#NBA #CBB Basketball Report February 27th, 2014
Home side won last five Arkansas-Kentucky games; Hogs lost last five visits to Lexington, with three losses by 17+ points– they beat UK at buzzer in OT 87-85 Jan 14. Arkansas won five of last six games- their last three road games were decided by total of 8 points. SEC double digit home favorites are 11-12 vs spread. Kentucky won six of its last seven games- they’re 4-3 as home favorite, with four home wins by 16+.
Middle Tennessee won its last nine games, with three of last six wins by 4 or less points; theiy’re 11-2 in Sun Belt, losing by 5 at Tulsa, by 9 at UTEP (0-1 as road dog). C-USA home favorites of 5+ points are 29-17 vs spread. Louisiana Tech won five of its last six games; they’re 5-2 as a home favorite, with six of seven home wins by 15+ points. Bulldogs are just 1-4 against the spread in their last five games.
Green Bay (-11) beat Oakland 83-69 at home Jan 22, holding Grizzlies to 5-21 from arc (Bader was 2-11) in game Phoenix trailed by 5 at 10:03 mark. Green Bay won last three games, all by 14+ points; they’re 5-1 on Horizon road with only loss at Valpo when 7-foot-1 Brown didn’t play. Horizon home favorites of 5 or less points are 2-6 vs spread. Oakland is 2-4 in last six games, 0-6 vs spread in last six home games.
Marquette (+3) won 80-72 in OT at Georgetown Jan 20, after trailing by 7 with 3:03 left; Eagles won three of last four series games, winning last four played here, by 12-3-1-14 points. Hoyas won four of last six games but are 1-4 as road underdogs. Marquette won four of its last five games, is 3-2 as home favorite- favorites covered five of their seven home tilts. Big East home favorites of 5 or less points are 11-7 vs spread.
Home teams won six of last eight Tulsa-UTEP games, with home team winning last four; Hurricane lost last three visits to El Paso, by 14-10-9 points, but have won last five games overall, covering last seven- they’re 11-2 vs spread in conference. C-USA home favorites of 4 or less points are 11-8 vs spread. UTEP won four of last five at home, with five wins by 10+ points; they’re 3-3 as home favorites.
UCLA (+4) won 70-68 at Oregon Jan 20, snapping 4-game series skid; Ducks won two of last three visits here. Oregon won last three games, is 2-1 as road dog; Ducks lost five of last six road games, with lone win at Wazzu. Pac-12 home teams are 11-14 vs spread in games where spread was 4 or less points. UCLA won four of last five at home; they’re 6-0 as home favorites, with all six home wins by 12+ points.
UCSB (-2.5) beat Cal-Irvine 80-60 Jan 20, its 4th win in last five series games, but Gauchos lost three of last four visits to Bren Center, losing by 2-3-2 points. Big West home favorites of 4 or less points are 4-3 vs spread. Irvine won five of last six games, is 2-3 as home favorite, with home wins by 18-6-3-18 points. Gauchos won six of last seven games; they’re 2-0 as road dog, with Big West losses by 8-2-2 points.
Long Beach (+6.5) shot 67.4% inside arc, won 92-83 at Hawai’i Jan 30, its second win in three Big West games vs Rainbows, who lost here LY by 4. 49ers won seven of last nine games, are 4-1 as home faves- they’ve lost at home to UCSB/Irvine. Hawai’i won its last four road games, four of last five games overall; they’re 1-1 as a road underdog. Big West home favorites of 4 or less points are 4-3 vs spread.
Oregon State (-8) beat USC 76-75 in OT at home Jan 20, its fifth win in last seven series games; Beavers had 19 offensive boards in first meeting. OSU lost last four road games, with last win at Wazzu- they’ve lost four of last five games overall. Pac-12 home favorites of more than 7 points are 17-15 vs spread. USC lost last eight games, covering one of last five; they’ve covered only one of their seven home games.
Chattanooga lost five of last seven games; they’re 10-4 after starting 8-0 in SoCon. Mocs (-2) beat Western Carolina 83-73 Feb 13, holding WCU to 4-25 from arc. Chattanooga lost its last three road games. WCU won five of last six games, covering last three; they’re 6-2 at home in SoCon, with only loss by 5 to Davidson. SoCon favorites of 7+ points are 13-17 vs spread. WCU forces turnovers 22% of time, best in conference.
Wofford won five of last six games with Elon, winning two of last three visits here; Terriers won five of last six games; favorites covered all five of their SoCon road games. Wofford is 4-2 on SoCon road, losing by 10-1 at Davidson/Chattanooga. SoCon home favorites of 5 or less points are 12-8-1 vs spread. Elon won its last eight games, covered last four; they are 2-4 as SoCon home favorites.
South Dakota State (+8) outscored Denver 7-2 over last 0:36 won 74-73 on road Jan 30 in first Summit game between these two, Jackrabbits won six of last seven games, are 3-1 as home favorites, 3-2 overall at home, losing to Omaha/North Dakota State. Denver won last three games; dogs covered four of their five conference road games. Favorites are 15-7 vs spread in Summit games where spread was 5 or less points.
Iowa is 4-5 in its last nine games after a 15-3 start; Hawkeyes allowed 74+ points in four of last six games, are 3-1 as road favorites, with four road wins, all by 7+ points. Indiana lost seven of last ten games, after it got whacked in second half at Wisconsin Tuesday; they’re 3-3 at home in conference, 2-1 as home underdogs. Big Dozen home favorites of 5 or less points are 6-9 vs spread. This is a rescheduled game from last week.
NBA information
Hot teams
— Pacers won three of last four games, are 2-5-1 vs spread in last eight.
— Raptors won six of their last seven games. Washington won its last four games, is over .500 (29-28).
— Miami won eight of last nine games (4-0-1 vs spread in last five).
Cold Teams
— Bucks lost six of last eight games, but covered four of last five.
— Knicks lost nine of their last twelve games.
— Denver lost eight of its last nine games. Nets lost five of last seven road games; they lost by 44 last night.
Series records
— Pacers won their last four games with Milwaukee.
— Raptors won their last four games with Washington.
— Knicks won four of last six games with Miami.
— Nuggets won seven of last nine games with Brooklyn.
Totals
— Four of last five Milwaukee games went over the total.
— Seven of last eight Raptor-Wizard games stayed under.
— Six of last seven New York games went over the total.
— Three of last four Denver game stayed under the total.