This is a play on the MILWAUKEE BUCKS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. Miami has won six straight games following a blowout win over Washington where Bam Adebayo had a historic performance and this is the ultimate sell high spot and even more so since the Heat have covered all six of these games. They have moved into a tie with Orlando for first place in the Southeast Division and are now No. 6 in the Eastern Conference, a half-game out of the Play In Tournament. This is a tough sandwich spot off the noteworthy victory and with a game against Orlando on deck. Milwaukee is trending the other way as it is coming off a 1-4 homestand with the only win coming against Utah and the Bucks are pretty much dead when it comes to the postseason. We will go contrarian however as they are in a buy low spot having gone 1-6 ATS over their last seven games. 10* (519) Milwaukee Bucks

This is a play on the UTAH TECH TRAILBLAZERS for our CBB Late Powerhouse. The college basketball adage goes that it is hard to beat a team three times in the same season now how about beating a team four times in the same season which Utah Tech will be out to do. The Trailblazers ended up finishing in third place in the WAC yet did have a shot at first place but suffered a loss at Southern Utah in their second to last game of the season that knocked them out of contention and then they lost to Utah Valley in the final game of the season in double overtime. They certainly want another shot at the Wolverines but it will take a fourth consecutive win over Abilene Christian and it should not be close. The Wildcats finished the regular season on a four-game losing streak and on a 3-12 run and its win last night over Tarleton St. was their third this season, half of their total WAC wins. 10* (780) Utah Tech Trailblazers

This is a play on the NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS for our CBB Ultimate Underdog. Some teams with no chance of making the NCAA Tournament come to their conference tournaments ready for their season to just be done with while others look enthused to keep going and Northwestern is the latter. The Wildcats are coming off a no sweat upset over Indiana after easily defeating Penn St. and while playing their third game in three nights, they are playing free and with newfound confidence. Northwestern hung with Purdue in the first meeting and while that was at home, this is actually a good matchup between two of the slowest tempo teams in the conference which benefits the underdogs especially one of this size. Purdue is still considered one of the top teams in the country with its No. 10 NET Ranking but something just does not seem right and we will fade until they flip that switch. 10* (741) Northwestern Wildcats

This is a play on the NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS for our CBB Star Attraction. Clemson is coming off an opening round win over Wake Forest so it has some momentum going but we give the edge to North Carolina and its overall body of work. The Tigers played the second easiest schedule in the ACC behind Miami enroute to its current 13-6 record and of those 12 wins, only two were against future NCAA Tournament teams, the Hurricanes and Louisville with SMU being a possible third and all of those were at home. The only two decent wins away from home were against Georgia and Cincinnati on neutral floors in November and December respectively and both by just three points. The Tar Heels played the No. 1 ranked schedule in the ACC and had a four-game winning streak snapped with a loss to Duke. North Carolina is 6-7 in Quad 1 games with the last six losses all being true road games. 10* (728) North Carolina Tar Heels

This is a play on the GRAND CANYON LOPES for our MVC Game of the Year. Nevada had the luxury of playing Air Force in the first round of the Mountain West Conference tournament and got to witness the Falcons score 10 first half points. The Wolf Pack defense is nothing special so it was really nothing they did and they also had the fortunate draw of playing Air Force for a second straight game after beating the Falcons in the regular season finale by 15 points on their home floor. Now they face MWC newcomer Grand Canyon who they beat at home in overtime in the lone meeting. Nevada is 2-6 in its last eight games away from home, both wins against Air Force. The Lopes finished 13-7 in the conference with the last five losses coming by one or two possessions including that overtime loss to Nevada. No worries about the Nevada crowd at 2:30 local time. 10* (764) Grand Canyon Lopes

This is a play on the AUBURN TIGERS for our CBB Contrarian Crusher. With Indiana and Cincinnati both losing on Wednesday, and Stanford and Virginia Tech prior to that on Tuesday, the path to the NCAA Tournament became a lot better for Auburn. The Tigers picked up the much needed blowout win over Mississippi St. on Wednesday and the confidence level cannot be overstated and they are still very much in the mix and while they could use the win here, we only need the cover. They lost by eight points at Tennessee in the lone meeting this season which started their 2-8 skid to end the regular season and now they are getting the same amount on a neutral floor that they got at Knoxville. The Volunteers got to 10-4 in the SEC with an upset at Vanderbilt in late February but they have dropped three of four and could be vulnerable. 10* (747) Auburn Tigers

This is a play on the DUQUESNE DUKES for our CBB Tourney Enforcer. Duquesne was 8-5 in the Atlantic Ten Conference in mid-February through 13 games but then lost four straight games, three of those on the road before closing the season with a much needed win heading into the conference tournament. The Dukes finished a respectable 5-7 on the road and they have an edge in the tournament that is being played in Pittsburgh as they will have the crowd edge and at a good time frame for their opening round game. Rhode Island had the one big win this season when it upset St. Louis at home back in February but closed the season 1-4 over its last five games. The Rams played one of the easiest conference schedules but finished just 7-11 and of the 11 losses, none were by one possession and only five were by two possessions. 10* (718) Duquesne Dukes

This is a play on the KENT ST. GOLDEN FLASHES for our CBB Tourney Annihilator. Kent St. finished third in the Mid-American Conference at 14-4 and the Golden Flashes basically did what they were supposed to do. They lost once to Miami Ohio, twice to Akron which is arguably the best team in the conference and on the road at Central Michigan by a bucket. They did win a lot of close games which hurt their ATS numbers but that matters none now as they were overvalued with an 11-18 ATS record. Kent St. won the lone meeting with Ohio by 15 points. The Bobcats were the big disappointment as they were picked to contend but after a 4-1 start, they faltered to a 5-8 close to finish in a tie for fourth place and had that disheartening loss in overtime to Miami Ohio in the season finale. It could linger and we take the team with the higher NETS Ranking by over 80 spots. 10* (712) Kent St. Golden Flashes

This is a play on the TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS as part of our CBB Thursday Early 3-0 Sweep Package. Iowa St. is coming off a 49-point win over Arizona St. which was the Sun Devils biggest loss since a 50-point loss in 1956 and the Cyclones have won two straight games, both against Arizona St. by a combined 70 points. The Wednesday victory was the largest in Big 12 Tournament history and this outcome makes it fade time. They basically only went eight-deep so there was not a ton of rest and now they get Texas Tech which is off rest as the Red Raiders snagged the No. 4 seed thanks to their regular season win over Iowa St. and while there is revenge in play, the line favors Texas Tech and it is likely going to go up even more once the public gets involved. The Red Raiders will be considered an easy fade based on the loss of J.T. Toppin and they come in with two straight losses but we go contrarian. 10* (754) Texas Tech Red Raiders

This is a play on the NC STATE WOLFPACK as part of our CBB Thursday Early 3-0 Sweep Package. This is the time to buy NC State. The Wolfpack came out of hibernation with a pull away win over Pittsburgh as it came in with four straight defeats and losses in six of its last seven games, two by 29 points and a third by 39 points, while posting bad losses against Notre Dame and Stanford. They are safely into the NCAA Tournament now so the pressure is gone and they finally got their confidence back after a 9-2 start in the ACC. Against the Panthers, they were 20-25 from the free throw line as they are one of the best in the country from the line which is big in a close game which this game looks to be based on the number. Virginia will be the popular play here because of the short price and the fact it blew out the Wolfpack in both meetings this season and this is the sell high time. 10* (721) NC State Wolfpack

This is a play on the FORDHAM RAMS as part of our CBB Thursday Early 3-0 Sweep Package. Fordham got off to a bad start in the Atlantic Ten Conference as it opened 1-6 but the Rams turned the corner and went a respectable 7-4 the rest of the way. Two of those losses were to VCU, one by only three points, while the other two losses were by three points each. They won the tiebreaker with George Washington as they both finished 8-10 but Fordham did win the lone meeting by 14 points on the road. They are undervalued in the metrics and with the line with some of that based on name and they do play at one of the slowest paces which favors lower scoring games, thus favoring the underdog. It was a disappointing season for the Revolutionaries as they were projected much higher and seven of their eight wins were against the bottom five teams. 10* (714) Fordham Rams