Game – Loyola, Chi at UL Monroe, starts approx 8:00 eastern
Current consensus game and FH lines – UL Monroe -2 or 2.5, FH - ULM -1 or -1.5
Play - UL Monroe for 5-6 units, depending on your lines, and consisting of below two picks
UL Monroe -2 for 3.5 units (or if your line is -2.5, buy down to -2 at -120 odds for 3 units)
UL Monroe/FH for 2.5 units at -1, or 2 units if your line is -1.5
Teaser play involving UL Monroe (assumes teaser pushes do not result in teaser losses)
2 team, 5.5 point teaser at -120 odds – ULM teased to +3 or 3.5 with E Ville (tomorrow nite at home vs No AZ) teased to -2 for 3 units (risk 3.6 units to win 3)
Series play on ULM to win series - ULM +275 for 2 units (risk 2 units to win +5.5 units)
Support for possible series play on ULM-
Some books are offering a series line, with UL Monroe a +275 “long shot” to win the series. If you have a series line, and it’s anything close to that, I’d suggest playing ULM for an added 2 units (to win +5.5 units at +275 series odds). For starters, if ULM wins game 2 tonite, game 3 will also be played in Louisiana, to save travel costs of either team (in this case ULM) having to travel to play both games 1 and 3. Therefore, ULM will again be a small home fave in game 3, assuming there is one, but I like playing them NOW for game 3 on the series ML at +275. I did a ton of research this AM on how games 2 and 3 of these 3 game CBI finals series have played out in the 7 years that the tournament has been in existence, and as far as picking ULM to win the series, note that (i) I believe ULM is a solid choice to win tonite, and (ii) home faves of 2> are 3-1 SU in deciding game 3 at home, if they won game 2 at home after having lost game one on the road.