The first meeting was sloppy with a bunch of turnovers and fouls combining to score 149. Tonight I look for a defensive battle and this game staying UNDER the posted total.

We're getting a great plus money price on this total tonight based on recent form and we like this Blue Jackets/Blackhawks game to stay under the total on Saturday. Both teams are fairly pedestrian on offensive power plays, with Columbus ranking 25th and Chicago 14th, so expect both teams to cancel each other out on that end. The Under has hit 4 out of the last 5 times these two teams have faced off against each other and we like the same to happen again here tonight. Take the Blue Jackets/Blackhawks to stay Under the total on Saturday.

The LSU loss they felt they were cheated out of a win. Tennessee comes strolling in as the #1 AP team but reality is they’ve played only the #57 schedule with a high % of home games. The Vols true road games have been: Memphis, Missouri, Florida, Vanderbilt, South Carolina & Texas A&M. Those 6 teams have offensive efficiency ranks of 69th, 97, 119th, 120, 147 & 148th. So the BEST offense they faced on the road was # 69 and while they faced Florida’s D the net best D was #74. Wildcats with #18 offense & #8 defense and playing great ball overall right now and off a rare loss at home. Look for the Wildcats to come out strong on Saturday night and get the win and cover.

Ivy system in effect losing as Friday as a home fav. The Princeton loss however was to the best team, Harvard and while they have lost 3 straight they have faced the toughest schedule including the clear top two teams in the IVY (Yale is the other). Dartmouth obviously playing second straight away but they also played an OT game losing to Penn 82-79. Tigers #1 in conf defense and get the win at home tonight.

Xavier suffered a 64-62 setback against Providence back on Jan. 23 at Cintas Center and will have revenge on board here today in the rematch. Yes Xavier, is a below .500 team with a12-13 overall and 4-8 in the BIG EAST Conference record, and have been in a slump. However ,they did bounce back and snapped a six-game losing streak with a 64-61 overtime win over Creighton at Cintas Center on Wednesday and have some confidence and momentum on their sides entering this game vs a side they matchup well against . Friars are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games vs. a team with a losing straight up record and 1-4 ATS L/5 at home . The underdog is 4-0 L/4 overall meetings and these two teams always play each other tight. I'll take the dog with XAVIER here on Saturday.

The Terrapins can dominate on the boards I think they win thisone. The key constant in Michigan’s losses to Iowa and Penn State was that the Hawkeyes and the Nittany Lions both shot above 40 percent from the 3-point arc and punished the Wolverines on the glass, winning the rebound battle by double digits.

I think Maryland can keep this closer than people might think. The Terrapins have the defense needed to get a result and the rebounding prowess necessary to turn Michigan’s philosophy on its head, which could make an upset an interesting possibility.

Give me the Terrapins here.

Take the Terps plus the 7.5 points.

St Joe’s is a team that has been devastated by injuries including a pair of starters. The Hawks started 3-0 but and were one of my ‘play-on’ teams for this year but they are 8-14 since going 2-10 SU/3-9 ATS away from home while shooting 38.6% in conference play. Davidson in in first place in the A-10 and are playing only their 2nd home game since Jan 23rd with 4 of their last 5 away. The Wildcats D has been AWESOME as they’ve held their last 3 foes to 38.3%, 38.5%, & 33.8% and in their last 10 games no team has topped 44% shooting. Add in revenge for a one-point loss as a 5 pt AF on Jan 15th and then top it off with a sold-out crowd that will include over 50 NBA Scouts in town for the All-Star game, a probable appearance by the former Davidson grab- Steph Curry and other NBA’ers and I look for a blowout.

The Buffalo Bulls still look to be on the safe side of making the NCAA tournament as an at-large if needed, but the Bulls don’t have a ton of room for error down the stretch run of the regular season. On the year the Bulls have been solid standing 21-3 overall and 9-2 in conference. In their last outing Buffalo picked up a nice win on the road against Akron, beating the Zips by a final of 76-70. On the year Buffalo is averaging 84.7 points per game while giving up 71.1.

The Toledo Rockets have been one of the other top teams in the MAC this season standing an impressive 20-4 overall and 8-3 in league play.
Buffalo has run into some MAC games where they looked less engaged, but that’s to be expected when you come into every matchup as considerable favorites. With that said Buffalo should be engaged today as they go on the road to take on the best team from the West division. We like Buffalo to come through and get us the win and cover on Friday night.

The St. Louis Blues will take on the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena on Thursday. They are coming off of a blowout win over the New Jersey Devils. St. Louis is playing with all the confidence in the world right now and they are just two points behind Dallas for the last playoff spot in the Central. Jordan Binnington has officially stolen the starting gig from Jake Allen and is showing no signs of slowing down. Binnington reminds me of Carter Hart in net, just calm and cool under fire. He has exactly the right mindset that the Blues have needed all season long.



The Arizona Coyotes need to work on their structure as they've had trouble moving the puck up the ice this season. The Arizona Coyotes have been substandard at home, posting a 8-13-3 record.

Take the Blues to keep it rolling in this one.

The Thunder are red hot heading into the break having won 11 of their last 12 games but this line is too high versus a Pelicans team who just got blasted by 30 and had a team meeting, Look for Anthony Davis to respond and come up big tonight,