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Turner System
NC State/UNC under 159

Bos/Orl under 176

Free play Mississippi +6

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Paul Leiner

100* Over 176 Celtics/Magic

50* Indiana +7

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David Banks

Indiana Hoosiers vs. Wisconsin Badgers
A big one is set to go on the Big Ten hardwood Thursday night in Madison where the Wisconsin Badgers (16-5, 12-6 ATS) will look to continue their dominance over the Indiana Hoosiers (16-4, 9-6 ATS); tip-off from the Kohl Center is set to go live on ESPN2 at 9:00 ET.

After dropping their Big Ten opener in East Lansing against the Michigan State Spartans, Head Coach Tom Creans Hoosiers rattled off three straight wins over Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State to sit atop the herd. Then came a surprising three-game losing streak to Minnesota, Ohio State, and Nebraska that chopped the Hoosiers back down to size. Most teams experience this up and down nature throughout a lengthy conference schedule, and the hope in Bloomington is that their squad got all its losing out of its system as they close out the second half of the schedule. That certainly looked to be the case last Saturday when Indiana last took to the hardwood, as it simply blew the doors off Penn State en route to the 73-54 home win and cover as 15-point favorites. Frosh Cody Zeller and his mates check in 4-3 SU and 3-4 ATS in their seven road/neutral court games to date.

Just like tonights opponent, the Wisconsin Badgers also exploded out of the gate to the tune of a 12-2 SU mark through the course of their first 14 games played, but then came upon some hard times that balanced out their overall statistics. After going into Nebraska and handing the Huskers a 64-40 woodshed beating as 8.5-point road chalk in their Big Ten opener back in late December, the Badgers went on to drop three in a row to Iowa, Michigan State, and Michigan. The first two defeats saw them drop back-to-back home tussles for the first time during the Bo Ryan era. Instead of feeling sorry for themselves, the Badgers snapped the losing streak with a solid win at Mackey Arena a venue theyd only been victorious in three times in their previous 40 visits and at the same time, snapped the Boilermakers 26-game home win streak. That triumph was followed up with two more against Northwestern and Illinois. As it is, Wiscy enters tonights spot winners of four in a row (3-1 ATS) with 10-3 SU & 6-4 ATS records as a host.

Wisconsin has dominated its recent series with Indiana winning each of the teams L/8 overall confrontations while covering the closing number in seven of those contests; the over is 4-1 in the L/5 meetings. The Hoosiers check in a bankroll depleting 3-14 ATS versus their L/17 Big Ten opponents, but stand 3-2 SU & ATS the L/5 times they were dogged by eight points or less. Wisconsins 19-9 ATS the L/28 times it matched up against a +.600 opponent, but checks in just 2-3 SU & ATS as a favorite of eight points or less.
PICK: Indiana +pts

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GOODLYFESPORTS
W.Milwaukee -3
Oakland -1.5
San Francisco -3

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Paul Leiner
1000* VIRGINIA / BOSTON COLLEGE OVER 110 (9PM)
50* INDIANA +7 over Wisconsin (9PM)

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power play wins
26 jan
indiana/wisconsin over 126.5

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Teddy Covers CBB (78-51 current streak)

20* Big Ticket Rider
10* Pacific

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SMART ANALYSIS SPORTS

Rough one last night, as we go 2-4 in the colleges and 0-2 in NBA, ending our 6-1 NBA run. Worst night in a while... Let's get it back..

For Thursday:

CBB:

All 2 unit plays

7:00 E. Kentucky PK* (ROT 606)
8:00 Furman +9.5* (ROT 597)
8:00 Georgia Southern +3.5* (ROT 617)
10:00 Pacific +5.5* (ROT 580)

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Free College Basketball Prediction (3-1 run) From Robert Ferringo
Take #561 Washington (-6) over Arizona State (8:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26)
I am assuming that Arizona State will again be without leading scorer and rebounder Trent Lockett. He rolled his ankle on Jan. 14 and didn't play at all last weekend. He is considered questionable for this game, and even if he does suit up I will be surprised if he is 100 percent. And even if he does play I don't know that it will matter. Yes, Washington has been as streaky as any team in the nation. And they are terrible on the road. But they have still won seven of nine games and five of those seven wins have been blowouts by 10 points or more. The Sun Devils just aren't a good basketball team. They already lost Keala King (their former leading scorer) and now Lockett is banged up. They were blown out by Utah for crying out loud, and the Utes are the worst BCS team in the nation. Washington has owned this series, winning three straight by an average of 18 points per meeting. I thought this line would come out around 9.5, pending news on Lockett. But if it is announced that he is going to play this number could actually come down in the 5.0 range. Whether he plays or not, I have the Huskies in this one. It's a great spot.

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Marc Lawrence | CBB Sides
Free pick 551 South Alabama 3.0 (-110) Bookmaker.com vs 552 Ark.-Little RockAnalysis: Play On: South Alabama
Note: What's going on with the Sun Belt this season? Heading into tonight only FOUR of its 12 member teams boasts an overall winning record - and the remaining eight programs had combined for a jaw-dropping 32-72 SU effort against non-conference foes. One of those losing teams was Arkansas-LR, which amazingly led the Sun Belt West with a 5-0 mark despite its 8-11 start. But here's the real kicker: prior to its meeting with La-Lafayette last a week ago, UALR was riding an amazing 10-0 ATS win skein. That sort of anomaly just screams 'value' when looking at South Alabama tonight… especially since the Jags have gone 13-5 SU and 12-5-1 ATS in this series. The visitors were also 9-0 SU versus losing teams at press time and will be looking to get even for a loss to Little Rock in last year's conference tournament (Jaguars 4-0-1 ATS as dogs with Sun Belt tourney knockout revenge). Cats must be on the prowl here if they expect to have any chance at chasing down East-leading Middle Tennessee State. We'll do our part to bolster an ailing economy by making a play on the 'USA.' We recommend a 1-unit play on South Alabama. Thank you and good luck as always.

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JR ODonnell | CBB Sides
Free pick 605 Tennessee Tech 0.0 (-110) Bookmaker.com vs 606 Eastern Ky.Analysis: 5* Cbb/Nba Super Set

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arlon

Nebraska
New Mexico St
Wis Milw

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Bryan Power free pick
GAME: Indiana @ Wisconsin Jan 26, 2012 9:00PMSPORT: College Basketball PicksPICK: Wisconsin Offered at: -7 PinnacleREASON FOR PICK: "The Real Deal" Bryan Power has 5 plays available for Thursday - 3 in NCB and 2 in NBA. NCB is on a MONSTER 31-14 Run in 2012 while NBA is a **RED HOT** 7-1 since Saturday! TOP RATED *10* selections are on a 36-18 Run in ALL Sports & BP's now 75-50 L125 in ALL sports since Saturday.

Play on Wisconsin at 9 ET. Thanks to a strong start, Indiana has officially become overrated in the marketplace. For all their "success" the Hoosiers are just 4-4 SU in Big 10 play & that includes 1-3 on the road. The Kohl Center in Madison is of course one of the most difficult venues in the conference, if not the entire nation and I look for host Wisconsin to pick up a big victory Thursday night. The Badgers are 25-12 ATS their last 37 home games and come in having won four straight overall. The Badgers have beaten IU six straight times by nine or more points and they hold serve tonight. 5* on Wisconsin.

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Matt Fargo free pick

GAME: Nevada @ New Mexico State Jan 26, 2012 9:00PMSPORT: College Basketball PicksPICK: New Mexico State Offered at: -4 5dimesREASON FOR PICK: Matt has been ANNIHILATING the books this month and his EPIC 72-41 (63.7%) January Rampage continues! He has FOUR Winners tonight (2 NBA and 2 CBB) and he extends his COMMANDING 38-21-1 (64.4%) NBA run as well as his TNT Thursday run which is a TERRIFIC 13-5-1 L19! In CBB, Matt is on a SIMPLY AWESOME 56-35-1 (61.5%) run!

We've successfully backed New Mexico St. a few times this season as this team has been playing very well for the majority of the tear. The Aggies are coming off a loss at Hawaii in their most recent game, which was their first conference loss of the season after a 4-0 start. They now trail Nevada by a game in the WAC and we should see a big bounce back effort on their home floor here. New Mexico St. had won six straight games prior to the disappointing loss against the Warriors.

Nevada meanwhile is red hot as it has won 13 consecutive games and the preseason pick to win the WAC is so far holding true to form. Maybe even more impressive is the fact that the Wolf Pack have only dropped one game against the number over this stretch in the 11 lined games. This is a very tough team no doubt but because of the winning streak, we are getting value going the other way and this is easily their toughest road game since facing UNLV way back in November.

Things are back in place for another run at the WAC title as four starters are back for the Aggies following a disappointing 16-17 record last year that was mostly due to injuries. New Mexico St. is loaded down low as Wendell McKines and Hamidu Rahman are averaging 17 rebounds combined and as a team, the Aggies are +7.4 in rebounding margin, which is 10th in the nation. Nevada normally has an edge in this category but that won't be the case on Thursday.

New Mexico St. is ranked first in the nation in free-throw attempts per game with 33.5, five more than any other team and that aggressiveness will be big once again tonight. The Aggies are 8-1 ATS in their last nine home games in the second half of the season against teams with a winning record while also going 8-1 ATS in their last nine home games after playing a game on the road. The favorite have covered five of the last six meetings and Nevada will be out for revenge here, it won't happen tonight. 3* (572) New Mexico St. Aggies