This is a play on the COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON COUGARS for our CBB Signature Enforcer. Liberty tipped off on Thursday against Florida Atlantic on the Owls home floor and we were hoping for the Flames to win to make this situation even better. This is a four-team event held in Boca Raton, part of the Field of 68 Tip-Off, and Liberty having to play the second of a back-to-back and laying a big number after being a big underdog on Thursday. The Flames opened 6-0 and 5-0 against the number in their first six games which included good wins against Furman and Wichita St. which were back-to-back but facing a team not on a back to back is a different scenario. Charleston opened the season 1-3 which is only one loss less than all of last season but the Cougars bounced back with a pair of wins in true road game against Coastal Carolina and Kent St., the latter coming by six points as a five-point underdog and they are back on track. They lost three starters from that team but are loaded with talent both up top and down low. They push the ball and rely on the three-point ball but bang the boards as the Cougars have been in the top 20 in offensive rebounding percentage the last four seasons and while not there yet, they are in the top 50 so far this year. 10* (844) College of Charleston Cougars

This is a play on the XAVIER MUSKETEERS for our CBB Ultimate Underdog. Xavier is in a similar position to where it was last season as it opened 4-3, where it is now, and then found its groove and won 13 of 14 games enroute to a 27-10 season and a Sweet 16 appearance. The Musketeers lost three starters from last season but have an excellent roster that will contend in the Big East Conference once again. Xavier lost a pair of games away from home against Purdue and Washington and it is coming off a bad loss against Oakland on Monday as a 15-point favorite and it certainly can be guilty of a lookahead to this one. Houston is off to a 7-0 start as it came into the season with high expectations following a 33-win season a year ago but also ended in a Sweet 16 loss. The Cougars, like Xavier, lost some key personnel including three double-digit scorers from the starting lineup including AAC Player of the Year Marcus Sasser. Houston has won every game by double digits but it has been favored in all but one game by double digits so basically has not played anyone of significance and this marks its first true road game of the season. The hype is there once again as the Cougars are ranked No. 6 but these are two similar rosters in transition and we will take the abundance of home points. 10* (846) Xavier Musketeers

This is a play on the MERCER BEARS for our Friday Free Play. Mercer is 2-4 to start the season and is a middle of the pack team in the Southern Conference but this is a great spot. The Bears have had one test this season which resulted in a 31-point loss at Alabama but Georgia is no Alabama. While certainly not a rivalry, this is an in-state battle that has been circled on the Mercer calendar. Robby Carmody is a key addition to this team as he played three seasons at Notre Dame but played in only 22 games total because of injuries. He is the second leading scorer and healthy and is a huge addition to this backcourt. Georgia is 4-3 and has faced some good competition to it has been tested but failed most of those. The Bulldogs are coming off a 16-16 season and have only one starter back who averaged just 5.5 ppg last season so this is a brand new team that is coming off a huge upset at Florida St. as a nine-point underdog. Not only is this a classic letdown spot, there is the lookahead aspect as the Bulldogs have rival Georgia Tech on deck. They have been pegged to finish No. 13 in the 14-team SEC so while it is from a power conference, this is not a top level team. Play (849) Mercer Bears

21-5 Hoops Run. College basketball is coming off a 2-1 Thursday and is currently on a 16-4 run. Fargo was the No. 1 CBB regular season capper at Sports Watch Monitor last season, going 185-153-3 (+$17,120). FOUR Winners tonight! NBA 5-2 Run with another winner Friday. Fargo has brought in +$12,480 in Football Profits and he is ready for a MONSTER weekend which continues on Friday with the Pac 12 Championship.

This is a play on the WASHINGTON WIZARDS for our NBA Friday Enforcer. We are grabbing the big number here on a bad team that is in a great situation. This is the second straight game between Washington and Orlando with the Magic winning the first meeting by 19 points and the line has slightly gone up because of that. Washington has won only three games this season which includes a 2-9 record on the road but because of the inflated lines, the Wizards are 7-4 against the number compared to covering just one game at home in seven tried where the lines are a lot shorter. Orlando is off to a very impressive start as it is now 13-5 which has it sitting in the second spot in the Eastern Conference. The Magic are 8-1 at home but this is not a good spot despite coming off that 19-point win as they come in banged up with Paolo Banchero dealing with an ankle injury after exiting the last game early. He is probable but could be limited and a late scratch would not be surprising in this matchup with a game at Brooklyn on deck for tomorrow night. Orlando is in that lookahead situation as it will be out to avenge a 20-point loss to the Nets earlier this season, it biggest defeat of the season. 10* (519) Washington Wizards

This is a play on the OREGON DUCKS for our Pac 12 Championship Winner. This line stinks based on the first meeting between Oregon and Washington. The Huskies were a three-point favorite at home where they won by three points and now they are getting close to double digits on a neutral field but the power numbers do actually justify this number. The Ducks outgained Washington 541-415 but failed to send the game into overtime after missing a 43-yard field goal as time expired and since then, they have been the more dominant team. They have won six straight games since then, winning five of those by double digits and the other coming by nine points against USC and they had a statement win last week in the Civil War against a strong Oregon St. team by 24 points. It has been the complete opposite for Washington which also won out but five of the six wins were by one possession and the one exception was just a nine-point victory over 3-9 Stanford where the Huskies were outgained 499-460. The offense remains potent but the defense has struggled, coming in ranked No. 96 overall. Conversely, Oregon is the No. 2 ranked total offense and No. 2 ranked scoring offense while the defense has been sneaky good, No. 15 overall and No. 7 in points allowed. Here, we play on teams in the second half of the season rushing for 4.8 or more ypc and after allowing 100 or less rushing yards last game going up against teams averaging between 4.3 and 4.8 ypc. This situation is 77-38 ATS (67 percent) over the last 10 seasons. 10* (305) Oregon Ducks

This is a play on the NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS for our CBB Elite Powerhouse. Northwestern is coming off one of its best seasons in program history as it went 12-8 in the Big Ten and its No. 2 finish was its highest in over 60 years and the rise has been impressive, going from 8 to 9 to 15 to 22 wins the last four seasons. The Wildcats are off to a 5-1 start and while this is the biggest test so far, the spot could not be better playing its conference opener at home on a Friday night so this environment will be electric. They are led by guard Boo Buie who is on the preseason All-Big Ten team and averaging 18.5 ppg, which is part of the third best backcourt in the conference, ahead of Purdue and that can make the difference again after Northwestern won here last season by six points. We have seen this script before for Purdue will all sorts of early season hype and while this season could be different, this is a tough spot. The Boilermakers won the Maui Invitational with three impressive wins over Marquette, Tennessee and Gonzaga but it was far from a tough environment and this is their first true road game of the season which is always a good fade when laying a big number. Purdue wants to get out with a win and it will be tougher than expected. 10* (876) Northwestern Wildcats

This is a play on the KANSAS JAYHAWKS for our CBB Star Attraction. We played against Kansas on Tuesday as a small comp play knowing this game was coming up. The Jayhawks went through the motions as they won by only eight points as a 38.5-point favorite against Eastern Illinois and many will be fading them here based on that game. While Kansas lost badly against Marquette in its only defeat, it owns two very quality wins against Kentucky and Tennessee sandwiched around that and both of those were away from home. The Jayhawks are 3-0 here and while this is their toughest opponent by far, it is hard to ignore the fact they are 149-6 in nonconference games at Allen Fieldhouse under Bill Self. The reigning National Champions are off to a 7-0 start including impressive wins over Indiana and Texas but those were on a neutral floor and this is their first true road game of the season. The talent is here for another run but the Huskies lost so much from that team last season that will be hard to replace, especially in an environment like this. The big thing for Connecticut last season was that it lost only one nonconference game, going 18-1 in its 19 games outside the Big East Conference, but only one of those games was a true road game and that was at Florida which does not compare to this environment. 10* (878) Kansas Jayhawks