Handicapper Profile

#640 Mississippi Rebels -5 (9:00 est) SEC Network

Love Ole Miss here since they are a perfect 7-0 ATS at home on the season and the favorite has covered 9 of the last 13 meetings in this series.  LSU is just 2-8-3 ATS in their last 13 roadies and Mississippi has a revenge motivation losing their only meeting with LSU last season.  Lay this very reasonable number with Mississippi here.

#871 Wisconsin Badgers +3.5 (8:30 est) Fox Sports 1

Love the Badgers here since they love the road having covered 10 of their last 12 road games and in this series the road team has covered 6 of the last 8 games.  Maryland is just 3-8-1 ATS at home this season and they have failed to cover their last 4 against the Badgers.  Jump on the Badgers here to win with Anthony.

#306 New England Patriots -4 (1:05 est) CBS

Love the Patriots here laying this small of a number at home in a playoff game.  They have had the advantage of a week off and extra time to prepare and they get a nice edge from the scheduling since they get to take on the west coast Chargers in a 1:00 start in east coast time and making their second straight trip for an east coast time zone game.  Brady has dominated the series against his fellow QB Rivers over the years as well.  Love all the talking heads babbling about how vulnerable the Pats are - every time the talk is about how they are done the keep proving everyone wrong.  Lay this very small number here with New England.

#303 Dallas Cowboys +7.5 (8:15 est) FOX

Love me some 'Boys here since their defense has been playing very well and they have shown they are strong against good offenses if you remember the way they handled the Saints offense.  The Rams can certainly score but it has been shown that they can be stopped by a good defense and that is what Dallas brings to this game.  Goff is going to have to show me he can perform on the playoff stage against a tough defense.  The points are the play with Dallas here to cash in with Anthony.

#557 Los Angeles Lakers +8.5 (10:00 est) ESPN

Love me some Lakers here since the LeBron-less Lakers will be anxious to show what they can do without their big name star and they get to play a Utah team that has been decimated with injuries.  Utah's usual huge home court advantage really has not been there this season and the Lakers have been solid on the road.  Take the Lakers and the points here to cash in with Anthony.

#538 Miami Heat +1 (7:00 est) TNT

Love the Heat here since they have a huge edge from the schedule maker.  The Celtics will be playing their 3rd game in 4 nights and playing for the second day in a row after playing Wednesday at home against Indiana.  That is a pretty long trip from Boston to Miami so look for the Celtics to be a step slow here.  Miami has lost 2 games in a row so they will be fired up for a win here - especially since their last loss was in front of the home town folks.  Take the Miami Heat here to get this win/cover. 

#535 - #536 Detroit Pistons - Los Angeles Lakers UNDER 217.5 (10:35 est) ESPN

Love the under here since the Lakers are 14-4-1 ATS to the under in their last 19 home games and they have gone under in 8 of their last 11 games overall.  This series has been dominated by unders with the low side of the total cashing in 16 of the last 23 meetings.  Look for the home-standing Lakers to dictate the tempo here and look for it to be lower than this number. 

#606 Baylor Bears +3 (7:00 est) ESPNEWS

This one is all about the schedule since the Bears get to take on the Cyclones right after their big emotional win at home against the mighty Jayhawks.  Now Iowa State has to travel to Waco for a conference road game in what will be a hostile environment - not an easy task since the Cyclones have only covered 5 of their last 17 road games.  Baylor is 0-1 in conference play so they will be extra fired up to get a W in conference play.  Take the Bears and the points here.

#152 Alabama Crimson Tide -6 (8:00 est) ESPN

I love the Crimson Tide here laying a small number since they will be starting Tua at QB instead of bringing him in at half time.  The Alabama offense has been very strong all season and they should know what Clemson is trying to do to stop them having played them in the playoffs the last 3 seasons in a row.  QB experience in this spot is a huge edge for Alabama with Tua over the freshman starter for Clemson.  Alabama dominated Oklahoma last week while Clemson took care of an over-matched Notre Dame team.  Just don't see Clemson hanging with Alabama here especially the later it gets in the game.  Lay it with Alabama.

#107 Philadelphia Eagles +5.5 (4:40 est) NBC

Absolutely LOVE Philadelphia here getting more than a field goal since the Eagles ended the season on a nice roll winning their last 3 games in a row and winning 5 of their last 6 to get into the playoffs.  They will be fine at QB since Foles keeps proving all his nay-sayers wrong and he has a ton of playoff experience from last season.  This is new territory for the Bears since they have not been in the playoffs since 2010.  The Bears defense is excellent but their offense is suspect and you have a QB making his first playoff start with all the pressure in the world on him since the Bears are the favorite here.  Look for Philly's defense to confuse Trubisky making this game be very close so that the points will be the difference maker here in the cover.