The Bonnies let me down big time, pulling within 3 a couple of times but couldn't get by Fordham. v - thnx for l.
Play of the Day record now: 9-6-2
Going back to the Big West where I've won a couple of games:
Cal Irvine +5 (Camelot)
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UC Irvine (13-5, 5-1) visits UC Santa Barbara (11-5, 4-2) in a showdown game for first place in the Big West.
As a favorite, Irvine has a bad reputation as they tend to play to the level of their competition and not cover. But as a dog they?ve played up to their talent and covered three of four: winning by one at Utah State as a 10 point dog, losing by one at UCLA as a 15 point dog and beating Pepperdine by three as a two point dog. Their only loss as a dog was at Kent State where they lost SU and failed to cover by three.
I love getting five points here, Sagerin would have a healthy UCSB favored by only 2.5 more.
UC Santa Barbara comes into this game with only 10 players in uniform and they should get worn down by the bigger Irvine team. Both teams are excellent shooters, but UCSB only has two players for Irvine to worry about.
Irvine is coming off a one point home loss to CS-Northridge in OT which snapped the Anteaters eight game winning streak. The rap against Irvine that they play to the level of their competition came back to bite them after they gave up back a 12 point halftime lead to lose in OT. Northridge shot 53% from the field vs only 43% for Irvine.
UC Santa Barbara is coming off a seven point 74-67 win at Cal Poly Slo. In this game last Saturday night, UCSB had more players in street clothes on the bench (13) than they did in uniform (10). Forwards Mark Hull and Adama Ndiaya were forced to play 39+ minutes and they scored 53 of the Gauchos? 74 points. Their fatigue may have started to show down the stretch as Cal Poly outscored UCSB in the second half 39-31.
Starting center Banduinn Fullove (14.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg) suffered a severe contusion of his right thigh in practice last Thursday and didn?t play last Saturday night. He is doubtful for this game. 6-9 reserve forward Mike Vukovich (3.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg) is also doubtful due to injury and forward Casey Cook is out indefinitely.
UCSB was able to beat Cal Poly SLO on the boards 32-21, but leading rebounder 6-9 Ndiaye (8.3 rpg) will face a much tougher task vs. Irvine. Cal Poly SLO?s two top rebounders are both 6-8 while Irvine has 6-10 Stanislav Zuzak and 7-0 Adam Parada.
Irvine?s senior Jerry Green is one of the top guards in the country, he was an honorable mention All American last year and is averaging 21 ppg and hitting 51% from the field including 42% from the arc. 6-5 guard Jordan Harris, a transfer from my alma mater Colgate, has been a major factor, averaging 11.4 ppg and tied for the team lead in rebounds with 6.7 rpg.
Green is a also a major reason why UCI is #6 in nation in FG% at 50% and #15 in 3 point% at 40%. UCSB is also a good shooting team.
Irvine is 4-2 ATS on the road. Irvine has won the last three meetings between the two clubs including last year?s game at UCSB.
Irvine can play well when they want to and they should be motivated in this important conference game.
Play of the Day record now: 9-6-2
Going back to the Big West where I've won a couple of games:
Cal Irvine +5 (Camelot)
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UC Irvine (13-5, 5-1) visits UC Santa Barbara (11-5, 4-2) in a showdown game for first place in the Big West.
As a favorite, Irvine has a bad reputation as they tend to play to the level of their competition and not cover. But as a dog they?ve played up to their talent and covered three of four: winning by one at Utah State as a 10 point dog, losing by one at UCLA as a 15 point dog and beating Pepperdine by three as a two point dog. Their only loss as a dog was at Kent State where they lost SU and failed to cover by three.
I love getting five points here, Sagerin would have a healthy UCSB favored by only 2.5 more.
UC Santa Barbara comes into this game with only 10 players in uniform and they should get worn down by the bigger Irvine team. Both teams are excellent shooters, but UCSB only has two players for Irvine to worry about.
Irvine is coming off a one point home loss to CS-Northridge in OT which snapped the Anteaters eight game winning streak. The rap against Irvine that they play to the level of their competition came back to bite them after they gave up back a 12 point halftime lead to lose in OT. Northridge shot 53% from the field vs only 43% for Irvine.
UC Santa Barbara is coming off a seven point 74-67 win at Cal Poly Slo. In this game last Saturday night, UCSB had more players in street clothes on the bench (13) than they did in uniform (10). Forwards Mark Hull and Adama Ndiaya were forced to play 39+ minutes and they scored 53 of the Gauchos? 74 points. Their fatigue may have started to show down the stretch as Cal Poly outscored UCSB in the second half 39-31.
Starting center Banduinn Fullove (14.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg) suffered a severe contusion of his right thigh in practice last Thursday and didn?t play last Saturday night. He is doubtful for this game. 6-9 reserve forward Mike Vukovich (3.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg) is also doubtful due to injury and forward Casey Cook is out indefinitely.
UCSB was able to beat Cal Poly SLO on the boards 32-21, but leading rebounder 6-9 Ndiaye (8.3 rpg) will face a much tougher task vs. Irvine. Cal Poly SLO?s two top rebounders are both 6-8 while Irvine has 6-10 Stanislav Zuzak and 7-0 Adam Parada.
Irvine?s senior Jerry Green is one of the top guards in the country, he was an honorable mention All American last year and is averaging 21 ppg and hitting 51% from the field including 42% from the arc. 6-5 guard Jordan Harris, a transfer from my alma mater Colgate, has been a major factor, averaging 11.4 ppg and tied for the team lead in rebounds with 6.7 rpg.
Green is a also a major reason why UCI is #6 in nation in FG% at 50% and #15 in 3 point% at 40%. UCSB is also a good shooting team.
Irvine is 4-2 ATS on the road. Irvine has won the last three meetings between the two clubs including last year?s game at UCSB.
Irvine can play well when they want to and they should be motivated in this important conference game.
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