The Virginia Tech Hokies have dropped their last two contests, but prior to that did get a nice win over Michigan State Spartans. They played Duke tough last season going 1-1 with the defeat being by only two points. They’ve covered the last three versus the Blue Devils – Can they make it four? Get our prognosticator’s prediction.
The Buckeyes have been a covering machine getting the money in six of their seven contests. The Tar Heels have been the eating their backers’ bankrolls with only two point spread covers in their seven games. UNC is a four-point favorite for this game. Are they still overvalued?
The Pac-12 Championship may end up being a one-sided affair. The Oregon Ducks are talented on paper, but always seem to struggle on the road and versus good teams. The Utah Utes have been a finely tuned machine, winning 11 of 12 games and covering 75% of their games at a 9-3 clip. Expect more of the same from both of these teams.
With Cassius Stanley now injured, Duke is in danger of becoming a two-man show again, and that wasn’t good enough to beat Michigan State a year ago. The Spartans have two losses on the season, but they did come against potential tournament teams. Read on to get college hoops handicapper Dan’s suggested wager.
Two unbeatens take to the court at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville when the Wolverines visit the Cards on Tuesday night. The college basketball board has the host Louisville as a 5 to 5.5 point favorite. MICH has been padding their backers’ bankrolls with four straight covers. Can they make it five?
The odds on this match opened with the Illini listed as a -8 favorite on the point spread line with the O/U line offered up at 146.5 points. Illinois comes into this match with a strong 6-1 record, but they lost their only game against what could be considered a quality opponent. Read on to see where Dan is placing his money.
It appears that the Blazers were overvalued this season, going 4-1 straight up but a dismal 1-4 against the spread. These squads had three common opponents this season with UK going 3-0 winning by 8, 20 and 25 while UAB went just 2-1 winning by seven and nine points. The spread on this game is a formidable 21 points.
Arizona has yet to taste defeat going 6-0 and they’ve been destroying opponents with all but one win being by 30 or more points. They’ve already done the overconfident game against San Diego State where they couldn’t hit a three shooting just 17.6% from behind the arc. They’ll have to be motivated to get by the -25 line.
UCF has won four of their last five games, but appear to be overvalued going just 1-4 versus the spread. They take on USF who has had a disastrous recording only four wins on the campaign. Can the Bulls come up with a big effort to end their season on a positive note?
Oregon has yet to taste defeat this winning all of five matches and padding bettors’ bankrolls with a 4-1 against the spread record. The Ducks with their strong guard may cause the Pirates fits if they can dictate tempo and Seton hall did lose their only real test this season.