2-22-15

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Prediction machine (against the spread picks)



842 6:00 pm @tulsa temple -1 3.7 61.3 $94
822 1:00 pm @michigan ohio state 8 -4.0 56.8 $46
835 3:00 pm utah @oregon -5.5 9.0 56.8 $46
826 2:00 pm @ucf memphis 7.5 -4.2 55.5 $33
854 3:00 pm @nebraska iowa 1.5 0.6 55.2 $30
823 1:00 pm w. Kentucky @middle tenn. 4 -1.7 54.5 $22
837 4:00 pm tulane @uconn 11.5 -8.7 54.2 $19
839 4:30 pm w&m @hofstra 4 -1.8 53.5 $12
849 8:30 pm washington @washington st. 1 0.4 53.4 $11
848 2:00 pm @drake missouri st. -2.5 3.7 52.3 $0
846 7:30 pm @illinois michigan st. 1 -0.1 52.3 $0
855 1:00 pm furman @unc-greensboro 6.5 -5.0 52.1 $0
832 3:30 pm @uw-milwaukee cleveland st. 4 -3.0 52.0 $0
859 6:30 pm se missouri st. @e. Illinois 2.5 -1.3 51.7 $0
857 4:00 pm monmouth @iona 9.5 -8.6 51.3 $0
829 2:30 pm la salle @st. Louis -4.5 5.0 51.0 $0
820 5:15 pm @rutgers indiana 6.5 -5.9 51.0 $0
833 3:00 pm ui-chicago @oakland 10.5 -9.8 50.9 $0
843 6:30 pm fla. St. @virginia 15.5 -15.0 50.8 $0
851 8:30 pm usc @arizona st. 11.5 -11.3 50.3 $0
828 4:00 pm @wichita st. Evansville -15 15.1 50.1 $0

PREDICTION MACHINE (OVER/UNDER PICKS)



848 2:00 PM MISSOURI ST. @ DRAKE 119.5 126.6 Over 57.6 $55
852 8:30 PM USC @ ARIZONA ST. 139 132.7 Under 57.5 $54
842 6:00 PM TEMPLE @ TULSA 123 117.5 Under 57.5 $54
850 8:30 PM WASHINGTON @ WASHINGTON ST. 149 144.0 Under 55.6 $34
820 5:15 PM INDIANA @ RUTGERS 135 139.0 Over 55.0 $28
834 3:00 PM UI-CHICAGO @ OAKLAND 149.5 144.1 Under 54.8 $25
858 4:00 PM MONMOUTH @ IONA 145 139.7 Under 54.5 $22
824 1:00 PM W. KENTUCKY @ MIDDLE TENN. 130 126.0 Under 54.1 $18
826 2:00 PM MEMPHIS @ UCF 134 130.8 Under 53.9 $16
836 3:00 PM UTAH @ OREGON 134 130.9 Under 53.9 $16
830 2:30 PM LA SALLE @ ST. LOUIS 124 120.5 Under 53.7 $14
856 1:00 PM FURMAN @ UNC-GREENSBORO 135.5 130.6 Under 53.5 $12
838 4:00 PM TULANE @ UCONN 124 121.6 Under 53.2 $9
828 4:00 PM EVANSVILLE @ WICHITA ST. 127.5 130.2 Over 52.8 $4
854 3:00 PM IOWA @ NEBRASKA 122 120.2 Under 52.5 $1
844 6:30 PM FLA. ST. @ VIRGINIA 116 117.5 Over 52.1 $0
860 6:30 PM SE MISSOURI ST. @ E. ILLINOIS 128 126.2 Under 51.4 $0
822 1:00 PM OHIO STATE @ MICHIGAN 128 127.5 Under 50.7 $0
840 4:30 PM W&M @ HOFSTRA 151 150.5 Under 50.5 $0
832 3:30 PM CLEVELAND ST. @ UW-MILWAUKEE 126.5 126.9 Over 50.4 $0
846 7:30 PM MICHIGAN ST. @ ILLINOIS 129 129.3 Over 50.3 $0

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RAS
Eastern Illinois

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Sport Mountain

Added

Michigan +8
Middle Tenn -4
Michigan State -2

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DOC
4*-unit Play Take Vancouver Canucks/New York Islanders OVER 5.5 (-105) (6:05pm EST)

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VSI
2* Unit Play. Take #2560 NY Islanders -145 over Vancouver (6:05p.m., Sunday February 22)

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sleepyj
CBB 3*** "Hometown Beatdown" !!
Arizona State

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Dave Cokin
3* SEMO
2* Illinois-Chicago

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Diamond Dog Sports 2/22

NBA

#810: Pacers: +6.5 (-110) (1.5*)

NCAAB

#832: Wisconsin Milwaukee: +4.0 (-110) (1.5*)

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BEN BURNS

NHL 6* BLUE MARLIN! —- NY Rangers ML

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INDIAN COWBOY

3-Unit Play. #833. Take Illinois-Chicago +10 over Oakland (Sunday @ 3pm est)
We roll with Illinois Chicago on the road as we get a team that lost to Oakland by 14 at home by a score of 91-77 and now Illinois-Chicago (IC) looks to get some revenge on the road and play better. Look IC is not going anywhere this year with reference to their conference hopes or the NCAA Tournament but what they acn do is get up for one of the best teams in the conference here. Oakland has much bigger fish to fry down the road so they very well might not be up for this game. We like that the total has taken a hit a few points higher which indicates an acive underdog. We believe that IC has the potential to hang tough like they did against Wright State and Detroit on the road – both of which contests they won Outright by 10 and by 4 points who are top 190 and 240 teams overall. This team also lost to Cleveland State by just 8 points on the road as well who is a top 100 squad. Oakland is a top 100 team who has a potent offense which sits at 50 overall but their defense stifles as they sit outside the top 275 overall. This team did beat Detroit and Wright State recently, is 9-4 in conference play and this is a team that has a tendency to struggle against mediocre conference teams that are gaining confidence. Let’s roll with IC here to hang tough within single digits this afternoon and have an outside shot of winning Outright.

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JASON SHARPE

3 Unit Play Take #860 Eastern Illinois -3.5 over Southeast Missouri State (6:30pm est):

This is a Senior Day team that I feel is the much better of these two teams ut their not being priced like that in this game. EIU not only will be fired up for their season finale here at home in this one but also for some revenge from an earlier defeat they had against SEMO in a game that they were missing two of their top guys and also let a double digit lead fade away down the stretch. The Panthers started the season 6-1 in conference play when they were hit with a loss to big man Chris Olivier who at the time was averaging 15 points per game and over 7 boards as well in OVC action. Quality big men are usually what separates the good teams from the bad in lower level CBB and the loss of Olivier proved to be huge as EIU went just 3-3 in the six games without him in their lineup. Olivier wasn’t himself his first game back last weekend as it will usually take a player a game or so to get their feet back underneath them and their timing down when they have been out of action over an extended time. He came back though in a big way last game scoring 25 points with 7 rebounds and also had an eye popping 6 blocks shots in their overtime loss to Tennessee Martin. Now back in game shape look for Olivier to make EIU a much better team.

SEMO has been a bit of a fraud in OVC play this season as their six wins have come in arguably their six easiest conference games meaning they have failed in every tougher game to date this year except for maybe their win over mediocre Tennessee Martin at home. Not only have they lost each of their seven toughest games to date this season in the OVC but they have lost each contest but one of those by double digits. Compare this to EIU who is 3-3 in their 6 OVC games versus teams ranked at Kenpom better than 200th and those three defeats were when they were in games without their big man Olivier or the overtime loss last game by a basket. If you want to add non-conference action to the mix you see that EIU has went 7-6 in non-conference games this season while SEMO is 6-7 in their non-conference contests. The bigger stat though with these 13 games is that SEMO faced the 258th toughest non-conference schedule while EIU went up against a non-conference schedule ranked 71st overall in CBB.

No doubt who the better team has been this year between these two squads. Add in the huge motivational reasons with this being Senior Day and the revenge for an earlier loss and the Panthers look to be the right side in this one. Take Eastern Illinois in this one.

4 Unit Play Take #854 Nebraska +1.5 over Iowa (3:00pm est):

Not many teams have carried a bigger home/road differential the last few years than Nebraska. The Cornhuskers have been almost unbeatable at home in the Big Ten the last few years and come into this one at 5-2 this season at home. One of those losses was to Big Ten power Wisconsin who is beating everyone in their path sporting a 13-1 record in conference play this season. Nebraska has been slumping of late with 6 losses in their last 7 games overall but keep in mind that 5 of those 6 losses came in games they were on the road and the home game loss was the one mentioned earlier to the Badgers. The bottom line here is the main reason the Conhuskers are going thru such a poor stretch of play right now has more to do with the fact their schedule than anything else.

The Iowa Hawkeyes snapped their two game losing streak last game and did so in a big way as they beat Rutgers by 34 points at home on Thursday night. The Hawkeyes rank towards the bottom of the league in team defense and are much worse than a Nebraska squad who plays as well as anyone in the conference on the defensive side of the basketball. This is a very difficult spot here for Iowa who off a big win, go back home to play rival Illinois next game and facing an opponent who has dropped four games in a row and who play with an extreme passion and confidence when at home as well.

Take Nebraska here in this one.

3 Unit Play Take #836 Oregon +5.5 over Utah (3:00pm est):

Huge home game for the Oregon Ducks as we once again look to back the Senior Day team in this one. The Ducks have been tough to beat at home this year at 6-1 in Pac-12 conference play. Their lone defeat came against the best team in the Pac-12 Arizona in their first game of the conference season. The Ducks look to have handed the controls over to their best player in Joseph Young at the all important point guard spot a few games ago and the senior should be pumped up for his final home tilt.

Utah isn’t nearly as good of a team when on the road then they are when at home. The Utes have went 3-2 in conference away games but those three victories came against three of the worst Pac-12 teams as well.

This place should be rocking and I expect the Ducks to keep things close or even win this game. Play Oregon plus the points here. Big nine game winning streak currently in the NBA and I can’t wait to take for a game going today in pro hoops action. Join me as I am on a roll right now and the NBA was my top sport last season also.

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VEGAS SPORTS INFORMER

COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAY

3 Unit Play. Take #853 Over 120.5 Iowa at Nebraska (3:00p.m., Sunday February 22)
No matter how this game ends the Iowa Hawkeyes will score against the Nebraska Cornhuskers defense. Iowa is coming off a 81 point offense blowout against Rutgers Thursday night and if the Hawkeyes control the tempo this afternoon I see another OVER game from the Hawkeyes. Last meetings in Iowa that game went over and the Hawkeyes scored 70 points against Nebraska and today the same outcome will happen. The Hawkeyes last 7 Sunday games 6 of them have gone over the total.

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ROBERT FERRINGO

1-Unit Play. Take #819 Indiana (-6.5) over Rutgers (5 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22)
The Hoosiers aren’t the same team at home. But I still just have that little respect for Rutgers that I can’t see IU ringing the bell here. Indiana is a team that is bearing down on a postseason berth and getting back into the spotlight. I don’t see them falling flat against an ugly Big Ten wannabe that was playing over its head early in league play. Indiana is just tne much better team and they have enough to play for to get a solid road win.

1-Unit Play. Take #827 Evansville (+15.5) over Wichita State (4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22)
This right here is where Wichita State’s success works against them. They have been the most profitable team in the country at the window over the last two years. They’ve covered four straight spreads and the books are starting to jack up their lines. They are unbeatable at home. But they already beat Evansville by 20 this year so I have to wonder how seriously they will take this Sunday afternoon game. The Purple Aces have gone 10-4 ATS in their last 14 against Wichita and have been a spry underdog. They have won three straight on their own and have played a little better than their 1-4 ATS mark in that time. Wichita keeps cashing. Evansville keeps losing ATS. The matchup here suggests Wichita -9.5 but the books need to stem the tide on both sides so we have this inflated number. I’ll take the points and look for the Shockers by 12.

1-Unit Play. Take #831 Cleveland State (-3.5) over UW-Milwaukee (3:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22)
It is a clear letdown spot for Cleveland State after their big win Friday on the road at Wisconsin-Green Bay. But they’ve had two days to process and UW-M has just not come to play in any big spot all year. This is a horrible Panthers team and they haven’t shown a pulse this year despite playing a difficult schedule. This one is all on Cleveland State. If they are focused at all – and that UW-GB upset putt them on the inside track for a regular season title – then they win this one by virtue of being much, much better than Milwaukee.

1-Unit Play. Take #840 Hofstra (-4) over William & Mary (4:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22)

2-Unit Play. Take ‘Over’ 133.0 Utah at Oregon (3 p.m.)

1-Unit Play. Take #851 USC (+11.5) over Arizona State (8:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22)
Arizona State sucks. They have overachieved this year but they shouldn’t be laying this many points to anyone. They just beat UCLA and are still feeling the high from that. That makes this game a classic letdown spot. USC is one of the youngest teams in the country. That means erratic. They lost by 30 their last time out. But you have to think that has them even more focused for a decent effort here. This is another game where I see the home team winning relatively comfortably. But I don’t think that ASU is going to walk on the court and just pound a team they have not motivation to pound.