Month

Wednesday’s hot teams
— Cavaliers won three of last four games; they’re 0-2 vs spread in the Tyronn Lue era.
— Celtics won last three games, 9-20-25 points (7-4 last 11HF).
— 76ers won three of their last five games (5-2 last 7AU).
— Rockets won their last three games (4-7AU). Spurs had 13-game win streak snapped Monday night in Oakland (16-9HF).
— Hawks won/covered last three home games (9-3 last 12HF).
— Thunder won nine of its last ten games (0-7 last 7AF).
— Hornets won four of last five games (4-2 last 6AU).
— Dallas is 4-3 in its last seven games (1-3 last 4AU). Warriors won last four games, all by 12+ points (1-4 last 5HF).

Cold teams
— Suns lost seven of their last eight games (1-0 last 11AU).
— Nuggets lost three of last four games; this is their first game on road in 19 days (7-4 last 11AU).
— Detroit is 3-5 in its last eight games (10-2 last 12HF).
— Clippers split their last six games (3-4AU).
— Minnesota lost 12 of its last 14 games (3-1 last 4HU).
— Utah lost five of its last seven games (4-2 last 6HF).

Series records
— Cavaliers won three of last four games with Phoenix, but Suns covered five of last six series games.
— Celtics won three of their last four games with Denver.
— 76ers won four of last six games with Detroit.
— Spurs won four of last five games with Houston.
— Clippers lost four of last five games with Atlanta.
— Thunder won last nine games with Minnesota (6-3 vs spread).
— Jazz won eight of last ten games with Charlotte.
— Warriors lost by 23 in Dallas Dec 30, their first loss to Dallas in last eight series games.

Totals
— Six of last nine Phoenix games went over total.
— Six of last seven Denver games went over the total.
— Over is 7-3 in last ten Philly-Detroit games.
— Eight of last ten Houston games went over.
— Five of last seven Clipper games stayed under.
— Under is 4-1-1 in last six Thunder-Minnesota games.
— Over is 4-1-1 in last six Utah games.
— Over is 3-1-1 in last five Dallas games.

Back/backs
— Phoenix is 3-5 vs spread if it played the night before.
— 76ers are 3-6 vs spread if they played the night before.
— Clippers are 4-3 vs spread if they won the night before.
— Oklahoma City is 2-4 vs spread on road if it played night before.
— Dallas is 8-2 vs spread if it played the night before.

Temple won its three AAC games with East Carolina by 13-14-18, with Owls (-9) winning 78-60 at home Jan 9- they were down 11 late in first half. East Carolina won as a 16-point underdog at Memphis Sunday, its first AAC win in seven tries. Pirates are 0-3 at home in AAC, losing by 3-24-15 points. Temple gave SMU its first loss Sunday; they’re 2-1 on AAC road (wins by 7-2). AAC home underdogs are 6-7 vs spread.

Home side won all five A&M-Arkansas SEC games; Aggies lost by 11-6 in two visits here. Texas A&M won its last 10 games, only three were on road (wins by 1-4-34)- they waxed Hogs 92-69 at home Jan 2, going 11-26 on arc. SEC home dogs of less than 9 points are 4-9 vs spread. Arkansas lost last three games by 2-14-3; they’re 2-8 vs top 100 teams, beating Evansville/Vandy- four of their last ten games went to overtime.

UMass lost its last five games, allowing 86.6 ppg; its only win in A-14 was by 7 at LaSalle. Minutemen lost last three games with St Joe’s by 5-6-11 points, in series where home side won nine of last ten games. SJU is 12-1 in last 13 games, winning last five games; last four by 14+ points. Hawks won last two at home by 5-25. A-14 double digit home favorites are 8-5 vs spread. UMass lost last two road games by 30-12 points.

Clemson won five of last six games, with four wins at home, all against top 50 teams; they’re 1-2 vs Pitt in ACC play, with road team winning last two meetings. Tigers are favored in ACC for first time this season. Pitt split last four games after starting season 13-1; they’re 3-1 on road in ACC, winning by 11-5-23 points, with only loss to NC State. ACC home favorites of less than 5 points are 4-3 vs spread.

Virginia Tech lost its last two games by total of 7 points after 4-1 start in ACC, with all four wins by 5 or less points. Hokies lost 78-63 LY at Louisville, in teams’ first ACC meeting- they’re old Metro Conference rivals. Cardinals won last three games by 18-19-4 points; they’re 2-2 on ACC road, winning by 5 at NC State, 4 at Georgia Tech. ACC home underdogs are 13-7 against the spread.

NC State won its last five games with Georgia Tech, beating Jackets in OT in last two meetings; Tech lost by 13-2 points in last two visits to Raleigh. Wolfpack are 1-6 in ACC with only win big upset at Pitt; they are 0-3 at home in ACC, losing by 5-7-10 points. ACC home favorites of less than 5 points are 4-3 vs spread. Tech is 0-3 on ACC road, losing by 8-5-8 points; they’re 1-5 in ACC, after a 10-3 start to season.

Tulsa won its last five games after an 8-6 start, winning last two on road by 14-15 points; Hurricanes beat Houston three times LY, by 18-13-8 points, in first year as AAC rivals. Cougars lost last four games after a 13-2 start to season, scoring 61.3 ppg; they lost last two home games, go UConn/USF. AAC home teams are 3-6 vs spread if spread was 5 or less points. Houston is 2-5 vs top 100 teams; they’ve played schedule #311.

Baylor had 5-game win streak snapped by Oklahoma Saturday; they’ve won last two road games, by 5-3 points. Bears were 21-24 on foul line in 79-62 win over Oklahoma State Jan 5- series has been swept in three of last four years- Baylor is 2-10 in last 12 visits here. Cowboys lost five of last six games but are 2-1 at home in Big X, including a 19-point win over Kansas. Big X home underdogs are 5-8 vs spread.

Purdue won five of last seven games with Minnesota, but lost by 3-4 in last two visits here. Boilers are 4-3 in last seven games, with two losses to Iowa; they’re 2-2 on Big 14 road, winning by 6 at Wisconsin, 50 at Rutgers. Minnesota lost its last nine games; five of the nine were home games, four by 9 or less points. Big 14 double digit home underdogs are 5-1 vs spread. Teams are shooting 55% inside arc against Minnesota.

Colorado won last five games with Stanford, winning by 21-6 last two years here. Buffaloes won first meeting 56-55 on Farm Jan 3; they’re 2-1 at home in Pac-12, sweeping Oregon schools by 17-4 points, losing by basket to Utah. Stanford is 4-3 in Pac-12 but played five home games; they split two road games, losing by 13 at Oregon, winning at Oregon State. Pac-12 home favorites of 6+ points are 7-3 vs spread.

Home side won five of last six Irvine-Northridge games; Anteaters lost seven of last nine visits here, but won 80-49 here LY- UCI is 6-2 in last eight games overall vs Northridge. Matadors are 2-4 in league, losing by 15 to Long Beach, 3 to Riverside in three home games. UCI won its last six games; they’re 2-0 on Big West road, winning by 4-9 at Long Beach, UCSB. Big West home underdogs are 2-3 vs spread.

Utah won three of last four games with Cal, losing 715-58 at Cal Jan 3; Utes are 4-1 in last five games since getting swept in Bay Area; they’ve split first two Pac-12 home games, vs Oregon schools. Pac-12 home favorites of 6 or less points are 6-8 vs spread. Cal Bears are 0-3 n Pac-12 road, losing by 3-6-6 points and that was before they lost PG Wallace, though they did sweep Arizona schools LW at home without him. .

Home side won six of last seven Boise State-UNLV games; Broncos’ win here LY was their first in five games vs Rebels in Las Vegas. Rebels are 3-1 since changing coaches, getting upset in Reno Saturday; all three of their MW wins are by 12+ points- their losses are by 3 or less points. Mountain West home favorites of less than 6 points are 0-6 vs spread. Boise is 6-1 in league, losing only to San Diego State by 3 at home.

Hot teams
— Tampa Bay won seven of its last eight games.
— Washington won seven of its last eight games.
— Predators won four of their last five games.
— Avalanche won four of its last five games.

Cold teams
— Maple Leafs lost eight of their last nine games.
— Flyers lost four of their last five games.
— Calgary lost six of its last eight games.
— Los Angeles is 2-3 in its last five home games.

Series records
— Lightning won five of last seven games with Toronto.
— Flyers won six of their last eight games with Washington.
— Flames won their last four games with Nashville.
— Kings won six of last seven games with Colorado.

Totals
— Under is 6-2-2 in last ten Toronto games.
— Four of last five Philly-Washington games stayed under.
— Eight of last ten Nashville-Calgary games went over.
— Seven of last eight Colorado games sayed under total.

Back-to-backs
— Toronto is 1-10 if it played the night before; post-Florida teams are 3-1.
— Nashville is 0-6 if it played the night before; post-Vancouver teams are 3-4.
— Colorado is 4-1 on road if it played the night before; post-San Jose teams are 1-3.

Flyers Vis 7
Preds Vis 3,4,7 & 99
Kings Home 1,2, & 99

(2015/December/Week)

Vis 1 (22-22/7-4/3-5/2-2)
Vis 2 (12-10/5-2/1-2/1-1)
Vis 3 (51-45/16-14/21-16/10-6)
Vis 4 (37-26/13-/5-10/3-2)
Vis 5 (24-26/5-9/4-7/4-3)
Vis 6 (19-15/5-3/6-7/3-1)
Vis 7 (31-29/11-10/7-11/3-3)
Vis 99 (42-31/11-13/4-8/2-2)

Home 1 (30-11/6-4/4-3/2-1)
Home 2 (20-9/5-3/2-3/0-2)
Home 3 (29-23/11-8/4-3/1-2)
Home 4 (3-0/0-0/0-0/0-0)
Home 99 (30-13/7-2/3-2/0-1)
Home Test (54-22/11-5/8-5/2-1)
Home Test 2 (33-23/10-7/6-7/2-1)

Jets Home Test 2
Preds Vis 1,3,4,5,6,7 &99

(2015/December/Week)

Vis 1 (21-22/7-4/2-5/1-2)
Vis 2 (12-10/5-2/1-2/1-1)
Vis 3 (50-45/16-14/20-16/9-6)
Vis 4 (36-26/13-/4-10/2-2)
Vis 5 (23-26/5-9/3-7/3-3)
Vis 6 (18-15/5-3/5-7/2-1)
Vis 7 (30-29/11-10/6-11/2-3)
Vis 99 (41-31/11-13/3-8/1-2)

Home 1 (30-11/6-4/4-3/2-1)
Home 2 (20-9/5-3/2-3/0-2)
Home 3 (29-23/11-8/4-3/1-2)
Home 4 (3-0/0-0/0-0/0-0)
Home 99 (30-13/7-2/3-2/0-1)
Home Test (54-22/11-5/8-5/2-1)
Home Test 2 (32-23/10-7/5-7/1-1)

Duke is 2-3 in its last five games with Miami; road team won four of last six series games. Blue Devils are 3-2 in last five visits here; they snapped 3-game skid Saturday at NC State, are 2-4 in games decided by less than 10 points. Miami is 3-0 at home in ACC, winning by 13-13-14 points; Hurricanes are 7-2 vs top 100 teams, but lost last two ACC home faves of 5 or less points are 3-5 against the spread.

Ohio State is 19-2 in its last 21 games with Penn State, winning eight of last nine here; both PSU wins came two years ago. Buckeyes lost three of last four games, but are 3-0 at home in Big 14, winning by 15-2-26 points. Lions are 1-3 on Big 14 road, losing by 6-23-17 points, with a win at Northwestern, their only win in eight top 100 games. Big 14 single digit home favorites are 10-8 vs spread.

Green Bay won its last four games with Detroit, winning 62-52/96-76 in last two played here; Phoenix lost three of its last four Horizon games, giving up 91.3 ppg- they’re playing at #2 tempo in country, forcing TOs 22% of time, but they lost 111-95 to Oakland Saturday. Detroit lost its last four games, with last three losses all by 4 or less points. Horizon home favorites of 8 or less points are 4-6 vs spread.

Milwaukee won three of last four games with Oakland, winning two at home 86-64/84-67; Panthers won five of last six games, winning last two at home by 9-3 points. Oakland won three of last four games, winning last two on road. Milwaukee’s eFG% defense is #226, bad news against Oakland team that shoots 38.7% on arc. Horizon home teams are 1-6 vs spread in games where spread was less than 5 points.

Iowa State won three of last four games with Kansas, beating Jayhawks in last two Big X tourneys; Kansas split last four visits here, losing LY 86-81. Cyclones won last three games (two on road); they won two of three Big X home games- all three were decided by 7 or less points. Big X favorites are 9-3 vs spread in games where spread was less than five points. Kansas lost last two road games, at West Virginia, Okla State.

VMI swept Furman LY, by 10-34 points; Keydets snapped five-game skid in last game Thursday- they’re 3-11 vs D-I teams, with three wins vs non-D-I teams. VMI split two SoCom home games, losing by 4 to Wofford. Furman is 0-3 on SoCon road, losing by 1-4-3 points- its last three games overall were decided by total of eight points.. SoCon home underdogs are 7-4 against the spread.

Home side won both Davidson-Richmond games LY, in their first year as A-14 rivals; Wildcats lost 89-63 here, after winning 81-67 at home in first meeting. Davidson lost last five road games, losing three A-14 road tilts by 12-6-9 points, allowing 91 ppg. Richmond has been off for nine days since OT loss to crosstown rival VCU; Spiders lost four of last six games overall. A-14 home favorites of 6+ points are 11-7 vs spread.

Georgia Southern swept Appalachian State 83-46/77-58 LY in their first year as Sun Belt rivals. Eagles are 0-3 on Sun Belt road, losing by 14-20-3 points- two of their last four games went OT. ASU won three of last four games, beating Txas State/Georgia State in last two home tilts. Sun Belt home favorites of 5 or less points are 4-4 vs spread. ASU turns ball over 23% of time, 7th-worst in country.

Manhattan won its last 11 games with St Peter’s, winning last four here; Jaspers are 7-3 in last ten games after a 1-7 start; they’re 1-2 on road in MAAC, with only win at Canisius- their last seven games were decided by 8 or less points. St. Peter’s is 6-2 in MAAC, winning both games at home by 4-9 points. MAAC home favorites of 6 or less points are 1-7 vs spread. Peacocks’ MAAC opponents shoot just 41% inside the arc. .

NBA knowledge
Monday’s hot teams
— Celtics/Wizards both won five of last seven games; Boston is 1-5 last 6AU, Washington is 5-9HF.
— Memphis won four of its last five games (6-2 last 8HF).
— Rockets won seven of their last ten games. New Orleans won five of its last six games.
— Denver is 4-3 in its last seven games, all at home (7-2-1 last ten HU).
— Sacramento won/covered its last five games (7-7HF). Hornets won three of last four games (8-7AU).
— Spurs won their last 14 games (0-1AU). Golden State won 11 of its last 13 games (3-6 last 9HF).

Cold teams
— Cavaliers split their last six games (9-8HF). Minnesota lost eight of last ten games (2-7 last 9AU).
— Orlando lost nine of its last ten games (0-4 last 4AU).
— Miami lost seven of its last eight games (4-8AU). Chicago lost six of its last nine games (8-13HF).
— Pistons lost five of their last seven games (4-7 last 11AU). Utah lost four of its last six games (6-4 last 10HF).
— Hawks lost four of last five road games (3-8 last 11AF).

Series records
— Cavaliers won their last three games with Minnesota.
— Celtics won their last three games with Washington.
— Grizzlies won their last eight games with Orlando.
— Bulls won three of last four games with Miami.
— Rockets won three of last four games with New Orleans.
— Jazz won six of last eight games with Detroit.
— Nuggets are 7-3 in last ten games with Atlanta; home team won last seven series games.
— Kings are 5-3 in their last eight games with Charlotte.
— Spurs won eight of last nine games with Golden State.

Totals
— Three of last four Minnesota-Cleveland games went over.
— Five of last six Celtic games went over the total.
— Last seven Memphis games went over the total.
— Last five Chicago-Miami games stayed under.
— Five of last seven Rocket-Pelican games stayed under.
— Five of last seven Detroit games went over the total.
— Last five Atlanta games stayed under the total; five of last six Denver games went over.
— Five of last six Sacramento games stayed under total.
— Six of last eight Spur-Warrior games stayed under total.

Back/backs
— Boston is 6-4 vs spread if it played night before.
— Houston is 4-7 vs spread if it played night before.

Hot teams
— Bruins won four of their last five games.
— Islanders won three of their last four games.
— Rangers won three of their last four home games.

Cold teams
— Canadiens lost five of their last six games. Columbus lost seven of its last nine.
— Philly lost three of its last four games.
— Red Wings lost three of last four games.
— Buffalo lost its last two games, 2-1/3-0.
— Coyotes lost four of their last five games. Minnesota lost six of its last seven.
— Flames lost five of their last seven games. Dallas lost five of its last six.

Series records
— Montreal won six of last seven games with Columbus.
— Flyers won last two games with Boston 5-4ot/3-2.
— Islanders won eight of last ten games with Detroit.
— Rangers won their last seven games with Buffalo.
— Minnesota won six of last seven games with Arizona.
— Flames won their last three games with Dallas.

Totals
— Four of last five Montreal-Columbus games stayed under.
— Under is 3-1-1 in last five Boston-Philly games.
— Four of last five Detroit-Islander games stayed under.
— Five of last six Ranger-Sabre games stayed under total.
— Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Minnesota-Arizona games.
— Eight of last ten Calgary-Dallas games went over.

Back-to-backs
— Rangers are 4-2 at home if they played nite before; teams are 2-5 nite after playing Ottawa.
— Calgary is 2-4 if it played the night before; teams are 4-5 night after playing Carolina.

Bruins Vis 3 & 5
Habs Vis 3,4 & 5
Stars Home Test
Coyotes Vis 7

(2015/December/Week)

Vis 1 (21-22/7-4/2-5/1-2)
Vis 2 (12-10/5-2/1-2/1-1)
Vis 3 (49-44/16-14/19-15/8-5)
Vis 4 (36-26/13-/4-10/2-2)
Vis 5 (22-26/5-9/2-7/2-3)
Vis 6 (18-15/5-3/5-7/2-1)
Vis 7 (29-29/11-10/5-11/1-3)
Vis 99 (41-31/11-13/3-8/1-2)

Home 1 (30-11/6-4/4-3/2-1)
Home 2 (20-9/5-3/2-3/0-2)
Home 3 (29-23/11-8/4-3/1-2)
Home 4 (3-0/0-0/0-0/0-0)
Home 99 (30-13/7-2/3-2/0-1)
Home Test (53-22/11-5/7-5/1-1)
Home Test 2 (32-23/10-7/5-7/1-1)

Rangers Vis 3 & 5
Kings Vis 3

(2015/December/Week)

Vis 1 (21-22/7-4/2-5/1-2)
Vis 2 (12-10/5-2/1-2/1-1)
Vis 3 (48-43/16-14/18-14/7-4)
Vis 4 (36-26/13-/4-10/2-2)
Vis 5 (22-25/5-9/2-6/2-2)
Vis 6 (18-15/5-3/5-7/2-1)
Vis 7 (29-29/11-10/5-11/1-3)
Vis 99 (41-31/11-13/3-8/1-2)

Home 1 (30-11/6-4/4-3/2-1)
Home 2 (20-9/5-3/2-3/0-2)
Home 3 (29-23/11-8/4-3/1-2)
Home 4 (3-0/0-0/0-0/0-0)
Home 99 (30-13/7-2/3-2/0-1)
Home Test (53-22/11-5/7-5/1-1)
Home Test 2 (32-23/10-7/5-7/1-1)

Pens Home 1 & 3
Canadiens Vis 3
Lightning Vis 3
Stars Home 1,2 & 99
Kings Vis 1,2,4,5,6 & 99
Preds Vis 1,2,4,5,6 & 99

(2015/December/Week)

Vis 1 (20-21/7-4/1-4/0-1)
Vis 2 (11-9/5-2/0-1/0-0)
Vis 3 (47-42/16-14/17-13/6-3)
Vis 4 (35-25/13-/3-9/1-1)
Vis 5 (21-24/5-9/1-5/1-1)
Vis 6 (17-14/5-3/4-6/1-0)
Vis 7 (29-29/11-10/5-11/1-3)
Vis 99 (40-30/11-13/2-7/0-1)

Home 1 (29-10/6-4/3-2/1-0)
Home 2 (20-8/5-3/2-2/0-1)
Home 3 (28-23/11-8/3-3/0-2)
Home 4 (3-0/0-0/0-0/0-0)
Home 99 (30-12/7-2/3-1/0-0)
Home Test (53-22/11-5/7-5/1-1)
Home Test 2 (32-23/10-7/5-7/1-1)