{"id":9148,"date":"2009-03-04T00:17:33","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T05:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=9148"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:26:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:26:26","slug":"weekly-betting-preview-30309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/weekly-betting-preview-30309\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best NBA &#038; CBB Games This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Basketball Weekly Preview &#8211; Mar 3rd<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re a hoops junkie, you\u2019re in your element now. This is the last week of the regular season in <a title=\"College Hoops Picks\" href=\"\/ncaab\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>college hoops<\/strong><\/a>; it\u2019s been a lucrative season, as you can see in our Top 10 lists of the biggest moneymakers in the NCAAB and the NBA.<!--more-->If only they had 344 teams at the pro level, as well. We\u2019ll have to make due for now with a paltry 30, two of which can be found in this week\u2019s preview. As always, the most up-to-date betting lines are available at\u00a0<strong>Bodog Sportsbook<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NCAAB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Weber State: 18-5<br \/>\n2. Auburn: 17-5<br \/>\n3. Kansas: 17-5-1<br \/>\n4. St. Peter\u2019s: 15-5-1<br \/>\n5. The Citadel: 17-6-1<br \/>\n6. Louisiana Tech: 17-7<br \/>\n6. Northern Colorado: 17-7<br \/>\n8. Wisconsin-Green Bay: 18-8-1<br \/>\n9. Florida State: 15-7-1<br \/>\n10. Drexel: 18-9<\/p>\n<p><strong>NBA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Cleveland: 39-20<br \/>\n2. Orlando: 37-21-1<br \/>\n3. Oklahoma City: 37-22<br \/>\n4. Charlotte: 35-25<br \/>\n5. Milwaukee: 35-25-2<br \/>\n6. Indiana: 34-26-2<br \/>\n7. New York: 33-26<br \/>\n8. Utah: 33-27<br \/>\n9. Denver: 32-27-1<br \/>\n10. Boston: 33-28<\/p>\n<p><strong>NCAAB: Connecticut at Pittsburgh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh<br \/>\nSaturday, 12:00 p.m. ET, CBS<br \/>\nConnecticut: 27-2 SU, 11-12 ATS, Under 15-8<br \/>\nPittsburgh: 26-3 SU, 14-8-1 ATS, Over 12-10-1<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bodogaffiliate.com\/resources\/banners\/sportsbook\/square\/250x250\/250x250b-sportsbook.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sports Betting at the Sportsbook\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Huskies took back the top spot in the AP poll after taking advantage of Marquette (+1) and putting away a pesky Notre Dame squad (+11.5). That\u2019s three wins for UConn since last month\u2019s loss to the Panthers, but only the one cover against the Golden Eagles. Pittsburgh is also 1-2 ATS since beating the Huskies (-2.5) 76-68 on the road, but that includes the shocking loss at Providence (+9) that knocked Pitt out of the No. 1 spot in the national rankings.<\/p>\n<h3>Bet on College Basketball\u00a0at Bodog!<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NBA: Cleveland at Boston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TD Banknorth Garden, Boston<br \/>\nFriday, 8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN<br \/>\nCleveland: 47-12 SU, 39-20 ATS, Under 33-26<br \/>\nBoston: 47-14 SU, 33-28 ATS, Under 33-27-1<\/p>\n<p>The similar records of these two clubs \u2013 especially against the total \u2013 speaks to their standing as the two best defensive teams in the NBA. Boston leads with 98.1 points allowed per 100 possessions, followed by Cleveland at 98.5. These two teams are also closely matched on the offensive end: The Cavs are fourth in the league at 109.5 points per 100 possessions, and Boston is fifth at 108.3. But these are numbers for the full season, and Boston is in a mild state of flux with Kevin Garnett (knee) injured and Stephon Marbury (head) joining the team after reaching a buyout settlement with the Knicks. The C\u2019s are 3-3 SU and 2-4 ATS in their last six games; Cleveland is 5-1 SU and 4-2 ATS.<\/p>\n<h3>Bet on NBA\u00a0at Bodog Sportsbook!<\/h3>\n<p><strong>NCAAB: Duke at North Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.<br \/>\nSunday, 4:00 p.m. ET, CBS<br \/>\nDuke: 24-5 SU, 14-13-1 ATS, Under 17-10-1<br \/>\nNorth Carolina: 25-3 SU, 11-15 ATS, Over 16-10<\/p>\n<p>Who is Elliot Williams? The freshman shooting guard from Memphis is smart, athletic and can drive the lane, as we\u2019ve seen in the last four games since he was promoted to the starting lineup. Duke won all four games at 3-1 ATS. Jon Scheyer has been better than either Greg Paulus or the injured Nolan Smith (concussion) since switching from 2-guard to the point. North Carolina is still on top in the ACC despite losing to Maryland (+12); the Heels took out their frustrations on Georgia Tech (+23) in Saturday\u2019s 104-74 beat-down, covering for just the second time in February.<\/p>\n<h3>NCAA Betting\u00a0at Bodog Sports!<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t Miss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NCAAB: Florida State at Duke (Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.)<br \/>\nNCAAB: Marquette at Pittsburgh (Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.)<br \/>\nNBA: San Antonio at Dallas (Wednesday, 9:00 p.m.)<br \/>\nNBA: Portland at Denver (Thursday, 10:30 p.m.)<br \/>\nNCAAB: Texas at Kansas (Saturday, 4:00 p.m.)<br \/>\nNCAAB: Purdue at Michigan State (Sunday, 12:00 p.m.)<br \/>\nNBA: Phoenix at San Antonio (Sunday, 3:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bodog takes a look at the upcoming MONSTER games and matchups for handicapping opportunities this week in basketball&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[9190,214,2066,9088,11270,4631,8425,10458,11271,8667,2444,5225,9191,10266,10267,10457],"class_list":["post-9148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-basketball-stats","tag-bodog-life-sportsbook","tag-bodog-sportsbook","tag-cbb-previews","tag-cleveland-vs-boston","tag-college-basketball-odds","tag-college-basketball-stats","tag-connecticut-vs-pittsburgh","tag-duke-vs-north-carolina","tag-nba-basketball-lines","tag-nba-previews","tag-nba-stats","tag-ncaa-basketball-stats","tag-ncaab-previews","tag-top-basketball-games","tag-uconn-vs-pitt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9148"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106772,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9148\/revisions\/106772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}