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ENOUGH OF THIS BS

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ALL RIGHT ITS THURSDAY

15 DIME - ARIZONA WILDCATS

Great spot to jump on the hometeam here.

Off back-to-back road losses at Washington and Washington State, they are back home to face a Ducks squad they drilled 74-60 in Eugene back on January 16th as a 5 point dog.

All told, the Wildcats are on a 3-1 SU and ATS at home in Pac-10 play.

After dropping their home opener in conference to Washington State by 2 as a 2 point favorite, they drilled the best team in the conference Washington by 17 as a 5 point home dog.

Then Northern California came calling and both went home unhappy as they took care of Stanford by 8 as a 6-point favorite and an upset of Cal by 4 as a 2-point home dog.

Overall they are 7-3 ATS their last 10, and now face a struggling Oregon team that just can't get out of their own way.

After two solid home wins against Ucla 71-66 in OT laying 4 and USC by 10 catching 2 they went into rival Oregon State catching 1 1/2 and were buried 62-42.

Their last road trip prior to that was at Cal where they lost by 32 as an 11 point dog 89-57 and at Stanford 84-69 as a 4 1/2 point dog.

They are a horrific 7-12 ATS on the year highlighted by a 2-5 SU and ATS on the highway with all 5 losses by 8 points or more.

I am confident this one wil be by at least by double digits.

15 dime - ARIZONA

5 DIME - UTAH STATE AGGIES

The best team in the WAC takes on the 2nd worst, and the way the Aggies are taking care of business, I will gladly lay this number tonight.

Not only is Utah State on a run of 8 in a row both SU and ATS but 7 of the 8 wins have been by double digits.

Beat Hawaii at home by 44 laying 17 1/2 followed by another home win over this same Boise State team by 22 laying 13 1/2.

They go on the road at Fresno and Idaho and win by 26 points and 12 as 2 1/2 and 6 point favorites respectively.

Then they come back home and take care of San Jose State by 19 laying 17 1/2, Idaho by 18 laying 14 1/2 and Nevada by 11 as a 9 point favorite.

The only single digit game in this run was the 7 point win at Nevada in OT as a 2 1/2 point favorite.

Boise State is a horrendous 2-7 ATS at home this year and has only covered 3 of their last 10 games overall.

I fully expect Utah State to continue to pay out like a slot machine and pick up another double digit win.

5 dime - UTAH STATE

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Lets Win Some Dimes Today

20 DIME - DREXEL DRAGONS -

Why not?

Bruiser Flint has his Drexel Dragons playing their best ball of the entire year right now and I don't see them laying an egg at Hofstra.

They have won 5 of their last 6 S, and are a perfect 6-0 ATS and for the most part it's been in very convincing fashion.

After a 71-48 road loss at Old Dominion as a 13 1/2 point underdog, they came home to hammer James Madison by 21 as an 8 point home favorite.

They then took care of this same Hofstra team 75-62 in a game that wasn't as close at the 13 point final would lead you to believe.

Drexel jumped out to an 18 point halftime lead, pushed the lead to 30 with just over 12 minutes to go and was still up 20 with 47 seconds to go before Hofstra scored the last 7 points of the game for the 13 point final margin.

Off that impressive win they went into Northeastern as a 10 point dog and won outright by 13 and then battled back from 10 points down in the 2nd half to get to cover over William/Mary losing by 3 catching 3 1/2.

I went against Drexel in that Bill and Mary game and when I saw they were coming home to play Towson State, I used them as a 5 dimer and it was one of the biggest blowouts of the year 97-55 as a 14 point home favorite.

They followed that up with a 13 point home win over George Mason as a 6 1/2 point favorite which leads us into this ballgame tonight.

As for Hofstra, since that blowout loss to Drexel they have won 3 of their last 4 but the 3 wins were against a pair of 7-17 teams in NC Wilmington and Delaware and a 10-14 James Madison.

Truth be told, a 3-6 SU run and 2-5-1 ATS run their last 8 gives me no confidence they should be laying points to any of the top tiered teams in the CAA, which I feel Drexel is proving they are up there with VCU, Northeastern and ODU.

In coming with a 30 dimer on Drake Saturday night at Illinois State one of the factors that put me over the top was how dominant Drake had been at home in their earlier meeting on January 17th.

Drake hammered Illinois State from wire to wire, jumping out to a 20 point halftime lead and coasting the rest of the way, much the same way Drexel did in their first meeting with this Hofstra team.

As with my Saturday 30 dime winner on Drake, I couldn't understand why Illinois State was favored by 10 and for the life of me I can't understand why Hofstra is favored by 1 1/2 over Drexel tonight.

I'm rolling with Bruiser Flint and red hot Drexel to make it a 7th straight cover tonight.

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