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St. Johns vs. Depaul
Free Pick: St. John’s (March 5th 2010 – Doc’s Sports)
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Free Play from Doc’s Sports. #835 Take St. Johns over DePaul (8:30 pm ESPN 360) Two bad teams are set to do battle on Friday night at Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL. The Blue Demons have an interim coach and currently sit at the bottom of the Big East with a 1-16 conference record. St. Johns is just 5-12 in the Big East, but they have shown some signs of life playing pretty well in their last four games against good competition. They beat South Florida, took Marquette to OT, and lost by just seven points to Pittsburgh. The Red Storm have dominated this series recently going 4-1 ATS in the last five match-ups. St. Johns has also went 7-0 ATS in their last seven road games against a team with a losing home record. That will be the case tonight, as DePaul is just 6-8 in Chicago this season. Play the visitor and get your bankroll going for the weekend. Don’t forget to sign-up for Doc’s SEC Game of the Year. This selection will go this Saturday and is a must have for any big game hunter.

Pacific vs. CS Fullerton
Free Pick: CS Fullerton +3 (March 4th 2010 – John Ryan)
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3* graded play on Cal-State Fullerton (CSF) as they take on Pacific in Big West action set to start at 11:05 EST. Our proprietary sports handicapping model and simulator shows a high probability that CSF will win this game. On January 21st, Pacific defeated CSF 80-73 and CSF covered by the hook. This revenge situation has served CSF bettors well in past games. CSF is 14-4 ATS (+9.6 Units) revenging a loss where opponent scored 75 or more points over the last 3 seasons. CSF is projected to score between 67 and 74 points based on the model. Note that in past games Pacific has not done well when allowing 67 to 74 points sporting marks of 0-2 ATS this season, 1-12 ATS the past 3 seasons, and 21-48 ATS since 1997.

Ryan is on a 75% ATS winning 10* Titan run spanning his last 20 releases. Join him for this 10* Titan that is reinforced by Ryan’s research featuring game dependent angles sporting a perfect 26-0 ATS mark. He won both 10* Wed. w/UNDER Temple and TCU, who covered easily.

Colorado State vs. San Diego State
Free Pick: San Diego State -14 (March 3rd 2010 – Tom Freese)
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Colorado is 15-13 overall and they are 6-8 in League Play. Guard Dorian Green scores 12.4 points a game. Forward Andy Ogide scores 11.7 points and 6.5 rebounds a game. Forward Travis Franklin scores 10.6 points a game. No other players score more than 8.6 points a game. The Rams score just 66.4 points a game while shooting just 68% from the foul line. The Rams are 3-7 ATS their last 10 road games and they are 1-6 ATS their last 7 games vs. a team with a winning record. San Diego St is 20-8 overall and they are 9-5 in Conference Play. Forward Kawii Leonard scores 12.4 points and 9.5 rebounds a game. Forward Malcolm Thomas scores 10.9 points a game while shooting 40% from behind the arc. Forward Billy White scores 10.5 points a game. Guard D.J Gay scores 10.4 points a game. The Aztecs score 71.5 points a game and they shoot 47% from the floor. San Diego St is 11-4 ATS their last 15 games as home favorites and they are 6-2 ATS their last 8 games overall. PLAY ON SAN DIEGO ST -

Minnesota vs. Michigan
Free Pick: Minnesota Pk (March 2nd 2010 – Tom Freese)
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Michigan is 13-15 overall and they are 6-10 in League Play. Guard Manny Harris scores 18.1 points and 6.3 rebounds a game. Forward Deshawn Sims scores 16.9 points and 7.8 rebounds. No other player on the team scores more than more than 7.5 points a game. The Wolverines score 64 points a game and they shoot just 41% from the floor. Michigan is 2-5 ATS their 7 Big 10 games and they are 1-5 ATS on Tuesday. Minnesota is 17-11 overall and 8-8 in League Play. Guard Lawrence Westbrook scores 13 points a game while shooting 42% from behind the arc. Forward Blake Huffarber scores 11 points a game. Forward Damion Johnson scores 10.2 points a game. Guard Devoe Joseph scores 8.8 points a game and Ralph Sampson scores 8.7 points a game. The Golden Gophers score 73.5 points a game and they shoot 47% from the floor. Minnesota is 4-0 ATS their last 4 Big 10 games and they are 7-3 ATS off an ATS win. PLAY ON MINNESOTA

Boise State vs. New Mexico State
Free Pick: New Mexico State -7 (February 27th 2010 – Tom Freese)
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Boise St is 13-15 overall and they are 3-10 in Conference Play. Forward Ike Okoye scores 13.1 points and 8.3 rebounds a game. Forward Robert Arnold scores 10.5 points a game. La’Shard Anderson scores 10.2 points a game. Daequon Montreal scores 10 points a game. The Broncos score 73.3 points a game. Boise St is 2-5 ATS off a straight up win and they are 3-7-1 ATS their last 11 meetings with the Aggies. New Mexico St is 18-9 overall and they are 10-3 in Conference Play. Jahmar Young scores 21 points a game. Guard Johnathan Gibson scores 18 points a game while shooting 40.7% from behind the arc. Forward Troy Gillenwater scores 13.8 points a game. Forward Wendell McKines scores 11.2 points a game. Center Hamidu Rahman scores 10.6 points and 8 rebounds a game. The Aggies score 78 points a game and they 12-3-1 ATS their 16 league games and they are 8-1-1 ATS their last 10 Saturday games.

Tulsa vs. East Carolina
Free Pick: Tulsa -9.5 (February 27th 2010 – Steve Merril)
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Tulsa is in a funk right now; the Golden Hurricane have lost four straight games and five of their last six overall. However, all five of those losses have come against very good teams in UTEP (twice), Memphis, Marshall, and Duke. There’s no shame in losing to any one of those teams, so the recent bad run by Tulsa isn’t as bad as it seems.

Tonight, Tulsa takes a huge step down in class as they travel to East Carolina and take on a team that is simply playing out the string. The Pirates are a dismal 9-18 on the season, and considering they are facing a desperate Tulsa team in dire need of a win, they can expect to be on the losing end once again. East Carolina has been repeatedly waxed by good teams this season. In fact, of their 18 losses, 12 of them have come by double digits.

Despite Tulsa laying over East Carolina in terms of talent, we cannot make them a Best Bet tonight for a couple of reasons. First, and foremost, they are a fragile team right now. Tulsa was the preseason conference favorite, and since they’ve underperformed, there’s concern that their psyche is shattered. They could very well name the score here, but if they are not fully focused and fail to bring their ‘A’ game, they’ll be hard-pressed to win by double digits. Secondly, Tulsa is just 4-7 on the road this year with all four wins coming by 7 points or less. Those two reasons are enough to downgrade Tulsa to Free Play status even though they are the superior team in this game.

LSU vs. Auburn
Free Pick: Auburn -8.5 (February 27th 2010 – Rob Vinciletti)
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On Saturday the free play is on Auburn. Game 622 at 7:00 eastern. The Tigers are 21-3 vs teams who average 65 or less with several big covers. When they play losing teams they have won 19 of 22 and have cashed 6 of the last 7 Saturday games. Tonight they catch an LSU team that wont remind anyone of the days when Shaq played there. LSU is 1-12 in the conference this year with their lone win coming on Thursday night at home vs Arkansas. Look for them to regress back to normal tonight as they are 0-10 on the road losing by an average 18 points per game. When they have home loss revenge they are 0-4 and have failed 3 times vs the spread. They lost and failed to cover every time this year on the road in this range as a dog. Take Auburn tonight. On the Saturday card I have the WAC Goy with a huge Power angle that has cashed 21 of 22 times. I also have a Triple angle NCAAB Total, The Big DOG 90% TV game and a Last Home game System Side. We went 5-1 Last Saturday and much like Last weeks big play I expect this WAC GOY game to win with no problem. NBA will be on the late report. For the free play take Auburn. RV

Niagara vs. Manhattan
Free Pick: Niagara -3.5 (February 26th 2010 – Tom Freese)
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Manhattan is 10-17 overall and 4-12 in Conference Play. Guard Rico Pickett scores 17.8 points a game. Guard Darryl Crawford scores 14.5 points and 6 rebounds a game. No other player on the team scores more 7.9 points a game. The Jaspers score just 64.6 points a game and they shoot just 68% from the foul line. The Jaspers are 0-5 ATS off an ATS win and they are 9-25-1 ATS their last 35 home games vs. a team with a losing road record. Niagara is 16-13 overall and they are 8-8 in Conference Play. Guard Tyrone Lewis scores 16.7 points a game. Forward Bilal Been scores 13.6 points and 9.9 rebounds a game. Guard Rob Garrison scores 11 points a game. Guard Anthony Nelson 10.2 points a game. Forward Demetrius Williamson scores 9.8 points a game. The Purple Eagles score 72.5 points a game. Niagara is 24-9 ATS their last 33 games as favorites of 0.5 to 6.5 points and they are 4-0 ATS their last 4 road games vs. a team with a losing home record. PLAY ON NIAGARA -

Georgia vs. Vanderbilt
Free Pick: Vanderbilt -11.5 (February 25th 2010 – Freddy Wills)
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I’m going with Vanderbilt I feel strongly that they will bounce back from the Kentucky heart breaker. Georgia has been tough at times, but have not much to show for it with an 0-9 road record. Vandy will be focused with revenge on mind for losing by 14 @ Georgia earlier this season where they shot a dreadful 32.8% and gave up 55% shooting to Georgia. Look for that to be flip flopped with a lot of other stats as Vandy is holding opponents to 38% shooting on their home court while shooting over 50%. The biggest advantage they will have is Georgia’s inability to take care of the ball. Georgia -7 turnovers per game on the road and they were -11 TO @ home earlier this year to Vanderbilt. I look for that to be a huge advantage along with it being the first time head Coach Fox will coach at Vanderbilt. It will be a challenge trying to coach from the baseline.

Free Pick: South Alabama +2 (Jimmy Boyd)
This matchup has been all about home court so we can’t really read too much into the 71-48 loss Denver handed South Bama last month except that it has provided plenty of motivation for the Jags. In fact, the home team is an impressive 15-3 ATS in the last 18 meetings. The Pioneers are about as poor a road team as you’ll find. They are 2-10 SU when playing away from home this season and 1-10 ATS in those lined games. In fact, the Pioneers are 0-8 ATS in their last 8 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. S. Bama is off back-to-back losses, and this is its last home games of the season so you can expect it to play with a great deal of pride and passion tonight. Take the Jags.

Free Pick: San Diego -3.5 (Rocky Atkinson)
Loyola Marymount is 0-4 SU and ATS last 3 years as a road underdog of 3 1/2 to 6 points. Lions are 7-17 ATS in their last 24 games as an underdog of 0.5-6.5. Lions are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of less than .400. Lions are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games as a road underdog of 0.5-6.5. Toreros are 20-9 ATS in their last 29 games as a home favorite of 0.5-6.5. Loyola Marymount is 11-57 SU as an underdog the past 3 years and 7-35 SU on the road the past 3 seasons. We’ll recommend a small play on San Diego tonight! Thanks and good luck, Rocky

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Idaho vs. New Mexico State
Free Pick: New Mexico State -4.5 (February 24th 2010 – Matt Fargo)
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The way I see it, the markets have not caught up with New Mexico St. for some reason and we are still getting value on the Aggies so we will continue to ride. The Aggies started the season at 3-6 and that slow start can be attributed to a number of reasons but mostly it was due to not being at close to full strength. That is not that case anymore as New Mexico St. has everyone back and the biggest returnee was forward Wendell McKines. He has been back for 16 games and it is no surprise that the Aggies are 13-3 in those games with one loss coming against WAC heavyweight Nevada, another coming against a strong San Jose St. team and the last at Fresno St. He is averaging 11.2 ppg and 9.6 rpg and his presence makes this team nearly complete. The backcourt is one of the best in the conference and is even better with McKines back in the lineup. Guard Jahmar Young and guard Jonathan Gibson are doing something really special in Las Cruses. Young enters this game third in the WAC in scoring at 20.9 ppg while is Gibson is sixth at 18.2 ppg. They are the highest scoring teammates in the conference and as of last week’s NCAA’s stats, they were the only teammates in the national top 50 in scoring.

To make things even better, the Aggies got forward Troy Gillenwater back five games ago as he was reinstated from being academically ineligible. All he’s done in his first five games back is average 15.6 ppg and 7.4 rpg and it the best sixth man in the conference. The high-scoring backcourt combined with the new solid frontcourt of McKines, Gillenwater and center Hamidu Rahman, make New Mexico St. a tough matchup for anybody in the WAC as the Aggies now possess five double-digit scorers. The fifth starter is point guard Hernst Laroche who had a tidy 2.00 assist/turnover ratio. Idaho was a pleasant surprise to open the season with an 8-4 record but it then suffered six straight conference losses to take some of the wind out of its sails. To the Vandals credit, they did not quit and have gone a solid 5-3 over their last eight games including a 3-1 record on the road. However the one loss came against the best team they played and that was Utah St. by 18 points and while these Aggies may not quite be in line with those Aggies, they are close.

The RPI shows New Mexico St. with a 66 rank while Idaho is at 174 and those are pretty significant differences. With a variance that big, we usually see it in the line as well but that is not the case in this one as we once against catch New Mexico St. with an outstanding line. 3* New Mexico St. Aggies