College Basketball Picks: La Salle +9.0 (-110)
Sun February 24 ‘08 2:00p - Click Here for Basketball Odds
The LaSalle Explorers have quietly been one of the better bets in the country this season going 11-4-1 against the spread in all of their lined games, and we look for them to make a game of it vs. the Duquesne Dukes today.

This is a revenge game for the Explorers, as they played one of their worst games of the season in a 101-84 home loss to these Dukes two weeks ago. LaSalle has gone 3-0 since then however, including a shocking road upset of St. Joseph’s, followed up by another upset of previously nationally ranked Dayton on Thursday.

Conversely, Duquesne has gone downhill since the first meeting. They have now lost two straight games, including a bad home upset loss to Richmond, followed up by a 75-48 blowout loss at Xavier. Also, the visiting team has now won the last four head-to-head meetings between these schools both straight up and ATS.

Look for LaSalle to put forth a much better effort than the first meeting and get the cover here.

CBB Free Pick: LaSalle +9
 
NBA Basketball Picks: Detroit Pistons @ Phoenix Suns u200.5 (-110)
Sun February 24 ‘08 2:30p
The Phoenix Suns are coming off of an uncharacteristically low scoring 85-77 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday, and we look for them to get slowed down again by the staught Detroit Pistons defense today, resulting in another safe Under.

Yes, the Pistons have been playing rather loosely while allowing 100 points or more the last three games, but we look for them to buckle down today vs. this marquee Western Conference opponent on national television. Detroit still has one of the best defenses in the league when they come to play, limiting opponents to just 90.3 points per game this season on 43.8 percent shooting from the floor.

Naturally, the Suns love to run, but the Pistons did a great job of slowing them down the last time they visited Phoenix, upsetting the Suns 105-83 last March. Also, Phoenix is still working Shaquille O’Neal into the line up, so there is some experimentation going on right now that does not have them running the floor on every possession as usual.

The end result should be similar to that last meeting, at least in terms of pace, with this game topping in the low 190s.

NBA Free Pick: Pistons, Suns Under 200.5

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