Service Plays Saturday 1/22/22

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Thank you

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Big ALSUN BELT CONF. GAME OF THE YEAR! UL Lafayett

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Jason Sharpe

6* TN -3.5

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Scott Spreitzer

7* Texas -8.5
3* Grand Canyon -1.5
3* Alabama -18
3* Calgary -120

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Doug Upstone

5* GB -5.5

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PickersMx

La Barba Pickers
100 Dimes NFL
Cincinnati Bengals +4

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Allen Eastman

4* GB -5.5

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Strike Point Sports (SPS)
College Basketball

5u Auburn -4
4u Baylor -3
2u Mississippi +11
4u NC Central -8
3u East Carolina +19.5
1u LSU +6
7u Oral Roberts -6.5
1u Texas A&M +9
4u Montana state -4

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Doc's Sports
NHL

3u Buffalo +115
2u o6 Winnipeg / Boston
2u Nashville -1.5 +115

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Robert Ferringo

2-Unit Play. Take #619 George Washington (+15.5) over Rhode Island (12:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
1-Unit Play. Take #622 Florida (-6.5) over Vanderbilt (1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
5-Unit Play. Take #632 Auburn (-3.5) over Kentucky (1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
1-Unit Play. Take #652 Georgia State (-5.5) over Coastal Carolina (2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
2-Unit Play. Take #654 Central Florida (-6) over Tulane (2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
2-Unit Play. Take #657 Southern Mississippi (+14.5) over Middle Tennessee (2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
1-Unit Play. Take #662 VCU (-11.5) over St. Joseph's (2:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
2-Unit Play. Take #674 Arkansas State (+1) over Texas State (3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
1-Unit Play. Take #675 Detroit (Pk) over Milwaukee (3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
2-Unit Play. Take #679 Baylor (-3) over Oklahoma (3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
3-Unit Play. Take #687 Georgia (+10) over South Carolina (3:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
2-Unit Play. Take #697 Montana (-5.5) over Northern Arizona (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
1-Unit Play. Take #700 Iowa State (-6.5) over TCU (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
3-Unit Play. Take #702 Kansas State (+6.5) over Kansas (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
2-Unit Play. Take #706 James Madison (-3) over Charleston (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
3-Unit Play. Take #713 Mississippi (+11.5) over Mississippi State (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
1-Unit Play. Take #718 Florida Atlantic (-3.5) over Marshall (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
3-Unit Play. Take #731 Richmond (-6.5) over LaSalle (4:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
4-Unit Play. Take #750 Tennessee (-5.5) over LSU (6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
4-Unit Play. Take #753 East Carolina (+19) over Houston (6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
2-Unit Play. Take #768 Wofford (-1.5) over Furman (7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
2-Unit Play. Take #775 Southern Illinois (+4.5) over Bradley (8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
3-Unit Play. Take #783 North Carolina (+1.5) over Wake Forest (8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
4-Unit Play. Take #796 Arkansas (-8.5) over Texas A&M (8:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
7-Unit Play. Take #799 UCLA (-3) over Colorado (9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
2-Unit Play. Take #806 San Diego State (-4) over Boise State (9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)
2-Unit Play. 5-POINT TEASER: Take #731 Richmond (-1.5) over LaSalle (4:30 p.m.) AND Take #702 Kansas State (+11.5) over Kansas (4 p.m.)
1-Unit Play. 5-POINT TEASER: Take #662 VCU (-11.5) over St. Joseph's (2:30 p.m.) AND Take #796 Arkansas (-3.5) over Texas A&M (8:30 p.m.)

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Jim Feist

NBA
3* #557 Sacramento +10.5

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Executive has 600%! Can U find it CPAW? TIA

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Al Demarco
15 Dimes Packers -5.5

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Robert Ferringo

Down 77.9 units on the year

2-Unit Play. Take #605 West Virginia (+8) over Texas Tech (Noon, Saturday, Jan. 22)

This is too many points for Texas Tech to lay out. These two teams are both defensive grinders. I see this being a low-scoring game so these points have a lot of extra value. Bob Huggins has lost back-to-back games. His teams don't lose three in a row very often. Maybe they will here, but they won't go down without a fight. Their last two losses were against Kansas and Baylor - two of the 10 best teams in the nation. Nothing Texas Tech is going to bring the table in this game is anything that WVU hasn't seen. WVU isn't a chump team. They will come to play in this game and I don't see them getting run by double-digits.

2-Unit Play. Take #619 George Washington (+15.5) over Rhode Island (12:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

Rhode Island beat LaSalle 56-54 in their last game, as a 13-point favorite. Last month they beat Sacred Heart 72-62 as a 16-point favorite. That's it. That's the extend of this team playing as a double-digit favorite. George Washington is a trash pile. But URI has a long way to go before it proves that it can lay this type of number.

2-Unit Play. Take #622 Florida (-6.5) over Vanderbilt (1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

The Gators have come up short time after time against top-tier competition. They haven't been able to snag that staple win at home. But I still think this is a very solid team that is better than its record. They have won back-to-back games against South Carolina and Miss State by 8 points apiece. I think that both of those squads are better than Vandy. The Commodores are coming off a max effort against in-state rival Tennessee, losing 68-60 at home in that one. Vandy lost Rodney Chatman, who was supposed to be one of their top players this season, and they haven't shown that they can knock off a top tier SEC team.

5-Unit Play. Take #632 Auburn (-3.5) over Kentucky (1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

I think that the Wildcats are frauds. They are 15-3 on the season. But they played a candy cane nonconference schedule. And their SEC resume to this point is mediocre at best. The Wildcats have only played four road games this year. They lost two of them and barely escaped College Station with a win (1-3 ATS on the road this year). Kentucky has played great at home against overmatched opponents. But if they can lose to Notre Dame on the road I think they can lose at Auburn. I think that the Tigers should be ranked No. 1 in the country right now. The voters jumped Gonzaga over them last week, despite Auburn's 14-game winning streak. Do you think Bruce Pearl hasn't been using that snub as motivation all this week? Auburn is supremely talented. And I've seen them go rip-shit riot on teams that wander into their gym. The crowd is going to be going nuts because Kentucky is in the house. And Auburn is going to be motivated to prove that they should be the No. 1 team in the county. I think the Tigers are going to blitz Kentucky here and Auburn will either lose this game outright or win by double-digits. I'll bet on the latter.

1-Unit Play. Take #652 Georgia State (-5.5) over Coastal Carolina (2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

The Panthers came up short at home against Appalachian State on Thursday for a fourth straight loss. That is also their second straight home loss. This group has been too good for too long in its own gym. I think they are desperate after starting league play 0-3 and I don't see them losing three straight Sun Belt home games.

2-Unit Play. Take #654 Central Florida (-6) over Tulane (2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

2-Unit Play. Take #657 Southern Mississippi (+14.5) over Middle Tennessee (2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

Southern Miss is a garbage pile. However, the one thing they can do is play some defense. Middle Tennessee is not a great offensive team and I don't see them putting enough together on that end to run away with this one. This team played UT-Martin - one of the worst teams in the country - in a home and home in December. They won those two games by 12 and 11 points. MTSu is just 4-5 SU in its last nine games and their wins have come by 9, 4, 13 and 11 points.

1-Unit Play. Take #662 VCU (-11.5) over St. Joseph's (2:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

2-Unit Play. Take #674 Arkansas State (+1) over Texas State (3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

The wrong team is favored in this game. Texas State is a grinding defensive team. That style doesn't play well on the road, as indicated by their road losses of 25, 19 and 33 points. Over the last two months Texas State has one win over a Top 200 team - a four-point win over UL-L at home. Arkansas State has just two losses since Thanksgiving - a loss at Texas Tech and an OT loss at UL-L. They are 9-2 in their last 11 and have had the upper hand in this series. I think the Red Wolves win this one easily.

1-Unit Play. Take #675 Detroit (Pk) over Milwaukee (3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

2-Unit Play. Take #679 Baylor (-3) over Oklahoma (3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

The Bears had their hiccup, losing two in a row last week. I have zero doubt that this team is over it, though, and they are still one of the best teams in the nation. I think Porter Moser is an excellent coach and he'll do a good job in Norman. But right now his team is overmatched. Baylor isn't taking any game for granted and they aren't overlooking anyone. The Bears defense should smother a Sooners offense that turns the ball over way, way too much. This will be a close game. But Baylor is the better side and they will pull away late for a 6-8-point win.

3-Unit Play. Take #687 Georgia (+10) over South Carolina (3:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

Georgia is a complete and total dumpster fire. Tom Crean will be fired about 15 minutes after the Bulldogs' season ends and he'll be coaching in the MAC in no time. That said, South Carolina is not the type of team that should be laying out double-digits. They are a defensive grinder and their lone win in SEC play was a two-point victory over bottom-feeder Vanderbilt. Georgia has lost seven straight games. They are desperate for anything to go right. The Bulldogs are going to lose No. 8 in a row. But I think this one ends up somewhere around 71-65 and the points will be good.

2-Unit Play. Take #697 Montana (-5.5) over Northern Arizona (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

Montana beat Portland State its last time out, but didn't cover the spread. That's not going to be the case here. Portland State shot over 50 percent in that game. Montana isn't going to allow that to happen in back-to-back games. Nothing about Northern Arizona scares me. Since Thanksgiving they have gone 0-7 against Top 330 teams (basically, they beat two of the worst 25 teams in the country) with their losses coming by 17, 23 ,5, 10, 46, 13 and 5 points. Montana is one of the best teams in the Big Sky. Northern Arizona is one of the worst. It should play out that way today.

1-Unit Play. Take #700 Iowa State (-6.5) over TCU (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

I like TCU. Mike Miles is one of the best point guards in the country that no one talks about. However, TCU has racked up a 12-3 record against a joke of a schedule. Their only Top 50 win this year is a one-point OT win at home over Oklahoma. That's it. Their only other Top 110 wins came by 3 and 4 points. TCU is playing just its fourth true road game of the year and they are coming off a tough 57-56 loss at Oklahoma State. Now they are stepping up in class to face a dangerous Iowa State team that is desperate for a win after a 2-4 league start. Three of those four losses were on the road; the fourth was against then-No. 1 Baylor. I like Iowa State here.

3-Unit Play. Take #702 Kansas State (+6.5) over Kansas (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

I'm going with the home underdog. Look, I don't like betting against Kansas in any situation. However, this is a lot of points to lay out in a serious rivalry game. Kansas State coach Bruce Weber is coaching for his job. And his team has been playing with a high level of desperation most of this season. The Wildcats are coming off back-to-back legit wins, beating Texas Tech and Texas. Kansas State is just 5-5 in its last 10 games. But those five losses have come by 1, 2, 13, 3 and 3 points. That's an average of just over four points per loss. This game is the Super Bowl for Kansas State. The Octagon will be rocking and the home team is 23-9 ATS in the last 32 meetings in this series. I think Kansas State comes to play.

2-Unit Play. Take #706 James Madison (-3) over Charleston (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

3-Unit Play. Take #713 Mississippi (+11.5) over Mississippi State (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

I don't think that Mississippi State is any good. Their nonconference schedule was a joke. They are just 3-2 in SEC play and they lost by 10 to the Rebels in the first meeting. Sure, they want to get revenge after getting embarrassed in Oxford. But I don't think that the Bulldogs have the firepower to cover this number. Ole Miss has lost three in a row and they are coming off one of their worst efforts of the year, losing by 25 at home against lowly Missouri. But this is still the team that jumped up and beat Memphis and Dayton - Top 70 teams - and you know that they will be ready to compete against their in-state rivals here. This is just too many points for a rivalry game. Miss State takes this one. But they take it by 8-10 rather than by 15-20.

1-Unit Play. Take #718 Florida Atlantic (-3.5) over Marshall (4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

3-Unit Play. Take #731 Richmond (-6.5) over LaSalle (4:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

This Richmond team is so, so much better than its record. This is one of the most experienced teams in the country. Guys like Grant Golden (age 24), Jacob Gilyard (age 23), and Nathan Cayo (age 24) are men playing against boys. They've been in this system for years and I just feel like they are starting to build some momentum. The last team ranked in the bottom 150 that the Spiders have faced was Bucknell back on Dec. 22. They won by 31. Oh, and this LaSalle team lost to that same Bucknell team - the one that Richmond beat by 31 - by 12 points. The Spiders can pick the score here.

4-Unit Play. Take #750 Tennessee (-5.5) over LSU (6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

I've bet against and ragged on this Tennessee team all season long. They deserve it. Rick Barnes is a clown and this team is overrated as hell. You know who is more overrated than the Vols, though? Yup: LSU. The Tigers are coming off a ridiculous backdoor cover at Alabama on Wednesday. They have dumped two in a row and are just 3-3 since league play started and they quit playing their joke of a nonconference slate. LSU beat Tennessee badly in the first meeting, winning 79-67 at home on Jan. 8. Tennessee is going to want revenge. And I think that they are going to get it against a young Tigers team that has lost two in a row.

4-Unit Play. Take #753 East Carolina (+19) over Houston (6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

Houston didn't cover against Wichita State on Jan. 8. Houston didn't cover against Tulsa on Jan. 15. Houston barely - barely - covered/pushed against South Florida on Jan. 18. The Cougars are trending downward. They are overvalued. This is still a legit Top 20 team. But they aren't anywhere near as good as last year's Final Four group. And the Cougars are missing two of their top four players, out for the year with injury. East Carolina hasn't lost a game by more than 10 points all year. They are not good. At all. But they have enough firepower to keep from getting run out of the building here. What is Houston's motivation in this one? I think they will show up and coast to a 13-point win here. I don't see them running the Pirates out of the gym.

2-Unit Play. Take #768 Wofford (-1.5) over Furman (7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

2-Unit Play. Take #775 Southern Illinois (+4.5) over Bradley (8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

3-Unit Play. Take #783 North Carolina (+1.5) over Wake Forest (8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

I like Wake Forest. I love Steve Forbes and he's doing a great job with this team. But the Demon Deacons shouldn't be favored here. Their only top 50 win this year was over Virginia Tech. Their two best home wins came against Northwestern and Syracuse - both in overtime. Those are two CBI teams - not even NIT-caliber! - and Wake barely escaped. North Carolina got humiliated their last time out, losing by 28 at Miami on Tuesday. Because of that, I don't expect them to overlook this game. They should be motivated. I think we have the more motivated, more talented team getting points. I'll take them.

4-Unit Play. Take #796 Arkansas (-8.5) over Texas A&M (8:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

I love me some Buzz Williams. We cashed with A&M against Kentucky their last time out and the Aggies are off to a solid start. But Arkansas has been going ape shit on opponents in Fayetteville for the last 30 years. Arkansas' last two home games: win by 44 and win by 16. I see more of the same here. A&M is in a clear letdown spot after blowing a second half lead against Kentucky on Wednesday. They have only played three road games this year and they have all come against weak sisters. A&M actually beat Arkansas in the first meeting back on Jan. 8. Turnabout is fair play. Arkansas should go nuts here.

7-Unit Play. Take #799 UCLA (-3) over Colorado (9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

I think that Colorado is a lot worse than its numbers suggest. This is a young team that beat up on a bunch of weak sisters in the nonconference. Any time they have stepped up in class they've been slapped down, losing by 12, 15, 21 and 3 points in their only four games against Top 50 opponents. UCLA coasted to a 12-point home win over the Buffs on Dec. 1. They didn't have Cody Riley in that game and I think that Riley and Myles Johnson are going to tear Colorado up on the interior.

2-Unit Play. Take #806 San Diego State (-4) over Boise State (9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22)

2-Unit Play. 5-POINT TEASER: Take #731 Richmond (-1.5) over LaSalle (4:30 p.m.) AND Take #702 Kansas State (+11.5) over Kansas (4 p.m.)

1-Unit Play. 5-POINT TEASER: Take #662 VCU (-11.5) over St. Joseph's (2:30 p.m.) AND Take #796 Arkansas (-3.5) over Texas A&M (8:30 p.m.)