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Las Vegas - If you didn't stop by the Ecks & Bacon window yesterday, we're jumping on Oral Roberts +11.5 points against Arkansas.

As you know, we had Oregon State as a BEST BET in last week's column, easy WINNER, and we gotta swim with the Beavers again. They're getting a TD, and at +7, it's worth a tumble. While we love everything about Loyola, there is only one word to describe the kids from Corvallis...MONEY!!! Oregon State closed the season with eight wins in its last nine games, including the Pac 12 title and two NCAA Tournament triumphs. But the real story is the BULGING bank account. The Beavers have covered 12 of the last 13, which, my calculator tells me, works out to 92.3%. Did I just say NINETY TWO POINT THREE PERCENT? Oh YEA! Totally understand that 101-year-old Sister Jean will be praying for her Ramblers, and sure they have a great shot at advancing to the Elite Eight, but it's Beavers for the money. BOOK IT!

In the other two games, kinda lean to Villanova, but not prepared to open the wallet at +7.5, and also lean to Syracuse at +6.5, but not sure if Buddy Boeheim is gonna continue to scorch the nets. However, we would not get mad if you dropped both into a two-team 6-point teaser. Take 'Nova from +7.5 to +13.5 points against Baylor, and bump 'Cuse up from +6.5 to +12.5 points against Houston.

And if you need a little NBA action, take a small taste of Sacramento over Cleveland. The Kings have been pure steam, winning and covering five of the last six, and should ease into the win column. If for some strange reason, the Cavaliers beat the Lakers last night, we would bump this SacTown wager up from a tickle, but they didn't, so it's still a tickle.

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