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A critical Big East matchup takes place Wednesday when the conference-leading St. John's Red Storm head to Hartford to take on the Connecticut Huskies. UConn (25-3) is ranked sixth in the nation in the latest Top-25 poll, while the Red Storm (22-5) rank 15th. But St. John's comes in on a 13-game win streak, while the Huskies rebounded from a loss to Creighton by beating Villanova 73-63 on Saturday. The Red Storm's win streak includes an 81-72 home victory against UConn on Feb. 6. The Huskies are 13-2 at home, with losses to Creighton and top-five Arizona, but St. John's is 8-0 in road games. The Huskies are 5.5-point favorites in the St. John's vs. UConn odds, and the Over/Under is set at 147.5. The SportsLine Projection Model has the Huskies covering the spread in 68% of its simulations, good for a "B" grade.        

In the NBA on Wednesday, it's a potential NBA Finals preview when the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Detroit Pistons, who sit atop the Eastern Conference. OKC (45-14) has won five of its past six and is on a back-to-back after beating the Toronto Raptors 116-107 on Tuesday. The Pistons (42-14) lost 114-103 to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday to end a five-game win streak. Detroit is a 7.5-point favorite in the Thunder vs. Pistons odds, but the SportsLine model has Oklahoma City winning 49% of the time and covering the spread at a 65% rate, both earning "B" grades. In the NHL, the Tampa Bay Lightning are -222 favorites on the money line as they go for their sixth straight victory in Maple Leafs vs. Lightning. The model sees value on Toronto +181 on the money line, as the Leafs win in 42% of simulations.        .

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