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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 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

This is a play on the OKLAHOMA ST. COWBOYS for our CBB Star Attraction. Oklahoma St. was in control for most of the game against Kansas St. on Saturday but could not make any shots down the stretch and the cowboys have now lost four straight games and they are starting to play their way out of the NCAA Tournament. They were one of the last four teams in but that defeat puts them further back and a Quad 1 win is needed here as they close the season against Texas Tech. Oklahoma St. is now 11-4 at home with the other home loss during this stretch coming against Kansas and the 16-point loss at Baylor earlier in the season only adds to the incentive. The Bears snapped a two-game losing streak with a big home win over Texas on Saturday to improve to 10-6 in the conference and are in the mix with Kansas St. for the No. 3 seed in the upcoming Big 12 Conference Tournament. They are two games up on TCU and Iowa St. for the No. 4 seed and this game and the next are pretty much meaningless since the top six teams get a first round bye. Baylor is just 4-5 on the road with three wins coming against the three worst teams in the conference and the fourth coming against short-handed TCU. 10* (864) Oklahoma St. Cowboys

This is a play on the NEW ORLEANS PELICANS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. New Orleans has come out of the break with a pair of losses, both coming on the road and it returns home for just one game before heading back on the road for three games out west. The Pelicans have dropped nine of their last ten games on the road but have won three of their last four games at home where they are 20-10 on the season and these are the games they need to take. New Orleans is still right in the playoff mix as it is in the No. 10 spot and is just 4.5 games out of the No. 4 spot. The Pelicans are 11-5 ATS in their last 16 home games against teams with a road winning percentage of less than .400. Orlando is coming of a loss against Indiana at home following a two-point win over Detroit and remain 11 games under .500 on the season. The Magic are four games out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and this young roster continues to struggle with inconsistencies. They have the same issues as the Pelicans as they are 10-20 on the road and they did defeat New Orleans at home by 13 points as a one-point favorite so there is revenge as well as line value with the change in venue. Here, we play against underdogs off an upset loss as a favorite, in a game involving two teams with winning percentages between .400 and .499. This situation is 25-9 ATS (73.5 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (574) New Orleans Pelicans

This is a play on the STANFORD CARDINAL for our CBB Ultimate Dominator. Washington heads to Stanford on a three-game winning streak with two of those wins coming at home and the lone road victory coming against 2-16 California on Thursday by nine points. The Huskies have covered six straight games which is giving us value in the line with the Cardinal and this could be a lookahead game as they host Washington St. in their regular season finale in a revenge game with seventh place on the line heading into the Pac 12 Tournament. Speaking of revenge, this is a revenge game for Stanford which lost by 17 points in Seattle in the first meeting. The Cardinal have lost three straight games and five of their last six following a five-game winning streak and they close the season with a pair of games in Oregon so this is must win to avoid the possibility of falling into the No. 11 seed in the upcoming Pac 12 Conference Tournament. While they are 1-7 on the road, Stanford is a respectable 8-6 at home that does include solid wins against Oregon and Arizona. The last four home losses have been by 4, 4, 5 and 3 points and those were all against teams above Washington in the standings with the exception of Colorado. 10* (842) Stanford Cardinal

This is a play on the BRADLEY BRAVES for our CBB Star Attraction. The Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship comes down to the two hottest teams in the conference and the two teams that were expected to be here from the start. Bradley and Drake both come in at 15-4 and Bradley has the edge of the season finale being at home despite losing the first meeting on the road which at this point is meaningless. The exception being that it was a 25-point loss last month that the Braves have not forgotten about. They are 14-1 at home with the lone loss coming against Belmont by just two points and 13 of the q4 home wins have been by double-digits. Drake has won 10 straight games including five straight on the road but this by far the toughest test. Four of the 10 wins were close ones so the Bulldogs have not been as dominant but they certainly need to be given respect yet they come in as underdogs for just the second time during this recent stretch. Drake does have one Quad 1 win which came against Mississippi St. on a neutral floor back in December and while Bradley is 0-5 in Quad 1 games, this does not qualify as that and the Braves are 21-3 against Quad 2 and beyond teams. 10* (834) Bradley Braves

This is a play on the DALLAS MAVERICKS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. We won with the Lakers on Thursday as they defeated Golden St. but that was at home against a Warriors team that cannot win on the road and were without Andrew Wiggins, making them down two starters. Los Angeles is now a game over .500 at home but it hits the road where it is just 13-18 and it has been awful against quality teams on the highway as it is 5-15 ATS against teams with a winning record. Obviously, teams win more as favorites but the Lakers disparity is massive as they have won 70 percent of their games as favorites but just 37 percent as underdogs. Dallas picked up its first victory with Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving on the floor together and while it was just San Antonio, that was an opponent it needed to figure things out and this is now the second game of a six-game homestand where it can make a move. The Mavericks are right there as while they are 10 games out of first place in the Western Conference, they are just one game back of the No. 4 spot and home court and only five games out of second place. This roster is good enough to make a big move down the stretch. Here, we play against underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points off a win by 10 points or more over a division rival going up against an opponent off a home win by 20 points or more. This situation is 38-15 ATS (71.7 percent) since 1996. 19* (556) Dallas Mavericks

This is a play on the ST. BONAVENTURE BONNIES for our CBB Afternoon Dominator. St. Bonaventure was in the top third of the Atlantic Ten Conference to start the month at 7-4 but it has lost five straight games to fall to 7-9 which is good for a tie for ninth place with two other teams and the schedule gives it a chance to win out at go into the conference tournament at .500. The Bonnies have lost two of these games at home, one against 7-8 LaSalle and the other against George Washington in overtime as it overcame a huge second half deficit to fall short. They are 10-4 at home and Sunday is Senior Day and laying a short price to close the home slate with a win. St. Joseph's is in a similar situation as it is too 7-9 following three straight losses following a 4-1 run that got it over .500 in the conference. The Hawks are 4-6 on the road which is not horrible but the last road victory was against 3-12 Loyola-Chicago prior to the recent skid. They are coming off a 25-point home loss against VCU on Tuesday in their most recent game and that can completely knock any sort of confidence for a team heading late into the season and over half of their overall conference wins have come against the three worst teams in the conference. 10* (802) St. Bonaventure Bonnies

This is a play on the BYU COUGARS for our CBB Late Enforcer. BYU has had an up and down season and it has been the latter of late as the Cougars have lost four straight games, three of those on the road including a pair at St. Mary's and Gonzaga but those were very competitive as they fell by six and seven points respectively. BYU returns home for its final home game of the season where it is 11-4 with three of those coming within the conference against the top three teams including a pair against the aforementioned Gaels and Bulldogs by one point apiece so they Cougars have been very close to a better mark. San Francisco was expected to at the very least challenge for third place in the West Coast Conference but a bad start got it too far behind to make it back. The Dons have won three straight games to move to a game under .500 in the conference but those were against three of the bottom four teams in the WCC. They are a respectable 5-5 on the road but two of those wins were against teams a combined 9-21 in the conference and are in a difficult spot here on a tough opponents floor that is looking to close the season with some momentum. 10* (784) BYU Cougars

This is a play on the HAWAII WARRIORS for our CBB Late Night Special. Hawaii is coming off a two-point home loss against UC Riverside on Thursday to snap a two-game winning streak to make things interesting in the conference heading into the final nine days. The Warriors welcome the first place team but is actually in a good spot and laying a short price. Hawaii will likely have to win out to get the No. 4 seed and a first round bye in the upcoming Big West Tournament as it was swept by CSU Fullerton, the team it is currently tied with and because the Titans last game was postponed and not be rescheduled, the Warriors could take fourth place by a half game and the No. 3 spot is still a possibility. UC Irvine did not show up Thursday as it lost to then 4-12 UC San Diego by a bucket as a 13-point favorite against the Tritons and while this typically means a bounce back, that is not the case in this spot with a brutal travel scenario. The Anteaters finished late Thursday night and had to fly out to Hawaii as they got no break in the scheduling here. A loss drops them into a tie with UC Riverside for first place in the Big West but the regular season championship will come down to their meeting with the Highlanders on Thursday. 10* (792) Hawaii Warriors

This is a play on the MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Memphis went 3-1 over its last four games before the break and opened with a loss at Philadelphia on Thursday and the Grizzlies are now six games behind the Nuggets in the Western Conference for first place and can make up a game here. They are back home where they are 24-5 which is the second best home record in the Western Conference behind Denver and are laying a short price before having a couple days off before facing the Lakers here on Tuesday and then heading out on a four-game roadtrip. Memphis is 12-4 ATS at home against teams with a winning record. Denver closed with three straight wins prior to the break and won its first game back at Cleveland thanks a big fourth quarter that sealed it. The Nuggets remain on the road where they are an average 15-14 with no sense of urgency at this point with a pretty commanding lead in the conference. They are just 2-4 over their last six road games and have won fewer than half of their overall road games when not favored and a loss here likely means a non-cover as well. Here, we play against road teams covering eight or more of their last 10 against the spread, playing six or less games in 14 days. This situation is 44-18 ATS (71 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (544) Memphis Grizzlies

This is a play on the UTAH UTES for our Pac 12 Game of the Year. We played against USC on Thursday and it was a close game early but the Trojans used a 20-8 run late in the first half to essentially put the game away early. They have now won three straight games to improve to 12-5 in the Pac 12 Conference and have essentially locked up a first round bye in the upcoming tournament with a chance to still gain the No. 2 seed. This is a tough spot playing their second straight game in the thin air and it is against a desperate team and USC comes in with a 4-5 record on the road with this being the last true road game. Utah hung tough with UCLA on Thursday as it trailed by three points late in the second half but a 7-0 Bruins run ended any chance of the upset. The Utes fell to 10-8 in the conference and still has a shot at a first round bye if they can win here and at Colorado as the team they need to pass, Arizona St., has road games against Arizona, UCLA and USC to close the season. Utah fell to 12-5 at home following its third straight loss and remains on the outside looking in so a Quad 2 win here would be big to go along with a massive run in the upcoming tournament. 10* (762) Utah Utes

This is a play on the EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS for our CBB Ultimate Dominator. The OVC Tournament is very top heavy with the top two seeds getting double byes and the bottom two teams missing the tournament all together which is an unfortunate way to go about it so this is not only the final home game for Eastern Illinois but also the final game of the season for the Panthers. Three straight losses eliminated them from the postseason so the goals are to play spoiler on Senior Day as well as looking to avenge a 21-point loss in the first meeting. While a disappointing season overall, Eastern Illinois can double its season win total from a season ago. This is also a big game for Tennessee Tech which still has an outside shot at the No. 2 seed but will need help along the way as it needs Tennessee-Martin to lose. The Golden Eagles are coming off a big win at Southern Indiana on Thursday to keep their hopes alive but they are now just 3-11 on the road with the other two wins coming in close games as well and the three victories total came by a combined nine points so while this line says all they need to do is win, it will not come easy based on the other poor results away from home. 10* (696) Eastern Illinois Panthers

This is a play on the MISSISSIPPI ST. BULLDOGS for our CBB Star Attraction. When a line stinks, you know where we are going. Texas A&M improved to 13-2 in the SEC following its sixth straight win which came at home against Tennessee to move to 14-1 at home with the lone loss coming randomly against Wofford back in late December. The Aggies trail Alabama by one game in the conference and they host the Tide in the regular season finale and with the turmoil going on in Alabama, anything can happen. They are 6-3 on the road including 5-2 in the conference so they are road savvy but this is a very tough spot with an even fishier line. Mississippi St. is coming off a pair of road overtime games where it split with a win at lowly Mississippi in a rivalry game and then a loss at Missouri on a late three-pointer and the Bulldogs return home in what would be a huge win. They are currently the last team in the field in the NCAA Tournament despite a very solid No. 42 NET ranking but they do lack the necessary Quad 1 wins as they have just three on the season. This will be No. 4 as they look to improve upon their 11-4 record at home with the last two losses coming by a total of five points. 10* (674) Mississippi St. Bulldogs

This is a play on the UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. It has been a disappointing season for UT Arlington but this was expected as it was projected to finish No. 12 in the WAC so it has exceeded expectations to a degree. The Mavericks are coming off a loss against second place Southern Utah on Thursday which was its second loss in four games against two of the top three teams to fall to 5-10 in the conference and this is the last likely chance for a victory as the final two games of the season are on the road against to five teams making this their final home game of the season. Because New Mexico St. had to forfeit its season, Utah Tech automatically qualified for the WAC Tournament as it likely will come in as the No. 12 and final seed barring any final upsets. The Trailblazers are coming off a win at Texas Rio Grande Valley to close the gap to a half game for the No. 11 spot to snap a three-game losing streak and is now 3-12 on the road with this being the final road contest of the season. They are 4-11 in the conference so a victory could bump them up a couple spot but we do not see that here coming off that rare win. 10* (660) UT Arlington Mavericks

This is a play on the OKLAHOMA ST. COWBOYS for our CBB Early Enforcer. Following a five-game winning streak, Oklahoma St. has lost three straight games to fall from a likely NCAA Tournament lock to a last four team heading into Saturday action. The Cowboys were thumped at home by red hot Kansas and lost the last two games on the road against TCU and West Virginia, also tournament teams, and now returns home in need of a quality Quad 1 win. They are 11-3 at home with the only other conference loss coming against 11-4 Texas and can improve to 8-8 in the Big 12 Conference with a revenge victory here. Kansas St. shook off a pair of road losses with a pair of quality home wins against Iowa St. and Baylor to move to 9-6 in the conference as it leapfrogged both teams to move into a tie for third place. The Wildcats hit the road once against where they are 3-6 and the venue has dictated the results of late as the home team is 12-1 in their last 13 games with the only exception being a three-point home loss against Texas to open the month. Kansas St. has dropped five straight games on the road and they have been by an average of 10.4 ppg. 10* (654) Oklahoma St. Cowboys

This is a play on the IOWA HAWKEYES for our CBB Afternoon Dominator. Michigan St. came through for us on Wednesday in a very emotional win over Indiana in its first home game since the tragic shooting on campus. The Spartans locked up an NCAA Tournament spot as they have moved up into a No. 7 seed and hit the road for their final test of the regular season before closing out against Nebraska and Ohio St. Michigan St. is just 3-5 on the road including a 1-5 run with the only win coming against the 3-14 Buckeyes and is still vying for a top four seeding but has to compete with six other teams for the two remaining spots. Iowa was on a 5-1 run with the lone loss coming against Purdue on the road but has dropped its last two games against Northwestern and Wisconsin by 20 and 12 points respectively and both of those were also on the road. The Hawkeyes are now 9-8 in the Big Ten Conference and is currently a projected No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament and it likely will be playing a first round game unless they get a lot of help. Iowa returns home where it is 13-2 including seven straight conference wins and they Hawkeyes are 10-2 in Quad 2 and out games. 10* (608) Iowa Hawkeyes

This is a play on the UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. UL Lafayette was atop the Sun Belt Conference at 11-2 at the beginning of the month but went through a 1-3 stretch with three tough road losses that sent the Cajuns into third place. They rebounded with a win on Wednesday against Arkansas St. and that secured them a double bye in the upcoming Sun Belt Conference Tournament and while that could spell a letdown here, that will not be the case here. It is Senior Night in Lafayette and at 14-0 at home, the Cajuns want to close the season undefeated at home and continue the momentum heading into the postseason against a quality opponent. South Alabama got off to a 2-7 start in the conference but it has been one of the hottest teams in the SBC as it has won five straight games and eight of its last nine including a 7-1 record in the conference to get over .500 for the first time this season. This run is giving us a short price to lay as the Jaguars have also gone 8-1 ATS over this stretch but the schedule has been on their side. They did have a great win at home against 13-4 Southern Mississippi but have played only two other games against a top six conference team and both were against Troy where they went 1-1 and they come in 4-9 on the road. 10* (886) UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns

This is a play on the ATLANTA HAWKS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Things have been turbulent in Atlanta for the latter part of the first half of the season and the Hawks made a move during the break as they fired head coach Nate McMillan after less than two years on the job and this could be a big motivational factor for them in a playoff push. Atlanta is a game under .500 and sitting in the No. 8 spot in the Eastern Conference and is locked into the play-in tournament than moving up as the Hawks are three and a half games out of the No. 6 spot. They are 15-12 at home and this is a statement game following the McMillan dismissal. Cleveland came out of the break with a big game with Denver but was outscored by eight points in the fourth quarter in the six-point home loss. The Cavaliers remain in the No. 4 spot in the Eastern Conference and while this would normally be a bounce back spot, not in this particular situation. It was a rare home loss as the Cavaliers are now 25-7 at home and they hit the road where they are four games under .500 and in a tough back-to-back with this being the first time this season they have gone home to the road in back-to-back nights. Here, we play on teams revenging a road loss of 10 points or more, off an upset loss by 15 points or more as a home favorite. This situation is 94-52 ATS (64.4 percent) since 1996. 10* (522) Atlanta Hawks

This is a play on the UL MONROE WARHAWKS for our CBB Ultimate Dominator. A month ago, UL Monroe pulled off a massive upset at now conference leader 13-4 Marshall to improve to 6-3 in the Sun Belt Conference but it has been a disaster since then as it has gone 1-7 over it last eight games as they schedule has not been on its side. The Warhawks have been dusted in all four road games over that stretch and in the three home losses, all were against teams with winning conference records and all competitive games including an overtime loss against Troy in their last game on Wednesday. They are 7-7 at home and can close with a winning home record in their final home game of the season. Arkansas St. has been one of the worst teams in the conference as it is tied with Georgia St. at 3-14 for the worst record in the SBC following a loss at UL Lafayette on Wednesday. The Red Wolves opened the conference season with an upset at Old Dominion back in December and the other two wins have come against Coastal Carolina and Georgia St. which are a combined 8-26 in the SBC. They have covered three straight games which is keeping this line shorter than it should be and they remain on the road where they are 1-11, getting outscored by an average of 11.6 ppg. 10* (880) UL Monroe Warhawks

This is a play on the XAVIER MUSKETEERS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. There are four teams in the Big East Conference that can still claim the regular season championship with Xavier among those but it could a hit on Tuesday with a home loss against Villanova to drop to 12-5 in the conference, two games behind first place Marquette. The Musketeers are 20-8 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. This is a must win before facing Providence on the road next week. Seton Hall was one of the final teams into the NCAA Tournament at the beginning of the month but has played itself out with losses in three of its last four games. The Pirates are 9-8 in the conference but that record is severely skewed as eight of those victories have come against the four worst teams in the conference with a combined record of 18-53 as a home win by one point. They have only two other wins against likely NCAA Tournament teams Memphis and Rutgers and those were by three combined points. 10* (877) Xavier Musketeers

This is a play on the LOS ANGELES LAKERS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Golden St. and Los Angeles return to action after the break amid seasons well below expectations. Golden St. is currently in a playoff spot but way down the ladder and the issue has been horrible road play as it is 22-7 at home but that record flips to 7-22 on the highway. Already without Steph Curry, the Warriors will be without Andrew Wiggins who is dealing with a personal matter and he is the fourth leading scorer and has been his typically productive self as a critical off-ball scoring option and perimeter defender. The Lakers were without LeBron James for a few games after he broke the scoring record and they closed 2-4 over their final six games. The new look roster has to make a big move with just 23 games remaining and it needs to start right out of the gate. Los Angeles is just 14-14 at home and it does have the confidence knowing they defeated the Warriors on the road 12 days ago without James in the lineup and we can expect a huge effort tonight which could dictate a lot going forward. Here, we play on home favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points after having covered two of their last three games against the spread, with a winning percentage of between .400 and .499 on the season. This situation is 77-38 ATS (67 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (516) Los Angeles Lakers

This is a play on the PACIFIC TIGERS for our CBB Ultimate Underdog. St. Mary's has had an epic season as it is 24-5 including a 13-1 record in the West Coast Conference as it has a one game lead over Gonzaga. We certainly are not expecting the Gaels to lose this game but this price is massive and despite being the last home game of the season, this is a classic lookahead spot. St. Mary's faces the Bulldogs on Saturday as it has a chance to win its first outright WCC regular season title since 2012 so getting out of here with a healthy win comes first. The Gaels are just 2-5 ATS over their last seven games as the markets have been over adjusting their numbers which took a while. Pacific has not had a great season but has been one of the best of the rest in the conference at 6-8 and despite losing four of the last five games, it is tied for fifth in the standings but could also fall to eighth if it loses its final two games and will no doubt be playing hard here. The Tigers have actually been better on the road than at home as they are 7-6 and are coming off a solid effort against 8-7 Loyola Marymount as they lost by just two points as nearly a double-digit underdog. They have been competitive over the latter part of the season, going 8-5 ATS over their last 13 games. 10* (825) Pacific Tigers

This is a play on the COLORADO BUFFALOES for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. Colorado is coming off a 1-2 roadtrip to fall to 2-9 on the road this season and as is typical every year, the Buffaloes are much more dominant in the thin air of Colorado and they close the season with three straight home games. The Buffaloes are 11-2 at home with both losses coming in the Pac 12 against teams they should not be losing to as they fell to Washington and Arizona St. by a combined four points. This is the toughest stretch of the season coming up and this one is more even than expected with Colorado at No. 62 in the NET rankings with not USC not far ahead at No. 56. The Trojans have won two straight games to move to 11-5 in the Pac 12 which is good for solo third and the venue has dictated the latest results as the home team is 12-1 in the last 13 games for USC and now it enters one of the toughest environments in the conference. They are now 14-1 at home following the sweep last week but are just 3-5 on the road that includes a 1-5 run with the lone win coming at Arizona St. Every game is big as the Trojans are a bubble team but this is a bad spot facing a team finally coming home and playing with revenge on top of it. 10* (806) Colorado Buffaloes

This is a play on the ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI for our CBB Rivalry Rout. Illinois snapped a two-game losing streak with a win over hapless Minnesota but it was not its best game as the inconsistencies of this very talented team continue. The Illini are now 9-7 in the Big Ten Conference as they are part of a group of seven teams that are within a half-game of each other for third and ninth place so the next two weeks are huge. Illinois remains at home where it is 13-2 and its six conference wins at home have all come by at least nine points. This is a rivalry game and it goes up a notch with the Illini out for revenge following a 13-point loss in Evanston in the first meeting. Northwestern has been the surprise of the conference as it is in second place, just a game and a half behind Purdue who it has already defeated so it owns that tiebreaker should it come down to that. The Wildcats are 11-5 in the Big Ten as it has won five straight games, covering all of those as well but four of those came down to the final minute so clutch play has carried them of late. Northwestern is 6-2 on the road which is a concern but only two of those victories have come against teams guaranteed to be in the NCAA Tournament and none since January 8. 10* (810) Illinois Fighting Illini

This is a play on the SOUTHERN INDIANA SCREAMING EAGLES for our OVC Game of the Month. It has been a successful first season in the Ohio Valley Conference for Southern Indiana as it is 8-8 despite losses in five of its last seven games. Three of those losses were on the road and while the Screaming Eagles lost two of three at home, those were against first place Morehead St. in overtime and third place Tennessee St. by four points. Like most teams, the road has been unkind as they are 4-11 away from home but they are a very solid 10-3 on their home floor. The first ever home Division I game was a crazy atmosphere against Southern Illinois and we can expect the same in its last home game of the season. Tennessee Tech has taken a similar path as it has been great at home with an 11-5 record but it is just 2-11 on the road which has hindered its conference success where it is 9-7 heading into its final two road games. The Eagles did their best to pull off the upset against Tennessee-Martin at home but lost by nine points which puts them in a tough spot here where they have dropped three straight on the road. Tennessee Tech won the first meeting by 15 points so Southern Indiana has added incentive to close out strong on their home floor. 10* (794) Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles

This is a play on the NORTH CAROLINA A&T AGGIES for our CBB Ultimate Dominator. Delaware is coming off a solid win over UNC Wilmington on Saturday so close out its home schedule with a strong 10-5 record but now the Blue Hens hit the road where they have been abysmal. They are 2-10 in their true road games where they have dropped all seven Colonial Athletic Association games by an average of 10.1 ppg and it has not been just against the top teams in the conference as two of those came against the two worst teams with a combined 9-23 record. They are one of four teams with a 6-10 conference record and moving up from tenth place is unlikely. North Carolina A&T has been similar where it has been awful on the road but a respectable 7-4 at home. The Aggies are 7-9 in the conference no thanks to a bad recent stretch where they have gone 1-5 over their last six games but four of those losses were on the road including their last three games coming off a three-game roadtrip. North Carolina A&T has a great shot at getting to .500 in the CAA with the final two games at home against losing teams and while 3-4 here in the conference, three were against three of the top five teams in the conference. 10* (750) North Carolina A&T Aggies

This is a play on the OHIO ST. BUCKEYES for our CBB Signature Enforcer. Glutton for punishment perhaps but we are back on Ohio St. in a good spot to get back into the win column. It has been a disaster of a season for the Buckeyes which have lost eight straight games to fall to 3-13 in the Big Ten Conference which is second to last in a very deep league above them. The recent skid includes five losses on the road and of the three home defeats, two of those came down to the final minute against teams that have been decent on the road which is not the case for their opponent tonight. The 0-8 ATS run is adding value to this number. Penn St. was looking good for a possible NCAA Tournament berth and while still attainable, it needs help as it is currently their eighth team out so there is a lot of room to make up and that can only be accomplished in the Big Ten Tournament. The Nittany Lions are coming off a pair of wins, one at home where they are 12-2 and the road win was against 1-14 Minnesota to get them to just 2-7 on the highway. They come in ranked No. 58 in the NET rankings which is not much higher than Ohio St. which checks in at No. 68 so the analytics edge in not very big. 10* (746) Ohio St. Buckeyes

This is a play on the NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS for our ACC Game of the Month. We played against North Carolina stating that it was getting a short price based on name and it fell to 0-8 against Quad 1 teams as Wake Forest fell out of that group which was an earlier Quad 1 loss. The Tar Heels 11 losses are tied for the most losses of any team coming into the season ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll since it began. It has been bad. Now they face a bad team and this is where they have gotten it done as they are 11-0 against Quad 3 and 4 teams and on the verge of missing the NCAA Tournament, this is a game they simply cannot lose as their 2-7 road record can be tossed out at this point. Notre Dame is having a miserable season but give it credit for continuing to play hard for head coach Mike Brey who is in his final season with the Irish. They are 10-17 overall including a dismal 2-14 in the ACC following five straight losses and the only two wins came against 2-15 Louisville and 3-13 Georgia Tech. The last two losses on the road against Duke and Virginia were by six points total so those are quality losses but they bring little satisfaction. Notre Dame is 2-15 against non-Quad 4 teams so it too has beat up on the lesser teams and even a lot of those were close calls. 10* (727) North Carolina Tar Heels

This is a play on the BELMONT BRUINS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. Indiana St. has been the big surprise in the Missouri Valley Conference as it is now 20-9 overall including 13-5 in the conference following its seventh straight win on Saturday. This was the third big streak within the Missouri Valley Conference as the Sycamore opened with six straight wins followed by five straight losses prior to this recent stretch. They are now on a perfect 8-0 ATS run which is giving us great value in this number as they hit the road for the final time where they are 7-5 and two of the recent wins came against Illinois-Chicago and Evansville, a combined 4-32 in the conference. Belmont is also having a great season as it is 12-6 but it is coming off a 14-point loss at Drake on Sunday, its second blowout loss to the conference leader. The Bruins have lost only two other games in-between which came by a combined three points against Murray St. and Missouri St. and both of those were on the road. They are back in Belmont for their final home game of the season where they are 11-2 with four wins against top level teams and the other loss in addition to the Drake defeat came against Middle Tennessee St. in overtime. 10* (702) Belmont Bruins

This is a play on the VALPARAISO BEACONS for our CBB Ultimate Underdog. Valparaiso has had a disappointing season as it is seven games under .500 and 5-13 in the conference as it has lost five of its last six games. The Beacons have not been awful though as two of those losses came in overtime and the last two have come by a combined five points. They come in at 8-6 at home and while that includes a 3-5 record in the MVC, three of those losses were by nine points combined and this is the final home game of the season and revenging a 22-point loss last month. Bradley rolls into Valparaiso riding an eight-game winning streak as it remains tied atop the Missouri Valley Conference tied with Drake at 14-4 with a season finale matchup at home against the Bulldogs on Sunday which will decide the regular season championship for this is a lookahead spot. The Braves are 7-4 on the road which includes a 5-3 record in the conference and the majority of those wins have not been overly dominating. This game has similarities to Toledo on Saturday went it went on the road as big favorites with a massive game on deck and the rockets played through the motions to squeak out the win and get out healthy and this looks identical. 10* (674) Valparaiso Beacons

This is a play on the CENTRAL FLORIDA KNIGHTS for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. Central Florida is coming off a controversial loss on a no call charge in the final seconds against Cincinnato to make it two straight losses to fall to 6-8 in the American Athletic Conference which came after a pair of wins that followed a brutal five-game losing streak. Six of those seven losses have come against the four top teams in the conference and now they close the season with four winnable games with a game at Temple being the toughest. The one loss during the stretch that was not against a top team which sets up a revenge game for the Knights as they lost by 13 points in South Florida last month. South Florida rolled at 1-14 Tulsa a week ago but followed that up with an 18-point loss at home against Tulane on Saturday which made it three losses in its last four games. The Bulls are 4-10 in the conference and while there were some close losses early on, the last three defeats have been by 18, 19 and 18 points. They are 2-5 on the road in the conference with the two victories against Tulsa and East Carolina which are a combined 5-23 and of the other two conference wins, another was East Carolina as well as the victory over the revenge-minded Knights. 10* (700) Central Florida Knights

This is a play on the RHODE ISLAND RAMS for our CBB Ultimate Dominator. George Washington is coming an overtime win at St. Bonaventure on Sunday as it blew a 17-point lead in the second half so it was fortunate not to lose that game with a complete momentum shift heading into extra time. The Colonials have lost five of their last seven games with the other win also needing overtime times two at home against Richmond by a bucket and now they are back on the road which has not been good as they are 2-6 on the highway. Overall, their last three wins have all come in overtime so they could be in much worse shape at this point from this recent stretch of games. Rhode Island has fallen on hard times as this is its third straight losing season in the Atlantic Ten Conference as it is now 4-10 following five straight losses. The first three of those were on the road and then the Rams put a scare into VCU as it lost by just one point and that was a letdown defeat as it did not show up against Massachusetts on Saturday in a 24-point loss. Rhode Island is 0-9 on the road which has been the issue and it is 7-7 at home that includes a 5-3 record in the A-10 with impressive wins over LaSalle, Dayton and Fordham. 10* (688) Rhode Island Rams