Service Plays Friday 3/19/21

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Matt Severance

WINTHROP @ VILLANOVA | 03/19 | 11:11 AM EDT
WINTHROP +6.5
ANALYSIS: South Region game between the No. 5 Wildcats and No. 12 Eagles. I believe this line is completely out of whack and will not be the least bit surprised if Winthrop, which is 23-1 and won the Big South regular season and conference tournament titles, takes this outright. Villanova just isn't the same since losing star point guard Collin Gillespie to a season-ending knee injury on March 3. The Cats dropped their final two without him and those were to teams (Providence, Georgetown) that aren't as good as Winthrop is.

+2742 109-74-1 IN LAST 184 CBB ATS PICKS
+300 3-0 IN LAST 3 NOVA ATS PICKS
9:59 PM

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Matt Severance

SYRACUSE @ SAN DIEGO ST | 03/19 | 9:40 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO ST -2.5
ANALYSIS: Midwest Region game between No. 11 Orange and No. 6 Aztecs. Have you seen Syracuse play away from the Carrier Dome this season? Just awful. It's always better to face the Orange on the first game of a weekend instead of the second -- i.e. Round 1 instead of Round 2. Why? You get all week to prepare for that unusual zone defense instead of just 24 hours. San Diego State enters on a 14-game winning streak and is an excellent defensive club itself. The Aztecs are 4-1 ATS in their past five NCAA Tournament games.

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8:36 AM

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Larry Hartstein

HARTFORD @ BAYLOR | 03/19 | 3:30 PM EDT
HARTFORD +26
ANALYSIS: Baylor knows it has a difficult matchup on deck, against the winner of North Carolina and Wisconsin. The Bears should be happy to win by 20 and preserve themselves a bit for that bigtime matchup. Hartford comes in on a 5-0 SU and ATS win streak, and the America East winner has covered its last three NCAA Tournament games. Grab the points.

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3:04 PM

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R. VENO

Game: (755) Cleveland State at (756) Houston
Date/Time: Mar 19 2021 7:15 PM EDT
Betting Line Provider: Consensus Line
Play Rating: 5%
Play: Cleveland State +20.0 (-110)







PLAY: 5% Cleveland State (+20) vs. Houston
Siding with the underdog Cleveland State here in what projects to be a methodical, defensive-oriented contest. Cleveland State HC Dennis Gates (Horizon Coach of the Year for 2nd straight season) has mirrored his program after Leonard Hamilton’s Florida State team where he was an assistant for eight seasons. Vikings relentless & competitive mentality should serve them well here vs. like-minded Houston. CSU defense has the legitimate opportunity here since they feature a pair of strong guard/swing defenders in 6’4” Tre Gomillion (Horizon Defensive POY) and 6’4” D’Moi Hodge plus shot-blocker Deante Johnson. Overall speed, quickness & athletic matchups are good here since each team’s personnel is constructed in a similar style. Cleveland State’s ability to defend the three-point arc is important here (36th in the country allowing 30.8%) since Houston generates nearly 36% of its points from long distances. Vikings offensive approach of penetrating the lane has them 40th in the nation in point production on two-pointers and could draw Houston into foul trouble. CSU also above average in turning teams over so they possess multiple likable qualities in this contest. Concerns here are UH’s tenacious defense along with the rebounding & free throw shooting disparities. UH has dominated the offensive boards this season while Cleveland State has been weak in defensive rebounding and seven of Houston’s top nine contributors shoot 70% or better from the foul line compared to three of nine for the Vikings. Expecting 100% focused & motivated effort from CSU and there is the potential that as a 20 point favorite we might see less than that out of Houston. HC Gates who has been here seven times with FSU was recruited by UH HC Kelvin Sampson so there’s a little ‘dog motivation there as well. Like the defensive-minded veteran-led underdog (5 upper-class starters) to make this game closer than the asking price indicates.

Recommendation: Cleveland State +20

[rocky57]

Mid-American Sports - Raiderman

CBB
Colgate +8.5
Virginia Tech pk
Wisconsin +1.5
Oregon State +8.5
Loyola Chicago -5.5
Rutgers -1.5

[rocky57]

Kevin Rogers - Vegasinsider

CBB
San Diego State -3
Oregon State +8.5
Purdue -7.5

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Matt Severance

WINTHROP @ VILLANOVA | 03/19 | 11:11 AM EDT
WINTHROP +6.5
ANALYSIS: South Region game between the No. 5 Wildcats and No. 12 Eagles. I believe this line is completely out of whack and will not be the least bit surprised if Winthrop, which is 23-1 and won the Big South regular season and conference tournament titles, takes this outright. Villanova just isn't the same since losing star point guard Collin Gillespie to a season-ending knee injury on March 3. The Cats dropped their final two without him and those were to teams (Providence, Georgetown) that aren't as good as Winthrop is.

+2742 109-74-1 IN LAST 184 CBB ATS PICKS
+300 3-0 IN LAST 3 NOVA ATS PICKS
9:59 PM

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Matt Severance

SYRACUSE @ SAN DIEGO ST | 03/19 | 9:40 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO ST -2.5
ANALYSIS: Midwest Region game between No. 11 Orange and No. 6 Aztecs. Have you seen Syracuse play away from the Carrier Dome this season? Just awful. It's always better to face the Orange on the first game of a weekend instead of the second -- i.e. Round 1 instead of Round 2. Why? You get all week to prepare for that unusual zone defense instead of just 24 hours. San Diego State enters on a 14-game winning streak and is an excellent defensive club itself. The Aztecs are 4-1 ATS in their past five NCAA Tournament games.

+2742 109-74-1 IN LAST 184 CBB ATS PICKS
8:36 AM

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Matt Severance

COLGATE @ ARKANSAS | 03/19 | 12:45 PM EDT
COLGATE +10
ANALYSIS: No. 14 Colgate vs. No. 3 Arkansas from South Region. This might be the most "off" spread of the first round as the Raiders are an excellent team and have an NCAA NET ranking of No. 9 nationally -- the Razorbacks are 14th. I'm not saying the Patriot League Tournament champions will knock off the Hogs, but it certainly won't surprise me and I can't imagine Colgate loses by double digits. This might be the most entertaining first-round matchup in terms of styles as both play super-fast and score a ton of points.

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11:31 AM

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Larry Hartstein

HARTFORD @ BAYLOR | 03/19 | 3:30 PM EDT
HARTFORD +26
ANALYSIS: Baylor knows it has a difficult matchup on deck, against the winner of North Carolina and Wisconsin. The Bears should be happy to win by 20 and preserve themselves a bit for that bigtime matchup. Hartford comes in on a 5-0 SU and ATS win streak, and the America East winner has covered its last three NCAA Tournament games. Grab the points.

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+90 2-1 IN LAST 3 BAYLOR ATS PICKS
3:04 PM

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Larry Hartstein

ORAL ROBERTS @ OHIO ST. | 03/19 | 3:00 PM EDT
ORAL ROBERTS +16.5
ANALYSIS: Oral Roberts played a tough nonconference schedule so the Golden Eagles won't be awed by Ohio State. Max Abmas leads Oral Roberts with 24.2 points and 3.7 assists per game and shoots 43.3 percent from deep; there aren't many better guards in the nation. The Buckeyes are not elite defensively. Oral Roberts, which ranks 20th nationally in scoring, can put up enough points to cover.

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12:51 PM

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Matt Severance

VA. TECH @ FLORIDA | 03/19 | 12:15 PM EDT
FLORIDA PK
ANALYSIS: No. 7 Gators vs. No. 10 Hokies in South Region first-round play. Maybe no Power 5 school had its season more disrupted by COVID than Tech, which has played only three games since Feb. 7. In addition, the team remains without a key rotation guy in Jalen Cone. The guard averaged 9.2 points off the bench (started four games), hitting 34.9% of his 3-point attempts. Florida, meanwhile, at least enters having played a mostly normal schedule if not playing great of late. KenPom ranks the Gators No. 37 nationally and the Hokies 50th. That's enough for me in a pick'em.

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2:38 PM

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Micah Roberts

VA. TECH @ FLORIDA | 03/19 | 12:15 PM EDT
VA. TECH PK
ANALYSIS: Florida has failed to cover its last four games, losing three, and barely beating Vanderbilt (+8.5). The Gators somehow beat West Virginia in Morgantown but came back in their next game to lose at home to South Carolina (+7.5). That is my immediate thought about the Gators: inconsistency. Virginia Tech had COVID-19 issues to deal with that slowed momentum from a great season, but I think another week of practice does the Hokies well in this spot. I bet Virginia Tech.

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3:00 PM

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Micah Roberts

GEORGIA TECH @ LOYOLA-CHI. | 03/19 | 4:00 PM EDT
LOYOLA-CHI. -3
ANALYSIS: Loyola-Chicago went 16-9 ATS and 24-4 straight-up. Georgia Tech has won eight straight and covered eight of its last nine. Loyola has the No. 1 scoring defense in the nation at 55 ppg and allows only 40 percent shooting. The Ramblers also shoot 50 percent from the field from the field, good for fifth-best in the nation. Loyola is one of the most polished teams in the Tournament and it gets the cover.

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4:03 PM

LIBERTY @ OKLAHOMA ST. | 03/19 | 6:25 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA ST. -7.5
ANALYSIS: Oklahoma State just had its eight-game cover streak snapped on Saturday by Texas. The Cowboys have been underdogs in their last eight games, and the last time they laid points was in a 76-58 win against Iowa State on Feb. 16. They beat West Virginia twice and split with Baylor (2-0 ATS) in the last two weeks. Liberty has won its last 12 games, but I perceive value with the Cowboys. Oklahoma State to win by double digits.

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3:54 PM

MOREHEAD ST. @ W. VIRGINIA | 03/19 | 9:50 PM EDT
MOREHEAD ST. +12.5
ANALYSIS: I believe the Ohio Valley Conference was good enough to warrant two invites. Morehead State (19-9 ATS) was the last team standing, but Belmont and Eastern Kentucky also could've done some damage in the Tournament. The Eagles have won 19 of their last 20 games and each of the last seven, including two meetings with Belmont and one with EKU. Defense (40 percent shooting allowed) is what will get them another cover on Friday. This is a possible upset special. I took the points with Morehead State for now.

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3:29 PM