Saturday: Play of the Day

[superbook]

Flaky but easy winner on Northern Arizona last night. 99 games to choose from today.

Play of the Day record now: 11-6-2

UC-Irvine -1

1. Jerry Green

2. Last 5 games: 50% FG, 44% from the arc

3. 7-0 center Adam Parada & 6-10 forward Stanislaw Zuzak

4. 6-5 guard Jordan Harris:11.5 ppg and 6.5 rpg

5. 5-2 ATS on the road

6. Zot Zot



Regular play:

Brown -5.5

I've been saying that Brown is one of the class of the Ivy, maybe #2 to Penn.

Brown is hitting 44% from the field and 40% from the arc in their last 5. The Bears just beat Yale in New Haven 87-82. All five starters from last year return: Earl Hunt and Alaivaa Nuualiitia are even better than last year; freshman guard Jason Forte (brother of Celtics rookie Joseph Forte) is making an immediate impact at 11 ppg and 3.9 rpg. He's already twice been named rookie of the week in the Ivy and player of the week for his 21 points vs Yale. Brown hit 39 of 44 free throws in the Yale game.

Yale just doesn't have the horses to keep up with Brown, and Brown is very tough at home. 5.5 is a lot of points to cover in an Ivy conference game, but with Brown's 84% free throw shooting and average of 83 ppg in their L5, I think it's doable.

 

[buddy]

From St. Elsewhere

From St. Elsewhere

From another poster at another site:


Friday, January 25, 2002 4:08 PM



Out of here for weekend.
Expect good performance Saturday out of Yale with Leanza back in lineup with game under his belt. Wouldn't be a bit surprised with SU win. Yale could score up to 85, as Brown plays no D.

In Columbia game, I got a feeling Cornell stays close, but I don't like the game nearly as much.

Best of luck to all over the weekend.

 

[BIG GAME HUNTER]

If i recall you choose uc irvine the other nite and they just rolled, like i said i played in the big west and they win again tomorrow.
great call and best of luck.

 

[superbook]

Buddy --

No question that Brown has no D and Yale could score 85. That just means Brown will have to score 91+! Which is something they've done in 4 of their last 7 at home.

The first match-up was 87-82.

 

[TJBELL]

jon, seems like everytime i like your play and post, we miss. so no comment from (i like it) me!! damn it!

 

[Jorgesca]

Good luck on both plays.

HAve you looked at any more games yet?
really like your plays

 

[cperry32]

Hey suerbook. Cal Poly is favored now. What is going on? Have you heard anything? :shrug:

 

[superbook]

cperry --

It seems like there is always a line drop on Irvine right before game time; it doesn't change my opinion on this game but there are no guarantees.

- Jon

 

[superbook]

Buddy --

Can't believe I missed with Brown.

Thanks for the info from the other site, but quite honestly I wouldn't put much stock in that guy based on that info.

Leanza missed the first 14 games for Yale recovering from off-shoulder surgery and was questionable for todays game with shoulder soreness.

It turned out that Leanza did play and he scored 11 points but he wasn't the reason that Yale won. With his bad shoulder, Leanza only played a total of 12 minutes.

Brown lost because they only shot 39% from the field with Jason Forte hitting just one of eight. Yale also outrebounded them 39-31 which tells me that Yale just wanted this game more badly than the Bears.

Sorry about the call.

I had a lean to Columbia who covered over Cornell but I won't play Columbia on the road.

gl