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    Chip Patterson
    Shoot Your Shot
    NCST +6.5
    -110
    Spread
    LOSS
    Picked: Feb 9 @ 10:07am

    Analysis

    The Wolfpack have been dynamite on the road in ACC play, going 6-0 and logging wins against likely tournament teams Clemson and SMU. Louisville, on the other hand, has been a fairly inconsistent and streaky team recently. The Cards are 3-7 against the spread since Jan. 1 and rely heavily on the 3-point shot for their offense, even though the team is shooting just 32.8% from behind the arc in conference play. A Louisville win in a big Monday night game at home would not be a shock, but the Pack are too frisky to give multiple possessions of points on the spread.
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    Prop Bet Guy
    #2
    +1026
    (57%)
    86-65 in Last 151 NBA Player Props Picks
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    L. Ball
    Under 27.5
    -125
    PTS + AST
    WIN
    Picked: Feb 9 @ 8:22am

    Analysis

    FanDuel at -122. This line reads as too high for Lamelo Ball tonight. With Miles Bridges, Brandon Miller and Kon Knueppel all healthy, Ball is under this combined points and assists line in 19/31 games. Narrowing that sample down to games against top 15 defenses, and Ball stays under in 12/15. The Pistons aren’t just any defense - they rank second overall. Reigning defensive player of the month Ausar Thompson likely matches up against the point guard, and the Pistons as a team allow the fewest points plus assists to the position. I’d bet this down to under 26.5.
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    Micah Roberts
    #1
    +2129
    (74%)
    34-12 in Last 46 NCAAB Picks
    NCST +6.5
    -105
    Spread
    LOSS
    Picked: Feb 9 @ 1:47pm

    Analysis

    Big ACC match with NC State at 9-2 in the conference, visiting Louisville, who are 7-4 in the conference. NC State is 6-1 in road games this year. They are picking up momentum at the right time of the season, winning six games straight. Louisville has had an easy time of it during their three-game win streak, being a favorite of 9.5 or more, and they're only 2-8 against the spread in the last 10. We're buying high and selling low in a spot where Louisville should be only a 1.5-point favorite. NC State gets the job done tonight with help from its 40.2% shooting from 3-point range, which ranks 7th nationally. NC State to win.
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    Bruce Marshall
    +728
    (60%)
    27-18 in Last 45 NBA ATS Picks
    CHA +2.5
    -106
    Spread
    LOSS
    Picked: Feb 9 @ 2:55pm

    Analysis

    We need to pick spots carefully if looking against the Pistons, who ended another long win streak (the Knicks' 8-gamer) on Friday. Yet we've been riding the Hornets for almost the entirety of their current nine-game surge so no reason to jump off of the Charlotte bandwagon now. Not with almost all hands still on deck save just-added G Coby White, who won't make his Hornets debut until after the All-Star break. In the meantime, four different leading scorers (Brandon Miller, LaMelo ball, Kon Knueppel, and Miles Bridges) across the past four win is testament to Charlotte depth. Meanwhile, if there is a chink in Detroit's armor, perhaps it is road form (7-9 vs. spread last sixteen away). Play Hornets
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    Bruce Marshall
    Gold Standard
    STJOHN -14.5
    -110
    Spread
    LOSS
    Picked: Feb 9 @ 12:23am

    Analysis

    Usually we'd hesitate to go with a team after such a rousing win at St John's did against Big East leader UConn on Friday. Not tonight, however, as we suspect there is little chance the Red Storm (nine wins in a row) suddenly goes flat against Papa Rick Pitino's son Richard and his Xavier, which already took a good shot at the Johnnies in Cincinnati two weeks ago and put a scare into Papa in an 88-83 St John's escape. The Musketeers, however, have absorbed a couple of heavy losses since and been outclassed multiple times on the Big East trail, and dealing with the Storm's excellent balance, near 85 ppg offense, and productive frontliners Zuby Ejifor and Bryce Hopkins looms difficult. Play St John's.

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