THE SPORTS ADVISORS
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Syracuse (13-6, 7-10 ATS) at (5) Georgetown (14-2, 6-7 ATS)
The Orangemen look to continue their recent dominance of Georgetown when they visit the fifth-ranked Hoyas inside the Verizon Center in a Big East Big Monday showdown.
Syracuse was unable to hold a five-point halftime lead against Villanova on Saturday, losing 81-71 as a 4?-point home chalk. The Orange have now lost three of four SU and ATS, all in Big East action.
The Hoyas bounced back from their first conference loss of the season ? last Monday?s 69-60 setback at Pitt ? by clobbering Notre Dame 84-65 as 8?-point home favorites Saturday. It was Georgetown?s 15th consecutive home victory. Also, the Hoyas are 15-5-2 ATS in their last 22 Big East games.
Syracuse has won seven of its last eight against Georgetown, including a 72-58 upset win as 2?-point home underdogs last season in the only meeting between the two. With that victory, the Orange improved to 6-2 ATS in the last eight against the Hoyas.
Defense is what ignites Georgetown inside the Verizon Center, where the Hoyas allow just 55.6 points and 35.2 percent shooting. Overall, the Hoyas shoot 51.2 percent from the field and limit opponents to 35.6 percent shooting, figures that rank third and first, respectively, in the nation.
Neither of these teams performs exceptionally well on Monday, with the Orange just 4-11 ATS in their last 15 Monday tip-offs and the Hoyas 2-6 ATS in their last eight.
The under is on runs of 5-1 in head-to-head meetings (3-0 in the last three), 9-4 in Syracuse road games, 6-2 in the Orange?s last eight overall, 40-15 in Georgetown home games and 46-21-1 for Georgetown against the Big East.
ATS ADVANTAGE: SYRACUSE and UNDER
(19) Texas (14-3, 6-6 ATS) at Oklahoma State (10-7, 3-6 ATS)
The Longhorns survived a Big 12 scare Saturday against Colorado and now travel to Stillwater to take on Oklahoma State in a Big Monday matchup.
Texas clawed out a 69-67 home win over the Buffaloes on Saturday, but came nowhere close to covering the 17?-point number. The Longhorns are just 1-5 ATS in their last six overall, but 6-2 ATS in their last eight on the road. However, in their only other Big 12 road game this year, Texas went to Missouri on Jan. 12 and lost 97-84 as one-point favorites.
Oklahoma State has dropped two in a row, losing at Baylor 79-71 as seven-point ?dogs on Tuesday and then falling at Iowa State 73-66 as two-point pups on Saturday. Including those two defeats, the Cowboys are mired in ATS slumps of 8-20-1 overall and 6-15-1 in Big 12 games.
The Longhorns have won five of the last seven against Oklahoma State (6-1 ATS), including two of three last season (3-0 ATS). These two played a classic in Stillwater a year ago, with the Cowboys prevailing 105-103 in triple-overtime, but Texas got the cash as four-point underdogs. The Longhorns avenged that loss a month later with an 83-54 rout as a 6?-point home chalk then eliminated the Cowboys from the Big 12 tournament with a 69-64 win, barely getting the cash as 4?-point favorites.
In their lone conference home game, the Cowboys destroyed Texas Tech 74-55 as five-point favorites on Jan. 12. They are 9-1 SU at home this year, but only two of those were lined contests (2-0 ATS).
Oklahoma State?s defense rises to the occasion at home, allowing 57.8 ppg on 39.2 percent shooting.
The under is 13-5 in the Cowboys? last 18 Monday games, 4-1 in Texas? last five overall and 7-3 in the last 10 series meetings between these two.
ATS ADVANTAGE: TEXAS and UNDER