Critical betting intel from select games from the clipboard of Grandmaster Sports Handicapper Joe Duffy of OffshoreInsiders.com.
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12PM ET—Iowa St at Ole Miss (ESPN)
- Iowa State 73-72
- Live line: ISU has struggled late in close games
- Marial Shayock of Iowa State is 6-6 and athletic, really tough matchup for Ole Miss
- Ole Miss G Breein Tyree with shoulder injury, GTD
- 17 pts, 3.4 rebounds, 3 assists
- Iowa State averages 78.2 points per game and Ole Miss allows 68.4
1PM ET—Notre Dame at Virginia (CBS)
- Virginia 68-55
- Virginia 15-3 +5.5 compared to Irish 7-12 -1.5
- Decent regression to mean for Irish, especially in conference play
- Jeff Huff for Virginia is playing much better off the bench
- 7-footer can pose serious matchup problems
- Nate Laszewski of Irish may have gotten out of slump against Tech, but now versus brutal defense
- Needs to come up big if Virginia double-teams John Mooney
- Virginia faster pace this season
2PM ET—Kansas St vs. Texas A&M (ESPN)
- Kansas City 65-61
- Both Jay Jay Chandler and Wendell Mitchell are trending upward for A&M, for those who love guard play
- Kansas State been streaky winning five straight, the first two by combined three points (off a two-game losing streak), but last three by double-digits
2PM ET—Marquette vs. Xavier (FS 1)
- Marquette 73-71
- Marquette among luckier teams this season, not as good as record
- Quenton Goodin looking more sharp for Xavier and could return to starting line up after missing some games
- His replacement Kyle Castlin is better for the under, great defensive rebounder for a G plays good defense
- Goodin more PT, Castlin yes, good for OVER
4PM ET—West Virginia at Tennessee (ESPN)
- Tennessee 86-69
- WVU worst against the spread margin in nation at -5.8 at 6-12
- Tennessee 9-7-1 +3.6
- Sets up several regression to mean angles favorite WVU
- Vols also big over team going over by an average of 7.7, though 10-7
- Second fastest pace in nation
6PM ET—Kansas at Kentucky (ESPN)
- Kentucky 73-69
- Kentucky peaking covering three straight and typical of reloaded teams with John Calipari
- Top 2 scorers are freshman
- Without Udoka Azubuike Kansas has gotten smaller
- Kentucky has four viable big men Reid Travis, PJ Washington, Nick Richards and EJ Montgomery
- Major sports service Game of the Year from MasterLockLine at OffshoreInsiders.com
8PM ET—Syracuse at Virginia Tech (ESPN)
- Virginia Tech 72-64
- Virginia Tech will be rested, while Syracuse playing second game in three days
- That being said, home teams with at least four days rest, hosting a team playing 2-in-3 days are not profitable at all at 378-398!
- Tech third weakest strength of schedule
- Conference wins against teams 5-15 in ACC
- Destroyed on road by North Carolina and Virginia
- Tech F Chris Clarke kicked off team and touted frosh Landers Nolley not eligible, so lack of depth wearing on Tech
- Now could be without PJ Horne who averages 16 minutes per game
- But rest should help
10PM ET—Arizona at UCLA (ESPN 2)
- Arizona 71-70
- Arizona freshman Brandon Williams starting to pick up his game, leading them in scoring in conference play
- He is one of two key players from LA, who may be extra fired up
- UCLA picking up pace under interim head coach Murry Bartow, but reckless with ball
