Yesterday was a good come down from the weekend, a couple little tasty games before another packed slate today. If you tailed the picks at their value in the blog, we went 1-1-1 last night. That’s not good enough. So lets turn up the volume and cash some checks before the big dance, eh?
Too Long, Didn’t Read
Games of the Night
9 Providence@11 Villanova
St. Bonaventure @VCU
8 Purdue@10 Wisconsin
Picks
Akron -3.5
North Florida +3.5
Florida Even
Wisconsin +3
Southern Utah +3.5
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Games of the Night
I almost did what I did on Saturday with posting some tweets, but I gotta put in that work for y’all.
9 Providence@11 Villanova(-9.5) (134.5)
Bookies must follow the flush and have a future on Villanova because this line is out of bounds. They’re also subscribing to the theory Providence is the luckiest team in the nation. I’m not disrespecting Providence that much, but out of respect for Nova I’m staying away from this game. I could easily see them win by 20. Maybe take an alternate Villanova line and an alternate over? Luckily this game is on at 4:30 before the rest of the action.
St. Bonaventure@VCU(-4.5) (132.5)
I’ve said this about other A 10 games and I’ll say it about this one. This should be a fucking bubble game, but noone is talking about it. VCU’s worst loss is against a Wagner team that was at one point a 14 seed on a lot of people’s brackets and is one of the favorites to win their conference. St. Bonaventure has several neutral site wins against quality non-conference opponents such as Boise State, Clemson and Marquette, but most bracketologists are too busy jackin’ off San Francisco to give a damn about teams that actually deserve it. This game will be a dogfight, I’d take the value with the Bonnies if I had to, but I’ll stay away for now.
8 Purdue(-3)@10 Wisconsin (144)
I know Rutgers has been frisky and Zach Edey will be a matchup nightmare for the Badgers, but this is two games in a row they’re getting absolutely disrespected by the bookies. The Badgers are legit contenders, not just for the B1G, but for the natty. I’m hammering them moneyline tonight.
Picks
Florida@Vanderbilt (EVEN) (134)
I like Vandy, Scotty Pippen Jr. is a dude and it feels like they’re building to where they were about 10 years ago, but this line makes no sense. I don’t believe in Florida, they’ll most likely stay in my next four out until the SEC tournament, but the fuck out of here with this line.
Akron-3.5@Ball State (142)
Akron didn’t disappoint us after they shitpumped Ohio last weekend, so let’s keep riding with them. This line should be higher for a team that will contend in the MAC tournament.
North Florida +3.5@Lipscomb (148.5)
You’re doing what to whose lip?! I’m fading that. Besides, I need to roll with my under-the-radar ASun pick according to this morning’s blog.
Southern Utah+3.5@Montana State (146.5)
The Big Sky tournament is going to be a dogfight. This will be a knock-down, drag-out game between to teams who are contending for the regular season title and will contend for the tournament title.
This is it. #ThisIsMarch. I dare you to watch every game for the rest of the season with me. Let’s goooooo! Love you, bye.
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