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This is a play on the SIENA SAINTS for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. Siena was in first place in the MAAC a week ago but it has lost two straight games against Manhattan and Niagara and both could have gone either way as the loss against the Jaspers was in overtime and the loss to the Purple Eagles was by just a bucket. This is the get right weekend with this game and a game against Marist as the Saints next three games are all against teams within the top four spots in the conference. Siena is 6-5 on the road which is not spectacular but should have no issue in this spot. Mount St. Mary's broke a three-game losing streak and a 1-7 run with an upset win over Quinnipiac on Sunday as 10.5-point road underdog which was definitely a surprise following a 30-point loss at Iona two days earlier. The Mountaineers are 4-9 in the conference with is tied with two other teams just one game out of last place. They are 3-7 at home and they are the only team in the MAAC that has a better record on the road than at home. Only two of those wins are Division I victories and both against losing teams. 10* (879) Siena Saints

This is a play on the PURDUE FORT WAYNE MASTODONS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. Youngstown St. has won four straight games to take over first place in the Horizon, one game over Milwaukee and Northern Kentucky. The Penguins just defeated the Norse by 18 points on Saturday to take over sole possession the top spot and now they hit the road with all four of those recent games taking place at home. Youngstown St. is a very solid 7-4 on the road but the line is taking that into account. This includes a 4-2 record within the conference with two of those wins against losing teams. Purdue Fort Wayne is coming off a 1-2 roadtrip and the recent schedule has been brutal as it has played six of its last eight games on the road and the Mastodons return home where they are 8-3. They are just 3-3 in their six conference home games and the markets have caught with Youngstown St. as Purdue Fort Wayne is getting points as home for the first time all season. The are 7-7 in the conference which is just two games out of the all important fourth spot which comes with a first round tournament bye. 10* (884) Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons

This is a play on the UC RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS for our Big West Game of the Year. The Big West Conference is wide open with six teams within two games of each other for first place and two of those square off here. UC Riverside is coming off a pair of road losses at UC Santa Barbara and CSU Fullerton and have dropped three of four overall to go from 7-1 to 8-4 in the conference. The Highlanders lost all four of those games against the number which we love to go against with a short price and they return home where they are 8-3 and look to get some of that mojo back from a five-game overall winning streak prior to this four-game stretch. UC Davis is coming off a win over Hawaii to improve to 7-4 in the conference and the Aggies hit the road where they are 4-6. They are 3-2 in the conference but those three wins came against CSU Bakersfield, UC San Diego and CSU Northridge which are a combined 9-27. This is a revenge game as they lost at home by a bucket but they obviously cannot be trusted on the road against a quality team as the other road victory came against 3-20 California. 10* (820) UC Riverside Highlanders

This is a play on the WEBER ST. WILDCATS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. Weber St. returns home in a key Big Sky Conference game following a four-game roadtrip that was lowlighted by a 34-point loss at Northern Colorado on Monday. To their credit, the Wildcats went 2-2 in those games and are 7-4 in the conference which is good for solo third and can move to within a game of second place with a win here. Weber St. is 6-2 at home compared to 5-8 on the road so the schedule has been a tough one and the schedule sets up well with the two toughest remaining games taking place at home. Montana St. is 10-2 in the conference following five straight wins but none of those teams have winning conference records and the three road wins over that stretch were far from blowouts against much inferior competition. The Bobcats are a very solid 8-4 on the road which includes a 5-1 record in the Big Sky, but again, none of those came been against winning teams and with a combined record of 20-38. Montana St. is 9-2 ATS over its last 11 games which is factoring into this line. 10* (814) Weber St. Wildcats

This is a play on the TROY TROJANS for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. Troy snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over Texas St. on Saturday to get back to .500 in the Sun Belt Conference. Going back, the Trojans are 2-5 over their last seven games and have gone 1-6 against the number over that stretch and that is helping keep this number down. They are 8-3 at home including 4-2 in the conference with the two losses coming against winning teams a combined 18-6. This is also a home revenge game for Troy which lost at South Alabama by 17 points in the first meeting last month. The Jaguars have won and covered three straight games to get to 5-7 in the conference and the last two have come on the road but were against inferior teams as they were favored in both of those. They are 3-8 overall on the highway with the other road win coming against Alabama A&M where they were a double-digit favorite so they are underdogs here for a reason. South Alabama has been solid covering as underdogs, going 7-3 but most of those were big numbers as it has only won once outright in those 10 games. 10* (794) Troy Trojans

This is a play on the OHIO ST. BUCKEYES for our CBB Star Attraction. It has been a miserable run for Ohio St. as after a 2-0 start in the Big Ten, it has lost nine of its last 10 games with the lone victory coming at home against Iowa by 16 points. Six of the ten losses have come on the road and the three home losses have come by a combined 10 points. The Buckeyes are laying a rather big number despite sitting second in the conference. Home court has been their only saving grace this season as they are 8-3 compared to 1-7 on the road with that one win happening to come against Northwestern. That sets up a revenge spot for the Wildcats and they have been solid on the road with a 5-2 record but we are going them because of the size of the line as it really makes no sense. Northwestern is on pace to go to the NCAA Tournament for only the second time in program history, the first coming in 2017, so it has been a very good season from the start although they are just 4-4 over their last eight games after a 12-3 start and one factor is that they have played the easiest schedule of all Big Ten teams. 10* (786) Ohio St. Buckeyes

This is a play on the SEATTLE REDHAWKS for our CBB Late Night Special. We lost with Seattle on Saturday as it opened with a 9-0 lead and imploded after that in a seven-point loss against then 1-9 New Mexico St. The Redhawks opened the WAC season 7-0 but have now lost four straight games, three of those coming on the road, to fall into a tie for third place and now face another bottom feeder to get things right. They head back home where they are 9-1 following their lone home loss of the season against Abilene Christian a week ago by 15 points as a 7.5-point favorite and are now favored less against a worse team. Utah Tech had lost three straight games before pulling off a home upset against Southern Utah to move to 3-8 in the conference. The Trailblazers other two wins came against Texas Rio Grande Valley and New Mexico St. which are a combined 5-17 in the WAC so the win over the Thunderbirds was a big upset as they were 8-2 coming into that game. Now they hit the road where they are just 2-10 which includes a 0-5 record in the conference and are in a horrible spot here. 10* (744) Seattle Redhawks

This is a play on the CENTRAL FLORIDA KNIGHTS for our CBB Star Attraction. This is a great spot for Central Florida, even though it is on the road. After starting the American Athletic Conference season 4-1, the Knights have lost five straight games, four against four of the top five teams in the conference and the other against an improving South Florida team. The concern is that they are just 2-4 on the road but they are not heading to a strong home court advantage for the opposition and while that can be said for that game against South Florida, they were significant favorites in that game. Wichita St. has been up and down all season long as it is 12-11 overall including 5-6 in the conference following an 11-point win at 1-10 Tulsa on Sunday. The Shockers return home where they are just 6-7 including a dismal 1-4 record in the AAC with the only win coming against that Tulsa team by only four points. Consistency has been the issue as it has hardly had any, going 3-8 following a win. This is a revenge game for the Shockers after losing the first meeting but this is not the spot for that to happen. 10* (725) Central Florida Knights

This is a play on the MISSOURI ST. BEARS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. We won with Belmont on Saturday as it covered most of the entire game against Illinois St. and it ended up being a little bit of a sweat at the end as it won by 15 points as an 11-point favorite. That win snapped a two-game losing streak and it improved the Bruins to 10-4 which is good for a tie for first place heading into Tuesday. They now hit the road where they are 6-5 and includes wins in four of its last five on the highway and while it includes a solid two-point win over Bradley, the other three came against teams a combined 6-36 in the MVC. Missouri St. has been all over the place as it has gone 4-5 over its last nine conference games including a 20-point loss at Southern Illinois on Sunday to fall to 8-6 overall which is good for a tie for sixth place. The Bears are 5-2 at home in the MVC where they are 8-3 overall. Missouri St. has been solid coming off a loss as it is 5-1 in its last six instances and that one loss happened to come after getting defeated against Belmont by 13 points, setting up a revenge spot at a great number. 10* (674) Missouri St. Bears

This is a play on the GEORGE WASHINGTON COLONIALS for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. Richmond came through for us on Sunday as it overcame a double-digit deficit to win by 10 points at home against Fordham. The Spiders moved to 5-6 in the Atlantic Ten Conference which is a tie for eighth place with two other teams and while they improved to 10-3 at home, they hit the road where they are 1-7 with the only win coming at 4-7 Davidson by only four points. The victory over the Rams also snapped a six-game non-cover streak and this is just the second time over the last six games they have been an underdog so they have been overpriced for a while now. George Washington had won three straight games a couple weeks ago to improve to 5-2 in the conference but has lost three straight games including a 26-point loss at home against Duquesne on Saturday. The Colonials are still a very solid 9-4 at home and in the three previous home losses, they followed those up with victories next time out including two at home in blowouts and with this line, all they have to do is win. 10* (678) George Washington Colonials

This is a play on the STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES for our CAA Game of the Month. Stony Brook is coming off a pair of losses, most recently a 21-point loss at 10-2 Hofstra and it returns home where it is coming off an awful loss in its last home game against Elon, which was winless in the CAA coming into that game. The Seawolves will be ready on Wednesday as they do not want to put up another clunker against one of the worst teams in the conference. This came after a win over Hampton and prior to that has lost four straight games but two of those losses during that skid were by just one possession and both of those were on the road. The Seawolves are just 5-5 at home and that is being factored in this number as a non-dominant home team does not get inflated. Monmouth was 1-20 just over a week ago but has won three straight games, all as sizable underdogs, and the Hawks with the road again and are catching the smallest number it has seen over its last four games, all of which they covered and that is also playing into this shorter than should be number. 10* (666) Stony Brook Seawolves

This is a play on the NEW MEXICO LOBOS for our CBB Tuesday Enforcer. After a 14-0 start to the season, New Mexico has gone a pedestrian 5-4 over its last nine games which includes an 11-point loss at Utah St. last Wednesday which was its only game last week and that is a good advantage to get some extended time off. The Lobos are now 6-4 in the Mountain West Conference with three of those losses coming on the road although they do own a quality win at first place San Diego St. and now they are back home where they are 14-1 with the only loss coming against UNLV which happened to come after their first actual loss of the season so that was definitely a bad spot. Nevada has won two straight games with both of those at home where the Wolf Pack are a perfect 12-0 and it now hits the road where they are 4-5 that includes three straight losses by 6, 15 and 9 points. They are now 8-3 in the conference which is good for a three-way tie for second place, one game behind San Diego St. so this is another bunched up conference near the top. Nevada won the first meeting four games back in overtime so there is revenge on the table for the Lobos as well. 10* (654) New Mexico Lobos

This is a play on the MICHIGAN ST. SPARTANS for our Big Ten Game of the Year. Maryland has won four straight games to improve to 7-5 in the Big Ten Conference which is good for a tie for third place with five other teams so every game is huge at this point in the season. The Terrapins have also covered six consecutive games but four of those have come at home with the two road covers being a loss at Purdue where they were a nine-point underdog and most recently Saturday at 1-11 Minnesota. This cover stretch is keeping this number down as it the fact Michigan St. has been struggling. The Spartans have dropped two straight games but those were both away from home at Purdue and at MSG against Rutgers. They have failed to cover their last four games including another one at Indiana and one at home against Iowa where they won by two as a 2.5-point favorite. Michigan St. is not part of that 7-5 group as it is 6-6 in the conference which is good for solo ninth but a win here gives them a chance for a big jump up. The Spartans are 9-2 at home with the losses coming against Purdue by one point and Northwestern way back in early December in their conference opener. 10* (646) Michigan St. Spartans

This is a play on the MURRAY ST. RACERS for our CBB Tuesday Ultimate Underdog. Drake is rolling with five straight wins to move to 10-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference which is good for a four-way tie for first place. It has not been a complete domination though as the last two wins have come in double overtime and another came by a bucket against Indiana St. and while a big win at Belmont was impressive, the fifth victory was against 0-14 Evansville. The Bulldogs are 4-5 on the road with three of those wins coming during this recent stretch while the fourth one was also in overtime at 2-12 Illinois-Chicago so they are winning, a couple of these could have gone the other way. Murray St. is in the mix as it is 8-6 in the conference so being only two games back is not bad following a 4-5 recent stretch. The Racers are going to be fully ready for this game, not only because they are facing a first place team but because they are coming off a 43-point loss at Indiana St. on Saturday. They are back home where they are 9-1 with the lone loss coming back in December against Southern Illinois and have won five straight since that defeat with two of those wins coming against Bradley and Belmont, both 10-4, as underdogs. 10* (630) Murray St. Racers

This is a play on the KANSAS JAYHAWKS for our CBB Monday Star Attraction. Kansas is coming off a loss at Iowa St. on Saturday in a game that it trailed throughout and was never really in after halftime. The Jayhawks have been in a slump as they have gone 2-4 over their last six games with three of those defeats coming on the road with the lone home loss coming against TCU. They are 11-1 overall at home so this is a good bounce back spot as they look to break out of the logjam of four teams tied for third place at 6-4 in the Big 12. This is big game already but even more so with a pair of road games on deck. Texas has won two straight games since getting thumped at Tennessee last Saturday including an impressive road win at Kansas St. on Saturday as it overcame an 11-point deficit at halftime to win by three. The Longhorns remain atop the Big 12 as they lead the Cyclones by one game at 8-2 with this being the final game of a tough four-game stretch as they catch some lower level teams after Kansas. Texas is 4-2 on the road but three of those wins were against Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. and West Virginia which are a combined 10-20 in conference action. They hit Lawrence at the wrong time. 10* (878) Kansas Jayhawks

This is a play on the COLORADO BUFFALOES for our CBB Sunday Enforcer. We lost with Stanford on Thursday as the Cardinal have all of a sudden come to life as they have won five straight games. the first four came at home prior to the win at Utah but winning back-to-back games on this particular trip is not easy even for the elite teams. This will be their second game in three days in the thin air and that could pose a problem as a lot of teams have struggled in the second game of this Pac 12 roadtrip in the past. The victory over the Utes was the first true road win for Stanford as they started 0-4 and three of those were against losing conference teams. Colorado falls into that group as it comes into this game 5-8 in the Pac 12 and we are seeing a curious number here as the Buffaloes are laying the same amount that Utah did despite the Utes being three games better in the Pac 12 and while the value seems to be on Stanford based on that, we are going contrarian as there is more to it. The Buffaloes are 10-2 at home following a win over California and while they did not cover, they still won by 13 points and another contrarian angle is the fact they are 0-6-1 ATS over their last seven games. 10* (858) Colorado Buffaloes

This is a play on the DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS for our CBB Sunday Ultimate Underdog. DePaul has lost four straight games and failed to cover any of those following a pair of home losses against Connecticut and Marquette. One of those recent losses came at Providence, which is two games better than Seton Hall, and the Blue Demons were getting a bucket less there so the markets have adjusted and it looks to be way too much. DePaul is just 2-7 on the road but it was able to cover its only road game when getting double digits. Seton Hall has won two straight games and six of its last seven to move to 7-5 in the Big East Conference which is good for fifth place and a game out of fourth. The last two wins came against two of the four worst teams in the conference and while DePaul falls into that group, this is a much different spot as the Pirates have a lookahead game on deck against 8-3 Creighton, who they lost to in the first meeting by 22 points so there is also a revenge lookahead. This is the first home game of the season playing a team with a losing record so the unknown is how they react with a big game on deck and we say not well. 10* (827) DePaul Blue Demons

This is a play on the RICHMOND SPIDERS for our CBB Sunday Supreme Annihilator. Fordham is the biggest surprise in the Atlantic Ten Conference as the Rams are 18-4 overall including a 6-3 record in the conference which has them at No. 4 in the standings. They are coming off a home upset over 7-3 St. Louis on Tuesday which has been their only real quality win with Tulane nonconference win being a second one and overall, Fordham has played the No. 308 ranked schedule in the country. The Rams are 4-2 on the road compared to 14-2 at home so it has been a very home favored schedule and this will be a big test. Richmond does not qualify as a quality as it is now one game under .500 following four straight losses and going back, the Spiders have failed to cover six straight games and there has been an adjustment in the line because of that. They are 9-3 at home with two of the losses coming against 9-2 VCU and 7-4 St. Bonaventure in the conference and the nonconference loss coming by three points against Wichita St. of the AAC. The recent stretch has put them into the bottom half of the conference but they are just a game out of fifth place so there is plenty of time for a run. 10* (830) Richmond Spiders

This is a play on the ST. MARY'S GAELS for our CBB Saturday Late Night Special. The West Coast Conference has gone through Gonzaga for years and this matchup has favored the Bulldogs as they have won eight of the previous nine meetings with St. Mary's winning on this floor last season. The Gaels have won 10 straight games following a bad home loss against Colorado St. and its four losses have come by a combined 15 points. They are playing their best basketball of the season and a win here puts them in position to win the regular season championship, which would be the first outright championship since 2011-12. Gonzaga has righted the ship with three straight wins following a rare home loss against Loyola-Marymount but that has shifted the Gaels to the favorite to win this conference. The other three losses have come against Texas, Purdue and Baylor so they are still winnings at a high level but one big disadvantage here it their defense as their efficiency is the worst since the 2005-06 season. 10* (822) St. Mary's Gaels

This is a play on the SAN JOSE SPARTANS for our CBB Saturday Enforcer. San Jose St. got shellacked by San Diego St. last Saturday to fall to 4-5 in the MWC which came after a 30-point home win over Air Force and the Spartans are back home in a good bounce back spot. They are 8-2 at home which includes a 3-1 record in the conference with the lone loss coming against 7-3 Nevada and the other home loss was very early in the season against 16-8 Hofstra. They are 2.5 games out of the top four spots in the conference and have a very favorable schedule to close the season. Wyoming won its second conference game of the season on Tuesday with a 23-point win over Fresno St. which was its second win in three games, the other being a one point win at home over Colorado St. The Cowboys hit the road against where they are winless as they are 0-4 and have even gone only 1-5 on a neutral floor so they have been awful away from home. Revenge is in play for San Jose St. from last season following a pair of double-digit losses. 10* (816) San Jose St. Spartans

This is a play on the SEATTLE REDHAWKS for our WAC Game of the Month. Seattle opened WAC play a perfect 7-0 and looked to be the early frontrunner in the conference but the Redhawks have dropped three straight games including a bad home loss against Abilene Christian on Wednesday by 15 points. The 7-3 conference record is still right in the hunt as they are a game and a half behind Utah Valley who they have already beaten once so they do have that game in hand. Seattle is 6-4 on the road with two conference losses against Sam Houston St. and Stephen F. Austin and the to nonconference losses coming in the Pac 12. New Mexico St. opened the conference season with nine straight losses before picking up its first win on Wednesday against Stephen F. Austin by six points as a 2.5-point underdog. If there is ever a letdown spot, this is it and against a quality team in need of a win. And on top of it, the Aggies come in as a favorite for the first time in five games despite a pedestrian 5-4 record at home that includes three non-Division I wins. 10* (791) Seattle Redhawks

This is a play on the BELMONT BRUINS for our CBB Saturday Supreme Annihilator. Belmont has lost two straight games to fall to 9-4 in the MVC which is still good for a tie for first place in the MVC with Drake, Southern Illinois and Bradley. This skid ended a seven-game winning streak for the Bruins and they are back home following three of their last four games coming on the road. The lone home game was an 18-point loss against Drake where they are 8-2, the only other home loss coming in overtime against Middle Tennessee St. and this is a great bounce back spot to keep pace. Illinois St. snapped a four-game losing streak with a pair of wins at home against Southern Illinois and Illinois-Chicago. The Redbirds head back on the road where they are 3-5 with all five of those losses coming within the conference with the only win coming against 0-13 Evansville. The other two victories were against Eastern Illinois of the Ohio Valley and Northwestern St. of the Southland by a combined seven points. 10* (712) Belmont Bruins

This is a play on the INDIANA HOOSIERS for our CBB Saturday Star Attraction. Purdue remains the top team in the country and it has widened the gap between it and the next group but now comes its first road test since a one-point win over Michigan St. on January 16. The Boilermakers are 22-1 including a 6-0 record on the road with the lone defeat coming at home by a point against Rutgers right before running off nine straight wins. Four of their six road wins have been by a combined 10 points and this is the toughest environment of them all. Indiana had a five-game winning streak snapped with a loss at Maryland on Tuesday by 11 points to fall to 6-5 in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers are one of 10 teams within two games of each other between second and eleventh place so every game counts at this point and while this looks like a daunting task, it is doable. Indiana is 11-1 at home with the one loss coming against Northwestern by one point and this rivalry only adds to what will be an absolutely electric home crowd. 10* (694) Indiana Hoosiers

This is a play on the SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS for our CBB Saturday Ultimate Underdog. South Carolina has lost six straight games and has fallen to 1-8 in the SEC with nowhere to go but up at this point and this is a good spot to improve upon its 1-5 ATS run over this stretch. The Gamecocks remain home where they are 6-5 and that does include five straight losses and non-covers so no one wants to part of this side but we will gladly jump on them here as the markets are over adjusting to the point of a line that its opponent has no business laying in this spot especially. Arkansas is coming off a big win over then 7-1 Texas A&M to improve to 4-5 in the SEC which is certainly not a record for a team to be laying nearly two touchdowns on the road. Compounding that is the fact that the Razorbacks are 0-5 on the road which includes losses at 1-8 LSU and 3-6 Vanderbilt and were laying nowhere near this number in those games. To top it off, Arkansas has Kentucky on deck Tuesday on the road as well so getting out with just a close win is all they need. 10* (680) South Carolina Gamecocks

This is a play on the WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS as part of our CBB Saturday Afternoon Three Pack. Wake Forest was cruising along at 6-2 in the ACC before facing Virginia, which has been red hot, and that game resulted in a nine-point loss and the Demon Deacons have not been able to recover as they have dropped three straight after that, all by two points. This is a get right game as they look to improve their 3-5 record on the road against a team that continues to reel. This is a big one for them with North Carolina on deck and games at Miami and NC State shortly thereafter. Notre Dame is having one of its worst seasons in a very long time as it has fallen to 10-12 overall and 2-9 in the ACC. The 8-3 nonconference record may look ok but snuck out some wins over some bad teams. The Irish have only been able to defeat 1-11 Georgia Tech and 1-10 Louisville in the conference with the former coming by just a point in overtime. Notre Dame is 10-5 at home which includes four ACC losses, the last three by a total of 36 points. 10* (617) Wake Forest Demon Deacons

This is a play on the VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES as part of our CBB Saturday Afternoon Three Pack. Virginia Tech got off to a great start this season and got deep into the rankings and then things fell apart as the Hokies opened 11-1 that included an impressive win over North Carolina to open ACC action but then went on to lose its next seven games. Five of those were by four points or less and they rebounded with a pair of wins before suffering their most recent loss at Miami. They are back home where they are 10-2 and desperately need a quality win to get back into the NCAA Tournament hunt. Being a rivalry game and a revenge game after a 10-point loss last month only stirs the fire. Virginia continues to roll along as it has won seven straight games to improve to 9-2 in the ACC which is a half-game behind first place Clemson. The Cavaliers are in a very rare spot as an underdog as this is the first time they have gotten points since December 17 and that is a tell in what we are looking at here with the public backing the Cavaliers as expected. 10* (604) Virginia Tech Hokies

This is a play on the IOWA ST. CYCLONES as part of our CBB Saturday Afternoon Three Pack. Kansas snapped a three-game losing streak with a big win at Kentucky last weekend and followed that up with a revenge win at home against Kansas St. The Jayhawks two big wins can be providing some momentum at the right time but they hit another difficult spot in the logjam that is the Big 12 as they are part of five teams within one game of first place. Kansas is 4-2 on the road with the other loss coming at Baylor and its only two conference wins were at West Virginia and Texas Tech which are a combined 3-15 in the Big 12. Iowa St. opened conference play 4-0 before a two-point loss at Kansas so this sets up a revenge spot and it has gone 2-3 since that four-game start with all three losses coming on the road and by a combined seven points including the most recent in overtime. The Cyclones are back home following a pair of road losses and they come in a perfect 11-0 at home that includes quality victories over Baylor, Texas and Kansas St. 10* (610) Iowa St. Cyclones

This is a play on the SAN DIEGO ST. AZTECS for our CBB Friday Star Attraction. First place is on the line tonight at Viejas Arena and while this looks like a take at first glance with the big number, this is a statement game for San Diego St. in more ways than one. The Aztecs are coming off a nine-point loss at Nevada on Tuesday which snapped a four-game losing streak and they might have been guilty looking forward to this one. The players ended last practice with a closed door meeting as they will be fully focused after last season in which they lost all three meetings and Boise St. ended a San Diego St. streak of 164 consecutive wins when leading within five minutes of regulation. The Aztecs are 24-0 in their last 24 home games following a loss and payback is in store. Boise St. has arguably been the best team in the MWC with its 8-2 record as both losses were by a bucket on the road at New Mexico in overtime and at Nevada. The Broncos have won three straight games including a seven-point win at Air Force on Tuesday but that victory may have come at a costly price. Marcus Shaver, Jr. and Naje Smith both left the game and both are very questionable with ankle and knee injuries respectively. Wrong place, wrong time for the Broncos. 10* (884) San Diego St. Aztecs

This is a play on the KENT ST. GOLDEN FLASHES for our CBB Friday Supreme Annihilator. First place is temporarily on the line in the MAC as 8-1 Kent St. travels to the JAR to take on 8-1 Akron and this one will likely go a long way. Kent St. is 18-4 overall and was riding a 10-game winning streak before a bad loss at Northern Illinois in its most recent road game but bounced back with a pair of wins over Buffalo and Central Michigan. The other three losses were far from bad as they were against Charleston, Houston and Gonzaga on the road and all were close, losing by a combined 14 points. Payback is in place tonight as the Golden Flashes were denied a chance at the NCAA Tournament last season with a 20-point loss in the MAC Championship. Akron has won seven straight games to improve to 16-6 overall with the lone conference loss coming at 6-3 Ball St. The home floor has been a big advantage for the Zips as they are 11-0 but it has beaten no one as the best home win came against No. 160 Ohio with No. 180 South Dakota St. being a close second. Besides the Cardinals loss, four of the other five were double-digit blowouts and while they were away from home, they do not look good as their No. 245 overall schedule is poor. Payback prevails tonight. 10* (885) Kent St. Golden Flashes

This is a play on the SACRAMENTO HORNETS for our CBB Thursday Ultimate Underdog. Eastern Washington remains the only undefeated team in the Big Sky Conference as it is 10-0 following a pair of home wins last week. It has not been complete domination as four of those wins were by four points or less and six have come at home where the Eagles are 9-0 overall on the season. They come in 5-5 on the road and of the four conference road wins, one came against 8-2 Montana St. but that was very early in the conference season before the Bobcats caught fire and the two most recent ones came against Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado which are a combined 4-14 in the Big Sky. Sacramento St. is coming off a loss against the Montana St. team to fall to 5-4 in the conference and the other three losses were also against winning teams, including a loss at Eastern Washington which sets up a revenge situation, and all three of those losses were on the road and by only nine points combined. The loss to the Bobcats was the Hornets first home loss of the season as they opened with eight straight wins and even with that loss taken into consideration, they are outscoring opponent by over eight ppg and are in a great position to hand the Eagles their first conference loss of the season. 10* (834) Sacramento St. Hornets

This is a play on the BYU COUGARS for our CBB Thursday Enforcer. BYU played a great game last time out as it took undefeated St. Mary's to the final possession losing by just one point which was its third straight loss to fall to 4-5 in the conference and like every other season, will be playing for third place in the West Coast Conference. The Cougars had won seven straight games prior to a very tough scheduling stretch of late as four of their previous six games before the Gaels were on the road. They are 9-3 overall at home which includes a 2-2 record in the conference with the other loss also coming by one point against 7-1 Gonzaga. Loyola-Marymount has been the surprise of the conference as the Lions are 6-3 which includes handing Gonzaga its only loss in the WCC as they won by a point on the road as a 16.5-point underdog. That did not provide any sort of letdown as they have a pair of blowout wins following that victory but those were against Pepperdine and Portland, which are a combined 3-15 in the conference and both of those were at home. Loyola-Marymount now is back on the road where they are 3-4 with the other two wins combined against 3-6 Portland and a four-point win at Grand Canyon. 10* (806) BYU Cougars

This is a play on the UC DAVIS AGGIES for our Big West Game of the Month. Hawaii opened the season 5-1 that included winning the Diamond Head Classic against a weak field before losing a pair of games and then the Warriors went on a roll with seven straight wins, six of which were on the island and the lone road win over that stretch was against 3-7 UC San Diego. They are right in the thick of the Big West Conference race as they are 7-3, good for solo fourth place and a game and a half behind first place Santa Barbara. Hawaii is 2-2 on the road with the other victory being an impressive one against 8-2 UC Riverside but are in a tough spot here. UC Davis is coming off a road split last weekend and comes in 13-9 overall including a 6-4 record in the conference so it is right there as well and the Aggies could be even better. All four of those losses came against teams with a winning record and a combined 28-11 in the conference and three of those were by a total of 10 points and the last two coming by five points. The only exception was an eight-point loss at Hawaii which sets up a revenge spot here and the Aggies are back home where they are 6-3 with the only other loss being a nonconference defeat against Pacific by two points. 10* (820) UC Davis Aggies

This is a play on the SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES for our CBB Thursday Supreme Annihilator. Oral Roberts has taken control of the Summit League as it leads the conference by four games but there is a big battle for second place as six teams are within two games of each other including both teams here. South Dakota is coming off a 1-2 roadtrip that concluded with a 50-point loss at Oral Roberts so this is a good bounce back situation at home while getting a great line on top of it. The Coyotes are 5-6 in the conference following a 3-1 start so they have been struggling of late and this is a big two-game homestand, where they are 6-4 on the season, against the North Dakota teams before hitting the road for three more games. North Dakota St. is now 6-4 in the conference following a 16-point win as home against rival North Dakota to conclude a 1-2 homestand which followed a five-game winning streak after a 0-2 conference start. It hits the road where it is 4-7 which includes a 3-2 record in the Summit but those three wins were against the three worst teams in the conference that are a combined 7-25. The Bison won the first meeting by 12 points which sets up a revenge payback spot for South Dakota. Great value with the home team here with the wrong team favored. 10* (788) South Dakota Coyotes

This is a play on the UTAH UTES for our CBB Thursday Star Attraction. Utah is coming off a split in Oregon as it defeated the Beavers but were blown out by the Ducks by 12 points Saturday night to fall to 8-4 in the conference with two losses coming against Oregon and the other two coming against UCLA and USC, a combined 15-5 in the Pac 12, both of which were on the road. Because of UCLA dropping its last two games, Utah is just a game out, both in the loss column, from the first place Bruins with a home game remaining against them still. The Utes are back home where they are 10-3 and have won all other four conference games including a big one against Arizona. Stanford has quietly won four straight games including three in the Pac 12 with a game against Chicago St. mixed in there but all of those games were at home where the Cardinal are a respectable 7-4 but they hit the road where they have had no success. This includes an upset against Oregon but the other two wins came against Oregon St. and California, a combined 5-16 in the conference. The recent run has been a surprise as Stanford entered that homestand 0-7 in the Pac 12 yet to their credit as that did include four close losses but are catching a short number despite being 0-4 on the road. 10* (792) Utah Utes

This is a play on the UAB BLAZERS as part of our CBB Thursday Three Pack. Florida Atlantic is the hottest team in the country as it has reeled off 20 consecutive wins and the Owls have been a covering machine as they are 15-4-1 ATS in those games yet despite all of this success, they are not favored tonight. They are 11-0 in Conference-USA but the leads is just 2.5 games over North Texas but at least four games over everyone else and the gap can be close a little bit tonight. Florida Atlantic is 8-1 on the road including a 5-0 record in the conference where the two closest wins took place against North Texas and Florida International by four points each. UAB has been a major disappointment to most observers as it is just 6-5 in the conference but that record could be a lot better. All six wins have come by at least six points while four of the five losses were by a combined eight points, two coming in overtime on the road so even playing those to the median would put the Blazers at 8-3. They have won two straight games following a blowout win at Rice and they head back home where they are 11-2 with one loss coming against Western Kentucky by a bucket. Jelly Walker has been sidelined for five straight games but is a gametime decision tonight. 10* (744) UAB Blazers

This is a play on the TROY TROJANS as part of our CBB Thursday Three Pack. Southern Mississippi has won five straight games to sit in a first place tie with UL-Lafayette at 8-2 with the last four of those victories coming at home where it is 12-0 and the lone road win coming against 1-9 Arkansas St. The Golden Eagles are 5-4 on the road and that includes a 2-2 record in the conference with the other win coming against UL-Monroe where they were a 6.5-point favorite. They are catching points for just the third time over their last 15 games and those three games resulted in losses and the public will be on them here possessing the better record. Troy has dropped two straight games to fall to 5-5 in the conference with both of those losses coming on the road that dropped the Trojans to 5-7 on the highway. They head back home where they are 7-2 with one of those losses coming against James Madison in overtime and the other coming against Mercer by three points. Troy opened the season 4-1 in the Sun Belt after coming in with preseason aspirations but the recent four losses over five games has put it into a tie for seventh place but it is just one game out of the No. 4 spot and this is the first of four straight home games. 10* (752) Troy Trojans

This is a play on the STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES as part of our CBB Thursday Three Pack. We won with Stony Brook on Saturday as it snapped a four-game losing streak with a road win at then 2-7 Hampton to improve to 4-5 in the Colonial Athletic Association which is just a game and a half out of fifth place. Two of those losses during that recent skid were by just one possession and both of those were on the road and now the Seawolves are back home and while they are just 5-4 here, that is being factored in this number as a non-dominant home team does not get inflated. There was a bad loss against Northeastern but two other conference losses were against 8-2 Towson and 7-3 UNC Wilmington and the nonconference loss coming against 14-6 Yale. They are laying a short number against one of the worst teams in the country as Elon is 3-19 on the season including a 1-8 record in the conference. That lone victory came last time out in a huge home upset against Drexel by 14 points as a six-point underdog. That provides a big letdown spot here as that was the Phoenix first Division I victory of the entire season with the other two wins coming against Erskine (?) and J&W-Charlotte. 10* (754) Stony Brook Seawolves

This is a play on the UTAH ST. AGGIES for our CBB Wednesday Enforcer. Of the top five teams in the MWC, all at 16 wins and at least 6-3 in the conference, Nevada and Boise St. are projected as two of the final eight teams out so quality wins are huge at this point. So there is work to be done for the Aggies and this will be a big win on the docket going forward to make a move up. They are coming off a blowout win at Fresno St. on Saturday to improve to 6-3 in the MWC which is a game and a half behind first place Boise St. and San Diego St. Two of the three losses came against those teams as well as a loss against 7-3 Nevada but all of those were on the road and the Aggies come into tonight with a 10-1 record at home with the lone blemish being an anomaly early in the season against Weber St. as a 17-point chalk. New Mexico is tied with Utah St. at 6-3 in the conference and after a 15-0 start, the Lobos have come back down to earth somewhat by going 4-3 over their last seven games. They are squarely in the NCAA Tournament as a projected No. 10 seed thanks to a pair of huge road wins at St. Mary's and San Diego St. They are just 4-5 ATS over their last nine games which shows a lot of closer than expected games as they were favorites in seven of those. 10* (728) Utah St. Aggies

This is a play on the NORTHERN IOWA PANTHERS for our CBB Wednesday Ultimate Underdog. A big matchup takes place in the MVC here as the top part of the conference is a logjam with the first eight teams separated by just two games so the finish of the regular season should be awesome. Northern Iowa and Drake both have identical 8-4 records but that line is not reflecting that here. The Panthers had a three-game winning streak snapped with a loss at Indiana St. on Saturday in a game that was close throughout until the Sycamores pulled away late. They are just 3-4 on the road but the two worst losses came very early in the season when the chemistry of this relatively new team had not come together and the two recent losses came well within what they are getting tonight. Drake suffered a pair of road losses at Southern Illinois and Missouri St. but has won six of its last seven games since then including a very impressive 18-point win at first place Belmont on Sunday and that is playing into this line. The Bulldogs are 10-1 at home and have defeated similar competition here but not once were they favored by a number this big as laying 6.5 points against Missouri St. and Indiana St. were the closest and both of those resulted in one possession games. 10* (711) Northern Iowa Panthers

This is a play on the OKLAHOMA SOONERS for our CBB Rivalry Game of the Month. Round two of Bedlam takes place Wednesday and while this could be considered a letdown situation for Oklahoma after hammering then No. 2 Alabama, this is not a game the Sooners will be taking lighting. The 24-point win over Alabama did nothing but provide a big momentum step for Oklahoma as that victory has put it as the last projected team to make it into the NCAA Tournament as that win was that big despite possessing a 2-6 conference record. Three of those losses were on the road, one by just four points at Kansas, another against a potent TCU team and the last against the Cowboys by 16 points setting up a huge revenge spot. While three of those losses were at home, they were against Texas, Iowa St. and Baylor, all upcoming high seeded tournament teams by a combined six points. Oklahoma St. has an identical overall record and is one game better in the conference but is projected on the outside looking in as it does not possess the same resume. The Cowboys do possess a good quality road loss at Kansas by a bucket but the other three Big 12 losses were all blowouts and they are here at the wrong time. 10* (720) Oklahoma Sooners

This is a play on the XAVIER MUSKETEERS for our CBB Wednesday Supreme Annihilator. Xavier is coming off a 17-point loss against Creighton to fall back into a tie with Marquette and Providence for first place in the Big East Conference with all three teams being 9-2 and 7-5 overall so it is wide open. This is a big game for both teams tonight with another meeting upcoming in March and the Musketeers need to continue taking care of business at home. They are 11-1 at home with the lone loss coming against Indiana by a bucket as the other conference loss was a bad one at DePaul by a point so they really should not even be in a first place tie at this point. Providence is a pleasant surprise as to where it is right now as it has won and covered three straight games following a pair of losses on the road. The Friars are 4-3 on the road with 6-5 Seton Hall being the best win with Villanova a close second although the Wildcats are nowhere near what it used to be and the others came against 3-8 DePaul, 3-9 Butler and a bad 8-13 overall Rhode Island team. The three losses came against quality opponents TCU, Creighton and Marquette, three sure fire tournament teams by an average of 9.0 ppg and Xavier clearly falls into that group. 10* (664) Xavier Musketeers

This is a play on the TCU HORNED FROGS for our CBB Tuesday Enforcer. TCU was looking like the team to beat at one point in the Big 12 but it has hit a lull and this is probably the best time for that to happen before the stretch run of the regular season and entering the postseason. The Horned Frogs are coming off a loss at Mississippi St. in overtime in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and that nonconference series is a momentum killer for a lot of teams as they had two straight wins coming in following a 1-2 stretch. They are back home where they are 10-2 and the absence of Mike Miles, Jr. definitely hurts for TCU but this was arguably one of the best rosters in the conference already so it has plenty to back that up and the second game after his first game missed tends to be the stronger one when a star is out. The Horned Frogs lost the first meeting at West Virginia so there is revenge in play against a Mountaineers team that has only one road win since November 11 which was against 0-8 Texas Tech. West Virginia is just 2-6 in the Big 12 with both victories already mentioned and it is catching a small number because it has been competitive in a number of its losses but has not been involved in a situation like this. This is a perfect get right spot for TCU. 10* (648) TCU Horned Frogs

This is a play on the WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS for our CBB Tuesday Star Attraction. Duke picked up its second biggest win of the season behind a 46-point win over 3-20 South Carolina St. as it defeated Georgia Tech on the road by 43 points to improve to 6-4 in the ACC and that record alone shows the struggles. This was a relatively new roster heading into the season and the thought was the Blue Devils would have found their chemistry by now but that has not been the case. This is a revenge game following an 11-point loss at Wake Forest but the bigger factor is that this is a spot where a new coach could be an issue even though he played for the alma mater as this is the first game in forever that Duke will play prior to North Carolina without Coach K on deck and getting these kids not to look ahead to that could be an issue, especially coming off such a big win where they are feeling too good about themselves. Wake Forest has lost three straight games including a pair of one bucket losses against 7-4 NC State and 8-3 Pittsburgh and the Demon Deacons have dropped to 6-5 in the conference. They are 3-4 on the road and this line tells the story as Duke was favored by 6.5 points in the first matchup and are laying just 9.5 points at home as the line short does not correlate with the venue shift. 10* (615) Wake Forest Demon Deacons

This is a play on the MIAMI HURRICANES for our CBB Tuesday Supreme Annihilator. Miami was flirting with first place in the ACC for much of the start to the conference season which included wins over NC State and Virginia but it has gone 3-4 over its last seven conference games. All four of those losses were on the road and each of those could have gone either way as all four of those defeats were by six points or less and by a combined 13 points. The Hurricanes return home for the first time in close to two weeks following a three-game roadtrip and they have won all four conference games in Miami. The one concern here for Miami is that it has first place Clemson on deck but coming off what it has done of late, it should be fully focused here. Virginia Tech has been all over the place this season as it opened up 11-1 and then lost its next seven games before winning its two most recent games. Those were at home where the Hokies are 10-2 and they hit the highway where they are winless at 0-6 and while the momentum from the two-game winning streak is on their side, this is an awful situation to walk into. Miami got as high as No. 12 in the AP Poll to start the new year and fallen to a projected to a No. 6 NCAA Tournament seed and look to improve to 5-0 this season following a loss. 10* (628) Miami Hurricanes

This is a play on the SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS for our CBB Tuesday Ultimate Underdog. This one has a lot to do with Mississippi St. having no business laying a number this big on the road. The Bulldogs are 1-4 on the highway with the only win coming at 7-13 Minnesota and while South Carolina is not much better, Mississippi St. was not laying a number that big and that is when it was off to an 8-0 start. This is just their second road game in 17 days and this is an opponent likely to not get very up for. While they head back into SEC action, the Bulldogs are in a big letdown spot after defeating then-No. 11 TCU on Saturday at home in overtime and they come in just 1-7 overall in the SEC. South Carolina did not participate in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and nearly pulled off the big road upset at Georgia as it lost in overtime by three points and it brings in a similar 1-7 conference record. This came after four straight blowout losses which followed their shocking win at Kentucky and the Gamecocks return home following a two-game roadtrip where they are 6-4. This does include a 0-4 record in the SEC and while one of those losses was a bad one against Mississippi, the other three came against teams a combined 20-4. We do need the outright win and will gladly jump on this overinflated number. 10* (602) South Carolina Gamecocks

This is a play on the TEXAS LONGHORNS for our CBB Revenge Game of the Month. Texas is coming off a loss at Tennessee in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and it was never really a game as the game was tied at 17 with just over 10 minutes to play in the half and the Volunteers then reeled off an 11-2 run and never looked back. The Longhorns are back home for conference action where they are 6-2 which is good for a tie for first place with Kansas St. and Iowa St. and this Is a game that can go a long way with six teams within one game of each other. It is a good edge for Texas which is 12-1 at home with the only loss coming against Kansas St. which shot an unheard of 60 percent from the floor. Baylor had a much easier challenge over the weekend as it was able to host a game and defeated Arkansas by three points for its sixth straight win. While that includes three road wins, those were against Oklahoma, Texas Tech and West Virginia which is a combined 5-19 in the Big 12. The only other Big 12 road game resulted in a 15-point loss at Iowa St. and the only other true road game was a 26-point loss at Marquette so the Bears have yet to win a true road game against a quality opponent. They have the momentum but the line hurts them for that as this is much shorter than it should be with one clear example being they were a 1.5-point underdog at 0-8 Texas Tech just 13 days ago. And the revenge factor? Texas is out to snap the six-game Baylor winning streak in this series and this is by far the best team to bring that down. 10* (874) Texas Longhorns

This is a play on the IOWA HAWKEYES for our CBB Sunday Enforcer. Iowa has been a very confusing team this season as it opened 6-2 with losses against TCU and Duke and then beat a great Iowa St. team and after a split, the Hawkeyes had arguably the worst loss of any team in the country as they lost to Eastern Illinois by nine points at home as 31.5-point favorites. They come into this one riding a two-game losing streak with road losses at Ohio St. and Michigan St. and the former was a tough one by a bucket. Currently, Iowa is a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament which is just ahead of Northwestern and Maryland of the nine Big Ten teams so a quality win goes a long way here and yes, a win over Rutgers is a quality victory. The Scarlet Knights are definitely one of the bigger surprises in the conference as it is tied for second place with Northwestern, the other big surprise and they hit the road where they are 2-3. Those two wins were solid against Northwestern and more impressive, Purdue, so they have been much better than years past but this is a bad spot with a team coming off a pair of losses. They lost to Michigan St. by 13 points in their last road game with a similar line and we expect the same here. 10* (844) Iowa Hawkeyes

This is a play on IONA GAELS for our CBB Sunday Afternoon Dominator. Iona was supposed to take down the MAAC this season but is gone through a poor five-game stretch and is now sitting tied for third in the conference and this is a big game to leapfrog the team it is tied with. The Gaels have gone 2-3 over their last five games which includes a loss at Quinnipiac by 23 points so they have no doubt let that loss go. The two wins over this stretch were against Fairfield and Manhattan by six and eight points in overtime respectively so they are nowhere near the team they were a month ago when it won nine of 11 games. That being said, the line is reflecting that and we can only go back to that Quinnipiac game where they were favored by the same amount on the road as they are today. The Bobcats have moved into that third place tie with six straight wins following starting 0-3 in the MAAC. Four of the recent wins came against four of the five worst teams in the conference including the last three against the three worst teams and they failed to cover two of those. Quinnipiac is a solid 7-2 on the road but that includes just one quality win which was against Rider. 10* (836) Iona Gaels

This is a play on the BYU COUGARS as part of our CBB Saturday Three Pack. St. Mary's is looking strong to finally take down an inconsistent Gonzaga team as It has won nine straight games including seven in the West Coast Conference for a perfect start and maintains a one-game lead over the Zags before their first meeting next Saturday. Three of the wins have come on the road but only a victory over San Francisco was impressive as the Gaels beat Santa Clara by only three points with the other coming against 0-8 Pepperdine. This is by far the biggest road test of the season and they are laying a big number. The Cougars had won seven straight games prior to a very tough scheduling stretch of late as four of their last six games have been on the road. BYU has lost two straight games, both on the road, and it heads home where it is 9-2 with one loss coming against Gonzaga by one point. 10* (800) BYU Cougars

This is a play on the OREGON DUCKS for our CBB Saturday Enforcer. Utah is right in the mix in the Pac 12 as it trails UCLA by a half-game at 8-3 but it really has accomplished much. The Utes opened with a home win over Arizona and they are 4-1 at home in the Pac 12 with the other three wins coming against losing teams. They are 4-2 on the road but the four wins came against two of the losing teams they beat at home as well as Stanford and California, both of which are 2-7 and besides that Arizona win, the best conference win of the remaining seven was against 5-6 Washington. Oregon has been up and down and sits at 6-4 in the conference following a win over Colorado on Thursday. That was a semi-quality win but the Ducks also own a win over Arizona as well as a 10-point win at Utah. No reason to worry about road revenge on a tough home court. 10* (784) Oregon Ducks

This is a play on the COASTAL CAROLINA CHANTICLEERS for our SBC Game of the Year. Coastal Carolina has been in a tough scheduling spot as it posted a pair of overtime wins against Appalachian St. and South Alabama and then had to play out of conference in a letdown game against Chicago St. before hitting the road at James Madison. The Chanticleers are 4-5 in the conference and are back home where they are 7-4 in a great bounce back spot with a great number on top of it with the wrong team favored here. Old Dominion is coming off an upset win over South Alabama to pick up just its second road win of the season to also move to 4-5 in the Sun Belt. The other road win was a good one against Georgia Southern but that took overtime so their two road wins could easily have been losses. This is only the second time the Monarchs have been road favorites and it is one too many. 10* (674) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

This is a play on the STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES for our CBB Saturday Ultimate Underdog. It has been a tough season for Stony Brook as it has dropped four straight games but the Seawolves are in a good spot here. Stony Brook opened the season 0-7 on the road but has gone 2-2 since then with the two losses coming by a combined five points against much better competition than what it is facing today. The Seawolves are a respectable 3-5 in the conference. Hampton has won two straight games following 10 straight losses but one of those wins was against 1-20 Monmouth and the other just a one-point win against Delaware. The Pirates were getting 10 points in that game against the Blue Hens and are now not getting anything close to that against a team that has a better conference record than Delaware. 10* (675) Stony Brook Seawolves

This is a play on the WISCONSIN BADGERS as part of our CBB Saturday Three Pack. Wisconsin has lost five of its last six games but four of those loses were on the road with the lone home loss coming against Michigan St. and the victory coming against Penn St. It has been a rough stretch for bettors of the Badgers as they have dropped nine straight games against the number and the public is not touching them here as they are riding that streak. Wisconsin is 7-2 at home with the other loss coming against Wake Forest by three points. Illinois has gotten back on track with wins in five of its last six games and the two road wins over this stretch were against Minnesota and Nebraska, a combined 4-15 in the Big Ten. The Illini did defeat the Badgers by 10 points at home in the first meeting which sets up a revenge spot on top of Wisconsin looking to get back to .500 in the conference. 10* (658) Wisconsin Badgers

This is a play on the INDIANA ST. SYCAMORES for our Saturday Free Play. Indiana St. opened 6-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference but it has dropped five straight games to fall into a tie for seventh. Three of the last four losses all came on the road including a tough two-point loss against 7-4 Drake last time out which snapped a four-game ATS slide with one of the home losses coming against first place Southern Illinois. The Sycamores are 7-3 at home and are laying a big number here despite the recent struggles and that is a red flag to go contrarian. Northern Iowa has won three straight games and seven of its last eight to improve to 8-3 in the MVC which is good for No. 3 in the conference which makes this line even more suspicious. The last two victories have come against Valparaiso and Illinois-Chicago which are a combined 4-18 in the conference and overall, the Panthers have played the No. 205 ranked schedule in the country. They are 3-3 on the road with all three victories coming against three of the four worst teams in the conference that are a combined 7-26 in the MVC. Play (624) Indiana St. Sycamores

9-3 CBB run! College Basketball is back Saturday following a Marist loss on Friday and Matt is ready to extend his 90-69 Hoops Run with SEVEN Winners highlighted by his SBC Game of the Year. 14-8 NBA run and 35-25 NBA run the last 59 days after a Memphis loss Friday and we are ready to rebound tonight with a Top Play Enforcer.

This is a play on the MURRAY ST. RACERS as part of our CBB Saturday Three Pack. Murray St. is coming off a loss against first place Southern Illinois which dropped it to 6-5 in the MVC, two of those losses coming against the Salukis. That first loss happened to be the only home loss of the season for Murray St. as it has won all seven of its other home games and most by significant margins. They are a game out of the all-important No. 4 spot in the conference. Missouri St. has won three of its last four games to improve to 7-4 in the conference and while its recent 6-3 run includes a win over Northern Iowa and a pair of wins over Drake, it also includes wins over a slumping Indiana St. and victories over the two worst teams in the conference in Evansville and Illinois-Chicago which are a combined 1-21 in the conference. The Bears are 7-3 at home but just 4-7 on the highway. 10* (622) Murray St. Racers

This is a play on the WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS for our CBB Saturday Afternoon Dominator. Wake Forest had won four straight games including a win over Clemson which is the Tigers only ACC loss but the Demon Deacons have lost two straight games including a heartbreaker at Pittsburgh by a bucket after missing a last second three-pointer. They return home where they are 10-1 with the only loss coming against red hot Virginia that is currently 7-2 in the conference. NC State is on a roll as it has won eight of its last 10 games and is now 6-4 in the ACC after a 0-2 start. The Wolfpack are 2-3 on the road but those two wins came against Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech which are a combined 3-16 in the conference. The three losses came against quality teams in Clemson, Miami and North Carolina and Wake Forest is part of that group with a winning conference record. 10* (620) Wake Forest Demon Deacons

This is a play on the MARIST RED FOXES for our MAAC Game of the Month. The Broncs have won three straight games and are coming off a 67-65 win over Manhattan on Sunday and those three wins came by a combined eight points. Six of their nine MAAC games have been decided by one possession and that includes five of their victories and the lone exception was a six-point home win against Marist which sets up a revenge spot for the Red Foxes. The Broncs are 3-5 on the road and while one of those wins was a solid one against Iona, the other two came against 7-14 Mount St. Mary's and 9-14 Stonehill. Marist has dropped two straight games by a combined eight points to drop to 3-6 in the conference which came on the heels of a three-game winning streak. The Red Foxes are back home where they are just 3-6 and three of those were nonconference losses by a combined 12 points. Perimeter shooting has been the difference as in its seven wins, the opposition is shooting 30.9 percent from long range and in its 11 losses, the opposition is shooting 40.9 percent and now face one of the worst three-point shooting teams in the country as Rider is ranked No. 302. Here, we play on teams after allowing 65 points or less three straight games going up against an opponent after two straight wins by six points or less. This situation is 67-30 ATS (69.1 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (878) Marist Red Foxes

This is a play on the USC TROJANS as part of our CBB Thursday Three Pack. UCLA is coming off its first conference loss of the season after winning its first eight Pac 12 games and has its overall 14-game winning snapped with a six-point loss at Arizona last Saturday. While a bounce back can be expected here, the Bruins are laying a big number on the road against a quality team and a rival to top it off. UCLA is 5-1 on the road and it hits its second straight tough environment with the potential of losing two straight games for the second time this season. The Trojans are coming off a win at Arizona St. last Saturday to move to 6-3 in the Pac 12, a half-game behind Utah for second place and could make a big jump with an upset win here. USC opened the season with a home loss against Florida Gulf Coast but has won nine straight home games which is its longest single-season home winning streak since beginning the 2016-17 season 9-0. This is a revenge game as USC rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to take the lead with 30 seconds left but lost by two on a late UCLA three-pointer. Here, we play against teams averaging between 74 and 78 ppg and after scoring 55 points or less going up against teams averaging teams averaging between 67 and 74 ppg. This situation is 116-73 ATS (61.4 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (808) USC Trojans

This is a play on the ST. THOMAS TOMMIES for our Summit League Game of the Month. St. Thomas has lost three straight games to fall to 4-5 in the Summit League but all three of those games were on the road where the Tommies are just 2-9 but now they are back home for the first time in 19 days with one of the best home floors in the conference. They are a perfect 9-0 at home and despite a losing record in the conference, a pair of wins would move them from No. 7 to potentially No. 3 as the middle of this conference is all jumbled up. St. Thomas entered the week ranked No. 204 out of 363 teams in the NCAA Evaluation Tool Ranking, second among all Summit League teams so that is saying a lot. South Dakota St. has won four straight games to improve to 11-9 overall and 6-2 in the conference and the Jackrabbits are in solo second place in the Summit League, two games clear of Western Illinois and North Dakota St. while likely the last remaining team that can catch undefeated Oral Roberts. But that seems unlikely as they seem to be more of a team that is in this jumble in the middle of the conference as they lost to Oral Roberts by 39 points in the first meeting. This is the start of a three-game roadtrip where they are 3-7 but that does include two straight wins which is keeping this line down. 10* (782) St. Thomas Tommies

This is a play on the RICE OWLS as part of our CBB Thursday Three Pack. Rice is not getting the respect it deserves as it has won three straight games to improve to 14-6 on the season including 5-3 in C-USA which includes an upset win at North Texas last time out to move a game out of second place in the conference. It opened conference action way back on November 15 in a 35-point loss at Middle Tennessee St. but have gone 13-3 since then with all three losses coming by no more than two possessions. The Owls are back home following a two-game roadtrip where they are 9-2 and are basically a pickem here. Charlotte snapped a two-game losing streak with an upset win at Western Kentucky on Saturday and it is now 4-5 in the conference following a 1-4 run prior to the Hilltoppers win. To their credit, the losses by the 49ers were all close and this is the third straight road game where they are 3-5. The other two road wins were at Davidson by just two points and at 1-19 Monmouth. They play at a slow pace but face one of the fastest teams in the country which favors the home team. Here, we play against underdogs averaging 53 or fewer shots per game on the season, after two straight games making 50 percent of their shots or better. This situation is 52-27 ATS (65.8 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (778) Rice Owls

This is a play on the UL MONROE WARHAWKS as part of our CBB Thursday Three Pack. Marshall is tied atop the Sun Belt Conference at 6-2 and the Thundering Herd head home following a pair of road wins by eight and nine points respectively and they are now laying a massive number. Of their last 11 wins against Division I teams, only two have been by more than what they are laying tonight and this is by far the most they have been favored by over their last 16 lined games. Marshall is 12-1 at home but this line is overaggressive. It is safe to say UL Monroe is a formidable team as it comes in 9-12 but has been much more improved of late after getting some chemistry going with a very new roster as it has won seven of its last 10 games and is currently tied for fourth place in the conference at 5-3. The Warhawks are just 3-6 on the road but those three wins show that they can compete and not simply fold like a lot of teams. They have been double-digit dogs only twice over their last 12 games with the spread being 11 both times so this line is loaded with value. Here, we play on road underdogs of 10 to 19.5 points off a blowout loss by 20 points or more to a conference rival going up against an opponent off a no-cover where the team won straight up as a favorite. This situation is 109-61 ATS (84.1 percent) since 1997. 10* (739) UL Monroe Warhawks

This is a play on the MISSISSIPPI ST. BULLDOGS as part of our CBB Wednesday Three Pack. Alabama has been the most dominating team in the SEC and has been the most dominating team in any top level conference as it is the only undefeated team remaining in conference play of those conferences at 7-0 and not only that, but the Tide have also covered all seven of those games. All seven victories have come by double-digits so it is no surprise that this line has been on the rise with the public all over Alabama. They are 9-0 at home with wins of 40, 26 and 22 points in the SEC so they have been no doubt victories but this is where we go contrarian. The other contrarian aspect of this has been the recent play of Mississippi St. which is also factoring into this line. The Bulldogs are 1-6 in the SEC following an 11-1 start that seems like eons ago as they have dropped four straight including a tough loss at home against Florida by a bucket last time out. They are 1-3 on the road but they did play Auburn tough in their last road game and the Tigers are a perfect 11-0 at home. Here, we play against home favorites of 10 to 19.5 points coming off three straight wins against conference rivals going up against an opponent off two consecutive home losses. This situation is 34-11 ATS (75.6 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (717) Mississippi St. Bulldogs

This is a play on the DUQUESNE DUKES as part of our CBB Wednesday Three Pack. Duquesne is coming off a pair of losses as a favorite including a bad home loss to Fordham by seven points as a seven-point favorite. The Dukes have dropped to 3-4 in the conference and the other three Atlantic Ten losses came against teams with a winning record. They remain home where they are 11-3 and that includes a win against VCU which is the Rams only conference blemish this season and this is a great get right spot with two road games on deck. Loyola-Chicago had lost seven straight games including its first six in the conference but the Ramblers are coming off their first Atlantic Ten win on Saturday as they upset St. Bonaventure at home. That snapped an eight-game skid against the number as well and the highway has not been kind. Loyola-Chicago has yet to cover on the road and while it does possess one road victory, that was against an equally bad Illinois-Chicago team. The three conference road losses have been by 23, 11 and 31 points. Here, we play against underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points after being beaten by the spread by 48 or more points total in their last seven games going up against an opponent after going over the total by 30 or more points total in their last five games. This situation is 104-62 ATS (62.7 percent) since 1997. 10* (674) Duquesne Dukes

This is a play on the SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS as part of our CBB Wednesday Three Pack. South Carolina has lost three straight games and it is 1-5 in the SEC but that one win came at Kentucky as a 20-point underdog and it is getting a similar number here. All three of those recent losses were at home and going on the conference is never easy but we do not need the outright win here as this is a great situational play. The Gamecocks are a respectable 2-3 on the road and have covered both SEC road games and on the season they are 4-1 ATS on the highway. Florida has won four of its last five games and are slowly coming back as a bet on team after a 6-9 ATS start as the Gators have covered four straight. They have improved to 4-3 in the conference after losing their first two games against Auburn and Texas A&M and even though the opponent tonight is near the bottom of the conference, this is by far the most Florida has laid in an SEC game with the previous biggest line being -8.5 over Georgia, a game in which they did not cover. Here, we play on road underdogs of 10 to 19.5 points coming off three straight losses against conference rivals going up against an opponent off an upset win as a road underdog. This situation is 141-84 ATS (62.7 percent) since 1997. 10* (687) South Carolina Gamecocks

This is a play on the GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS as part of our CBB Tuesday Three Pack. Clemson is coming off a one point home win over Virginia Tech on Saturday to improve to 8-1 in the ACC to remain atop the conference by one game over Virginia. The Tigers remain home where they are 11-0 and they are back to laying double digits which is the seventh time they laid 10 or more points and they have gone 1-5 against the numbers in the first six occurrences. After being favored by a point and a half in the first meetings, we are seeing a 10-point line switch from just a month ago which is too aggressive. Georgia Tech has lost five straight games including the last three coming at home so a trip out of town could do some good. The Yellow Jackets fell to 1-8 in the conference with the one win being a big upset against Miami and this is the biggest line they have seen over their last nine games. They are 1-4 on the road but that does include a close one point loss at Notre Dame and the overall scoring differential is well below the number they are getting tonight. Here, we play against favorites of 10 to 19.5 points with a winning percentage of .800 or better having covered six or seven of their last eight games against the spread. This situation is 106-65 ATS (62 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (643) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

This is a play on the MIAMI HURRICANES as part of our CBB Tuesday Three Pack. The ACC has nine teams within two games of second place and two of them square off here tonight. Miami is coming off a loss at Duke on Saturday to fall to 6-3 in the conference which is one game behind Virginia for second place. The Hurricanes have lost their last three road conference games but those were by a total of ten points, two by two points including one in overtime so these are all swing losses. They had won and covered their previous three road games and are in a great bounce back spot here. Florida St. is coming off two straight upset road wins to mover over .500 in conference play for the first time this season. At 5-4, the Seminoles are two games out of second place so they have made a turn. They have not been impressive at home as they are 5-5 and they have not won three games in a row all season and are 2-4 in all games following a win. The three home wins for Florida St. came against Louisville, Georgia Tech and Notre Dame which are a combined 2-24 in the ACC. Here, we play on road teams off a cover where the team lost straight up as an underdog going up against an opponent off two or more consecutive road wins. This situation is 216-138 ATS (61 percent) since 1997. 10* (611) Miami Hurricanes

This is a play on the EAST CAROLINA PIRATES as part of our CBB Tuesday Three Pack. Following a win over Wichita St. to improve to 1-1 in the AAC, East Carolina has lost five straight games. Three of those losses were on the road against three of the top four teams in the conference and two of the home losses were against teams with winning conference records and those were by five points combined. The Pirates are 6-4 at home overall but there is value here as the Pirates are 5-0 ATS as single digit favorites of three or more points. Despite a recent 1-7 over its last eight games, Tulsa has been playing much better of late as its last three losses have come by four points or less and it is coming off a big upset loss at home against Tulane is overtime which was its first AAC win. That being said, this is a big letdown spot and the line is reflecting the recent stronger play and going up a team going in the opposite direction. The Golden Hurricane hit the road after a two-game homestand and they are 0-6 on the road where they are getting outscored by over 14 ppg. Here, we play on teams in a game involving two teams shooting between 65 and 69 percent from the free throw line and coming off straight games making 40 percent of their shots. This situation is 91-39 ATS (70 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (628) East Carolina Pirates

This is a play on the NEVADA WOLF PACK for our CBB Monday Star Attraction. New Mexico has won four straight games following losing its first two games of the season and the Lobos sit in second place in the Mountain West Conference with three other teams at 5-2, a game behind San Diego St. They are coming off a win in overtime against Boise St. and they possess a big upset at San Diego St. during this recent winning streak. That victory moved them to 4-1 on the road and the only other conference road win was at 1-6 Wyoming by just one point. The offense is a top 25 unit in both scoring and field goal percentage but faces a strong defense, especially on its home floor. Nevada is coming off a 15-point loss at Boise St. last Tuesday so it has had plenty of time to stew over that defeat which was its biggest loss of the season. The Wolf Pack are in that second place tie in the conference and it comes into the game at 15-5 overall and they return home where they are 9-0 on the season. They own impressive home wins over Utah St. and Boise St., the two other teams in that second place tie. The Wolf Pack are ranked second in opponent field goal percentage at 40.8 percent and fourth in points allowed with 65.3 ppg. They are 4-0 in games following a loss entering Monday, winning those games by an average of 8.8 ppg. One huge asset if coming down late, Nevada in ranked No. 7 in the free throw shooting at 79.2 percent. The Wolf Pack are 12-3-2 ATS in their last 17 games against teams with a winning percentage above .600. 10* (874) Nevada Wolf Pack

This is a play on the UNLV RUNNING REBELS for our MWC Game of the Month. UNLV has hit a wall with three straight losses and has dropped five of its last six and the one win was a surprising one at New Mexico as a five-point underdog. The last two losses could have gone either way as they have been by a combined five points and now sitting at 1-5 in the MWC, this is the time to get back on track. With an 11-1 non-conference record this season, UNLV lost only one game prior to conference play for the first time since the 1992-93 season so this recent run has tuned the tables but this is good spot to get going with three of the next four games at home. Fresno St. has also lost three games in a row after beating then-No. 21 New Mexico and coming off a home loss against Air Force. Fresno St. is just 4-3 at home this season and coming into the season as one of the most inexperienced teams in the country has been apparent. The much better team bounces back. Here, we play against teams in the second half of the season allowing 63 or fewer ppg after scoring 55 points or less going up against teams allowing between 67 and 74. This situation is 63-29 ATS (68.5 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (759) UNLV Running Rebels

This is a play on the PENN ST. NITTANY LIONS for our CBB Saturday Afternoon Dominator. Penn St. is coming off a tough loss at Wisconsin last time out by three points which made it three losses in four games following a five-game winning streak. This is a get right game as the Nittany Lions are back home where they are 9-1 this season with the lone loss coming against Michigan St. last month. They are 3-4 in the Big Ten Conference but that is just a game and a half out of second place with 11 teams in that group. Penn St. leads the country in fewest turnovers per game with 8.7 per game and ranks fourth in the nation in ATO ratio at 1.69 with the most experienced roster in the country. Nebraska is coming off an upset win at home over Ohio St. to improve to 7-2 at home and now it hits the road where it is 2-5 with the lone Big Ten coming against an awful Minnesota team. That win snapped a 0-4 ATS slide and they head into a bad place for visitors as they have been outscored by over 11 ppg on the road which includes a shocking 10-point over Creighton back in early December. Here, we play on home favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points averaging between 74 and 78 ppg after a loss by six points or less going up against teams allowing between 63 and 67. This situation is 36-15 ATS (70.6 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (670) Penn St. Nittany Lions

This is a play on the RICHMOND SPIDERS for our A-10 Game of the Month. VCU has won four straight games and nine of its last 10 to improve to 14-5 overall and 5-1 in the Atlantic Ten Conference which is good for a first place tie with Dayton and St. Louis. They have won two straight on the road including a big upset at Dayton last Friday but they are just 2-3 on the road this season while getting outscored by four ppg with a defense that allows 70 ppg on 47.4 percent shooting. The only other victory is against Loyola-Chicago which is 6-12 overall including 0-6 in the conference. The Rams have covered all four games during their recent winning streak which is playing a factor into this line. Richmond is 11-8 this season following a win over Rhode Island with five of those losses coming by four or fewer points and only four teams in the country have more losses by four or fewer points this season. The Spiders are 9-1 at home which includes seven straight victories and the defense has been key as they are allowing 58.8 ppg and a field goal percentage of 37.6 percent at home this year, both second best in the conference behind Dayton. The game against the Rams was the ninth this season Richmond has allowed fewer than 60 points. They are efficient on the other side as they excel at taking care of the ball, ranked No. 9 in the country in fewest turnovers with just 11.9 per game. 10* (890) Richmond Spiders

This is a play on the UTAH UTES for our CBB Supreme Annihilator. Utah is riding a three-game losing streak that includes a two-game sweep in California last week and the Utes are back home in one of the better home environments in the country. The last home game resulted in a 10-point loss against a very good Oregon team which snapped a three-game winning streak and the Utes come in 5-3 in the conference after winning their first five and this is a great bounce back spot. This is a great matchup as Utah is ranked No.7 in opponents field goal percentage and No. 26 in points allowed and facing off against an offense that is bottom third in the country. Conversely, Washington St. has won three straight games following a home sweep of California and Stanford to improve to 4-4 in the conference. The prior victory was a huge upset at Arizona by 13 points as a 12-point underdog which was the first true road win of the season following a 0-4 start. This is just the third road game for the Cougars in nearly a month and they have never traveled well and head to high altitude at the wrong time. They play at a slow pace which has inflated their defensive ppg allowed but they are ranked No. 250 in opponents shooting field goal percentage and not in a good environment here. 10* (816) Utah Utes

This is a play on the MARYLAND TERRAPINS for our CBB Thursday Enforcer. Maryland is coming off 14-point loss at Iowa to fall to 2-4 in the Big 10 Conference and the Terrapins are in a group of 10 teams in the conference that are within two games of each other that trail Purdue and Rutgers. They have dropped three of their last four games but those three losses were all on the road and this is the start of four of the next five games coming at home. Maryland is 8-1 at home with the lone loss coming against UCLA and this is a big revenge spot as it lost at Michigan by 35 points that started this recent 1-3 stretch so payback is in order laying a short line. Michigan snapped a two-game slide with a home win over Northwestern to move to 4-2 in the conference with three of those wins coming at home. The lone road win came at 1-5 Minnesota and that was the only true road win on the season as the previous two losses were on the highway against two very good teams in Michigan St. and Iowa and while the recent record of the Terrapins does not show it, this is another quality opponent. Despite allowing 46 points in the first meeting, this is not a very good defense as the Wolverines are allowing 70.6 ppg which is No. 225 in the country. 10* (756) Maryland Terrapins

This is a play on the OKLAHOMA ST. COWBOYS for our CBB Rivalry Dominator. The first Bedlam meeting takes place tonight in Stillwater as Oklahoma St. looks to snap a three-game losing streak including the last two taking place on the road. The Cowboys are 6-2 at home which included five straight wins prior to No. 7 Texas coming to town in their last home game. They rely on one of the best defenses in the country as the Cowboys are ranked No. 3 in opponents shooting percentage and No. 29 in points allowed. Just one team, Baylor, has scored more than 69 points on the Cowboys in five Big 12 games thus far while no Big 12 team has scored more than 60 in Stillwater as they held West Virginia and Texas to just 36 combined field goals. Oklahoma is coming off a win over West Virginia to improve to 2-3 in the conference but that was just a one-point victory thanks to the Mountaineers going just 8-16 from the free throw line. The other win was on the road which came at 0-6 Texas Tech and that took overtime to accomplish which happens to be its only true road win on the season. They too have a good defense but that success is limited to home games as the Sooners are allowing 70.6 ppg on the road. 10* (714) Oklahoma St. Cowboys

This is a play on the LOUISVILLE CARDINALS for our ACC Game of the Month. Louisville stinks so hold your nose here but the Cardinals are catching another big number at home that has been inflated. They had covered five straight games until Saturday when it lost to North Carolina but that was a tough spot with the Tar Heels coming off a loss against Virginia. Louisville lost to Syracuse and Wake Forest in its previous two home games by a combined nine points and has covered three of its last four games at home when catching more than seven points. The Cardinals are 0-7 in the ACC which is an auto fade for most but the line reflects that record. Pittsburgh was a good early story in the ACC after a 4-0 start which included wins against North Carolina and Virginia but lost its next two games before bouncing back Saturday at Georgia Tech. This is a definite lookahead situation with a three-game homestand upcoming against Florida St., Wake Forest and Miami and the last time Pittsburgh was close to laying this kind of number, it was at home against 7-11 North Florida. The Panthers have been covering still as they are 12-1 ATS over their last 13 games which is another factor in the line being priced where it is. 10* (676) Louisville Cardinals

This is a play on the LSU TIGERS for our CBB Ultimate Underdog. LSU could not be in a better spot here as it is coming off a 40-point loss at Alabama which was its fourth straight defeat following a 12-2 start to the season. Three of those were on the road however and the lone home loss against Florida has been their only home defeat where they are 9-1 which includes an impressive win over Arkansas that opened SEC play. The atmosphere in Baton Rouge has not been great with no students on campus in a month but they will be at full capacity tonight. This is the first of two straight home games, the only instance this season where LSU plays two straight SEC home games so it needs to take advantage. Auburn is on a three-game winning streak following a six-point win at home against Mississippi St. where it is 10-0 this season and has won 28 straight games at home. The road has been a different story as the Tigers are 2-2 including 1-1 in the conference. They lost by 12 points at Georgia and the win came at Mississippi by nine points but they were laying just one point there last Tuesday and the Rebels are not on the same level as LSU yet they are laying over two buckets more tonight and that is too much in this spot. 10* (688) LSU Tigers

This is a play on the INDIANA ST. SYCAMORES for our CBB Signature Enforcer. We played against Indiana St. in its last game on Sunday as it lost at Missouri St. and has now dropped two straight conference games after a 6-2 start in the MVC. The offense has dried up over the last two games with just 61 and 62 points scored and this from an offense that was averaging 80.8 ppg in its previous 17 games. The Sycamores are 7-2 at home and are hitting a half-game out of first place behind Southern Illinois and Belmont which both won last night to break up the first place tie. Three of their six losses have come by three points or less so the 13-6 record could be even better. Bradley lost at Drake on Saturday which snapped its two-game winning streak but both of those games were at home where it is a perfect 10-0 this season. Things have been different outside the Carver Center where the Braves have gone 2-7. Bradley has lost four straight games away from home and has gone 0-5 against the number in its last four games away from Peoria. They possess a very good defense but again, that is due to the home success as the Braves allow 53.6 ppg at home compared to giving up over 12 ppg more on the road which includes a season high 86 points against Drake. 10* (690) Indiana St. Sycamores

This is a play on the WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS for our CBB Revenge Dominator. Clemson is coming off a monster win at home against Duke as the eight-point victory resulted in the fans storming the court. But it was not a typical monster win as Duke is not Duke this season as it is once again unranked so while a good one, it was not a major upset. Speaking of rankings, the Tigers are ranked No. 19 in the country after being unranked last week so the voters clearly have given them too much credit for that victory. They now hit the road in a big letdown spot where they are a solid 3-1 but one of those was against 1-6 Georgia Tech and the other two were against Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh, both impressive, but by 3 and 1 point respectively. Wake Forest is riding a three-game winning streak, granted they were nothing special coming against Louisville, Florida St. and Boston College but two of those were on the road which makes them a little better. The Demon Deacons are 5-2 in the conference, which is two games behind Clemson for first place and they are in a great spot here as they are a perfect 9-0 at home that also includes a Duke win as well as quality wins against Georgia and Virginia Tech and overall, two of the five losses have been by a bucket. This is also a revenge game for Wake Forest which lost by 20 points in Clemson in its ACC opener so there are many motivational factors here in what is going to be a crazy environment. 10* (658) Wake Forest Demon Deacons

This is a play on the IOWA ST. CYCLONES for our CBB Signature Enforcer. Iowa St. is coming off a tough two-point loss at Kansas on Saturday which snapped its six-game winning streak and it will be out for some retribution. The Cyclones are tied with Kansas St. and Texas for second place in the Big 12 at 4-1 and they are now 15-3 overall with all three losses coming against upcoming NCAA Tournament teams. All three losses have come away from home as Iowa St. is 9-0 at home and while a lot of those have been cupcake wins, it does include a 15-point win over a very solid Baylor team and all but one of those victories has been by double digits. The have a stout defense as Iowa St. has held its first five conference opponents to 70 points or less for the first time in Big 12 history. Texas enters tonight on a three game winning streak and the 15-2 start marks its best 17-game start to a season since 2009. It has not been easy of late however as the Longhorns last two wins came against TCU and Texas Tech by four and two points respectively and both of those were at home. They are a perfect 2-0 on the road with the wins coming by a point against 2-3 Oklahoma and a 10-point win against 1-4 Oklahoma St. The team has rallied around each other since the dismissal of head coach Chris Beard, who has since been fired, but this will be toughest test of the season away from home with the best opponent being Illinois on a neutral floor which resulted in a seven-point loss. 10* (640) Iowa St. Cyclones

This is a play on the KANSAS ST. WILDCATS for our Big 12 Game of the Month. Kansas has won 10 straight games following a two-point win over Iowa St. on Saturday as it added another close victory to the slate. Four of the last five wins have come by 2, 3, 4 and 2 points so the Jayhawks have been both fortunate and clutch but the latter is what makes good teams great. That being said, they are going into a hornets nest tonight. Kansas is 3-0 on the road with two blowout wins were against West Virginia, which is 0-5 in the Big 12, and Missouri, which is fading after an overachieving 12-1 start. They do nothing special as the Jayhawks are ranked No. 40 or worse in all eight major statistical categories. Kansas St. had won nine straight games before getting torched at TCU by 14 points on Saturday to fall to 4-1 in the conference, good for a second place tie with Texas and Iowa St. The Wildcats are 15-2 overall, with the other loss coming at Butler which was not a very good loss as they had their worst defensive game of the season, allowing the Bulldogs to shoot 54.9 percent from the floor. Both losses were on the road and Kansas St. is 9-0 at home and while this is the biggest test here on the season, they will be ready for this rivalry game coming off that defeat. Kansas has owned this series with wins in nine of the last 10 meetings including seven straight but this is the first top 15 matchup between the two teams since 2013. 10* (632) Kansas St. Wildcats

This is a play on the TULANE GREEN WAVE for our CBB Ultimate Underdog. Houston remains the No. 1 team in the country as it has won eight straight games to improve to 17-1 including 5-0 in the AAC. The one win last week was not a great one as the Cougars won by six points at home as a 23.5-point favorite and they hit the road where they are 3-0, covering all three of those games and they are laying a big number in what is a tough spot. They possess of the best defenses in the nation as they are No. 1 on points allowed and No. 2 in both opponents shooting percentage and opponents three-point shooting percentage but has a big test at hand here. Typically, this would be a game to look past but Tulane is off to a great start as it sits in solo second place in the AAC with a 5-1 record that includes five straight wins. The lone blemish came at Cincinnati in the conference opener and the offense has picked it up during this winning streak which has helped the Green Wave cover all five of those games. Tulane has the highest scoring offense in the AAC averaging 87.8 ppg in conference play and 81.9 ppg on the season and they have gone over 90 points five times which is more than the last two seasons combined. The game is already sold out and this is a rare time as Tulane has not hosted a No. 1 team since 2008 so this is a massive game for the program as they look to improve upon their 8-1 record at home. 10* (636) Tulane Green Wave

This is a play on the WESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERS for our CBB Monday Enforcer. We played against Florida Atlantic on Saturday and we lost by the hook in a game North Texas was leading late and we are going against the Owls again Monday in a letdown spot with an overinflated line. Florida Atlantic has won 15 straight games and has started 6-0 in C-USA and after a blowout win over Florida International to open conference action, the last five wins have come by a total of 18 points. The Owls are 5-1 on the road this season and this is just their third road game since December 4th as seven of their last nine games have been played at home. Western Kentucky is a team that can end this streak as it comes in with some momentum riding a three-game winning streak which came on the heels of a five-game losing skid that included some brutal losses. The Hilltoppers are 5-2 at home with the two losses coming against North Texas and Rice by a combined seven points and the five wins came by an average of 22 ppg. Western Kentucky is 3-3 in C-USA, trailing the Owls by three games, and it could be a lot closer as the three conference losses have been by a total of 12 points. This has been a winning program for years as Western Kentucky is one of 17 programs in the nation to have won at least 19 games in each of the last five seasons so this not a game they will be intimidated by. 10* (882) Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

This is a play on the MISSOURI ST. BEARS for our MVC Game of the Month. This is a get right game for Missouri St. as it has dropped two straight games including a 10-point loss at Illinois St. on Wednesday but that game was decided in overtime. The Bears are now 4-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference and return home where they are 5-2 which includes three straight wins and covers, winning those games by 15.7 ppg. This is a very balanced team with some great depth as a total of 11 different Bears have scored in double digits this season. Missouri St. is ranked No. 36 in the country in scoring defense, allowing just 62.9 ppg this season including 62.4 ppg in conference games. Indiana St. has been the surprise of the conference as it is 13-5 overall including a 6-1 record in the MVC after suffering its first loss of the season on Wednesday at home against Southern Illinois. The Sycamores hit the road where they are 4-2 but the last two wins came against two of the fourth worst teams in the conference and the two losses were suspect ones at Duquesne and Southern Indiana. The offense was exposed in the last game against the Salukis and they will have another very tough assignment here. Here, we play on home teams as a favorite or pickem with a winning percentage between .400 and .499 coming off a road loss by 10 points or more, playing a winning team. This situation is 52-23 ATS (69.3 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (848) Missouri St. Bears

This is a play on the LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT LIONS for our WCC Game of the Year. Loyola-Marymount has dropped two straight games following a 12-5 start but those came against two of the top teams in the West Coast Conference and now it returns home in need of a big win before facing Gonzaga next week. The Lions are now 2-3 in the conference and come into Saturday 7-2 at home while outscoring opponents by 13 ppg. They possess a great offense that averages over 75 ppg and now faces one of the worst defenses in the country. This has the potential for a huge blowout. San Diego is coming off a win over Pepperdine at home on Thursday which was its third straight home game and this is the first trip on the road since last month and in a bad spot on top of its. The Toreros are 2-5 away from home this season and while they do get credit for blowing out San Francisco by 12 points as 10-point underdogs, that was an outlier. The defense as mentioned is ranked No. 342 in points allowed, No. 352 in opponents shooting percentage and No. 362 in opponents three-point shooting percentage. Here, we play against road underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points in the second half of the season averaging between 74 and 78 ppg and after allowing 85 points or more going up against teams allowing between 67 and 74 ppg. This situation is 34-10 ATS (77.3 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (810) Loyola-Marymount Lions

This is a play on the OREGON ST. BEAVERS for our CBB Ultimate Underdog. Arizona St. is coming off a big win at Oregon on Thursday by 17 points as an underdog and is now seeing a 12-point swing in a letdown spot. The Sun Devils have won three straight games to improve to 5-1 in the Pac 12 as they trail UCLA by one game with the lone loss coming against rival Arizona. They are now 3-2 on the road and this is the first instance this season where they are playing consecutive road games and in a span with only day of rest in-between. Oregon St. got beat by Arizona Thursday by 12 points to make it four straight losses but the previous three were all on the road. The Beavers are 0-8 this season away from home but are a solid 7-2 at home which does include an impressive conference win against Washington. Both teams possess above average defenses and play at slower paces which can favor the underdog in spots like these. They allowed 86 points against Arizona but this matchup is completely opposite of that fast paced team. Here, we play on underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points in the second half of the season averaging between 63 and 67 ppg and after trailing their last two games by 10 or more points at the half going up against teams allowing between 63 and 67 ppg. This situation is 52-22 ATS (70.3 percent) since 1997. 10* (698) Oregon St. Beavers

This is a play on the NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN for our CBB Revenge Dominator. North Texas has won four straight games to move to 5-1 in C-USA with that lone loss coming at home against Florida Atlantic so there is revenge in play today. The Mean Green are 4-1 on the road so winning in enemy territory is not an issue and they have one of the best defenses in the country and that aspect of the game travels well. They are No. 3 in scoring defense and No. 15 in opponent shooting defense so catching any points is a bonus. North Texas is 14-3 with the last two losses coming by two possessions. Florida Atlantic has won 14 straight games and has started 5-0 in C-USA and after a blowout win over Florida International to open conference action, the last four wins have come by a total of 14 points. The Owls are 10-0 at home so this is not an easy place for opponents success but these are the two top teams in the conference and Florida Atlantic handed the Mean Green their only home loss of the season. The Owls also have a great defense so we should expect a low scoring game similar to that first meeting. Here, we play on road underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points revenging a straight up loss as a home favorite going up against an opponent off two consecutive wins by five points or less over a conference rival. This situation is 51-20 ATS (71.8 percent) since 1997. 10* (635) North Texas Mean Green

This is a play on the MISSISSIPPI REBELS for our CBB Saturday Afternoon Dominator. Georgia is coming off a win over Mississippi St. as a home underdog and has nor won five of its last six games while covering six of its last seven games including three straight. Only one of the recent six games was a true road game which was a loss at Florida and on the season, the Bulldogs are 0-3 on the road and getting outscored by more than what they are getting today. They do possess a strong defense to go along with one of the better rebounding margins in the country but have a tough matchup here. Mississippi is coming off a loss against Auburn to fall to 0-4 in the SEC but those have come against some tough opponents. It has played a tough schedule that is ranked No. 6 in the country and with a combined opponent record of 162-86, they have taken on eight teams with a current NET ranking in the top-100. The Rebels are averaging 12.6 offensive rpg, which has made them one of the best in the country in earning second chances on the glass, currently ranking No. 41 in the nation. Here, we play on home favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points after being beaten by the spread by 36 or more points total in their last five games going up against an opponent after going over the total by 36 or more points total in their last five games. This situation is 80-46 ATS (63.5 percent) since 1997. 10* (626) Mississippi Rebels

This is a play on the VCU RAMS for our CBB Friday Enforcer. This is a contrarian play with Dayton coming off seven straight wins, all by double digits and by an average of 21.7 ppg. The Flyers have started 4-0 in the Atlantic 10 and bring in a 9-0 home record but have their toughest matchup coming into town and the line is taking their recent run into account more than the opponent. They are very strong on defense and play at a slower pace as they are No. 9 in the country in points allowed and No. 4 in shooting percentage allowed but a lot of that is due to the opponents as they have played a schedule ranked No. 213 in the country. VCU comes in with an identical 12-5 record as it has won seven of its last eight games. The Rams got off to a 0-3 start on the road but won their first road game last time out over Loyola-Chicago by 14 points so they have that confidence on their side even though they also take a step up in competition. While not as good as Dayton on the defensive side of the floor, they are still very solid as they are No. 31 in defensive efficiency so with both defenses likely to dictate the flow of this game, a sizable underdog is very attractive. Here, we play on road teams as an underdog or pickem off a road win by 10 points or more going up against an opponent off a road win by 20 points or more. This situation is 81-41 ATS (66.4 percent) since 1997. 10* (881) VCU Rams

This is a play on the USC TROJANS for our Pac 12 Game of the Month. Colorado has won two straight and seven of its last eight games and has moved to 3-3 in the Pac 12 after a 0-2 start. The issue with the Buffaloes is taking them out of Boulder in the high altitude where they are 8-1 compared to 1-3 on the road which includes a bad loss at California in their last road game as a double-digit favorite. The Buffaloes have posted a 39.7 percent defensive field goal percentage in nine home games, but that number jumps to 43.1 percent in the eight games away from home which includes four neutral site games. USC has dropped two straight games following a seven-game winning streak and this is the first time back home since December 18 when it knocked off a very good Auburn team. The Trojans got off to a 3-0 start in Pac-12 play, winning road games at two places where Colorado lost against Washington and California. USC is 7-1 at home which includes seven straight wins after a season opening loss against Florida Gulf Coast and will be fired up after a tough defeat against rival UCLA in their last game. Here, we play against road teams in the second half of the season in a game involving two teams allowing between 63 and 67 ppg, after a combined score of 125 points or less in two straight games. This situation is 30-12 ATS (71.4 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (828) USC Trojans

This is a play on the GEORGETOWN HOYAS for our CBB Tuesday Ultimate Underdog. Georgetown has lost seven straight games including six straight in the Big East and going back, it has dropped 26 consecutive conference games following a 22-point loss at Marquette on Saturday. The streak has to end sometime and this could be that spot but we are getting a generous line at home for some leeway. The Hoyas failed to cover six of those seven games and the adjustment has been put into this line in what looks to be a higher scoring game based on the total set and that can favor a home underdog of this many points. The Hoyas are 4-1 ATS in their last five games after allowing more than 90 points in their previous game. Seton Hall is coming off a win over Butler on Saturday to improve to 2-4 in the conference but that was at home where it is 8-4 but now hits the road where it is just 1-4 which includes three straight losses. The Pirates have been underdogs in all five road games by at least seven points and now the line has completely flipped which is another huge overreaction. Offensively, the Pirates have struggled as they are No. 229 in scoring and their three-point shooting has been a downfall where they are ranked No. 316 in the country. The Pirates are 1-6 ATS in their last seven games against teams with a winning percentage below .400. Here, we play against road favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points after beating the spread by 24 or more points total in their last three games going up against an opponent after being beaten by the spread by 42 or more points total in their last seven games. This situation is 42-9 ATS (82.4 percent) since 1997. 10* (640) Georgetown Hoyas

This is a play on the CONNECTICUT HUSKIES for our CBB Saturday Afternoon Dominator. Connecticut finally found a small speedbump in the schedule which was inevitable as it hit the road following a 14-0 start and lost games at Xavier and Providence by double-digits and now returns home out to prove something. The Huskies have rolled through their home schedule at 9-0 and has won those games by an average of nearly 26 ppg and while it has been filled with a bunch of cupcakes, it does include solid wins over Oklahoma St. and Villanova. Connecticut has dropped four straight against the number as the markets have had to some adjusting and that is the case here based on the recent roadtrip and the recent resurgence of Creighton. The Bluejays have won three straight games after a six-game losing streak and while five of those were away from home, the one home loss was a head scratcher against Nebraska by 10 points as a 14-point favorite. The recent three-game run has not exactly come against murderers row as they were against Butler, DePaul and Seton Hall which all have started under .500 in Big Easy play through five games. Creighton is 0-2 on the road and while it played Texas tough, it was blown out at Marquette as just a four-point underdog. 10* (608) Connecticut Huskies

This is a play on the WRIGHT ST. RAIDERS for our CBB Friday Star Attraction. Wright St. opened the season by losing its first three Horizon League games but got into the win column on Monday with a non-cover victory over IUPUI which can build some momentum going forward. The Raiders are back home following playing five of their previous six games on the road and their 3-3 record at home in nothing good but that is keeping this line short. The shortcomings have come on the defensive side but on offense, the Raiders are shooting 50 percent on the season which is No. 11 in the nation while their 78.2 ppg is good for No. 63 in the country. Detroit is 6-9 overall with a 2-2 Horizon League record and coming off a loss at home to Milwaukee and the Titans have lost four of their last five games going back to mid-December. That was their first home loss of the season where they are now 4-1 but they are 2-8 away from home on the season while getting outscored by over 10 ppg. They do play at a fast pace and while Detroit is No. 81 in adjusted offensive efficiency, it is ranked No. 311 in offensive shooting percentage and things are even worse on the other side where the Titans are No. 334 in adjusted defensive efficiency while sitting No. 302 in defensive shooting percentage. Here, we play against road underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points in the second half of the season averaging between 74 and 78 ppg and after a combined score of 165 points or more going up against teams allowing between 67 and 74 ppg. This situation is 34-10 ATS (77.3 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (880) Wright St. Raiders

This is a play on the USC TROJANS for our CBB Thursday Ultimate Underdog. USC had its seven-game winning streak snapped at Washington St. on Sunday as it lost by 10 points with a possible lookahead to this rivalry game. The Trojans are now getting a line more than 10 points higher which seems to be a very aggressive overreaction as its two other losses during an 11-2 stretch came against Wisconsin by five points and against Tennessee in overtime, both on a neutral floor. The defense has been the strength as USC is allowing opponents to shoot just 38.2 percent from the floor which is No. 17 in the country and that shortening of the game heavily favors a big underdog. UCLA has won 10 straight games including a sweep in Washington to improve to 4-0 in the Pac 12 that also includes wins over Stanford and Oregon in early December. The Bruins are a perfect 8-0 at home but has not been tested with the exception of that Oregon victory and that was actually one of their worst games of the season. The Ducks outshot UCLA 49 percent to 40.6 percent and that offense will be tested again here. Here, we play against favorites of 10 or more points in the second half of the season after three or more consecutive unders, averaging 76 or more ppg going up against teams averaging between 67 and 74 ppg. This situation is 93-51 ATS (64.6 percent) since 1997. 10* (821) USC Trojans

This is a play on the WICHITA ST. SHOCKERS for our CBB Thursday Enforcer. Wichita St. has lost two straight games following a 10-point loss against East Carolina and a 10-point loss against Central Florida to open 0-2 in the AAC. The Shockers are 7-7 with three of those other losses coming against major conference teams Missouri, Kansas St. and Oklahoma St. which are a combined 34-8. Two of those came at home where Wichita St. is 5-4 and going back, the Shockers have gone five straight games without a cover which is adding value to this number. Cincinnati had a four-game winning streak snapped with a loss at Temple on Sunday which was just its second road game of the season and its first since November 16 which resulted in a 13-point loss at Northern Kentucky. The Bearcats were rolled by Arizona and Ohio St. on a neutral floor and their only victory away from home was against 2-13 Louisville at the Maui Invitational. It is strength against strength as Cincinnati is powered by a potent offense but faces a defense that is ranked No. 9 in the country in opponent shooting percentage. Here, we play on underdogs coming off a loss by 10 points or more to a conference rival going up against an opponent off an upset loss as a road favorite. This situation is 135-77 ATS (63.7 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (818) Wichita St. Shockers

This is a play on the ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS for our SEC Game of the Month. Arkansas is coming off a loss at LSU last week to open 0-1 in the SEC and the Razorbacks are now 11-2 and head back home to bounce back before another tough road game upcoming at Auburn. Arkansas is 7-0 at home and while it has been a tame schedule, it has been a dominating one as the Razorbacks have won those seven games by an average of 20 ppg. The pace of this game should be a fast one and that will favor Arkansas at home especially in a game it needs to rebound in. The Razorbacks had covered three straight games prior to this most recent loss. Missouri has exceeded expectations as it is 12-1 following an upset win at home against Kentucky by 14 points as a three-point underdog. The Tigers have won three straight games following its lone loss of the season which came against Kansas by 28 points. They are 1-0 on the road with the win coming at Wichita St. in overtime and the Shockers are not on the same level as the Razorbacks and their recent 6-2 ATS run including three straight is playing into this number. Here, we play against road teams as an underdog or pickem off a home win scoring 85 or more points, in a game involving two teams with winning percentages of .800 or better. This situation is 51-26 ATS (66.2 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (714) Arkansas Razorbacks

This is a play on the WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS as part of our CBB Wednesday Three Pack. Western Carolina has started to play well hitting the heart of the Southern Conference as it has won four of its last five games including a 1-1 conference record following a 12-point win over Furman as an 11-point home underdog. That positive momentum can carry over into this game which is the start of three of the next four games taking place on the road. The Catamounts are 2-4 on the road and have covered four of the six games, all as underdogs, and two of the outright losses came against Georgia and Maryland which were more than expected. East Tennessee St. is off to a 2-0 start in the conference following road wins at VMI and Wofford which snapped a five-game losing streak and the Buccaneers and overvalued here. They have been favored eight times this season and this is the second biggest line they have laid despite going 2-6 ATS in those games including 1-5 ATS at home including four outright losses. East Tennessee St. is just 3-4 at home with not facing a single quality opponent to make up those defeats. Here, we play against home favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points off a road win against a conference rival going up against an opponent off an upset win as an underdog of 10 or more. This situation is 33-10 ATS (76.7 percent) since 1997. 10* (659) Western Carolina Catamounts

This is a play on the ELON PHOENIX as part of our CBB Wednesday Three Pack. Two teams with nearly opposite records square off in the CAA as UNC-Wilmington heads to Elon with a 12-3 record that includes 11 consecutive wins so there is no surprise that it is putting this big of a number down. The Seahawks have gone 10-1 ATS in those games which is also a reason for the big line and this includes a 2-0 straight up and ATS mark in the conference against newcomers Monmouth and Hampton. This is no doubt a solid team that shared the CAA regular season title a season ago but they are in a tough spot here. Elon is 2-13 but it has played better than the record shows as the Phoenix have lost four of the last six games by six points or less. The schedule has been difficult of late as they have played their last five games on the road with this being their first home game since December 11 and they were a respectable 3-2 in those recent five road games. Elon is 2-3 at home with two of the three losses coming by four points each and it will be up to the offense to get back on track at home after scoring 50 and 52 points in the last two games. Here, we play against favorites of 10 to 19.5 points with a winning percentage of .800 or better having covered six or seven of their last eight against the spread. This situation is 102-61 ATS (62.6 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (688) Elon Phoenix

This is a play on the TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE as part of our CBB Wednesday Three Pack. Tulsa is the worst ATS team in the country as it is 1-12 against the number which includes 10 straight losses. This includes a pair of ATS losses as double-digit underdogs but those games were against Oklahoma St. and Houston which are a combined 23-6. The Golden Hurricane are 0-4 on the road and are getting a huge number here based on the start to the season as not being able to cover and now the markets have overadjusted. This is a big spot to get some confidence going with two of the next three games against undefeated AAC teams. Tulane has split its first two conference games including an upset win against Memphis as a four-point underdog and now we are seeing a massive line switch by 17 points and it is just simply too much. The Green Wave are a solid 6-1 at home but it is a skewed record that has been inflated with cupcakes. Tulane has been favored by double-digits four times against some really bad teams and have failed to cover any of those and Tulsa is arguably the best of the bunch that it is laying these numbers to. This is a letdown spot on top of it. Here, we play on underdogs after a blowout loss by 20 points or more going up against an opponent after scoring 75 points or more in three straight games. This situation is 163-107 ATS (60.4 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (695) Tulsa Golden Hurricane

This is a play on the VIRGINIA CAVALIERS as part of our CBB Tuesday Three Pack. Pittsburgh is coming off a big upset win over North Carolina to improve to 10-4 on the season including a 3-0 record in the ACC with all three wins coming as underdogs. After opening the season 1-3-1 against the numbers, the Panthers have covered nine straight games which is a streak to go against with value hitting the other side. Pittsburgh is 7-1 at home that includes six straight wins following a 25-point loss against West Virginia and now has its second straight tough test here. The Panthers are 1-4 ATS in their last five home games against teams with a winning road record. Virginia opened the season 9-0 but suffered a pair of consecutive losses against Houston and Miami, which are a combined 27-2, before bouncing back with two straight wins including a victory at Georgia Tech on Saturday to improve to 2-1 in the ACC. The defense has led the way of late, allowing only 52.3 ppg in their last four wins while allowing 32.8 percent shooting or less in three of those. Virginia is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 road games against teams allowing 42 percent or better shooting from the floor. Here, we play on favorites after two straight wins by 15 points or more going up against an opponent after scoring 75 points or more in three straight games. This situation is 81-37 ATS (68.6 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (633) Virginia Cavaliers

This is a play on the BUFFALO BULLS as part of our CBB Tuesday Three Pack. Ohio and Buffalo open conference play on Tuesday with the Bobcats bringing in a three-game winning streak to their MAC opener. Those victories were by 19, 19 and 16 points while easily covering those games and we are seeing value on the other side based on this run. Ohio hits the road where it is 2-4 that includes two straight wins on the highway where they are getting outscored by close to seven ppg. The offense has picked it up during this recent stretch, averaging 85.3 ppg and while facing a below average defense, it will be hard pressed to keep that going here. Buffalo enters the game with Ohio with a 6-7 record and is coming off loss at Michigan St. on Friday and is back home where it is 5-1 which includes four straight victories. The Bulls are second in the MAC averaging 78.8 ppg while shooting 46.6 percent from the floor with both of those are significantly better at home. The fast pace has skewed the defensive numbers and even more so with their three road games taking up part of that where they have allowed 89.7 ppg and that average drops by over 14 ppg. Here, we play on favorites with a winning percentage between .400 and .499 off a road loss by 10 points or more, playing a winning team. This situation is 58-24 ATS (70.7 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (604) Buffalo Bulls