Thursday's Picks

St. John's -2 vs Seton Hall: The Red Storm can grab a double bye in the Big East Tournament with wins in their final two games. St. John's has not won at Seton Hall in 13 years, but are just flat out better than the Pirates. The Red Storm have won six straight entering tonight's game and covered in each of them. Seton Hall on the other hand have lost five of six and covered in just three of those. Dwight Hardy is the guy to watch for in this game. Hardy has scored 28 plus points in four of St. John's last seven games, if he is on the Red Storm will win going away. For the Pirates to have any chance they will need to keep Hardy in check and have a big game from their senior, Jeremy Hazell. Hazell is averaging 18.5 points per game and can fill up the box sheet. St. John's depth and talent is too much here and I expect for them to end their 13 year drought.
Pick: St. John's

Wisconson -6.5 vs Indiana: The Hoosiers have lost six games in a row and have failed to cover in five of them. Wisconsin on the other hand have won seven of their last eight, but covered in just four of those games. Wisconsin is by far the more talented team here and should have no problem winning this game by double digits. The combination of Jon Leuer and Jordan Taylor is too talented and too athletic for Indiana to deal with. In their last game against Northwestern Leuer and Taylor combined for 42 points on 15-27 shooting. These two schools have already played once, a 69-60 Wisconsin win. The Badgers failed to cover that 13.5 spread, I expect them to cover this one.
Pick: Wisconsin.

Season: 24-18-2