Last Updated on February 13, 2009 10:00 am by Anthony Rome
Loyola-IL hits the road Thursday night to take on Valparaiso. Let’s take a look at the odds, trends, injuries and hand out a College Basketball Free Pick for this matchup.
Tip off: 8:05PM ET
Odds: Oddsmakers from online sports book Sports Interaction have made Valparaiso 5-point favorite.
Over/Under Total: NA
Public Betting Information: TheSpread.com public betting page shows that 95% of public bettors like Boston College over Virginia tonight.
Top Public Betting Trends:
All games in this series since 1997
LOYOLA-IL is 3-0 against the spread versus VALPARAISO since 1997
LOYOLA-IL is 5-0 straight up against VALPARAISO since 1997
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL since 1997
Games over the last 3 seasons
LOYOLA-IL is 3-0 against the spread versus VALPARAISO over the last 3 seasons
LOYOLA-IL is 3-0 straight up against VALPARAISO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
All games played at VALPARAISO since 1997
LOYOLA-IL is 1-0 against the spread versus VALPARAISO since 1997
LOYOLA-IL is 2-0 straight up against VALPARAISO since 1997
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL since 1997
Games played at VALPARAISO over the last 3 seasons.
LOYOLA-IL is 1-0 against the spread versus VALPARAISO over the last 3 seasons
LOYOLA-IL is 1-0 straight up against VALPARAISO over the last 3 seasons
1 of 1 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons
Key Injuries:
LOYOLA-IL
[F] 01/31/2009 – Andy Polka is out indefinitely. ( Ankle )
VALPARAISO
[F] 01/22/2009 – Benjamin Fumey is out indefinitely. ( Knee )
[G] 01/08/2009 – Brandon McPherson is expected to miss the rest of the season. ( Knee )
Free Pick: Our free pick for this game is Penn State +4.
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Posted: 2/13/09 10:00AM ET