beat the Wildcats. Kentucky has been playing well also with five wins in its last six games, the lone loss coming against Vanderbilt and while playing with revenge, the Wildcats are laying too big of a number here. Kentucky is just 7-6 away from home which is only one game better than Vanderbilt. 10* (835) Vanderbilt Commodores

This is a play on the TULANE GREEN WAVE for our AAC Tournament Dominator. Tulane won its final two games of the regular season, albeit by three points combined, to secure the No. 3 seed in the American Athletic Conference to secure a first round bye. Tulane went on a 10-2 ATS run starting the first of January but has since dropped its last five games but one of those games was at Houston and the Green Wave were significant favorites in the other four games. They lost the second meeting by seven points at home which was part of that final five-game stretch and they are catching some value here as they look to keep their surprisingly great season alive. Wichita St. had no problems with Tulsa on Thursday as it won by 18 points and the Shockers continue to play well down the stretch as they have won five of their last seven games with the two losses coming against Houston and Memphis. They have covered four straight games and have been solid away from home, winning four of their last five but two of those were against Tulsa. 10* (828) Tulane Green Wave

This is a play on the XAVIER MUSKETEERS for our Big East Tourney Annihilator. The Musketeers are coming off a closer than expected win over DePaul on Thursday and they are 24-8 overall and they have been on the cusp of a very special season as one of those losses came by seven points against Duke on a neutral floor back in late November and a 17-point loss at Creighton, a game they have not forgotten. As for the other six losses, they have come by a total of 11 points, five of which were by one or two points. They are 12-7 in Quad 1 and 2 games compared to 9-10 for Creighton. Despite being the No. 2 seed, they are catching points here in what should be a pickem. Creighton rolled over Villanova on Thursday which was its third straight win and cover but the other two victories came against DePaul and Georgetown. The Bluejays are 8-9 away from home this season and of those eight wins, only one has come against an upcoming NCAA Tournament team with was a neutral floor win over Arkansas by three points. 10* (848) Xavier Musketeers

This is a play on the WASHINGTON WIZARDS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. This is the second game of a back-to-back between Atlanta and Washington with the Hawks taking the first meeting by a bucket on Wednesday. That improved Atlanta to just 15-20 on the road and it is currently sitting in the No. 8 spot in the Eastern Conference but with not a lot of breathing room as the Hawks are just three games out of the No. 11 seed and missing the postseason altogether. They had lost five straight games on the highway prior to the win on Wednesday. The Wizards are clinging to the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference as they are in the final slot in the play-in tournament, ahead of the Bulls by only one game and Indiana by just a game and a half. Washington has now lost three straight games at home and is now a game under .500 on its home floor which is a mark they have been hovering around for most of the season. While not a great thing, it keeps the number down, especially in a great spot. Here, we play on teams coming off a close home loss by three points or less going up against an opponent off a road win by three points or less. This situation is 25-7 ATS (78.1 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (504) Washington Wizards

This is a play on the KANSAS JAYHAWKS for our Big 12 Tournament Enforcer. While Kansas has a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament locked up, the Jayhawks are going after the overall No. 1 seed which likely comes with placing them three hours from campus in Des Moines, Iowa, for the opening two rounds and then playing 45 minutes from campus in Kansas City for the Midwest Regionals. That is a significant advantage. Kansas is playing with heavy hearts with the absence of head coach Bill Self who is not on the sidelines for the Big 12 Tournament after undergoing a heart procedure and his lone term coaching outlook is still unknown. The Jayhawks took care of business on Thursday, rolling past a hot West Virginia team. Iowa St. put itself into a bad spot as it lost four straight games before posting a pair of wins over Baylor including a six-point win over the Bears on Thursday as it improved to 6-9 away from home. The Cyclones have been a thorn to Kansas as they lost by two points in Lawrence and won by 15 points at home so they have the full attention of Kansas on Friday. 10* (854) Kansas Jayhawks

This is a play on the NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS for our Big Ten Tourney Enforcer. Two Cinderella teams square off Friday in a strange year in the Big Ten Conference as Penn St. and Northwestern are both in the NCAA Tournament while Michigan and Wisconsin played their way out. The Nittany Lions upset Illinois on Thursday to move into the last four in group which was its sixth Quad 1 win of the season and that should be good enough to hold on even if it loses here. The Nittany Lions are playing their best at the right time as they have won six of their last seven games. Northwestern secured the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Conference Tournament, a spot no one expected so while this is new territory, they have something to prove. They went through a small rough patch where they lost three straight games before closing the regular season with a confidence-building win at Rutgers by 12 points to end the regular season. This line is showing that the markets do not believe either but this has been no fluke as Northwestern is 7-5 in Quad 1 games, second most victories in the Big Ten. 10* (814) Northwestern Wildcats

This is a play on the UAB BLAZERS for our C-USA Tourney Enforcer. If neither of these teams wins the conference tournament, they are not going dancing which is a major drawback of the NCAA Tournament as both deserve bids. The Blazers played without all conference guard Jelly Walker for five games in late January and while they went 3-2, they clearly were not the same but since his return, they have gone 9-1 including seven straight wins, five of those by double-digits, and now they face the only C-USA team to sweep them this season. UAB locked down the No. 3 seed with the big finish and cruised past Rice by 27 points on Thursday to set up this big rematch. There is not a significant difference between these two teams as both possess great guard play which UAB gets the edge with Walker playing at his highest level. North Texas has also been red hot as it has won 11 of its last 12 games and the Mean Green have been dominant as well so this is no easy rematch for the Blazers which will be facing one of the best defenses in the country but the better offense prevails here. 10* (819) UAB Blazers

This is a play on the MICHIGAN ST. SPARTANS for our CBB Afternoon Dominator. Michigan St. had a game postponed against Minnesota earlier in the season and while it probably would have resulted in a win, it worked out as the Spartans got the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament thanks to having the one fewer defeat in the lost column. They got a double bye looking to build off a two-game winning streak to close the season. Michigan St. finished just 7-9 away from home but a lot of those were Quad 1 losses and the Spartans were 13-2 on the season in games outside of Quad 1. Ohio St. has caught fire at the right time as it has won four of its last five games, the one loss coming against Michigan St., and has covered all five of those games. The Buckeyes were efficient against Iowa as they committed only five turnovers and were fortunate the Hawkeyes could hit nothing from long range as they were 4-17 from behind the arc. That was just their third Quad 1 win on the entire season as they are now 3-12 with those losses being the most of any team in the conference. 10* (812) Michigan St. Spartans

This is a play on the UTAH ST. AGGIES for our MWC Tourney Enforcer. New Mexico was an early season fraud as it opened the season 14-0 and 18-2 but it has been downhill since as the Lobos have gone 4-8 over their last 12 games and while an overall 22-10 record looks good, it has trended the wrong way. They are coming off a win over Wyoming last night to open the Mountain West Conference Tournament as they faced the Cowboys that announced head coach Jeff Linder would not be on the sidelines as he was with his ill father so that made it difficult for Wyoming to put a game together in a very tough spot. Utah St. closed the regular season with five straight wins and covers and despite having a NET ranking of No. 21, second in the MWC, and a Q score that is also second in the conference, the aggies are firmly on the NCAA Tournament bubble as they are the last of the final four teams in so a loss here could potentially knock them out of consideration. Part of the issue is they only have one Quad 1 victory but that did come in their final game. 10* (780) Utah St. Aggies

This is a play on the NC STATE WOLFPACK for our ACC Tournament Dominator. NC State rolled past Virginia Tech on Wednesday by 20 points in the opening round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament which sets up a rematch that the Wolfpack were hoping for. Motivation in the tournaments is not a problem for teams but sometimes there is some extra juice added and that is the case here as NC State lost its final home game of the regular season to Clemson by 25 points which was by far its worst loss of the season and only its second home loss on the season. This came after losing the first meeting in Clemson by 14 points so this is a double circle. The Tigers were one of the hottest teams early in the season as they opened 18-4 including 7-0 and 10-1 starts in the conference and then they came back down to earth. Clemson went 4-5 over its last nine games and other than the NC State win, the other victories were against Florida St., Syracuse and Notre Dame whose seasons are all already done. The Tigers were awesome at home with a 15-1 record but just 7-8 away from home. 10* (725) NC State Wolfpack

This is a play on the VANDERBILT COMMODORES for our SEC Tournament Dominator. Vanderbilt has been rolling in the SEC but it is likely too little, too late for the Commodores which closed the season on an 8-1 run following a 57-point loss at Alabama which clearly woke this team up. Vanderbilt finished 11-7 in the SEC but it was so far back in the analytical rankings that is it still on the outside of the NCAA Tournament despite having the same or better conference record than five other teams in the SEC that are already in the big dance and with the way it is playing and the instability of this conference, a deep run is feasible. A little extra incentive is the fact the only loss during this recent run was a loss at LSU. That win over the Commodores was only the second one during the season for the Tigers which finished 2-16 in the SEC. They are coming off an impressive win over Georgia in the opening round of the SEC Tournament but LSU actually closed as a three-point favorite in that game as the Bulldogs were in a massive slump coming in and it is in no position for a run. 10* (764) Vanderbilt Commodores

This is a play on the ST. JOSEPH'S HAWKS for our CBB Ultimate Underdog. St. Joseph's has won its first two games in the Atlantic Ten Tournament and the Hawks are on a roll that could cause more problems. Prior to winning their regular season finale, they had dropped four straight games but three of those were on the road and the other came against top seeded VCU but before that, St. Joseph's won seven of nine games and now are getting a good number in a revenge game where they lost by 20 points back in early January. Dayton has watched from the sidelines during the first two rounds which is a good rest advantage but teams really do not need that right now unless they are looking at four in four or five in five and the momentum and confidence is clearly on the other side. The Flyers finished tied for second in the conference with St. Louis at 12-6 so they were not overly dominating and that early 20-point win came during a seven-game winning streak and they have gone just 8-6 since then and overall, are just 6-9 away from home. 10* (715) St. Joseph's Hawks

This is a play on the CONNECTICUT HUSKIES for our Big East Tourney Annihilator. Despite claiming the No. 4 seed in the Big East Tournament, Connecticut is the favorite to win the tournament at +210 as it gets to play in its home away from home and is playing the best basketball of any team in the conference. The Huskies have won five straight games and eight of their last nine with most of those being blowouts. Connecticut is No. 6 in the latest NET rankings but it still considered a projected No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament so they could use a run. Providence overachieved most of the season and we feel the Friars are more indicative of what it did down the stretch. They dropped their final two games of the season at home after a 15-0 start and while the Friars rolled over Connecticut by 12 points, that was when the Huskies were in the midst of a 1-5 run and the other two good wins came in overtime. Providence finished 4-5 down the stretch with two of those wins coming against Georgetown and one of those losses was at Connecticut by 18 points. 10* (730) Connecticut Huskies

This is a play on the BALL ST. CARDINALS for our CBB Afternoon Dominator. The top three teams in the MAC coming into the season all held their ground and the big surprise to most at the end of the season was Ball St. which finished 11-7 to finish No. 4 in the conference. The Cardinals came into the season projected right there so this is no surprise and they are still being undervalued. They dropped their last three games of the season, two against No. 1 Toledo and No. 3 Akron as well as a poor road loss at Eastern Michigan. They finished 8-9 away from home and despite better seed, better record and a better Q score, they come into the quarterfinals as an underdog. It was a good season for Ohio which ran off six straight wins in February before losing two of its final three games. The Bobcats ended up 10-8 in the MAC thank to a big home court edge where they went 14-1, which included a five-point win over Ball St., but they were just 4-12 away from home. 10* (706) Ball St. Cardinals

This is a play on the MISSISSIPPI ST. BULLDOGS for our SEC Tourney Game of the Year. Mississippi St. opened the season 11-0 but then hit a stretch where it went 1-8 with the only victory coming against an awful Mississippi team but the Bulldogs have worked their way back up into NCAA Tournament consideration. Mississippi St. has won eight of its last 11 games with the three losses coming by 10 points combined where they were an overtime loss at Missouri, a loss at Vanderbilt and a three-point home loss against Kentucky. They are currently the first of the last four teams in so the Vanderbilt loss did not hurt but it needs a win here. Florida floundered at the end of the season as it lost six of seven games with the only win coming against Mississippi and while it won its final two games of the season, those were against 6-12 Georgia and 2-16 LSU. The Gators were 2-12 against Quad 1 teams and on a neutral floor, Mississippi St. qualifies and those two victories included a win at Mississippi St. by a bucket and the Bulldogs have not forgotten that which was one of only four home losses. 10* (757) Mississippi St. Bulldogs

This is a play on the RICE OWLS for our C-USA Tourney Enforcer. Rice was an early player in C-USA as it started off 6-2 that included an impressive win at 16-4 North Texas but the Owls could not sustain that as they lost their next four games and finished on a dismal 2-9 run. Rice ended up 8-12 in the conference which was good for a tie for sixth place with Western Kentucky and Florida International and was able to lock down the No. 6 seed with tiebreakers to get a good first round draw and a possible double-revenge rematch with UAB which it lost by 18 and 28 points in the first two meetings. One of the early wins came at UTSA but the Owls lost the second meeting at home as a double-digit favorite. The Roadrunners have been at bottom of the conference since the start as they opened 0-3 before a win against Middle Tennessee St. and then it was 11 straight losses before the win against Rice. UTSA did win their final two games of the regular season but should be no match here. 10* (688) Rice Owls

This is a play on the OKLAHOMA ST. COWBOYS for our Big 12 Tournament Annihilator. Oklahoma St. is another team that has played itself out of the NCAA Tournament and needs a conference tournament run to get back in. The Cowboys got into the mix with five straight wins that included a pair of road victories against Oklahoma and Iowa St. but they then lost their next five games as they slowly descended down the ranks but those losses were all against upcoming NCAA Tournament teams. They desperately needed a win to close out the season and they got it with a three-point win at Texas Tech which propped them up to the last team out heading into tournament week. Oklahoma has been the only team in the conference that has not been in the NCAA Tournament mix as it currently sits No. 65 in the NET rankings which is not horrible by any stretch and that is what is keeping this line down. The Sooners closed the season 3-3 that did include two solid wins against Kansas St. and TCU, both at home and a road win at slumping Iowa St. 10* (700) Oklahoma St. Cowboys

This is a play on the UTAH UTES for our Pac 12 Tournament Dominator. Utah was on the cusp of the NCAA Tournament bubble for much of the latter part of the season but the Utes closed with five straight losses in what was a brutal stretch to end the season. They lost all three road games at Arizona, Arizona St. and Colorado and had two tough home games against UCLA and USC and they failed to cover any of those five games. It will take nothing less than a Pac 12 Tournament Championship to get them to the big dance which is very unlikely but it is one game at a time with a date with Arizona on deck should it win this revenge game. Stanford played well down the stretch as it won two of its last three games while covering all of those and it went 5-2 ATS over its last seven games. The Cardinal finished 7-13 in the Pac 12 Conference after a 0-7 start as it put together a four-game conference winning streak sandwiched around a win over Chicago St. but four of those wins were at home. 10* (676) Utah Utes

This is a play on the MIAMI HEAT for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Cleveland survived at home against Boston in overtime on Monday as the Celtics missed a pair of free throws with less than a second remaining and eventually lost by four points. The Cavaliers are two games ahead of the Knicks for the No. 4 spot in the Eastern Conference following two straight wins and now hit the road where they are 13-19 that includes three straight losses. Miami is coming off a two-game home sweep over Atlanta which snapped a 1-6 slide and the Heat remain No. 7 in the Eastern Conference as they are 5.5 games clear of missing out on the playoffs. Miami is 2.5 games behind Brooklyn for the No. 6 spot and a chance to avoid the play-in tournament and are in a good spot here to keep the winning streak alive as they are 21-12 at home. The markets are catching up as they have been overvalues all season with the worst ATS record in the league and are now catching points at home. Here, we play against teams where the line is +3 to -3 revenging a loss of three points or less going up against an opponent off two or more consecutive home wins. This situation is 79-41 ATS (65.8 percent) since 1996. 10* (552) Miami Heat

This is a play on the BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES for our ACC Tournament Dominator. Boston College has played well down the stretch as following a win over Louisville on Tuesday, the Eagles have won four of their last five games. Boston College finished 9-11 in the ACC and its resume is not far off from that of North Carolina yet it is catching double digits in the second round because of the brand name. The Eagles finished 2-6 in Quad 1 games which is one more win than North Carolina had. The Tar Heels opened the season No. 1 in the country but now needs a big run to get into the NCAA Tournament. They won three straight games before losing the season finale at home against Duke and the talent is obviously here for a run but are laying double digits for the first time in a month and a half which came at home against Boston College and they failed to cover in the eight-point victory. They did cover the other three ACC games when laying 10 points but those were against Georgia Tech, Notre Dame and Louisville, a combined 11-49. 10* (655) Boston College Eagles

This is a play on the WISCONSIN BADGERS for our Big Ten Tourney Game of the Year. There are a number of teams needing to win at least one conference tournament game to have a shot at an at large bid into the NCAA Tournament and Wisconsin is one of those. The Badgers have been on the bubble for a month after a brutal January where they closed on a 1-6 run. Wisconsin went 3-3 down the stretch with three of those losses coming by five points combined and the other two coming in overtime on the road at red hot Nebraska and another bubble team in Michigan. The Badgers are currently the second of the first four teams out so it will take a win here and a likely win against Iowa to go dancing. Ohio St. opened the season 10-3 that included a 2-0 start in the Big Ten Conference and then it was all downhill as the Buckeyes lost their next five games and 14 of 15 games before picking up a couple late wins against Illinois and Maryland at home before a season ending loss at Michigan St. and still comes in as a favorite. 10* (680) Wisconsin Badgers

This is a play on the ST. JOHN'S RED STORM for our Big East Tourney Annihilator. While this is considered a neutral court game, this is essentially a home game for the Red Storm at MSG and they have been excellent in non-true road games, going 14-6 and this is a revenge game after suffering a two-point loss at Butler last month. They struggled against the top half of the conference as most teams in the bottom half of the Big East did but St. John's is 15-1 in Quad 3 and 4 teams this season. They are 3-3 over their last six games with the three losses coming against NCAA Tournament bound teams. Butler finished 6-14 in the Big East Conference and outside of the win against St. John's and victories against DePaul and Georgetown, the only other conference wins were against Xavier and Villanova at home. 10-19 New Orleans and 3-28 California accounted for the only other road wins as well as a neutral floor win against BYU way back in November. 10* (666) St. John's Red Storm

This is a play on the DAVIDSON WILDCATS for our CBB Afternoon Dominator. It was a miserable stretch at the end of the season for St. Bonaventure as it lost six of its final seven games with the lone win coming on Senior Day at home against St. Joseph's. The Bonnies were in the top half of the Atlantic Ten Conference at 7-4 but the recent skid dropped them to 8-10 and a tie for eighth place with the Hawks and Wildcats which they lost to by 13 points on the road during the losing streak. St. Bonaventure was good at home at 11-4 but went 3-13 outside of Olean. Davidson opened 2-1 in the conference but then suffered through a 2-8 stretch with half of those losses coming by four points or less but the Wildcats closed strong by going 4-1 over their last five games that included a pair of victories away from home where they finished a solid 6-6 and 8-7 including neutral court games. Davidson is 7-3 ATS as favorites of fewer than five points while going 11-4 ATS away from home. 10* (644) Davidson Wildcats

This is a play on the LOS ANGELES LAKERS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. The Lakers have been just fine without LeBron James as they have split their first four games including the last two which tipped off this five-game homestand. Los Angeles has caught a scheduling break as the first two games came against a shorthanded Timberwolves team and a Warriors team without Steph Curry and now it faces Memphis without Ja Morant and these are the types of breaks the Lakers need during this stretch if they have any shot at maintaining a playoff berth. They are tied with Utah, Portland and New Orleans for the final two spots at No. 9 and No. 10 in the Western Conference. Memphis is in a tough spot now with all of this Morant drama and it comes at an awful time with the playoffs just around the corner because the severity of the situation is still unknown. The Grizzlies lost to the Clippers on Sunday with their first game without him and that is typically the game the other players step up in the absence of their star which they did not. Memphis is 12-20 on the road and that is mostly with Morant in the lineup and now the No. 2 spot in the conference is no guarantee. Here, we play on home teams where the line is +3 to -3 with a winning percentage between .400 and .499 after having won five or six of their last seven games. This situation is 28-9 ATS (75.7 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (548) Los Angeles Lakers

This is a play on the MONTANA GRIZZLIES for our Big Sky Tourney Annihilator. This is not the semifinal matchup many expected as top seed Eastern Washington fell to Northern Arizona on Sunday and the Grizzlies are now a live play to make it to the NCAA Tournament. Montana suddenly has a good draw to finish off the Big Sky Tournament as the Grizzlies will avoid Eastern Washington which they lost to twice during the regular season by seven points both times as the Eagles were upset by the Lumberjacks. These were two close regular season games as each team won at home by a point so this line might seem high but the value lies with Montana. The Grizzlies finished 10-7 in the Big Sky during the regular season and come in on a solid run as they have won eight straight games and while seven of those were against losing teams, their opponent falls into that category also. Northern Arizona has won four of its last five games which has accounted for four of its overall five wins away from home all season but this is not a team that can sustain pulling off upsets. 10* (632) Montana Grizzlies

This is a play on the VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES for our ACC Tournament Dominator. It was a very disappointing season for Virginia Tech as it opened the season 11-1 before dropping seven straight games to open ACC action 1-7 and it was a hole it could not recover from. Five of those seven losses were by four points or less and that actually made them stronger down the stretch as they won seven of their last 12 games. Two of those final five losses were against first place Miami and another at Duke. Virginia Tech finished 12-3 in Quad 3 and 4 games while Notre Dame went just 9-9 against those opponents. The Irish had an even worse season as they finished just one game ahead of last place Louisville at 3-17 in the ACC with all three of those wins coming at home. Two of those were against 2-18 Louisville and 6-14 Georgia Tech and while the other one was against 14-6 Pittsburgh, that was their final home game and the final game for head coach Mike Brey. Notre Dame was 0-12 away from home and while there were some close calls against some good teams, it was a disaster overall. 10* (612) Virginia Tech Hokies

This is a play on the UNC WILMINGTON SEAHAWKS for our CAA Tournament Dominator. UNC Wilmington came through with the outright upset last night against Hofstra in overtime and that momentum is big facing the overwhelming conference favorite. We are getting excellent line value with the Seahawks based on two different factors. College of Charleston was laying half this number last night against Towson which finished with the same conference record as UNC Wilmington and a lot of this can be due to the second factor which is head-to-head. The Cougars won the last meeting at home by 32 points and that is something everyone looks at and in that game, Charleston was laying 9.5 points and a shift to a neutral floor should bring that number down about three points and that is not the case. The Cougars rolled Stony Brook on Sunday but narrowly escaped the Tigers on Monday as they won by just five points and are now being asked to win by double that which is too much against a worthy opponent that is now a perfect 5-0 playing on a neutral court. 10* (627) UNC Wilmington Seahawks

This is a play on the ABILENE CHRISTAN WILDCATS for our WAC Tourney Enforcer. Abilene Christian closed the season with five straight losses to finish 7-11, although two of those wins were forfeits wins against New Mexico St., so while it does not look good heading into the postseason, the Wildcats played to their schedule. 10 of the 11 losses were against teams that finished .500 or better with four of those by four points or less including three by a bucket. Two of the five wins were against winning teams and another against a .500 team so not counting the New Mexico St. games, the Wildcats played 13 of 16 games against teams at 9-9 or better and it was one of the toughest schedules in the Western Athletic Conference. Abilene Christian won the lone meeting at California Baptist by 16 points which was one of its two covers against winning teams on the road. The Lancers lost three of their last four games and after a great early stretch of going on a 5-0 ATS run, they have covered only two of nine games and have had only two Division I wins since February 1st, both at home. 10* (613) Abilene Christian Wildcats

This is a play on the ST. JOSEPH'S HAWKS for our A-10 Tournament Annihilator. We talk about how beating a team three times in the same season in not easy since opposing adjustments tend to be made but sometimes there is a clear matchup edge and that is the case here with St. Joseph's. The Hawks won the two meetings this season by 31 points at home and 12 points on the road and it came down to a huger advantage at guard which is very important this time of year. They shot 43 percent from long range compared to 33 percent from the Ramblers with over double the three-pointers made. The guards have led the way for St. Joseph's as their three leading scorers are all on the perimeter whereas Loyola-Chicago has just once double-digit scorer up top and commit more turnovers. The Hawks closed the regular season with a big win against Richmond to snap a four-game skid to finish 8-10 in the A-10 and while the Ramblers also won their season finale, the 4-14 conference record is hard to look past and this is an easy one and done team in the tourney. 10* (604) St. Joseph's Hawks

This is a play on the WEBER ST. WILDCATS for our Big Sky Tourney Annihilator. This number is right where it should be based on the two regular season matchups and the power rankings and while we do not like backing teams trying to win all three meetings, the Wildcats come in with much better recent form. Weber St. won its season finale at Northern Arizona in overtime to make it two straight wins and four of its last five heading into the Big Sky Tournament with the only loss coming against top seed Eastern Washington. The Wildcats won the two regular season meetings by just five combined points but catch a Hornets teams that is playing its worst basketball of the season. Sacramento St. won its season finale at Portland St. by a bucket which snapped a two-game losing streak and put an end to a 1-8 stretch so there is very little momentum for the hornets coming in. They finished the season 7-11 and there were many close losses along the way but there were also some bad efforts especially away from home where they lost 12 of their final 15 games. Sacramento St. has covered its last four games and like it was stated in another game, this is a streak we love to go against. 10* (880) Weber St. Wildcats

This is a play on the CLEVELAND ST. VIKINGS for our Horizon Tournament Dominator. This is the third meeting of the season between Milwaukee and Cleveland St. with the Panthers winning the first two meetings, the first in overtime on the road and then by nine points at home in the regular season finale. Milwaukee easily took care of Wright St. in the quarterfinals at home which was its third straight win and now it hits the road for the first time since February 18th where it is 6-7 on the season and four of those wins came against losing teams and only one of those wins was by more than four points which was a 14-point win at 2-18 Green Bay. The Vikings had to survive overtime in their quarterfinal game against Robert Morris and they have won six of their last seven games. Cleveland St. is getting some value in this number as it was favored at Milwaukee in the season finale by two points so a shift to a neutral court should make the Vikings a five-point favorite and while that is just a bucket difference, in these tournament games, those two points are huge. The Vikings have failed to cover their last four games and that is a streak we will go against as avoiding the season sweep comes at the best time. 10* (871) Cleveland St. Vikings

This is a play on the CHATTANOOGA MOCS for our SoCon Tourney Game of the Year. Chattanooga lost its final two regular season games against Samford and Wofford and the Mocs extracted their revenge for both of those losses in the last two games as they snuck by Samford as underdogs and then rolled Wofford by 12 points yesterday. This is the fourth game in four days for Chattanooga but the first game of this stretch was a blowout win over VMI and the starters were not extended in that game. The Mocs have their third straight game playing with revenge, double revenge in this instance, as they look to get some payback from a pair of losses and non-covers. Furman has caught a break in the tournament as it was able to avoid the potential top two seeds it would have faced if the seeding went through as UNC Greensboro was upset against Wofford and then Samford lost to Chattanooga. That being said, it is out of their control who they play and the Paladins survived a scare yesterday against Western Carolina as it won in overtime by three points as a double-digit chalk. They were a covering machine by going 11-1 ATS over a 12-game stretch but have gone just 2-4 ATS over their last six games and we an throw out the regular season records in this matchup. 10* (867) Chattanooga Mocs

This is a play on the UNC-WILMINGTON SEAHAWKS for our CAA Tourney Enforcer. Hofstra is the hottest team in the Colonial Athletic Association as it has won 12 straight games, going 11-1 ATS in those games, and going back, the Pride are 15-1 straight up and against the number in their last 16 games. That is a tough streak to go against but with these streaks comes the market perception and inflated numbers and that is the case here. Over the last eight games, Hofstra has played only one team with a winning record and have been favored by at least eight points in all of those including six by double digits so basically they have faced no one. This is their first worthy opponent since facing Charleston and Towson back-to-back which resulted in two four-point wins. UNC-Wilmington came through yesterday as it overcame a 12-point deficit against Drexel in the five-point victory and it is getting a very betable number here. The Seahawks have gotten six or more points only three times since late November and have gone 2-1 in those games with the only loss coming in a true road game at Charleston. The two wins came on a neutral floor where they are now 4-0 on the season and are a live dog here tonight. 10* (861) UNC-Wilmington Seahawks

This is a play on the UL-LAFAYETTE RAGIN' CAJUNS for our SBC Tournament Dominator. After getting bounced as the No. 1 seed last season in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Texas St. is out to prove something but this is the end of the line. We played against the Bobcats in the opening round as they defeated Old Dominion by 29 points as they held the Monarchs to 36 points. Texas St. followed that up with a three-point win against Marshall on Saturday as an eight-point underdog and it has now taken down two of the top five teams but takes on the current favorite in a poor spot. Texas St. improved to 12-8 away from home which is very solid but three third game in four days will be a challenge. Louisiana is now the favorite to win the conference tournament at +130 as it coasted past Georgia Southern on Saturday by 18 points as it nearly doubled the cover and has now won three straight games heading into the SBC Semifinals. The defense was the story as Georgia Southern's 49 points were the lowest by an opponent all season and that type of effort should be on display again facing one of the worst offenses in the country while the Ragin' Cajuns own offense will dissect this Bobcats defense as they have shot 48.7 percent over their last five games. 10* (806) UL-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns

This is a play on the BOSTON CELTICS for our NBA Divisional Game of the Month. Boston is coming off a 10-point loss at home against Brooklyn as it blew an early 28-point lead as it has now lost two of its last three games. With the Bucks loss last night, the Celtics have a chance to get back into a first place tie with Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference and they are going to be ready for this one. This is the fourth and final regular season meeting with the Knicks and Boston has dropped the last two games against New York including a 15-point loss last week on the road. New York has won eight straight games, covering all eight of those as well, including a two-point win at Miami on Friday which was its third straight road win during this streak. The Knicks have been a very solid team on the road as they are 19-12 which is the second best road record in the NBA but this is an awful spot. The Knicks have dominated outside of their division in the Eastern Conference as they are 20-8 but just 7-8 within the Atlantic Division. Here, we play on home favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points revenging two consecutive straight up losses as a favorite against opponent off a road win by three points or less. This situation is 23-5 ATS (82.1 percent) since 1996. 10* (516) Boston Celtics

This is a play on the CHARLOTTE HORNETS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Brooklyn pulled off an improbable win on Friday as it fell behind big early but outscored the Celtics by 38 points down the stretch and now it returns home as big home favorite before hitting the road again for a five-game roadtrip. Give the Nets and their coaching staff credit for the last victory which snapped a four-game losing streak and the Nets are still right there in the playoff picture, sitting in the No. 6 spot in the Eastern Conference. 10 games behind first place Milwaukee. Charlotte has dropped two straight games following a five-game winning streak and it hits the road where it is just 9-25 but has fared well in this spot, going 10-7 ATS on the road against winning teams. The Hornets are without LaMelo Ball for the remainder of the season and that is no doubt a big loss but that is being factored into this number. Terry Rozier is a very capable and veteran backup who is coming off two solid games as his replacement. Here, we play against favorites with a +/- 3 ppg scoring differential and after scoring 115 points or more in two straight games going up against teams with a -3 to -7 ppg scoring differential. This situation is 102-62 ATS (62.2 percent) since 1996. 10* (509) Charlotte Hornets

This is a play on the UNC WILMINGTON SEAHAWKS for our CAA Tournament Annihilator. UNC-Wilmington was in the mix for the regular season Colonial Athletic Association but a 1-3 run in January knocked the Seahawks down and they ended up tied for third at 12-6 following a Senior Night loss against Towson. Thye possessed a great home court but they had 11 wins on the road including a 3-0 neutral site record against teams a combined 61-30. UNC-Wilmington was favored by two points on the road in the first meeting in an overtime win and now the Seahawks are favored at a lower price on a neutral floor which presents great value. Drexel took care of Monmouth in the second round of the CAA as it won by 19 points as a nine-point chalk and now comes a opponent to test its five wins away from home this season. Drexel finished 10-8 during the regular season which was very solid but that includes an 8-1 record at home, part of its overall 12-3 home record, and this I where it becomes difficult. The Dragons are 5-11 on the road with wins coming against 5-13 Monmouth, 8-10 Delaware, 6-12 Northeastern and two nonconference wins against LaSalle and Texas Arlington which were 13-18 and 11-20 overall respectively. 10* (792) UNC Wilmington Seahawks

This is a play on the TULANE GREEN WAVE for our CBB Signature Enforcer. Tulane is currently in the No. 3 seed in the American Athletic Conference but a loss here and a win by Cincinnati over SMU will drop the Green Wave down to No. 5 and a rematch with Temple or a game with the Bearcats as opposed to likely facing Wichita St. They snapped a three-game losing streak with a win against East Carolina but they had to sweat that one out and have now failed to cover four straight games. Tulane is 11-3 at home and this is a get right game prior to the conference tournament and look to finish with their best season since 2012-13. Temple defeated Central Florida by a bucket to make it two wins in its last three games while covering all of those. This comes on the heels of a four-game losing streak and they hit the road where they are 5-5 and have lost three straight and while the Owls own that big upset at Houston in January, the other four wins could have gone either way with three of those coming against Tulsa, East Carolina and South Florida, which are a combined 14-38 in the AAC, by a combined 10 points and the other coming against 7-10 Central Florida in overtime. 10* (780) Tulane Green Wave

This is a play on the DRAKE BULLDOGS for our MVC Championship Dominator. It was a great season in the Valley as there were many teams that could have won this conference any other year but this year, Drake and Bradley came in as the two best teams and are going out that way. The teams split the regular season meetings with both victories surprisingly coming by double-digits on the respective home floors. The Bulldogs won the first meeting from start to finish as they built a 22-point halftime lead to coast to a 25-point win. The Braves got their revenge in a 12-point win but it was close for the majority of the game before they pulled away late. Through the first two games of the MVC Tournament, Drake has been the much better team with a pair of no sweat wins against Murray St. and Southern Illinois by 12 and 13 points respectively. Meanwhile, Bradley was taken down to the final minute by Northern Iowa in a six-point win and then on Saturday, escaped with a one-point win against Indiana St. On a neutral floor, we should see a closer game than the first two and the edge goes to Drake in matchup and line value. The Bulldogs look to remain undefeated on a neutral floor as they are 6-0. 10* (797) Drake Bulldogs

This is a play on the UTAH ST. AGGIES for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. Utah St. is 23-7 including a 12-5 record in the Mountain West Conference yet is still not an at large bid into the NCAA Tournament despite four straight wins and victories in seven of their last nine. It does not make a ton of sense considering the Aggies are ranked No. 22 in the NET rankings but the only explanation is that they are 0-4 in Quad 1 games despite three of those being on the road. Basically, this is a must win as they are one of the first four teams out and a style win is important which covers this number. Boise St. is coming off a big win over San Diego St. in its final home game of the season as it avenged an earlier 20-point loss against the Aztecs and the Broncos are just a game out of first place with a chance to share the regular season Mountain West Conference championship with a win and a San Diego St. loss but the fact the Aztecs are facing Wyoming at home as 15-point favorites, the latter will not be happening. The Broncos finished 14-1 at home and hit the road where they are 5-5 and the results are not good with the four conference wins coming against teams with losing records. 10* (706) Utah St. Aggies

This is a play on the PHILADELPHIA 76ERS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Philadelphia is coming off a loss at Dallas on Thursday and has now dropped three of four since coming out of the break with a win over Memphis that extended its winning streak to five games at the time. The two losses prior to the Mavericks loss were games that could have gone either way as the Sixers fell to Miami and Boston by five points combined. Philadelphia remains on the road where it is a respectable 18-12 and it looks to close the gap in the Eastern Conference as it sits in third place, five games behind Milwaukee and four games behind Boston. Milwaukee is on an epic run as it has won 16 straight games to take over first place in the conference that was extended to a full game following the Celtics loss last night. The Bucks remain home where they are 27-5 including 11 straight wins and they will be a public play again tonight but they have struggled to cover against the top teams in the league as they are 0-4 ATS in their last four home games against teams at .600 or better. This number has been right in their wheelhouse but this is a tough matchup as Philadelphia has won two of the last four meetings with the two losses coming by two points each. 10* (575) Philadelphia 76ers

This is a play on the MISSISSIPPI ST. BULLDOGS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. Vanderbilt has been on an awesome run as it has won seven of its last eight games to improve to 10-7 in the SEC but it will take an SEC Tournament Championship to make the NCAA Tournament as it has been too little, too late. The Commodores are coming off a massive win at Kentucky on a last second shot on Wednesday and even with this being their last home game, that sets up a big letdown spot here after a big rival win. They are 11-5 at home which is very good but far from dominant and are facing a much better team that is in a very important spot. Mississippi St. opened the season 11-0 but then hit a stretch where it went 1-8 with the only victory coming against an awful Mississippi team but the Bulldogs have worked their way back up into NCAA Tournament consideration. Mississippi St. has won eight of its last 10 games with the two losses coming by five points combined where they were an overtime loss at Missouri and a three-point home loss against Kentucky. They are currently the first of the last four teams in but a Quad 2 road loss would be a huge hit and a win means a cover here. 10* (701) Mississippi St. Bulldogs

This is a play on the NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS for our CBB Star Attraction. This is typically the biggest game of the final Saturday of the regular season but North Carolina and Duke both come in unranked after coming into the season ranked No. 1 and No. 7 respectively but ESPN does not care with Gameday in Chapel Hill. North Carolina knew what it had to do to make a run into the NCAA Tournament as it had to close the season winning out. The Tar Heels lost five of six games with four games left and they have won the first three including a big win against Virginia and this is also a must win as they are still one of the first four teams out. A revenge victory here and a couple wins in the ACC Tournament should punch their ticket. Duke was on the verge of an implosion but it has won five straight games to guarantee a spot in the Big Dance and it is a surprisingly a projected No. 6 seed which seems way too high. Four of the last five wins have come at home and the most recent win against NC State was against the only team sniffing an NCAA Tournament bid and that was by only four points at home. The Blue Devils are just 3-6 on the road with all three wins against teams without a chance at the NCAA Tournament. 10* (680) North Carolina Tar Heels

This is a play on the SYRACUSE ORANGE for our CBB Ultimate Dominator. It has been a horrible run for Syracuse as it was close to a bubble team for the start of February when it won three straight games but it has since lost its last four games so a trip to the NIT is imminent unless it can win the ACC Tournament. The Orange are 10-7 at home following a pair of losses by 20 and 22 points in their last two games here and the defense has been atrocious over the last three games, allowing 91, 99 and 96 games but can only get better here. The markets have shifted considerably as they were getting a point against Duke here to weeks ago and are now getting a point against Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons were also flirting with an NCAA Tournament berth not too long ago as they had a three-game winning streak going but have dropped three of their last four games including a bad loss at home against Boston College on Senior Night as eight-point favorites on Tuesday which essentially ended any sort of hope. They fell to 13-3 at home with two of those losses coming by just two points each but the road has been a different story as they are 4-7 including two ACC wins against 3-16 Notre Dame and 2-17 Louisville. 10* (670) Syracuse Orange

This is a play on the WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS for our Big 12 Game of the Year. The Big 12 is pretty much locked up as far as the tournament goes as Kansas won the regular season title, the top five seeds are set with No. 6 and No. 7 yet to be determined and west Virginia is locked into a first round game but it still has a lot to play for. Currently, the Mountaineers are one of the last four byes into the NCAA Tournament but it is not a lock but a win here will indeed cement an at-large bid. They have won two of their last three games with the lone loss being a two-point setback at Kansas and they head home for Senior Day where they are 12-4 including wins in five of their last seven games in Morgantown. Kansas St. has won and covered four straight games with three of those coming at home where it finished 16-1. The Wildcats are 11-6 in the Big 12 Conference which is good for a three-way tie for second place with Texas and Baylor and they are guaranteed a first round bye and the only goal left is to get a No. 2 or No. 3 seed to avoid Kansas until the championship game should it get there but they can still get one of those two seeds with a loss. Kansas St. is 4-6 on the road and has lost five of its last six after a 3-1 start on the highway. 10* (638) West Virginia Mountaineers

This is a play on the RICHMOND SPIDERS for our CBB Afternoon Dominator. We played against Richmond on Wednesday as it lost by 16 points against St. Joseph's which followed a 15-point thumping at VCU and those two defeats made it seven straight losses on the road. The Spiders concluded their road schedule a miserable 1-11 but they are back home where they are 12-3 and we played them in their first game at home without head coach Chris Mooney and with this being their final home game of the season, it will be just as emotional. They are 7-10 in the conference and can actually move up to No. 8 with a win and get some help but closing the home slate with a win is big. George Mason has been on a solid run as it was sitting at 5-7 in the Atlantic Ten Conference but it has won five straight games to get to 10-7 which is tied with two other teams for fifth place. The Patriots last two wins have been very impressive as they defeated 12-5 Dayton on the road as 11-point underdogs and then took care of Fordham on Wednesday in overtime on Senior Night which presents a letdown spot here as they go back on the road where they are 3-7 with very little to play for. 10* (610) Richmond Spiders

This is a play on the SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI GOLDEN EAGLES for our SBC Tournament Annihilator. There is not a ton of respect here for Southern Mississippi as it was the regular season Sun Belt Conference champion to claim the No. 1 seed in the tournament and it is the lowest favorite of all of the bye teams in the quarterfinals. The Golden Eagles finished 14-4 in the SBC and 25-6 overall and are basically pegged as this being a one possession game. They are probably not aware of the line but they certainly remember a game from just over two weeks ago when they went to South Alabama and lost by 31 points which was easily their worst loss of the season. That result could be playing a part in this number along with the fact South Alabama has turned it on of late as the Jaguars have won nine of their last 11 games including an opening round win against Appalachian St. by seven points. They were not expected to be in this spot as the Jaguars started horrible but recovered to get to a 9-9 record in the conference yet is in a bad spot here. South Alabama did have close losses during the early part of the schedule but this line is too short taking that into consideration. 10* (738) Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles

This is a play on the PACIFIC TIGERS for our WCC Tournament Dominator. Pacific opened West Coast Conference Tournament action with a no sweat win over Pepperdine last night as it rolled by 13 points, jumping out ahead big early and coasting the rest of the way. That is significant as a stress free game heading into a game the following night gives the Tigers an advantage. They have won two straight games following a three-game losing streak and playing with double-revenge following a pair of regular season losses. Take away the home floor in these tournaments are a great equalizer and that is big in this case and even though the Tigers have been solid away from home with an 8-7 record, the bye teams at this point are overinflated. San Francisco got the bye with a 7-9 record during the regular season which is the same as Pacific and it got its success from a better showing on its home floor as the Dons went 3-5 on the road in the conference and 5-6 overall. The Dons won and covered both regular season matchups and beating a team three times in the same season is difficult but the past tends to dictate the present when it comes to the lines and value is found in those 0-2 teams. Pacific is 12-7 ATS as an underdog this season while the Dons are 3-8 ATS as favorites of five or more. 10* (893) Pacific Tigers

This is a play on the SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. Southern Utah is coming off a home loss against Grand Canyon which was its second straight loss to knock it into a tie for third place in the Western Athletic Conference with Stephen F. Austin. The Thunderbirds are 11-6 in their first season in the WAC where nonconference strength of schedule is factored into where the conference seeds its teams heading into the WAC Tournament and they are third there so this is a big game to retain that spot and a first round bye next week. Southern Utah is 12-2 at home with the other loss coming against Montana St. way back in November. California Baptist snapped a two-game losing streak with a win over 6-12 Texas Rio Grande Valley to close out the home portion of its schedule at 13-5 but hits the road where it has struggled. The Lancers are 8-9 in the conference and are in the No. 8 spot with no chance to move up as it cannot pass Tarleton St. They are 4-7 on the road including a 2-6 record in the WAC with those wins coming against New Mexico St. which had to forfeit its season and 6-11 Texas Arlington and the last four losses have been by an average of 13.8 ppg. 10* (862) Southern Utah Thunderbirds

This is a play on the MIAMI HEAT for our NBA Eastern Conference Game of the Month. Miami is coming off a 23-point loss against Philadelphia on Wednesday and it has now lost five of its last six games going back prior to the All Star Break and this has become a crucial game. Miami is currently in the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference which is 3.5 games behind New York for the No. 5 seed and five games behind Cleveland for the No. 4 seed. The No. 6 seed, and avoiding the play-in tournament, is also still in play for Miami, as it is just 1.5 games back of Brooklyn. The Heat are 19-11 at home after two straight losses but those were against the Sixers and Nuggets. New York is playing its best basketball of the season as it has won seven straight games but the only noteworthy win was against Boston at home and the Knicks come in as road favorites based on the run and the season success where they are 18-12 on the highway. Part of this is also due to Jimmy Butler hitting the injury report as questionable but he is likely a go. Here, we play on home underdogs revenging a road loss and coming off an upset loss by 15 points or more as a favorite. This situation is 72-32 ATS (69.2 percent) since 1996. 10* (554) Miami Heat

This is a play on the ST. LOUIS BILLIKENS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. St. Louis has lost two of its last three games including a defeat at VCU on Tuesday which killed any shot of a regular season Atlantic Ten Conference championship as the Billikens fell to 4-7 on the road and they are back home for their final home game of the season. St. Louis is 11-6 in the conference which is tied for third place with Fordham and this is a big game unlike their opponent as a victory locks up a top four seed and a first round bye in the upcoming tournament. The Billikens are 14-3 at home and are playing with revenge from a 14-point loss at Dayton last month. Dayton is coming off a win against LaSalle on Tuesday as it rebounded from a bad loss against George Mason to win its final home game of the season where it went 14-2. The Flyers are 12-5 in the conference which is good for second place in the standings and they are locked into the No. 2 seed in Atlantic Ten Conference Tournament so there is not much on the line here. Dayton is 5-5 on the road and does include wins against two of the other top four teams in the conference at VCU and Fordham but this is a tougher spot with nothing on the line and coming off a Senior Night victory. 10* (852) St. Louis Billikens

This is a play on the MURRAY ST. RACERS for our MVC Tournament Annihilator. Murray St. came through for us on Thursday as it rolled over Valparaiso and the Racers head into the quarterfinals with some solid momentum going back further. They have won four of their last five games and while motivation is not an issue come tournament time, the Racers have not forgotten what Drake did to them this season as the lost by 18 and 24 points in the two meetings and those results are playing into this line. They last played less than a month ago at Murray St. with Drake favored by 2.5 points and a switch to a neutral floor should have the Bulldogs roughly a five-point favorite and they are double that tonight which is an overreaction to the past. Drake lost its season finale at Bradley to give the Braves the regular season Missouri Valley Conference Championship so it will be playing with a chip on its shoulder and looking forward to a rematch with Bradley. As good as the Bulldogs are, they have laid double digits only eight times and have gone 3-5 ATS in those games and this is just the fourth time in their last 15 games they are putting down 10 or more points and the previous three times were against Illinois-Chicago, Evansville and Illinois St., which went a combined 11-49 in the MVC. 10* (873) Murray St. Racers

This is a play on the OREGON ST. BEAVERS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. We won with Stanford on Sunday as it defeated Washington on Senior Day at home to snap a three-game losing streak and now it hits the road for its final two games of the regular season. The Cardinal are in the No. 10 spot in the Pac 12 Conference with the chance of only moving up one spot over the final two games so there is not much at stake at all for the Cardinal. They are 1-7 on the road with that lone victory being a good one against Utah but the Utes have imploded with a 2-6 run so that once good victory is not looking nearly as good anymore. It has been a miserable season for Oregon St. is it is 4-14 in the conference following three-straight losses and the Beavers are back home for their final two games of the season and they have not been bad in Corvallis. The last loss was against Oregon which was by only two points and on the season, they are 9-6 at home compared to 1-10 on the road and in the Pac 12, Oregon St. is 3-5 in the conference with solid wins against USC and Colorado as well as close losses against Arizona, Arizona St. and Oregon. The Beavers will also be out to avenge a 21-point loss last month at Stanford. 10* (752) Oregon St. Beavers

This is a play on the RICE OWLS for our CBB Ultimate Dominator. The C-USA Tournament is sort of unique in that the top dive seeds get a first round bye and Rice still has a shot at that No. 5 seed as it needs to win out and hope Charlotte stumbles down the stretch on the road in its final two games. The Owls are 8-10 in the conference as a recent four-game losing streak pushed them down and following a pair of road losses last week, they can get right at home where they are 11-5 and catch Florida Atlantic at the best time possible. They lost the first meeting in Boca Roton but they were competitive and covered with the difference being a disparity in free throw attempts (29-13). Florida Atlantic wrapped up the regular season C-USA Championship with a home sweep of UTEP and UTSA and it hits the road for its final two games with the No. 1 seed wrapped up and nothing to play for with the exception of not overextending and staying healthy. The Owls have been the class of the conference from the start and they wrapped up their home portion of the schedule with a 17-0 record and while they are very solid on the road at 9-3, but now still laying a big number with no incentive is trouble as this number is comparable to road spreads early in the season when they still were motivated for big wins. 10* (744) Rice Owls

This is a play on the WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE PANTHERS for our Horizon Tournament Dominator. The quarterfinals of the Horizon League give the better seed a home game and in this instance, the wrong team is favored. Milwaukee finished the regular season in a three-way tie for second place at 14-6 and was able to snag the No. 2 seed but enters this game as a home underdog despite finishing the season 14-3 at home. One of those losses was out of conference in November and the other two defeats were in the Horizon and both came in overtime with one coming against the Raiders and Wright St. won both regular season meetings in January and that could be playing a factor in this number. Wright St. rolled in the opening round of the tournament as it beat 2-18 Green Bay by 20 points at home which was its third win over the Phoenix this season by a total of 83 points. The Raiders finished the regular season 10-10 and it was equally the same at home and on the road where it went 5-5 and that road win at Milwaukee was the only one on the road against a winning team. It caught the Panthers on a bad shooting night as Milwaukee shot just 34 percent from the floor yet was still almost able to pull of that victory. 10* (794) Wisconsin Milwaukee Panthers

This is a play on the DALLAS MAVERICKS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Dallas made a big move for a postseason push as it has one of the best duos in the Western Conference but it has yet to pay off as the Mavericks have lost five of their last six games including their last two at home as they blew a 27-point lead against the Lakers and had a late comeback fall short against Indiana on Tuesday. Dallas fell to 20-12 at home with those two defeats but it obviously still has a solid home court edge and has a big test on Thursday but is in a good spot to get things going again. Philadelphia snapped a two-game slide with a 23-point win in Miami last night and that was without Joel Embiid who sat out with a foot injury and he is listed as questionable but we will likely see him back in the lineup in the second of this back-to-back. The Sixers improved to 16-11 on the road and they are just 6-7 ATS on the highway against teams with a winning record. Philadelphia is remains in third place in the Eastern Conference, 4.5 games behind Milwaukee and four games behind Boston who it has lost all three meeting to this season. Here, we play on home favorites after having lost five or six of their last seven games, with a winning record on the season playing another winning team. This situation is 37-11 ATS (77.1 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (542) Dallas Mavericks

This is a play on the SIENA SAINTS for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. Siena lost its chance a week ago at winning the regular season MAAC Championship as it has now lost three straight games and is in jeopardy of falling out of the top five and a first round bye if everything falls into place. The Saints are now 11-7 in the conference following a 33-point loss at Iona on Sunday with its previous four losses coming by a combined 12 points including one in overtime and they return home for Senior Night and their final home game where they are 8-4 and in need of a big victory here to get that first round bye on Sunday before heading into the tournament. Manhattan has been unable to put together a nice run as it has been up and down all season. The Jaspers are coming off an upset win at Quinnipiac on Sunday by a bucket as 8.5-point underdogs and it is 3-7 on the season following a win. They are 9-9 in the MAAC which is not horrible but only three of those victories have come against winning conference teams and one of those was at home against Siena in overtime which sets up some revenge for the Saints. Manhattan is just 5-7 on the road and could not be in a worse spot especially with its final home game looking this weekend. 10* (728) Siena Saints

This is a play on the ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI for our CBB Star Attraction. Illinois has been a hard team to figure out this season as it went on a 7-1 run in early January but has since gone 3-4 over its last seven games including a 12-point loss at Ohio St. on Sunday which snapped the Buckeyes nine-game losing streak so it does not get much worse than that. The Illini are now 10-8 in the Big Ten Conference and are one of eight teams within one game of each other vying for a double bye in the conference tournament as three of those teams will get those spots. Illinois is 14-2 at home including five straight wins and this is the final home game before closing at Purdue on Sunday. Michigan has won three straight games, all against potential NCAA Tournament teams, to play its own way back into a legitimate shot at the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines are still on the outside looking in so this win would be big as well as a win at Indiana to close the season but they have struggled on the road for the most part, going 3-5. They are 11-7 in the conference but the issue has been the type of wins as overall, the are 3-10 in Quad 1 games with seven of those coming in the Big Ten and those 10 losses are only fewer than 4-14 Ohio St. and 1-16 Minnesota. 10* (734) Illinois Fighting Illini

This is a play on the MURRAY ST. RACERS for our MVC Tournament Annihilator. The opening round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament tips off in St. Louis on Thursday and Murray St. takes the floor for its first MVC tournament game after coming over from the Ohio Valley Conference and gets a great draw in the opener despite the regular season meeting results. The Racers finished the regular season 11-9 after winning three of their last four games with the season finale being a one point win over Valparaiso in overtime at home which was the second overtime win over the Beacons and that has resulted in a very short price here. Valparaiso lost four straight games and seven of its last eight to close out the regular season and while there was some bad luck with three of those coming in overtime and another by just one point, the momentum factor cannot be overlooked. The Beacons finished 5-15 in the conference which was the third worst record in the MVC and overall finished just 11-20. Another reason for the short line is the inconsistency of Murray St. on the road but the Beacons were worse as they went just 3-13 away from home that includes five straight losses by an average of eight ppg. 10* (786) Murray St. Racers

This is a play on the OLD DOMINION MONARCHS for our SBC Tournament Game of the Year. The second round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament tips all day on Thursday and with the top four seeds awaiting their opponents, the one real dangerous team that can make a run is Old Dominion. The Monarchs are not the highest remaining seed of the eight teams playing as they are No. 6 but come in with some serious momentum as they closed the regular season with three straight wins and runs of 6-1 and 8-2 with both losses coming against No. 4 seed James Madison. Old Dominion finished 11-7 and was a good team away from home 6-5 on the road. Texas St. closed the regular season 3-10 after a 3-2 start in the conference with all three of those recent wins coming against teams at .500 or worse. The Bobcats were able to take out 3-15 Georgia St. in the first round on Tuesday by just five points and its nine losses previous to that victory were all against teams sitting .500 or better and this is a tough spot to back up that win. They did play Old Dominion tough in the lone meeting this season as the Bobcats lost by just two points but that game was at home and while they have been good away from home, not here. 10* (778) Old Dominion Monarchs

This is a play on the SEATTLE REDHAWKS for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. Seattle is 10-6 in the WAC which is good for the No. 5 spot and it still has a good shot at taking the No. 4 spot despite being one game back. The Redhawks play the worst team in the conference here and then close at home against 6-10 Texas Arlington so they can easily close at 12-6. They trail Stephen F. Austin which is 11-5 but the Lumberjacks close their season at 11-5 Southern Utah and then at home against 13-3 and first place Utah Valley so Seattle can leapfrog into the No. 4 spot which comes with the coveted first round bye in the upcoming conference tournament. Seattle is a respectable 7-6 on the road with two of the conference losses against teams above then in the standings and two others against the Pac 12. Utah Tech is coming off a brutal loss on a last second tip in against Texas Arlington in overtime as it close a 1-2 roadtrip and returns home for its final two games of the season. The Trailblazers are in last place in the conference at 4-12 not counting the forfeited season by New Mexico St. and while they are 8-4 at home, five of those wins were nonconference victories including three against non-Division I teams and the other two against 11-20 Lindenwood and 7-23 CSU Northridge. 10* (707) Seattle Redhawks

This is a play on the CHARLOTTE HORNETS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. The storyline here is Kevin Durant will be making his Suns debut after getting traded from Brooklyn and has not played since January 8th and this does one of two things. The Suns have an overinflated line because of this and the public will be all over Phoenix which obviously is another cause for the big number. The Suns are back to full health and should make a strong run once the chemistry comes together as they are currently in the No. 4 spot, 10 games behind Denver and while catching the Nuggets in not attainable, they can move up maybe one spot but will be a force come playoff time. Phoenix is just 12-19 on the road and while a lot of those losses were with a depleted roster, it is too big of a number to be laying on the road. Charlotte has won and covered five straight games going back prior to the break and this includes four straight wins at home where they are still just 11-18 and the Hornets are not getting any sort of chance here. They have been solid in this role this season, going 7-4-1 ATS as double-digit underdogs and they will no doubt be amped with Phoenix coming to town and that brings in a solid home crown and energetic environment. Here, we play against favorites of 10 or more points with a winning percentage between .501 and .600 after having lost two of their last three games, playing a team with a winning percentage between .250 and .400. This situation is 93-49 ATS (65.5 percent) since 1996. 10* (524) Charlotte Hornets

This is a play on the NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH for our ACC Game of the Month. Pittsburgh rolled over Syracuse on its final home game of the season to improve to 14-4 in the ACC which is a half-game ahead of Miami for first place and this is a meaningless game for the Panthers. They head to Miami on Saturday with the regular season championship on the line and while they come in 7-3 on the road that includes a 6-2 record in the ACC, the two best wins were against NC State early in the season but they have turned into a bad team and a one-point win at North Carolina which was playing bad at the time. This is not a good team they are going against here, but it is a different situation. Notre Dame has had a miserable season as it is 10-19 including a 2-16 record in the conference following its seventh straight loss against Wake Forest on Saturday but this is arguably its biggest game of the season. The Irish are playing their final home game of the season where they are 10-8 as opposed to being 0-11 away from home and more importantly, this is the final home game for head coach Mike Brey who decided to leave Notre Dame at the end of the season a couple months ago and they want to send him out of South Bend with a win and outright is not out of the question. 10* (674) Notre Dame Fighting Irish

This is a play on the ST. JOSEPH'S HAWKS for our CBB Ultimate Dominator. Richmond was coming off a very emotional home win against St. Louis after it was announced that head coach Chris Mooney was taking a leave of absence to have heart surgery and the Spiders could not carry that over as they went to VCU and were blown out by 15 points on Friday. That dropped then to 1-10 on the road with the lone victory being a four-point win at Davidson in January and they have been outscored by close to 10 ppg on the highway. Richmond is 13-9 against Quad 3 and 4 teams which is not much better than the Hawks record of 13-11 against those like opponents. St. Joseph's was sitting at 7-6 in the Atlantic Ten Conference following a 4-1 run but it has dropped four straight games and that has been based on a tough schedule with three of those games being on the road and the lone home game coming against 13-3 and first place VCU. The Hawks are sitting in solo 12th place at 7-10 in the conference and this is their final game of the season and a win here and some help from above, they can move up a few spots in the standings. They are 9-6 at home and of the four conference losses, three were against top five A-10 teams. 10* (668) St. Joseph's Hawks

This is a play on the AUBURN TIGERS for our CBB Star Attraction. Alabama can wrap up the regular season SEC Championship with a win here and avoid a must win at Texas A&M next weekend and while it should win this game, this is a rivalry and the Tide are laying too many points right now amid the turmoil that is surrounding the program right now. This has definitely shown the last two games as they snuck by South Carolina and Arkansas by five points combined and this dark cloud is not going away. The Brandon Miller storyline is taking precedence and whether or not he should even be playing and we cannot rule out him being ineligible come close to gametime, something not to bank on but something that is still there. Auburn got blown away at Kentucky which is playing its best basketball of the season and that loss is certainly affecting this number. The Tigers have been a disappointment this season as they fell to 9-7 in the SEC but they are not as bad as this line indicates and this is only the second time this season they have gotten more than seven points and easily covered that number at Tennessee which is only one spot behind Alabama in the NET rankings at No. 3 to No. 2. Auburn is just 4-7 on the road but five of those seven losses have been by five points or less. 10* (681) Auburn Tigers

This is play on the XAVIER MUSKETEERS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. We are going against the grain and a very impressive home team but Xavier is the better team in this matchup despite identical records overall and in the Big East Conference. The Musketeers are coming off a blowout win at Seton Hall on Friday and they are 21-8 overall and they have been on the cusp of a very special season as one of those losses came by seven points against Duke on a neutral floor back in late November and a 17-point loss at Creighton. As for the other six losses, they have come by a total of 11 points, five of which were by one or two points. They are 11-6 in Quad 1 and 2 games compared to 6-8 for Providence. We understand the fact Providence is 15-0 at home but it is not an overly impressive 15-0. The Friars rolled over Connecticut by 12 points but that was when it was in the midst of its 1-5 run and if the Huskies came here now, they win. Two other impressive wins were against Creighton and Marquette but both od those went into overtime so they could have gone either way and other than those three, the next most impressive win came against 9-9 Villanova and the 7-0 nonconference record all came against garbage teams. 10* (665) Xavier Musketeers

This is a play on the BOISE ST. BRONCOS for our MWC Game of the Month. Boise St. was in the hunt for a shot at the Mountain West Conference regular season championship but an overtime loss at San Jose St. on Saturday all but killed that chance although it is still mathematically alive. This is the final home game for the Broncos as they are 13-1 at home and after a season opening loss to South Dakota St., the Broncos have ran off 13 straight wins here including double-digit wins over Nevada and Utah St., the other two teams in the top four spots in the conference and will be out to avenge a 20-point loss earlier this month. Boise St. is 0-6-1 ATS in its last seven games and that is a public go against streak which may be adding value. San Diego St. is coming off an improbable win at New Mexico on Saturday as it hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to win by a bucket and likely locked up the regular season title. The Aztecs have a two-game lead in the MVC and this game means little as they host last place and 3-13 Wyoming in their regular season finale and a victory there locks it up. This is a veteran team that can cause some damage in the NCAA Tournament but even savvy teams can experience a letdown and this is definitely one of those spots. 10* (634) Boise St. Broncos

This is a play on the MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES for our NBA Signature Enforcer. The self-proclaimed 23 biggest regular season games of his career from LeBron James has gotten off to a good start with wins in the Lakers first two games out of the break and now they are catching a huge number here which is going to put the public on Los Angeles. However, this line might be telling in that he could be more injured that most think as he is once again on the injury report as questionable with his balky ankle but he likely goes and could sit Wednesday against Oklahoma City. The Lakers are 14-18 on the road and hit the second best home floor in the Western Conference. Memphis came out of the break with a loss at Philadelphia but ambushed Denver early on Saturday as it built a 35-point lead and coasted to an 18-point win. The Grizzlies are now 25-5 at home and remain in second place in the Western Conference, 5.5 games behind Denver and this is the last home game before an upcoming three-game roadtrip. They have struggled at home against teams with a losing record and a lot of that comes down to motivation and that is something that will not be lacking here against Los Angeles. This is a revenge game for Memphis and while it was only a one-point loss, it ended a franchise tying 11-game winning streak so that adds to the incentive. 10* (508) Memphis Grizzlies

This is a play on the VIRGINIA CAVALIERS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. Virginia was atop the Atlantic Coast Conference for most of the season but it has dropped two straight games and both in not so great fashion as it lost at Boston College as a big favorite and then did not show up another North Carolina on Saturday. The Cavaliers are now a game out of first place and are tied with Clemson for third place which is one game ahead of Duke and while they are in good shape with a guaranteed win in their season finale at home against Louisville, this is an important get right game to grab some postseason momentum. Virginia is 13-1 at home with the only loss coming against No. 1 Houston which was way back in mid-December. Clemson was in big trouble with losses in four of five games as it went from being at the top of the conference to having possibly played itself out of the NCAA Tournament but the Tigers produced two wins last week, an expected victory at home against Syracuse followed by a needed upset at NC State by 25 points on Saturday. This would be a huge win but a loss will not be detrimental. They are 5-5 on the road with three other victories against Florida St., Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech, a combined 17-37 in the ACC. 10* (620) Virginia Cavaliers

This is a play on the INDIANA HOOSIERS for our CBB Star Attraction. The Big Ten Conference is a jumble right now with Purdue, despite losing Saturday, has a two-game lead with two games left and there are now seven teams vying for the next three spots and the coveted double bye in the upcoming conference tournament and two of those square off here. The Hoosiers are back home for their last two games of the regular season so they are in great position to lock down one of those final three top seeds as they are 14-1 here on the season. Indiana is coming off the upset at Purdue but we do not see a letdown as the Hoosiers defeated the Boilermakers earlier this season and followed that up with a victory as well. Iowa is coming off an improbable win and cover against Michigan St. on Saturday and that was a lucky ticket winner for us no doubt but now the Hawkeyes hit the road for their final road game of the season and they are in a tough position with this not only being a letdown but also they need to make up an extra game as they are 10-8 so they need help. Iowa is 3-7 on the road that does include a solid win at Rutgers but the others came at 1-16 Minnesota and Seton Hall early in nonconference with the Pirates not being very good. 10* (622) Indiana Hoosiers

This is a play on the PORTLAND ST. VIKINGS for our Big Sky Game of the Year. The top half of the Big Sky Tournament is set with the No. 1 through No. 5 seeds all in place and Sacramento St. and Portland St. close the regular season playing for the No. 6 seed. This is big as the top six seeds get a first round bye and avoid playing back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday. Portland St. caught a bad break last week having its game against Montana St. postponed due to weather which was a lost opportunity for a win as a loss there would have meant nothing for this matchup. It has the edge at home even though it is just 6-6 which includes a 3-5 record in the conference and after suffering its first home Big Sky loss against Northern Colorado last month, the other four losses have come against the top four teams in the conference. Sacramento St. has lost two straight games and seven of its last eight games with six of those by six points or more but has covered three straight games which is adding value following a 0-6 ATS run. It comes in 4-10 on the road including seven straight losses as the only team the Hornets have defeated on the road is 4-13 Idaho by a bucket in overtime. 10* (868) Portland St. Vikings