College Basketball betting news, trends, odds and predictions for Sunday, January 14, 2018 from various handicappers and websites
Sunday’s games
Northwestern made NCAAs for first time LY; they won’t make it this year. Wildcats are 2-3 in last five games; they’re 0-4 in true road games- they won at DePaul, but thats in Chicago so not a true road game. Northwestern is 2-6 vs top 100 teams. Indiana won four of last five games, winning last two by 4 points each. Hoosiers are 3-6 vs top 100 teams. Indiana is 4-3 in its last seven games with Northwestern; Wildcats lost four of last five visits here, losing by 1-32 points in last two trips. Big 14 home favorites are 13-11 vs spread this season.
East Carolina lost five of its last seven games; three of their four AAC losses were by 20+ points. Pirates are 0-6 vs top 200 teams- best team they’ve beaten is #233 Campbell Camels. ECU is shooting 23.2% on arc in its five AAC games. Houston was up 25 at half over Tulsa in last game; Cougars are 6-1 vs teams ranked outside top 200, with five of six wins by 19+ points- they’re 2-2 in true road games, winning at Liberty/St Louis. Houston won last four games with East Carolina; they won by 4-16 in last two visits to ECU. AAC home dogs are 3-4-1 vs spread.
Davidson won its last three games, allowing 51.7 ppg, after 5-7 start; Wildcats are 1-5 in true road games, with only win by 27 at George Mason. Davidson is 7-2 vs teams ranked outside top 200, with losses to App State/Richmond. Fordham lost four of last five games; they’re 0-4 vs top 100 teams, with three losses by 16+ points. Rams are shooting 28.4% on arc this year. Davidson/Fordham split their four A-14 meetings, going 1-1 in each gym. A-14 home underdogs are 8-3 vs spread this season. These teams play two slowest paces in A-14.
Missouri State won its last three games with Indiana State by 4-6-5 points; two of those three games went to OT. Sycamores lost last five visits to Springfield, by 2-11-4-4-6 points. Missouri State lost its last two games after a 12-3 start; they’re #5 experience team in country that plays pace #314, very slow. Bears are 5-2 vs teams ranked outside top 150. Sycamores are 3-4 in last seven games; they’re 2-3 in true road games, with wins at Indiana, Loyola. ISU is 2-3 vs top 100 teams. MVC home favorites are 9-8 against the spread this season.
St Joe’s split its first four A-14 games; they lost last game on 30-footer at buzzer by Geo Mason. Hawks are 1-3 in true road games, with only win in OT at Ill-Chicago. St Joe’s is 4-6 vs teams in top 200. UMass is 6-3 in its last nine games; their last three were all decided by either 2 points or in OT. Minutemen are 4-5 vs top 150 teams. St Joe’s is shooting just 29.9% on arc in A-14 games. UMass won its last three games with St Joe’s, but Hawks won two of last three visits to Amherst. A-14 home favorites are 11-4 vs spread this season.
Virginia won its last five games with NC State; Wolfpack lost their last seven visits here, by an average of 11 points. State upset Duke/Clemson in its last two games- they lost first two ACC road games, by 16-30, at Clemson/ND. Wolfpack is 4-3 vs top 100 teams; they get PG Johnson back from an off-court issue soon, but not sure he plays here. Virginia won its last seven games, taking first four ACC tilts, by 1-26-12-7 points- three of those were at home. ACC home favorites are 12-10 vs spread this season. Virginia is playing slowest-paced games in country.
Ohio State is already 5-0 in Big 14, winning road games at Iowa/Wisconsin; Buckeyes are 9-1 in last 10 games overall, scoring 87.7 ppg in last three games. OSU is 9-0 vs teams ranked outside top 100. Rutgers lost four of last five games, losing home games to Stony Brook/Hartford; Knights are 2-5 vs top 100 teams, but they did beat Seton Hall/Wisconsin at home. OSU won four of last five games with Rutgers, winning by 19-10 points in two visits here, but Rutgers upset Buckeyes in Big 14 tourney LY. Big 14 home underdogs are 7-4 vs spread this season.
Utah lost its last three games by 12-3-19 points, allowing 85.7 ppg, after a 10-3 start; Utes are 2-3 in true road games, winning at both Oregon schools- they’re 3-6 vs top 100 teams. USC won six of its last eight games; they’re 3-2 in Pac-12, with all three wins by 12+ points. Trojans are 3-3 vs top 100 teams. Utah won its last eight games with USC; Utes won last three games in Galen Center, by 8-28-11 points. Pac-12 home favorites are 8-7-1 vs spread this season. USC is forcing turnovers 24.7% of time in conference games, best in Pac-12.
Rider/Iona are in 3-way tie for first in MAAC; this is a big game. Rider won six of its last seven games, with loss by 1 at Canisius; Broncs scored 88.8 ppg in their last four games, despite being 6th-worst FT-shooting team in country. Rider is 1-2 vs teams in top 150. Iona won its last three games, all at home; Gaels rallied from 12 down with 10:35 left to win last game. Iona is 0-4 vs top 150 teams. Gaels won eight of last ten games with Rider; Broncs’ win here LY snapped 5-game losing skid in New Rochelle. Rider MAAC home favorites are 8-4-2 vs spread this season.
St Peter’s is 0-3 on road, 2-0 at home in MAAC, losing road games by 9-4-12 points; they’re 7-2 vs teams ranked outside top 200. Peacocks are 1-7 overall in true road games, with only win by 4 at Lafayette. Niagara won six of last eight games after a 4-6 start; Eagles scored 82.7 ppg in winning last three games. Niagara is 3-8 vs teams in top 200- they were only 17-33 on line in 78-77 win over Monmouth Friday. St Peter’s is 4-3 in its last seven games with Niagara; they won two of last three visits here. MAAC home favorites are 8-4-2 vs spread this season.
Monmouth lost seven of its last nine games; they’re 2-8 in true road games- two of their three MAAC losses were by 1 or 2 points. Hawks are 3-9 vs top 100 teams- they’re shooting 39.2% on arc but turning ball over 22.6% of time. Canisius won six of last seven games, is 4-1 in MAAC, with home wins by 1-7-12 points. Griffins are 6-5 vs teams in top 200. Canisius turns ball over 21% of time. Monmouth won seven of last eight games with Canisius; they split four MAAC meetings here. MAAC home favorites are 8-4-2 vs spread this season.