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This is a play on the UCLA BRUINS for our CBB Thursday Late Night Cash. UCLA is playing its best basketball of the season as it is riding a season high five-game winning streak. The Bruins are in a three-way tie for second place in the Pac 12 standings at 10-5, with Oregon and Arizona St., just one half-game behind Colorado at 11-5. They are 11-4 at home including five straight wins. UCLA has gone 16-0 this season when limiting the opposition to 73 points or fewer and that is big here considering the Sun Devils average 71.3 ppg on the road. The Bruins are ranked second the Pac 12 in rebounding margin (+5.9 rpg) and No. 29, nationally. UCLA is playing with revenge following an 18-point loss earlier this month in Tempe. Arizona St. has won each of its last seven games to move into that tie for second place. Three of those wins came on the road but two of those came against two of the four worst teams in the conference and the other coming against 7-7 Stanford. 9* (680) UCLA Bruins

This is a play on the PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS for our NBA Thursday Enforcer. Portland is coming off a loss against Boston to conclude a 1-2 homestand and tonight starts a three-game roadtrip. The Blazers are 2.5 games behind Memphis for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference with an upcoming schedule that is doable as they wait for the return of Damian Lillard. They have played the second toughest schedule in the NBA thus far and going back, the Blazers are 6-2 ATS in their last eight games against teams with a winning straight up record. Indiana is coming off a 39-point win over Charlotte on Tuesday to make it three wins over its last four games. Still, the Pacers are 3-7 over their last 10 games and have played the third easiest schedule in the NBA. The Pacers are 2-5 ATS in their last seven games as a home favorite. 10* (523) Portland Trail Blazers

This is a play on the BOSTON BRUINS as part of our NHL Thursday Hat Trick. The Bruins look to snap out of their first regulation losing streak in over two months when they host the Stars on Thursday. Boston dropped its second straight regulation game on Tuesday with a 5-2 loss to Calgary. The defeat snapped a seven-game home winning streak and gave Boston its first run of regulation losses since early December. The Bruins are an NHL best 21-3-9 at home and they are 10-3 in their last 13 games against teams with a winning record. The Stars have won seven of their last nine games and six of their last eight road games and they kicked off a three-game roadtrip with a 4-1 victory at Carolina on Tuesday. They are in fourth place in the Western Conference and catch Boston at the wrong time. Here, we play on teams in the second half of the season that are averaging 3.0 or more gpg, after two straight losses by three goals or more. This situation is 36-15 (70.6 percent) over the last five seasons. 9* (40) Boston Bruins

This is a play on the OTTAWA SENATORS as part of our NHL Thursday Hat Trick. Vancouver has won two straight games including an overtime win at Montreal on Tuesday to open a four-game roadtrip. The Canucks are in good position out west as they are four points behind Vegas in the Pacific Division and are in fifth place in the Western Conference. Vancouver is just 14-15-2 on the road. The Canucks are 1-13 against the money line in their last 14 road games after winning their previous game in overtime. Ottawa has dropped four straight games including the last two on the road by one goal each. The Senators are out of the playoff picture but they are a respectable 15-13-6 at home. Ottawa is 5-0 at home when playing its 3rd game in 4 days this season. Here, we play on teams after a loss by one goal in their previous game going up against an opponent after three straight games where both teams scored three goals or more. This situation is 38-21 (64.4 percent) over the last five seasons. 9* (42) Ottawa Senators

This is a play on the SAN JOSE SHARKS as part of our NHL Thursday Hat Trick. San Jose has lost five straight games but the last four all came on the road where it is 12-18-3. The Sharks are a much more respectable 14-15-1 at home and they will be playing their second straight game with captain Logan Couture who was out since January 7th with a broken ankle. The Sharks are 5-1 in their last six games against teams with a losing record. The Devils continue their five-game roadtrip following their third straight win including a 4-1 win at Detroit on Tuesday. This run matches their longest winning streak on the season as they have failed to make it four straight. New Jersey is 13-17-0 on the road and going back, the Devils are 9-25 in their last 34 games after allowing two goals or less. Here, we play against road underdogs after successfully covering the spread in two or more consecutive games, in a game involving two teams with winning percentages between .400 and .499. This situation is 207-92 (69.2 percent) since 1996. 10* (52) San Jose Sharks

This is a play on the PURDUE BOILERMAKERS for our CBB Thursday Star Attraction. Purdue has lost four straight games including two on the road and two home losses against No. 16 Penn St. and No. 19 Michigan. The Boilermakers have fallen to 7-10 in the Big Ten but they remain at home where they are 10-4 with the only other conference loss coming against 10-6 Illinois. Purdue's 16 games against Quad-1 opponents are the most in the country and Indiana will be Quad-1 opponent number 17. Since the start of last year, Purdue has held 19 of 29 opponents at Mackey Arena under 40.0 percent shooting. Indiana has won and covered two straight games to move to 8-8 in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers are just 2-6 on the road with two wins coming against teams a combined 9-23 in the conference. The last victory for Purdue came against Indiana earlier this month and while revenge is in play for the Hoosiers, road revenge is not an option here. 10* (616) Purdue Boilermakers

This is a play on the EDMONTON OILERS for our NHL Wednesday Breakaway. Vegas has won six straight games as it has taken advantage of a stocked home schedule. The Golden Knights are 10-3-2 over their last 15 games and they hold a two-point lead over both Vancouver and the Oilers in the Pacific Division. Vegas is 3-8 in its last 11 games after scoring four goals or more in three straight games. Edmonton will be playing the second game of a back-to-back that started with a 4-3 overtime loss at Anaheim on Tuesday. The Oilers remain on the heels of the Golden Knights and a win here gets them into a tie for first place. Edmonton is a solid 18-12-3 on the road and it is 6-0 against the money line when playing on back-to-back days this season. Here, we play against home teams against the money line that are revenging a home loss, after a road game where both teams scored three or more goals. This situation is 57-25 (69.5 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (31) Edmonton Oilers

This is a play on the LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS for our NBA Wednesday Enforcer. The Clippers broke a three-game slide with a resounding 27-point win over Memphis on Monday. They remain in third place in the Western Conference, trailing second place Denver by a game and a half and the first place Lakers by 6.5 games. They have been an average road team but going back, the Clippers are 27-13 ATS in their last 40 games as a road favorite. Phoenix is coming off a pair of road wins against Chicago and Utah to move to 24-34 on the season and are now 4.5 games out of the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference. The problem is that they have to pass five teams and that just will not happen. Phoenix is 2-15 ATS in its last 17 home games after scoring 120 points or more. Here, we play against home teams revenging a road loss of 20 points or more going up against an opponent after a cover as a double digit favorite. This situation is 92-54 ATS (63 percent) since 1996. 10* (515) Los Angeles Clippers

This is a play on the VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES as part of our CBB Wednesday Trifecta. Virginia Tech is coming off a pair of losses and has now dropped seven of eight to fall to 6-10 in the ACC. The Hokies will go up against a team that has won the last three games in the rivalry including the Cavaliers getting the best of Virginia Tech, 65-39, this past January. They are now 11-5 at home and it could be better ass the last two home losses came in overtime. After committing eight turnovers in Durham on Saturday, Tech's average a game is now 9.70, which is third in the nation behind fellow ACC foe Notre Dame (9.67) and Liberty (9.69). The Cavaliers are coming off a close three-point win at Pittsburgh this past Saturday despite having 16 turnovers, overcoming the miscues with four players scoring in double figures. Virginia is now riding a four-game winning streak and has improved to 11-5 in the conference which is good for solo fourth. The Cavaliers are just 5-4 on the road while getting outscore by 2.4 ppg. 9* (810) Virginia Tech Hokies

This is a play on the SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SALUKIS as part of our CBB Wednesday Trifecta. Southern Illinois hosts Indiana St. on Wednesday with this being its final home game of the season making it Senior Night. The Salukis have clinched a first-round bye in the MVC Tournament and will play in the quarterfinal round on Friday. With a win here, they would clinch a top-four seed. Southern Illinois also has a chance to go 8-1 at home in MVC play, which would be the best mark for the program since going 8-1 in 2007-08. The Salukis are ranked ranks 9th nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 60.9 ppg and 51st in three-point field goal percentage defense. This is a revenge game following a 12-point loss at Indiana St. to open conference play. The Sycamores are coming off a pair of wins against Northern Iowa and Evansville both those were by just five combined points. They are now 9-7 in the MVC and bring in a 3-8 road record overall. This includes a 2-6 record in the conference but those two wins came against two of the three worst teams in the MVC. 9* (824) Southern Illinois Salukis

This is a play on the FLORIDA GATORS as part of our CBB Wednesday Trifecta. Florida and LSU face off for the second time this season, in a game that figures to have significant bearing on the SEC Conference Tournament seeding, what with the Tigers currently tied with Auburn for second in the standings (two games behind Kentucky) and the Gators, alone in fourth place (just one game out of second). Florida is coming off a solid effort at Kentucky but fell short as it lost by six points, snapping a three-game winning streak and a 5-1 run. The Gators have won three straight at home and are 10-3 at home on the season. Florida lost a tough one at LSU last month by a bucket and avenging that loss is priority. LSU won a big one on the road Saturday night at South Carolina, building a 19-point second-half lead and getting out of town with an 86-80 victory that stopped the bleeding of a run of four losses over the previous five SEC games. The Tigers are 5-4 on the road but only one of the conference wins was by more than six points. 10* (842) Florida Gators

This is a play on the NEW ORLEANS PELICANS for our NBA Tuesday Enforcer. On Sunday, the Lakers extended their winning streak to five games by edging the Boston Celtics 114-112 in Los Angeles. The Lakers are 20-7 at home but they are just 14-12-1 ATS as they have been overpriced numerous times and that is the case again here. The Lakers are 2-7 ATS in their last nine games playing on one day of rest. Zion Williamson, who has scored at least 20 points in eight consecutive games, sparked the Pelicans with 28 points on 13-of-20 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds in a 115-101 win over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday. New Orleans has won two straight games and five of its last six as it continues to move up the standings in the Western Conference. The Pelicans are 12-3-2 ATS in their last 17 road games. Here, we play on teams after two straight wins by 10 points or more going up against an opponent after scoring 110 points or more in four straight games. This situation is 31-15 ATS (67.4 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (585) New Orleans Pelicans

This is a play on the MINNESOTA WILD for our NHL Tuesday Breakaway. The Wild sustained a 4-1 loss Sunday at home to the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues, snapping a two-game winning streak. Minnesota remains home where it is 17-10-5 and will look to move up in the Western Conference standings as it currently has 65 points, five points out of the final Wild Card spot. The Wild are 10-4 in their last 14 games after scoring two goals or less in their previous game. The Blue Jackets snapped their 0-3-5 skid with a 4-3 victory against visiting the Ottawa Senators, winning on Emil Bemstrom's goal 4:35 into overtime. Columbus remains in a tie for seventh place in the Eastern Conference and it hits the road where it is 12-8-10. The Blue Jackets are 0-7 in road games after a win by one goal in their previous game this season. Here, we play on home teams against the money line after a blowout by three goals or more in their previous game going up against an opponent after scoring three goals or more in two straight games. This situation is 226-134 (62.8 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (22) Minnesota Wild

This is a play on the IOWA ST. CYCLONES as part of our CBB Tuesday Trifecta. Iowa St. remains on its home floor following a 30-point loss to Texas Tech on Saturday which was its second straight loss to fall to 4-10 in the Big XII. The Cyclones are 10-5 at home which includes a 4-3 record against conference opponents and all three of those losses were against ranked opponents including defeats against No. 1 Kansas and No. 2 Baylor. Despite the recent woes, Iowa St. is shooting 40.4 percent behind the arc in the last three games and this is important considering TCU is allowing 43.9 percent three-point shooting on the road. The Cyclones look to avenge an overtime loss to the Horned Frogs in the Big XII opener in January. TCU is coming off an overtime win over West Virginia on Saturday to move to 6-8 in the conference and that was its second straight home win. The Horned Frogs are just 1-7 on the road with the lone victory coming against 2-12 Kansas St. 9* (606) Iowa St. Cyclones

This is a play on the OKLAHOMA SOONERS as part of our CBB Tuesday Trifecta. Coming off losses to the top two teams in the latest AP Top 25 (No. 1 Kansas and No. 2 Baylor) and a rivalry road game to Oklahoma St., Oklahoma will now face a ranked opponent for the third time in four games. The Sooners are now 6-8 in the Big XII but they sit just a half-game out of the all-important fourth spot in the conference. Oklahoma is 11-2 at home this season and this is the second game being played at Chesapeake Energy Arena where the Sooners have won six of their last seven. The Sooners are 14-1 this season when they have a better field goal percentage than their opponents. Their only loss when owning a better field goal percentage was on the road at then-No. 1 Baylor. Texas Tech is coming off a pair of wins to move to 9-5 in the Big XII and remain in third place behind Kansas and Baylor. The Red Raiders are just 3-5 on the road this season. 9* (636) Oklahoma Sooners

This is a play on the MISSISSIPPI ST. BULLDOGS as part of our CBB Tuesday Trifecta. Mississippi St. is coming off a loss at Texas A&M on Saturday which snapped a two-game winning streak. It is now 8-6 in the conference and the Bulldogs enter this week's action in a three-way tie with South Carolina and Texas A&M for fifth place in the SEC standings. The trio trails Florida by one game for the last double bye at next month's SEC Tournament. The Bulldogs are three wins shy of coming away with their third consecutive season with 20-plus victories. The last time Mississippi St. accomplished the feat was in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. The Bulldogs have won six straight conference home games. Alabama is coming off an upset win at Mississippi by 25 points and that was just the third conference road win for the Tide. The other two came against 4-10 Georgia in overtime and 1-13 Vanderbilt. Mississippi St. is playing with revenge from a 21-point loss last month. 10* (644) Mississippi St. Bulldogs