This pick was released to clients on January 02, 2015 at 10:07AM ET.
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Valparaiso at Oakland

January 2, 2015
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The Oakland Grizzlies are better than their 4-10 record this season, but that doesn't mean a whole lot in this one. The Grizzlies have played a challenging schedule over their last five games, losing all of them as expected. The issue is they have only recorded one win vs. Division-1 opponents by more than two points. Those games were against teams that they should have shown more against, but just didn't have it. Valparaiso is off to a great start at 13-2 on the season. The big win may be lacking but nevertheless, the Crusaders are playing over the line at 6-3-1 ATS, so they have not been an overrated team despite lacking the signature win. The logic here is that Oakland is not a signature win either, and this is the type of team they have been beating handily. Lay the points on Valparaiso.

1 unit on Valparaiso -4.5 (-110) (risk 1 to return 1.91)
Result:
LOSS
FINAL
1H
2H
OT
F
Valparaiso Beacons
31
40
4
75
Oakland Golden Grizzlies img
36
35
18
89
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