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Pittsburgh Panthers at West Virginia Mountaineers

Mountaineers off an eight-point Saturday loss at Connecticut that dimmed their Tourney chances but they can light them up again with a win over Pitt. Mountaineers closed the gap on Ct. in the second half so should be able to build on that. They are 6-2 this year at home versus Conference foes, losing back-to-back games to Georgetown and Cincinnati in January but handling everyone else. Pitt is 3-5 on the Conference road, 2-5 before the big win Saturday over the Orange with its other wins coming at South Florida and St. John's. Doubtful the Panthers can get up again to defeat another quality foe on the road so soon after the Syracuse win. It lost to quality Big East foes Connecticut, Marquette and Notre Dame by seven, 18 and 12 points.

Play on: West Virginia

James Patrick

New Orleans vs. New York

Back-to-back games have been no problem for the Hornets as they have flown out to an impressive 8-1 ATS mark in this situation. Hornets also making a Buzz on the NBA road as they are 18-9 ATS on the road to date. Our complimentary selection in the NBA is New Orleans Hornets.


Dave Cokin

Fresno State @ Utah State
Play: Utah State -8.5

Tough to ignore some pretty obvious facts here. Fresno is on a nasty 0-9 spread run. Utah State is perfect at home for the season and wants to stay that way. Aggies haven't forgotten they lost on this court to Fresno last March. The game is actually priced right about where it should be, but I think the situation favors the home team just enough to warrant a call that way. Utah State minus the points.

Vegas Sports Pics

Pittsburgh Panthers + 5 over (at) West Virginia Panthers
   
West Virginia (20-8, 9-7) vs. Pittsburgh (21-8, 9-7) enters off an 82-77 win at Syracuse, which entered 8-2 previous ten home games including a 77-70 win over No.11 Georgetown on 02/16. The Panthers have won the last four meetings.

   
Kansas Jayhawks - 19 over Texas Tech Red Raiders
   
Texas Tech (16-123, 7-7) at No.6 Kansas (26-3, 11-3) with a win in this Senior night game gains sole possession of first place in the Big 12. The Jayhawks at home are 9-0 all-time vs. Tech, winning the last four by an average of 26.2 points.

Stevie Y

Ottawa Senators vs. Anaheim Ducks
Play:Anaheim Ducks   

We love the Anaheim Ducks to win on the $$ line over the Sens The Ducks are MONEY @ the Honda Center on Monday when they battle the Sens, The Ottawa Sens are struggling as the Sens are 2-6-2 last 10 overall and 1-5 in their last 6 road games. On the flip side Mighty Anaheim is playing well, going 4-0-1 in thier last 5 home games, and 9-1-1 in their last 11 overall! We also note that Anaheim is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Ottawa & A Smooth 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Ottawa!! DUCKS ROLL!!

Jim Feist

PHI 76ers and LA Clippers.
Take Under.

A pair of certified masons meet here. Neither of these teams can shoot well, with both in the bottom 10 in scoring. The Clippers have been particularly inept all season shooting 43% as a team .5? only the Bulls are worse. They met once already, with LA scoring 80 points in a game that went under the total. The 76ers struggle to score on the road, while the Clippers are 20-11 under the total at home. Play the 76ers/Clippers under the total!

Paul Stone

Pittsburgh +5.5

Pittsburgh has covered seven of the past nine meetings in this intense series _ most of which came in the role of the favorite.

West Virginia is only 4-11-1 ATS against teams with a winning straightup record this season.

The Mountaineers' only ATS win against an NCAA Tournament caliber team was against Marquette.

Take the points in this Big East showdown which will solidify the winner's standing in the NCAA Tournament.

MadduxSports

Santa Clara +15.5

Big Al

At 9:05 pm, our complimentary selection is on the Golden State Warriors minus the points over Portland, as Don Nelson's crew falls into a 119-58 ATS system of mine that plays on certain rested teams vs. non-division foes off back-to-back upset wins. The Trail Blazers pulled off their 2nd straight upset on Friday when they snapped the Lakers long winning streak, and I look for a letdown in Oakland tonight. Take Golden State

Scott Rickenbach

San Jose SaberCats @ Chicago Rush
PICK: Chicago Rush

REASON FOR PICK: AFL 1* (regular play) Chicago Rush (+) vs San Jose Sabercats @ 9 ET - These teams have battled it out in the conference championship in three of the last four years to see who would win the right to go to the Arena Bowl. As a result, this has certainly developed into a huge rivalry and we have no doubt that Allstate Arena will be rocking tonight for Monday Night Football and the ESPN cameras. Although the Rush lost Bobby Sippio in the offseason, the pick-up of Damian Harrell from Chicago is a big addition. Also, getting veteran QB Shedrick Bonner was a huge pick-up as well. The Rush are very well-coached and now they have a future Hall of Fame quarterback on board and that certainly allows Chicago to open up their playbooks even more this season! The Rush are very confident heading into this season and they are loaded with playmakers on both sides of the ball. Note that the Rush defense has given the Sabercats offense some problems in the past as they force QB Mark Grieb into mistakes. We expect more of the same in this match-up.

Grieb leads a Sabercats team that is looking to repeat as Arena Bowl champions. However, it's always tough when you have the target on your back and every team will be 'gunning' for San Jose this season. Also, the Sabercats got off to a slow start last season and playing Game 1 of 2008 at Chicago and a rockin' Allstate Arena is not exactly the easy opportunity the Cats would have liked to have had to start this season. The Sabercats are very talented and they are well-coached. However, one of their other key strengths is not making many mistakes. That is a key today because the Rush has shown the ability in the past to force some turnovers against the Cats. Chicago has solid passrushing ability and they will be fired up for this home opener against the Champs. With no love lost between these teams we expect a physical game and, in that department, the Rush also rate an edge there. You won't be able to get the Rush at home with this type of line very often. Yes, they're facing the defending champs but the Rush are tough to beat here and they get their season off to a big start here with a 'statement win'. Play Chicago plus the points as a regular selection.

Michael Cannon

Let's go against the Mavs again tonight with the Jazz.

Utah has been great at home this year, going 25-3 SU.  They've also made their backers a ton of money by going 26-11-1 ATS in their last 38 home contests.

They will be facing a weary Mavericks team that's playing its fourth game in five days.

The Jazz have incredible balance in their scoring, with all five starters reaching double digits in Saturday's 113-92 win at Memphis.

Dallas will have a hard time trying to get up emotionally again after losing a hard fought battle with the Lakers in overtime yesterday.

Take the Jazz minus the points as they grab the home win and cover.

4* UTAH On a 1* to 5* basis