Alright so let's keep this day rolling through the NCAA BB action. Here we go......
TONIGHT'S ACTION --
(NCAA BB)
WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS (-6)
This number seems to be kind of low as we expect Wright State to handle business fairly easily on their home court once again tonight. Wright State has been destroying opponents on their home court lately, as they come in off a 36-point home win over Youngstown State in their last game. They have now beaten their L4 home opponents by double-digits with that win over YSU, a win over Cleveland State by 17, Murray State by 16 and Bowling Green by 36. Not sure how Detroit is going to keep this one within a 6-point spread themselves, combined with the fact they are 0-4 ATS in their L4 as the underdog and 1-5-1 ATS overall, this one is definitely in TOP PLAY status for the home favorite. The Titans have yet to win a game on the road this season, going 0-5 ML, although they do carry a not so dismal 2-3 ATS record with that. Two of their losses came by 5 points (at Oral Roberts and Western Kentucky) but their other 3 losses came by a combined 80+ points. The Raiders have covered in 4 straight contests as the favorite and are now 5-1 ATS when laying the points this season overall with 4 of those 5 wins coming by double-digits. Overall, Wright State is now 6-1-1 ATS in their L8, while Detroit is 1-5-1 ATS in their L7. Sounds like two teams headed in different directions. Roll with WRIGHT STATE at home in this meeting.......
SYRACUSE ORANGE (+11.5)
Two upper-tier programs squaring off for this one and while Duke is clearly the superior program right now, Syracuse is starting to play better in recent games and double-digits should be too much. Duke is coming in off back-to-back losses against Notre Dame (95-91) and at Clemson (69-63) but were rolling prior to that with a 5-0 ML and 4-0-1 ATS record in the previous 5 games. Syracuse has blown out their L2 opponents (Wake Forest and Boston College) which suggests they may be making a turn towards a better 2nd half of the season, as it has started out mostly rough for them overall. Syracuse is 2-4 ML and ATS in their 6 games away from home, but they did blow out Wake on the road last time out by 28 points. In contrast, Duke only won by 16 at Wake. The Orange also dropped their game at Clemson by 1 (74-73) in OT, while Duke also lost their trip there, 68-63. Duke is 3-1 ML and 3-0-1 ATS in the 4 meetings between the two schools since 2014. Two of the three wins for Duke came by 8 and 6 points respectively though. Take SYRACUSE.....
That will finish off this MLK MONDAY of NCAA BB action!!
Best of luck to all tonight!! Let's get that money!!