Matt Fargo

This is a play on the SOUTH ALABAMA JAGUARS for our CBB Early Annihilator. Georgia Southern continues to roll along as it is coming off a win at Old Dominion to make it nine straight wins which includes a 4-0 start in the Sun Belt Conference. Two of those wins were in overtime so the Eagles have been fortunate and they remain on the road where they are 5-3 and that includes four straight wins but two of those were against Gardner Webb and West Georgia, No. 358 and No. 292 respectively, and those four road victories were all short and now we fade the 5-0 ATS run. South Alabama has been off for a week following a 10-point loss at Troy to fall to 2-2 in the conference and the Jaguars are back home where they have played only four of their 16 games so the schedule has been brutal in that regard. They are 3-1 in those four games with the loss coming against north Texas by one point and they are favored for a reason. 10* (748) South Alabama Jaguars

This is a play on the TEXAS ST. BOBCATS for our CBB Letdown Fadeaway. We were on Arkansas St. on Wednesday as it was playing with double revenge against Troy from taking away a regular season championship and then a trip to the NCAA Tournament and it laid it on the Trojans and now it is letdown time. The Red Wolves are 3-1 with the loss coming at home against James Madison in the previous game which was a lookahead and we have a similar spot in addition to the letdown as they have South Alabama and Troy on deck. We were also on Texas St. in its last game and it was a brutal loss as the Bobcats were covering throughout but the game ended up going to overtime and they ended up getting outscored 15-5 and failed to cover as the underdog. The Bobcats are now catching an enormous number as no one wants to back this team as they are on a 0-9 ATS skid but this is now the prime spot to take them. 10* (677) Texas St. Bobcats

This is a play on the GEORGIA BULLDOGS for our CBB Bounceback Baller. South Carolina is coming off an upset at LSU which I am sure many did not see coming as of their nine wins prior to that, six of the Gamecocks wins were against teams with ratings between No. 295 and No. 360. The Gamecocks are back home where they are 9-2 with the nine wins coming against no one, the best win being against Southern Mississippi and that took overtime and coming off that win puts them in a bad spot and the other side scenario does not help either. Georgia had a seven-game winning streak snapped against Florida on the road Tuesday and that was just the second loss of the season for the Bulldogs, the first coming against Clemson in overtime on a neutral floor in Charleston and with Mississippi on deck, full focus will be here. Georgia is on a 0-5 ATS skid and that puts them in the auto play portal for Saturday. 10* (659) Georgia Bulldogs

This is a play on the TOWSON TIGERS for our CBB Early Enforcer. Towson is coming off a loss as it got thumped at home against Hofstra to fall to 0-4 in the Coastal Athletic Association. Towson won the CAA regular season title last season but got bounced in the conference tournament and the Tigers are expected to contend again and they had better get going. They are back on the road where they are 0-6 with two losses coming in the conference against William & Mary and Hampton by one point and the other against a good James Madison team and the final three Houston, UCF and Kansas. And now Towson is favored which is the indicator. Northeastern is typically a middle of the pack team but this season was picked to finish near the bottom of the conference and it is 1-3 in the conference beating only North Carolina A&T and 5-10 overall with the only home win against No. 260 Central Connecticut St. 10* (651) Towson Tigers

This is a play on the RHOSE ISLAND RAMS for our CBB Contrarian Crusher. After a 9-4 start that included three losses against top 75 teams, Rhode Island went into Atlantic Ten Conference action with some confidence but evaporated quickly as the Rams have gotten off to a 0-3 start. A loss at George Mason was expected but that was sandwiched in-between home losses against Loyola-Chicago and LaSalle where they were big favorites so this has not been ideal. Going back, Rhode Island is 0-8 ATS in its last eight games so it is a take and it is catching points for just the third time, the first two against much more difficult opponents. Davidson opened the conference season with an overtime loss against Duquesne but then went on the road and defeated St. Joseph’s and Loyola-Chicago to post a 2-1 record. The Wildcats are just 6-3 at home with three wins against teams rated No 300 or higher as well as a non-Division I win. 10* (647) Rhode Island Rams

This is a play on the LSU TIGERS for our CBB Early Ultimate Dog. LSU is coming off a home loss against South Carolina as a 7.5-point favorite which was its second straight loss in as many games in the SEC and the schedule does not get any easier with the Commodores and then Kentucky on deck. The Tigers are 1-1 on the road with the win coming in Boston College in overtime in a tough travel spot and the loss came against the Aggies by three points a week ago and now catching a huge number. Vanderbilt continues to roll along at 15-0 as it is coming off a home win over Alabama and with a game at Texas on deck, this is a sleepy spot and while the Commodores have some big margin wins, of their eight games against teams in the top 100, only four have been by more than what they are laying here. They are on a 4-0 ATS run which puts them in auto fade if the spot is right and this spot certainly is. 10* (629) LSU Tigers 

This is a play on the COASTAL CAROLINA CHANTICLEERS for our CBB Rivalry Rout. This is an early season revenge game as Appalachian St. won the first meeting at home by 18 points on December 18th and now it is payback time for Coastal Carolina, not only for that embarrassment but to just get right overall. The Chanticleers were on the road for all six of their games in December and finally got back home but have lost all three on this four-game homestand, two coming by five points combined, and they were favorites in all of those and because of the slide, the number is short. Appalachian St. has been on a decent roll as it has won six of eight games and has opened 3-2 in the Sun Belt Conference. This is their fourth straight road game after going 2-1 in the first two and the Mountaineers were fortunate last game as Georgia St. shot 33 percent. They are dead last in the country in free throw shooting at 60.5 percent. 10* (620) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

This is a play on the INDIANA HOOSIERS for our CBB Afternoon Dominator. Nebraska continues to surprise as it is now 15-0 which includes a 4-0 record in the Big Ten Conference following a win at Ohio St. on Monday. The Huskers own a pair of big conference wins as they took out Michigan St. by two points at home and more impressively, they won at Illinois by three points back in mid-December. Three of the four wins have been by a combined eight points and this sort of winning has given them a top 25 Luck Rating and they remain on the road and facing another tough environment. Indiana remains in the top 30 in the NET Rankings as it has won four straight games and sits 3-1 in the conference. The three losses have all been away from home with two of those against Louisville and Kentucky the loss at Minnesota was the first road game of the season. The Hoosiers are back in Bloomington where they are a perfect 10-0. 10* (604) Indiana Hoosiers