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This is a play on the TORONTO RAPTORS for our NBA Signature Enforcer Winner. The Knicks are coming off a win over Orlando on Sunday and they have now won seven of their last eight games but five of those were at home while the two road wins were at Washington and Charlotte who have a combined 10 wins while going 0-15 against the NBA top ten. This has been a one way series as New York has won nine straight meetings including a 22-point win in the lone meeting this season but that was at home and New York is back on the road where it is 3-6 compared to 13-1 at MSG. Following a nine-game winning streak, Toronto has dropped three straight games and five of its last six following a loss to the Celtics on Sunday. The Raptors are 8-5 at home and catching a great number due to their 0-7 ATS run which makes them an auto take. Here, we play against road teams off two or more consecutive home wins, in a game involving two teams with winning percentages between .600 and .750. This situation is 35-12 (74.5 percent) since 2022. 10* (572) Toronto Raptors

This is a play on the NORTHERN ARIZONA LUMBERJACKS for our Tuesday Free Play. Northern Arizona had won three straight games prior to the Big Sky/Summit Challenge where it got a horrible draw having to face South Dakota St. and North Dakota St., two of the top contenders in the summit League. The Lumberjacks are 4-4 with the other losses at Arizona which was an expected blowout as they were getting 36 points and a six-point loss against Drake in Sioux Falls. While this is not a rivalry, this is the little brother narrative. Arizona St. came through for us in the first round of the Maui Invitational as it defeated Texas as a seven-point underdog and then defeated Washington St. before losing to USC in the championship. The Sun Devils are coming off a win over Oklahoma by 16 points on Saturday in Phoenix at the Jerry Colangelo Classic so we have a letdown spot as well as the possibility of a lookahead against a very good Santa Clara team. This line is similar to what they were favored by against No. 319 Southern Utah which resulted in a push and Northern Arizona is rated 67 spots higher. Play (621) Northern Arizona Lumberjacks

CBB 64-47 Run and the red hot run extended Tuesday with a pair of Winners. CFB 12-5 run after a 4-1 Championship Weekend. Bowl Winners upcoming. NBA back in action off a win. 233-196-9 NFL Run after Chargers winner.

This is a play on the SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES for our CBB Signature Enforcer. Wyoming is 7-2 to start the season, going a perfect 7-0 at home while dropping both road games. That seems to make them the play here with this game being in Laramie but not at this price as it is an overlay yet again. The Cowboys closed at exactly 15-point favorites in three previous games and they failed to cover any of those and here they are once again. This is not a true 7-2 team as Wyoming has played a schedule ranked No. 332 so the big numbers they are laying are too aggressive. South comes in at 5-5 and the Coyotes have had expected blowout losses against Missouri and Creighton with the other three losses by 10 points combined, two in overtime by two points each. These teams played one year ago with a one-point line and one point result so what has changed to make it 14 points higher? 10* (617) South Dakota Coyotes

This is a play on the OHIO ST. BUCKEYES for our CBB Star Attraction. This is the Big Ten Conference opener for Illinois and the Illini are one of three teams, along with Penn St. and Nebraska, not to have played at least one conference game. Illinois has gotten the late start in part because it has scheduled difficult nonconference opponents as the Illini are off games against Connecticut and Tennessee resulting in a loss and a win respectively. Now it is their conference opener and their first true road game of the season. Ohio St. opened the season 6-0 and then hit the road for the first time when it traveled to Pittsburgh and lost to the Panthers for a second straight season on a buzzer beating three-pointer. The Buckeyes rebounded with a four-point win at Northwestern on Saturday as they shot 66 percent from two-point range and they lead the country in that category at 65.5 percent. 10* (614) Ohio St. Buckeyes