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candeladeportiva

*NHL Winnapeg over 5
NHL Ottawa under 5.5
NHL Colorado over 5.5
NBA Dallas over 201
NCAAB Providence +1

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Trace Adams

Big 12 Game of the Year

For Tuesday,*Raise the Bar 1500♦*is*Texas Tech*as the road dog at Oklahoma. At 7:30 am eastern time, the Red Raiders are the +14 point dogs in Vegas and offshore.

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Brad Wilton

Eastern Conference Total of the Year

Tuesday winner is a*50 Dime*release*on*Washington-Toronto Over*the total. At 5:30 AM Vegas time, the total for this game is 205 points.

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Craig Davis

Eastern Conference Lock

50 Dime Winner*for Tuesday is*Washington*plus the points at Toronto.*At 9:00 am eastern time, the Wizards are the +8 point dogs both in Vegas and Offshore.

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Jeff Benton

Big East Rivalry Lock

60 Dime*winner is*Xavier*in their game at Providence.*At 9:30 am eastern time, the Musketeers are the +1 point underdogs both in Vegas and offshore.

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Brandon Lang

My 10 Dime*selection is N.Illinois over Akron. *The current line on this game is +6 in Vegas and*offshore. * Be sure to*shop around for the best line available.

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Chuck O'Brien

20 Dime Play:*Memphis

Line as of 11:30 PM Eastern:*Memphis -4 1/2

Special Instructions:*No

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K Tompson | CBB Sides - Tuesday, Jan 26 2016 7:00PM

#720 Buffalo -3.5(-110) Pinnacle vs #719 Ball St single-dime bet

Analysis:Ball State was the beneficiary of a blown NO CALL in the second OT in their win at Eastern Michigan on Saturday. Two MAC officials that failed to call a foul and or a travel violation were suspended by the Conference and will not be able to refe …ree in the MAC Conference Tournament. Buffalo plays well at home with seven players averaging between 7-13 points per game. That's what I think Buffalo wins this home tilt by...( 7-13 points ). Lamonte Bearden & Blake Hamilton combine for 25 points per game for the Bulls and should be focused for this home tilt.


Pick Made: Jan 25 2016 11:25PM PST

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Strike point sports

Tuesday's College Basketball Plays

3-Unit Play. #754 Take Vanderbilt (-5) over Florida (9 p.m., Tuesday, January 26)

I don't think much of this Gators team in general, and that feeling is heightened when they aren't in Gainesville. Florida have lost four of six on the road this year, and a place like Nashville is no easy venue to get a win. The home team has won seven straight when these two get together, and I think Vandy will be too good in this one. Having won three of four SEC games to rebound from a slow start in conference play, Vanderbilt is finally healthy, and the results are beginning to show. Vandy had racked up three straight double digit conference wins before losing at Kentucky over the weekend. One of those wins was a blowout victory at Tennessee, and that Vols team blasted Florida when they played the Gators. Vandy wants, and more importantly, needs another win. Lay the number with the Commodores here.

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Vernon Croy

8-Unit Play. Take #713-714 Sacramento/Portland GAME TOTAL UNDER 214 (Tuesday, January 26 at 10:05 PM ET)
Take Sacramento/Portland GAME TOTAL UNDER as my 8-Unit NBA Game of the Year for Tuesday night. This pick falls into one of my extremely rare elite NBA systems and I absolutely love the under here tonight, especially with the Kings coming off a double OT loss last night. There is almost always a problem with a teams shooting when they put up big numbers the night before at home and then hit the road to play the very next day. Now you factor in the emotionally draining double OT loss and you have a recipe for a bad shooting night, for a generally great shooting team. I had this game pegged as my Game of the Year for weeks so those factors above created by last night is just a huge bonus to solidify this pick even more. The O/U is 2-14 for the Kings in their last 16 trips to Portland and the O/U is 8-24 in their last 32 games played against each other overall. The O/U is 8-20 for Portland in their last 28 games when playing a team with a losing record and the O/U is also 1-8 for the Kings in their last 9 games when playing a team with a losing record. I see a low scoring grind out win for the Trail Blazers tonight as they take advantage of a sluggish Kings team, and this game actually stays under 200. Yes I feel we have at least a 15 point advantage here tonight on the total. Play the Kings/Trail Blazers UNDER with extreme confidence. I encourage you to grab my NBA season package for just $499 after this win, since the second half of the NBA season has always been my best.

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Root Trust Basketball Service

Tuesday, January 26, 2016
MILLIONAIRES
Boston College (+9½) over Florida State
7:00 PM (EST) -- Silvio O. Conte Forum
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PERFECT PLAY
Xavier (-1) over Providence
8:30 PM (EST) -- Dunkin' Donuts Center
No Limit---Xavier Xavier had their wake up call two games ago with a loss to Georgetown. They are 17-2 now and are ranked number 7 in the polls. Providence had a good week but still has losses at home against Marquette and Seton Hall and Xavier is just too much of a well-rounded team to lose this game. This team is somewhat under the radar. They average 80 ppg and hold opponents the 67 ppg. Inside the out rebound most everybody and outside the are pesky with the steals. The Musketeers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS loss and 11-4 ATS in their last 15 games. Xavier has four players that average double-digits lead be James Farr and Trevon Bluieet. Providence is a decent team but today''''s pointspread is absolutely perfect for the Musketeers.
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Pinnacle
Kansas State (+10½) over West Virginia
7:00 PM (EST) -- WVU Coliseum
Pinnacle---Kansas St On the surface Kansas St look bad. But behind their bad road record are some nuggets. Five of Kansas State''s six losses have been decided by 10 or less losses, which includes a double overtime matchup against this West Virginia team. The Wildcats are a scrappy team that plays hard. They are 12-3-1 ATS which is all that we care about. Additionally, they are 5-0-1 ATS in their last 6 games on the road. Again, that bodes well for us. Overall, the Wildcats are my hero''s with a 12-3-1 ATS record in their last 16 games. There''s little chance that West Virginia will be able to completely pull away from this team and outside of the double-digit spread. The Kansas St Wildcats have guts, grit and heart. I don''t look for a road win here as they rarely win on the road. But a pointspread cover is totally expected. They shoot free throws well, the rebound well and the defend the 3-point line where teams shoot under 30%. There will be no headlines here or water cooler talk. Just a average game where the Mountaineers win and the Wildcats cover.

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4-Unit Play. #731. Take Over 148 Mississippi State vs. South Carolina (Tuesday @ 7pm est)
This will likely be a fast paced game and more importantly we like Miss State to be a fabulous underdog here. Ben Howland's team has shown a lot of bite and this team is drastically improved from last year's team for those who have been following this team closely. For example, State is 8-10 thus far, but bear in mind a few things, this team is a top 65 offensive team - after this team was outside the top 250 in offense last year. This team won its first conference game by defeating Ole Miss - and lost to Florida by 3 points, Tennessee by 5 points, Kentucky by 6 points on the road which is very difficult and a very good A&M team by just 1 point. Great coaching by Howland. Look for this team to give South Carolina everything it can handle as though South Carolina comes off a loss - the reason why the line is low is that MIss State is a very good underdog and will likely send this game over the posted total. 3-Unit Play. #744. Take West Virginia -10.5 over Kansas State (Tuesday @ 7pm est)
Kansas State took this team to overtime the last time they played West Virginia in a thriller but WVU pulled it out. If you are expecting this game to be just as close, it's unlikely. What you have here is a West Virginia team that will not be overlooking Kansas State and will make the necessary changes here as they play for a legendary coach and they will look to show they are indeed much better than this team and rout them. Note, that when an elite team struggles against a mediocre team on the road and gets nearly beat - when they face the same team at home, they usually rout them by double-digits. Such is the likely case here. 7-Unit Play. #758. Take Alabama -4 over Tennessee (Tuesday @ 9pm est)
Alabama is in a great spot here. Sure, this team has just 1 conference win. It was against South Carolina when South Carolina had not lost a game up until that point. Avery Johnson understands that there are certain games that are more important than others and losing to Auburn did not help and certainly losing to Tennessee will not help either. We like that Tennessee comes off a huge win against South Carolina but has shown to struggle on the road including losses to Georgia and Auburn. Alabama has had several close calls including nearly beating LSU at home losing by just a bucket, nearly beating Auburn - and beating Clemson, Wichita State and Notre Dame earlier this year. If Alabama can get to .500 in conference play, they still have a great shot at making it to the Tournament. This is a team that has lost 3 straight conference games, needs a big win, good public fade, faces a Vol team that comes off a big win and when Alabama is desperate for a big win they usually get it such as the South Carolina game. They should have won the LSU game - but they will likely step up and win here against Tennessee in a big win. 3-Unit Play. #754. Take Vanderbilt -5 over Florida (Tuesday @ 9pm est)
Final selection here is on Vanderbilt over Florida. Couple of things here as Vandy is a team that could really use this win and though Florida is a very competent team under Coach White, we still like Vandy here at home. Note, that Vandy is a top 35 team and has a defense in the top 20 of the power rankings to their credit. This is a team that comes off a horrible loss to Kentucky on the road losing 76-57 and for this team to get routed by 19 points on the road is not something that this squad will take lightly. Note, this team just got to .500 in conference play and can ill afford to lose this game and go to 3-5 in conference play. This is a top 15 three point shooting team in the country, at home, off a bad loss, good public fade and faces a Florida team that lost by 14 points on the road to Tennessee so they are certainly capable of losing by more than 5 points here. We have this contest around a 8 point differential this evening. Research: FSU has struggled of late and needs a big win but BC at this point, is looking for anything positive on the season as Chastain's team is really struggling. BC might put up a decent fight here, small lean on BC, but no thanks. Small lean on Wake against UVA. Line dropped quickly upon the opening. Wake really needs a win as they are 1-5 in conference play, they are trying to improve on 5 wins their first season with Manning at the helm. Lean on Texas Tech to hang tough against Oklahoma. Lean on TCU despite the fact that Texas has the revenge here. Small lean on Wisconsin, they finally run into a quality team that has big revenge against them here. Small lean on Georgia as LSU has date with #1 team in the land in their next game. And, Georgia can be a very feisty team.

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Tuesday Research: Lean on Philadelphia as Phoenix has revenge,but good public fade and Philadelphia is playing the better basketball right now frankly. There is a reason why this team is favored and D'Antoni coming on board has done this team wonders. For all the horrors this team has gone through, at least they have Okafor and Noel to build this team around. The Clippers have revenge and come off a horrendous loss, the line is low for a reason, though Indiana comes off their fair share of losses, still lean on the Clips. Small lean on the Knicks but no thanks as OKC comes off a loss. Small lean on Miami/Brooklyn Over. Small lean on Kings with some revenge and off a tough loss but Blazers are rolling right now. Lean on Lakers, Dallas has big showdown with Warriors soon and the Lakers will show up for this game.

3-Unit Play. #704. Take Philadelphia -3 over Phoenix (Tuesday @ 7:05pm est)
Throw out all the basic stats yesterday as this game is no different than so many other games where the overall record does not mean much. What is going on here is a team in Philadelphia that is the better squad ad this point as they are playing better half way through the season as the addition of D'Antoino and Colangelo has reinvigorated the front office of Philadelphia whose goal is not just to tank. Philly has 6 wins this year but 3 of their wins come out of their last 10 games - including wins over Portland and Orlando on the road. This is a team that lost by 20 points to Boston, will likely bounce-back here and show some pride, has already beaten Phoenix earlier this year and prior to the Boston loss has covered 5 straight. When Embiid comes back and actually plays, this team has a great core as all they need at this point is a stud point guard and they have a starting 4 that is quite competent and a bench that will suffice in the East. Phoenix comes off a win against Atlanta, will not be up for this game though they do have revenge and they have Cleveland on deck in their next game. Pretty simple here, we go with the Sixers as they are rightfully favored as we have them winning by 8 to 10 points here.

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Allen Eastman CBB

7-Unit Play. Take #725 Northern Illinois (+6) over Akron (7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26)

This is an easy take here. Northern Illinois is one of the top teams in the MAC this year. They have won nine of their last 10 games and most of them have been blowouts. This is the same team that won at Toledo and then got a sweep of one of the MAC's top teams with an easy win over the Rockets on Friday. I think the Huskies have a great chance to win this game outright here. Akron has struggled and is just 2-2 in their last four games. They have been one of the worst bets in the league over the last two weeks and are just 1-4 ATS in their last five games. Northern Illinois has been the opposite. They are 26-8 ATS in their last 34 league games and they are 5-1 ATS in their last six games overall. They are getting the job done on both ends of the floor. Northern Illinois is excellent defensively. I think they will be able to lock down on Akron's shooters. The Zips have had trouble on the defensive end though and I don't think that they will be able to stop Northern Illinois' guards. This is a very undervalued NIU team. This spread opened at 7.0 and has come down so that tells me where the sharp money is. I am going with the road team here and calling for the upset.

2-Unit Play. Take #721 Eastern Michigan (+5) over Kent State (7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26)

Eastern Michigan has lost three straight games. But they are due for a win here. I think they will win this one outright at Kent State. Eastern Michigan's last three losses have all come by five points or less. And they have come against good competition. Kent State has won four straight games and none of those wins have come by more than eight points. The Golden Flashes haven't beaten anyone by more than eight points since Dec. 10. That means that they play a lot of close games that come down to the final minutes. I think Eastern Michigan is either going to win this game outright or lose by one or two possession. This will be a close game either way. I am taking the points.

2-Unit Play. Take #757 Tennessee (+3.5) over Alabama (9 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26)

I think that the wrong team is favored here. Tennessee has really been a good team this year, even on the road. They won at Mississippi State and nearly won at Gonzaga earlier in the year. The Vols have played well against a tough schedule. This is a step down in class for them against Alabama. The Crimson Tide have lost three straight games and five of their last six games. Their only wins since New Year's have come against Norfolk State and South Carolina. This team is struggling to adjust to a new coach and they just aren't getting the job done. The Vols have the big edge in experience and in the backcourt and they will get the win here.

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4 Unit Play. Take #715 Dallas -7.5 over LA Lakers (10:35 p.m., Tuesday, January 26)
The Dallas head to the Staples Center on a 2-game losing streak but luckly they play the Lakers tonight on the road. Those two losses the Mavs suffered were against Houston on the road and OKC at home and both teams are much better then what the Lakers throw on the floor. Lakers have dropped 6-straight games and all 6 losses the Lakers gave up 100 points or more and tonight I see the Mavericks winning in Staples Center with no problem. Dallas is 12-3 ATS after a ATS loss and the Mavs are 7-3-1 ATS in their last 11 games. Lakers are 2-9 ATS against Southwest division teams and the favorite in this series is 8-2 ATS.