Cappers Buzz

Below is a free College Basketball opinion for Thursday night.

DETROIT +12½ (at Valparaiso) – 8:05 pm ET #511

Detroit is an extremely short-handed team due to injuries, but they continue to play hard. Detroit use to be the dominant team in the Horizon League, but they had a terrible start this season, going just 4-15 SU in their first 19 games. Detroit has started to turn things around with a respectable 5-2-1 ATS record in their past eight games.

Detroit has also been competitive in almost all of their games this month with only two losses coming by more than four points. Detroit is coming off a SU home favorite loss versus Bowling Green on Saturday and the Titans now fit a solid 83-41 ATS big underdog bounce back situation.

Valparaiso is a team heading in the opposite direction as the Crusaders started the season with a strong 14-6 SU, but have since gone just 3-6 SU in their past nine games. They are also a money-burning 3-7-2 ATS in their past twelve games overall.

Valparaiso is also in a major letdown situation tonight as they are coming off back-to-back wins, including an overtime victory versus Miami-Ohio and an outright underdog win at Wisc-Milwaukee. Valparaiso also has a big look-ahead game this weekend as they play their final home game versus Wright State.