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             By J. McCarthy

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Philadelphia is 5-16 against the spread its last 21 games versus a Western Conference opponent. The Sixers are 1-5 against the spread their last 6 games versus a team with a winning record. Golden State is 21-10 against the spread its last 31 games when playing the second of back-to-back games. The Warriors are 14-6 against the spread their last 20 Saturday games. Take Golden State +1 for another Best Bet winner. Other plays include Illinois-Chicago +5 1/2 vs. Detroit, Loyola-Chicago -6 vs. Cleveland St, and Duke -6 vs. Miami-Florida.

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                    NBA
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 Favorite          Points   (O/U)      Underdog
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 PHILADELPHIA        1      (196)     Golden St
 CHICAGO             5      (177)      Brooklyn
 MILWAUKEE           4 1/2  (201)       Toronto
 PORTLAND            10     (197)     Minnesota
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             College Basketball
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 Favorite          Points              Underdog
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 Maryland            1 1/2          WAKE FOREST
 NORTHEASTERN        9             Old Dominion
 SYRACUSE            1 1/2           Louisville
 VA COMMONWEALTH     7                   Butler
 FLORIDA             17                 Alabama
 Memphis             7          CENTRAL FLORIDA
 Tennessee           1 1/2              GEORGIA
 OKLAHOMA            4                  Iowa St
 KANSAS              16           West Virginia
 MARQUETTE           6               Notre Dame
 CINCINNATI          5 1/2          Connecticut
 DELAWARE            2             George Mason
 MINNESOTA           16                 Penn St
 TEMPLE              12 1/2        Rhode Island
 XAVIER              4 1/2        Massachusetts
 LA SALLE            16 1/2            Duquesne
 NORTHERN IOWA       2              Illinois St
 EVANSVILLE          4               Indiana St
 MISSOURI ST         2                  Bradley
 Ohio                4 1/2        BOWLING GREEN
 TOLEDO              6                  Ball St
 Western Michigan    1 1/2     EASTERN MICHIGAN
 WRIGHT ST           7            Youngstown St
 Detroit             5 1/2     ILLINOIS CHICAGO
 HOUSTON             3 1/2             Marshall
 WISC GREEN BAY      2               Valparaiso
 Kent St             3 1/2           MIAMI-OHIO
 LOYOLA CHICAGO      6             Cleveland St
 SAN DIEGO           6               Pepperdine
 ALA-BIRMINGHAM      5 1/2                  Smu
 SOUTHERN CAL        3 1/2           Arizona St
 Idaho               2                 TEXAS ST
 TOWSON              10 1/2             Hofstra
 OKLAHOMA ST         12                   Texas
 DAYTON              5                 Richmond
 MISSOURI            13                     Lsu
 TEXAS TECH          4 1/2                  Tcu
 St. Louis           6        GEORGE WASHINGTON
 TULSA               1 1/2               Tulane
 Unlv                5 1/2               NEVADA
 ARKANSAS            2                 Kentucky
 NEW MEXICO          11 1/2             Wyoming
 Mississippi         12 1/2      MISSISSIPPI ST
 UL-Lafayette        3                UL-MONROE
 GONZAGA             26                Portland
 CALIFORNIA          4 1/2             Colorado
 DUKE                6            Miami-Florida
 WILLIAM & MARY      2            James Madison
 DENVER              8            New Mexico St
 PENNSYLVANIA     No Line               Harvard
 PRINCETON        No Line             Dartmouth
 Middle Tenn St      6 1/2     WESTERN KENTUCKY
 FLORIDA ATLANTIC    1             Florida Intl
 TEXAS A&M           9           South Carolina
 TEXAS SAN ANTONIO   3 1/2            Seattle U
 COLUMBIA         No Line                 Brown
 Akron               6 1/2              BUFFALO
 ST. BONAVENTURE     6              Charlotte U
 CORNELL          No Line                  Yale
 DREXEL              13           NC Wilmington
 BAYLOR              2 1/2            Kansas St
 ST. JOSEPH'S        14 1/2             Fordham
 INDIANA             14 1/2                Iowa
 SOUTHERN MISS       11           East Carolina
 Pacific             8 1/2        CAL RIVERSIDE
 UT ARLINGTON        2 1/2              Utah St
 ILLINOIS            13                Nebraska
 PROVIDENCE          8               St. John's
 Clemson             1            VIRGINIA TECH
 BOISE ST            1              Colorado St
 CREIGHTON           5 1/2           Wichita St
 DRAKE               6 1/2    Southern Illinois
 NORTHERN ILLINOIS   1 1/2     Central Michigan
 Utep                9 1/2                 RICE
 LOUISIANA TECH      18             San Jose St
 Arkansas St         2 1/2          ARKANSAS LR
 South Alabama       1                     TROY
 Vanderbilt          1 1/2               AUBURN
 UCLA                1 1/2              Arizona
 GEORGETOWN          14                 Rutgers
 CS FULLERTON        4 1/2             UC Davis
 CS NORTHRIDGE       4        Cal Santa Barbara
 CAL IRVINE          3            Long Beach St
 FRESNO ST           1                Air Force
 ST. MARY'S, CA      11             Santa Clara
 Byu                 8 1/2     LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
 HAWAII              4             Cal Poly SLO
                Added Games
 CANISIUS            7                    Rider
 APPALACHIAN ST      5         Tenn Chattanooga
 DAVIDSON            19        Georgia Southern
 NIAGARA             13             St. Peter's
 Coll of Charleston  11                  FURMAN
 Weber St            9 1/2     NORTHERN ARIZONA
 North Dakota St     13 1/2      NEBRASKA OMAHA
 WESTERN CAROLINA    6                  Samford
 BELMONT             17         Jacksonville St
 EASTERN ILLINOIS    7 1/2     SIU Edwardsville
 EASTERN WASHINGTON  3             North Dakota
 OAKLAND             8                     Ipfw
 ELON                7 1/2        NC Greensboro
 WOFFORD             12             The Citadel
 IUPUI               1 1/2                 Umkc
 WESTERN ILLINOIS    10            South Dakota
 Morehead St         2           TENNESSEE TECH
 MURRAY ST           9 1/2       SE Missouri St
 AUSTIN PEAY         5         Tennessee Martin
 TENNESSEE ST        1         Eastern Kentucky
 Montana             4               MONTANA ST
 SACRAMENTO ST       6 1/2             Idaho St
 PORTLAND ST         2        Northern Colorado
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                    NHL