Jim Feist

The Creighton Blue Jays are having a fine season with a 17-6 record as we enter the home stretch to the regular season. The Jays are coming off a loss at Xavier last time out, 69-77 as a 4-point favorite. That loss snapped a four game S/U and ATS win streak. That streak also included a win at home over Villanova, 86-70. The Villanova Wildcats are 15-4 S/U and 11-8 ATS on the season. They are 8-0 S/U and 5-3 ATS at home. The Cats are coming off a loss at Butler, 61-73 as a 12.5 point favorite. They had won four of their previous five before that loss. I look for Villanova to bounce back here at home tonight to make up for that horrible performance at Butler. Plus, they haven't lost yet on their home court and this line is not too much at around -4 points. Take Villanova.

The Mississippi State Bulldogs look to stay above the .500 mark here tonight as they play at Texas A&M. The dogs are coming off a loss to Alabama, 59-64, but did cover the 6.5 point dog line. The Dogs have covered three straight games. They will also have some revenge on their minds here tonight, having lost to A&M at home back on Jan 13th, 55-56. This Bulldog team has been very good defensively, holding six of their last eight opponents to 61 points or fewer. Texas A&M also looks to stay above .500 tonight as they sit 8-7 on the season with a 5-10 ATS spread record. The Aggies are 0-3 both S/U and ATS in the role of a home dog this season. State will look for some payback here tonight and I expect that to happen. Play Mississippi State.

The LA Lakers are 24-12 and just behind Pacific division leading Phoenix. Life has gotten rough for the Lakers since mid-February. The Lakers lost four straight games both S/U and ATS starting on Feb 18th. Then they turned around for a few games, beating Portland and Golden State. Last game they hot beat at home by Phoenix, 104-114 as a 2-point dog. Now they travel to Sacramento to face the 13-21 Kings. They Kings have lost 10 of their last 11 games and covered just one of those 11. They are coming off a home loss to Charlotte, 126-127 as a 3.5 point favorite. The Kings covered the last time these teams met back on August 13th, winning the game 126-122 at LA. The main reason I will be on the Kings tonight is because both LeBron James and Anthony Davis will both be out for the Lakers. That's 48 ppg the Lakers have to replace. James will be rested tonight while Davis is out indefinitely with a Achilles issue. All teams get up to beat the defending NBA champions and that's why I'll be on the Kings here tonight. Play Sacramento.

These teams are two of the tops in the NHL West with Vegas in 1st and Minnesota now in 3rd. Just one point separate them on Monday when they met in Vegas. The Wild led 4-2 late into the 3rd period before Vegas scored two goals, the last with just 42 seconds. Then in OT Vegas got the win as their captain Mark Stone led the 2-1 break for the winning goal and his 5th assist of the night. Marc Andre Fluery has been great in goal, but he allowed four past him on Monday. Fluery leads the league in save percentage and goals against. The Wild have been one of the hottest teams in the league before that loss. They had Cam Tabot in goal who has been decent, but not their best. That goes to Kaapo Kahkonen. Kahkonen has been amazing in February, going 4-1 with a 1.82 goals against average and a .934 save percentage. The Wild had a long 13 days off due to Covid and really they gave away Monday's game. With Kahkonen back between the pipes tonight I'll take the Wild as a plus money dog. Play Minnesota.

Crotone looks like they could be easily be facing relegation as they are at the bottom of the Italy Series A Standings. Atalanta has been in fine form, going 4-1-1 in Series A and 4-1-1 in all competitions. Last time these teams met was a Atalanta blowout win, 5-1. No hope here today for Crotone. In fact I'm not sure they can even score a goal in this one. The total is 3.0 and I know Atalanta can get that over all by themselves if they have the motivation. I'm going to take a chance that the hosts won't be looking past today's fodder and will want to keep their good form going. Play the OVER.

TCU Horned Frogs look to stay above the .500 mark today as they face West Virginia. The Frogs are just 12-11 S/U and 8-14-1 ATS on the season. TCU is coming off a loss at Texas Tech, 49-69. It was the team's fourth loss in their last five games and their ninth in their last 12. They are also just 1-5 ATS in their last six games. West Virginia Mountaineers are 17-7 S/U and 13-11 ATS on the season. They are coming off a loss at home to Baylor, 89-94, but covered the 5.5-point dog line. It was the team's four cover in a row and sixth in their last seven games. West Virginia is 7-2 ATS in their last nine vs TCU and 16-2 ATS in their last 18. I'll be on the home club here tonight. Play West Virginia.

The Northern Colorado Bears could fall back to the .500 mark with a loss here tonight at Weber State. The Bears are coming off a loss to Portland State, 65-73 as a 2-point home favorite. Weber State is having a fine season at 16-5 S/U and 14-4 ATS on the year. The Wildcats are a perfect 10-0 S/U at home and 7-0 ATS. The Cats have also won five straight games and nine of their last 10 while covering eight of those games. Weber is 13-2 ATS in their last 15 home games vs Northern Colorado. I'll lay the points here tonight with Weber State.

The Clippers may be without top player K.Leonard tonight, who is nursing a bad back. Either way, I like the over in this game. The Clippers are 6-2 in their last eight road games as a favorite. The fact that they are a 5-6 point favorite leads me to believe that Leonard will play tonight. The Clippers are also 9-4-1 O/U in their last 14 games overall as a favorite. The Wizards are 12-2 O/U in their last 14 games vs a team with a winning s/u record. They are also 12-5 O/U in their last 17 home games and 7-3 O/U in their last 10 as a home dog. The over is 13-3 in the last 16 meetings between these teams. Take the OVER.

The Denver Nuggets are 20-15 S/U and coming off a big win at Milwaukee, 128-97. It was the clubs third and cover in a row. The Pacers improved to 16-18 with their win at Cleveland on Wednesday, 114-111, though they failed to cover the 6.5 point line. The straight up win snapped a four game losing streak for the Pacers. They have also gone over in their last four games and seven of their last eight. These teams have gone over in eight of their last nine meetings. I'm taking the OVER here today.

The Pistons had to play last night and beat a undermanned Toronto club, 129-105. The Pistons never trailed in that game and snapped a two-game losing sting. Still, they are just 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games. The Knicks are coming off a loss last Tuesday at San Antonio, 93-119. That snapped a three game win and cover streak for the Knicks. Still, they are 7-3 S/U and ATS in their last 10 games. The Knicks have covered 23 of the last 32 games in this series in New York. I'll be on the Knicks here tonight. Play New York.

The Central Division leading Tampa Bay Lighting tame on the 4th place Chicago Blackhawks here tonight. The Lightning have 31 points and have won five straight games. They also have the best goal differential in the NHL at +32. The Blackhawks have 28 points and are 7-3 in their last 10 games. Chicago has also gone over in two straight and four of their last five games. At home I expect to see decent amount of goals out of the Blackhawks. As such I'll take the over here tonight.