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Free Pick: Illinois Chicago +12 (Dennis Macklin)
It’s been a tough tough year for the 8-21 (3-15 Horizon) Illinois Chicago Flames but not bad enough to merit catching 11.5 from a very average Wisconsin Milwaukee outfit. The Panthers swept the series winning 57-52 back in early December and then by 78-74 three days ago in the Windy City. UW Mil just 5-6 ATS at home, 2-5 as home fave, 6-9 as a fave, 0-2 as DD fave. Flames have nice March history. UIC rocks 18-7 ATS run in L25 March games, 16-7 ATS in L23 Horizon Conference tournament games, 29-14 ATS L44 all tournaments, and 15-6 ATS L21 as a double-digit favorite. Looking deeper into the box scores of this year’s two meetings, UIC lost both games by a combined nine points despite shooting just 21-35 from the foul line and going minus 24 on the glass. Horizon hame favorites of 9+ points are a brutal 7-18 this year so gimme the 12 with Illinois Chicago

Free Pick: Cleveland State -10 (John Ryan)
5* graded play on Cleveland State (CS) as they host Loyola-Illinois (LI) This one of the games that opens up the Horizon Tournament Championship. Our proprietary sports handicapping model and simulator shows a high probability that CS will win this game by 11 or more points. Cleveland State is certainly the better team across the board despite the two teams having similar records. CS is also in a strong position to win the money noting they are a solid 23-10 ATS (+12.0 Units) after allowing 65 points or less 2 straight games over the last 3 seasons. LI defense will not be able to contain the CS offense and the mode projects a very high probability that CS will score between 67 and 74 points. Note that in past games LI is just 2-11 ATS the past 3 seasons when allowing between 67 and 74 points.

Free Pick: Jacksonville State vs. Morehead State Under 136 (Wunderdog)
Jacksonville State finished the season wondering where their offense went. Playing against a tough and physical Morehead State team isn’t going to help them find it. The Gamecocks finished the season scoring just 61 points per game in their last 6. Morehead St. held six conference opponents to the 50s or less, and did a great job on a Murray State team that had won 17 in a row, holding the explosive Racers to 65. The Gamecocks have now played seven straight to the UNDER after an ATS loss, while Morehead has played four straight UNDERs vs. bad teams, winning less than 40% of their games. I’ll go with the UNDER here.

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