Tuesday's NCAAB plays

Play: Akron -2 -110 and Buffalo/Akron over 135.5 -110

Time: 7 p.m. ET

Reasoning: The Zips are 11-2 at home and are outscoring visitors by eight points a game. Neither team has played well defensively of late and the teams combined for 186 points (not a misprint) on Feb. 19. Bulls games 140.2 points overall and 148.4 in their last five contests. Akron games average 133.5 points. I think Buffalo's defense is a little worse for wear in that it has given up 70.2 ppg and 37.7% on threes in its last five games. The Zips also have played a considerably tougher schedule.



Play: Virginia Tech/Maryland over 130.5 -110

Time: 8 p.m. ET

Reasoning: Hokies games average 131.8 points while Terrapins tilts average 139.6 points. The teams combined for 140 in the first meeting, but that was with Maryland cruising toward a blowout. Virginia Tech has lost 16 of 18 but four of their last five losses have been by a combined 20 points. And two of those games were against Pittsburgh and North Carolina. Look for Jarell Eddie (13.4 ppg) to score for the Hokies and Seth Allen (42 points in his last two games) to put up baskets for the Terps. Both teams are good on the offensive glass and both shoot and make a lot of threes.



Play: Arizona State/Oregon over 147 -110

Time: 11 p.m. ET

Reasoning: The first meeting on Feb. 8 saw 146 combined points despite Oregon being held to 23 in the first half and the teams going a combined 9-of-39 (23.1%) from behind the arc. Sundevils road games average 148.0 points while Ducks home contests average 159.0 points. Oregon is 10th in the nation in scoring (82.8 ppg). These teams both take a lot of threes and hit a lot of them (38.8% and 38.2%, respectively). Arizona State's Jordan Bachynski scored 26 in the first game and Ducks guard Joseph Young is second in the Pac-12 in scoring (18.8 ppg).



Record: 30-17-2 (63.8%)