Date | W/L |
2/1/2025 - NBA | WINNER |
This is a play on the PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Phoenix is coming off a road win at Golden St. last night and has now won four of its last five games and this is the letdown coming three marquee games against the Clippers, Timberwolves and Warriors. The Suns are now three games over .500 which is a huge disappointment with this roster yet they remain overpriced as they are 17-29-1 ATS on thew season which is tied with Washington for the worst record in the league. Compounding the fact they are off three big games, Phoenix is 1-8 ATS off a road win while going 4-12 ATS against teams with a losing record. Portland has quietly put together its best run of the season as it has won six of seven games while covering all seven of these games, only failing the get the number against Oklahoma City. This is a streak we typically would go against but not here as the Blazers are still getting the value based on the Phoenix skewed number again. Here, we play on home teams after two straight wins by 10 points or more going up against an opponent after a win by 15 points or more. This situation is 40-12 (76.9 percent) since 2021 with a scoring differential of +7.6 ppg. 10* (564) Portland Trail Blazers |
2/1/2025 - College Basketball | WINNER |
This is a play on the NEVADA WOLF PACK for our CBB Saturday Late Powerhouse. It is time for Nevada to wake up as the Wolf Pack have lost three straight games to fall to 3-7 in the Mountain West Conference. The recent three losses have come against the top three teams in the conference NET Rankings and all by double digits after dropping their first four MWC games by 11 points combined. They are 1-9 against the number in their conference games which has been a result of a tough road schedule and being overvalued at home earlier this month but we are seeing the markets adjust and this one is a must with three very winnable games on deck. UNLV has dropped three straight games to fall to 5-5 in the conference but it has played well during this recent skid with the losses coming by nine points combined and that is keeping this number within reason. The Rebels have covered four of their last five games including both on the road but they were getting 10.5 points in each of those games. This one is a Quad 2 game, just outside Quad 1 and UNLV is 2-9 in these quadrants and heads to Reno as the wrong time for a rivalry game. 10* (804) Nevada Wolf Pack |
2/1/2025 - College Basketball | WINNER |
This is a play on the UC RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS for our Big West Game of the Month. We played against the Mustangs on Thursday and they went to Bakersfield and won the game outright so now we get the letdown. Cal Poly opened the season 5-4 in the non-conference portion of its schedule and then it started going downhill as they went 1-10 in their next 11 games with the only win coming at home against No. 327 ranked Denver by one point in overtime. Cal Poly has won two straight games but against teams just directly in front of them in the conference NET Rankings and remain on the road against one of the hottest teams in the Big West Conference. UC Riverside pulled off two big home upsets against UC San Diego and UC Irvine and was able to carry than momentum forward as it has won two straight since then to improve to 7-3 in the conference. Those three losses all came in unison at the start of January including a home loss against Hawaii, its only home loss of the season. The Highlanders do have a rematch with UC San Diego on the road on deck but this one cannot be let go to stay within the conference race. 10* (790) UC Riverside Highlanders |
2/1/2025 - College Basketball | WINNER |
This is a play on the GRAND CANYON ANTELOPES for our CBB Saturday Revenge Rout. Utah Valley did it again as it won another close road game last Saturday at Seattle to improve to 7-0 in the Western Athletic Conference. The Wolverines overall have won 10 straight games and have nine straight covers in the lined games over this stretch. They remain on the road where they are 6-5 and the three wins on the highway within the conference have been by 11 points combined against teams No. 170 or lower in the NET Rankings. Now comes the real test and while they do have the rest advantage having been off a week, that could actually hurt the momentum it has built up. Grand Canyon had an incredible season a year ago and it came in as the clear favorites to win the WAC once again. The Antelopes are 16-5 overall with two of those losses coming in their first four games and two more in mid-December away from home. The most recent loss was their second conference game at Utah Valley by eight points and they will be out to prove the conference still runs through here and they have had this game circled for over three weeks. 10* (780) Grand Canyon Antelopes |
2/1/2025 - NBA | LOSER |
This is a play on the ORLANDO MAGIC for our NBA Supreme Annihilator. Orlando is in a funk as it has lost its first two games on this six-game roadtrip and is just 1-7 over its last eight games to fall under .500 for the season. The Magic have been hit with injuries all season but Paulo Banchero and Franz Wagner are both back and they hope to get Jalen Suggs back tonight as well as he is questionable. Orlando has struggled on the road at 9-16 but this is a good spot against a struggling banged up team and they have gone 17-9 against teams ranked outside the top 16. Utah has lost eight straight games while failing to cover their last four games and as much as we would love to buck that negative run, this team has moved down to the third worst team in the league. The Jazz have won three home games all season and just one since November 23rd and that was against Brooklyn by a point. This is a payback spot for Orlando which lost at home just over three weeks ago by 13 points. Here, we play on road favorites revenging a home loss, off an upset loss by 10 points or more as a favorite. This situation is 26-5 (83.9 percent) since 2021 with a scoring differential of +11.5 ppg. 10* (549) Orlando Magic |
2/1/2025 - College Basketball | WINNER |
This is a play on the INDIANA ST. SYCAMORES as part of our CBB Mid-Afternoon Triple Play. Indiana St. snapped a six-game losing streak with a win against Missouri St. on Wednesday and now the Sycamores are back on the road where they are 3-5 and catching a solid number in a great spot. They are certainly not the same team from last season that rolled through the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and now at just 4-7, there will be no letdown from that win over the Bears. They come in 0-4 in Quad 2 games which is where this one falls and three of those have been competitive with losses by five points or less including a four-point loss at Illinois St. in the lone road game. This is a play against Illinois Chicago more than anything as it is coming off a monster upset at Bradley by 23 points which got its revenge from a one point loss at home against the Braves earlier this season. Not only are we catching the Flames in the ultimate letdown spot, they are 11-1 ATS in their last 12 games so it took a massive upset to get the markets to adjust which they are doing here and we will gladly take these points. 10* (661) Indiana St. Sycamores <p> This is a play on the CENTRAL FLORIDA KNIGHTS as part of our CBB Mid-Afternoon Triple Play. Central Florida is coming off a tough loss at Kansas on Tuesday as it fell by four points and that was a game the Knights were jacked for after losing at home by 51 points to the Jayhawks nearly a month ago. They are back home where they are 2-1 in three home games since that Kansas loss with the lone defeat coming against Houston by only one point and those are the only two home losses on the season and it does include a solid win over Texas A&M. This is the first Quad 2 home game for the Knights and they are catching a great number. BYU has heated up with three straight wins following a 1-4 run to improve to 5-4 in the Big 12 Conference and the Cougars are back on the road where they own just one victory. That has come during this recent winning streak and it was at Colorado which is now 0-9 in the conference. All four losses have come in Quad 1 and Quad 2 games and this one sneaks into the Quad 1 category so while a win would be huge, the situation is horrible for BYU. 10* (706) Central Florida Knights <p> This is a play on the SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES as part of our CBB Mid-Afternoon Triple Play. Southern Mississippi returned home following a four-game roadtrip and had to face the top ranked team in the Sun Belt Conference and it resulted in a 13-point loss. The Golden Eagles remain home where they are 8-2, the other loss coming against Lamar by four points back in mid-December. They are in a logjam of 10 teams separated by two games for third and fourth place and things do not get easier with four more road games on deck so this one is huge. Georgia Southern played a decent game on Thursday at Troy as it lost by seven points but covered the big number and the Eagles have now lost two straight games following a three-game winning streak. Two of those wins were against Coastal Carolina and the other against Old Dominion, two of the four bottom ranked teams in the conference and they remain on the road where they are 3-8. Georgia Southern is 2-1 in Quad 4 road games but all three of these games were against teams No. 300 or worse in the NET Rankings and the two wins were by five points combined, one of those coming in overtime. 10* (712) Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles |
2/1/2025 - College Basketball | LOSER |
This is a play on the IOWA ST. CYCLONES for our CBB Saturday Supreme Annihilator. Iowa St. is coming off a brutal loss at Arizona as the Wildcats nailed a three-pointer past half court as time expired to force overtime and they could not miss after that. The Cyclones are back home in what would normally be a tough spot with a game at Kansas on deck on Monday but after that loss, it is smash time. That was their second road loss, the first coming at West Virginia, and they followed that up by heading home and drilling UCF by 25 points. They have been absolutely dominant at home and they will not take their foot off the gas in this game. Kansas St. comes in on a two-game winning streak, both wins at home against West Virginia and Oklahoma St. by double digits and the Wildcats have now covered five straight games which includes a pair of covers on the road at Kansas and Baylor and now comes the toughest of the bunch. They are 0-6 on the road overall with four of those coming by double digits and a team feeling good about themselves can often be a detriment in spots like this. 10* (648) Iowa St. Cyclones |
2/1/2025 - College Basketball | LOSER |
This is a play on the MISSISSIPPI ST. BULLDOGS for our CBB Saturday Signature Enforcer. Mississippi St. is coming off another tough loss as it fell at home against Alabama by four points and it has now lost four of its last six games to fall to 4-4 in the Southeastern Conference. The Bulldogs had another tough loss at home against Kentucky by five points which was the first game of this recent skid and we can blame the schedule as the four losses have come against teams No. 10, No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6 in the NET Rankings and while this is another Quad 1 game, they are 4-0 in this quadrant against teams outside the top ten and three of those were actually on the road. Missouri is having a surprisingly strong season after going 0-18 in the conference last season as the Tigers are 5-2 and on pace for an NCAA Tournament berth. The Tigers are coming off a home win over Mississippi and they are on a 6-1 ATS run which is helping with the number. They somehow pulled off an upset at Florida by one point but they have lost their three other road games by 8, 16 and 12 points and they head to Starkville at the wrong time. 10* (626) Mississippi St. Bulldogs |
2/1/2025 - College Basketball | LOSER |
This is a play on the VILLANOVA WILDCATS for our CBB Saturday Contrarian Crusher. Villanova is back home following a 13-point loss at Marquette to make it four losses in its last five games to drop to 5-5 in the Big East Conference. The Wildcats have been off for a week which was good timing coming on the heels of this current skid. Three of those losses were on the road with the lone home loss coming by one point against Georgetown which was their last home game where they are now 10-2, the other loss coming against Columbia in early November when the Lions could not lose. Villanova is 0-5 ATS during this run and that is where part of the value is. The other part is that Creighton is playing its best basketball of the season as it has won a season high six straight games while also covering its last seven games, also playing into the value. There has been only one good win during this run which was a road victory at Connecticut but it is clearly evident this Huskies team is not the same. The Bluejays now have a pair of tricky road games. the other against Providence before a three-game stretch of Marquette, Connecticut and St. John’s. 10* (612) Villanova Wildcats |
2/1/2025 - College Basketball | LOSER |
This is a play on the WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS for our CBB Saturday Afternoon Dominator. Wake Forest was riding a six-game winning streak and then Duke came to town and while the Demon Deacons played a great game with a chance to pull off the upset, the Blue Devils pulled away at the end in the seven-point win. The Wake Forest response was not good as it went to Louisville and could not get out of the gate, trailing by 24 points at halftime and now the Demon Deacons are back home for a game it absolutely needs where they are 10-1 and they drop down to a Quad 2 game in which they are a perfect 3-0. Pittsburgh has been on the opposite side of things as it was on a four-game losing streak before going to Syracuse and winning by four points and followed that up by pulling away late in an eight-point home win over North Carolina. The Panthers are back on the road where they are 3-3 with the three losses all coming by double digits including the lone Quad 2 road game at Florida St., a 12-point defeat. They are one of the last four teams into the NCAA Tournament so this is a big game but the situation and venue do not help. 10* (606) Wake Forest Demon Deacons |