Bobby Conn Sports Picks

50* Powerhouse Play on Loyola Marymount +3½ -110

The Rams of Colorado State (2-1) will go in search of their first road win this evening when they take on the Loyola Marymount Lions (1-1).

One can forgive Colorado State for their lone loss of the season, which came against the #4 Duke Blue Devils. However, the Rams were completely outclassed in the 89-55 contest. Colorado State has defeated both Denver and Omaha.

On average, the Rams are scoring 69.7 points and allowing 72.3 points per game while shooting 42.2% from the field.

There’s a drop off after the four Rams scoring 10 points or more per game. Leading the group is center Nico Carvacho, who’s averaging 14 points and 13 rebounds per game.

Loyola Marymount opened the year with a 105-62 demolition of Westcliff, but couldn’t hang on in a five-point loss on the road at Nevada.

On average, the Lions are scoring 86 points and allowing 67 points while shooting an impressive 53.4% from the field.

A pair of scorers lead this Loyola Marymount team. Forward Ivan Alipiev is averaging 19 point and 7.5 rebounds per game, and Eli Scott is averaging 15.5 points and six assists per game.

100* Sharp Money Syndicate Play on Lightning -235

After a year in which they blew the league away with their goal scoring, the Lightning (9-5-2, 20 points) are still trying to find that form in the new NHL season. This afternoon, the Lightning will be hosting the Jets (11-8-1, 23 points) in Tampa Bay.

Winnipeg is currently on a run of three wins out of four contests, but they were shut out in their lone loss over that stretch. Most recently, the Jets defeated the Panthers by a single goal.

Although the Jets are currently third in the Central, they’re actually allowing more goals than they’re scoring. On average, Winnipeg is scoring 2.65 goals per game (tied for 24th) while allowing 3.00 goals per game (tied for 15th).

Center Mark Scheifele leads the Jets with his eight goals, two of which came via power play, 12 assists, and team-high 20 points.

The lightning are starting to pick up the pace with a run of three-straight wins over the past week. In those victories over Buffalo (twice) and the Rangers, Tampa Bay outscored their opponents 17-8. Most recently, the Lightning scored nine against the Rangers.

On average, the Lightning are scoring 3.75 goals per game (3rd) and allowing 3.44 goals per game (25th).

Tampa Bay currently has 10 players on the roster with at least four goals this season. Six Lightning skaters have scored at least five goals, and three have scored six goals.

50* Powerhouse Play on Mavs -3½ -105

The Mavericks (6-5) have a losing record on their home floor, but they’ll need a win tonight in Dallas against the visiting Raptors (8-3) if they’re to stay above .500.

Toronto is showing the basketball world that they’re still a force to be reckoned with as the defending champs. The Raptors have won four of their last five, four of which they played on the road. This will be the fifth and final game of a five-game road trip for the Raptors.

On average, Toronto is scoring 112.6 points and allowing 106.6 points per game while shooting 45.9% from the field.

Pascal Siakam continues to bloom into a star player in the NBA. Thus far, Siakam is averaging 27.2 points and 9.2 rebounds per contest. Behind Siakam, Kyle Lowry is adding 21.8 points and 6.5 assists per game.

The Mavericks have lost three of their last four, but two of those losses came by four points or fewer. Dallas’ lone win in that stretch was a 138-122 victory over Memphis.

On average, the Mavericks are scoring 114.2 points and allowing 111.7 points while shooting 45.2% from the field.

Dallas has the pleasure of sending out Luka Doncic every night. Doncic leads the team with his 28.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, 9.3 assist, and 1.3 steals per game.

100* Sharp Money Syndicate Play on Bulls -1 -105

Both the Nets (4-7) and Bulls (4-8) are stuck on four wins at the moment. With a contest in Chicago this evening, both squads will be aiming to change that.

While the Bulls aren’t anything special at home (2-3), the Nets are even worse on the road (1-5).

Tonight’s game will be the fifth-straight away contest for Brooklyn. On this road trip, the Nets won only the first game, and have since lost three in a row to Phoenix, Utah, and Denver. Each of those losses came by at least five points.

On average, the Nets are scoring 116.8 points and allowing 119.5 points while shooting 45.8% from the field.

Brooklyn leaves the scoring up to point guard Kyrie Irving. While Irving is averaging 28.5 points and 7.2 assists per game, no other player is scoring more than Spencer Dinwiddie’s 17.1 points per game.

The Bulls are slowly growing into this basketball season. Although Chicago is coming off a loss to Milwaukee, they’ve now won two of their last four. The Bulls scored at least 113 against the Hawks and Knicks.

On average, the Bulls are scoring 107.4 points and allowing 110.5 points while shooting 43.3% from the field.

While Zach LaVine leads this Chicago squad with 20.4 points per game, Coby White has been a spark off the bench by adding another 13.7 points per game.

50* Powerhouse Play on Buffalo PK -109

The Harvard Crimson (3-1) are off to a hot start this season, and they’ll now go on the road for a clash with the Buffalo Bulls (1-1).

Currently sitting third in the Ivy standings behind only Dartmouth and Brown, both of whom are 3-0, a win today would keep Harvard right near the lead. After winning a cupcake game against MIT to start the season, the Crimson fell to Northeastern before bouncing back with back-to-back wins over Maine and Siena.

On average, the Crimson are scoring 72.3 points and allowing 53.3 points per game.

Although five Harvard players are averaging nine points per game, none are hitting double-digits. Forward Chris Lewis is averaging 9.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

After falling by five points to Dartmouth in the season opener, Buffalo responded by putting up 109 in a victory over Nazareth.

On average, the Bulls are scoring 86 points and allowing 70 points per game.

Five Buffalo players are scoring more than 10 points per contest. Guard Jayvon Graves is scoring 16 points and bringing down 6.5 rebounds per game. Forward Josh Mballa is averaging 12 points and nine rebounds per game. To earn 11 points per game, Ronaldo Segu is shooting 54.5% from three and 61.5% from the field.

50* Powerhouse Play on Rutgers -8½ -109

While the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-0) haven’t yet lost a game, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies (0-3) are yet to win a game. Tonight, these two teams will face off on Rutgers’ home floor.

The Bonnies have started the year off with three straight losses to Ohio, Vermont, and Siena. In those contests, St. Bonaventure failed to score more than 65 points while allowing at least 61 points in each of them.

On average, the Bonnies are scoring 59 points and allowing 68 points per game. St. Bonaventure is shooting a paltry 35.2% from the field.

Only two Bonnies are scoring more than 10 points per game. Kyle Lofton and Dominick Welch are averaging 12 points and 13 points per game, respectively, but neither one of them are shooting more than 28.6% from three. Both of those players are also shooting no better than 34.3% from the field.

While scoring at least 62 in each contest, Rutgers has taken down Bryant, Niagara, and Drexel in their first three games of the year. After allowing 71 to Bryant, the Scarlet Knights haven’t given up more than 57 points.

On average, Rutgers is scoring 73.7 points and allowing 55.7 points per game.

Of the four Scarlet Knights scoring at least 10 points per contest, guard Geo Baker leads the way by averaging 14 points, five rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game. Guard Ron Harper Jr. is averaging 10.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.

50* Powerhouse Play on Louisiana Tech +9½ -110

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (2-0) are aiming for a perfect start through three games, but they’ll need to upset the Creighton Blue Jays (1-1) to do so.

The Bulldogs have had no trouble scoring points this year. After putting up 82 in a win over Texas A&M-CC, Louisiana Tech scored 98 points in a victory over Wiley.

On average, the Bulldogs are scoring 90 points and allowing 50.5 points per game.

Louisiana Tech is currently led by guard Kalob Ledoux, who’s averaging 15.5 points, three rebounds, and two assists per game while hitting 41.2% of his shots from three. JaColby Pemberton is shooting 61% from the field to score 14 points per game.

Creighton beat up on Kennesaw State in their season opener, but were then slapped around by Michigan in a 10-point defeat. The Blue Jays are yet to score more than 81 points in a game.

On average, the Blue Jays are scoring 75 points and allowing 67 points per game.

Guards Ty-Shon Alexander and Marcus Zegarowski lead this Creighton team in scoring. While Alexander is hitting half his three-point attempts and averaging 19.5 points and six rebounds per game, Zegarowski is shooting 54.5% from beyond the arc and averaging 18 points per game.

50* Powerhouse Play on Syracuse/Duke under54 -109

The only way the Duke Blue Devils (4-5) will be able to get back to .500 this week is with a win over the Syracuse Orange (3-6), who’ve failed to win a conference game this year. The over/under is set at 54 points.

The Orange have hit a four-game skid in which they’ve fallen victim to NC State, Florida State, Pittsburgh, and Boston College. The most Syracuse scored in any of those games was 27 points, and the least was 10 against the Wolfpack.

On average, the Orange are scoring 24 points per game on 376 yards of offense while allowing 31 points per game on 456 yards.

Syracuse quarterback Tommy DeVito is completing 64.1% of his passes and has thrown 15 touchdowns and just five interceptions. With just 470 yards and four TDs, Moe Neal leads the Syracuse rushing attack.

Duke has hit its roughest stretch of the season with three losses in a row to Virginia, North Carolina, and #15 Notre Dame. The Blue Devils have scored a maximum of 17 points in those three contests.

On average, the Blue Devils are scoring 27 points per game on 344 yards of offense while allowing 27 points per game on 364 yards.

Duke doesn’t have a single receiver over 305 reception yards, and no Duke receiver has more than three touchdowns.

100* Sharp Money Syndicate Play on Hawaii -5½ -109

Tonight, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (2-1) are looking to build on a solid start to the season with a game against the Portland State Vikings (1-1).

After a comfortable victory over Puget Sound in the season opener, Portland State lost by 11 to the Hoosiers in Indiana. Thus far, the Vikings are shooting 43.5% from the field.

On average, Portland State is scoring 84 points and allowing 77 points per game, although those numbers are skewed by the game against a heavily outmatched Puget Sound.

Against Indiana, Portland State relied on two scorers throughout the contest. Apart from Holland Woods, who scored 27 points, and Matt Hauser, who scored 21 points, the rest of the team managed just 26 points.

Before and after their lone loss to South Dakota, Hawaii took down Florida A&M by 13 and Pacific by five. The Rainbow Warriors have scored at least 65 points in each contest this year.

On average, the Rainbow Warriors are scoring 70.7 points and allowing 66.7 points per game.

Hawaii is led by guard Eddie Stansberry, who’s averaging 17.3 points, four rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. By shooting 47.6% from three, Samuta Avea is another key player for Hawaii with his 12.7 points per game.

50* Powerhouse Play on Wyoming/Utah State under50½ -110

Both the Wyoming Cowboys (6-3) and Utah State Aggies (5-4) own winning records, but the Aggies are in danger of falling to .500 with a loss Saturday. The over/under is set at 50.5 points.

Wyoming kept it close against #22 Boise State last week, but eventually fell by three points in overtime. In six of their nine games, the Cowboys have held their opponent to 21 points or fewer. Wyoming has only scored more than 23 points on three occasions.

On average, the Cowboys are scoring 28 points per game on 355 yards of offense while allowing 18 points per game on 375 yards.

Wyoming quarterback Sean Chambers has thrown for just 915 yards with seven touchdowns and three picks, and the team’s leading receiver has racked up just 240 yards and two touchdowns.

Over its last four, Utah State has gone an even 2-2. Between wins over Nevada and Fresno State, the Aggies lost to both Air Force and BYU. In those losses, Utah State scored just seven and then 14 points.

On average, the Aggies are scoring 28 points per game on 431 yards of offense while allowing 27 points per game on 440 yards.

Utah State QB Jordan Love has thrown for 2,402 yards, but he’s only tossed 11 touchdowns while throwing 12 interceptions.

50* Powerhouse Play on Appalachian State/Georgia State under62½ -110

The #25 Appalachian State Mountaineers (8-1) and the Georgia State Panthers (6-3) are two of the Sun Belt’s top teams. Saturday, they’ll face off against one another. The over/under is set at 62.5 points.

The Mountaineers would be undefeated through nine games if not for a loss to Georgia Southern at the conclusion of October. However, Appalachian State bounced back with a 20-15 win over South Carolina. In five of their games, Appalachian State allowed 15 points or fewer.

On average, the Mountaineers are scoring 36 points per game on 411 yards of offense while allowing 19 points per game on 331 yards.

Appalachian State quarterback Zac Thomas leads the offense with his 1,671 yards, 14 touchdowns, and four interceptions. Running back Darrynton Evans has rushed for 883 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Georgia State was on a run of four-straight wins before running into UL-Monroe, to whom the Panthers lost 45-31. Two of Georgia State’s opponents managed only 21 points during that four-game winning streak.

On average, the Panthers are scoring 36 points per game on 485 yards of offense while allowing 36 points per game on 463 yards.

Panthers Quarterback Dan Ellington has thrown for 1,813 yards with 18 touchdowns and four interceptions.

50* Powerhouse Play on Tulane/Temple over54 -110

Both the Tulane Green Wave (6-3) and Temple Owls (6-3) hold identical records. Saturday, the Owls will play host to the Green Wave in an American Athletic Conference showdown. The over/under is set at 54 points.

After suffering back-to-back road losses to Memphis and Navy, the Green Wave bounced back to earn a 38-26 win over Tulsa at the start of November. Tulane now enters this contest with Temple after a bye week.

On average, the Green Wave are scoring 36 points per game on 473 yards of offense while allowing 25 points on 364 yards.

Of their nine games played, Tulane has scored at least 38 points in seven of them. Against UConn, the Green Wave scored 49. Against Missouri State, the Green Wave scored 58 points.

In addition to his 1,703 yards, 13 touchdowns, and nine interceptions, quarterback Justin McMillan also leads the team in rushing with 488 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Before last weekend’s 17-7 win over USF, Temple lost two straight to UCF and #19 SMU. Against the Knights, the Owls allowed 63 points. Against the Mustangs, the Owls allowed 45 points.

On average, the Temple Owls are scoring 26 points on 393 yards of offense while allowing 25 points on 389 yards.

Offensively, quarterback Anthony Russo has two 600-yard receivers to throw to. On the season, Russo has thrown for 2,037 yards, 16 touchdowns, and nine picks.

50* Powerhouse Play on Wisconsin/Nebraska under51½ -110

The #14 Wisconsin Badgers (7-2) are fighting to salvage what started as a promising season. They’ll face off against the Nebraska Cornhuskers (4-5), who are aiming to get back to .500. The over/under is set at 51.5 points.

Wisconsin rebounded from losses to Illinois and #3 Ohio State with a two-point win over #18 Iowa. Over their last three games, the Badgers have failed to score more than 24 points in any contest. Against the Buckeyes, Wisconsin couldn’t manage anything beyond a single touchdown.

On average, the Badgers are scoring 34 points per game on 418 yards of offense while allowing 13 points on 231 yards.

Although Jonathan Taylor has rushed for 1,259 yards and 15 touchdowns, he’s only topped 80 yards in two of his last four games. Quarterback Jack Coan has only topped 200 passing yards three times.

It hasn’t been the season Nebraska was hoping for, which has been underlined with three straight losses to Minnesota, Indiana, and Purdue. Over their past five games, the Cornhuskers haven’t scored more than 13 points on three occasions.

On average, the Cornhuskers are scoring 26 points per game on 409 yards of offense while allowing 29 points on 406 yards.

Wan’Dale Robinson has racked up 326 yards on the ground and 453 yards receiving, but it’s yet to be decided whether or not Robinson will be able to play after suffering an undisclosed injury.

50* Powerhouse Play on Kansas +17½ -110

The #22 Oklahoma State Cowboys (6-3) have a chance to finish as a top-three team within the Big 12. To do so, they’ll need to take care of business against the Kansas Jayhawks (3-6).

Kansas has won just one of their last six games, but they’ve faced a particularly difficult schedule in that time. Before and after a win over Texas Tech, the Jayhawks lost to #22 Kansas State, #15 Texas, and #6 Oklahoma. On the bright side, Kansas scored 48 and only fell to Texas by two.

On average, the Jayhawks are scoring 26 points per game on 384 yards of offense while allowing 33 points on 473 yards.

While quarterback Carter Stanley has thrown for 2,015 yards with 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions, both Andrew Parchment and Stephon Robinson Jr. have caught six touchdowns passes, each.

Wins over #23 Iowa State and TCU have earned Oklahoma State ranked status, but they dropped games against Texas Tech and #18 Baylor before that. Over the past four games, the Cowboys have allowed at least 27 points in each contest.

On average, the Cowboys are scoring 37 points per game on 500 yards of offense while allowing 29 points per game on 438 yards.

Although he has a 900-yard receiver in Tylan Wallace, quarterback Spencer Sanders has thrown for just 1,897 yards with 15 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

100* Sharp Money Syndicate Play on Virginia Tech/Georgia Tech under51 -110

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (2-7) are in search of their third win of the season, and they’ll aim to pick it up against the Virginia Tech Hokies (6-3) on Saturday. The over/under is set at 51 points.

With last week’s win over #19 Wake Forest, the Hokies have now won four of their last five. Virginia Tech’s only loss in that stretch came by a single point against #16 Notre Dame. The Hokies have allowed 21 points or fewer in five games this year.

On average, the Hokies are scoring 30 points per game on 385 yards of offense while allowing 27 points on 390 yards.

Only running back Deshawn McClease has rushed for more than 275 yards. On the season, even McClease has only rushed for 566 yards and five touchdowns. No Virginia Tech quarterback has thrown for 1,000 yards so far this season.

Only an overtime win over Miami has kept the Yellow Jackets from a seven-game winning streak. In seven of Georgia Tech’s nine games, they’ve failed to score more than 24 points.

On average, the Yellow Jackets are scoring 18 points on 307 yards of offense while allowing 30 points on 406 yards.

Leading the Georgia Tech offense is running back Jordan Mason, who’s rushed for 716 yards and seven touchdowns.