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Wednesday 2-14-18 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc
Your Wednesday freebie is the Duke Blue Devils minus the double-digits back at home over Virginia Tech.
The Hokies just upended # 1 Virginia back on the 10th, 61-60 in overtime, as Buzz Williams' team has now won their last pair and 5 of 6 overall straight up and against the spread. Tech also upset Duke the last time these ACC teams faced one another. That win did come in Blacksburg back in December of 2016. The Hokies last visit to Durham was a little different, as they lost 82-58 as Cameron Indoor as the +18 point dog in January of 2016.
The Blue Devils did snap a 2-game losing skid (both on the conference road) with a road win and cover at Georgia Tech this past Sunday, and they really need to take care of business back on their home court where they are 11-1 straight up for the season.
It is tempting to back the talented Gobblers plus the double-digits, especially after their upset win over Virginia, but the oddsmakers look to be setting the proverbial "trap" to me in this spot, and I am not going to fall into it.
Lay the points with the Blue Devils at home on Wednesday.
Mustangs still smarting from the licking they absorbed on Sunday at home against the Bearcats of Cincinnati, 76-51! For SMU it was their third straight loss, but only their second loss at Moody Coliseum in 15 games this year.
Expect SMU to get the taste of that home loss - in fact those 3 straight losses - out of their system in a big way against their favorite conference whipping boy, the Memphis Tigers.
The Tigers are also losers of their last 3 games, and 5 of their last 6 overall, and that is against the spread as well. Not only that, bu Memphis is a woeful 3-15 against the spread the last 18 played head-to-head, including 6 straight losses to the Ponies. The last time these teams met, SMU roughed up Memphis, 103-62. In fact the last 4 times these teams have played in Dallas, the Mustangs have won outright by more than 25.5 points on average.
Both teams are struggling to say the least, but with the series trends so heavily tilted in favor of the Mustangs, I have to ride them minus the points to put another hurting on the Tigers.
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