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-- Fresno is 1-4 on road, 1-1 as road dog, losing by 13 at UNLV, 19 at Arizona, 1 at Bakersfield, 11 at Sam Houston. Stanford is 5-2 as home favorite; they've won six in row overall, are at full strength with both Lopez brothers now eligible.
-- George Washington is 0-3 on road, losing 83-60 at UCLA, at Virginia Tech (68-36) and at lowly Binghamton. Alabama is 0-3 vs spread as home favorite; they have Clemson coming in on Tuesday, had better not look past this team.
-- Temple won four of its last five games after a 2-4 start; they are 4-1 vs spread as the dog. Florida has played lot of cupcakes to get to 11-2; they're 3-1 vs spread as favorite, losing only to Florida State at home.
-- Villanova (-12.5) beat LaSalle 64-51 LY, in crosstown rivalry; Wildcats won five in row, are 8-1; this is their last tuneup with Big East play starting Thursday. Explorers lost last four against D-I opponents; they're 4-6 against a weak schedule.
-- Waters visits program he built as he brings his Cleveland St team (won seven of last nine games) to play Kent State (won its last six, nine of last 10). Vikings (+4) upset Kent 66-59 LY. Kent is 4-2 vs spread as a favorite this season.
-- Akron (even) lost 86-80 at Ill-Chicago LY; Zips won four in a row, are 9-2 this season; they're 2-3 vs spread as favorite. UIC is 2-1 on road, winning at Central Michigan, DePaul; they won last three games, after 3-4 start.
-- Notre Dame won six in row after 2-2 start; they covered three of last four as favorite. Brown won four of last five games, but is 2-3 as underdog, losing 70-51 to Providence, 75-61 to Rhode Island, 72-57 at Michigan.
-- Cal-Davis lost 73-59 at home to Oregon State, worst team in Pac-10, so not much hope for them at UCLA, which is 5-3 as a favorite this season. Bruins open Pac-10 play Thursday with a trip to Bay Area; this is their last tuneup for that.
-- Western Kentucky beat Troy twice LY, by combined total of five points (82-78ot at home, 75-74 here). WKU was 5-4 on Sun Belt road LY, 2-4-1 vs spread as road favorite. Troy lost opener in league 84-73 at USA (+16), making just 10-34 beyond the arc.
-- Kansas is 5-2 vs spread as home favorite; they struggled in their two road games, but against inferior foes like Yale, they've won at home by 29-41-38-38-18-37-24 pts. Yale hasn't played in 18 days; they're 3-1 vs spread as underdog this year.
-- UAB is 6-5 but has played only three home games (3-0); they lost 56-42 at Old Dominion LY (+5). Monarchs are 0-4 on road, losing by 13 at Clemson, 17 at North Carolina, 6 at Richmond, 3 at Winthrop- they're 0-2-1 vs spread as an underdog.
-- USC won eight of last 10 games; they're 2-2 vs spread as the favorite; this is their last tuneup before Pac-10 play starts next week in Bay Area. Riverside is 2-2 vs spread as dog, losing by 12 at Texas Tech, 36 at Gonzaga, 37 at Minnesota, 13 at SD St.
-- Home side won both Illinois State-Crieghton games LY, with Bluejays winning 79-71 here (21-5 edge from foul line), losing in Normal 65-55 (+2.5). ISU won three in row, five of last six- they are 0-2 as dog. Creighton is 3-1 vs spread a favorite.
-- Home side won both Drake-Wichita games LY, with Bulldogs losing 82-77 here (+9), winning 62-58 at home. Drake is 8-1, but hasn't played in couple weeks. Shockers hammered LSU by 20 at home; they're 4-1 vs spread as favorite this year.
-- Evansville beat Indiana State twice LY (50-49 on road, 76-61 here); Aces won four of last five, mostly against stiffs. ISU has lost all five road games: 76-48 at Butler, 78-69 at North Texas, 71-60 at Purdue, 74-58 at Miami, 80-68 at Tulane.
-- Miami OH (+5) lost 60-52 at Cincinnati LY; Red Hawks are 1-3 on road, winning in OT at Illinois, losing 47-44 at Louisville, by 1 at Wright State (led by 16 at half), 78-54 at Kansas. Bearcats lost last five games; they're 4-1 vs spread as underdog.
-- UL-Lafayette (+2) lost 75-72 at Florida Atlantic LY; ULL is 2-8 in last 10 games, but won Sun Belt opener 68-67 at UL-Monroe. FAU shot 54% in SBC opener, but lost 79-77 at Arkansas State. Cajuns are favored in lined game for first time this year.
-- BYU (-1.5) lost 72-68 at Boise LY, now return here with record of 10-2, winjing only road games by 40 at Long Beach, 78-54 at Portland. Broncos won six of last seven games but lost two of last three at home, losing 86-74 at Wash State, 76-74 to LMU.
-- Memphis (+8) lost 79-71 at Arizona LY; Tigers are 10-0, with only one win by less than 10 points (62-58 vs USC on a neutral floor). Arizona won it last six games, with tense wins at UNLV and Illinois; their only loss was 76-72 at Kansas (+12.5).
-- James Madison had won five in row before 112-110 OT loss to Seton Hall; Dukes covered only lined game as favorite, 72-57 win at Dartmouth (-3.5); they have CAA game next Wednesday after winning CAA opener 68-65 at Northeastern.
-- Charleston is 4-6 in rebuilding year under Cremins; this is the first lined game they're favored in, partially because this is just their second home game. Cougars' four wins are by 3-5-9-2 pts. Mercer beat USC when Trojans were missing a few guys.
-- Wright State is 5-3 with home upset of Butler; they won last three games, rallying from 16 down at half to beat Miami back on Dec 15, (58-57, +2.5). Belmont has win at Alabama this year. Raiders are 1-2 vs spread as favorite.
-- Chattanooga won five of last six games, losing to Tennessee; they're 2-1 vs spread as favorite, winning first three conference games by 13-16-13 points. Murray State is 5-4, 2-2 in its league with both losses by a single point.
-- Long Beach State got smoked at Cal last night, 102-65, game that was 38-15 at half; they play Bucknell team that lost a much closer game to North Dakota State Friday. 49ers lost top nine scorers from LY; they split last four games, after 1-5 start.
-- Cal bounced back from upset loss to Utah by crushing Long Beach last night; they're 3-1-1 vs spread as favorite, but better respect Bison squad that upset Marquette in its tourney a year or two ago. North Dakota State lost 75-65 at Florida in Nov.
-- Hofstra is 2-7 after getting crushed 84-59 by Virginia Tech in first round at MSG; game was 45-23 at half. Marist lost 62-59 at st John's last night, their third loss in row. Foxes are 2-3 as fave this season. Hofstra is 1-2 as an underdog.
-- Virginia Tech won five of last seven games after its 2-3 start; they were up 23 at half last night vs Hofstra. St John's escaped with 62-59 win vs Marist last night after leading by 31-24 at the half. Hokies are 0-3 on road, losing by 5-3-2 points.
-- Georgia Southern beat host Corpus Christi last night for 8th win in last nine games, but now go way up in class, against a Rhode Island club that won six in row, 10 of last 11 games; as a favorite this season, Rams are 8-1 vs spread as a favorite.
-- Corpus Christ has new coach, mostly new team from champs of conference LY; they lost by 9 to Georgia Southern last nite. Eastern Michigan lost four of last five games, but covered three of last four as an underdog.
-- Vanderbilt is 11-0 this season, 5-4 vs spread as favorite; they scored 83+ points in last six games. UT-Martin lost 74-48 last week at UNLV (+19), after loaing OVC road games 80-75/70-51 earlier in week- they also lost 102-71 at Memphis last month.
-- Rutgers lost three of last four games, losing to Rider at home in last game; they're 0-2 vs MAAC this year. Manhattan is 2-2 as underdog this season; four of their five December tilts were decided by seven or less points.
-- NC State had terrific win at Seton Hall during week, winning on road after they lost their PG for season. Wolfpack is 0-6 vs spread in last six tries as favorite, but they won last four in row SU. Western Carolina is 0-2-1 vs spread as an underdog.
-- Louisville pulled away from slim 30-27 halftime lead to whack Morehead State 73-49 Wedneday (-24); Cardinals are 0-5-1 vs spread in last six games. Iona coach Willard is former Louisville aide who has improved Gaels; they won five of last six games, after an 0-5 start.
-- Samford plays Princeton style, harder to cover 23-pt spread in low-scoring game; they're 3-0 vs spread as underdog, with a 61-45 loss at Florida State. Clemson is 9-1 after losing in finals of PR tourney to Ole Mias- they go to Alabama Tuesday.
-- NC-Wilmington (+8.5) lost 73-66 at NC-Greensboro last year; UNCW won four of last five games- they're 2-1 as fave. UNCG split its four road games; they're 2-3 vs spread as dog, but they do have an upset win at Georgia Tech.
-- Bowling Green lost its last four games; they're 2-2 as favorite this season. Eastern Illinois is 0-10, already losing four games in OVC; they're 3-0-1 vs spread in last four games as underdog.
-- Middle Tennessee (+1) lost 64-63 at Austin Peay LY; MTSU won only home game vs D-I foe 72-63 vs Florida Int'l. Peay has won all three OVC games but is 3-6 out of conference- they've got all five starters back from LY.
-- Eastern Washington upset Portland, Portland State at home in last two games, after 3-8 start; they upset Santa Barbara by a point LY (71-70, +7). Gauchos are 9-2 after getting crushed last week at UNC; they're 4-3 against the spread as a favorite.
-- Furman is 0-10 after getting crushed by Fullerton last night (103-72, down 52-36 at half). Howard lost 97-48 at St Mary's in game that was 51-24 at the half. Not much to pick from here.
-- Fullerton is 7-3 after waxing Furman last night; Titans are 2-2 on road, losing 81-65 at Arizona (+16), 79-76 at Central Mich. (+3.5); they also lost 84-80 at home to Wright State. St Mary's is 3-1-1 against the spread as a favorite.
-- Denver lost OT game at Santa Clara last night; they use that Princeton offense, hard to prepare for in less than day- they're 2-6 in last eight games. Morgan State was down 23 at half to Niagara last night, lost 73-53.
-- Tough win for Santa Clara last night, surviving Denver in OT now they go from defending Princeton offense to free-wheeling Niagara team that crushed Morgan State Friday and is 7-3, 2-1 vs spread when they're the underdog.
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Final Post
-- Fresno is 1-4 on road, 1-1 as road dog, losing by 13 at UNLV, 19 at Arizona, 1 at Bakersfield, 11 at Sam Houston. Stanford is 5-2 as home favorite; they've won six in row overall, are at full strength with both Lopez brothers now eligible.
-- George Washington is 0-3 on road, losing 83-60 at UCLA, at Virginia Tech (68-36) and at lowly Binghamton. Alabama is 0-3 vs spread as home favorite; they have Clemson coming in on Tuesday, had better not look past this team.
-- Temple won four of its last five games after a 2-4 start; they are 4-1 vs spread as the dog. Florida has played lot of cupcakes to get to 11-2; they're 3-1 vs spread as favorite, losing only to Florida State at home.
-- Villanova (-12.5) beat LaSalle 64-51 LY, in crosstown rivalry; Wildcats won five in row, are 8-1; this is their last tuneup with Big East play starting Thursday. Explorers lost last four against D-I opponents; they're 4-6 against a weak schedule.
-- Waters visits program he built as he brings his Cleveland St team (won seven of last nine games) to play Kent State (won its last six, nine of last 10). Vikings (+4) upset Kent 66-59 LY. Kent is 4-2 vs spread as a favorite this season.
-- Akron (even) lost 86-80 at Ill-Chicago LY; Zips won four in a row, are 9-2 this season; they're 2-3 vs spread as favorite. UIC is 2-1 on road, winning at Central Michigan, DePaul; they won last three games, after 3-4 start.
-- Notre Dame won six in row after 2-2 start; they covered three of last four as favorite. Brown won four of last five games, but is 2-3 as underdog, losing 70-51 to Providence, 75-61 to Rhode Island, 72-57 at Michigan.
-- Cal-Davis lost 73-59 at home to Oregon State, worst team in Pac-10, so not much hope for them at UCLA, which is 5-3 as a favorite this season. Bruins open Pac-10 play Thursday with a trip to Bay Area; this is their last tuneup for that.
-- Western Kentucky beat Troy twice LY, by combined total of five points (82-78ot at home, 75-74 here). WKU was 5-4 on Sun Belt road LY, 2-4-1 vs spread as road favorite. Troy lost opener in league 84-73 at USA (+16), making just 10-34 beyond the arc.
-- Kansas is 5-2 vs spread as home favorite; they struggled in their two road games, but against inferior foes like Yale, they've won at home by 29-41-38-38-18-37-24 pts. Yale hasn't played in 18 days; they're 3-1 vs spread as underdog this year.
-- UAB is 6-5 but has played only three home games (3-0); they lost 56-42 at Old Dominion LY (+5). Monarchs are 0-4 on road, losing by 13 at Clemson, 17 at North Carolina, 6 at Richmond, 3 at Winthrop- they're 0-2-1 vs spread as an underdog.
-- USC won eight of last 10 games; they're 2-2 vs spread as the favorite; this is their last tuneup before Pac-10 play starts next week in Bay Area. Riverside is 2-2 vs spread as dog, losing by 12 at Texas Tech, 36 at Gonzaga, 37 at Minnesota, 13 at SD St.
-- Home side won both Illinois State-Crieghton games LY, with Bluejays winning 79-71 here (21-5 edge from foul line), losing in Normal 65-55 (+2.5). ISU won three in row, five of last six- they are 0-2 as dog. Creighton is 3-1 vs spread a favorite.
-- Home side won both Drake-Wichita games LY, with Bulldogs losing 82-77 here (+9), winning 62-58 at home. Drake is 8-1, but hasn't played in couple weeks. Shockers hammered LSU by 20 at home; they're 4-1 vs spread as favorite this year.
-- Evansville beat Indiana State twice LY (50-49 on road, 76-61 here); Aces won four of last five, mostly against stiffs. ISU has lost all five road games: 76-48 at Butler, 78-69 at North Texas, 71-60 at Purdue, 74-58 at Miami, 80-68 at Tulane.
-- Miami OH (+5) lost 60-52 at Cincinnati LY; Red Hawks are 1-3 on road, winning in OT at Illinois, losing 47-44 at Louisville, by 1 at Wright State (led by 16 at half), 78-54 at Kansas. Bearcats lost last five games; they're 4-1 vs spread as underdog.
-- UL-Lafayette (+2) lost 75-72 at Florida Atlantic LY; ULL is 2-8 in last 10 games, but won Sun Belt opener 68-67 at UL-Monroe. FAU shot 54% in SBC opener, but lost 79-77 at Arkansas State. Cajuns are favored in lined game for first time this year.
-- BYU (-1.5) lost 72-68 at Boise LY, now return here with record of 10-2, winjing only road games by 40 at Long Beach, 78-54 at Portland. Broncos won six of last seven games but lost two of last three at home, losing 86-74 at Wash State, 76-74 to LMU.
-- Memphis (+8) lost 79-71 at Arizona LY; Tigers are 10-0, with only one win by less than 10 points (62-58 vs USC on a neutral floor). Arizona won it last six games, with tense wins at UNLV and Illinois; their only loss was 76-72 at Kansas (+12.5).
-- James Madison had won five in row before 112-110 OT loss to Seton Hall; Dukes covered only lined game as favorite, 72-57 win at Dartmouth (-3.5); they have CAA game next Wednesday after winning CAA opener 68-65 at Northeastern.
-- Charleston is 4-6 in rebuilding year under Cremins; this is the first lined game they're favored in, partially because this is just their second home game. Cougars' four wins are by 3-5-9-2 pts. Mercer beat USC when Trojans were missing a few guys.
-- Wright State is 5-3 with home upset of Butler; they won last three games, rallying from 16 down at half to beat Miami back on Dec 15, (58-57, +2.5). Belmont has win at Alabama this year. Raiders are 1-2 vs spread as favorite.
-- Chattanooga won five of last six games, losing to Tennessee; they're 2-1 vs spread as favorite, winning first three conference games by 13-16-13 points. Murray State is 5-4, 2-2 in its league with both losses by a single point.
-- Long Beach State got smoked at Cal last night, 102-65, game that was 38-15 at half; they play Bucknell team that lost a much closer game to North Dakota State Friday. 49ers lost top nine scorers from LY; they split last four games, after 1-5 start.
-- Cal bounced back from upset loss to Utah by crushing Long Beach last night; they're 3-1-1 vs spread as favorite, but better respect Bison squad that upset Marquette in its tourney a year or two ago. North Dakota State lost 75-65 at Florida in Nov.
-- Hofstra is 2-7 after getting crushed 84-59 by Virginia Tech in first round at MSG; game was 45-23 at half. Marist lost 62-59 at st John's last night, their third loss in row. Foxes are 2-3 as fave this season. Hofstra is 1-2 as an underdog.
-- Virginia Tech won five of last seven games after its 2-3 start; they were up 23 at half last night vs Hofstra. St John's escaped with 62-59 win vs Marist last night after leading by 31-24 at the half. Hokies are 0-3 on road, losing by 5-3-2 points.
-- Georgia Southern beat host Corpus Christi last night for 8th win in last nine games, but now go way up in class, against a Rhode Island club that won six in row, 10 of last 11 games; as a favorite this season, Rams are 8-1 vs spread as a favorite.
-- Corpus Christ has new coach, mostly new team from champs of conference LY; they lost by 9 to Georgia Southern last nite. Eastern Michigan lost four of last five games, but covered three of last four as an underdog.
-- Vanderbilt is 11-0 this season, 5-4 vs spread as favorite; they scored 83+ points in last six games. UT-Martin lost 74-48 last week at UNLV (+19), after loaing OVC road games 80-75/70-51 earlier in week- they also lost 102-71 at Memphis last month.
-- Rutgers lost three of last four games, losing to Rider at home in last game; they're 0-2 vs MAAC this year. Manhattan is 2-2 as underdog this season; four of their five December tilts were decided by seven or less points.
-- NC State had terrific win at Seton Hall during week, winning on road after they lost their PG for season. Wolfpack is 0-6 vs spread in last six tries as favorite, but they won last four in row SU. Western Carolina is 0-2-1 vs spread as an underdog.
-- Louisville pulled away from slim 30-27 halftime lead to whack Morehead State 73-49 Wedneday (-24); Cardinals are 0-5-1 vs spread in last six games. Iona coach Willard is former Louisville aide who has improved Gaels; they won five of last six games, after an 0-5 start.
-- Samford plays Princeton style, harder to cover 23-pt spread in low-scoring game; they're 3-0 vs spread as underdog, with a 61-45 loss at Florida State. Clemson is 9-1 after losing in finals of PR tourney to Ole Mias- they go to Alabama Tuesday.
-- NC-Wilmington (+8.5) lost 73-66 at NC-Greensboro last year; UNCW won four of last five games- they're 2-1 as fave. UNCG split its four road games; they're 2-3 vs spread as dog, but they do have an upset win at Georgia Tech.
-- Bowling Green lost its last four games; they're 2-2 as favorite this season. Eastern Illinois is 0-10, already losing four games in OVC; they're 3-0-1 vs spread in last four games as underdog.
-- Middle Tennessee (+1) lost 64-63 at Austin Peay LY; MTSU won only home game vs D-I foe 72-63 vs Florida Int'l. Peay has won all three OVC games but is 3-6 out of conference- they've got all five starters back from LY.
-- Eastern Washington upset Portland, Portland State at home in last two games, after 3-8 start; they upset Santa Barbara by a point LY (71-70, +7). Gauchos are 9-2 after getting crushed last week at UNC; they're 4-3 against the spread as a favorite.
-- Furman is 0-10 after getting crushed by Fullerton last night (103-72, down 52-36 at half). Howard lost 97-48 at St Mary's in game that was 51-24 at the half. Not much to pick from here.
-- Fullerton is 7-3 after waxing Furman last night; Titans are 2-2 on road, losing 81-65 at Arizona (+16), 79-76 at Central Mich. (+3.5); they also lost 84-80 at home to Wright State. St Mary's is 3-1-1 against the spread as a favorite.
-- Denver lost OT game at Santa Clara last night; they use that Princeton offense, hard to prepare for in less than day- they're 2-6 in last eight games. Morgan State was down 23 at half to Niagara last night, lost 73-53.
-- Tough win for Santa Clara last night, surviving Denver in OT now they go from defending Princeton offense to free-wheeling Niagara team that crushed Morgan State Friday and is 7-3, 2-1 vs spread when they're the underdog.
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