CBB Betting Info. 2/15

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Preview: Wolfpack (13-12) at Cavaliers (20-5)


Date: February 15, 2016 7:00 PM EDT


Virginia will get an opportunity to put its stamp on the ACC race in its upcoming games but will first have to get past one of the teams near the bottom of the standings.


The seventh-ranked Cavaliers will seek to shake off a stunning loss Monday night by continuing their recent mastery over North Carolina State.


Virginia (20-5, 9-4) trails conference leader North Carolina by 1 1/2 games, but will get to face the Tar Heels and another contender, Miami, to close out this month. The Cavaliers will also take on No. 13 Louisville and Clemson to finish the regular season.


"This stretch of games, I said (to the players), will test the mettle of great teams," coach Tony Bennett said. "Now, I don't think we're a great team. I think at times we're good and can play real good, but this will test us. We'll get ourselves as ready as we can and stay true to who we are."


The Cavaliers' chances for a third consecutive regular-season league title took a hit Saturday as Duke's Grayson Allen banked in a shot at the buzzer to hand Virginia a 63-62 road loss, ending a seven-game win streak.


Bennett thought Allen traveled on the game's final play and Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski felt his sophomore guard was fouled.


"The good thing about a quick turnaround is we don't have time to hang our heads," forward Anthony Gill told the school's official website. "We're going to go in the gym and really move on from this and learn from it, but continue to work."


Virginia will seek to bounce back with a fourth consecutive win over NC State (13-12, 3-9) and seventh in a row at home in the series. The Cavaliers' stingy defense will try to contain red-hot ACC scoring leader Anthony "Cat" Barber (24.1 ppg).


The junior guard had a career-high 38 points in a 99-88 victory against Wake Forest on Saturday and is averaging 32.2 while shooting 53.1 percent in his last five games. Barber has also scored at least 30 points in five of his last seven contests.


"He's elite in terms of his quickness and speed," said Bennett, whose team leads the ACC in scoring defense at 59.8 points per game. "He's added some shooting to his game. He's having a heck of a year."


Barber, who averaged 12.1 points last season, had a combined 17 while shooting 35.0 percent in two losses to Virginia. NC State is averaging 47.7 points during its three-game losing streak to Virginia while shooting 33.5 percent.


The Cavaliers will try to earn an 18th consecutive home win in their only scheduled meeting with the Wolfpack this season. They've beaten the last 38 unranked visitors.


NC State is 1-5 on the road in ACC play and was beaten 67-55 by then-No. 5 North Carolina on Jan. 16 in its only other visit to a ranked team. The Wolfpack are 2-3 overall against Top 25 opponents this season.

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Preview: Aggies (18-8) at Shockers (18-7)


Date: February 15, 2016 8:00 PM EDT


With its dominance in the Missouri Valley Conference vanishing over the past 10 days, Wichita State may be looking forward to a break in the league schedule.


The 25th-ranked Shockers still don't figure to have an easy time Monday night against a New Mexico State team that arrives in Kansas riding a nine-game winning streak and considerable NCAA Tournament experience.


Wichita State's lead atop the Missouri Valley has become less comfortable with two losses in three league games, a stunning development for a program that went 35-1 in regular-season play over the previous two seasons and began this one with 11 consecutive conference wins.


Offensive inefficiency was the determining factor in both defeats. After shooting 35.2 percent and going 6 of 27 from 3-point range in a 58-53 loss at Illinois State on Feb. 6, the Shockers (18-7) were held to a season-low 30.3 percent as Northern Iowa halted the nation's longest home winning streak at 43 games with Saturday's 53-50 upset.


"We've got to bounce back and figure out ways to score and come out of the gate a little better, and hopefully get back on the winning trail," coach Gregg Marshall said.


The Shockers rallied from a 15-point deficit to tie Saturday's game at 44 with 11:32 left, then went scoreless for the next 7:42 and missed 15 of their final 17 shots, including open 3-pointers from Ron Baker and Conner Frankamp in the final seconds.


'It's one thing to play your best and play really good and lose. It's another thing to not play good,' guard Fred VanVleet said. 'We didn't play very well.'


Wichita State's two senior stars have been particularly off of late. After going 3 of 15 against Northern Iowa, VanVleet is averaging 7.0 points on 22.6 percent shooting over his last three. Baker, who finished 5 of 16, is averaging 9.8 in his last six after a 15.1 per game mark over the first 19.


Those struggles could continue, as New Mexico State (18-8) is limiting opponents to 36.9 percent during its streak and has yielded 55 points or less in three of its last four. The four-time defending Western Athletic Tournament champion Aggies held Chicago State to 33.3 percent in Saturday's 69-55 win.


"I was pleased the way we played with the energy and concentration that they had," coach Marvin Menzies said.


New Mexico State is just 1-5 in non-conference games on the road, however, and was dealt a 71-54 loss in last season's visit to Koch Arena. The Aggies are 0-7 at Wichita State since an 89-67 win in January 1977, when both were Missouri Valley members.


The Shockers scored 26 points off 20 Aggies turnovers in last season's meeting and should have another advantage in this one. Wichita State ranks second nationally with a plus-5.2 turnover margin and New Mexico State is last in the WAC in that category at minus-3.0.


Wichita State is 14-2 when recording at least 14 takeaways. The Aggies had 17 against 4-23 Chicago State.


New Mexico State, fourth in Division I in rebounding margin at plus-11.1, does present a matchup problem in Pascal Siakam. The 6-foot-9 forward is averaging 21.7 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks and had 24 points on 10-of-12 shooting against Chicago State.

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Preview: Cowboys (12-13) at Jayhawks (21-4)


Date: February 15, 2016 9:00 PM EDT


Bill Self admitted he was about as excited as he's been in his 13 years at Kansas after this weekend's huge win over one of the Big 12's top contenders.


While looking forward to the next game against one of the conference's bottom-feeders, Self's voice lost its pep and turned more business-like.


The sixth-ranked Jayhawks look to keep rolling and avenge their only loss against a non-ranked team when Oklahoma State visits Monday night.


Kansas (21-4, 9-3) is riding the high of Saturday's 76-72 win at No. 3 Oklahoma, its second over the Sooners in what has been a heavyweight league matchup this season.


The latest victory lifted the Jayhawks into a share of first place in the Big 12 with No. 10 West Virginia, which they beat 75-65 four days earlier as part of a five-game winning streak.


"You can tell I'm excited, but this is about as much fun as I've had coaching the game in a while," Self said. "It was a big, big, big-time game and a huge win. Of course, it sets up a rematch game on Monday."


That's when the enthusiasm in Self's voice mellowed.


"It doesn't do anything unless we take care of business the rest of the way," he added. "We still got a lot of hard games left. It's early in the conference race."


Maybe the reason Self backed up a bit was the sequence of events that followed last month's 109-106 triple-overtime win over Oklahoma. That victory lost some of its luster over an ensuing 3-3 stretch, including a bitter 86-67 road loss against the Cowboys (12-13, 3-9) on Jan. 19.


Oklahoma State handed the Jayhawks their worst defeat since early last season, becoming responsible for two of their previous three losses against unranked teams. However, both came in Stillwater - the first a 67-62 decision last February.


Kansas has won two in a row and 11 of 12 in this series at Allen Fieldhouse since 1997. The Jayhawks are 14-0 there this season and have won 39 in a row at home dating to Jan. 11, 2014 - the third-longest streak in school history.


After averaging 69 points on 41.8 percent shooting in the five games that followed its marathon win over Oklahoma last month, Kansas has scored 77.5 per game and shot 50.3 percent in the last six.


Top scorers Perry Ellis (17.2 points per game coming in) and Wayne Selden Jr. (14.7) combined for just 16 this time against the Sooners, but Devonte' Graham filled the void with the best game of his career. The sophomore guard made 6 of 9 from 3-point range and scored a career-high 27 while defending Buddy Hield - one of the nation's top scorers.


"He was as good (Saturday) as anybody's been at Kansas since I've been here," Self said of Graham, who helped hold Hield without a field goal in the first half after the Sooners star scored 46 in the first meeting. "He was special."


Oklahoma State ranks near the bottom of the Big 12 by allowing 69.7 points per game in league play, but the Cowboys snapped a three-game losing streak with Saturday's 58-55 overtime win over Kansas State - moving them one game ahead of last-place TCU.


They seek their first back-to-back victories since early January while trying to improve to 2-6 in true road games.


"I'm obviously proud," coach Travis Ford told the team's official website. "We've been through a lot and I feel bad for them because they hear the same things that I hear."

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Big Monday Tip Sheet
By David Schwab


The second half of February’s college basketball schedule gets off to fast start on ESPN’s Big Monday with two of the top teams in the nation continuing their push for the regular season title in their respective conference.


The first game on the slate in a 7 p.m. (ET) start is a border clash between the North Carolina State Wolfpack and the No. 7 Virginia Cavaliers in the ACC. Next-up is a Big 12 battle in Lawrence with the No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks playing host to the Oklahoma State Cowboys at 9 p.m.


North Carolina State Wolfpack at No. 7 Virginia Cavaliers (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET)


Opening Odds: Virginia -12 ½


Betting Matchup


NC State has just three straight-up wins in the ACC this season against nine losses, but one of those victories came this past Saturday with a 99-88 romp over Wake Forest as an eight-point home favorite. The Wolfpack have now covered against the spread in their last four games and the total has gone OVER in their last six outings.


Junior guard Anthony Barber scored a career-high 38 points in Saturday’s win with 30 of the points coming in the second half. He leads NC State in scoring this season with 24.1 points per game as part of the team’s 76.2 point scoring average.


The Cavaliers should lose some ground in the national rankings this week following Saturday’s 63-62 loss to Duke at the buzzer, but they managed to cover as two-point road underdogs. They are now 4-1 both SU and ATS in their last five games and the total has stayed UNDER in all five of those contests.


Senior guard Malcolm Brogdon leads Virginia in scoring with 17.7 PPG and he matched that total with a team-high 18 points in Saturday’s loss. The team as a whole is averaging 71 points a game while shooting an efficient 49.5 percent from the field, but its main strength remains a defense that is ranked third in the nation in points allowed (59.8).


Betting Trends


-- The Wolfpack have covered in their last four road games, but they are just 1-4 ATS in their last five games following a SU win. The total has stayed UNDER in six of their last eight games following a SU win.


-- The Cavaliers are 9-4-1 ATS in their last 14 games played on Monday and they are 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games following a SU loss. The total has gone OVER in 12 of their last 17 Monday games.


-- Head-to-head in this conference clash, the underdog has covered the spread in five of the last six meetings and the total has stayed UNDER in four of the last five games.


Oklahoma State Cowboys at No.6 Kansas Jayhawks (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET)


Opening Odds: Kansas -13


Betting Matchup


It has been a long season for Oklahoma State at 12-13 SU and this record includes a 3-9 mark in Big 12 play. The Cowboys are 2-5 SU (3-3-1 ATS) in their last seven games, but they are coming off a rare conference win following Saturday’s 58-55 victory against Kansas State as 1 ½-point home favorites. The total stayed UNDER the 131-point closing line in that game and it has now stayed UNDER in their last six games.


Freshman guard Jawun Evans has led the team in both points (12.9) and assists (4.9), but he missed the game against Kansas State with a shoulder injury and there is no time-table for his return. This will put a dent in a Cowboys’ 69 point scoring average that is already ranked second to last in the Big 12.


Kansas is tied with West Virginia at 9-3 SU for the lead in the Big 12. Following a huge 76-72 upset of Oklahoma this past Saturday as three-point road underdogs, the Jayhawks are riding a five-game winning streak both SU and ATS. The total stayed UNDER 156 in that win and it has stayed UNDER in five of their last six games.


Sophomore guard Devonte’ Graham scored a career-high 27 points against the Sooners with Perry Ellis and Frank Mason III adding a combined 24 points to help pace the win. Kansas is the second-highest scoring team in the conference behind Oklahoma with an average of 82.7 PPG.


Betting Trends


-- The Cowboys are 4-1-1 ATS in their last six Monday games, but they fall to 12-26-1 ATS in their last 39 games on the road. The total has stayed UNDER in four of their last five games on Monday.


-- The Jayhawks are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 home games and they are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games against a team with a SU losing record. The total has stayed UNDER in four of their last five home games.


-- The home team in this Big 12 matchup has covered in the last five meetings and the total has stayed UNDER in four of those games. Oklahoma State stunned Kansas 86-67 on Jan. 19 as a nine-point home underdog and the total went OVER the closing 142 ½-point line.


Bonus Game: New Mexico State Aggies at No. 25 Wichita State Shockers (ESPN3, 8 p.m. ET)


Opening Odds: Wichita State -14 ½


Betting Matchup


New Mexico State is leading the Western Athletic Conference with a SU record of 9-1 and it is 18-8 SU on the year. Sophomore guard Pascal Siakam leads the Aggies in scoring with 21.7 PPG and he is pulling down a team-high 11.7 rebounds a game. He has now scored at least 24 points in four of his last five starts.


The Shockers are the top team in the Missouri Valley Conference at 12-2 SU as part of an overall record of 18-7. They have dropped two of their last three games after closing as double-digit favorites including this past Saturday’s 53-50 setback against Northern Iowa as 14 ½-point favorites at home. Wichita State is ranked sixth in the nation in points-allowed; holding teams to just 60.4 PPG.


Betting Trends


-- The Aggies are 4-1-1 ATS in their last six Monday games and the total has stayed UNDER in eight of their last 11 road games.


-- The Shockers are 5-13 ATS in their last 18 nonconference games and the total has gone OVER in nine of their last 13 games following a SU loss.


-- These two met last season with Wichita State cruising to a 71-54 victory as a 12-point home favorite. There was no posted total line for this game.

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Notes for Monday's games..........


Oakland won seven of its last eight games; they're 6-0 on Horizon road-- all four Horizon losses were at home. Grizzlies crushed Wright St. 89-63 at home Jan 29, shooting 65% inside arc, scoring 1.31 ppp; Wright beat Valparaiso Saturday after losing to UIC; they're 7-0 at home in Horizon, with five wins by 11+ points. Horizon home teams are 3-11 vs spread in games where spread was 3 or less points.


NC State is 1-5 on ACC road, winning at Pitt; four of its five road losses are by 8 or less points. Wolfpack lost its last three games with Virginia, losing last six visits here, with four of last five by double digits. Virginia had 7-game winning streak snapped at buzzer at Duke Saturday- they're 6-0 at home in ACC, winning last two home games by 14-18 points. ACC home favorites of 9+ points are 14-12 vs spread.


Green Bay allowed 95+ points in four of last seven games (3-4); they're 3-1 at home in Horizon- their last five regular season games are all home games. GB lost 95-94 at Milwaukee Jan 29- Panthers outscored 'em 7-2 over last 1:48. Panthers are 3-6 in last nine games vs Green Bay, losing six of last seven visits here. Horizon home teams are 5-12 vs spread in games where spread was 5 or less points.


Oklahoma State made 11-21 on arc, crushed Kansas 86-67 at home Jan 19, hi/lo point for both teams this year. OSU is 2-6 since then; they are 0-6 on Big X road, with three of last four road losses by 7 or less points. Jayhawks won at Oklahoma Saturday; they're 7-0 at home in the Big X- five of seven wins were by 10 or less points. Big X double digit home favorites are 8-5 vs spread. OSU has major injury issues at guard.


Marist lost 13 of last 14 games, losing 88-76 at home to Fairfield Jan 22, when Stags shot 73.5% inside arc in game Marist led by a point at half. Red Foxes lost three of last four games with Fairfield- they've lost seven games in row here, with four of last five losses by 7 or less points. Stags are 6-3 at home in MAAC; they've won five of last seven games overall. MAAC double digit home favorites are 4-5 vs spread.


Iona won 78-66 at Quinnipiac Jan 2; they were +15 on boards as they held Bobcats to 31% from floor. Gaels won last four series games, with wins by 22-8 points here. MAAC double digit home favorites are 4-5 vs spread. Iona is 5-2 on MAAC road, winning last three away games by 8-18-14 points. Quinnipiac lost its last three games by 16-7-4 points; they lost in double OT at home to Fairfield Saturday.


East Tennessee State won its last three games, all in OT; they won at Western Carolina 82-66 Jan 2, holding the Catamounts to 3-28 on arc; Bucs split last six games; they lost at home to Chattanooga Saturday, its first league home loss in six games. WCU won its last three games by 9-6-5 points; they're 1-5 on SoCon road, with only win by 9 at VMI. SoCon single digit home favorites are 17-11 against the spread.


Wofford made 11-23 on arc, beat NC-Greensboro 87-76 at home Jan 2, in game that was tied at half. Terriers won their last four games overall; they're 3-3 on SoCon road, winning by 4-3-3 points. SoCon home teams are 16-5 vs spread in games where spread was 4 or less points. UNCG lost last three games, by 3-7-14 points; Spartans won four of six league home games, losing by 13 to Chattanooga, 3 to East Tennessee State.


Monmouth is 12-1 in its last 13 games; loss was 78-71 at Manhattan Jan 21- Jaspers made 10-25 on arc after falling behind 14-2- it was their fifth win in row over Hawks, who they lost by 14-11 in two home games vs Manhattan. Monmouth is 6-0 at home in MAAC, with all six wins by 11+ points- they rallied back from down 12 with 3:10 left to beat Rider Friday night. MAAC double digit home favorites are 4-5 vs spread.

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Monday, February 15


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5:00 PM
OAKLAND vs. WRIGHT STATE
Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Wright State
Oakland is 8-0-1 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Wright State's last 5 games at home
Wright State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home


7:00 PM
NORTH CAROLINA STATE vs. VIRGINIA
North Carolina State is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
North Carolina State is 4-0-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Virginia is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing North Carolina State
Virginia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing North Carolina State


7:00 PM
QUINNIPIAC vs. IONA
Quinnipiac is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Iona's last 5 games when playing Quinnipiac
Iona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Quinnipiac


7:00 PM
WOFFORD vs. UNC GREENSBORO
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Wofford's last 5 games on the road
Wofford is 4-12 SU in its last 16 games on the road
UNC Greensboro is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Wofford
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of UNC Greensboro's last 8 games when playing at home against Wofford


7:00 PM
MARIST vs. FAIRFIELD
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Marist's last 6 games when playing on the road against Fairfield
Marist is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Fairfield
Fairfield is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games when playing Marist
Fairfield is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Marist


7:00 PM
WESTERN CAROLINA vs. EAST TENNESSEE STATE
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Western Carolina's last 12 games on the road
Western Carolina is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
No trends available


8:00 PM
WISC-MILWAUKEE vs. WISC-GREEN BAY
Wisc-Milwaukee is 7-16 SU in its last 23 games when playing on the road against Wisc-Green Bay
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Wisc-Milwaukee's last 6 games when playing on the road against Wisc-Green Bay
Wisc-Green Bay is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Wisc-Green Bay's last 7 games


8:00 PM
NEW MEXICO STATE vs. WICHITA STATE
New Mexico State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Wichita State's last 10 games at home
Wichita State is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home


8:00 PM
MANHATTAN vs. MONMOUTH
Manhattan is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games on the road
Manhattan is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Monmouth is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Manhattan
Monmouth is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Manhattan


9:00 PM
OKLAHOMA STATE vs. KANSAS
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oklahoma State's last 6 games on the road
Oklahoma State is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Kansas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Oklahoma State
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas's last 5 games when playing Oklahoma State