Las Vegas Expert Picks: March Madness

Publiziert 7. August 2019 | Von Torsten Jinczek

Vegas veteran Benjamin Eckstein, author of America’s Line, brings three decades of experience to make weekly selections in his“Ecks & Bacon“ column.
March Madness picks
LAS VEGAS — Gimme some Cal-Irvine +3.5 points over Kansas State. In fact, we chose +5 if the line opened, and it’s down to +3.5. So, I could take K-State -3.5 and shoot for the elusive middle, and beg for a four-point final perimeter. Maybe. But lemme tell you. Yeah, I call them Irving because that was my grandpa’s name.
And they have perhaps my FAV nickname , the Anteaters. Yet more, get the Big 12 is WAY better than the Big West. But, Irving roars to the first-round matchup on a 16-0 straight-up run, also has two of the past 10, with a single push. Also, one of K-State’s very best gamers, an All-Big 12 first-teamer for a couple of decades, F Dean Wade, is GONE. Eaters obtained Id EAT!
Quack Quack. Yeah, the Ducks, baby! Oregon dropped my favorite college player, Bol Bol, yeah, son of Manute, back in January. But the Ducks do have among the greatest coaches on the side of the Mississippi, Dana Altman. Regardless of where he belongs, he does is win. Altman submitted a 68-54 record at Kansas State, 327-176 at Creighton, and is currently 235-95 in Oregon. This isn’t his best gaggle of ducks, sorry, had to throw gaggle in. Really, how often can you get to utilize gaggle in a lifetime? Oops, never mind, that’s for geese. Ducks are a flock.
Back to biz. And we are speaking MONEY! Oregon has come down the stretch like Secretariat, winning and COVERING eight in a row. Totally know that the Big Ten is far better than the Pac-12, however, Wiscy has been burning money. The Badgers have covered just two of the past 10, and 20 percent does not make it within my world.
Close it out down in Columbia, South Carolina, together with Duke -27 over North Dakota State. Are you gonna observe a second HUMONGOUS No. 1 vs No. 16 mad? Not sure but we do have some numbers you might wanna look at. Talking Duke and North Dakota State. And talking a 27.5-point spread. That is a whole lotta chalk. If you are not a fan of this Summit League, then the Bison likely have not hit your radar display. That’s why I am here. NDSU was a cash cow, or cash Bison if you may, covering two of the last 13 total, and five of the last six on the street.
In terms of the big picture, the Blue Devils‘ in general spread log sits at 18-16, 9-8 on the road and 16-15 as a favored. The Bison’s in general spread mark is 15-17, 7-12 on the street and 4-8 within an underdog. For you totals players, the Dookies have gone OVER only nine occasions, UNDER that an AMAZING 24 times and pushed once, while Dakota has gone OVER 20 occasions and UNDER 12. Gonna tickle a Bison, also create a light play into the dog.
NHL pick Before I let you go, skate onto the NHL ice with me, and grab the UNDER on the Islanders/Flyers game tomorrow night.
And plz, PLZ hit me Twitter over the weekend, even @vegasvigorish, only in case anything pops on the college hoop board.
Benjamin Eckstein is a syndicated sportswriter/oddsmaker. His column, America’s Line, with the Ecks & Bacon appetizer, has run in the New York Daily News and above 100 other papers since 1988. You can follow him online at www.americasline.com. He’s loved by many, when he chooses winners, and detested by others, when he chooses the occasional loser. Should you wanna piece of Eck, hit on his email…ben@americasline.com.