The Creighton Blue Jays are having a fine season with a 17-6 record as we enter the home stretch to the regular season. The Jays are coming off a loss at Xavier last time out, 69-77 as a 4-point favorite. That loss snapped a four game S/U and ATS win streak. That streak also included a win at home over Villanova, 86-70. The Villanova Wildcats are 15-4 S/U and 11-8 ATS on the season. They are 8-0 S/U and 5-3 ATS at home. The Cats are coming off a loss at Butler, 61-73 as a 12.5 point favorite. They had won four of their previous five before that loss. I look for Villanova to bounce back here at home tonight to make up for that horrible performance at Butler. Plus, they haven't lost yet on their home court and this line is not too much at around -4 points. Take Villanova.

The Mississippi State Bulldogs look to stay above the .500 mark here tonight as they play at Texas A&M. The dogs are coming off a loss to Alabama, 59-64, but did cover the 6.5 point dog line. The Dogs have covered three straight games. They will also have some revenge on their minds here tonight, having lost to A&M at home back on Jan 13th, 55-56. This Bulldog team has been very good defensively, holding six of their last eight opponents to 61 points or fewer. Texas A&M also looks to stay above .500 tonight as they sit 8-7 on the season with a 5-10 ATS spread record. The Aggies are 0-3 both S/U and ATS in the role of a home dog this season. State will look for some payback here tonight and I expect that to happen. Play Mississippi State.

The LA Lakers are 24-12 and just behind Pacific division leading Phoenix. Life has gotten rough for the Lakers since mid-February. The Lakers lost four straight games both S/U and ATS starting on Feb 18th. Then they turned around for a few games, beating Portland and Golden State. Last game they hot beat at home by Phoenix, 104-114 as a 2-point dog. Now they travel to Sacramento to face the 13-21 Kings. They Kings have lost 10 of their last 11 games and covered just one of those 11. They are coming off a home loss to Charlotte, 126-127 as a 3.5 point favorite. The Kings covered the last time these teams met back on August 13th, winning the game 126-122 at LA. The main reason I will be on the Kings tonight is because both LeBron James and Anthony Davis will both be out for the Lakers. That's 48 ppg the Lakers have to replace. James will be rested tonight while Davis is out indefinitely with a Achilles issue. All teams get up to beat the defending NBA champions and that's why I'll be on the Kings here tonight. Play Sacramento.

These teams are two of the tops in the NHL West with Vegas in 1st and Minnesota now in 3rd. Just one point separate them on Monday when they met in Vegas. The Wild led 4-2 late into the 3rd period before Vegas scored two goals, the last with just 42 seconds. Then in OT Vegas got the win as their captain Mark Stone led the 2-1 break for the winning goal and his 5th assist of the night. Marc Andre Fluery has been great in goal, but he allowed four past him on Monday. Fluery leads the league in save percentage and goals against. The Wild have been one of the hottest teams in the league before that loss. They had Cam Tabot in goal who has been decent, but not their best. That goes to Kaapo Kahkonen. Kahkonen has been amazing in February, going 4-1 with a 1.82 goals against average and a .934 save percentage. The Wild had a long 13 days off due to Covid and really they gave away Monday's game. With Kahkonen back between the pipes tonight I'll take the Wild as a plus money dog. Play Minnesota.

Crotone looks like they could be easily be facing relegation as they are at the bottom of the Italy Series A Standings. Atalanta has been in fine form, going 4-1-1 in Series A and 4-1-1 in all competitions. Last time these teams met was a Atalanta blowout win, 5-1. No hope here today for Crotone. In fact I'm not sure they can even score a goal in this one. The total is 3.0 and I know Atalanta can get that over all by themselves if they have the motivation. I'm going to take a chance that the hosts won't be looking past today's fodder and will want to keep their good form going. Play the OVER.