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I will do my best to provide *at least* a daily group of 3-5 picks for all of you snipers out there. The goal is a 2-1 (3-2) night. I recommend you play them individually .. however, never be scared of a little sniper parlay! 20/21 Season: 58%
Season Record: 140-140-11
1/12 Starting Five:
Xavier +2
Duke -4
Colorado St. / Utah St. u150
St. John’s +11
VT +2
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Xavier +2 : Xavier is now the favorite in this one after money came in overnight. Rightly so. It may be a hot take, but I personally feel that the Musketeers are better than Nova this season. They especially will be at the Cintas Center. The X-Men led for the majority of the first matchup on the road, but Fortune 500’ers got hot at the end and stole it away. Tonight will be much different. I predict a wire-to-wire victory for Xavier. Xavier is 6-2 ATS as a home favorite, and Nova is 0-2 ATS as a road dog. Love this revenge spot.
Score Prediction: Xavier 72 – Villanova 67
Duke -4 : I like this bounce back spot for Duke. It looks like we will receive CLV on this early lock as well. Wake Forest will have no problems playing with tempo, and that should ease Duke into their first ACC road game of the season. I believe the key to this game will be Duke’s defensive advantages against Jake LaRavia. Duke comes in ranked 32nd in the country in defensive efficiency, and will have an athletic advantage over LaRavia with all of the bodies they can throw at him. Duke does everything well. I am willing to toss out the Miami game from my memory. For now..
Score Prediction: Duke 79 – Wake Forest 72
Colorado St / Utah St u150 : I see this game being played in the high 60s or low 70s. Two great coaches, with above average defenses. A lot of sets will be ran tonight. You won’t see as much run and gun as this number predicts. Utah comes in 132nd in pace (has risen recently due to opponents), and Colorado State comes in at 255th. The matchup points to an under. 150 is a high total. If we lose, we lose.
Score Prediction: Colorado State 74 – Utah State 69
St. John’s +11 : Simply too many points. We are not seeing the same UConn that we saw in Atlantis. They have dropped 3 of 5, and are limping into this game. The Johnnies have been disappointing as well, but they have only been blown out by Kansas this season. In a Big East battle, I expect Posh and Julian to keep this one close. No real data to point to, just a gut feel on this one.
Score Prediction: UConn 80 – St. John’s 74
Virginia Tech +2 : Fading UVA again. Shocker. However, this is more about Virginia Tech. This certainly has not been the season many predicted for Mike Young’s Hokies. The Hokies have been outclassed from a rebounding/athleticism aspect in all of their losses this season. They won’t experience that tonight against UVA. Those two areas should be on an even playing field. Storm Murphy will be able to operate more effectively against a smaller/slower Kihei Clark, and I really believe that Keve Aluma will be able to cause a ton of problems for Jayden Gardner on both sides of the court. You pair those two matchups with a monster outside shooting advantage, and that has me thinking that the Hokies get their first ACC win of the season. At 0-3, they are desperate. I love backing a hungry dog. Let’s go Hokies!
Score Prediction: Virginia Tech 62 – UVA 60
Best of luck! Let’s snipe this one y’all!!
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