This is a play on the DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS as part of our CBB Wednesday Trifecta. DePaul is off to a surprising 8-0 start but it may not be as surprising as people think. The Blue Demons finished 19-17 last season, their most wins since 2006-07 and came within a game of winning the CBI Championship. They brought in one of their best recruiting classes in decades, ranked as high as No. 25. The Red Raiders nearly won the National Championship last season as they lost to Virginia in overtime and because of that result, they will remain a very public team. Texas Tech opened the season a perfect 5-0 but has dropped its last two games and now will be playing its first true road game of the season. Those five wins came against cupcakes so this will be the third straight game against a quality program. Here, we play on home teams where the line is +3 to -3 that are shooting 36.5 percent or better from long range against an average 3PT shooting team (32-36.5%), after a game where it made 50 percent of their three-point shots or better. This situation is 48-21 ATS (69.6 percent) over the last five seasons. 9* (856) DePaul Blue Demons

This is a play on the NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS as part of our CBB Wednesday Trifecta. The seventh-ranked Tar Heels take on No. 6 Ohio State Wednesday night in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Following a loss to Michigan, North Carolina bounced back to defeat Oregon 78-74 behind a big effort from Armando Bacot. It was a positive sign for the Tar Heels, who are looking for a second player to take on a bigger scoring role outside of Cole Anthony. The Buckeyes are the higher ranked team and a lot of that has to do with the teams that started above them have mostly all fallen. They lead all of Division I in scoring margin on the season and have only one game that was decided by fewer than 10 points. That is the positive news. The bad news is that this is their first road game of the season and it could not come at a tougher place. On top of that, Ohio St. has played the No. 286 ranked schedule in the country. Here, we play on home favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points in a game involving teams outscoring opponents by 8 or more ppg, after scoring 45 points or more in the first half last game. This situation is 62-29 ATS (68.1 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (870) North Carolina Tar Heels

This is a play on the CS FULLERTON TITANS as part of our CBB Wednesday Trifecta. We played against CS Fullerton in its last game which resulted in a win as the Titans failed to cover as 10.5-point underdogs. Now they are getting just one bucket less against a much worse team as this is a very winnable game outright. Fullerton is just 1-3 on the road but the other two losses came against Stanford and BYU with the one win coming against Wyoming where it was getting three points. Pacific is off to a 7-3 start including a 7-2 record at home but it has taken out some very bad competition as its schedule has been one of the weakest in the country at No. 325. The Tigers are picked to finish ninth in the 10-team West Coast Conference which is right where they finished last season with a 4-12 record. Here, we play against favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points that are shooting between 45 and 47.5 percent going up against teams shooting 40 percent or worse, after three straight games allowing 40 percent shooting or less. This situation is 24-4 ATS (85.7 percent) since 1997. 9* (879) CS Fullerton Titans

This is a play on the TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS for our NHL Wednesday Breakaway. Toronto is coming off a loss at Philadelphia last night but the Maple Leafs are still 4-2 under new head coach Sheldon Keefe which includes a win in its lone home game. Toronto is 7-3-4 at home and going back, the Maple Leafs are 8-3 in their last 11 games when their opponent scores five goals or more in their previous game. Colorado has won three straight games to improve to 16-8-2 on the season. The Avalanche have been beset by injuries. Andre Burakovsky and Erik Johnson have upper-body injuries and did not practice Monday, nor did Colin Wilson. Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said Burakovsky might join the team during a three-game trip that starts in Toronto but Johnson and Wilson will not. Colorado is 5-12 against the money line after scoring six goals or more in their previous game. Here, we play on favorites against the money line after scoring one goal or less in their previous game going up against an opponent after scoring five goals or more in two straight games. This situation is 34-8 (81 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (38) Toronto Maple Leafs

This is a play on the UTAH JAZZ for our NBA Wednesday Enforcer. Utah is back home where it went 1-4 including a pair of losses in its last two games against Toronto and Phoenix. The Jazz are just 4-8 on the road but they are 8-1 at home including victories over the Clippers and Bucks. The Jazz finished with the third best record in the Western Conference last year, after going 28-13 in 2017-18, so this is a tough place to play. The Lakers are coming off a win over Denver last night with both LeBron James and Anthony Davis playing more than 37 minutes. It was the ninth straight road win for Los Angeles after losing its opener against the Clippers but this is the ultimate tough spot. Just how much energy the Lakers will have left on Wednesday is the question after playing Denver at 5,280 feet, while Salt Lake City is only slightly lower at 4,226 feet. The Lakers are 0-4 ATS in their last four games following an ATS win. Here, we play on home favorites revenging a loss, off two or more consecutive road losses. This situation is 98-51 ATS (65.8 percent) over the last five seasons. 10* (570) Utah Jazz