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Friday, December 2

Friday’s conference games
Wake Forest @ Clemson
— Wake Forest (7-1) ranked #69 by KenPom
— Tempo: #89
— Experience: #81
— Continuity: #299
— Wake Forest won its last three games, scoring 92.7 ppg.
— Their one loss was 77-75 to LMU in OT, in tourney at Jamaica.
— Deacons are shooting 56.9% inside arc (#29), 36.5% on arc (#75)
— Wake Forest’s best win: 78-75 at #46 Wisconsin.
— Opponents are shooting 46% inside arc (#84).
— Wake Forest’s schedule, to this point: #296
— bench minutes: #182
— #81 in experience, #299 in continuity indicates they added lot of transfers.
— Deacons were 13-7 in ACC LY, their first winning season in conference since 2010.

— Clemson (6-2) ranked #62 by KenPom
— Tempo: #229
— Experience: #161
— Continuity: #176
— Clemson split two close games vs top 100 teams (Iowa/Penn St)
— Tigers won five of last six games overall.
— Opponents are shooting 45.2% inside arc (#63)
— Tigers are shooting 39.7% on arc (#20)
— Clemson’s best win: 101-94 in double OT over #35 Penn State.
— Clemson’s schedule, to this point: #265
— bench minutes: #252
— Tigers are 1-2 vs top 200 teams, losing 60-58 at #167 South Carolina.
— Last five years, Tigers went 47-45 in ACC games.

— Clemson won 14 of last 15 series games.
— Deacons lost last nine games at Clemson; their last win here was in 2009.

Pittsburgh @ NC State
— Pittsburgh (5-3) ranked #91 by KenPom
— Tempo: #192
— Experience: #22
— Continuity: #288
— Pitt won its fast four games after a 1-3 start.
— Panthers are 1-3 vs top 100 teams, giving up 81 ppg.
— Panthers are grabbing 35.1% of their missed shots (#40)
— Pitt has #91 eFG% defense in country.
— Panthers won only true road game: 87-58 at #74 Northwestern.
— Pitt’s schedule, to this point: #272
— bench minutes: #163
— Pitt scored 73+ points in its wins, 56-60-67 in losses.
— Under Capel, Pitt is 21-53 in ACC games.

— NC State (7-1) ranked #50 by KenPom
— Tempo: #34
— Experience: #56
— Continuity: #247
— NC State won its last three games, by 12-15-21 points.
— NC State is 2-1 vs top 100 teams, beating #55 Dayton, #84 Butler.
— Wolfpack are shooting 55.7% inside arc (#40), 36.4% on arc (#77)
— NC State’s one loss was 80-74 to Kansas in the Bahamas.
— Wolfpack are forcing turnovers 22.3% of time (#51)
— NC State’s schedule, to this point: #280
— bench minutes: #348
— Last four years, Wolfpack went 32-43 in ACC games.

— NC State won 12 of last 13 series games.
— Panthers lost last five visits here, last four by 5-6-4-3 points.

Illinois @ Maryland
— Illinois (6-1) ranked #16 by KenPom
— Tempo: #15
— Experience: #308
— Continuity: #343
— Illinois is 2-1 vs top 100 teams, beating #11 UCLA/#82 Syracuse.
— Their one loss was 70-61 to #5 Virginia in Las Vegas
— Illini is shooting 60.1% inside arc (#11).
— Illinois is grabbing 36.2% of their misses (#30)
— Illinois is forcing turnovers 25.6% of time (#20)
— Illinois’ schedule, to this point: #328
— bench minutes: #86
— Opponents are shooting 40.1% inside arc (#9)
— Last three years, Illinois is 44-16 in Big 14 games.

— Maryland (7-0) ranked #20 by KenPom
— Tempo: #193
— Experience: #15
— Continuity: #172
— Maryland is 7-0 under new coach Willard.
— Maryland have Top 50 wins over #43 St Louis, #42 Miami.
— Terps are shooting 60.9% inside arc (#8)
— Maryland is grabbing 36% of its misses (#35)
— Opponents are shooting 44.2% inside arc (#45)
— Maryland’s schedule, to this point: #287
— bench minutes: #193
— Last two years, Terps went 16-24 in Big 14 games.

— Maryland won four of last five meetings.
— Illini lost four of last five visits to College Park.

Canisius @ Siena
— Canisius (2-4) ranked #296 by KenPom
— Tempo: #171
— Experience: #167
— Continuity: #195
— Canisius is 1-4 vs D-I teams; they upset #108 St Bonaventure.
— Griffins lost only true road game, 86-66 at #191 Buffalo.
— Canisius is #325 team in country on defensive boards.
— Griffins are shooting 44.8% inside arc (#305)
— Canisius schedule, to this point: #222
— bench minutes: #180
— Opponents are shooting 54.8% inside arc (#298)
— Last three years, Griffins went 21-31 in MAAC games.

— Siena (4-3) ranked #203 by KenPom
— Tempo: #147
— Experience: #230
— Continuity: #139
— Siena went 2-1 at Disney LW, beating Florida State/Seton Hall.
— Saints also lost to #299 Army, #178 Harvard.
— Siena is turning ball over 23.1% of time (#337)
— Siena is shooting 37% on arc (#61).
— Saints are forcing turnovers 20.9% of time (#95)
— Siena’s schedule, to this point: #250
— bench minutes: #128
— Under Maciariello, Siena is 39-17 in MAAC games.

— Teams split their last six meetings.
— Griffins are 3-3 in their last six visits to Albany.

Niagara @ Iona
— Niagara (3-3) ranked #233 by KenPom
— Tempo: #355
— Experience: #217
— Continuity: #256
— Niagara is 0-2 vs top 100 teams (71-49 Maryland/78-70 St John’s)
— Eagles haven’t played a D-I game at home yet.
— Niagara is #312 team in country on defensive boards.
— Eagles are shooting 47.3% inside arc (#244)
— Opponents are shooting 45.6% inside arc (#72)
— Niagara’s schedule, to this point: #64
— bench minutes: #340
— Eagles also lost 68-50 at #235 Bucknell.
— Niagara is 25-31 in MAAC games in three years under Paulus.

— Iona (2-2) ranked #94 by KenPom
— Tempo: #201
— Experience: #184
— Continuity: #152
— Iona gave up 50-50 points in wins, 83-86 in losses.
— Gaels won only home game, 78-50 over #168 Penn.
— Gaels have only played four games; this is their 2nd game in two weeks.
— Iona is forcing turnovers 23.1% of time (#40)
— Gaels’ last two games were at Mohegan Sun (Connecticut), Orleans Arena (LV)
— Iona’s schedule, to this point: #119
— bench minutes: #291
— Under Pitino, Iona is 23-6 in MAAC games.

— Teams split their last six meetings.
— Niagara won three of last five visits to New Rochelle.

 

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NCAAB
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Friday, December 2

 

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ALL MY BEST BETS !

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

EKY at JMU	07:00 PM	JMU -14.0	+500
CAN at SIE	07:00 PM	SIE -7.0	+500
NIAG at IONA	07:00 PM	IONA -13.5	+500
MASS at HARV	07:00 PM	MASS -1.5	+500
APP at CHAR	07:00 PM	CHAR -6.5	+500
SDST at KENT	07:00 PM	KENT -7.5	+500
CHSO at USF	07:00 PM	USF -10.0	+500
PITT at NCST	07:00 PM	PITT +10.0	+500
CAMP at ECU	07:00 PM	CAMP +4.0	+500
SOU at LT	07:00 PM	LT -9.5	+500
BU at MW	07:00 PM	U 127.0	+500
BAY at GONZ	08:00 PM	GONZ -3.0	+500
COLG at AUB	08:00 PM	COLG +13.0 O 145.5	+500 +500
UTA at LSU	08:00 PM	LSU -18.5	+500
NIU at IDHO	09:00 PM	IDHO +2.0	+500
ILL at MD	09:00 PM	MD -2.0	+500

 

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DECEMBER'S COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BET'S !


DATE..................................... W - L......................................%.......... ............................UNITS

12/02/2022.....................12 - 5 - 0................................70.58%........... ...................+ 32.50
12/01/2022.......................7 - 6 - 0.................................53.84%.......... ...................+ 2.00

TOTALS.......................19 - 11 - 0.................................63.33%.......... ...................+ 34.50

 

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Armadillo Sports

Saturday’s 6-pack
Six highest-paid guys on the Texas Rangers for 2023:
$37M— Jacob deGrom
$35.5M— Corey Seager
$25M— Marcus Semien
$19,650,000— Martin Perez
$15M— Jon Gray
$12.5M— Jake Odorizzi

Quote of the Day
“If I was betting, I’d bet virtually everything I have on (it). I’ve never known Jerry to lose a player he’s wanted. I think it’ll definitely happen.”
Troy Aikman, talking about the Cowboys’ chances of signing Odell Beckham

Saturday’s quiz
Texas Rangers last made the playoffs in 2016; who was their manager back then?

Friday’s quiz
In the movie Last Vegas, Morgan Freeman’s character wins $87,000 playing blackjack at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas.

Thursday’s quiz
Mike Davis replaced Bob Knight as basketball coach at Indiana; he is currently the coach at Detroit Mercy.

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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up an active Friday…….

— Chris Andrews of South Point Casino posted this on Twitter Friday: from 1950-2019 there were 78 rematches during a season in college football. The team that won the first game also won the second game 44 times, 56.4%.

Utah, Texas-San Antonio won Friday night, both beating teams they beat in the regular season.

— Jacob deGrom signed a 5-year contract with the Texas Rangers, for $37M a year. Here are deGrom’s stats the last three seasons:

2020: 68 IP, 2.38 ERA, 13 strikeouts/9 IP— it was a shorter season in 2020
2021: 92 IP, 1.08 ERA, 14.3 strikeouts/9 IP
2022: 64.1 IP, 3.08 ERA, 14.3 strikeouts/9 IP

deGrom will be 35 in June; he’s thrown a total of 224 innings the last three years. You pay a guy $37M a year to pitch, you need 200+ innings in ONE YEAR, for five years. This will be very interesting to follow.

— Rangers are now paying deGrom, Corey Seager and Marcus Semien a combined $94M a year. $94M for three guys.

— Mariners/Brewers made a trade Friday. Milwaukee dealt 2B Kolten Wong and $1.75M to Seattle, in exchange for OF Jesse Winker and utility guy Abraham Toro.

Wong is a lefty-hitting 2B who will likely platoon with Dylan Moore. Winker hit .219 (.688 OPS) in a cruddy year for Seattle LY, after he had a .949 OPS for the Reds in 2021. Toro hit .185 in 109 games for Seattle LY; he is a career .206 hitter.

— Baseball’s winter meetings start Sunday; should be an interesting week.

— Utah 47, USC 24
Game was 17-17 at halftime.
Utah had touchdown plays of 57-60-53 yards.
USC ran ball 27 times for 56 yards, converted 1-12 on third down.

— Texas-San Antonio 48, North Texas 27
Roadrunners win Conference USA for second year in a row.
UTSA outgained North Texas 571-366.
UTSA QB Harris was 32-37/341 passing, with four TD’s.

— Baylor 64, Gonzaga 63
Bears outscored Gonzaga 8-0 over final 1:41 of game.
Baylor led by 12 in first half.

Gonzaga was only 13-21 on foul line.

— Clemson 77, Wake Forest 57
Clemson outscored Deacons 51-24 in second half.
Tigers were 24-25 on foul line, Wake 9-14.

— Pitt 68, NC State 60
Panthers shot 59.4% inside arc.
Pitt won its last five games, after a 1-3 start.

— Maryland 71, Illinois 66
Game was 62-62 with 4:06 left to play.
Terrapins improve to 8-0; they start four seniors.
Illinois shot 5-20 on the arc.

— We talked earlier this week about QB Cade McNamara going into the transfer portal and bolting Michigan; well, he quickly transferred to Iowa, which totally sucked on offense this year.

Hawkeyes are 7-5, but they beat a I-AA team 7-3, beat Minnesota 13-10, and scored 17 or less points in all five of their losses.

— Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec entered the NCAA transfer portal Friday; he played parts of three seasons with the Eagles but was hampered by injuries. Jurkovec completed 61% of his passes this year, with 17 TD’s, five INT’s.

— There is a senior basketball player at Lafayette Leo O’Boyle, who is scoring 13.5 ppg this year; he is going to finish this season at Lafayette, but he also put his name in the transfer portal and he will get interest this spring, seeing how he is shooting 21-45 on the arc this season.

O’Boyle has shot at least 36.1% on the arc all four years at Lafayette; shooting is marketable. We’ll be seeing Mr O’Boyle on TV playing somewhere else next season. Lafayette is 0-7 this year against D-I teams, by the way.

 

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Saturday, December 3

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Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, December 3

13 of Saturday’s best college hoop games
Oklahoma @ Villanova
— Oklahoma (6-1) ranked #30 by KenPom
— Tempo: #343
— Experience: #90
— Continuity: #151
— Oklahoma won its last six games, giving up 57.7 ppg.
— Sooners won tourney at DisneyWorld last week, three top 100 wins.
— Sooners are shooting 54.6% inside arc (#60), 36.7% on arc (#67)
— Oklahoma has #33 eFG% defense in country.
— Oklahoma’s best win: 59-55 over #51 Ole Miss
— Oklahoma’s schedule, to this point: #163
— bench minutes: #176
— Sooners’ only loss: 52-51 to #94 Sam Houston State.
— This is Oklahoma’s first true road game this season.

— Villanova (2-5) ranked #53 by KenPom
— Tempo: #338
— Experience: #166
— Continuity: #128
— Villanova has been without star freshman Whitmore so far this year.
— Wildcats lost last four games overall, giving up 77.8 ppg.
— Villanova is 0-3 in games decided by 3 or less points.
— Wildcats have #283 eFG% defense in country.
— Villanova’s wins are over teams #215/#361
— Villanova’s schedule, to this point: #42
— bench minutes: #347
— Wildcats went 0-3 in Oregon LW, including loss to #104 Portland.

Syracuse @ Notre Dame
— Syracuse (3-4) ranked #85 by KenPom
— Tempo: #319
— Experience: #286
— Continuity: #221
— Syracuse lost its last three games, giving up 74 ppg.
— Orange are 1-2 vs top 150 teams, beating #99 Richmond in OT.
— Opponents are shooting 45% inside the arc (#57)
— Syracuse is shooting 47.3% inside the arc (#252)
— Orange lost only true road game: 73-44 at #18 Illinois.
— Syracuse’s schedule, to this point: #130
— bench minutes: #188
— Syracuse has losses to #115 Colgate, #176 Bryant.
— Last five years, Syracuse is 46-46 in ACC games.

— Notre Dame (6-1) ranked #64 by KenPom
— Tempo: #344
— Experience: #6
— Continuity: #79
— Notre Dame’s one loss: 63-51 vs #107 St Bonaventure.
— Notre Dame hammered #35 Michigan State 70-52 on Wednesday
— Notre Dame shooting 57.9% inside arc (#21), 36.5% on arc (#73)
— Michigan State is only team they’ve beaten ranked over #154.
— Notre Dame is #27 team in country on defensive boards.
— Notre Dame’s schedule, to this point: #285
— bench minutes: #363
— Last year, Notre Dame went 15-5 in ACC (28-46 previous four years).

— Teams split their last eight meetings.
— Syracuse is 3-2 in its last five visits to South Bend.

Detroit @ Cleveland State
— Detroit (4-4, 1-0) ranked #212 by KenPom
— Tempo: #227
— Experience: #56
— Continuity: #286
— Detroit is shooting 41.9% on arc (#9)- 40.3% of their shots are 3’s (#120)
— Detroit is shooting 43.5% inside arc (#325)
— Detroit #331 team in country on defensive boards.
— Titans won their Horizon opener, 75-66 at #201 Fort Wayne.
— Detroit lost its other three true road games, by 4-21-42 points.
— Detroit schedule, to this point: #70
— bench minutes: #256
— Opponents are shooting 38.3% on arc (#315)
— Last 2+ years, Titans are 21-13 in Horizon games.

— Cleveland State (5-3, 1-0) ranked #219 by KenPom
— Tempo: #356
— Experience: #179
— Continuity: #203
— Cleveland State won its last five games, since an 0-3 start.
— Cleveland State won its Horizon opener, 80-64 over Oakland.
— Vikings are 5-1 vs teams outside top 200 (lost to non-D-I team)
— Cleveland State is grabbing 37% of its misses (#19)
— But Vikings are #332 team in country on defensive boards.
— Cleveland State’s schedule, to this point: #349
— bench minutes: #166
— Last 2+ years, Vikings are 32-10 in Horizon games.

— Vikings won four of last six series games.
— Titans lost three of last four visits to Cleveland.

Indiana @ Rutgers
— Indiana (7-0) ranked #8 by KenPom
— Tempo: #118
— Experience: #66
— Continuity: #26
— Indiana beat North Carolina 77-65 in last game Wednesday.
— Hoosiers won only true road game, 81-79 at #31 Xavier.
— Indiana is forcing turnovers 22% of time (#61).
— Hoosiers are shooting 62.3% inside arc (#4)
— Opponents are shooting 40.9% inside arc (#11)
— Indiana’s schedule, to this point: #339
— bench minutes: #26
— Xavier/UNC are only teams Hoosiers have played that are in top 250.
— Last four years, Indiana is 30-46 in Big 14 games (9-11 LY)

— Rutgers (5-2) ranked #38 by KenPom
— Tempo: #151
— Experience: #206
— Continuity: #190
— Rutgers lost its two top 100 games, by 6-7 points.
— Knights’ only top 200 win: 73-65 over #137 Mass-Lowell.
— Knights have #5 eFG% defense in country.
— Rutgers is forcing turnovers 26.4% of time (#10)
— Knights are grabbing 37.1% of their misses (#18)
— Rutgers schedule, to this point: #332
— bench minutes: #299
— Last three years, Rutgers is 33-27 in Big 14 games.

— Rutgers won last five series games.
— Hoosiers lost their last three visits to the Garden State.

Boston College @ Duke
— Boston College (5-3) ranked #125 by KenPom
— Tempo: #200
— Experience: #191
— Continuity: #100
— Boston College lost its one true road game, 88-67 at #97 Nebraska.
— Eagles’ best win: 59-48 over #117 Wyoming.
— Boston College is forcing turnovers 21.8% of time (#65)
— Eagles are shooting 29.8% on arc (#293). 47.5% inside arc (#244)
— Boston College’s schedule, to this point: #237
— bench minutes: #236
— Only 27.8% of BC’s shots are 3’s (#346)
— Boston College was 6-14 in ACC LY; their last winning year in ACC, 2011.

— Duke (7-2) ranked #20 by KenPom
— Tempo: #271
— Experience: #262
— Continuity: #334
— Duke’s losses are 69-64 to #13 Kansas, 75-56 to #7 Purdue.
— Blue Devils ‘ best wins: 71-64 vs #31 Xavier, 81-72 vs #22 Ohio State
— Duke is forcing turnovers 20.9% of time (#96)
— Blue Devils are grabbing 42.1% of their misses (#1)
— Duke schedule, to this point: #92
— bench minutes: #154
— Duke is shooting 29.7% on the arc (#297)
— Last four years, Duke is 54-22 in ACC games.

— Duke won six in row, 17 of last 18 series games.
— Since 2006, Eagles are 0-10 at Duke (83-82 last visit, in ’21)

Southern Illinois @ Saint Louis
— Southern Illinois (5-2) ranked #93 by KenPom
— Tempo: #335
— Experience: #19
— Continuity: #95
— SIU was held to 49-53 points in its losses (So. Indiana/UNLV)
— SIU is 1-1 vs top 100 teams (won at Oklahoma St, lost to UNLV).
— Salukis are turning ball over 21.9% of time (#305)
— SIU is shooting 59.3% inside arc (#14)
— Salukis have road wins at #33 Oklahoma State/#326 Evansville.
— SIU’s schedule, to this point: #228
— bench minutes: #169
— Salukis allowed 56.2 ppg in wins, 71-56 points in losses.

— Saint Louis (6-2) ranked #43 by KenPom
— Tempo: #76
— Experience: #12
— Continuity: #53
— Saint Louis scored 76+ points in its wins, 67-60 in losses.
— Saint Louis is 2-2 vs top 100 teams, beating #28 Memphis/#81 Providence.
— Billikens’ losses are 95-67 to #19 Maryland, 65-60 at #16 Auburn.
— Saint Louis is rebounding 32.4% of its misses (#85).
— Opponents are shooting 44% on the arc (#41)
— Saint Louis schedule, to this point: #53
— bench minutes: #257
— Billikens aren’t forcing many turnovers (#356 in country).

DePaul @ Loyola Chi
— DePaul (4-3) ranked #101 by KenPom
— Tempo: #131
— Experience: #23
— Continuity: #291
— DePaul lost three of its last four games.
— Blue Demons won last game, 103-98 in OT over Samford.
— DePaul is #322 team in country on defensive boards.
— Blue Demons lost by 8-4 points on neutral floor in Bahamas.
— This is crosstown rivalry; DePaul won 69-53 at #149 Minnesota.
— DePaul’s schedule, to this point: #126
— bench minutes: #326
— Blue Demons’ best win: 103-98 in OT over #129 Samford.

— Loyola (3-4) ranked #136 by KenPom
— Tempo: #302
— Experience: #189
— Continuity: #252
— Loyola is turning ball over 27.6% of time (#363 of 363 teams)
— Ramblers are 0-4 vs teams ranked higher than #264.
— Ramblers are 0-4 vs top 200 teams, scoring only 55 ppg.
— Three of their four losses are by 16+ points.
— Loyola is shooting 57.8% inside arc (#22), 29.7% on arc (#295)
— Loyola schedule, to this point: #239
— bench minutes: #51
— Loyola is 0-4 when they score less than 70 points.

— Loyola won 68-64 at DePaul last season.

Wisconsin @ Marquette
— Wisconsin (5-2) ranked #47 by KenPom
— Tempo: #305
— Experience: #226
— Continuity: #106
— Wisconsin lost two of last three games, after a 4-0 start.
— This is Badgers’ first true road game; they went 2-1 in Bahamas.
— Wisconsin is shooting 39.7% inside arc (#355), 36.2% on arc (#82)
— Badgers’ two losses are by total of seven points.
— Wisconsin schedule, to this point: #67
— bench minutes: #291
— Wisconsin is 3-2 vs top 100 teams; their best win is 43-42 over #52 Dayton

— Marquette (6-2) ranked #32 by KenPom
— Tempo: #28
— Experience: #304
— Continuity: #98
— Marquette won its last three games, scoring 87.3 ppg.
— Eagles are 1-2 vs top 100 teams, losing 75-70 to Purdue/58-55 to Miss State
— Marquette is forcing turnovers 22.8% of time (#39)
— Marquette hammered #17 Baylor 96-70 in last game Tuesday.
— Eagles are shooting 59.8% inside arc (#11)
— Marquette’s schedule, to this point: #212
— bench minutes: #158
— Marquette’s only other top 200 win: 84-60 over #118 Georgia Tech.

— Teams split last eight meetings.
— Home side won last four series games.
— Badgers lost 74-69/67-65 in last two visits here.

West Virginia @ Xavier
— West Virginia (6-1) ranked #25 by KenPom
— Tempo: #127
— Experience: #95
— Continuity: #323
— West Virginia scored 75+ points in all six wins.
— WVU is forcing turnovers 26.2% of time (#11)
— West Virginia’s only loss: 80-68 to #7 Purdue.
— WVU is rebounding 34.1% of their misses (#51)
— West Virginia’s schedule, to this point: #109
— bench minutes: #34
— West Virginia’s best wins: 81-56 at #80 Pitt, 84-55 vs #57 Florida.
— 81-56 win at Pitt is West Virginia’s only true road game.

— Xavier (5-3) ranked #31 by KenPom
— Tempo: #38
— Experience: #28
— Continuity: #72
— Xavier is 2-3 in last five games, after a 3-0 start.
— Xavier’s three losses are by 2-7-4 points.
— Musketeers are shooting 43.2% on arc (#4)
— Xavier is shooting 54.7% inside arc (#56)
— Musketeers’ only top 200 win: 90-83 over #57 Florida.
— Xavier schedule, to this point: #88
— bench minutes: #160

— Bob Huggins coached Cincinnati Bearcats for long time; Xavier was a big rival. His last year with the Bearcats was 2005.

Boise State vs Texas A&M (@ Fort Worth)
— Boise State (5-2) ranked #70 by KenPom
— Tempo: #205
— Experience: #139
— Continuity: #87
— Boise State won last four games, after a 1-2 start.
— Broncos are shooting 30.1% on arc (#282).
— Boise State is #17 team in country on defensive boards.
— Opponents are shooting 43.7% inside arc (#39)
— Boise State schedule, to this point: #149
— bench minutes: #356
— This is technically a neutral floor, but it is Boise’s first road game.

— Texas A&M (5-2) ranked #46 by KenPom
— Tempo: #132
— Experience: #120
— Continuity: #101
— Texas A&M won last three games, by 16-16-19 points.
— Aggies gave up 88-103 points in their losses (Murray St/Colorado).
— Texas A&M is forcing turnovers 25.9% of time (#14)
— Texas A&M is grabbing 35.6% of its misses (#37).
— Texas A&M schedule, to this point: #134
— bench minutes: #20
— Texas A&M’s two losses were in 8-team tourney at Coastal Carolina.
— Opponents are shooting 43.4% inside arc (#35)

UNLV @ San Diego
— UNLV (7-0) ranked #91 by KenPom
— Tempo: #73
— Experience: #59
— Continuity: #275
— This is UNLV’s first true road game- they won tourney in Long Beach LW.
— Rebels are forcing turnovers 31.5% of time (#1 in country)
— UNLV has #265 eFG% in country (29.4% on arc, #305)
— Rebels have top 100 wins over Dayton, Southern Illinois.
— UNLV’s schedule, to this point: #280
— bench minutes: #219
— 54.4% of opponents’ shots have been 3’s (most in country)
— This is their first D-I game in ten days.

— San Diego (5-3) ranked #164 by KenPom
— Tempo: #220
— Experience: #5
— Continuity: #208
— San Diego lost three of its last four D-I games.
— Toreros are shooting 36.9% on the arc (#61)
— Toreros are shooting 46.9% inside the arc (#266)
— Opponents are shooting 41% on arc (#350)
— San Diego schedule, to this point: #276
— bench minutes: #321
— San Diego lost only top 100 game 91-89 in OT to #54 Utah State.

Ole Miss @ Memphis
— Ole Miss (6-1) ranked #51 by KenPom
— Tempo: #296
— Experience: #145
— Continuity: #238
— Ole Miss’ only loss was 59-55 to #30 Oklahoma at DisneyWorld.
— Rebels’ best wins: 80-67 over #67 FAU, 72-68 over #69 Stanford.
— This is Rebels’ first true road game.
— Ole Miss is rebounding 39.1% of its misses (#7)
— Opponents are shooting 44.1% onside arc (#43).
— Ole Miss schedule, to this point: #202
— bench minutes: #72
— Ole Miss is turning ball over 20.9% of time (#269)

— Memphis (5-2) ranked #28 by KenPom
— Tempo: #168
— Experience: #11
— Continuity: #247
— Memphis won its last three games, giving up 59 ppg.
— Tigers’ two losses are by total of seven points.
— Opponents are shooting 43.4% inside arc (#34)
— Memphis is 4-2 vs top 100 teams, touch schedule so far.
— Memphis schedule, to this point: #31
— bench minutes: #100
— Memphis is forcing turnovers 21.7% of time (#72)

— Memphis lost 67-63 at Ole Miss last year.

Saint Mary’s vs Houston (@ Ft Worth)
— Saint Mary’s (6-2) ranked #29 by KenPom
— Tempo: #313
— Experience: #178
— Continuity: #66
— Saint Mary’s lost its last two games, after a 6-0 start.
— Gaels lost 68-64 in OT to #106 Washington, 69-65 to #82 New Mexico.
— Saint Mary’s has two top 100 wins: #72 North Texas, #78 Vanderbilt.
— Opponents are shooting 41.1% inside arc (#13)
— Saint Mary’s schedule, to this point: #145
— bench minutes: #342
— This is technically neutral floor, but it is St Mary’s first true road game.

— Houston (7-0) ranked #1 by KenPom
— Tempo: #340
— Experience: #257
— Continuity: #179
— Houston has one win by less than 10 points (49-44 vs #73 Kent State)
— Houston’s best win: 66-56 at #41 Oregon.
— Cougars are grabbing 40.2% of their own misses (#4)
— Houston is forcing turnovers 24.6% of time (#26)
— Opponents are shooting 39.5% inside arc (#4), 18.1% on arc (#1)
— Houston schedule, to this point: #229
— bench minutes: #172
— Houston is shooting 55.7% inside arc (#36)

 

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NCAAB
Dunkel

Saturday, December 3

 

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3

RID at MSM	04:00 PM	MSM -3.5	+500
LBSU at UVU	04:00 PM	UVU -3.5	+500
DEP at L-IL	04:00 PM	DEP +1.5	+500
SJSU at ARK	04:00 PM	SJSU +19.5	+500
AFA at PRST	04:00 PM	PRST -3.5	+500
WIS at MARQ	04:30 PM	MARQ -5.5	+500
PAC at UCSB	05:00 PM	O 139.0	+500
IW at GRAM	05:00 PM	IW +9.5	+500
SCUS at WCU	05:30 PM	WCU -7.0	+500
RMU at NKU	06:00 PM	NKU -6.5	+500
WVU at XAV	06:30 PM	XAV -2.5	+500
SPU at FAIR	07:00 PM	SPU +4.5	+500
BSU at TAM	07:00 PM	TAM -4.5	+500
MISS at MEM	07:30 PM	MEM -6.5	+500
UND at PORT	08:00 PM	PORT -16.0	+500
SUU at IDST	08:00 PM	SUU -5.0	+500
WICH at KSU	09:00 PM	KSU -7.5	+500
FRES at UCI	09:00 PM	UCI -7.5	+500
CALBA at CP	09:00 PM	CALBA -4.5	+500
SMC at HOU	09:30 PM	SMC +9.5	+500
NEV at LMU	10:00 PM	NEV -3.0	+500
UNLV at USD	10:00 PM	UNLV -3.5	+500

 

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DECEMBER'S COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BET'S !


DATE..................................... W - L......................................%.......... ............................UNITS

12/03/2022.....................10 -12- 0................................45.45%.,......... ...................- 16.00
12/02/2022.....................12 - 5 - 0................................70.58%........... ...................+ 32.50
12/01/2022.......................7 - 6 - 0.................................53.84%.......... ....................+ 2.00

TOTALS..........................29 - 23 - 0...............................55.76%%........... ..................+ 18.50

 

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Armadillo Sports

Sunday’s 6-pack
Six highest-paid guys on the Pittsburgh Pirates for 2023:
$10M— Ke’Bryan Hayes
$6.75M— Bryan Reynolds— asked to be traded Saturday
$6.725M— Carlos Santana
$4.5M— Ji-Man Choi
$2.4M— Mitch Keller
$2M— JT Brubaker

Quote of the Day
“For sure I do. We went through the Big 12 12-0. … I don’t think we should be punished for coming to the Big 12 championship game. I don’t think the conference championship games are designed to punish teams and prevent them from getting in the playoffs. We were #3 last week. My hope is that we would stay at 3 and go tee it up and see how we do.”
TCU football coach Sonny Dykes

Sunday’s quiz
Hall of Famer Julius Erving played in the ABA before he was in the NBA; what team did he make his professional debut for?

Saturday’s quiz
Texas Rangers last made the playoffs in 2016; Jeff Banister was their manager back then

Friday’s quiz
In the movie Last Vegas, Morgan Freeman’s character wins $87,000 playing blackjack at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

— Kansas State 31, TCU 28 OT
K-State led 28-17 with 8:00 left in regulation.
TCU outgained the Wildcats, 469-404
Horned Frogs were 2-15 on 3rd down, K-State 5-16
First loss of season for TCU

— Georgia 50, LSU 30
Game was 35-10 at halftime.
LSU’s backup QB Nussmeier threw for 294 yards in 2nd half.
Georgia ran for 255 yards (5.8 yards/carry)
Georgia ran.a blocked field goal back 96 yards for a TD.

— Michigan 43, Purdue 22
Michigan led 14-13 at halftime.
Purdue outgained Michigan 456-386
Wolverines ran ball for 225 yards (5.8 yards/carry)

— Clemson 39, North Carolina 10
Backup QB Klubnik was 20-24/279 passing, with a TD.
Tar Heels lost their last three games, after a 9-1 start.

— Fresno State 28, Boise State 16
Fresno ran a punt back 70 yards for a TD for their first score.
Boise State outgained the Bulldogs, 321-245
Jeff Tedford is Fresno’s coach; he was Aaron Rodgers’ college coach at Cal.

— Tulane 45, Central Florida 28
Tulane had TD plays of 43-60-60-73 yards.
Green Wave is 11-2; great year for them.
Tulane ran ball for 254 yards, threw for 394.

— Troy 45, Coastal Carolina 26
Trojans led 31-0 at halftime.
Troy had TD plays of 65-67-36 yards.
Troy averaged 18.7 yards per pass attempt.

— Deion Sanders accepted the head coaching job at Colorado.

— College basketball upsets:
Northern Colorado (+15) 88, Colorado State 83
South Dakota (+12) 69, BYU 68
Fordham (+10.5) 95, Tulane 90
Wm & Mary (+8) 58, Richmond 57
Syracuse (+6.5) 62, Notre Dame 61
LaSalle (+5) 84, Penn 81 OT
South Carolina (+5) 74, Georgetown 71 OT
Wisconsin (+5) 80, Marquette 77 OT
Boise State (+5) 86, Texas A&M 71

Jackson State 69, SMU 68
Fairleigh Dickinson 97, St Joe’s 80— Bad losses for Mustangs, Hawks.

— Xavier 84, West Virginia 74
West Virginia led 43-36 at halftime.
Musketeers were 23-30 on foul line, WVU was 11-15

— Rutgers 63, Indiana 48
Hoosiers shot 30.4% from the floor.
Rutgers outrebounded Indiana, 47-33.

— Wisconsin 80, Marquette 77 OT
Badgers led by 16 early in 2nd half.
Hepburn scored 19 points, was 5-6 on the arc.

— Fort Wayne 79, Oakland 73 OT
Fort Wayne led by 13 late in first half.
Mastodons were 11-40 on arc, 17-31 inside arc.

— South Dakota 69, BYU 68
Coyotes led by 21 with 9:59 left in game; they held on.
South Dakota made 12-23 on the arc.

— Duquesne 78, Ball State 77
7-1 Dukes win on a walk-off 3-pointer at buzzer.
Duquesne’s coach is Keith Dambrot, who was Lebron James’ high school coach.

 

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NCAAB
Long Sheet

Sunday, December 4

 

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NCAAB

Sunday, December 4

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NCAAB
Dunkel

Sunday, December 4

 

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4

BRY at CIN	12:00 PM	CIN -9.5	+500
CAN at IONA	01:00 PM	CAN +16.0	+500
LAF at COR	01:00 PM	COR -9.0	+500
MICH at UK	01:00 PM	UK -9.0	+500
YSU at WRST	01:00 PM	WRST -3.0	+500
GSU at NE	02:00 PM	NE +3.5	+500
MONM at MAN	02:00 PM	MAN -6.0	+500
BRWN at HART	02:00 PM	HART +11.0	+500
MURR at VALP	02:00 PM	MURR -3.0	+500
USA at UAB	02:00 PM	UAB -14.0	+500
BEL at ILST	02:00 PM	ILST +5.0	+500
UVM at MW	02:00 PM	UVM -7.0	+500
NIAG at QUIN	03:00 PM	QUIN -6.5	+500
COLO at WASH	03:00 PM	COLO -1.0	+500
SJU at ISU	03:00 PM	ISU -6.0	+500
UNC at VT	03:00 PM	VT +1.0	+500
SIND at CHS	03:00 PM	SIND -6.0	+500
SEMO at MIZZ	04:00 PM	SEMO +21.5	+500
TAMCOM at DEN	04:00 PM	DEN -4.0	+500
UTAH at WSU	04:00 PM	WSU -2.5	+500
NEB at CREI	04:30 PM	CREI -14.5	+500
USM at NWST	04:30 PM	USM -6.5	+500
MINN at PUR	05:00 PM	MINN +18.5	+500
ORE at UCLA	05:00 PM	ORE +10.0	+500
FIU at FGCU	06:00 PM	FGCU -7.5	+500
ALCN at TENN	06:00 PM	ALCN +27.5	+500
ORST at USC	07:00 PM	ORST +14.0	+500
STAN at ASU	07:00 PM	ASU -5.5	+500
USU at SF	08:30 PM	SF +2.5	+500