March 8 Early Play

College Hoops
2:00 PM EST
Rotation #525-526
Clemson +6.5 over Duke (2u)
Clemson played a great game yesterday demolishing NC State and although Duke is a big step up in class obviously I still like their chances to keep their season going here this afternoon. Clemson better than their record indicates as they have played several strong teams very close this season losing to UNC by 3, Florida State by 2, and to Duke in the first matchup by 2. In the first game Clemson out rebounded Duke and held them to 40% shooting. Jaron Blossomgame and Shelton Mitchell are on fire right now and the Tigers are averaging a solid 78 points over their last three games. Duke is not good away from home and finished the season in a big slump losing three out of their last four while Clemson is riding a ton of momentum winning three straight games. Duke hasn’t covered a single game in their past 5 and continue to be very overrated because of their name. Clemson is hungry knowing a win here would likely get them an at large bid and I like them to be right in this game down to the wire once again so getting the 6.5 is a must play. Take Clemson.

College Hoops
3:00 PM EST
Rotation #553-554
Arizona State ML +175 over Stanford (2u)
This spread makes absolutely no sense but we will take advantage of it. Arizona State should definitely be favored here as they already beat Stanford twice in the regular season and should complete the season sweep here this afternoon. The Cardinal will hope to slow the game down as that’s their style, but the Sun Devils will push the pace like they did in the first two games and will score too many points for Stanford to keep up. Vegas has been setting some weird lines to get contrarian money on the other side to help balance the action but I have Arizona State winning this game by 7 so passing on the points here and just taking them moneyline for a nice winner to get this day started. Take Arizona State.