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NCAAB: Marquette Golden Eagles at Louisville Cardinals - Louisville -3 -110 | Unit Value: 2
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino has turned in one of his best coaching jobs this season. His team had been wrecked by injury, a broken knee cap suffered by senior leader center David Padgett, and a knee injury by senior guard Juan Palacios, limiting his options. Also on various occasions he had to suspend both center Derrick Caracter and forward Earl Clark for a game. Because of that the Cardinals got off to a horrible start and the Boo Birds began to be heard at his home arena. This is a very talented team but lacking both leadership on the court, and depth on the bench did not allow Mr P from doing what his teams are famous for. That is, of course High D Pressure for 40 minutes. Always playing pressure defense, Pitino has different pressures, one to slow an opponent, a second more hectic to try and cause turnovers. With a lack of depth, he could not turn up the pressure often until everyone returned. They are all back and the Cardinals are playing as good as anyone in this country right now, with wins at Kentucky, and Rutgers, and home to a very good West Virginia Team. We saw what they are capable of with the Mountaineers in town as the Cards held them to just 36% shooting and numerous turnovers. I am not a huge proponent of laying any points to a squad as good as Marquette, and they certainly have performed well outside of Milwaukee, but they are going to playing a highly motivated team tonight that has all their horses back in the stable. The Golden Eagles are going to try to force the isuue tonight and we are going to see some running at Freedom Hall. The key to the game will be whether Louisville's pressure can harass all-Big East Guard Dominque James, a lightning fast kid who is a flashy passer and possesses among the top turnover-assist ratios in the league. If they cannot stop him, they might very well be in for a long night. But the Cardinals have proven they can reek havoc with good guards as they did with West Va, and they do possess great turnover ratios themselves. Nobody is playing better D than Louisville right now, limiting all opponents to 34% shooting over the last 6 games, and being at home, performing as they are, should give us what we want. Petino said it best. "This is a home-court league. At one point all the Big East teams were playing good on the road. Now they seem to be playing great at home." Both of Marquette's losses have come outside Milwaukee. I am laying the 3 points.
NCAAB: Cal St Fullerton Titans at Pacific Tigers - Pacific -3.5 -110 | Unit Value: 2
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: The Tigers have the 3rd best defense in this conference and that deserted them last game at Northridge. That is probably not going to happen tonight as they return home where they play D as good as anyone in this country. They also win here at a high clip and are off to a 5-1 mark this year already. While they will face another high octane offense in Fullerton, they will also be playing a team that does not play good D and is way near the bottom of the conference with that stat. The Titans have struggled against good defensive squads and last game Cal SB took it to them pretty hard. "Their defense was terrific," coach Bob Burton told the Orange County Register. "They got out on the right guys, and we didn't penetrate with the ball, didn't get it inside, didn't move it. I think what happened was that when the defense had us so stymied, that if you're not scoring, that affects how you're going to play defense and it hurt us." The Tigers have played their last 3 on the road, and their last 4 of 5. They are back at home for a nice stretch of activity and can ill afford to lose this one to a team that is already 3-1 in the conference. It is time to circle the wagons and they will be highly motivated to do so. Sometimes that is all it takes to win a game, but the fact is, Pacific at home is a much better proposition than Fullerton on the road. This line has drifted upward since posting this morning and still a play at the current level.
NCAAB: Arkansas State Indians at Denver Pioneers - Denver -2.5 -110 | Unit Value: 2
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: Denver is becoming a pain in the neck for Sun Belt teams because of its meticulous Princeton offense and UALR found that out a few days ago. "I would hate to face that offense every day. It's like going to have a root canal." -- New Orleans coach Joe Pasternack. Denver coach Joe Scott, and formally the same at the Ivy League School has done a good job with a team that is limited in talent, but is playing his style of play almost to perfection. That talent level just went down again and this team with 7 true freshmen on a 13 man roster just lost Small Forward David Kummer as he went down with an ankle injury last game and his 11 Points and 4.7 Rebounds will be missed by this team that regularly plays only 7 to 8 players per game. He is their leading scorer and perhaps why this line opened at 3 and has dropped a bit. But that is not what this team is all about, and the fact is, they work the ball very well and they will find the open shot tonight. They have done that very well here at home with a 5-1 mark and probably because they are nailing all shots at over 51%. Arkansas State has not traveled well this season and they never have. They have won but 1 of 7 away from Jonesboro and that was their last game as they beat a very poor UL Monroe team. They have had serious problems stopping anyone, allowing an amzing 53% shooting away from home and 81 points per game. They do lack depth at all positions and that is key here in the High Air of Denver Colorado. They have lost 6 straight here in Colorado and my best belief is that they will lose again. The Pioneers won just 3 Sunbelt games all last year, they already have 3 wins this year. Coach Scott is on my Hit List for people to watch in this conference and he will show his magic tonight with better shot selection, better D, and a hefty turnover margin this year, especially in front of the home crowd.
NCAAB: Marquette Golden Eagles at Louisville Cardinals - Louisville -3 -110 | Unit Value: 2
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino has turned in one of his best coaching jobs this season. His team had been wrecked by injury, a broken knee cap suffered by senior leader center David Padgett, and a knee injury by senior guard Juan Palacios, limiting his options. Also on various occasions he had to suspend both center Derrick Caracter and forward Earl Clark for a game. Because of that the Cardinals got off to a horrible start and the Boo Birds began to be heard at his home arena. This is a very talented team but lacking both leadership on the court, and depth on the bench did not allow Mr P from doing what his teams are famous for. That is, of course High D Pressure for 40 minutes. Always playing pressure defense, Pitino has different pressures, one to slow an opponent, a second more hectic to try and cause turnovers. With a lack of depth, he could not turn up the pressure often until everyone returned. They are all back and the Cardinals are playing as good as anyone in this country right now, with wins at Kentucky, and Rutgers, and home to a very good West Virginia Team. We saw what they are capable of with the Mountaineers in town as the Cards held them to just 36% shooting and numerous turnovers. I am not a huge proponent of laying any points to a squad as good as Marquette, and they certainly have performed well outside of Milwaukee, but they are going to playing a highly motivated team tonight that has all their horses back in the stable. The Golden Eagles are going to try to force the isuue tonight and we are going to see some running at Freedom Hall. The key to the game will be whether Louisville's pressure can harass all-Big East Guard Dominque James, a lightning fast kid who is a flashy passer and possesses among the top turnover-assist ratios in the league. If they cannot stop him, they might very well be in for a long night. But the Cardinals have proven they can reek havoc with good guards as they did with West Va, and they do possess great turnover ratios themselves. Nobody is playing better D than Louisville right now, limiting all opponents to 34% shooting over the last 6 games, and being at home, performing as they are, should give us what we want. Petino said it best. "This is a home-court league. At one point all the Big East teams were playing good on the road. Now they seem to be playing great at home." Both of Marquette's losses have come outside Milwaukee. I am laying the 3 points.
NCAAB: Cal St Fullerton Titans at Pacific Tigers - Pacific -3.5 -110 | Unit Value: 2
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: The Tigers have the 3rd best defense in this conference and that deserted them last game at Northridge. That is probably not going to happen tonight as they return home where they play D as good as anyone in this country. They also win here at a high clip and are off to a 5-1 mark this year already. While they will face another high octane offense in Fullerton, they will also be playing a team that does not play good D and is way near the bottom of the conference with that stat. The Titans have struggled against good defensive squads and last game Cal SB took it to them pretty hard. "Their defense was terrific," coach Bob Burton told the Orange County Register. "They got out on the right guys, and we didn't penetrate with the ball, didn't get it inside, didn't move it. I think what happened was that when the defense had us so stymied, that if you're not scoring, that affects how you're going to play defense and it hurt us." The Tigers have played their last 3 on the road, and their last 4 of 5. They are back at home for a nice stretch of activity and can ill afford to lose this one to a team that is already 3-1 in the conference. It is time to circle the wagons and they will be highly motivated to do so. Sometimes that is all it takes to win a game, but the fact is, Pacific at home is a much better proposition than Fullerton on the road. This line has drifted upward since posting this morning and still a play at the current level.
NCAAB: Arkansas State Indians at Denver Pioneers - Denver -2.5 -110 | Unit Value: 2
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: Denver is becoming a pain in the neck for Sun Belt teams because of its meticulous Princeton offense and UALR found that out a few days ago. "I would hate to face that offense every day. It's like going to have a root canal." -- New Orleans coach Joe Pasternack. Denver coach Joe Scott, and formally the same at the Ivy League School has done a good job with a team that is limited in talent, but is playing his style of play almost to perfection. That talent level just went down again and this team with 7 true freshmen on a 13 man roster just lost Small Forward David Kummer as he went down with an ankle injury last game and his 11 Points and 4.7 Rebounds will be missed by this team that regularly plays only 7 to 8 players per game. He is their leading scorer and perhaps why this line opened at 3 and has dropped a bit. But that is not what this team is all about, and the fact is, they work the ball very well and they will find the open shot tonight. They have done that very well here at home with a 5-1 mark and probably because they are nailing all shots at over 51%. Arkansas State has not traveled well this season and they never have. They have won but 1 of 7 away from Jonesboro and that was their last game as they beat a very poor UL Monroe team. They have had serious problems stopping anyone, allowing an amzing 53% shooting away from home and 81 points per game. They do lack depth at all positions and that is key here in the High Air of Denver Colorado. They have lost 6 straight here in Colorado and my best belief is that they will lose again. The Pioneers won just 3 Sunbelt games all last year, they already have 3 wins this year. Coach Scott is on my Hit List for people to watch in this conference and he will show his magic tonight with better shot selection, better D, and a hefty turnover margin this year, especially in front of the home crowd.
LOCKOFTHEDAY.COM
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Today's Lock: College Basketball
Lock Of The Month - INDIANA -1.5
The Hoosiers are the best team in the BIG 10. Minnesota is overrated. The Gophers lost to UNLV by 18 points a couple weeks ago. Minnesota is 12-3, but they do not have one quality win! Indiana is led by freshman phenom Eric Gordon. DJ White is also a bigtime player. Indiana has already beaten Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Michigan, and Illinois this year. THEY WILL NOT LOSE TO MINNESOTA!! The Gophers nice record will get tarnished tonight! Indiana is a LOCK. This game is worth 2 Lock wins or 2 Lock losses. Bet the Hoosiers!
January Record 9-8
December Record
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Today's Lock: College Basketball
Lock Of The Month - INDIANA -1.5
The Hoosiers are the best team in the BIG 10. Minnesota is overrated. The Gophers lost to UNLV by 18 points a couple weeks ago. Minnesota is 12-3, but they do not have one quality win! Indiana is led by freshman phenom Eric Gordon. DJ White is also a bigtime player. Indiana has already beaten Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Michigan, and Illinois this year. THEY WILL NOT LOSE TO MINNESOTA!! The Gophers nice record will get tarnished tonight! Indiana is a LOCK. This game is worth 2 Lock wins or 2 Lock losses. Bet the Hoosiers!
January Record 9-8
December Record
(C&P) CASH & PROFIT EXPERTS
NBA:
CLEVELAND/SAN ANTONIO UNDER 182
CBB:
TENNESSEE -10.5
MARQUETTE +3.5
(3-0 WEDNESDAY)
NBA:
CLEVELAND/SAN ANTONIO UNDER 182
CBB:
TENNESSEE -10.5
MARQUETTE +3.5
(3-0 WEDNESDAY)
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Is this Legit??
Is this Legit??
somebody posted this yesterday. I don't subscribe to ATS Lock. Does anybody know if this is legit??
"ATS Lock has a BIG BIG BIG play tomorrow night that they are not even advertising and only giving it out to their LOCK customers for $500. I am not one of the elite and was wondering if anyone out there is. In 18 years they have had only 10 of these plays and won them all."
Is this Legit??
somebody posted this yesterday. I don't subscribe to ATS Lock. Does anybody know if this is legit??
"ATS Lock has a BIG BIG BIG play tomorrow night that they are not even advertising and only giving it out to their LOCK customers for $500. I am not one of the elite and was wondering if anyone out there is. In 18 years they have had only 10 of these plays and won them all."
Handicapper: Nick Parsons
Sport: NHL Hockey
Game: Montreal Canadians @ Atlanta Thrashers - Thursday January 17, 2008 7:00 pm
Pick: 1 unit (Free Play) MONEYLINE: Atlanta Thrashers -119
The Thrashers will look to beat the Canadiens three times in a season for the first time when the teams meet tonight at Philips Arena. Coming off a shootout victory over Pittsburgh that ended the Penguins' eight-game win streak, Atlanta maintained that momentum with a 5-1 road victory over league-leading Detroit on Tuesday. Montreal has been impressive on the road, but I feel they will have a 'let down' this evening; look for the Canadiens to fall to 6-10 (-5.4 units) after a win of two goals or more (won 3-1 Tuesday over the Islanders)! Play on the THRASHERS!
Sport: NHL Hockey
Game: Montreal Canadians @ Atlanta Thrashers - Thursday January 17, 2008 7:00 pm
Pick: 1 unit (Free Play) MONEYLINE: Atlanta Thrashers -119
The Thrashers will look to beat the Canadiens three times in a season for the first time when the teams meet tonight at Philips Arena. Coming off a shootout victory over Pittsburgh that ended the Penguins' eight-game win streak, Atlanta maintained that momentum with a 5-1 road victory over league-leading Detroit on Tuesday. Montreal has been impressive on the road, but I feel they will have a 'let down' this evening; look for the Canadiens to fall to 6-10 (-5.4 units) after a win of two goals or more (won 3-1 Tuesday over the Islanders)! Play on the THRASHERS!
Winning Points Online NCAAB
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
9 pm
***BEST BET
Arkansas State over Denver* by 9
Short rest is often an issue going into Denver
but Arkansas State has plenty of it, and they
benefit from the continent's most under-the-radar
injury in this under-the-radar affair. Denver's
leading scorer David Kummer is out, for the first
time this season. He scores only 11.6 points per
game as it is, and their rotation with him was
only seven-deep after they had already lost guard
Tyler Bullock 10 games ago.
Arkansas State shoots 40% from 3-point range
for the season, and a Denver team shooting
only 34% from three-point range just got
easier to guard. ARKANSAS STATE, 74-65.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
9 pm
***BEST BET
Arkansas State over Denver* by 9
Short rest is often an issue going into Denver
but Arkansas State has plenty of it, and they
benefit from the continent's most under-the-radar
injury in this under-the-radar affair. Denver's
leading scorer David Kummer is out, for the first
time this season. He scores only 11.6 points per
game as it is, and their rotation with him was
only seven-deep after they had already lost guard
Tyler Bullock 10 games ago.
Arkansas State shoots 40% from 3-point range
for the season, and a Denver team shooting
only 34% from three-point range just got
easier to guard. ARKANSAS STATE, 74-65.
These guys are horrible. I check their site everyday and fade them many times. They also line about their win-loss totals. Also, look at their reason for picking Indiana because they beat those teams. Look at their overall records:
Illinois 9-9
Mich 5-12
Kentucky 7-8
Georgia Tech 7-9
Minny is very tough at home, regardless of who they are playing.
Black Magic Sports
Black Magic Sports
0-4 Yesterday:
NCAA Basketball:
5 Unit Black Magic Big Ten Beatdown on Indiana -1.5
The Indiana Hoosiers will put Tubby Smith?s Minnesota Gophers in their place tonight. The Gophers have been cruising along, playing a very weak schedule to this point and now their true colors will show against one of the nation?s best teams. Indiana has now won 10 straight games, their longest streak since the ?92-93 season. The Hoosiers are 14-1 on the year and they flaunt the best guard and best forward the Big Ten has to offer. Freshman Eric Gordon leads the Big Ten in scoring at 23.0 points per game. D.J. White is a double-double machine in the middle for the Hoosiers. Minnesota has no answer for the depth on the Hoosier?s roster as well. Minnesota is 0-9 ATS when playing against a top-level team (Win Pct. > 80%) after 15 or more games over the last 3 seasons. Indiana is 7-0 ATS when playing against a top-level team (Win Pct. > 80%) over the last 2 seasons. Minnesota is 0-8 ATS vs. top caliber teams - outscoring their opponents by 12+ points/game after 15+ games over the last 3 seasons. This combined 24-0 System hits the spot tonight. Cash in with Indiana as the favorite.
3 Unit Sharp Play on Akron -7
Akron is 8-0 at home this season, putting up 19 points per game more than their foes on average. The university of Ohio Bobcats can?t even be mentioned in the same breathe as Akron in the state of Ohio. Akron may be the best team this state has to offer and they will prove it tonight. Akron beat Ohio by 31 points in their last meeting in 2007. Akron is 15-3 ATS in home games after playing a road game over the last 3 seasons. Cash in with Akron as the favorite.
3 Unit Sharp Play on UConn -8.5
UConn is putting a coming out party on display this year. Their 5 returning starters have the Huskies at 11-4 on the season. UConn nearly upset Georgetown on the road in their last game before a desperation 3-pointer by 7-footer Roy Hibbert gave the Hoyas a 72-69 victory. This UConn team has grown up in a hurry and they will bounce back in a big way tonight. Providence got beat by 29 points at Marquette and followed that up by a 5-point road loss at Depaul in their last two road games respectively. Providence is 0-8 ATS in road games after having won 4 or 5 of their last 6 games over the last 2 seasons. Cash in with UConn as the favorite.
NBA:
4 Unit NBA Game of the Night on Denver Nuggets -2.5
The Denver Nuggets have been a completely different team at home this season. With a 15-5 home record, the Nuggets are scoring over 108 points per game in Denver and giving up just 99 points. Utah heads into this game with a 6-14 road record, one of the worst in the league. Denver is 21-8 ATS in home games after a game with 20 or more offensive rebounds since 1996. The Nuggets? ability to grab offensive rebounds and get second chance points is their forte. Cash in with Denver as the favorite.
Black Magic Sports
0-4 Yesterday:
NCAA Basketball:
5 Unit Black Magic Big Ten Beatdown on Indiana -1.5
The Indiana Hoosiers will put Tubby Smith?s Minnesota Gophers in their place tonight. The Gophers have been cruising along, playing a very weak schedule to this point and now their true colors will show against one of the nation?s best teams. Indiana has now won 10 straight games, their longest streak since the ?92-93 season. The Hoosiers are 14-1 on the year and they flaunt the best guard and best forward the Big Ten has to offer. Freshman Eric Gordon leads the Big Ten in scoring at 23.0 points per game. D.J. White is a double-double machine in the middle for the Hoosiers. Minnesota has no answer for the depth on the Hoosier?s roster as well. Minnesota is 0-9 ATS when playing against a top-level team (Win Pct. > 80%) after 15 or more games over the last 3 seasons. Indiana is 7-0 ATS when playing against a top-level team (Win Pct. > 80%) over the last 2 seasons. Minnesota is 0-8 ATS vs. top caliber teams - outscoring their opponents by 12+ points/game after 15+ games over the last 3 seasons. This combined 24-0 System hits the spot tonight. Cash in with Indiana as the favorite.
3 Unit Sharp Play on Akron -7
Akron is 8-0 at home this season, putting up 19 points per game more than their foes on average. The university of Ohio Bobcats can?t even be mentioned in the same breathe as Akron in the state of Ohio. Akron may be the best team this state has to offer and they will prove it tonight. Akron beat Ohio by 31 points in their last meeting in 2007. Akron is 15-3 ATS in home games after playing a road game over the last 3 seasons. Cash in with Akron as the favorite.
3 Unit Sharp Play on UConn -8.5
UConn is putting a coming out party on display this year. Their 5 returning starters have the Huskies at 11-4 on the season. UConn nearly upset Georgetown on the road in their last game before a desperation 3-pointer by 7-footer Roy Hibbert gave the Hoyas a 72-69 victory. This UConn team has grown up in a hurry and they will bounce back in a big way tonight. Providence got beat by 29 points at Marquette and followed that up by a 5-point road loss at Depaul in their last two road games respectively. Providence is 0-8 ATS in road games after having won 4 or 5 of their last 6 games over the last 2 seasons. Cash in with UConn as the favorite.
NBA:
4 Unit NBA Game of the Night on Denver Nuggets -2.5
The Denver Nuggets have been a completely different team at home this season. With a 15-5 home record, the Nuggets are scoring over 108 points per game in Denver and giving up just 99 points. Utah heads into this game with a 6-14 road record, one of the worst in the league. Denver is 21-8 ATS in home games after a game with 20 or more offensive rebounds since 1996. The Nuggets? ability to grab offensive rebounds and get second chance points is their forte. Cash in with Denver as the favorite.
marco d' angelo
Thu, 01/17/08 - 10:00 PMMarco D'Angelo | CBB Sides
triple-dime bet555 Fresno St. -2.5 (-110) BetUS vs 556 San Jose St.
Analysis: Very Tough spot for San Jose St who returns from playing in Hawaii on Monday Night. I expect San Jose St to be flat tonight off of the combination of the narrow loss and trip to Hawaii in General. Fresno St takes the momentum out on the road after their Blowout Win at home over Idaho. Fresno St will be ready for San Jose ST. as last year they had two close games with them. TAKE FRESNO ST as MARCO'S 7* COLLEGE KEY RELEASE BLOWOUT and make them a TRIPLE DIME PLAY
Thu, 01/17/08 - 8:00 PMMarco D'Angelo | CBB Sides
dime bet528 Ill.-Chicago -3.0 (-110) BetUS vs 527 Wright St
Analysis: Illinois-Chicago plays host to Wright St tonight and they play with Double Revenge from a pair of losses last year. Expect Revenge to be served tonight as Illinois-Chicago Wins by 8-11 Points. TAKE ILLINOIS-CHICAGO and make them a SINGLE DIME PLAY
Thu, 01/17/08 - 11:00 PMMarco D'Angelo | CBB Sides
dime bet560 Stanford -4.5 (-110) BetUS vs 559 Arizona
Analysis: Stanford is another team playing with Double Revenge from last year and will get it tonight as they return home from a Road loss at Oregon. Look for Stanford to breeze by winning tonight by 11-14 Points. TAKE STANFORD and make them a SINGLE DIME PLAY
Thu, 01/17/08 - 10:00 PMMarco D'Angelo | CBB Sides
triple-dime bet555 Fresno St. -2.5 (-110) BetUS vs 556 San Jose St.
Analysis: Very Tough spot for San Jose St who returns from playing in Hawaii on Monday Night. I expect San Jose St to be flat tonight off of the combination of the narrow loss and trip to Hawaii in General. Fresno St takes the momentum out on the road after their Blowout Win at home over Idaho. Fresno St will be ready for San Jose ST. as last year they had two close games with them. TAKE FRESNO ST as MARCO'S 7* COLLEGE KEY RELEASE BLOWOUT and make them a TRIPLE DIME PLAY
Thu, 01/17/08 - 8:00 PMMarco D'Angelo | CBB Sides
dime bet528 Ill.-Chicago -3.0 (-110) BetUS vs 527 Wright St
Analysis: Illinois-Chicago plays host to Wright St tonight and they play with Double Revenge from a pair of losses last year. Expect Revenge to be served tonight as Illinois-Chicago Wins by 8-11 Points. TAKE ILLINOIS-CHICAGO and make them a SINGLE DIME PLAY
Thu, 01/17/08 - 11:00 PMMarco D'Angelo | CBB Sides
dime bet560 Stanford -4.5 (-110) BetUS vs 559 Arizona
Analysis: Stanford is another team playing with Double Revenge from last year and will get it tonight as they return home from a Road loss at Oregon. Look for Stanford to breeze by winning tonight by 11-14 Points. TAKE STANFORD and make them a SINGLE DIME PLAY
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stan sharp
Thu, 01/17/08 - 9:00 PMStan Sharp | CBB Sides
double-dime bet540 Minnesota 2.0 (-110) BetUS vs 539 Indiana
Analysis: Indiana travels to Battle Minnesota and Stan and all 3 of his Top College Bettors believe the Wrong team is Favored here. This line is based on name and not talent. Expect Minnesota to Wins this game outright. TAKE MINNESOTA as STAN'S COLLEGE FALSE FAVORITE BIG BET OF THE MONTH and make them a DOUBLE DIME PLAY
Thu, 01/17/08 - 9:00 PMStan Sharp | CBB Sides
double-dime bet540 Minnesota 2.0 (-110) BetUS vs 539 Indiana
Analysis: Indiana travels to Battle Minnesota and Stan and all 3 of his Top College Bettors believe the Wrong team is Favored here. This line is based on name and not talent. Expect Minnesota to Wins this game outright. TAKE MINNESOTA as STAN'S COLLEGE FALSE FAVORITE BIG BET OF THE MONTH and make them a DOUBLE DIME PLAY
greg shaker
Thu, 01/17/08 - 7:00 PMGreg Shaker | CBB Sides
double-dime bet514 Louisville -3.0 (-110) BetUS vs 513 Marquette
Analysis:
NCAAB: Marquette Golden Eagles at Louisville Cardinals - Louisville -3 -110 | Unit Value: 2 DIMES
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino has turned in one of his best coaching jobs this season. His team had been wrecked by injury, a broken knee cap suffered by senior leader center David Padgett, and a knee injury by senior guard Juan Palacios, limiting his options. Also on various occasions he had to suspend both center Derrick Caracter and forward Earl Clark for a game. Because of that the Cardinals got off to a horrible start and the Boo Birds began to be heard at his home arena. This is a very talented team but lacking both leadership on the court, and depth on the bench did not allow Mr P from doing what his teams are famous for. That is, of course High D Pressure for 40 minutes. Always playing pressure defense, Pitino has different pressures, one to slow an opponent, a second more hectic to try and cause turnovers. With a lack of depth, he could not turn up the pressure often until everyone returned. They are all back and the Cardinals are playing as good as anyone in this country right now, with wins at Kentucky, and Rutgers, and home to a very good West Virginia Team. We saw what they are capable of with the Mountaineers in town as the Cards held them to just 36% shooting and numerous turnovers. I am not a huge proponent of laying any points to a squad as good as Marquette, and they certainly have performed well outside of Milwaukee, but they are going to playing a highly motivated team tonight that has all their horses back in the stable. The Golden Eagles are going to try to force the isuue tonight and we are going to see some running at Freedom Hall. The key to the game will be whether Louisville's pressure can harass all-Big East Guard Dominque James, a lightning fast kid who is a flashy passer and possesses among the top turnover-assist ratios in the league. If they cannot stop him, they might very well be in for a long night. But the Cardinals have proven they can reek havoc with good guards as they did with West Va, and they do possess great turnover ratios themselves. Nobody is playing better D than Louisville right now, limiting all opponents to 34% shooting over the last 6 games, and being at home, performing as they are, should give us what we want. Petino said it best. "This is a home-court league. At one point all the Big East teams were playing good on the road. Now they seem to be playing great at home." Both of Marquette's losses have come outside Milwaukee. I am laying the 3 points.
Thu, 01/17/08 - 9:30 PMGreg Shaker | CBB Sides
double-dime bet546 Denver -3.0 (-110) BetUS vs 545 Arkansas St.
Analysis: NCAAB: Arkansas State Indians at Denver Pioneers - Denver -3 -110 | Unit Value: 2 DIMES
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: Denver is becoming a pain in the neck for Sun Belt teams because of its meticulous Princeton offense and UALR found that out a few days ago. "I would hate to face that offense every day. It's like going to have a root canal." -- New Orleans coach Joe Pasternack. Denver coach Joe Scott, and formally the same at the Ivy League School has done a good job with a team that is limited in talent, but is playing his style of play almost to perfection. That talent level just went down again and this team with 7 true freshmen on a 13 man roster just lost Small Forward David Kummer as he went down with an ankle injury last game and his 11 Points and 4.7 Rebounds will be missed by this team that regularly plays only 7 to 8 players per game. He is their leading scorer and perhaps why this line opened at 3 and has dropped a bit. But that is not what this team is all about, and the fact is, they work the ball very well and they will find the open shot tonight. They have done that very well here at home with a 5-1 mark and probably because they are nailing all shots at over 51%. Arkansas State has not traveled well this season and they never have. They have won but 1 of 7 away from Jonesboro and that was their last game as they beat a very poor UL Monroe team. They have had serious problems stopping anyone, allowing an amzing 53% shooting away from home and 81 points per game. They do lack depth at all positions and that is key here in the High Air of Denver Colorado. They have lost 6 straight here in Colorado and my best belief is that they will lose again. The Pioneers won just 3 Sunbelt games all last year, they already have 3 wins this year. Coach Scott is on my Hit List for people to watch in this conference and he will show his magic tonight with better shot selection, better D, and a hefty turnover margin this year, especially in front of the home crowd.
Thu, 01/17/08 - 10:00 PMGreg Shaker | CBB Sides
double-dime bet550 Pacific -3.5 (-110) BetUS vs 549 CS-Fullton
Analysis: NCAAB: Cal St Fullerton Titans at Pacific Tigers - Pacific -3.5 -110 | Unit Value: 2 DIMES
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: The Tigers have the 3rd best defense in this conference and that deserted them last game at Northridge. That is probably not going to happen tonight as they return home where they play D as good as anyone in this country. They also win here at a high clip and are off to a 5-1 mark this year already. While they will face another high octane offense in Fullerton, they will also be playing a team that does not play good D and is way near the bottom of the conference with that stat. The Titans have struggled against good defensive squads and last game Cal SB took it to them pretty hard. "Their defense was terrific," coach Bob Burton told the Orange County Register. "They got out on the right guys, and we didn't penetrate with the ball, didn't get it inside, didn't move it. I think what happened was that when the defense had us so stymied, that if you're not scoring, that affects how you're going to play defense and it hurt us." The Tigers have played their last 3 on the road, and their last 4 of 5. They are back at home for a nice stretch of activity and can ill afford to lose this one to a team that is already 3-1 in the conference. It is time to circle the wagons and they will be highly motivated to do so. Sometimes that is all it takes to win a game, but the fact is, Pacific at home is a much better proposition than Fullerton on the road. This line has drifted upward since posting this morning and still a play at the current level.
Thu, 01/17/08 - 7:00 PMGreg Shaker | CBB Sides
double-dime bet514 Louisville -3.0 (-110) BetUS vs 513 Marquette
Analysis:
NCAAB: Marquette Golden Eagles at Louisville Cardinals - Louisville -3 -110 | Unit Value: 2 DIMES
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino has turned in one of his best coaching jobs this season. His team had been wrecked by injury, a broken knee cap suffered by senior leader center David Padgett, and a knee injury by senior guard Juan Palacios, limiting his options. Also on various occasions he had to suspend both center Derrick Caracter and forward Earl Clark for a game. Because of that the Cardinals got off to a horrible start and the Boo Birds began to be heard at his home arena. This is a very talented team but lacking both leadership on the court, and depth on the bench did not allow Mr P from doing what his teams are famous for. That is, of course High D Pressure for 40 minutes. Always playing pressure defense, Pitino has different pressures, one to slow an opponent, a second more hectic to try and cause turnovers. With a lack of depth, he could not turn up the pressure often until everyone returned. They are all back and the Cardinals are playing as good as anyone in this country right now, with wins at Kentucky, and Rutgers, and home to a very good West Virginia Team. We saw what they are capable of with the Mountaineers in town as the Cards held them to just 36% shooting and numerous turnovers. I am not a huge proponent of laying any points to a squad as good as Marquette, and they certainly have performed well outside of Milwaukee, but they are going to playing a highly motivated team tonight that has all their horses back in the stable. The Golden Eagles are going to try to force the isuue tonight and we are going to see some running at Freedom Hall. The key to the game will be whether Louisville's pressure can harass all-Big East Guard Dominque James, a lightning fast kid who is a flashy passer and possesses among the top turnover-assist ratios in the league. If they cannot stop him, they might very well be in for a long night. But the Cardinals have proven they can reek havoc with good guards as they did with West Va, and they do possess great turnover ratios themselves. Nobody is playing better D than Louisville right now, limiting all opponents to 34% shooting over the last 6 games, and being at home, performing as they are, should give us what we want. Petino said it best. "This is a home-court league. At one point all the Big East teams were playing good on the road. Now they seem to be playing great at home." Both of Marquette's losses have come outside Milwaukee. I am laying the 3 points.
Thu, 01/17/08 - 9:30 PMGreg Shaker | CBB Sides
double-dime bet546 Denver -3.0 (-110) BetUS vs 545 Arkansas St.
Analysis: NCAAB: Arkansas State Indians at Denver Pioneers - Denver -3 -110 | Unit Value: 2 DIMES
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: Denver is becoming a pain in the neck for Sun Belt teams because of its meticulous Princeton offense and UALR found that out a few days ago. "I would hate to face that offense every day. It's like going to have a root canal." -- New Orleans coach Joe Pasternack. Denver coach Joe Scott, and formally the same at the Ivy League School has done a good job with a team that is limited in talent, but is playing his style of play almost to perfection. That talent level just went down again and this team with 7 true freshmen on a 13 man roster just lost Small Forward David Kummer as he went down with an ankle injury last game and his 11 Points and 4.7 Rebounds will be missed by this team that regularly plays only 7 to 8 players per game. He is their leading scorer and perhaps why this line opened at 3 and has dropped a bit. But that is not what this team is all about, and the fact is, they work the ball very well and they will find the open shot tonight. They have done that very well here at home with a 5-1 mark and probably because they are nailing all shots at over 51%. Arkansas State has not traveled well this season and they never have. They have won but 1 of 7 away from Jonesboro and that was their last game as they beat a very poor UL Monroe team. They have had serious problems stopping anyone, allowing an amzing 53% shooting away from home and 81 points per game. They do lack depth at all positions and that is key here in the High Air of Denver Colorado. They have lost 6 straight here in Colorado and my best belief is that they will lose again. The Pioneers won just 3 Sunbelt games all last year, they already have 3 wins this year. Coach Scott is on my Hit List for people to watch in this conference and he will show his magic tonight with better shot selection, better D, and a hefty turnover margin this year, especially in front of the home crowd.
Thu, 01/17/08 - 10:00 PMGreg Shaker | CBB Sides
double-dime bet550 Pacific -3.5 (-110) BetUS vs 549 CS-Fullton
Analysis: NCAAB: Cal St Fullerton Titans at Pacific Tigers - Pacific -3.5 -110 | Unit Value: 2 DIMES
Game Date: 1/17/2008
Note: The Tigers have the 3rd best defense in this conference and that deserted them last game at Northridge. That is probably not going to happen tonight as they return home where they play D as good as anyone in this country. They also win here at a high clip and are off to a 5-1 mark this year already. While they will face another high octane offense in Fullerton, they will also be playing a team that does not play good D and is way near the bottom of the conference with that stat. The Titans have struggled against good defensive squads and last game Cal SB took it to them pretty hard. "Their defense was terrific," coach Bob Burton told the Orange County Register. "They got out on the right guys, and we didn't penetrate with the ball, didn't get it inside, didn't move it. I think what happened was that when the defense had us so stymied, that if you're not scoring, that affects how you're going to play defense and it hurt us." The Tigers have played their last 3 on the road, and their last 4 of 5. They are back at home for a nice stretch of activity and can ill afford to lose this one to a team that is already 3-1 in the conference. It is time to circle the wagons and they will be highly motivated to do so. Sometimes that is all it takes to win a game, but the fact is, Pacific at home is a much better proposition than Fullerton on the road. This line has drifted upward since posting this morning and still a play at the current level.
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Chairman - Lakers
Millionaire - Stanford
Money Maker - Cal
No Limit - St Louis
Insiders Circle - Minnesota
Chairman - Lakers
Millionaire - Stanford
Money Maker - Cal
No Limit - St Louis
Insiders Circle - Minnesota
GOLD MEDAL CLUB
CBB:
50* Cleveland State +5.5
25* Saint Louis +5
10*
Elon ML
Wright State ML
Louisville -3
NHL : Wash -1.5, Anaheim
CBB:
50* Cleveland State +5.5
25* Saint Louis +5
10*
Elon ML
Wright State ML
Louisville -3
NHL : Wash -1.5, Anaheim
