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At 8:00pm ET, my Wednesday Wipeout is on Connecticut. Outmatched at every position, the Blue Demons know what's in store for them at the XL Center on Wednesday. They lost 85-56 here last January and they're absolutely going to get blown out once again tonight. With 3 losses in 5 games, the Huskies are going to be hostile. No strangers to getting crushed, the Blue Demons just lost by 17 against Butler and by 24 against Creighton. UConn won by 13 when these teams met at Chicago on New Year's Day. That result could have been an even more lopsided if the Huskies had been motivated to run up the score as they were up by 21 at half-time, before taking their foot off the gas a little in the 2nd half. With the Huskies off a loss to Xavier, there will be no such mercy tonight. This one will get ugly. Lay the points.

At 7:10pm ET, my NBA Eastern Conference Game Of The Month is on Charlotte. It looks like they won't have LaMelo Ball but that won't prevent the Hornets from taking down the Nets on Wednesday. The Hornets have won 4 of 7. The Nets have lost 7 straight. Even without Ball, the Hornets are still the healthier team. The Nets are dealing with numerous injuries, including Cameron Johnson. That will make Hornet fans happy as it was Johnson who led the Nets with 34 points in defeating Charlotte by 1 point earlier in the season. The Nets are also missing Cam Thomas (and several others) and he still leads the team in scoring. Between Johnson and Thomas, they average 44.1 points per game. No other Brooklyn player averages more than 13.2 points. The Hornets acquired forward Josh Okogie a couple of weeks ago. A big addition, he had 19 points last game. Josh Green said this of his new teammate: "The energy he has brought from us, offensive rebounds to defensive rebounds, pushing the pace, it's been amazing. He's great to play with." Charlotte won by 11 the last time that it hosted Brooklyn. Lay the points.

At 3:00pm Et, my Champions League Game Of the Month is on Barcelona. This will mark the first-ever competitive meeting between these clubs. One could argue that Atalanta needs this game more but that won't be enough to overcome a red hot Barcelona squad. The Spanish giants have 6 wins and 1 draw in seven competitive matches in 2025. Barcelona is 3-0 as a host in Champions League play, winning those matches by a combined score of 12-1. Atalanta can score but has more trouble keeping the ball out of the net. That will be an issue against a Barcelona squad which has scored 3 or more goals in 6 straight European matches. Atalanta has enjoyed some success on the road but winning at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is an entirely different matter. Barcelona scores 3 or more once again and Atalanta will be unable to keep up. Play on Barcelona.