Niagara +8.5 (2 units)- Matchbook - Just love'm
We see it over and over again - a road favorite that hits the road and barely defeats a team and then returns home to be even a greater favorite - yet the dog shows it's not a fluke and covers. We saw that in the San Jose State contest versus Fresno State - where the home dog actually won outright simply to come back and show that it was not a fluke.
Well, once again, Niagara showed they can go toe to toe with Marist as they lost by 5 points in Overtime and now have revenge on their side.
The question begs to me is Niagara warranted enough to stay with the top 120 team of Marist as they are just in the top 250 - however, they have played well of late, this is a conference game and I think they hold strong.
The Purple Eagles (Niagara) - are 4-0 ATS as a road underdog and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games while the Red Foxes (Marist) 4-10-1 ATS against teams with a spread of 7 to roughly 12 points.
You ready for this stat: Niagara is a top 120 team in the nation when it comes to road games - as they are 5-3 on the road - I can't explain it - but just can learn that they are a decent focused road team.
Latest games:
Away W 88-82 La Salle
Home W 88-55 St Peters
Home L 81-92 Siena
Home W 85-76 Fairfield
Away L 95-96 Loyola MD
Away W 80-79 Rider
Home L 86-91 Marist
Home W 81-80 Iona
I show this just to point out that this team is not getting blown out by anyone considering conference play besides, the Siena game, but I'll take that with a grain of salt.
I think Niagara hangs on in another close game and the line going down is a sign of that. I'll take a 2 unit play because of the trend,s the previous close games, and the fact that this team has not missed the current spread in all but just 1 of the last 8 games with the way they have played - and their road record.
*Couple NBA games as well posted in that forum.
We see it over and over again - a road favorite that hits the road and barely defeats a team and then returns home to be even a greater favorite - yet the dog shows it's not a fluke and covers. We saw that in the San Jose State contest versus Fresno State - where the home dog actually won outright simply to come back and show that it was not a fluke.
Well, once again, Niagara showed they can go toe to toe with Marist as they lost by 5 points in Overtime and now have revenge on their side.
The question begs to me is Niagara warranted enough to stay with the top 120 team of Marist as they are just in the top 250 - however, they have played well of late, this is a conference game and I think they hold strong.
The Purple Eagles (Niagara) - are 4-0 ATS as a road underdog and 5-1 ATS in their last 6 road games while the Red Foxes (Marist) 4-10-1 ATS against teams with a spread of 7 to roughly 12 points.
You ready for this stat: Niagara is a top 120 team in the nation when it comes to road games - as they are 5-3 on the road - I can't explain it - but just can learn that they are a decent focused road team.
Latest games:
Away W 88-82 La Salle
Home W 88-55 St Peters
Home L 81-92 Siena
Home W 85-76 Fairfield
Away L 95-96 Loyola MD
Away W 80-79 Rider
Home L 86-91 Marist
Home W 81-80 Iona
I show this just to point out that this team is not getting blown out by anyone considering conference play besides, the Siena game, but I'll take that with a grain of salt.
I think Niagara hangs on in another close game and the line going down is a sign of that. I'll take a 2 unit play because of the trend,s the previous close games, and the fact that this team has not missed the current spread in all but just 1 of the last 8 games with the way they have played - and their road record.
*Couple NBA games as well posted in that forum.
