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DOC SOCCER
6-Unit Play. Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga. Take Santa Clara (0.0) PK over Vitoria Guimaraes (Monday at 3:15pm). Includes 90 minutes + Injury Time. For this selection to win, Santa Clara must win the game. A draw is a PUSH as this is a TWO-WAY market.
2-Unit Play. Take #773 St. Joseph's (+22.5) over Tennessee (6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 21)
1-Unit Play. Take #779 Southern Illinois (+9.5) vs. Butler (7:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 21)
3-Unit Play. Take #781 Arkansas-Little Rock (+1) over Missouri State (8 p.m., Monday, Dec. 21)
2-Unit Play. Take #785 Murray State (-2.5) over Austin Peay (9 p.m., Monday, Dec. 21)
3-Unit Play. Take #788 Stanford (-15.5) over Cal-Bakersfield (9 p.m., Monday, Dec. 21)
4-Unit Play. Take #790 Utah State (-18.5) over San Jose State (9 p.m., Monday, Dec. 21)
7-Unit Play. Take #794 Boise State (-10.5) over New Mexico (9:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 21)
New Mexico is obviously easing into this season. They've had some coronavirus issues delay the start to their season. But these guys have only played one game against D-I competition this year. Their two games last week were against D-II pushovers so it is safe to say these guys have some things to figure out. The Lobos lost their top four scorers and rebounders from last year's disappointing team. They are now relying on a lot of untested journeymen and mediocre role players to try to save Paul Weir's job this season. I don't see it happening at all. Boise State is a team that can turn out people's lights. I am hoping they get Marcus Shaver back for this game. But even if they don't I think they have enough firepower in their backcourt to totally control this game. Boise State could actually be adding pieces in Devonaire Doutrive and Donovan Ivory, two transfers that were just declared eligible. Honestly, I don't even want them to play. Because I've seen enough with the core that Boise State has now to know that they can blow this one open.
2-Unit Play. Take #7032 BYU (-17.5) over Texas Southern (9 p.m., Monday, Dec. 21)
1-Unit Play. 5-POINT TEASER: Take #763 Wofford (+11.5) over Texas A&M (1 p.m.) AND Take #766 George Mason (-4.5) over VMI (1 p.m.)
1-Unit Play. 5-POINT TEASER: Take #784 Memphis (-4.5) over Tulsa (8 p.m.) AND Take #7010 Massachusetts (-4) over Bryant (4 p.m.)
1-Unit Play. 5-POINT TEASER: Take #778 Georgia State (-4.5) over Charleston (7 p.m.) AND Take #783 Tulsa (+14.5) over Memphis (8 p.m.)
Mike Tierney
TOP DOG
11:37 AM
APP. ST. @ NORTH TEXAS | 12/21 | 2:30 PM EST
NORTH TEXAS +21.5
MYRTLE BEACH BOWL -- The bowl season opens with the largest spread of all. Forget that the Mountaineers always win their bowls straight up and the Mean Green lose theirs. Ignore the opt-out of North Texas WR Jaelon Darden, who declared for the NFL Draft. Set aside the fact these teams hail from different levels. It’s the postseason - an unusual one, to boot - so three TDs is a boatload of points to spot. Besides, North Texas owns the nation’s seventh-ranked offense and Appalachian State is 2-9 ATS this season, including 0-5 away from home.
+525 24-17 IN LAST 41 CFB PICKS
+400 4-0 IN LAST 4 APLST ATS PICKS
Strike Point Sports
8* Arkansas little rock-pk
8-Unit Play. #781 Take Little Rock (PK) over Missouri State (8 p.m., Monday, December 21)
By sheer allotment of sports games each week, I have zero doubt Vegas takes proper amount of time to find out just how exponentially better certain mid-major NCAAB teams are to one another when two teams like this face each other. And to take it one step further, can they exactly weigh up how COVID has directly affected the flow of respective teams' schedules? Point and case this match-up. We've done a stellar job at identifying a stacked deck against certain teams where cancellations have created an uneven playing field. Our 7-U win last Thursday with Saint Louis was the standard for exactly that - overwhelming an N.C. State team who forced themselves to play a last-minute game and travelled with just nine players for a live game.
This Missouri State team had its first five games cancelled. The Bears only just played their first game of the year this past week against Division II William Jewell, in addition to a walkover contest against Northwestern State over the weekend.
Little Rock enters this season off a 21-win 2019-20, and the Trojans were ranked in the unofficial Mid-Major Top 25. Talent wise, they are closer to the Top 15. Nine of their top eleven players are back, most notably Markquis Nowell, who is not just the best player on the floor tonight but also one of the better non-power conference guards.
Missouri State was a 16-17 team a season ago, and without three of its top four scorers. At best they are a mediocre team playing in a Missouri Valley league that has completely fallen off the College Hoops radar the last half decade.
Complimenting the aforementioned Nowell, this Little Rock team has production from forwards Nicola Maric (18 ppg and 7 rpg) and Ruot Monyyong (10 ppg and 10 rpg), as well as two reliable backcourt mates in Ben Coupet, Jr. and Marko Lukic.
The Trojans are a veteran and talented group that know how to play together, and they have expectations to be an NCAA Tournament team this season. These two teams are nowhere near each other on the College Basketball spectrum, and I wouldn't blink at a double digit Sun Belt winner. Regardless of margin, Little Rock nabs another win in the non-conference before beginning league play this weekend.
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