Service Plays Thursday 2/4/21

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Larry Hartstein
SENIOR ANALYST
10:18 AM

MINNESOTA @ RUTGERS | 02/04 | 9:00 PM EST
RUTGERS -5.5
The Golden Gophers have lost all five of their road games this season, by an average of nearly 19 points. Marcus Carr shot 24.3 percent in those games, compared to 47.6 percent at home. With Rutgers' defense sparking a three-game win and cover streak -- the Scarlet Knights forced 20 turnovers in their most recent victory, at Northwestern -- I'll back them at home.

+2615 110-76-3 IN LAST 189 CBB ATS PICKS
+390 5-1 IN LAST 6 MINN ATS PICKS
+300 3-0 IN LAST 3 RUT ATS PICKS

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Mike Tierney
TOP DOG
10:06 AM

WASHINGTON ST. @ OREGON | 02/04 | 11:00 PM EST
WASHINGTON ST. +11.5
Oregon has played once in the past 26 days and lost by 11 as a nine-point favorite. The Ducks have practiced five times in that span. Expecting them to win handily after five postponements and numerous canceled practices in the interim is a reach. Another hurdle is the absence of F Eric Williams (12.3 points, 6.3 rebounds), who is stuck in COVID-19 protocols. Washington State is in prime position to improve its 4-1 ATS road record.

+800 19-10 IN LAST 29 CBB PICKS
+252 7-4-3 IN LAST 14 OREG ATS PICKS

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Larry Hartstein
SENIOR ANALYST
12:34 AM

TENNESSEE ST. @ SIUE | 02/04 | 2:00 PM EST
SIUE -1
SIU-Edwardsville is 0-2 on its current homestand, but this is a good spot for the Cougars to bounce back. Tennessee State has lost seven straight road games. And in the first meeting at Tennessee State, SIU scraped out a 67-65 win despite shooting 6 of 24 from deep and a horrific 11 of 23 at the foul line. Lay the small number.

+2615 110-76-3 IN LAST 189 CBB ATS PICKS
+190 3-1 IN LAST 4 SIUE ATS PICKS

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Mike Tierney
TOP DOG
9:51 AM

WAGNER @ ST. FRAN.-NY | 02/04 | 4:00 PM EST
ST. FRAN.-NY -2.5
Wagner is getting overly respected with this spread, given that it has won just two games this season and been idle since Jan. 15. The Seahawks have dropped all three of their road games, SU and ATS, beginning with a 33-point defeat at Seton Hall. The Terriers also endured a long break but shed the cobwebs on Saturday by ringing up 88 points against LIU in defeat.

+800 19-10 IN LAST 29 CBB PICKS

[Calidreaming]

Ben Burns
CBB Plays Over Murray State and Tennessee State
Big Al NHL Play on Toronto

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Fezzik

double-dime bet

508 MEM / 507 HOU Under 223.5 Pinnacle

The Rockets lost Harden, and that has changed this team into one that focuses on Defense!


Memphis has had some recent high scoring games, but they should still be a lower scoring team going forward.

UNDER is the play in the game!

[golden contender]

Thursday card has an Executive Level Tier 1 Side early and a 5* RPI Scale system play later on. In the NHL the headliner is the North Division play of the Month as well as a 5* 100% NBA Power System. Comp play below.


The NCAAB Comp play is on Morehead St at 7:00 Eastern. The eagles have won 9 straight including a nice road win over Murray St. Morehead has covered 8 of 11 at home vs a losing road team and Murray is not what they were in years past. In fact they are 2-5 of late on the road and have failed to cover 4 of 5 vs winning teams. Morehead St is one of the better teams in the Ohio Valley conference and they have covered 4 of 5 on Thursdays. Look for Morehead to sweep the series this year over Murray St. On Thursday a Powerful college hoops card is up and backed with an Executive Level TIER 1 Top play and a 5* RPI Scale power system play. In the NHL the North Division play of the Month is up as NHL is off to a fast 9-3 start. See us on facebook to jump on. For the NCAAB Comp play. Make it Morehead St. Rob V- GC Sports

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Vernon Croy

Minnesota Gophers +5.5 (4U)
Predators (4U)

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Raphael Esparza

Pachuca U2.5 (3U)

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Doc Sports

Conners/Steele Round 1 (4U)

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Scott Spreitzer

Murray St. -2.5 (3U)
Flames (7U)

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Indian Cowboy

Capitals O6 (3U)
Athletic Bilbao PK (3U)
Kuchar/Bradley Round 2 (4U)

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Tony George

Canadians -1.5 (4U)

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Doc Sports

5-eastern kentucky-2.5

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John Ryan

5% NCAA Best Bet

Iowa -5.5

No 7 Ohio State vs No 8 Iowa
Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA
7:00 PM EST, February 4, 2021
5% Best Bet on the Iowa Hawkeyes -5.5 points

Iowa stopped a two-game losing streak with an 84-78 win over Michigan State Tuesday. They have not covered the spread in their last three games, which is a season-high. Prior to this tough 3-game stretch, the betting flows gravitated to Iowa, but now the market has discounted Iowa far too much and today’s game offers a terrific betting opportunity.

Ohio State has caught fire winning six of their last seven games and covered the spread in five of them. Ohio State has largely outperformed expectations and is playing at unsustainable levels. They now take to the road to play the best and most efficient offense in the nation that can overwhelm any opponent at any time.

Iowa ranks no 1 in the nation in ball handling sporting a 2.097 assist-to-turnover ratio and will be facing an Ohio State defense that has posted a below-average 1.135 opponent assist-to-turnover ratio that ranks 269th nationally. Iowa moves the ball well, especially in the half-court set, and will not be met with a pressing style of defense from Ohio State. When Iowa moves the ball on offense they become even better at finding the best possible shot in each possession. Iowa looks to get the ball to Garza, of course, but the entire team is focused on getting the shot closest to the rim. Ohio State ranks 201st in allowed dunks, layups, and tip-ins.

Betting on home favorites between 3.5 and 9.5 points in a matchup involving two teams that are outscoring their opponents by eight or more points-per-game, and with the home team coming off a game in which they scored 45 or more points has earned a 75-40 ATS record good for 65.5% winning bets in games played over the last five seasons.

Iowa is an outstanding 11-2 ATS in home games facing a team, like Ohio State, who is averaging at least 21 3-point shot attempts in games played over the last two seasons. They are also 12-2 ATS in games following two consecutive games having 14 or fewer turnovers in each game.

From the machine learning applications, we learn that Ohio State is 9-37-2 ATS 80.4% when they have allowed 81 to 87 points and 12-53-2 ATS 81.5% when allowing 81 or more points.