ASA

Eastern Michigan at Ball State
Pick: BALL Ball State -1

This is a huge game for the Cards who are playing their final home game and currently own a 1-game lead over Central Michigan for 1st place in the MAC. Only three games remain and BSU is on their way to a possible MAC Title. The Cardinals are hosting a Ball State team that should be a bit gassed playing their third straight road game in the last 7 days. Not only that, the Eagles are not a deep team with all five starters playing at least 34 minutes in their loss @ Detroit on Saturday.

BSU is on quite a roll. They have actually covered 11 of their last 12 games! They have done it with a fantastic defense that has allowed MAC opponents to shoot only 38% on the season (1st in the league). They have a big advantage here over their counterparts as EMU ranks 9th in the MAC in defensive FG% allowed. Ball State can struggle to put the ball in the basket and at times that hurts them vs. very good offensive teams that can light up the scoreboard. That's not the case in this one as Eastern shoots only 41% in league play topping 69 points only once in their last 12 games. They will struggle big time again here vs. the #1 defense in the MAC as we mentioned.

The Cards have been playing very solid ball on their home court. They have won 6 of their last 7 in Muncie with their only loss coming in OT vs. Akron, who with Kent are the two best teams in the entire conference. They've done it with their defense as they have allowed only 57 PPG at home during those 6 wins. The Redbirds are also a decent rebounding team and if they are ahead late and EMU sends them to the stripe, BSU is the second best FT shooting team in the conference. Those are the ingredients for winning a "tight lined" game like we have here.

These two met earlier in the year and Eastern escaped with a 4 point win. The Eagles were killed by poor free throw shooting as they have been for much of the year. In that game they hit only 9 of 23 from the line (39%) and on the year they rank 11th in that category in MAC play. That will be a big factor again in this one. BSU is hot covering 8 straight at home. It's a huge game for them, while not as much for EMU who really have no hopes of catching them for the conference title. The Eagles have their Senior Day on Saturday followed up by a big rivalry game @ Central Michigan to close out the year. We wouldn't fault them for being "lax" in this semi-meaningless road game (remember their third straight away from home). Lay this small number with the motivated Cardinals.

Accu picks

5* So Miss
4* Ball st
4* Marquette
4* Purdue
3* Toledo
3* San Diego St
3* Cal Poly

Don Wallace Sports
4* Oklahoma City +3.5
4* Minnesota +12.5

Young guns

4.5* Spurs Over
4* Xavier
3* UTEP
3* Clemson

Brandon Lang

10 DIME - ORLANDO MAGIC
10 DIME - SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS
10 DIME - NEW MEXICO STATE AGGIES
5 DIME - TEMPLE OWLS

DON BEST STEAM

9:22:12am 2010-02-24 764 Missouri -13
8:41:28am 2010-02-24 714 San Antonio Under 193
8:30:07am 2010-02-24 712 Houston Over 203
8:29:42am 2010-02-24 702 Toronto Over 198
8:15:44am 2010-02-24 745 Eastern Michigan +1
8:06:16am 2010-02-24 710 Chicago Over 203

LENNY DEL GENIO

20* Memphis/Washington Over 199
10* Lakers/Mavericks Over 195

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Wednesday Basketball

NCAA Basketball

100* Play Notre Dame (pick) over Pittsburgh (NCAA TOP PLAY)
Game starts at 7:00 PM EST

Notre Dame has covered the spread in 2 of the last 3 games and they have also won 10 of the last 15 games after scoring 80 points or more in their last game. Notre Dame has won 12 of the last 13 home games when the total posted is between 135 and 139.5 points and they are averaging over 83 points a game on offense at home this season.

100* Play Florida State (-2) over North Carolina (NCAA TOP PLAY)
Game starts at 7:00 PM EST

North Carolina has lost 22 of the last 30 games against the spread vs. conference opponents and they have also lost 10 of the last 13 games against the spread coming off an UNDER the total. North Carolina has lost 10 of the last 12 games against the spread after failing to cover the spread in three of the last four games and they have also lost 9 of their last 11 games straight up and against the spread.

NBA Basketball

50* Play Atlanta (-12) over Minnesota (NBA BONUS PLAY)
Game starts at 7:00 PM EST

Atlanta has won 5 consecutive games vs. Minnesota and they have also won 21of the last 27 games as a home favorite. Atlanta has covered the spread in 12 of the last 16 games when the total posted is between 200 and 209.5 points and they are averaging over 104 points a game on offense at home this season.

DCI

Season
Straight Up: 553-247 (.691)
ATS: 448-381 (.540)
ATS Vary Units: 1079-913 (.542)
Over/Under: 408-423 (.491)
Over/Under Vary Units: 556-583 (.488)

ATLANTA 107, Minnesota 93
TORONTO 101, Portland 99
WASHINGTON 101, Memphis 100
CHICAGO 107, Indiana 97
MILWAUKEE 99, New Orleans 95
Orlando 99, HOUSTON 97
SAN ANTONIO 97, Oklahoma City 95
L.A. Lakers 101, DALLAS 100
PHOENIX 111, Philadelphia 102
UTAH 101, Charlotte 91
L.A. CLIPPERS 95, Detroit 91

DCI

Season
Straight Up: 3278-1069 (.754)
ATS: 1382-1376 (.501)
ATS Vary Units: 3838-3921 (.495)
Over/Under: 1212-1221 (.498)
Over/Under Vary Units: 1804-1803 (.500)

America East Conference
BINGHAMTON 67, Hartford 59
MAINE 68, Albany 53
NEW HAMPSHIRE 72, Umbc 56
Vermont vs. STONY BROOK: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
Atlantic 10 Conference
CHARLOTTE 79, Saint Joseph's 68
GEORGE WASHINGTON 76, La Salle 67
St. Bonaventure 76, FORDHAM 67
TEMPLE 65, Dayton 58
Xavier 69, SAINT LOUIS 63
Atlantic Coast Conference
Florida State 72, NORTH CAROLINA 71
MARYLAND 75, Clemson 69
Virginia Tech 71, BOSTON COLLEGE 67
Big 12 Conference
BAYLOR 74, Texas A&M 70
IOWA STATE 70, Nebraska 63
MISSOURI 84, Colorado 68
TEXAS 83, Oklahoma State 77
Big East Conference
CINCINNATI 71, DePaul 58
Marquette 69, ST. JOHN'S 66
Pittsburgh 78, NOTRE DAME 72
VILLANOVA 83, South Florida 70
Big Ten Conference
Ohio State 66, PENN STATE 57
Purdue 68, MINNESOTA 64
Big West Conference
Cal State Fullerton vs. CAL POLY: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
UC SANTA BARBARA 78, Cal State Northridge 64
Colonial Athletic Association
DREXEL 71, UNC Wilmington 59
George Mason 70, DELAWARE 65
VCU 81, James Madison 63
WILLIAM & MARY 74, Towson 58
Conference USA
Marshall 78, RICE 64
Memphis 77, HOUSTON 74
Smu 69, EAST CAROLINA 64
Uab 67, UCF 63
Utep 67, SOUTHERN MISS 61
Mid-American Conference
AKRON 72, Buffalo 67
BALL STATE 58, Eastern Michigan 56
Central Michigan 70, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 69
Kent State 64, BOWLING GREEN STATE 61
OHIO 68, Miami (Ohio) 61
Western Michigan 64, TOLEDO 58
Missouri Valley Conference
BRADLEY 65, Wichita State 63
ILLINOIS STATE 69, Indiana State 62
MISSOURI STATE 71, Drake 66
Mountain West Conference
BYU 75, San Diego State 69
UNLV 73, Tcu 57
Utah 63, AIR FORCE 54
Patriot League
ARMY 67, Lafayette 63
HOLY CROSS 75, Colgate 62
LEHIGH 74, Bucknell 70
NAVY 72, American 68
Southeastern Conference
Arkansas 76, LSU 70
MISSISSIPPI 83, Auburn 78
MISSISSIPPI STATE 70, Alabama 63
Southern Conference
Davidson 70, UNC GREENSBORO 69
Southland Conference
NICHOLLS STATE 70, Central Arkansas 61
SAM HOUSTON STATE 84, McNeese State 66
TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 69, Southeastern Louisiana 66
TEXAS STATE 71, Stephen F. Austin 70
UT ARLINGTON 82, Lamar 68
UT SAN ANTONIO 83, Northwestern State 71
Western Athletic Conference
NEW MEXICO STATE 84, Idaho 74

PPP

6% NM St
5% Arkansas
5% Ball St
4% George Mason
4% Depaul
4% Marquette
4% Xavier

ATS Lock Club

6 units New Mex St. -5
4 units Maryland -4.5
4 Arkansas -1.5

dr bob
Wednesday College Opinions
BOSTON COLLEGE (pick) over Virginia Tech
Rotation #734 - 4 pm Pacific
Virginia Tech applies to a negative 83-160-6 ATS late season road team situation and my ratings make this game a pick, so the line is fair. I'll lean with Boston College based on that angle.

BYU (-8) over San Diego State
Rotation #800 - 6 pm Pacific
BYU is 21-9-1 ATS at home under coach Rose when not favored by 12 points or more and my ratings favor the Cougars by 10 points.

He also have 5 Wednesday Night Best Bets.

Cal Sports

4 Toledo
4 SDST
3 Penn St
3 UAB
3 UTEP

Jim Hurley

George Washington
San Diego State
North Carolina

DOC SPORTS

4 Unit Play. #759 Take Marquette -1½
4 Unit Play. #766 Take Iowa State -4½
4 Unit Play. #810 Take New Mexico State -5

Teddy June

10* Boston College
10* Minnesota
10* St. Johns
10* Baylor

Glen McGrew

25* Purdue

INSIDER SPORTS REPORT

4* Temple -3.5
3* Washington +1
3* L.A. Clippers -3.5

Larry Ness

8* Las Vegas Insider is on the Toronto Raptors