Matt Fargo Sports Handicapper Review & Free Picks

This is a play on the INDIANA ST. SYCAMORES for our Saturday Free Play. Indiana St. opened 6-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference but it has dropped five straight games to fall into a tie for seventh. Three of the last four losses all came on the road including a tough two-point loss against 7-4 Drake last time out which snapped a four-game ATS slide with one of the home losses coming against first place Southern Illinois. The Sycamores are 7-3 at home and are laying a big number here despite the recent struggles and that is a red flag to go contrarian. Northern Iowa has won three straight games and seven of its last eight to improve to 8-3 in the MVC which is good for No. 3 in the conference which makes this line even more suspicious. The last two victories have come against Valparaiso and Illinois-Chicago which are a combined 4-18 in the conference and overall, the Panthers have played the No. 205 ranked schedule in the country. They are 3-3 on the road with all three victories coming against three of the four worst teams in the conference that are a combined 7-26 in the MVC. Play (624) Indiana St. Sycamores

9-3 CBB run! College Basketball is back Saturday following a Marist loss on Friday and Matt is ready to extend his 90-69 Hoops Run with SEVEN Winners highlighted by his SBC Game of the Year. 14-8 NBA run and 35-25 NBA run the last 59 days after a Memphis loss Friday and we are ready to rebound tonight with a Top Play Enforcer.

This is a play on the NEW ORLEANS PELICANS for our NBA Saturday Enforcer. New Orleans has lost six straight games to fall to No. 4 in the Western Conference after making a run toward the top as injuries really have hot hard but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Zion Williamson remains out for a little while longer but the Pelicans welcomed back Brandon Ingram on Wednesday after missing two months of action. He was clearly rusty as he went 4-18 from the floor including 0-6 from long range so we can expect a much better performance tonight. New Orleans is 17-8 at home on the season despite losing four straight dating back to early January and the Pelicans are ready to bounce back tonight following two days off. Washington has won four straight games which includes three road victories but the Wizards are still 10-16 on the highway. The winning streak has vaulted Washington to a tie for the final playoff spot with Chicago for the play-in tournament but it still has a long way to go. The Wizards have been a top ten team on both ends of the floor as far as shooting percentage goes but that has not translated into efficiency as they are No. 20 offensively and No. 16 defensively. Overall, they are No. 23 in scoring margin while facing the No. 8 team in scoring margin despite recent skid for New Orleans. 10* (534) New Orleans Pelicans

This is a play on the WISCONSIN BADGERS as part of our CBB Saturday Three Pack. Wisconsin has lost five of its last six games but four of those loses were on the road with the lone home loss coming against Michigan St. and the victory coming against Penn St. It has been a rough stretch for bettors of the Badgers as they have dropped nine straight games against the number and the public is not touching them here as they are riding that streak. Wisconsin is 7-2 at home with the other loss coming against Wake Forest by three points. Illinois has gotten back on track with wins in five of its last six games and the two road wins over this stretch were against Minnesota and Nebraska, a combined 4-15 in the Big Ten. The Illini did defeat the Badgers by 10 points at home in the first meeting which sets up a revenge spot on top of Wisconsin looking to get back to .500 in the conference. 10* (658) Wisconsin Badgers

This is a play on the MURRAY ST. RACERS as part of our CBB Saturday Three Pack. Murray St. is coming off a loss against first place Southern Illinois which dropped it to 6-5 in the MVC, two of those losses coming against the Salukis. That first loss happened to be the only home loss of the season for Murray St. as it has won all seven of its other home games and most by significant margins. They are a game out of the all-important No. 4 spot in the conference. Missouri St. has won three of its last four games to improve to 7-4 in the conference and while its recent 6-3 run includes a win over Northern Iowa and a pair of wins over Drake, it also includes wins over a slumping Indiana St. and victories over the two worst teams in the conference in Evansville and Illinois-Chicago which are a combined 1-21 in the conference. The Bears are 7-3 at home but just 4-7 on the highway. 10* (622) Murray St. Racers

This is a play on the STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES for our CBB Saturday Ultimate Underdog. It has been a tough season for Stony Brook as it has dropped four straight games but the Seawolves are in a good spot here. Stony Brook opened the season 0-7 on the road but has gone 2-2 since then with the two losses coming by a combined five points against much better competition than what it is facing today. The Seawolves are a respectable 3-5 in the conference. Hampton has won two straight games following 10 straight losses but one of those wins was against 1-20 Monmouth and the other just a one-point win against Delaware. The Pirates were getting 10 points in that game against the Blue Hens and are now not getting anything close to that against a team that has a better conference record than Delaware. 10* (675) Stony Brook Seawolves

This is a play on the WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS for our CBB Saturday Afternoon Dominator. Wake Forest had won four straight games including a win over Clemson which is the Tigers only ACC loss but the Demon Deacons have lost two straight games including a heartbreaker at Pittsburgh by a bucket after missing a last second three-pointer. They return home where they are 10-1 with the only loss coming against red hot Virginia that is currently 7-2 in the conference. NC State is on a roll as it has won eight of its last 10 games and is now 6-4 in the ACC after a 0-2 start. The Wolfpack are 2-3 on the road but those two wins came against Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech which are a combined 3-16 in the conference. The three losses came against quality teams in Clemson, Miami and North Carolina and Wake Forest is part of that group with a winning conference record. 10* (620) Wake Forest Demon Deacons

This is a play on the OREGON DUCKS for our CBB Saturday Enforcer. Utah is right in the mix in the Pac 12 as it trails UCLA by a half-game at 8-3 but it really has accomplished much. The Utes opened with a home win over Arizona and they are 4-1 at home in the Pac 12 with the other three wins coming against losing teams. They are 4-2 on the road but the four wins came against two of the losing teams they beat at home as well as Stanford and California, both of which are 2-7 and besides that Arizona win, the best conference win of the remaining seven was against 5-6 Washington. Oregon has been up and down and sits at 6-4 in the conference following a win over Colorado on Thursday. That was a semi-quality win but the Ducks also own a win over Arizona as well as a 10-point win at Utah. No reason to worry about road revenge on a tough home court. 10* (784) Oregon Ducks

This is a play on the COASTAL CAROLINA CHANTICLEERS for our SBC Game of the Year. Coastal Carolina has been in a tough scheduling spot as it posted a pair of overtime wins against Appalachian St. and South Alabama and then had to play out of conference in a letdown game against Chicago St. before hitting the road at James Madison. The Chanticleers are 4-5 in the conference and are back home where they are 7-4 in a great bounce back spot with a great number on top of it with the wrong team favored here. Old Dominion is coming off an upset win over South Alabama to pick up just its second road win of the season to also move to 4-5 in the Sun Belt. The other road win was a good one against Georgia Southern but that took overtime so their two road wins could easily have been losses. This is only the second time the Monarchs have been road favorites and it is one too many. 10* (674) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

This is a play on the BYU COUGARS as part of our CBB Saturday Three Pack. St. Mary's is looking strong to finally take down an inconsistent Gonzaga team as It has won nine straight games including seven in the West Coast Conference for a perfect start and maintains a one-game lead over the Zags before their first meeting next Saturday. Three of the wins have come on the road but only a victory over San Francisco was impressive as the Gaels beat Santa Clara by only three points with the other coming against 0-8 Pepperdine. This is by far the biggest road test of the season and they are laying a big number. The Cougars had won seven straight games prior to a very tough scheduling stretch of late as four of their last six games have been on the road. BYU has lost two straight games, both on the road, and it heads home where it is 9-2 with one loss coming against Gonzaga by one point. 10* (800) BYU Cougars