Trends... Tuesday

[Spark]

St Joe's is 12-2 in Atlantic 12, with losses by 4,5 pts; they covered five of seven on A-12 road. Geo Wash is 10-4 in league, 3-4 as home favorite, winning by 29,9, 17,10,29 pts, but scored just 62 ppg in last two games Hawks are 3-1 vs spread as A-12 underdog.

Virginia Tech beat Clemson 59-57 in Blacksburg back on Jan 15; they're 7-7 in ACC, failing to cover its last three tries as road dog. Clemson is 2-5 at home in its ACC games, 1-2 as favorite, but they swept Terrapins team that swept Duke this season.

UMass covered just two of last nine games, and is 1-3 as A-12 road dog; they're 8-6 in league, with five of 8 wins coming in OT games. Dayton had three-game win streak snapped by runner at buzzer by GW; they are 10-4 in league, 3-3 as a home favorite.

Mississippi State lost five of last six games; they waxed Arkansas in first meeting, 80-55 in Starkville, but Hogs are 5-2 at home in SEC, winning by 23,36,15,3,2 pts. Arkansas is 6-8 in SEC, 5-2 at home, but 2-4 as home fave. State is 0-2 as an SEC road underdog.

Providence is 8-pt fave despite being 2-12 in Big East, so this is obviously good game to avoid. Friars are 1-3 as home fave, 2-5 SU at home. Red Storm lost five of last six games but is 4-3 as Big East road underdog- they're 3-11 in conference games.

Indiana needs wins to boost shot at at-large bid, but in this game, they'll find revenge-minded Badgers who are out to avenge 74-61 on Jan 8. Favorites are 6-1 vs the spread in Hoosiers' Big 11 road games. Wisconsin is just 2-3 as home fave. Both sides are 9-5 in Big 11.

Ohio Valley Conference games
Tennessee State covered just one of last six games, but are 9-7 in league, and beat Eastern Kentucky 75-63 in only meeting back on Feb 3. Colonels won last four in row; they're 3-4 as OVC home fave, with five wins by 11+ pts. Tennessee State is 1-3 as OVC road dog.

Murray State won four of last five games, SE Missouri lost three of last four, after they had won seven in row; teams split pair of games this year, with visitor winning both meetings, and scoring 61 pts in both. Racers are 3-5 as OVC home fave, winning by 22,2,8,4,9,24.

Austin Peay clobbered Samford 76-60 second meeting of season, after Bulldogs had won the first one, 73-71 in OT. Peay is 2-6 on road in OVC, 2-3 as road dog, with losses by 12,13,2,9,5,4 pts. Samford lost four of last six games and is 3-4 as a home favorite.

Tennessee Tech covered five of last six games and 8 of its last 11 as favorite; they beat Eastern Illinois twice this season, by 14,13 pts. EIU is 6-4 in its last 10 tilts, with losses by 4,8,2,6 pts; they're 2-4 as road dog in OVC games. Tech is 6-1 as OVC home favorite.

Horizon League games
Wright State beat Butler twice this year, by 5,6 points, but Raiders lost five of last eight games, while Bulldogs won three of last four and covered six of its last eight. Wright is 6-1 as home favorite in Horizon play, as the favorite covered seven of their eight league home tilts.

Youngstown is just 2-14 in Horizon, but one of wins is 76-68 home win over Loyola on Dec 21; since then, Ramblers won three of last four games- four of last six wins are by 16+ pts. Favorites are 7-1 vs spread in its Horizon home games. YUS lost six of last 7 games.

Cleveland State fired its best player recently; they are trying to establish standards in their program, but they lost last four games and are 6-10 in Horizon, 2-5 as a road dog. Illinois-Chicago beat Vikings twice this year by 17,7 pts; only two of their eight league wins are by more than 13 pts, which is tonight's spread.

[Spark]

Game of the Day
Rockets @ Bulls-- Houston had won eight in a row at All-Star break, but they're 0-3 since, losing by 12,18,7 pts, as they scored just 86 ppg in those games. Bulls won six of last seven games, with last three going under total; they lost 105-92 in Houston 20 nights ago down in Texas. Bulls covered their last three home games.

Elsewhere, Warriors are 7-4 vs spread in last 11 games; they lost two of three vs Grizzlies this year, losing 96-67 in last meeting here, then splitting pair in Oakland. Hosts ended four-game loss streak in last game; six of their last seven games stayed under the total.

Kings won three of last four games, winning last two by hoop each, as addition of Williamson, Thomas has given Sacto more toughness than they've had. Bobcats lost 10 of last 11 games, with six of their eight staying under total Sacramento won first meeting, 109-92 at Arco.

Seattle won nine of last 11 games, with four in row and six of last seven staying under; they beat Pacers 103-95 in December, when Indy was depleted. Indiana had six-game win streak snapped in their last game; 16 of their last 22 games stayed under the total.

76ers lost three in row and are 0-4 vs spread in last four games; they beat Bucks twice this year, by 19,6 points. Milwaukee won eight of last 12 games and are 3-1 in its last four. Six of last nine 76er games went over the total.

Spunky but outmanned Hawks lost their last eight games but covered seven of their last nine, as five of their last 6 games went over total; Atlanta covered its last four in a row. Denver won three in row and is 10-4 under Karl, covering their last five home games.

Detroit won seven in row and 12 of last 13 games; they are 10-3 vs spread in those games. Seven of the last ten Piston games went over total. Portland is getting healthier but that makes their chemistry tougher to mesh; they are 0-5 vs spread in their last five games.

[jmarty6969]

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[RJeremy]

thanks for the info SPARK. where do you get this from everyday?

[Spark]

They are e-mailed to me from a friend ... Where he gets them I have no idea