12-21-20 |
New Mexico v. Boise State -10 |
Top |
53-77 |
Win
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100 |
7 h 14 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit CBB Play of the Day The Lobos have some catching up to do after playing only three games so far, two of them way down in class against Our Lady of the Lake (NAIA) and Le Tourneau (Division III), we kid you not. They lost 11 of their last 15 Mountain West games last season. Boise has looked quite good against real opposition – Houston and BYU, to name a few. East Tennessee State transfer Mladen Armus gives them a 6’10”, 232 rebounding stabilizer they’ve lacked.
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12-20-20 |
St. Louis -2.5 v. Minnesota |
Top |
82-90 |
Loss |
-107 |
11 h 59 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit CBB Play of the Day The visitor is 6-0 SU and 6-0 ATS, but playing its first true road game. “True road” doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing this year as in the past, given the lack of crowd enthusiasm for home teams. There are still Big Ten referees for the A-10 squad to overcome but otherwise, they have the scoring, the rebounding, the experienced depth, and the coaching to pull this off. Illinois helped expose Minnesota earlier in the week.
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12-19-20 |
Miami-OH v. Bradley -11 |
Top |
68-69 |
Loss |
-110 |
9 h 13 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit CBB Mismatch of the Day Off 24- and 28-point losses to Wright State and Buffalo, teams that contended for Mid-Major conference championships last season, Miami-OH doesn’t appear to be in a good spot on the road against the Missouri Valley’s back-to-back post-season tournament winner. Bradley had a 10-day break end on Thursday night with a cushy, 23-point win here vs. Jackson State in which everybody got to play, a nice tune-up for this, in which a better effort is needed before they go to Missouri on Tuesday for a class test.
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12-19-20 |
Marist v. Manhattan -3 |
Top |
61-39 |
Loss |
-102 |
3 h 19 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit CBB Play of the Day Seton Hall transfer Anthony Nelson, a 6’4” junior guard and New York, NY-er, stepped into the MAAC with 19 and 23 points for Manhattan in his first two games last week, which were also the team’s first two games. Marist has somebody top 20 points for them about once every three weeks. Actually, it hasn’t happened yet in four games this season.
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12-18-20 |
Iowa State v. West Virginia -15.5 |
Top |
65-70 |
Loss |
-100 |
28 h 50 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit CBB Play of the Day “Iowa State searches for answers after a sloppy start to Big 12 play,” said Wednesday morning’s headline. Normally, you look in the last place you left something. Instead, the skidding Cyclones are forced to travel all the way to Morgantown, WV to face a 6-1, #8-ranked opponent after losing the rivalry game 105-77 to Iowa, following up with a 75-65 home loss to fellow flounderer Kansas State – who shot only 17.4% from three-point range but never trailed after the 10:00 mark of the first half. Keep searchin’ fellas. Jackson State and Chicago State await, in your place, after this. Ya’ might find some some answers then and there. Here and now, rebounding and shooting issues are magnified in this match-up.
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12-17-20 |
Kansas v. Texas Tech -3 |
Top |
58-57 |
Loss |
-110 |
8 h 28 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit CBB Play of the Day Georgetown transfer Mac McClung is leading Texas Tech in scoring at 14.1 ppg and his longer-than-average range helps the Red Raiders’ offense space the floor for dribble penetration by #2 and #2 scorers Terrence Shannon and Kyler Edwards. VCU transfer Marcos Santos-Silva, at 6’7”, needs to prove he can finish as strongly at the rim in the Big 12 as he did in the A-10. But Kansas lacks rim protection this season. So, in this match-up, Santos-Silva may very well get it done. Gonzaga and Creighton both exposed some interior defense weaknesses that Kansas will either live with, or improve upon. But the personnel isn’t really there to improve upon it
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12-16-20 |
Butler v. Villanova -12.5 |
Top |
66-85 |
Win
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100 |
8 h 58 m |
Show
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CBB Play of the Day Butler is in a bad spot. They’ve played only one game, on November 25. They were life and death to get past Western Michigan at home, scoring only 66 points. WMU hasn’t beaten a Division I team in three tries since, averaging 61 ppg. Butler was/is replacing 90% of its three-point production from last season and their 5-for-20 performance on threes in the lone game makes it seem like they won’t be getting 50% of it back. Jay Wright and the Wildcats, highly ranked, will fiddle a sad tune for the Bulldogs while maintaining that ranking.
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12-15-20 |
Wichita State v. Tulsa |
Top |
69-65 |
Loss |
-110 |
8 h 43 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit CBB Mismatch of the Day The Shockers of Wichita played nice defense in the 3-point home loss to Oklahoma State, covering by 1 as a home dog. But they still have yet to shoot better than 37.5% overall for a game. That’s not a good sign as they head out on the road to face a good conference foe that plays good defense with the added benefit of knowing them pretty well. Senior guards Brandon Rachal and Elijah Joiner should be chomping at the bit to get after the Shockers, who ended Tulsa’s 2019-20 by beating them by 22 points in Wichita.
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12-12-20 |
UAB -3.5 v. East Tennessee State |
Top |
65-61 |
Win
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100 |
6 h 50 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit CBB Game of the Week ETSU is down 20 points from last season’s per game scoring average of 76. Their Assist/Turnover Ratio is 8.7 to 19.3. This is not good. But this is what happens when the head coach of a 30-4 team times his move for greener pastures off a season like that, takes assistants with him, and his move is followed by transfers, graduations, and the new coach must mold freshmen and transfers in an immediate rebuild. UAB’s Andy Kennedy – not one of our favorite coaches but he managed to snag an experienced scoring guard from Georgia Southern (Quan Jackson), another experienced scoring guard from UL-Monroe (Michael Ertel) and a 7’, 260 center from Clemson. So far, nobody’s beaten them and nobody’s come close. It’ll all come crashing down, of course, but not just yet.
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12-12-20 |
Notre Dame +8 v. Kentucky |
Top |
64-63 |
Win
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100 |
2 h 60 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit CBB Mismatch of the Day The Irish have been straddling spreads in losses against quality Big Ten opponents Michigan State and Ohio State. Kentucky hasn’t shown that they can score like those other two, with 64, 62, 62 points in three straight losses to Richmond, Kansas and Georgia Tech. Unfriendly road whistle against short-rotation visitor notwithstanding, because ya’ gotta get ’em while they’re down
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12-11-20 |
Iowa State v. Iowa -13 |
Top |
77-105 |
Win
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100 |
28 h 59 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit CBB Play of the Day The kid we told you about on Iowa – 6’10" Jack Nunge – wasted their time with 0-for-5 three-point shooting and only 3 rebounds, 0 blocks in 22 minutes vs. North Carolina. But the Hawkeyes still won the game by 13 points! Iowa State’s low rebounding numbers (only 30 per game) and low-percentage three-point shooting (29.1%) do not bode well for a match-up with the nation’s #3, which has too good an inside-outside game
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12-08-20 |
Montana v. Georgia -10.5 |
Top |
50-63 |
Win
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100 |
1 h 14 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit CBB Play of the Day The Montana coaching staff gets to split the guaranteed money generated from most of their games against power-conference opposition. It’s in DeCuir’s contract to schedule some of these games, and for the money to go among the coaches. It’s true. You could look it up. The message being, ‘If we schedule these games and show up, we make more money and the team gets a good scrimmage vs. better athletes.’ The score is not important. Showing up in SEC country averaging only 29.7 rebounds per game also bodes poorly.
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03-11-20 |
North Carolina -2.5 v. Syracuse |
Top |
53-81 |
Loss |
-109 |
5 h 45 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit ACC Game of the Week North Carolina may be the 14th seed in this season's ACC tournament, but no team may be no more dangerous than the streaking Tar Heels. North Carolina blasted Virginia Tech 78-56 with a dominant second half to win for the fourth time in five games after a seven-game losing streak, and now will play sixth-seeded Syracuse on Wednesday in the second round at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum. Consider that Syracuse is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a losing straight up record and 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 neutral site games.
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03-11-20 |
Iowa State v. Oklahoma State -6.5 |
Top |
71-72 |
Loss |
-108 |
2 h 12 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit Big-12 Game of the Week Oklahoma State authored the biggest in-season turnaround in the Big 12, recovering from an 0-8 start to win seven of its final 10 league games. The Cowboys will try to carry their momentum into the postseason when they enter the Big 12 Tournament as the No. 8 seed against ninth-seeded Iowa State in an evening first-round matchup in Kansas City, Mo. Consider that Iowa State is 7-20 ATS in their last 27 games as an underdog.
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03-11-20 |
Boston College +10.5 v. Notre Dame |
Top |
58-80 |
Loss |
-109 |
2 h 5 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit NCAAB Play of the Day The Irish have split a pair of one-point decisions with the Eagles this season - the road team winning both - but they could be facing a diminished Boston College team that was missing three of its top five scorers due to injuries for an 80-62 loss at Florida State on Saturday. Consider that Notre Dame is 7-16-1 ATS in their last 24 games vs. a team with a losing straight up record.
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03-10-20 |
North Carolina -4 v. Virginia Tech |
Top |
78-56 |
Win
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100 |
2 h 21 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit Tournament Play of the Day Losing streaks of four, five and seven games have already made this a forgettable season in Chapel Hill, but North Carolina found a bit of an offensive groove toward the end of the regular season that contributed to a three-game winning streak prior to Saturday's 89-76 loss at Duke. One of North Carolina's several frustrating losses came at Virginia Tech on Jan. 22 as the Hokies' Tyrece Radford hit the game-winning shot with 0.4 seconds left in overtime. North Carolina's late three-game surge resulted in more wins than Virginia Tech has been able to manage since that date, however, as the Hokies fell for the 10th time in 12 outings following Saturday's 64-56 loss at Notre Dame. Consider that Virginia Tech is 2-12 ATS in their last 14 games overall.
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03-10-20 |
Northeastern v. Hofstra -1 |
Top |
61-70 |
Win
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100 |
2 h 12 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Units Northeastern is 3-9 ATS in their last 12 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600, 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games following a straight up win, and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 neutral site games as an underdog. Hofstra is 24-6-1 ATS in their last 31 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record, 49-22 ATS in their last 71 games overall, and 37-17 ATS in their last 54 games following a straight up win.
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03-07-20 |
Iowa State v. Kansas State -5.5 |
Top |
63-79 |
Win
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100 |
5 h 51 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit Big-12 Game of the Week Iowa State is 7-19 ATS in their last 26 games as an underdog, 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall, and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games as a road underdog. Consider that the favorite is 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings.
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03-07-20 |
Colorado v. Utah +3 |
Top |
72-74 |
Win
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100 |
3 h 60 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit PAC-12 Play of the Day Following a 70-66 victory over USC on Feb. 20, the Buffs have dropped a home decision to UCLA (70-63) and were swept on last weekend’s road trip at California (76-62) and Stanford (72-64). That’s bumped Colorado down into a four-way, third-place Pac-12 tie with USC, Arizona and Arizona State - all at 10-7. Utah is 11-2 at home this season, including 6-2 in Pac-12 play, while Colorado is 4-6 in true road games, including 3-5 in conference contests.
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03-07-20 |
Georgia +9 v. LSU |
Top |
64-94 |
Loss |
-109 |
3 h 39 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit SEC Play of the Day The Tigers sit in a three-way tie for second place with Auburn and Florida in the league standings, but they committed 35 fouls that led to 54 Arkansas free throws in Wednesday’s 99-90 road loss - LSU’s sixth defeat in its last nine games following a 17-4 start. Consider that Georgia is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games as an underdog and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following a ATS loss.
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03-03-20 |
Purdue v. Iowa -5 |
Top |
77-68 |
Loss |
-109 |
11 h 20 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit Big-10 Play of the Day No. 18 Iowa looks to stretch its home winning streak to 14 games when it faces Purdue today. The Hawkeyes beat Penn State 77-68 on Saturday to move into a tie for third place with two games remaining, and they hope to stay competitive in the seven-team battle for one of the four double byes in the Big Ten Tournament by avenging a 36-point loss to the Boilermakers on Feb. 5. Purdue ended a four-game losing streak after taking down Indiana 57-49 to complete the season sweep of its in-state rival. Consider that Iowa is 12-2-2 ATS in their last 16 games as a home favorite.
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03-01-20 |
Michigan +4 v. Ohio State |
Top |
63-77 |
Loss |
-110 |
5 h 4 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit Big-10 Game of the Week Michigan is 12-4-1 ATS in their last 17 games following a ATS loss, 14-5 ATS in their last 19 Sunday games, and 19-7-1 ATS in their last 27 games following a straight up loss. Ohio State is 2-7 ATS in their last 9 Sunday games.
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02-29-20 |
James Madison v. Hofstra -13 |
Top |
81-97 |
Win
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100 |
5 h 60 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit NCAAB Play of the Day James Madison is 5-12 ATS in their last 17 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600, 7-19 ATS in their last 26 games overall, 7-20 ATS in their last 27 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record, and 6-22 ATS in their last 28 games as an underdog. Hofstra is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a home favorite, 16-5 ATS in their last 21 games following a ATS loss, and 46-22 ATS in their last 68 games overall.
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02-29-20 |
Iowa State v. Oklahoma State -7 |
Top |
61-73 |
Win
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100 |
5 h 44 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit NCAAB Game of the Week Iowa State is coming to Stillwater off a win, beating visiting TCU 65-59 on Tuesday night, and is seeking to put together its first win streak since early December. Forward Solomon Young and freshman guard Tre Jackson combined to score 38 of the Cyclones’ 65 points in Tuesday’s victory. However, the win was only the program’s third in 10 games since beating visiting Oklahoma State 89-82 on Jan. 21. The Cowboys, meanwhile, have won three of their last five. Consider that Oklahoma State is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the favorite is 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
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02-25-20 |
TCU v. Iowa State -3 |
Top |
59-65 |
Win
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100 |
21 h 13 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit Big-12 Game of the Week RJ Nembhard more than held his own against one of the country's best guards in early January, going off for a career-high 31 points to offset a triple-double by Tyrese Haliburton in TCU's overtime home win over Iowa State. The sophomore will attempt to put together a similar performance nearly two months later against the Cyclones without Haliburton when the Horned Frogs visit Ames
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02-25-20 |
Ole Miss +9 v. Auburn |
Top |
58-67 |
Push |
0 |
21 h 7 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit SEC Play of the Day It was the third game for the Tigers without standout freshman Isaac Okoro (hamstring) and the 6-6 forward is still questionable for the rematch with the Rebels after Auburn squeezed out an 83-82 victory in double overtime on Jan. 28 in Oxford, Miss. Ole Miss senior Breein Tyree leads the SEC in scoring (20.6) and is averaging just under 30 points the last six games as the Rebels won the first three during that stretch.
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02-23-20 |
New Mexico v. Boise State -9 |
Top |
61-74 |
Win
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100 |
5 h 26 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Units NCAAB Play of the Day New Mexico is 18-38 ATS in their last 56 road games vs. a team with a winning home record, 22-48 ATS in their last 70 road games, 16-36 ATS in their last 52 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600, and 8-22 ATS in their last 30 games as a road underdog. Boise State is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite, 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games overall, 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record, and 13-6 ATS in their last 19 games following a ATS win.
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02-22-20 |
Hofstra +1 v. Delaware |
Top |
78-62 |
Win
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100 |
5 h 9 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit NCAAB Game of the Week Hofstra is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS win, 7-0 ATS in their last 7 Saturday games, 22-5-1 ATS in their last 28 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record, and 36-14-2 ATS in their last 52 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. Delaware is 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games following a ATS win. In addition the road team is 18-8-2 ATS in the last 28 meetings.
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02-19-20 |
California v. Washington State -5.5 |
Top |
66-57 |
Loss |
-105 |
25 h 59 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit PAC-12 Play of the Day Two teams that appear to be on similar trajectories meet Wednesday as California visits Washington State, which has shown signs of improvement under first-year coach Kyle Smith. The same could be said about a Cal team that has already reached double-digits in wins after recording eight victories in each of the past two seasons. The Bears are winless in 10 games away from Haas Pavilion
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02-19-20 |
Indiana v. Minnesota -6 |
Top |
68-56 |
Loss |
-110 |
24 h 17 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit Big-10 Game of the Week Indiana looks to keep its fading NCAA Tournament hopes alive when it visits Minnesota on Wednesday. The Hoosiers have dropped five of their last six games, including an 89-65 setback to Michigan on Sunday, to fall into the bottom half of the the Big Ten standings. Consider Indiana has dropped its last three road games by an average margin of 12.8 points.
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02-18-20 |
Ole Miss +1 v. Missouri |
Top |
68-71 |
Loss |
-108 |
13 h 53 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit SEC Play of the Day Ole Miss is led by its dynamic backcourt duo of senior Breein Tyree (19.9 points, 2.6 assists, 1.4 steals) and junior Devonate Shuler (11.6, 3.4, 1.9). Those two combined to averaged 32.5 points in the Rebels' two victories over Missouri last season. The Tigers are led by their backcourt duo of Dru Smith (12.3 points, 4.0 assists) and Mark Smith (10.9 points), though the latter has sat out the last five games with a back injury and is questionable today. Ole Miss has dominated this series in recent seasons, winning 11 of the last 12 meetings between the two schools. In addition, the visitor is 6-2-2 the L10 meetings.
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02-15-20 |
Texas v. Iowa State -1.5 |
Top |
52-81 |
Win
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100 |
5 h 22 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit Big-12 Game of the Week Texas is 7-15 ATS in their last 22 games overall, 5-14 ATS in their last 19 games following a ATS loss, and 2-7 ATS in their last 9 Saturday games. Iowa State is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a straight up loss of more than 20 points, 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite, 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a home favorite, and 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games following a ATS loss
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02-12-20 |
Indiana State v. Bradley -5 |
Top |
61-72 |
Win
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100 |
24 h 34 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit NCAAB Game of the Week Indiana State is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600, 1-4 ATS in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600, and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games. Bradley is 21-6 ATS in their last 27 Wednesday games, 12-4 ATS in their last 16 games following a ATS loss, and 34-16-2 ATS in their last 52 home games. In addition the home team is 7-2 ATS in the last 9 meetings.
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02-11-20 |
Air Force v. Boise State -12 |
Top |
57-74 |
Win
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100 |
25 h 41 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit NCAAB Play of the Day Air Force is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 road games, 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games overall, and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS loss. Boise State is 8-2 ATS in their last 10 home games vs. a team with a losing road record, 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games vs. a team with a winning % below .400, and 12-5 ATS in their last 17 games following a ATS win. In addition, the home team is 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings.
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02-10-20 |
Baylor -6.5 v. Texas |
Top |
52-45 |
Win
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100 |
25 h 5 m |
Show
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Rating: 3 Unit NCAAB Play of the Day Baylor is 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games following a straight up win, 35-16-1 ATS in their last 52 road games vs. a team with a winning home record, and 36-17-1 ATS in their last 54 road games. Texas is 5-13 ATS in their last 18 games following a ATS loss, 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record, and 3-10 ATS in their last 13 home games. In addition the road team is 8-3 ATS in the last 11 meetings.
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02-08-20 |
Nebraska v. Iowa -14.5 |
Top |
72-96 |
Win
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100 |
6 h 24 m |
Show
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Rating: 4 Unit Big 10 Game of the Week Nebraska is 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Saturday games and 2-9-1 ATS in their last 12 games following a double-digit loss at home. Iowa is 9-1-2 ATS in their last 12 home games, 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games following a straight up loss, and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a losing straight up record. In addition, the home team is 6-0 ATS in the last 6 meetings.
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