Dana Lane - Sports Handicapper

Their record says they're over .500 but the reality is that the Wild are not a very good team so I'm more than happy to take the plus price in this one, especially with the Islanders off an embarrassing loss to the Detroit Red Wings on saturday. The best thing to do is get right back at it.

The Knicks are one of the worst defensive teams in the league and may not have Dennis Smith on the court. Both teams are looking forward to the draft more than the postseason so I expect more of a play ground ball atmosphere, rather than two teams who are going to dig down on defense.

Last time these two teams met they spend much of the night trying to solve each other's zone defense. Finally Miami was able to grab a victory after smothering the Hornets into shooting 37% and 19 turnovers.

Until each team can solve each other defensively, I have to go under the total.

Georgia State won both meetings this season but both games were close.

The Mavericks have won 8 of 11 because they're getting exceptional play from their point guard, Brian Warren.

I'm going with defense and no one showed it more than the Billikens who held Davidson to just 26% shooting and just over 17% in the 2nd half, holding them to just 15 2nd half points.

I'll take the points in this one.

Auburn Head Coach, Bruce Pearl, can land the ultimate dagger of revenge as the former Volunteer coach faces his old university with a better seed at stake for the Tigers.

Auburn has now won 7 straight games and seems to be piquing at the right time.

Revenge spot here after Houston won the Conference regular season title with a last day win against Cincinnati. The public is pouring money in on the Cougars so wait until gametime to get the best number. If you get a 6, jump on it immediately. 

If the Bearcats hit their FT's, unlike in the win against Wichita State, Cincinnati will win this outright, proving the oddsmakers wrong against.

Let's do it again. State and Michigan face each other for the third straight week. The Spartans swept the season series but are somehow underdogs as the higher ranked team. 

State has covered 22 of his last 30 games so I'm not getting in the way of that.

FTR, this play is on Michigan State but hit the wrong button and I can't edit the pick. My apologies. 

The Panthers are 8 points out of the last wild card spot but they're are making one last push with just 11 games left. Florida has won straight games and are 7-3-4 on the back end of two games in two nights.