Here are some sharp player news and notes from
the staff of OffshoreInsiders.com
2007
Providence-West Virginia
is 4-1 SU on neutral courts. However two of the neutral court wins were in
the biggest blunders that square player makes is handicapping a neutral court
as if it is a road game.” The square may overreact to
Virginia
St. John’s-Marquette
Although
will have the closest of any team to a home court advantage, they will enter
this game without their leading scorer and rebounder Lamont Hamilton. He is a
first-team all-Big East selection.
UAB-Marshall
It’s the seventh meeting in the last four years with UAB
holding a 4-2 edge. However the teams
split this year and the six games were decided by a total of just 40 points.
Arizona State-Washington
enters with great momentum having beaten USC and UCLA. However the pressure is on as they likely
will have to win four games in four days to make the NCAA Tournament. Seventeen
of
at home. Their only win away from home
though was to ASU 66-61. This game is at the
Angeles
was competitive down the stretch losing by a combined 10 points to
State
Oregon State-California
The Golden Bears won both meetings, but each went to the
last shot of regulation, one going to overtime.
Richmond-Fordham
not play a neutral game, but went 2-11 SU on the road. Fordham enters on a four-game winning streak
in which their offense got progressively better culminating in two games in
which they shot 54.9 percent or better.
SMU-Southern Miss
Cy McCormick of MasterLockLine.com says the key to finding dark
horses in March is betting on teams that lost a lot of close games during the
regular season. SMU has six conference losses by five-points or less. The
Mustangs are 2-0 on neutral sites beating
We will keep an eye on game day injury information. SMU closed out the year without three key
players who could be back: Bamba Fall, Derrick Roberts and Devon Pearson. Fall
is their best defensive player.
St. Louis-Duquesne
After being buoyed by changing to an up-tempo attack, the
Dukes have dropped their last seven. Duquesne did win the only meeting this
year to go to 4-1 all-time in the series. Over/under bettors will look to see
which team can set the pace. Duquesne is
an up-tempo team while the Bilikens play at a snail’s pace.
2007
Michigan State-Northwestern
Points will be tough to come by as
virtually every defensive category, only once in 31 games allowing more than 47
percent. Northwestern is fourth in points per game defense, but ninth in the
more accurate field goal percentage defense. Six of MSU’s
10 losses were by seven or fewer points.
Joe Duffy’s sports betting selections are at www.GodsTips.com. In his scorephone days as “JD of the ACC” he
was given the moniker of “Mr. March” for his 18 hour days and unparallel
winning.