Memphis @ Houston | 03/07 | 5:00 PM UTC
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ANALYSIS: This is a huge game for Memphis' NCAA Tournament hopes. ... Join SportsLine here to see the full pick!
ANALYSIS: This is a huge game for Memphis' NCAA Tournament hopes. ... Join SportsLine here to see the full pick!
ANALYSIS: Wisconsin is desperate for a signature win. ... Join SportsLine here to see the full pick!
ANALYSIS: Iowa and Wisconsin close out the regular season on Sunday... Join SportsLine now to see the full pick!
ANALYSIS: Twice this week, a shootout loss has cost me at least a 3-0 night in hockey! Ugh. Better than a tie, I guess. This is a great price on Edmonton at home. The Oilers were just smacked around three straight games by Toronto so they are due a major offensive explosion. Calgary is not Toronto and just made a coaching change. Oilers -1.5 goals on the puckline might even be worth it. The favorite is 11-3 in the past 14 meetings.
ANALYSIS: VCU has lost the last four meetings with Davidson. Now the Rams get a chance for revenge. This Atlantic 10 conference semifinal game is being played on VCU's home court. The Rams lost to the Wildcats on the road on Feb. 27, 65-57. VCU was without their best player, Nah'Shon Hyland, in that game. He returned to action on Friday.
ANALYSIS: Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinal matchup. It's always important to see where these conference tournaments are held. This game is at VCU. Does home-court advantage matter as much this season? No, but it's still helpful. Guys are used to the background, etc. VCU looked very good Friday in the return of star Bones Hyland from injury and we won on the Rams at -3 over Dayton. I see no reason why that won't continue at -1.
ANALYSIS: I've always found it profitable to target unders during conference tournament season when the two teams playing are playing for consecutive days. This is one spot that stands out to me on Saturday. The total is low, but it should be, as St. Bonaventure and St. Louis are both strong defensive teams. Also, while neither is poor offensively, I wouldn't call either one of these teams an excellent shooting team, either.
ANALYSIS: Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinal matchup, and this line is a tad perplexing unless there's an injury I don't know about (and I looked of course). Saint Louis is a good team but there is no reason it should be favored over the regular-season champion Bonnies even if the Billikens did win the lone regular-season matchup. Fine by me. The Bonnies are 5-0 ATS in their past five neutral site games (this one in Richmond).
ANALYSIS: Led by senior Storm Murphy, Wofford exceeded expectations with a 15-8 season. On Saturday, the Terriers take on a tough team in Mercer. The Bears are an up-and-coming team with several scorers who should give Wofford problems. Take the points here as the Bears aim to avoid a three-game season sweep by Wofford.
ANALYSIS: It's been a rough season for Texas A&M as the Aggies enter the final weekend of the regular season at 8-8, and have gone only 2-7 in SEC play. But as bad as they've been, they haven't been a team that's been getting blown out by opponents thanks to a slow pace on offense, and solid defense. So when I see this spread, Arkansas is clearly the better team, but it feels like a bit too much to me. I like the Aggies to keep this one respectable.
ANALYSIS: Southern Utah (18-3) is a well coached team that looks to earn its way into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001, but the Thunderbirds still have business to finish: winning the regular-season finale today and the Big Sky Conference tourney next week. They’ve won eight straight, the last being Thursday at Portland State when they erased a deficit with a 16-0 run to take the lead at the half and win by 10. Southern Utah gets the cover.
ANALYSIS: The wrong team is favored here. LSU has one of the most efficient offenses in the country, scoring 119.3 points per 100 possessions, which ranks seventh in the country. LSU also has won five straight games against Missouri and has the incentive of the No. 3 seed in the SEC Tournament at stake in this game. My simulations say LSU covers almost two-thirds of the time and wins by four, so you're getting good value at this number.