like that theory!!
like that theory!!
I have watched to many unranked HF cover or win this year. I like these bets with any ranked team unless they are in the top 5 or 7 ap. Good thought!
Do you have any stats regarding ATS ranked favorites on the rd against unranked teams? Just wondering ....would be interesting.
like that theory!!
I have watched to many unranked HF cover or win this year. I like these bets with any ranked team unless they are in the top 5 or 7 ap. Good thought!
Do you have any stats regarding ATS ranked favorites on the rd against unranked teams? Just wondering ....would be interesting.
Will try and find whoopie, if anything im sure IE would know or have an idea. Ill research it out when i get a chance, im not big on playing favs, must be the reason i never thought to look. But i 'll betcha anything the Fav covers more often than not.
good stuff
good stuff
Thanks, i will do some searching when i get some time. like the way you think. -whoopie
good stuff
Thanks, i will do some searching when i get some time. like the way you think. -whoopie
FYI, GL tonight:
USC needs strong finish for NCAA berth
By STEVE WISEMAN
Staff Writer
Thoughts of Cliff Hawkins? buzzer-beating shot to lift Kentucky to a win in January could haunt the South Carolina men?s basketball team.
Ditto for the jumper that Georgetown?s Kevin Braswell sank at the Carolina Coliseum a month earlier to beat the Gamecocks.
With their basketball team sitting at 14-9, it?s tantalizing ? or maybe agonizing ? for Gamecock fans to dream about turning those two losses to wins and making travel plans for the NCAA Tournament.
Instead, USC coach Dave Odom admits his club probably needs wins in at least four of its final six games to have realistic hopes of an NCAA at-large bid.
That quest begins tonight when the Gamecocks face No. 7 Alabama at 7:30 at the Carolina Coliseum..
For now, Odom is preaching that his players should think about their 10-3 nonconference record, Southeastern Conference wins over Arkansas and Georgia and the six regular-season games to come.
?I?d like to be in better shape, that?s for sure, recordwise, Odom said. I think the challenge now is to build on that and not to sit around and say what if Hawkins hadn?t hit that jump shot or what if Braswell hadn?t hit that against us. They did. We had a chance to stop them, and we didn?t. We have to live with that.?
Getting that win over Kentucky would have the Gamecocks at .500 in league play rather than two games below.
?I would say that would certainly help our cause,? Odom said of finishing with an 8-8 SEC record. ?There have been teams that didn?t finish .500 in the league that made the tournament, but not many. I think you can make a case for that being a realistic criteria for the committee, but I don?t think it?s the only one. Every year, the criteria changes.?
One factor that always has bandied about is a team?s Ratings Percentage Index. According to the collegeRPI.com Web site, USC?s power rating was 46 on Tuesday.
That places the Gamecocks fifth in the SEC East between Vanderbilt (42) and Tennessee (62). Among the 12 SEC teams, only Tennessee, Auburn (100) and LSU (102) are lower than the Gamecocks.
Considering the highest number of SEC teams to ever make an NCAA Tournament is six, it could be a long shot to even consider USC a bubble team now.
If you throw out the SEC teams among the top nine with losing league records, that eliminates USC, Arkansas and Vanderbilt. It leaves six teams ? Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi State, Alabama and Mississippi ? as likely tournament teams.
One other factor hurting USC is its 2-8 record against teams in the RPI top 50. Again, the 51-50 loss to Kentucky comes to mind.
The Gamecocks have a chance to change that for the better, beginning with the Tide tonight.
?I think a win against Alabama would definitely put this team in position where we would feel confident going into the end of the season and the SEC Tournament, and anything can happen there,? USC senior guard Aaron Lucas said.
After Alabama, the Gamecocks play at Vanderbilt, home with LSU, at Auburn, at Georgia and home with Mississippi State.
Lucas, one of two USC senior players, said he knows the schedule well.
?Being in the position that I?m in,? Lucas said, ?I have looked at a schedule to see what position that we can be in as a team, just to think of the different scenarios if we can win a couple games here or if we lose a couple of games. Where would that place us?
?I think we all have a good indication of what can happen if we do play well and we do the things we need to do on the floor to reach postseason play.?
For all the talk about who needs to do what to get into the NCAA Tournament, Odom is thankful for one thing ? there are still games to be played.
?The beauty of college basketball, the fantasy of college basketball and the fascination of college basketball is just what we?re talking about ? there?s still a lot of ball to be played,? Odom said. ?Meaningful ball.?
USC needs strong finish for NCAA berth
By STEVE WISEMAN
Staff Writer
Thoughts of Cliff Hawkins? buzzer-beating shot to lift Kentucky to a win in January could haunt the South Carolina men?s basketball team.
Ditto for the jumper that Georgetown?s Kevin Braswell sank at the Carolina Coliseum a month earlier to beat the Gamecocks.
With their basketball team sitting at 14-9, it?s tantalizing ? or maybe agonizing ? for Gamecock fans to dream about turning those two losses to wins and making travel plans for the NCAA Tournament.
Instead, USC coach Dave Odom admits his club probably needs wins in at least four of its final six games to have realistic hopes of an NCAA at-large bid.
That quest begins tonight when the Gamecocks face No. 7 Alabama at 7:30 at the Carolina Coliseum..
For now, Odom is preaching that his players should think about their 10-3 nonconference record, Southeastern Conference wins over Arkansas and Georgia and the six regular-season games to come.
?I?d like to be in better shape, that?s for sure, recordwise, Odom said. I think the challenge now is to build on that and not to sit around and say what if Hawkins hadn?t hit that jump shot or what if Braswell hadn?t hit that against us. They did. We had a chance to stop them, and we didn?t. We have to live with that.?
Getting that win over Kentucky would have the Gamecocks at .500 in league play rather than two games below.
?I would say that would certainly help our cause,? Odom said of finishing with an 8-8 SEC record. ?There have been teams that didn?t finish .500 in the league that made the tournament, but not many. I think you can make a case for that being a realistic criteria for the committee, but I don?t think it?s the only one. Every year, the criteria changes.?
One factor that always has bandied about is a team?s Ratings Percentage Index. According to the collegeRPI.com Web site, USC?s power rating was 46 on Tuesday.
That places the Gamecocks fifth in the SEC East between Vanderbilt (42) and Tennessee (62). Among the 12 SEC teams, only Tennessee, Auburn (100) and LSU (102) are lower than the Gamecocks.
Considering the highest number of SEC teams to ever make an NCAA Tournament is six, it could be a long shot to even consider USC a bubble team now.
If you throw out the SEC teams among the top nine with losing league records, that eliminates USC, Arkansas and Vanderbilt. It leaves six teams ? Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi State, Alabama and Mississippi ? as likely tournament teams.
One other factor hurting USC is its 2-8 record against teams in the RPI top 50. Again, the 51-50 loss to Kentucky comes to mind.
The Gamecocks have a chance to change that for the better, beginning with the Tide tonight.
?I think a win against Alabama would definitely put this team in position where we would feel confident going into the end of the season and the SEC Tournament, and anything can happen there,? USC senior guard Aaron Lucas said.
After Alabama, the Gamecocks play at Vanderbilt, home with LSU, at Auburn, at Georgia and home with Mississippi State.
Lucas, one of two USC senior players, said he knows the schedule well.
?Being in the position that I?m in,? Lucas said, ?I have looked at a schedule to see what position that we can be in as a team, just to think of the different scenarios if we can win a couple games here or if we lose a couple of games. Where would that place us?
?I think we all have a good indication of what can happen if we do play well and we do the things we need to do on the floor to reach postseason play.?
For all the talk about who needs to do what to get into the NCAA Tournament, Odom is thankful for one thing ? there are still games to be played.
?The beauty of college basketball, the fantasy of college basketball and the fascination of college basketball is just what we?re talking about ? there?s still a lot of ball to be played,? Odom said. ?Meaningful ball.?
i have tried to play all of them personally, but i didnt last night with msu -1 vs ill. i dont like to pick games i think will be close to the number and at the least i saw illinois losing by 8 or so. ill probably get on usc tonight
Historically, the unranked vs ranked has been a strong theory in December and January....usually not a strong angle Feb and March.
