Is #Duke a Good bet without #Zion? Betting #Buffalo … Again!?

“The over should be good unless the Spurs come out flat on the road back-to-back.” I said this at lunch time yesterday. Guess what happened? The Spurs no showed (I Bet the Nets), but I thought they would at least score some. The Spurs defense continues to get worse, but they may still make the playoffs. Everyone is currently jumping on the “look at Lebron fail” bandwagon, but it is honestly not all his fault. The young kids have picked up their game, but the older veterans besides Lebron have been bad. The remaining schedule is brutal, 14 of their remaining 22 games against teams currently in the playoffs. Closing the season with OKC, GS, LAC, Utah and Portland looks impossible for the Lakers. If you can find a price on will the Lakers make the playoffs, I would bet no.

Tonight is a weird small NBA slate of only three games. That feels very strange for a Tuesday. Oddly, I don’t like any of the games betting wise. The lines seem fair. I kind of like the Magic, but that’s about it. DFS should be strange though as four of the better defensive teams (Boston, Toronto, OKC, Denver) account for a majority of the teams playing. This feels like a great spot to stack the Magic, despite the game total being lower than the other two games. Play a few cheap Magic players and use that extra salary to play a Jokic or a Westbrook.

Surprisingly, even the college basketball slate is pretty small today. I did notice that my new favorite team is playing. The last two times the Buffalo Bulls have played at home we have taken them and laid 15 and 18 points. Both times they won and covered easy. I am going right back to the well. They are significantly better at home that on the road. I am laying 14 with Buffalo against Akron.

Duke without Zion Williamson travels to Virginia Tech tonight and the line feels too small. A little over a week ago we took Virginia at VT and laid more points. Now, I get to bet Duke with a smaller spread? I get that Zion is out, but come on. VT has struggled with ranked teams going 2-4 against them. One of their wins was that game NC State shot like 10% and scored 24 points. VT WON WITH 47 POINTS. They may need a few more in this one. DUKE -3.5.

Two other teams almost made the cut, but I just didn’t feel as good about them. Kentucky is giving Arkansas 14, but the Wildcats have Tennessee Saturday and could easily look ahead and struggle. New Mexico is playing a San Jose State team that is like 3-23. I just can’t give up more than ten points backing a team that is 11-15. But throwing NM into a money line parlay makes sense to me.

My last wager of the night is a parlay.
Duke -3.5
Buffalo -14
New Mexico Money Line -600
Kentucky Money Line -2400
Orlando Magic Money Line -325

This Pays +479! Good luck everyone!

NBA Record  46-36 (56.09%)
NBA Parlay and Teaser Record 7-17 +483
College Basketball Record 5-6 (45.45%)
College Parlay and Teaser Record 1-3 -50
Basketball Total Record 51-42 (54.83%)
Basketball Parlay and Teaser Record 8-20 +433