>Posting Tuesday night for Thursday spot for early Thursday game with 27½’s out there...
Thursday, March 12, 0 C.V.—774 New Mexico State -27½ -110 (BetOnline)
3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT (ESPN+, WatchESPN)—This will be the last chance to fade Chicago State, with the #8 seed Cougars facing #1-seed New Mexico State (NMS -27½, 132½
, BetOnline) up the street here in rainy Paradise, Nevada at the Orleans Arena
on Thursday in their third meeting of the season. Sometimes certain Picks (and wagers) can’t be measured in Art and/or Science and are just automatic backs or fades based on the bettor’s previous experiences and perceptions of a given Sports Betting Team/League/Totals Approach.
Hybrid handicappers also have auto-Fades, and fading Chicago State, while the Cougars are still a D1 team—both 1st Half and Full Game—has been my Winter foundation in writing and betting, although when games are Postponed, Fades become impossible and previews go unpublished because of COVID-19 and Fear of Travel and potential weak finances. So, no more Chicago State and time to start looking toward MLB, along with Soccer, maybe the best Parlay sport although odds have become insane and Run Line returns have been squeezed to death by Bean Counters over the years.

So why is Chicago State (
L19 SU) the #8 seed when it finished last in the WAC you axed? Because, because, because, because because ... because Regular Season 2nd-place finishers California-Baptist (21-10 SU, 10-6 in WAC) are ineligible to participate—the 2nd of a 4-year Transition period where the Lancers can’t play in the WAC Tournament which is held here in Sin City. Cal-Baptist can, and will get an invitation from either the CBI or CIT tourneys with that impressive Record and 20-Win season in Riverside.
Anyway, New Mexico State (25-6 SU, 13-16 ATS) has
W19 SU heading into this Quarterfinal and beat CSU, 71-49 in their last meeting in Deep Dish City, failing to cover as 23½-point Chalks (
L 146/132,
Palace Station), barely getting the cheese in the 1H market (NMS 34 CSU 17) as 13-point Favorites (
W 200/181.80,
Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook) in Chicago. I wrote “lucky” in my notes that day. The Aggies won 93-54 in Las Cruces on Jan 9.
...flow, how one thing passes into another, how everything and everyone are connected...
The Trends show that Trevelin Queen (13.5 ppg, pictured above), Johnny McCants (6.7 rpg), Terell Brown and NMS—without G Al Harris (3.6 apg) who is Out for the Season with a Hand injury—
have W4 ATS after losing its previous 4 ATS and the
Aggies have played 3 straight Overs after 4 consecutive Unders. Perennial WAC champions NMS (
W7-8 WAC Tourneys) walloped CSU in this same game (#1 vs #8) last year (March 14, 2019) at the Orleans,
86-49. Chicago State (4-25 SU,
9-17 ATS) is
4-11 ATS in its L15, L3 ATS straight
before canceling games at virus-infected Seattle and at UTRGV.
The Under is 14-5 the L19 Cougars games (73.7%). Vaya con Miguel Pence. I am seeing the number "19" everywhere here.
Like last year, NMS (
#7 in Rebound Margin, +8 rpg) should get up big early in this game—he first in the Bracket in the ugly building with gold Crocodile Handles—and Rust may be a big issue for Chicago State (#332, -5 rpg)
who haven’t played in a meaningful game since Leap Day, Feb. 29. The Fear will prevent me from wagering on or attending this early dribble so I will probably have to listen to this Basketball game on the Radio from the little hole inside my Oak Tree here.

Even Peanut Vendors can be The Grim Reaper these strange days where a fucking fruit bat accidentally forced an Oil Price War and we watch helplessly like we have any idea what happens next. It once seemed like a reality show. Now it seems like Egg Shells are everywhere.
New Mexico State 90 Chicago State 57