San Francisco -4.0
Mon February 18 ‘08 10:00p
Both San Francisco(8-18) and Portland(6-19) are going through a lot of growing pains with a young team in rebuilding years. The records are similar as are some of their overall numbers , and when these squads met back on Jan 19th the visiting Dons pulled off a hard fought closely contested 60-59 win over the Pilots, as 4.5 point dogs. Home floor advantage did not help Portland in that spot, and here on the road, another loss , with a more pronounced deficit will be on the agenda. Final notes & Key Trends: Portland has failed to cover 11 of their L12 revenge situations losing SU, by an average of 13.4 PPG. Play on the San Francisco Dons to bring home the cash

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San Jose State +4.5 (-110)
Mon February 18 ‘08 10:00p
The Utah State Aggies have quietly gone 18-8 this season, but they have not exactly played a killer schedule and we expect them to have a difficult time on the road vs. the San Jose State Spartans tonight.

Utah State’s schedule has been so weak in fact that they are have an RPI rating of 85, meaning that they probably need to win the WAC Tournament in order to reach the Big Dance in March. Worst of all, they have not been a good road team, going just 3-7 both straight up and against the spread away from home, getting outscored by an average of -6.7 points in those games. They are currently on a two-game losing streak with both losses coming on the road, and they have lost three of their last four road contests.

Now, San Jose State is 11-13 overall, but they have a winning 6-4 record here at home. Also, while the Spartans are just 3-8 in the conference, all three wins have come inside their last four home games, when they upset Nevada, New Mexico State and Fresno State.

Finally, while Utah State has won the last six head-to-head meetings SU, it is San Jose State that is 5-0 ATS in the last five matchups, and we look for that to continue tonight.

CBB Free Pick: San Jose State +4.5

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San Jose State +4.0
Mon Feb 18 ‘08 10:00p
Utah State has not fared well on the highway this season. The young Aggies have suffered through a tough road trip, losing at Hawaii and Nevada in their last two games. We’ve seen them get blown out by 30 at New Mexico State. Utah beat them by 24 in Salt Lake City. Heck, UC Irvine and Cal Poly Slo, two mediocre (at best) entrants from a bad Big West Conference were able to dominate Utah State in non-conference play.

When Utah State faced San Jose State at home less than two weeks ago, the Aggies were unable to pull away in a tight contest throughout, never sniffing a pointspread cover as 13.5 point home favorites in the five point victory. The Spartans CJ Webster and Chris Oakes dominated the paint in that ballgame, winning the rebounding battle and forcing Utah State into a bevy of perimeter jumpers. Had the Aggies not shot 28-32 from the charity stripe, they might have lost the game in outright fashion.

San Jose State has proven that they are capable of hanging with the elites of the WAC conference on their home floor. The Spartans won outright as a home underdog over WAC heavyweight Nevada and lost by only two in spread covering fashion against another heavyweight, New Mexico State. Don’t expect primary Aggies perimeter threat Jaycee Carroll to go ballistic against the strong Spartans perimeter defense either – San Jose has held opponents under 32% from three point range for the season, and held Utah State to 25% shooting from beyond the arc in the first meeting. No surprise here if the Spartans find a way to win this game outright. (#512) Take San Jose State.

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