VCU vs. Drexel

over 118

VCU is basically playing a home game in Richmond. They hade 11 3's on Saturday and lost at Drexel earlier in a game that made it above 120 points. Burgess and Brandenburg can make 3's and Theus can make FT's at the end if VCU is up. The energy should be provided by a large crowd and a national TV audience.

Drexel has Massenat and Lee to score as well. They played nicely vs, ODU.

I think both come close to 60 points and we get an OVER!

over 118

I think we see an over on the last day of the regular season. Both teams have scorers as Hudson and Green ofr VT and 5 starters are at 11 to 13 ppg for NCSU. Look for over 133 today.

Look for over 5.5 to win the money. Boston has been able to score goals quickly vs. some team like the NY Islanders. I think we see a 4-2 type of score that goes over the total.

Boston 4
NYI 2

Take the over 5.5 and GL!

VMI vs. UNC Asheville
12 noon EST
under 165

This will be the third game in 5 days for UNCA but VMI's 4th game in 6th days. VMI depends on Keith Gabriel and Stan Okoye to score as both are in double figures. Their two games with UNCA made it to 175 and 179 but there should be a little defense in this one to determine who represents the Big South in the Big Dance.

Last year, UNCA beat Coastal Carolina by 60-47 after VMI and CC played a 89-81 game.

UNCA has played 116, 150, 143, 132, 122, 122, 147 and 155 points in the last 8 games while VMI has played 108, 153 and 130 point games in the tourney so far. The Keydet totals before that reached 138, 147, 138, 171 and 145.

UNCA has 5 double digit scorers in Dickey, Primm, Stephenson, Lane and Atkinson. Musician Bruce Hornsby's son Keith also plays for the Bulldogs.

I won't be shocked by a high score but the early 12 noon start and the importance of this game makes me look for an under. GL!

VMI vs. UNC Asheville
Under 165

Detroit is a tough team at home as we know by their long winning streak. They play good defense while Minnesota is known for unders and many of their totals are 5 instead of 5.5.

I think we get an under and a final score in the 3-2 range.

Take the under 5.5.

JMU vs. UNC Wilmington
12 noon Friday

under 139.5

This tournament is known for low scores even though there were mostly overs last year. JMU had some injuires to Wells and Hitchens this year an dis not deep. UNCW lost KK Simmons, their second leading scorer.

The early start is not somehting they are used to. I think we see a game in the mid 130's that stays under.

under 139.5

I think we see a 3-2 score that stays under. Both teams play solid defense and good at killing the power play and have good goalies.

Col 2
Col 3

Take under 5.5

I like the under 5.5 in this late game on Wednesday night.

Anaheim 3
Buffalo 2

Take the under as our top play.

Duke at Wake Forest
9pm est (Tuesday 2/28/2012)
under 143.5

Duke just played a 70-65 (135 points) overtime at home vs. Virginia Tech. They have UNC on Saturday. They play at Wake Forest tonight in Wake's last home game. WF has won their last two at home rather easily vs. weak teams (BC, Ga Tech). The first meeting ended in the 160's as Andre Dawkins made 7 3-pointers early in the game and the Deacons ended up shooting over 30 foul shots.

WF is led by two solid scorers (CJ Harris and Travis McKie). The role players average 10 points or less. They do have some good rebounders and shotblockers like Ty Walker and Carson Desrosiers. WF has played unders in 12 of their 14 ACC games and only the home game vs. UNCW ended above 143.

In the games against UNC, FSU and NCSU the Demon Deacons only scored 53, 52 and 40 points. The ACC home games reached 141, 109, 136, 121, 127, 116 and 113 points.

Duke on the road in the ACC opened with 154 points at Georgia Tech,but here are the totals since:

at FSU 140
at BC 125
at UNC 169
at VT 135
at Md 135
at Clem 139

I won't be shocked by an over as Duke can score inside and make 3's but other good ACC teams have shut down Wake at home on offense, why can't the Blue Devils focus on the key scorers?

I have seen 143 to 144.5 on Tuesday morning so look for the best number. GL!

Duke at WF
under 143.5

I like the under 5.5 in this game set for Tuesday night. Washington is good on offense but the Islanders have struggled to score. I think we see a 3-2 type of score and hope for no late Empty Net goals that sometimes occur in unders.

Take under 5.5 and GL!

Take the under in this game between Anaheim and Colorado. I think we see a game in the 3-2 range as both play solid defense and have good goalies. Take the under.

Ana 2
Colorado 3

I won with over in the NFL Pro Bowl, over in the NHL All Star game and will go with over on Sunday. The last few games have seen 291, 280, 263, 262 and 284 points. I won't be shocked by a game in the 270's but like our chances to get both teams over 140 like last year.

Take over.

Take the under in this game. This is a rival match and 151 is a lot of points. The under has won 11-5 in the last 16 meetings. Look for a game in the upper 140's that goes under.

under 151

9 of the last 10 meetings have gone under and the first game at Saint Peters was 64-40. Iona did played some games at home in the 130's with Loyola and Niagara.

Iona has some great players in Machado and Glover. Iona is a big favorite and should win by 15 or so and not run the score up with late free throws.

Take the under 142.

Both teams have solid goaltending. Vancouver is a good offensice squad but playing at NJ will nulify that. I think we see a 3-2 final that stays under the total as both are good at penalty killing.

Under 5.5 for this Friday night total.

The last 8 meetings at FSU have gone under. FSU played UNC over as well as an early home game but the last 4 at home have stayed under. Duke has played under in 3 of last 4 on road and 27 of their last 44 road ACC games are unders.

The Plumlees play solid defense and both defend the 3's.

Under the total

Look for an under on Wednesday night as both have struggled to score and play great defense. My guess is we see a 2-1 final.

Under 5 as we see a 2-1 score.

GL as always!

Take over 134 as the last few meetings have seen 151, 149, 146, 133, 148, 153 and 147. Rendleman scores well inside at 15 ppg and Adam Smith scores at 14 ppg. VCU plays a fast paced game on the road and this should get to 140 with Reddic and Burgess scoring for VCU.

Take over.

Take the under.

Phoenix is off a nice satisfying win over the Lakers while Washington allowed planty of points in their last game and finish up a road trip. Steve Nash has the ball most of the time for the Suns and he is getting older. He uses up plenty of clock at times on offense.

Take the under as the Suns may have a letdown after the Lakers.

Depaul likes to run and gun but St. John's plays a little defense. The game is being played in New York and the crowd should favor the Red Storm. I think 154 is too many points and should go under a little.

Take under 154.

I like the under in this afternoon game between NY Islanders and Ottawa. NY is hard to figure out as they can score goals in bunches in ceetaingames but I like their defense and expect to see a 3-2 type of game on Monday afternoon.

Let's hope there are no empty net goals. Take under 5.5 on Monday.

Take the under.BC has played 6 home ACC games and they ended with 124, 107, 130, 127, 120 and 116 points. They have 7 overs and 13 unders while Duke has 17 overs and 9 unders. In BC's last home game they beat FSU in a close one so they will be confident. They just lost at Md and gave up too many points.

Duke's road games saw high score at UNC but 135, 135, 139 before that. Their game with Ga Tech was in the 150's.

I expect BC to keep it low scoring and stay under.

I think we see a game in the 155 range as the 49ers have a great point guard who can score and dish it off. Creighton is led by Doug Mcdermott at 23 ppg. Look for an over in this late game.

Over 150!

Over 5.5

I think we see a 4-2 type of game as the Flyers games have averaged over 6 goals in their last five. This game is set for 1pm for an early start.

Pitt 2
Phil 4

Take over 5.5

#729 NCSU at #730 Duke
9pm

over 150.5

Look for an over as 7 of the last 10 meetings have gone over. Duke averages close to 149 ppg while NCSU is at 143 but they have played some low scores with Ga Tech and Wake Forest. NCSU has 5 starters all in that 11 to 14 ppg range and Duke is at home where they are fast paced and have Curry, Rivers and Dawkins for 3's.

Look for 151+.

I think we see a 3-2 type of game in the match between NY and Chicago. The Blackhawks are a strong defensive team and both are good are slwoing down the power play and both have good goalies.

UNDER 5.5 looks good.

UNC at Miami
8pm Wed. (Feb. 15, 2012)
under 146.5

UNC is a fast paced team but they have played unders in 32 of their last 47 in the ACC. Their last road game was a high scoring game at Maryland that made it to 157 points as the Terps shot 27 foul shots. UNC's other road games made it to 121 (Wake Forest), 140 at VT and 147 at FSU when the Noles put up 90 by themselves.

The first meeting between these teams ended 73-56 (129 points) as Miami didn't play well. The last few meetings have seen 129, 120 (ACC Tourney when UNC made 10 3-pointers!), 145 (last year at Miami), 131, 134 and 147 (at the Dean Dome vs. the Tar Heel team that won the tiitle).

Here are Miami totals:

123
114
138 (before OT with Duke)
138 (before OT with Md)
130
123
151 with NCSU
149 with Clemson

UNC is not deep and as they have had to play Stillman White as a backup PG and suffered injuries to McDonald, Strickland and Hairston. Tyler Zeller has played well lately inside and with Henson and Barnes, the Tar Heels have solid weapons. Kendall Marshall is a nice PG who is always looking to attack.

Miami gets points from Reggie Johnson inside. He played well vs. Duke but did struggle badly in the first game with UNC. Malcolm Grant and Durand Scott are good guards but have struggled this year. Barry Larkin's son has shown promise as a PG for the Hurricanes.

On the year the Tar Heel games have averaged 150 points (includes early nonconference blowouts) and Miami's are at 137 ppg (and that includes several overtime games).

Miami would be smart to play a slow type of game vs. UNC and not get into a run and gun game. I could see some late 3's and FT's helping this go over but like the under. GL!

UNC at Miami
under 146.5

I like the under in this game tonight. I think we see a game in the 3-2 range and hope for no empty netters at the end. Montreal plays close to the vest and both have good goaltending. Boston won last year's Cup so they know how to play defense.

Under 5.5

Look for an under as these two played a high scoring game at Fordham earlier this year and ended with over 200 points the last time at Duquesne.

The Dukes are off a road loss. I think we see a game in the upper 140's and an over tonight.

I think we see a game in the 3-2 range on Tuesday night for an under. The NYI have a weak offense. The Jets can give up goals but have played decent defense lately and are average at best on offense.

3-2 final score for an under.

Virginia at Clemson
7pm EST (Tuesday Feb. 14)
over the total


Virginia has played 3 overs and 16 unders this year and just played a 70-52 (122) game at UNC. UVA/Clemson played earlier and it was 65-61 (126 points) and the o/u was set at 112.5.

Virginia lost shotblocker Assane Sene earlier and he is the only key player with more than 9 blocks. The Cavs average games are 63-52 (115) while Clemson's are 65-60 (125). These two did play a 49-47 game last year at Virginia.

On the road here are the UVA ACC scores:

at UNC 122
at FSU 113
at NCSU 121
GT 108 (GT only scored 38)
Duke 119

Mike Scott leads UVA at 17 ppg while Joe Harris is at 12.5. Zeglinski will be needed for 3's and he is at 8.5 ppg.

Clemson has young 13.5, Smith 11, Booker at 11 ppg and Jennings at 10 ppg. They have already faced Virginia this year and lost so they should be motivated by that and will be familiar with their style. This should be an ugly game. I won't be shocked by an under with UVA involved but Clemson has shown some offense this year and they will be at home. This looks to be a close game with a chance of overtime which is always helpful in overs. GL!

Virginia/Clemson
over the total

Looks like both teams will have players out. Alabama has some suspensions to key plays and Billy Donovan's squad won't be 100%.

I think we see a game in the 120's since the Tide defense will prevent 3's from the Gators.

Under the total

Phoenix has 8 overs and 17 unders in their last 25 games. Nash is getting older and he controls the pace of many games and this one is on the road at Golden State. GS has 12 unders in the last 17 as a favorite. I think we see a game in the 195 points range that stays under.

UNDER 203

I like the over here as my top play for Sunday. Detroit can score quickly at home and their power play is one of the 5 best in the NHL and goaltending is average for both squads.

The Flyers have had rough stretches on offense but have been hot lately.

I like a final score of 4-2 for an over.

Take the under as Charlotte has the worst scoring offense in the NBA. They have rookie Kemba Walker who led UConn to the NCAA title last year but they have struggled to score but play OK defense. LA Clippers play good defense and can score with Blake Griffin and Chris Paul.

I think we see a game in the low 180's range and under!

Wichita State at Creighton (5pm)
#591/592
under 147

The last 6 meetings have all gone under. Creighton averages 147 points in their games while Wichita is at 141.

Under is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings in Creighton.
Under is 6-0 in the last 6 meetings.

The first meeting was in the upper 120's. I think we see an under in this game.

Winnipeg's last 8 games have gone under the total. They don't score much and play decent defense. it does worry me that Pittsburgh could score 4 or 5 goals to put this over but I like the under.

Pitt 3
Winnipeg 1

under 5.5 goals

These two teams are rivals from the CAA (Colonial Athletic Association). Virginia Commonwealth University and Old Dominion are both located in Virginia about 90 miles apart. Both are scrappy defensive teams that have experienced players. They have played overs in 16 of the last 21 meetings. The first meeting at VCU stayed under as ODU struggled to score. Iliadis did not score for ODU and Burgess only had 2 for the Rams.

ODU plays better at home as they have scored 80, 68, 69, 69 and 74 in the last five at home in conference. They are led by senior Kent Bazemore at 13.5 ppg, Cooper at 11 and Iliadis at 9. I expect Trian Iliadis to score 8 or more as he had 0 in the first game.

VCU has played totals of 165, 117, 123, 122 and 143 in its last five on the road. Burgess, Reddic, Daniels and Theus lead the VCU attack. They try to press and it makes the game faster. ODU rebounds well and should get some putbacks from misses.

It does worry me some that ODU plays in a zone and it could slow down the game but we should get some late free throws and 3's from the side that is behind. ODU is -1 so there is a chance for overtime.

I like our chances for both teams to reach the 60 point level and get above 120 points for an over. GL!

Take under 5.5.

Carolina has 8 unders in its last 9 games.
Colorado has 8 unders, 2 overs and 2 pushes in last 12 at home.

Look for a 3-2 game that stays under on Friday night.

Take the under. They played last month at Ioan and made it to 137 points. This game is at Loyola and they have played good defense lately with no totals higher than the Iona game and Iona has played road finals of 104, 133 and 127 in recent games.

Take under.

Take under 139.5

Gonzaga has 7 overs and 14 unders this year and home team has 24 unders, 8 overs and 2 pushes in last 34 at home.

These two are conference rivals and the game should be intense with good defense inside and on the perimeter.

Take the under.

Take the under 5.5 as both teams play good defense and get get goaltending. They dod a good job of killing the power play too. I think we see a final in the 3-2 range for an under.

TB 2
NYR 3

Take the under!

Take Boston and Buffalo to go under 5.5 as the teams have combined for 55% unders this year. Both teams have a solid defense and do a nice job slowing down the power plays. Goaltending is above average. I think we see a 3-2 final. Hope there are no empty net goals late in the game. GL on the under 5.5!

ODU at William & Mary
7pm EST (Wednesday)
over 118.5

ODU games average 64-60 (124 points) while William and Mary's are 60-70 (130). ODU is off a low scoring loss at George Mason and will look forward to playing at Williamsburg which is only 40 miles from their campus. The Monarchs do have rival VCU on deck and may be looking ahead to that game on Saturday.

In ODU's last game before GMU they played a high scoring game with JMU that ended 81-70 (151 points). ODU made 13 3-pointers in that game. W&M likes to shoot 3's and struggled in a loss at ODU just two weeks ago. Let's look at the W&M home games as all but the Drexel game made it to 129 or above.

VCU 165
Drexel 112
UNCW 134
Dela 139
JMU 129
Iona 148
Rich 153
Liberty 147

ODU does play great defense but last year's game at W&M made it to 122 points. The Tribe likes to shoot 3's and are decent at it at home with McDowell, Britt, Rusthoven, Thornton, Rum and Boatner. The home team does have 7 overs and 14 unders this year. They have underachieved this year.

ODU gets points from Bazemore, Cooper, Wright, Iliadis, Batten and Hill. They rebound well and should get some easy putbacks after missed shots. Hopefully, we can get to 120 points and over the total. GL!

ODU at W&M
over 118.5

Under 5.5

I think we see a 3-2 score on Tuesday night. Florida doesn't have good offense and the Capitals have struggled to score goals lately. Both teams get good penalty killing and solid goaltending.

Washington and Florida ends 3-2 so play the under!

Look for the under to profit on Monday night. Anaheim plays better defense in their own building and they do a good job killing the power play. Both goalies are better than average.

Calgary has struggled to score on the road in recent games. I think we see a 3-2 score so take the under.

UNDER 54

It was 55 last week but I still like the under. These two played a low scoring Super Bowl a few years ago that had 31 points and earlier got to 44 points as all the points were in the 2nd half.

Look for more running than you would think and some early punts.

Take UNDER!

I think we see a 3-2 game on Sunday. The Flyers have some injuires to key players and their defense has improved as well as goaltending and killing power plays. The Rangers are an underrated defensive team that can slow down their opponent.

Take the under as it ends 3-2.

Look for an under on Saturday night. Kansas has played unders in their last 8 Saturday games and the last 4 on the road have seen 136, 135, 133 and 127. The last two at Missouri have made it to 136 and 135.

Take under 147.5.

UNC has played under in 30 of the last 43 ACC games and has reached 121, 150 and 147 on the road. They have Duke up next. Md has just one player over 10 ppg with Stoglin at 22 ppg. UNC's H. Barnes yweaked his ankle and won't be 100%. The Tar Heels do not shoot 3's or FT's well and Md has played 142, 135, 110 and 134 at home in the ACC.

Take under 150.5

Under is 8-2 in PHO last 10 vs. Western Conference.
Under is 8-2 in PHO last 10 vs. NBA Southwest.
Under is 13-4 in PHO last 17 games as an underdog.

Houston: Under is 11-4 in HOU last 15 home games.

The trends point to an under on Friday night. Steve Nash is turning 38 and still plays well but I think we see a game in the low 190's on Friday night!

under 134.5

Niagara has played unders in 16 of the last 21 on the road while Fairfield has played unders in 6 of the last 8 and the home games for them have seen 134 or less in the last 8 at home, even the Iona game went under and stayed in the 130's!

under 134.5

UNC at Wake Forest
9pm eastern (Tuesday, Jan. 31)
under 152.5

UNC is one of the highest scoring teams in the country and plays ACC conference weakling Wake Forest on Tuesday night. Wake has played some low scoring conference games at home:

Florida State 127
NC State 116
Va Tech 113

The other ACC games for Wake Forest:

at Clemson 131
at BC 127
at Duke 164 (73-91)

The game at Duke was fast paced as both teams made plenty of 3's and the Blue Devils are a top ten team. WF has played 2 overs, 6 unders and a push at home this year. They have 6 unders in their last 8 overall games and UNC has played unders in 30 of its last 43 conference games.

The Tar Heels just played at home and won 93-81 (174) but the conference games before that reached 129, 150, 147, 129 and 143 points.

Wake does have CJ Harris and Travis McKie to score as both are in the 16 ppg range but next highest is at 10. Both Ty Walker and Carson Desrosiers can block shots and rebound.

UNC is fast paced with Kendall Marshall, Henson, Zeller, Barnes, etc. but I expect the Demon Deacons to struggle to score unless they can make some 3's. I like the under 152.5 for this Tuesday night game. GL!

UNC at Wake Forest
under 152.5

The last game was 55-41 as these teams play no defense as they don't allow blitzing. 3 of the last 4 pro bowls have gone over this number which is high at 72. NE and the NYG players will not be there but there should be lots of fireworks!

over 72

Go with the over as we see little defense in the NHL all-star game. The last four games have seen 21, 15, 23 and 21 goals scored.

My guess is we see 20 or 21 goals scored. Play over 18 goals on Sunday.

UNC has played unders in 29 of the last 41 ACC games and will not have Strickland as Bullock will play more and Stillman is the backup at PG. UNC shoots 3's and FT's poorly. The last 4 meetings have been at 148 or less.

Under.

Red Wings have allowed just 11 goals in the last 7 games and have played well. I think we see a game in the 3-2 range that stays under 5.5. Take the UNDER 5.5 as our TOP TOTAL!

Good luck as always!

Red Dog Sports

Tuesday


Eastern Michigan at Buffalo
7pm eastern (Tuesday, Jan. 24)
over 114

These two play in Buffalo on Tuesday night. They have each played unders in 7 of the last 8 conference games. Buffalo games average 71-67 (138) while low scoring EMU averages 53-59 (112). The game is at Buffalo and they are favored by 16 so they should be able to score and dictate the pace.

These two played last year at EMU and it was 78-65 (143 points) and the total was 128.5. Many of the players in that game will be involved in Tuesday's game.

EMU recent games have been low scoring as they have reached only 99 points with their opponents while at Ball State and 87 at Northern Illinois. Here are some other road games:

at Santa Clara 55-75 (130)
at Va Tech 50-71 (121) only scored 9 at the half
at Purdue 30-61 (91)
at Drake 53-66 (119)
at Colgate 70-74 (144) Lampley scored 37 points!
at Syracuse 48-84 (132)
at IUPUI 66-64 (130)

Darrell Lampley leads them at 12.6 ppg and Green puts in 7 ppg. There are 4 others in the 5 to 6 points per game range. As you can see by the statistics they are a low scoring team.

Buffalo scoring:

McRae 17 (57% FG)
Watt 15 (53% FG)
Filzen 11.7
Robinson 7

Buffalo home games have reached 152, 131, 152, 126, 153, 127 and 137 points. Hopefully, Buffalo will dictate the pace and score which will force Eastern Michigan to try to catch up and we can get a game in the 70-50 range. GL!

EMU at Buffalo
over 114

Wisconsin at Illinois
2pm

pick: over 108.5

These two played twice last year and both games were in the 130 range. Illinois just played a low scoring game at Penn State but they now return home where they are 11-0.

Wisconsin has Jordan Taylor and guys who can hit 3's. Illinois makes 38% of their 3's and we could get some late FT's to help us get to 112 and over by a few points!

ODU and VCU are rivals with 16 of the last 20 going over. Bazemore leads ODU and Burgess leads VCU. I think we see a game in the 120's that goes over the total!

Rider at Iona 10pm (Friday on ESPNU)
under 164

The last 8 meetings at Iona have gone under the total. Rider games average 148 points and Iona's are at 158. The last 3 home games for Iona have rwached 137, 147 and 134 points. However, they did get to 176 points in the last game on the road and played a 167 point game vs. Richmond and 184 with LIU as well as some early season overs.

Also, this game is at 10pm eastern and much later than a normal game start. Over 164 won't shock me but I like our chances for an under with such a high total with a late start on Friday night.

Rider/Iona under 164

The unders have prevailed so far in the NBA but I like our chances for an over tonight when the Bucks and Knicks play. Brandon Jennings plays well vs. the Knicks and Andrew Bogat does too. Look for 195 points and an over!
GL as always!

These two played earlier in the year and made it to 119 as the Waves were 0-10 from the 3-point line. Jordan Baker has scored 10+ in 7 in a row and had 26 points last game. I think we see a game in the 128 range that goes over!

BC played a 83-60 (143) at UNC but just finished some low scoring unders at home. NCSU has played overs in 7 of the last 8 at home and the two ACC home games vs. Md and Ga Tech made it to 153 points.

Take the over.

ODU at Towson
#781/#782
7pm eastern (Wed. Jan. 18)
over 108.5


These two already played this year at ODU and it was 75-38 (113 points). Towson is a bad team that hasn't won a game this year. ODU plays at VCU on Saturday and may be looking ahead to the game with the Rams.

ODU games average 63-63 (126 points) while Towson's are at 49-74 (123).

Towson should be motivated to play well after the first game and be familiar with the Monarchs defense. Last year, when these two met at Towson they only reached 98 points but in the second game it made it to a total of 137 points. Towson's team has changed since then.

Damas leads the team at 11.7 ppg and he struggled in the first game. Robert Nwankwo averages 11.2 ppg and has struggled this year but has played against ODU in the past.

ODU scoring:

Bazemore 14.5
Cooper 10.5
Iliadis 8
Batten 8
Wright 8
Hill 7
Ross 6

The over has won 7 of the last 8 meetings. I am hoping that Towson will score some at home vs. a team they have already played. They only made two 3-pointers in the first game. Hopefully, Towson plays more like Tigers than kittens!

ODU/Towson
over 108.5

3* Texas A&M/Missouri over 132.5 (5:30pm)

The last 6 meetings have reached 155, 154 (before OT), 151, 182, 146 and 172. Missouri is home and the least amount of points they have scored with an opponent in a game has been 135 this year. Even the road game at ODU ended with 143 scored and the o/u was set for 135.5 in that game.

Mo. games average 147 ppg while A&M is at 120 so the oddsmakers split the difference. Missouri gets 18 ppg from Denmon and 15 ppg from English while Ratcliffe is at 13.7.

A&M has Middleton 13 ppg, Turner 13 ppg and Loubeau 10 ppg. A&M did play an 84-64 (148) game with Florida on a neutral court.

This game does start at 5:30pm and the odd time does concern me for a slow start but the Tigers are the home team and should control the pace.

over 132.5

I think we se a game in the 3-2 range that stays under. I have played many NYI games to go under as they are 24 unders and just 15 unders in the last 39 on the road. Both play solid defense!

Tampa Bay has played 27 overs and 15 unders and the last 4 at home have gone over. I think we see a 4-2 game for an over in this early Sunday game on ice. GL!

The last 8 metings have seen 6 unders, 1 over and a push. Both teams play solid defense using man to man and zone. Look for a game in the low 130's that stays under the total.

Columbia is at home and they like to play slowly as they have unders in 20 of last 28 Ivy League games. Penn does have Rosen and Bernadini but Agho is out for the Lions.

Take under 124.

Take the under as the 76ers have won their last three home games and allowing only 39% FG and won easily. Sacramento added a new coach last week and they have not played well under the old coach on the road. I think we see a game in the 100-88 range that stays under the total.

over 119

These two played a 64-60 game last year at Drexel. VCU has played overs 58-28-1 on the road while Drexel has played unders in 18 of 25. VCU can make 3's and foul late so we have a good chance for late points. My guess is both get to 60 and over profits.

#581 Boston College at #582 UNC
2:30pm

over 146.5

Boston College has played just two true road games and one was at Providence which has a new coach. They did play Sacred Heart at home and the game made it to 156 while the game at Holy Cross was at the 156 points. Other games were at home or neutral courts. Last year at BC it was a high scoring game but the return game at the Dean Dome was low scoring and ugly.

BC has new players and they are young and raw. Here are the scorers:

Heckmann 11 ppg
Humphrey 10
Anderson 9
Clifford 9
Jackson 7

UNC will be at home and want to get off to a quick start in the ACC opener. They get points from Barnes, Zeller and Henson as well as Bullock and Hairston off the bench.

I think we see above 150 points as BC will need to shoot 3's to keep up.

Take over 146.5 and good luck!

Fordham at UMass
7pm eastern (Thursday, Jan. 5)
over 142


UMass is short for the University of Massachusetts. They are undefeated at home and led by point guard Chaz Williams at 15 ppg and 5.8 assists. UMass is the 6th fastest team in the NCAA at 74 possessions per game. These two teams have played in last 4 years and here are the scores:

77-73 (150) in 2011
78-76 (154) in 2010
91-68 (159) in 2009
76-72 (148) in 2008

All four have reached 148 or more. Fordham has played overs in 7 of 8 vs. the Atlantic 10 while UMass has played overs in 7 of 9 home games.

Fordham is led by Gaston at 16 points per game. Hopefully, the Rams can keep up as 12 point underdogs and add to our total.

over 142

The Terp coach spoke of more offensive sets for P'Shon Howard and Alex Len plus Terrell Stoglin can score for them as he is at 20 ppg.

Cornell will need to make a few 3's to help the over. Look for 145 on Tuesday and an over!

SD just started playing in a new conference and should struugle to score in a new arena. I think we see a game in the low 120's that stays under.

My guess is 63-60.

Take the under tonight!

Under is 6-2 in NAS last 8 games following a win.
St. Louis: Under is 7-0-2 in STL last 9 Fri. games.
Under is 16-5-7 in STL last 28 overall.
Under is 6-2 in STL last 8 vs. Central.
Under is 39-12-3 in the last 54 meetings.

The trends look to an under on Friday night.

I expect a game in the 60's that makes it to the low 130's. These two played last year in Missouri and reached 137 and two years ago it was 66-61 (127) on a neutral court. It is Missouri's first road game. Look for the under!

Look for an over tonight as BYU did lose Jimmer Fredette last year but has added transfer Matt Carlino and their pace is now #11 in the nation. They played a low scoring game at Utah due to their slowdwon but last year's meeting with St. Mary's made it to 147 on a neutral court.

Noah Hartsock and davies should score well for the road team and St. Mary's should get to the mid-70's.

USC found their touch last game and put up pelnty of points vs. TCU. Kansas is off a home loss to Davidson and should play well. All it takes is fro one team to get hot and we have a score in the 60's and over. Take over 121.

#585 UCSB at #586 BYU
9pm

pick: over 147
BYU has played 5 Division 1 teams at home and scored 92, 90, 94, 83 and 93 points. Their 71.3 possessions per game is #21 in the nation. UCSB is off a bad loss and now goes to high scoring BYU led by Orlando Johnson who scored 36 vs. UNLV. UCSB's game at Washington was 87-80 (167 points). This game looks to get to 150 and over. UCSB has played 8 overs and 2 unders in the last 10 non-conferecne games.

over 147

Iona likes to score while William & Mary likes to study......and needs to work on making baskets. Richmond crushed the Tribe and it ended up with about 153 points. Iona ended 148 at denver who is another low scoring team. Iona averages 162 while the Tribe is at 130. The only chance they have is to keep it low and ugly. I won't be shocked to see 150 = but hope to see 82-62 and under.

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Tuesday


Cal-Irvine/UCLA under 136.5 (10:30pm)
#567/#568

UCI has 7 unders in last 10 road games while UCLA has 9 unders in last 14 v. Big West. UCI games average 138 while UCLA's are at 130 points. Here are UCLA's last 5 at home:

121 UCD
107 Eastern Wash
128 Texas
101 Pepperdine
152 MTSU
127 Loyola Mt.

UCI's last four on road:

125 LSU
106 Wyoming
101 SJSU
133 Cal

UCI/UCLA under 136.5

#561 Buffalo at #562 BYU
9pm

over 146.5
These two played a 90-82 game last year in NY. Jimmer Fredette played well but the BYU team makes plenty of 3's and led by Hartsock, Abouo, Davies and Rogers all over 10 ppg while Buffalo has McRea and Filzen at 16 ppg. I think we see a game in the 150's. Take over!

Both teams can score points. I think we see a game in the 31-28 range that gets to 50+. Oakland can run and Detroit's Matthew Stafford has done well in the passing game. Take the over on Sunday.

LMU's top scorer is out. FSU has played under in 10 of the last 14 home games. I think we see a game in the upper 120's that stays under.

These two played last year and it ended with 125 points at Syracuse. This is the Ornage's first road game and their zone will make NCSU take some time before shots are taken. Look for low 140's or high 130's and an under.

UC-Irvine at LSU (8pm)
under 138.5

LSU has played 24 unders and only 8 overs in the last 32 at home and 42-17 unders overall.

The last few games for LSU:

Boise ST. 64-45 (109)
at Rutgers 55-50 (110)
at Houston 59-58 (117)
So Alabama 69-69 (138)
Ga Tech 59-50 (109)

Cal Irvine's last road game was 58-48 (106 points) at Wyoming and an earlier game at San Jose State was 51-50 (101 points).

I am hoping that LSU will control the pace as they are at home and are a big favorite. I have seen 138.5 at a book but 137.5 is at Olympic.

UCI at LSU under 138.5

Iona should dictate the pace and I think we see a game in the upper 140's or 150-152 points. Iona has Glover and Scott Machado at point guard. Richmond just played at VCU in a slow game and will run and gunwith the Gaels in a nice action filled game.

Central Michigan at Minnesota
#545/#546
9pm eastern (Dec. 13, 2011)
under 129

Minnesota has lost just one game and are playing at home. They lost their best player (Trevor Mbakwe) to an injury a few weeks ago. Since the injury they have focused more on defense. Let's look at their last 4 home games:

St. Peters 116
App St 126
USC 95
Va Tech 113

Let's look at Central Michigan as they have played 21 unders and 6 overs in their last 27 road games. Let's look at some recent CMU games. The Charlotte game went into overtime and made it into the 150's.

Tenn St 122
Temple 160
Dartmouth 113
Buffalo 114
Pepperdine 124
Char 122 (before OT)

There were two other CMU games that were high scoring but Minnesota is the better team and playing at home so they should dictate the pace. The Minnesota Golden Gophers are led by Ralph Sampson Jr., whose dad is a former college Player Of The Year at Virginia.


CMU/Minnesota
under 129

Fordham vs. Siena
#141/142
7pm

under 128.5

Siena averages 128 while Fordham puts up 123 in theirs. Siena has reached 124, 125, 122 and 121 in home games. These two have combined for 1 over and 7 unders this year and the game with UMaa was the only over.

Siena has played 35 unders and 16 overs in the last 51 at home. Take under!

Hawaii has played 8 overs in a rwo at home. UC Davis has to make the trip all the way to the islands to play. I think we get to 152 as they did last year in Hawaii.

over!

Look for a game in the 17-14 range that stays under. Denver runs the ball to use up clock with Tebow and McGahee. Chi and Denver both have good defenses.

Take the under today!

These two played at UNC last year and it was 96-91. Long Beach is led by Casper Ware and Anderson and Ennis and should be able to score with the Heels who are the #9 scoring team in the land. They are led by Barnes, Zeller and Henson.

Look for 100-80 and an over.

Both are from the city of Richmond and tend to play scrappy together. VCU is without a good point guard like Eric Raynor or Joey Rodriguez. Richmond is not as good as last year without Anderson and Tucker.

Take the under.

Iona plays at Denver. The home team is at altitude and held St. Mary's to 128 combined. Ioan averges about 160 with opponent while Denver Pioneers like a slow pace with defense. I think we see a game in the 134 to 138 range that stays under since it will be played in the mountains of Colorado.

#553 Evansville at #554 UNC
7pm

over 152

UNC just lost at Kentucky and before that played at home vs. Wisconsin in a very low scoring game that was played at Wisconsin's pace.

Evasville played earlier versus Indiana and made it to 167 points and their only raod game this year made it to 154 at Ill Chicago (79-75).

UNC won at Evansville last year in a low scoing game but their game at UNC back in 2008 ended 91-73 (164 points) and the total was set at 157. The Aces only made 2/10 3-pointers in that game.

Evansville gets points from Colt Ryan 19.7 ppg. Harris adds 13, Cox gets 10.5 and Holmes near 9 points a game.

UNC should set the pace as they did at home earlier vs. Tenn State (171 points) and Miss Valley State (176) and their game at UNC-Asheville made it to 166 points.

I expect Zeller, Barnes, Henson, McAdoo, Hairston, Strickland and Bullock to score points for the Tar Heels as we hope to see a game in the 90-70 range.

over 152

Take the over as Tulane has played an easy schedule so far, which is last of the 345 NCAA teams. They played Ga Tech recently and now face an easier team in Wofford. There should be some steals from the press. Wofford scored 69 and 82 points recently and Tulane shoots 70% from the line so we should get late FT's.

Look for close to 130 to be scored.

Take the under as Jax has the 5th best defense in the NFL and the Chargers' QB Philip Rivers has struggled. Look for a game below 40 points tonight and under.

Go with the under as FSU has led the nation in FG% the last two years. Charleston just played VMI and scored over 100 points and now must travel to Tallahassee and face a slow down team. These two played back in 2008 and it was 15 under this total.