SERVICE PLAYS FOR SAT. 12/29

[the duke]

WINNING POINTS HOOPS

Saturday, December 29

***BEST BET

*Dallas over Atlanta by 21

The Hawks caught the slow-starting Mavericks at home in November and defeated
them, 101-94. Now it?s payback time for Dallas, which was without suspended Josh
Howard for that matchup. The Mavericks were starting to click as the month comes
to a close. Dirk Nowitzki?s numbers are down, but lately he?s shown signs of stepping
up. Atlanta already is on its fourth point guard because of injuries. The Hawks don?t
have the 3-point shooters to match Dallas? perimeter game.

DALLAS 110-89



***BEST BET

*Houston over Toronto by 17

It is Texas Two-Step time for the Raptors following last night?s game at San Antonio.
The Rockets were missing point guard Rafer Alston when the Raptors bet them, 93-
80, at home three weeks ago. The Rockets? offense suffered because of it. The revengeminded
Rockets should shoot better than 40 percent from the field and make more
than 70 percent from the foul line, which were their numbers from the first meeting.
Jose Calderon has been logging a lot of extra minutes for Toronto with starting point
guard T.J. Ford (check status) being out. He could hit a wall in this second of consecutive
games.

HOUSTON 109-92




COLLEGE HOOPS


Saturday, December 29

***BEST BET

Wyoming* over Wisconsin-Milwaukee by 24

WMU has problems putting the ball in the hoop and the head coach has booted two
key leading scorers. They were able to cover up for the first game without Torre
Johnson recently when they were awarded 42 free throws on their home floor as an
early Christmas present in a non-conference game vs. Central Michigan. At 7,100 feet,
the extra minutes played by normal bench players will cause them to need about 62
free throws to keep pace and that ain?t gonna happen.

WYOMING 79-55

 

[the duke]

MIKE ROSE

New York Giants +14.0 (-120)
Sat Dec 29 '07 8:15p

Its amazing how fast the 2007-08 regular season went by, and to think the Patriots got through it unscathed to this point is quite remarkable. Regardless of what the public thinks of Head Coach Bill Belichick, the man knows how to win football games and the franchise will be immortalized if hes able to coach the Pats to a win this evening.

The NFL Network let up its stranglehold of this game, and now the entire country will get to see this game broad casted on their own TVs with the announcement that it will be simulcast on both NBC and CBS along with the NFL Network.

The Patriots picked up their 15th win of the season last week when they defeated the Miami Dolphins by a 28-7 final count, but they came just 1-point shy of covering the 22-point spread. It was the Pats 5th loss ATS in their L/10 games, ands they come into this spot losers in 4 of 5 against the betting line. Granted, theyve had to eat a ton of chalk in those games, but those looking to bet this game should take that Vegas is taking back some of the money they lost with the Pats in their first eight games.

The Patriots opened up as 13-point favorites with the Total set at 45. The betting public has bet the Pats up to 14-point road chalks, and they foresee this being a higher scoring game with the Total moving up to 46.5 and 47. New England got its biggest scare of the season the last time they were on the road when they barely got past Baltimore, 27-24, as 18-point road favorites.

As for the Giants, they are coming off a big win last week at Buffalo that locked up their bid for the post-season. They have actually been a much better team on the road this year compiling a 7-1 mark as a visitor, but theyre surprisingly just 3-4 SU at home. The last time they won in the Meadowlands came back in late October when they pummeled a struggling 49ers club. They have dropped their L/3 at home to Dallas, Minnesota, and Washington.

That being said, neither club has much to gain by going all out in this one. Sure, NE is the better team by far, but laying two touchdowns in the Meadowlands in a game the Giants fans will most definitely be into is just too much. The Pats will win, but the Giants will cover and well never have to listen to another pompous interview of Mercury Morris ever again?


CFB
12/29/2007 CONNECTICUT at
WAKE FOREST Over 48

CFB
12/29/2007 CENTRAL FLORIDA at
MISSISSIPPI STATE Over 55.5

CFB
12/29/2007 PENN STATE -5.5

CFB
12/29/2007 PENN STATE at
TEXAS A&M Under 51.5

 

[the duke]

EZ Winners

3 STAR: (766) DAYTON (+3.5) over Pittsburgh
(Risking $330 to win $300)

2 STAR: (740) GONZAGA (-1) over Tennessee
(Risking $220 to win $200)

1 STAR: (720) TEXAS (-7.5) over Wisconsin
(Risking $110 to win $100)


NBA
2 STAR: (716) UTAH (+2.5) over Boston
(Risking $220 to win $200

 

[MMST]

ATS LOCK
4 Wake Forest -1 1/2
3 New England -13
Hoops
6 Memphis -8 1/2
5 Miami Ohio -3
5 LaSalle +18 1/2
4 Wyoming -10

ATS FINANCIAL
3 C Florida -3
3 Penn St. -5
Hoops
4 LSU -4 1/2
3 Texas - 7 1/2
3 Alabama -12

 

[the duke]

John Fina

NFL GOY
NE Under 47.5


3-Team College Football Bowl Parlay for Saturday!
Wake-2.5
Mississipi St. Over 54.5
Tex A&M Under 52.5


NBA Key release Pistons

 

[the duke]

Asa

7* Bowl GOY
Alabama -3 1/2

 

[the duke]

Ben Burns


Liberty Bowl Blowout
Miss st

Total Annihilator
Under Uconn/WF

Personal Fave
Wake Forest

NFL SAT TOY
Under NYG/NE

NBA Dec Div GOM
Pacers

College Dec GOM
Dayton


False Favorite
Belmont


NHL GOW
Thrashers

 

[the duke]

Larry Ness

LEGEND Play (9-2 last 3 CFB regular seasons / 1st of two in TY's bowl season!)

My LEGEND play is on Penn St at 8:00 ET. Talk about a coaching mismatch! It's Penn State's Joe Pa (22 bowl wins!) vs Gary Darnell, filling in for the fired Coach Fran (never recovered from the revelations he was providing inside info to boosters). Darnell has been in a situation like this before, stepping in for Galen Hall of Florida back in 1989, who was fired. The Darnell-led Gators lost 34-7 to Washington in that year's Freedom Bowl. Is a similar fate in store for the Aggies here? Just maybe! A&M's season disintegrated quickly after a 5-1 start with the Coach Fran allegations. Only a season ending 38-30 win at Texas, got the Aggies an invite to this bowl. Penn St was a disappointment this year as well at 8-4 but Paterno has a special knack of getting his team prepared to play bowls and the matchups are favorable. A&M is a run-first team (215.6 YPG / 4.8 per), with QB McGee (858 / 5.0) and huge FB Lane (746 / 16 TDs). However, PSU ranks 6th in the nation against the rush, allowing just 87.9 YPG, 2.6 YPG and only seven TDs! While QB Morelli did most of his damage against lesser opponents this year, he has an outstanding trio of WRs in Butler, Williams and Norwood. The A&M pass D is slow and in road games at Okla, Missouri, Tex Tech and even pathetic Mia-Fla, the Aggies allowed over 1,300 yards passing, 77.3 percent completions and failed to intercept a single pass in attempts! After sitting out the postseason in '03 and '04, Paterno's led his team to bowl wins over quick and athletic teams FSU ('05) and Tennessee ('06). Meanwhile, A&M has been to just two bowls over the last five seasons, losing 38-10 in the '04 Cotton Bowl (Tenn) and 45-10 in LY's Holiday Bowl (Cal). The San Antonio site should favor A&M but the Cotton Bowl venue didn't seem to help much in '04, nor did the team fare very well in its last appearance in this game, a 24-0 Alamo Bowl loss to Penn St in '99! Second verse same as the first!

LEGEND PLAY
Penn St


20* MVC Game of the Year (8-1 last three Saturdays in college hoops!)

My 20* is on Wichita St at 8:00 ET. Keno Davis (Dr. Tom's little boy) has taken over for his dad at Drake this year and has caused quite a stir. Drake lost three starters from LY's 17-15 team but enters its conference opener at 9-1 (only loss at St Mary's 72-66). The guard play of Young (17.4), Houston (15.9) and Emmenecker (3.2-4.0-4.9) has been superb, while the 6-8 Cox (11.0-8.9), swingman Korber (8.6-3.6) and 6-8 Heemskerk (8.1-3.5) make up the frontcourt. Two of Drake's early wins have come over Iowa St at home (79-44!) and a 56-51 win at Iowa on Dec 14 which ended a 20-game losing streak in Iowa City (last won there in 1967!). Wichita St lost early Dec games to Tex-Arlington (was unbeaten at the time) and at UMKC (no excuses!) to fall to 5-4. However, the team has rebounded nicely with home wins over LSU (67-47) and UAB (61-52). The Shockers were coming off a 26-win season heading into LY and opened 9-0 (ranked as high as No. Cool but finished just 17-14. Winthrop head coach Greg Marshall took over TY and before the year is over, I'm expecting good things from this team. Three seniors lead the way, the 6-7 Thomasson (11.0-4.0), swingman Couisnard (10.9-5.9) and guard Braeuer (10.4-3.9-3.6). The other starters are 6-6 junior Clemente (6.4-8.4) and soph guard Mekel (9.7). In the early going, 6-7 freshman Durley (8.3-4.2) is looking like a 'player!' Here's the problem for Drake. That HUGE win at Iowa was 15 days ago and the team hasn't played since. Drake went 11-3 in non-conference play LY but then just 6-12 in the MVC, including 2-8 on the road. Meanwhile, the Shockers have played three times (including two nice home wins) since Dec 14. I expect Drake to be a little 'rusty' and that's deadly on the conference road.

MVC GOY
20* Wichita St.

 

[carolinatiger]

Jim Feist BOWL GAME OF THE YEAR?? thanks in adv

 

[Lockloser]

Special K FREE PLAY

Special K FREE PLAY

*** FREE PICK***
2007 FREE PICK RECORD: 104 - 66 61.2%

FRIDAY FREE PICKS: ORLANDO MAGIC(WINNER) & BUTLER (WINNER)

SATURDAY FREE PICK: WASHINGTON HUSKIES +5 1/2 (CBB)
2007-12-29 23:45:00

 

[Lockloser]

DOUBLE CHECK ALL START TIMES
Super Pick Boston Celtics Saturday (Streak 1W)



900 DOUBLE PLAY winners:

UCONN Meinke Bowl, College hoop Kent State (Streak: 2 Losses 0-2 yesterday, 5-3 in bowl games overall)

Thanks as always Eddie.

HIS FREE PLAY IS ILLINOIS ST. CBB :0corn

 

[NYMess]

Any Executive hoops or Wayne Root foots???

 

[taipans]

spritzer--
main event.................wake
insider........................penn st
bowl dog shocker goy..............miss st

sat night tko gom.........................ny giants

ko................atl hawks
tko................celtics
5 star hammer...................cavs

main event..................uab
ko....................bama
slam dunk gom..........dayton
tko...............texas
tko...............ark lr
5 star hammer............depaul
4 star hammer.............memph

 

[sportsguys]

exec doesnt release til noon eastern.

 

[taipans]

cokin--
fat man releases...miss st, penn st, uab

under the hat............penn st

window................raptors
3 star action play................mavs

champ club....................drake
window.......................byu
under the hat.............tenn chat
3 star action play...........wisc milw

 

[the duke]

spritzer--
main event.................wake
insider........................penn st
bowl dog shocker goy..............miss st

sat night tko gom.........................ny giants

ko................atl hawks
tko................celtics
5 star hammer...................cavs

main event..................uab
ko....................bama
slam dunk gom..........dayton
tko...............texas
tko...............ark lr
5 star hammer............depaul
4 star hammer.............memph

Is one of these Fiest

Thanks GL

 

[GIANTS007]

The Rock
Hotline Play for Saturday College Basketball.....Illinois State

Brian Mac
Friday Night Hotside Saturday College Basketball .....Gonzaga/Tennessee Over

 

[taipans]

feist--
bowl goy..................penn st

total.........................cavs over 86
inner circle.....................bobcats
5 star executive..............mavs



personal best..................north iowa
platinum.....................townson
platinum.....................arizona
inner circle......................troy
inner circle........................uab
5 star executive.................san diego
4 star executive...................temple
3 star executive.....................dayton
3 star executive.....................james mad

 

[GIANTS007]

yourwinningpicks college football:

*****BEST BET******
Wake Forest (-3) VS. UConn: Wake Forest has always
been a better team getting points than in giving them
to an opponent. Thus the Huskies are in a much better
position here as they apply to a scenario where a team
is 11-2 ATS when giving up 38 points or more in their
previous contest. This line is way off the mark as
the odds makers are giving way too much credence to
UConn?s 21-66 loss to West Virginia. The fact of the
matter is that the Huskies are a very good team with a
great defense that will capitalize against a Wake
Forest team that?s historically is poor under Coach
Jim Grobe when giving points. Go with UCONN to win
outright. THE PICK: UCONN (+3)

Penn State (-5.5) VS. Texas A & M: The Nittany Lions
are the much better team and the Aggies are going
though a change in the coaching ranks which is always
a major distraction around Bowl season. Look for Joe
Pa to get a great effort from his squad as they
certainly have had less to deal with in focusing on
this game. THE PICK: Penn State (-5.5)

 

[taipans]

they are all titled at the top of the list of whos plays they are