Thursday 12-20-18 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

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Bobby Conn

Dec 20 '18, 7:00 PM in 28m
NCAA-B | Howard vs Ball State
Play on: Ball State -17 -110 at

1* Free Play on Ball State -17 -110

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Cole Faxon

Dec 20 '18, 7:00 PM in 28m
NCAA-B | Savannah State vs Tennessee Tech
Play on: Savannah State +8 -105 at Bovada

FREE PLAY on Savannah State +8 -105

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Mike Williams

Dec 20 '18, 7:00 PM in 28m
NCAA-B | Howard vs Ball State
Play on: Ball State -17 -109 at GTBets

1* on Ball State -17 -109

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John Martin

Dec 20 '18, 7:00 PM in 28m
NCAA-B | Ohio vs Purdue
Play on: Purdue -16½ -109 at GTBets

1 Unit FREE PLAY on Purdue -16.5
The Purdue Boilermakers should be focused tonight at home against Ohio to get a win. They won’t play again until the 29th, so they’ll be all in here. Especially since they’ve lost five of their last seven coming in against an absolutely brutal schedule. Their losses have come to VA Tech, FSU, Michigan, Texas and Notre Dame will all five losses coming on a road or on a neutral. They beat Maryland at home as well, so there hasn’t been a break in the schedule. They finally get that break here with Ohio coming to town. Ohio lost by 21 at Xavier, by 9 on a neutral to Loyola-Marymount and by 27 to South Florida on a neutral. Given those results, they don’t stand much of a chance against a Purdue team that will be the best squad they’ve faced all season. Ohio is 1-11 ATS in its last 12 road games after playing two consecutive games as a favorite. Give me Purdue.

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Dustin Hawkins

Dec 20 '18, 7:00 PM in 28m
NCAA-B | South Carolina State vs Miami-OH
Play on: South Carolina State +17 -109 at GTBets

Free Play on South Carolina State +17 -109

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Hunter Price

Dec 20 '18, 7:00 PM in 28m
NCAA-B | Yale vs Monmouth
Play on: Yale -10½ -108 at pinnacle

1* Free Pick on Yale -10½ -108

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Info Plays

Dec 20 '18, 7:00 PM in 28m
NCAA-B | Northern Illinois vs Northern Kentucky
Play on: Northern Illinois +6½ -109 at GTBets

1* Free Play on Northern Illinois +6½ -109

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Ben Burns

Dec 20 '18, 7:05 PM in 33m
NHL | Wild vs Penguins
Play on: Wild -101 at pinnacle

With the schedule in their favor, I feel that the visiting Wild are providing us with solid value this evening. The Pens are off an emotional win vs. the defending champs, their division rival, the Washington Capitals. They're just 18-19 (-4.1) the past couple of seasons, when playing the second of b2b games. This season, they're 3-7, when coming off a divisional game.
While the Pens were involved in a battle with the Caps, the Wild had yesterday off. The previous day, they'd lost 4-0 against the Sharks. That's noteworthy, as they're 8-4 this season, after alloing four or more goals. Over the past 2+ seasons, they're a lucrative 40-24 (+13.6) in that situation. I like their chances of improving on those stats. Consider Minnesota.

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Alex Smart

Dec 20 '18, 8:00 PM in 1h
NCAA-B | Utah State vs Houston
Play on: Utah State +5 -105 at Bovada

Houston and Utah State, two of the nation's best rebounding teams, go head to head tonight in what I expect will be a battle in the trenches. Houston is undefeated but Im wont be surprised if they suffer their first loss tonight, but more importantly I feel strongly thye wont cover.Utah State has posted wire-to-wire victories in four of its last five games.

• Utah State has outrebounded every opponent this season and ranks fourth in the nation in rebounding margin (+13.2). The Aggies lead the Mountain West in both rebounding offense (42.7) and rebounding defense (29.6).

• Utah State is best in the MW in ending possessions, averaging a league-best 32.0 defensive rebounds per game to rank sixth in the nation. The Aggies also lead the Mountain West in defensive rebounding percentage (.806).

• Utah State is also tops in the MW in scoring offense (84.0), field goal percentage (.494), scoring defense (66.0) and defensive field goal percentage (.365) and must not be underestimated.
Play on Utah State to cover

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Jimmy Boyd

Dec 20 '18, 8:00 PM in 1h
NCAA-F | Marshall vs South Florida
Play on: South Florida +3 -105 at Bovada

1* Free NCAAF Pick on South Florida Bulls +
I'll take the points here with South Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl. The Bulls couldn't have ended the season much worse than they did. USF lost 5 straight after starting the season 7-0. It also seems likely that the Bulls won't have starting quarterback Blake Barnett, who was downgraded to questionable.
While South Florida was never as good as their 7-0 start, they also aren't as bad as their 5-game losing streak. The thing you have to keep in mind is the schedule was absolutely brutal to close out the year. They had to play Houston, Cincinnati, Temple and UCF in the final 5 and the other was against a bowl-bound Tulane team.
Marshall was one of the better teams in C-USA, but the conference as a whole was down from last year and we saw them really struggle in their two step up games. They lost by 17 at home to NC State and got annihilated 41-20 by a pretty mediocre Virginia Tech team in the finale.
I think there's a lot of motivation here for Charlie Strong's team to win this game and get some positive vibes going into the offseason. I also think the Bulls have a massive edge here with this game being played on their home field. Take USF!

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Doug Upstone

Dec 20 '18, 8:05 PM in 1h
NBA | Rockets vs Heat
Play on: OVER 209½ -110

In the NBA on Thursday night, Play Over on road teams when the total is 209 or higher like HOUSTON, off a home win by 10 points or more, against opponent off two or more consecutive road wins. In the last 21 years, teams like the Rockets are 23-3 OVER, 88.5 percent!

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Frank Sawyer

Dec 20 '18, 8:05 PM in 1h
NBA | Rockets vs Heat
Play on: Rockets -3 -105 at pinnacle

Take the Houston Rockets minus the points versus the Miami Heat. Miami (13-16) pulled off their second-straight upset victory on Sunday with their 102-96 win in New Orleans. Now the Heat return home for the first time since December 4th — and they have failed to cover the point spread in 16 of their last 22 games after playing at least the last seven days on the road. Miami has also failed to cover the point spread 7 of their last 9 games at home. Houston (15-14) has won five straight games with their 136-118 win over Washington last night as an 11-point favorite. The Rockets are then 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 games after a straight-up win — and they are 6-2-1 ATS in their last 9 games after a point spread victory. Lay the points with Houston. Best of luck — Frank.

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Brandon Lee

Dec 20 '18, 8:05 PM in 1h
NBA | Rockets vs Heat
Play on: Rockets -3½ -104 at pinnacle

10* FREE NBA PICK (Rockets -3.5)
I just can't pass up playing the Rockets at this price. I know Houston will be on no rest after playing last night at home against the Wizards, but this team has something special going on right now. They have won 5 straight and during the winning streak we have seen James Harden return to playing at an MVP level and last night the Rockets set a new NBA-record with 26 made 3-pointers. It's also worth pointing out that Houston was in control of that game last night against Washington, so while guys played big minutes, they weren't stressful minutes. I'm not expecting them to blowout Miami, all we need is for them to basically win the game to get the cover. Give me the Rockets -3.5!

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Kenny Walker

Dec 20 '18, 10:00 PM in 3h
NCAA-B | Pepperdine vs Long Beach State
Play on: Pepperdine +5½ -109 at GTBets

Free Pick on Pepperdine

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Mark Wilson

Dec 20 '18, 10:00 PM in 3h
NCAA-B | Pepperdine vs Long Beach State
Play on: Long Beach State -3½ -109 at YouWager

Free Play on Long Beach State -3½ -109