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We have put together a 4-pick cross-sport parlay that will take you right through Friday night, including action from college basketball, the NHL, and the NBA.
One pick is taken from each sport with a second pick from college basketball. A winning ticket gives us a nice payout with odds at +1234 with DraftKings; that’s more than 12/1! Let’s break down each of these plays.
College Basketball: VCU Rams vs St. Bonaventure Bonnies -3 (-105), 7:30 pm ET
The VCU Rams will travel to Olean to play a conference game against the St. Bonaventure Bonnies. St. Bonaventure had a very disappointing loss to Virginia Tech on December 17, when most people jumped off the Bonnies bandwagon. They are no longer some people’s favorite to win the Atlantic 10 and are far from their preseason top 25 ranking, but they have a chance to change that tonight. St. Bonaventure is still 9-3 on the season with big wins against Boise State, Clemson, and Marquette. I expect VCU to struggle on offense and St. Bonaventure can score just enough on the Rams stellar defense to win and cover the small spread.
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NBA: Golden State Warriors vs Chicago Bulls -4 (-110), 7:40 pm ET
Even though the Bulls had their 9-game win streak snapped and they’ve lost 2 of their last 3, they are the better team at the moment heading into tonight’s game. They’ve covered in 10 of their last 12 and are 9-1 in their last 10 at the United Center, plus they still hold the number 1 seed in the East. The Bulls have gone 22-5 in 27 games when they are the favorites this season, plus at home they are 13-7 ATS.
Golden State has the upper hand in recent meetings, but they’ve fallen into a hole from which they can’t seem to find a way out. The Bulls just lost at home to Brooklyn, so they’ll want to redeem themselves in front of their home fans against a wounded Warriors team. Back the home side to cover.
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College Basketball: Michigan Wolverines vs Illinois Fighting Illini -10 (-105), 9:00 pm ET
Tonight Michigan travels to Champaign to face the Illini. Illinois scores 85.7 ppg at home on 49.3% shooting and ranks 10th in KenPom’s offensive efficiency. They are relentless on the boards, ranking 1st in offensive rebounding rate and 7th in potential points off second-chance opportunities. Michigan’s defense allowed Rutgers to score 1.12 ppp after allowing UCF to score 1.29 ppp, so they figure to be overmatched against the hot-shooting Illinois offense. Take the Illini.
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NHL: Arizona Coyotes vs Colorado Avalanche – Over 6.5 goals (-120), 9:08 pm ET
The Avs lead the league in terms of goals per game (4.30), and that number increases to 4.76 on their home ice. Since the NHL’s brief hiatus, the Avs have scored 4 or more goals in 6 straight games and the over is 5-0-1 in those games. While the Coyotes have been one of the lowest-scoring teams all season, they have shown some life of late, putting up 10 goals in their last 3 games. With the way the Colorado offense is rolling, we may not need much from Arizona to take this one over the total.
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