The Northwestern Wildcats enter this contest as losers of three straight and they blew a 27-point lead in the 65-60 loss to No. 1 Michigan State on Saturday. That must be very tough mentally, and I don't think they'll be able to bounce back when hosting the Maryland Terrapins Monday night. Maryland held off Rutgers 61-51 on Saturday to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive, and it can not afford to lose this one. The Terrapins are just 1-8 SU on the road this season, but note that Maryland has won five straight Big Ten regular-season meetings with Northwestern and the road team is 6-1 ATS in the last seven in this series.

My selection is an 8* play on Maryland Terrapins.