Matt Fargo

This is a play on the MARYLAND TERRAPINS for our Tuesday Free Play. Indiana has reeled off five straight wins to improve to 6-4 in the Big Ten, which is just a half-game out of second place and three and a half games behind 10-1 Purdue that has occupied first place for most of the season. Three of the recent wins have come at home where the Hoosiers are 11-1 and while one of the road wins was against Illinois, that was when the Illini were in their mini slump and the other road win came against 1-9 Minnesota. While every game at this point does matter, Indiana has a home game on deck against the Boilermakers on Saturday. Maryland has won two straight games to move back to .500 in the conference and this will be the third straight home game for the Terrapins which is a big advantage to have spent the last nine days on campus which allows the Terrapins to solely focus on basketball and no need to worry about travel and missed practice time. They are 11-1 at home with the lone loss coming against UCLA and they are 5-0 in the Big Ten here, winning by an average of 11 ppg. Maryland looks to move into that all important No. 4 spot and with eight teams within a game between third and tenth place, winning on their home floor remains important. Play (644) Maryland Terrapins

16-6 CBB Run! College Basketball is back Tuesday following a Texas win Monday and Fargo is ready to extend his 99-74 Hoops Run and gear up for a strong 2023! The Tuesday card is filled with winners as Matt has FOUR for tonight! 16-10 NBA run and 37-27 NBA run the last 62 days after a Monday 1-1 split and we are ready to cash a big one tonight with a Top Play Enforcer!

This is a play on the LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS for our NBA Tuesday Enforcer. The Clippers continue their six-game east coast roadtrip after splitting the first two games, opening with a win in Atlanta and then losing Sunday at Cleveland by 23 points to move back to .500 on the road at 14-14. That was a game they rested both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, both were pronounced out with knee injuries, yet it was a likely case of the ridiculous load management conveniently in the second game of a back-to-back but both will be back in action tonight. Los Angeles is now three games over .500 and in the No. 4 spot in the Western Conference, two games behind Sacramento for third place. Chicago won the final game of its three-game roadtrip over Orlando after dropping the first two games against Indiana and Charlotte. The Bulls are now three games under .500 and are hanging onto the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, a game and a half ahead of Indiana. Chicago has been a lot better at home but at 13-10, it possesses the sixth worst home record in the conference so there is hardly anything daunting about its home floor. The Bulls can make a move after this with the final three games of this homestand against three losing teams and this is not a good spot as they are 4-11 straight up and ATS against the Western Conference. Here, we play on road favorites off a road loss by 10 points or more going up against an opponent off an road win scoring 110 or more points. This situation is 40-13 ATS (75.5 percent) since 1996. 10* (575) Los Angeles Clippers

This is a play on the TCU HORNED FROGS for our CBB Tuesday Enforcer. TCU was looking like the team to beat at one point in the Big 12 but it has hit a lull and this is probably the best time for that to happen before the stretch run of the regular season and entering the postseason. The Horned Frogs are coming off a loss at Mississippi St. in overtime in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and that nonconference series is a momentum killer for a lot of teams as they had two straight wins coming in following a 1-2 stretch. They are back home where they are 10-2 and the absence of Mike Miles, Jr. definitely hurts for TCU but this was arguably one of the best rosters in the conference already so it has plenty to back that up and the second game after his first game missed tends to be the stronger one when a star is out. The Horned Frogs lost the first meeting at West Virginia so there is revenge in play against a Mountaineers team that has only one road win since November 11 which was against 0-8 Texas Tech. West Virginia is just 2-6 in the Big 12 with both victories already mentioned and it is catching a small number because it has been competitive in a number of its losses but has not been involved in a situation like this. This is a perfect get right spot for TCU. 10* (648) TCU Horned Frogs

This is a play on the MIAMI HURRICANES for our CBB Tuesday Supreme Annihilator. Miami was flirting with first place in the ACC for much of the start to the conference season which included wins over NC State and Virginia but it has gone 3-4 over its last seven conference games. All four of those losses were on the road and each of those could have gone either way as all four of those defeats were by six points or less and by a combined 13 points. The Hurricanes return home for the first time in close to two weeks following a three-game roadtrip and they have won all four conference games in Miami. The one concern here for Miami is that it has first place Clemson on deck but coming off what it has done of late, it should be fully focused here. Virginia Tech has been all over the place this season as it opened up 11-1 and then lost its next seven games before winning its two most recent games. Those were at home where the Hokies are 10-2 and they hit the highway where they are winless at 0-6 and while the momentum from the two-game winning streak is on their side, this is an awful situation to walk into. Miami got as high as No. 12 in the AP Poll to start the new year and fallen to a projected to a No. 6 NCAA Tournament seed and look to improve to 5-0 this season following a loss. 10* (628) Miami Hurricanes

This is a play on the WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS for our CBB Tuesday Star Attraction. Duke picked up its second biggest win of the season behind a 46-point win over 3-20 South Carolina St. as it defeated Georgia Tech on the road by 43 points to improve to 6-4 in the ACC and that record alone shows the struggles. This was a relatively new roster heading into the season and the thought was the Blue Devils would have found their chemistry by now but that has not been the case. This is a revenge game following an 11-point loss at Wake Forest but the bigger factor is that this is a spot where a new coach could be an issue even though he played for the alma mater as this is the first game in forever that Duke will play prior to North Carolina without Coach K on deck and getting these kids not to look ahead to that could be an issue, especially coming off such a big win where they are feeling too good about themselves. Wake Forest has lost three straight games including a pair of one bucket losses against 7-4 NC State and 8-3 Pittsburgh and the Demon Deacons have dropped to 6-5 in the conference. They are 3-4 on the road and this line tells the story as Duke was favored by 6.5 points in the first matchup and are laying just 9.5 points at home as the line short does not correlate with the venue shift. 10* (615) Wake Forest Demon Deacons

This is a play on the SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS for our CBB Tuesday Ultimate Underdog. This one has a lot to do with Mississippi St. having no business laying a number this big on the road. The Bulldogs are 1-4 on the highway with the only win coming at 7-13 Minnesota and while South Carolina is not much better, Mississippi St. was not laying a number that big and that is when it was off to an 8-0 start. This is just their second road game in 17 days and this is an opponent likely to not get very up for. While they head back into SEC action, the Bulldogs are in a big letdown spot after defeating then-No. 11 TCU on Saturday at home in overtime and they come in just 1-7 overall in the SEC. South Carolina did not participate in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and nearly pulled off the big road upset at Georgia as it lost in overtime by three points and it brings in a similar 1-7 conference record. This came after four straight blowout losses which followed their shocking win at Kentucky and the Gamecocks return home following a two-game roadtrip where they are 6-4. This does include a 0-4 record in the SEC and while one of those losses was a bad one against Mississippi, the other three came against teams a combined 20-4. We do need the outright win and will gladly jump on this overinflated number. 10* (602) South Carolina Gamecocks