TOM STRYKER’S FREE COLLEGE BASKETBALL SELECTION SATURDAY, MARCH 2ND
#698 IOWA (-) over Rutgers at 5 PM EST
After getting spanked by 20 at Ohio State, Iowa will take the floor on Senior Night with a sense of purpose before closing out the regular season at Wisconsin and Nebraska. Rutgers enters this Big 10 battle off a huge SU and ATS home win over Minnesota and the Scarlet Knights are in prime position to fall.
A quick peek at the Team Stryker Database shows that last home game settings have worked well for Iowa. On Senior Night, the Hawkeyes hold an impressive 23-5 SU and 17-11 ATS record including a golden 9-0 SU and 7-2 ATS if they’re fighting with four or more days of rest. Equally impressive, at home running the court against an opponent that scoots in off a SU and ATS home win, head coach Fran McCaffrey’s men sport a respectable 32-15 SU and 33-14 ATS mark. In this setting carrying a won/loss percentage of .475 or better, Iowa explodes to a highly profitable 28-9 SU and 29-8 ATS including an eye-popping 17-0 SU and 16-1 ATS in this set if they are favored by -4 or more.
If you want to fade Rutgers, then doing it when the Scarlet Knights are on the Big 10 is the way to go. In this specific situation, RU holds a nasty 3-41 SU and 16-28 ATS record in its last 44 games. If head coach Steve Pikiell’s boys are battling a conference foe that owns four or more days of rest, this team trend falls to a woeful 1-20 SU and 5-16 ATS. Also, in the regular season running with revenge and five or more days of rest, Rutgers sports a surprising 4-28 SU and 9-23 ATS record including 1-27 SU and 6-22 ATS if its opponent sports a team won/loss percentage of .525 or better.
Yes, Coach McCaffrey is suspended for this game for his criticism of an official. That fact is noted. But, Hawkeyes assistant coaches Andrew Francis and Kirk Speraw are more than capable of getting the job done. At home, the Hawks are averaging 81.8 points per game and connecting on 74.7{98f2b46702b964aa2f621cb1b604d81e6a02f7a689ec244db25f4c0c4ad46cb7} of their free-throws. Senior Nicholas Baer leaves Carver-Hawkeye Arena with a solid win and cover in his final home game. Take Iowa. Thanks and best of luck, Tom.
There is only one regular season college basketball game that will carry an exclusive 7* Late Phone Service rating and this is it. Stryker has been waiting patiently for this day to arrive and he’s got a conference bear in a huge emotional setting and this Best Bet is backed by two outstanding angles that hold highly profitable marks of 24-3 ATS and 14-1 ATS. Grab Tom’s 7* College Basketball Game of the Year for $30.