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Middle Tennessee State (6PM ET CBS Sports Network) – With all the games yesterday it leaves us a small board on Sunday but one game sticks out and we will head to Conference USA as we look to make it a winning weekend when the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders take on the UAB Blazers at the Murphy Athletic Center in Murfeesboro. Conference USA doesn’t get the mainstream publicity that it did years ago due to the lack of big names in this league which has allowed UAB to fly under the radar to put together a fantastic season as they come into this game with an overall record of 21-5 and 11-2 in league play. The Blazers weren’t able to score a quality non-conference win but a relatively easy non-conference slate and the fact they are a cut above most of the other teams in the league has allowed them to pad their record nicely and eclipse the 20 win plateau with plenty of room to spare. Middle Tennessee State might have a less impressive record but the Blue Raiders are still a very solid 18-7 and have more impressive wins, beating the likes of Toledo, Auburn and Belmont. Middle Tennessee State is just a game behind UAB with a 10-3 conference record and they come into this game with a chance to pull into a tie for first place and a big in season revenge angle backing them here. These two teams met in Birmingham way back in early January and MTSU controlled the game for 30+ minutes, taking a 42-30 lead into the half and simply falling apart in the final minutes to get saddled with a 78-67 loss in a game where the final score was totally unrepresentative of how competitive the game was. Middle Tennessee State has two losses since then, both on the road to Marshall and Louisiana Tech, the other two upper echelon squads in this conference. Middle Tennessee State has won four of their last five games and their only loss in Murfeesboro this season is a non-conference loss to a very good Virginia Commonwealth team. Middle Tennessee State has a great duo in Giddy Potts and Reggie Upshaw that can take over this game on both ends of the floor and we like them to be the difference in this game for the Blue Raiders today. UAB had their four game winning streak snapped last time out and while many like this spot for the Blazers to bounce back, we see a Blazers team at the end of a long grueling road swing that just got knocked down a peg by Louisiana Tech last time out and are ripe for the taking here. Middle Tennessee State is peaking at the right time, has been lights out at home and if they can open a big lead like they did the first time these two teams met this time they won’t look back, rolling to a win and cover on their home floor tonight.
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As I type I see this at -2 at a number of major books. What I would recommend is either buying the hook to get to -2 or waiting until closer to tip as I think most books will follow suit with the public money coming in on UAB.
@Holmey - you can grade this at whatever the widely available number is but I think everyone can get -2 at -120 odds at worse right now
Good luck today everyone!
I am only seeing -2.5 across the board, but if you got it at -2 without buying the hook, that is how we hope people post their lines. We are trying to trust everyone to not post a 'hook-bought' number and when the post is made here, whatever the across the board line is. If you got it at -2 without buying the hook, then that's what I will track it at. Thanks.
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Cmon BU +1 2H!
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