Oakland has a losing record with a tough schedule facing Boise State, Illinois, No. 1 Kansas, and No. 20 Michigan State. But this team went 24-12 last season and had the best record in the Horizon League (15-5). The backcourt has DQ Cole (11.8 ppg) along with last year's starting guard Isaiah Jones, who is back after missing the first six games. They're a strong defensive team with a physical frontcourt in 6-6 seniors Allen Mukeba (12.8 ppg, 5 rpg) and Tuburu Naivalurua (12.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg). Oakland covered against Illinois as a +23 underdog forcing 18 turnovers while losing, 66-54. They also won at Toledo, 85-52, as a +8 dog. Oakland is on a 15-9 ATS run. Cleveland State was 11-9 in conference play last season and has split its first two this year. They're on a 1-4 ATS run including 0-3 ATS at home. They shoot 43.3% from the field and just 28.4% from 3-point land while turning it over 13.8 times per contest. Oakland swept the series last season, 74-71 and 83-71. Play Oakland.
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My computer prediction for this game is that Oakland will win by a score of 69.3 to 66.8 with Oakland winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Who was the public on? 51% of the public bets were on Cleveland State Vikings on the +1 ATS. And, 55% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Cleveland State would win by a score of 68.5 to 64.5 with Cleveland State winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Oakland at Cleveland State
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Who was the public on? 60% of the public bets were on Cleveland State Vikings on the +4 ATS. And, 71% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Oakland would win by a score of 75.5 to 71.2 with Oakland winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Cleveland State at Oakland
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The teams split their two regular season games and now they meet in the semifinals of the Horizon League tournament. Oakland beat IPFW 75-65 in the quarterfinal round and it went UNDER by 6.5 points. The Mastodons shot only 38 percent and missed 20 of 32 3-point tries. Oakland shot 51 percent, but made just six 3-pointers. The Vikings allow 68.0 points per game compared to 65.0 for Oakland, which shoots only 33.3 percent from beyond the arc. Cleveland State is 8-1 UNDER against teams with winning records and it has allowed only 68.4 points its past five games and three went UNDER. The Golden Grizzlies have gone UNDER five of eight, including a 63-43 win over Robert Morris on Feb. 22 that stayed UNDER by 41.5 points. Play the UNDER as a Max Play.
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Who was the public on? 61% of the public bets were on Oakland Golden Grizzlies on the -3.5 ATS. And, 60% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Oakland would win by a score of 77.6 to 72.1 with Oakland winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 67% of the public bets were on Cleveland State Vikings on the -2 ATS. And, 60% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Cleveland State would win by a score of 74.4 to 73.3 with Cleveland State winning on the moneyline, Oakland winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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