here's what i'm liking in the today's early games:
arkansas +12: i played on ky vs tenn thinking the four hour team meeting last sunday would provide the boost that the wildcats have been needing. i was wrong. although ky fought off a fading tenn team, their play appeared less than inspiring. it's obvious the troubles are real and are detracting from this ky team's level of play. the latest suspensions have got to be demoralizing coming on the heels of tubby's shape-up-or-else speech.. in contrast, nolan richardson is looking like a hoops genius after not starting his top six scorers in the pounding of alabama. ark intends to start the same big strong defensive lineup today in lexington, and with ky's lack of quality guard play of late it just might do the trick and keep the razorbacks in this game.
richmond -4: downsides to this game are that it's richmond's third road game in a week and tiger's on the other side. but richmond has been playing solid ball in the a-10 and gwu has sunk about as low as a team can go with the home blowout loss to dayton. richmond has been hanging tough despite being outrebounded by just about everyone. that shouldn't be that much of a problem today as colonials are also weak on the boards.
alabama +1-: maybe a sucker line but i've got to take the tide as a home dog. the house will be packed with rabid tide fans looking to see bama clinch an sec season championship by beating the gators for the first time in a while. with 17 straight home wins i got to think they have a good shot.
bradley +5-: this game is a sweet setup with creighton playing at the top of the conference and bradley in an off year. huge game for creighton as they can clinch tie for conference title with win on national tv. but bradley's carver arena one of the toughest home courts in the country. creighton has lost eight straight in peoria, last win by three in 1991. and creighton hasn't exactly been blowing people out lately with five of last six games decided in the last 30 seconds.
northwestern +5-: a win here could be nw's ticket into the ncaa and carmody knows it. it's senior day and the biggest game of the season for nw thus far.
ga tech +9: i'm not sure but that tech isn't the better team at this point in time ... and akins vs jenifer - puleeeze.
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arkansas +12: i played on ky vs tenn thinking the four hour team meeting last sunday would provide the boost that the wildcats have been needing. i was wrong. although ky fought off a fading tenn team, their play appeared less than inspiring. it's obvious the troubles are real and are detracting from this ky team's level of play. the latest suspensions have got to be demoralizing coming on the heels of tubby's shape-up-or-else speech.. in contrast, nolan richardson is looking like a hoops genius after not starting his top six scorers in the pounding of alabama. ark intends to start the same big strong defensive lineup today in lexington, and with ky's lack of quality guard play of late it just might do the trick and keep the razorbacks in this game.
richmond -4: downsides to this game are that it's richmond's third road game in a week and tiger's on the other side. but richmond has been playing solid ball in the a-10 and gwu has sunk about as low as a team can go with the home blowout loss to dayton. richmond has been hanging tough despite being outrebounded by just about everyone. that shouldn't be that much of a problem today as colonials are also weak on the boards.
alabama +1-: maybe a sucker line but i've got to take the tide as a home dog. the house will be packed with rabid tide fans looking to see bama clinch an sec season championship by beating the gators for the first time in a while. with 17 straight home wins i got to think they have a good shot.
bradley +5-: this game is a sweet setup with creighton playing at the top of the conference and bradley in an off year. huge game for creighton as they can clinch tie for conference title with win on national tv. but bradley's carver arena one of the toughest home courts in the country. creighton has lost eight straight in peoria, last win by three in 1991. and creighton hasn't exactly been blowing people out lately with five of last six games decided in the last 30 seconds.
northwestern +5-: a win here could be nw's ticket into the ncaa and carmody knows it. it's senior day and the biggest game of the season for nw thus far.
ga tech +9: i'm not sure but that tech isn't the better team at this point in time ... and akins vs jenifer - puleeeze.
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