Follow@cimini Via Twitter

There have been some unbelievable wild finishes ATS in college basketball each and every night. Whether it’s a deciding made or missed free throw, wild overtimes, offensive spurts or cold shooting. There are countless ways to be beat by the number in any sport. During these stretches where the odds are extremely close to the actual ending you have to be prepared for close finishes.

Thursday in college hoops features conference play from the Big West, Southern, Big Ten, Pac-12, and some smaller conferences. Do not forget also there are two rescheduled games being played. DePaul vs Providence and Michigan State vs Rutgers.

Odd start times in both of those games may be intriguing to bettors but I scratched both games off my train of thought for today. I’ve never seen a rescheduled game be played to a high standard in any sport. Mentally the players are thrown off and honestly I’d be leery of either big favorite. Providence and Michigan State have epitomized two teams that can bring their B+ game 50% of the time and their D- game the other 50% of the time. Providence lost to Brown at home in non-conference play while Michigan State lost to Texas Southern.

FOLLOW@cimini

Consistency on a week to week—month to month basis is hard to find. Zack Cimini has been dominating the books this season in both the NFL (81%) and college football (62%). Give him a test trial on this weekend’s NFL games to find out for yourself. To get Zack’s four NFL Sunday plays send him an Email for Week Nine NFL Plays. Also follow me on Twitter for tidbits each and everyday

For Saturday’s free play Zack is heading back to the pit that sports bettors likely will avoid with the Rutger Scarlet Knights. Rutgers just two weeks ago was a 5-1 team but have been stomped by Big Ten opponents in Ohio State and Nebraska. The Ohio State game was a true whipping and in the Nebraska game they failed to cover the opening line of -17 but did cover the gameday line of -19.

Saturday morning folks are going to jump all over this Wisconsin team -13.5 to -14 on the road. I’d caution against that as Rutgers has to have a little fight left in them to try and secure a bowl game bid. They’re at home for the first time since their October 4th win over Michigan. The Scarlet Knights also boast several juniors and seniors that don’t want to leave school with a disastrous finish to their careers.

The bottom line here is you have to ask yourself how many notches higher are the Cornhuskers and Buckeyes over the Wisconsin Badgers. I’d have to say at least a full tier higher which would mean this line is completely off. Rutgers covered on the road in Nebraska and participated in a run-up affair against Ohio State.

Back yourselves on the underdogs here as Rutgers gets too many points as the books look to bait bettors on the Wisconsin Badgers.