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**Spark** · 01-24-2005, 12:05 PM

Monday's games
Game of the Day:
Heat @ 76ers-- Let me see, Eagles are in Super Bowl Villanova drilled Kansas Saturday and Temple and St Joe's are both in first place in A-12; good times for the Philly teams. This is just third Sixer home game since Christmas; they lost by ten at Miami in November, as they shot 37.7% from floor. Heat is just 3-4 in last four games; they took some frustrations out on Hornets on Sunday, leading them 56-25 at half of 97-68 win.

Elsewhere, Cavaliers drilled Washington 105-74 back in November; Wizards won nine of last eleven games, and 11 of their last 14 games went over total. Cleveland is at home for first time in 13 days; they won five of last six at home. Lebron got another triple double in last game.

Bulls won 11 of last 12 games; they beat Atlanta by ten points last week. Eight of their last nine stayed under the total. Chicago is 6-2 vs spread in last eight road games. Hawks are 3-4 in last seven games, which is actually bit of improvement for them. 7 of their last 9 stayed under.

Pistons beat Minnesota 93-85 back in November; they lost last three games overall. Seven of their last 11 games went over total. Minnesota lost three of last four games at home; five of their last six overall stayed under total, including their last three at home.

McGrady meets old team for second time in four days; Rockets won in Orlando 108-99 Thursday night; they're 9-4 in last 13 games, with five of last six staying under. Magic won five of last seven road games; their last three games went over the total.

Injury-racked Trailblazers lost ten of last twelve games; they're 3-8 vs spread in last 11 games- ten of their last thirteen games went over total; they lost by 34 to Spurs at this site on Dec 30. Spurs playing third road game in four nights, having already won in Phoenix, Sacramento.

Dallas won last five games and 12 of last 15; five of their last six games stayed under total. Mavs beat Clippers by 22 in Dallas Thursday, holding LA to 35% on the floor. Clippers lost their last five games, losing last game when Maggette sat out with foot injury.

**Spark** · 01-24-2005, 12:11 PM

Syracuse is 6-0 in Big East, winning its three road tilts by 14,9,4 points; they're 3-3 as favorite, 2-1 on road. Rutgers is 1-4 in league; home side covered all five of their games. Knights are 1-1 at home, losing by 3 in overtime vs Pittsburgh. Big East home sides are 11-21 vs spread so far this year, 4-5 as home dog. Host has won seven of last eight series games, with Orange 1-3 in last four visits to this site, with only win by a point.

New Mexico State has an interim coach and 0-4 mark in Sun Belt, with losses by 10,3,9,10 (ot) points; they are 1-10 in last 11 games. Florida International is 0-5 in league; three of their five losses are by 10+ points. Sun Belt home favorites are 10-13 vs spread this yr.

Wichita State is 6-1 in MVC, winning three of four on road; its only loss was by four at Indiana St. Northern Iowa is 4-3 in Valley, 2-3 as favorite, 2-1 at home. Shockers lost last six visits to UNI by 5,8,8,12,13,5 points, as home side won last eight series contests.

Oklahoma State is 4-1 in Big 12, Oklahoma 4-0, with home wins by 30,4 points. Sooners allowing 57.5 ppg in league. Home side won seven of last eight in series, with Cowboys losing three of last four visits to Norman with losses by 12,5,16 pts; they won here last year.

Air Force is 3-0 in Mountain West, allowing just 54.7 ppg; road team covered all three of their games. Utah is 4-0 in league, with all four wins by 11+ points; they are 4-0 vs spread. Utes were swept by Air Force last year, by 13,2 points.

Home side won, covered all three New Mexico MWC games, with Lobos losing road games by 2,11 points. BYU is 0-4 in league, losing pair of home games by a combined five points. Lobos lost their last four visits to Provo by 17,16,6 and 16 points.

Wyoming won its last two games after 0-2 start; their losses are by 14,25 points. UNLV won its first MWC game in three tries Saturday. Cowboys won four of its last six games vs UNLV, winning two of three on Strip

Elon is 0-6 in Southern Conference, losing its games on road by 19,12,11 points. Furman is 3-3 in league, but lost its last two games; they're 2-1 as home fave, with wins by 17,24 points. SC home faves are 11-16.

NC-Greensboro is 5-1 in league, 3-1 as dog; with its only loss by 17 at Furman; they won last three games. Charleston lost three of last four games and is 3-4 in league, 2-1 as home favorite, with wins by 19,4,14 pts

Appalachian State won its last two games and is 3-4 in league, 3-1 as dog; none of their losses are by double digit margin, with road losses by 9,3,4 points. UTC is 5-1 in league, with home wins by 9,20 and 34 points.

Citadel is improved at 3-3 in league, 1-3 on road, with losses by 9,24,10 points; dog covered five of their six games. East Tennessee is 2-5 in league, 1-2 as a home fave; their league wins are by 6,12 points.

St Peter's lost its last six MAAC games, allowing 89.2 ppg; they're 1-1 at home in league, with only win by 16 over Loyola. Siena is awful at 1-5 in league, with road losses by 15,11,22 points; they're 0-4 as dog, as faves covered five of their six MAAC contests.

Wofford lost last five games, and have been favored in five of six league games; they're 0-3 on road, losing by 17,4,5 points. Georgia Southern won their four games in row; underdogs are 4-0 vs spread in their Southern Conference home games.

Loyola is 2-5 in MAAC, 0-3 on road, with losses by 16,17,18 points; home side covered six of their seven MAAC games. Iona won its last two games, by 2,5 points, after 0-5 start. MAAC favorites are 13-11 vs spread, home sides 21-15.

Today's Tip:
San Diego State, -3.5-- Aztecs are 2-1 in league, with wins by 2,8 points. Colorado St is 1-3 in MWC, with road losses by 5,9 points; their only win was vs winless BYU. Rams lost three of last 4 visits to Cox Arena. 20 stevefishers on San Diego State, -3.5.

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