Winning Way Sports comp
Selection: Creighton -12.5 (-110)
Reason: Put us down on Creighton -12.5 for our Free College Basketball Selection on Saturday. Today Indiana State will be on the road as they take on Creighton. We will lay the points with Creighton! The Creighton offense should be able to destroy Indiana State today. Creighton (at home) is scoring an average of 78.2 points per game, while Indiana State (on the road) is scoring an average of only 58.4 points per game. In addition, Creighton has been a smart at home investment. In fact, Creighton is 7-2 ATS in their last 9 home games. We will lay the points with the much better team!
Take Creighton -12.5!
Brandon Lang
15 Dime - Xavier
15 Dime - Kansas
5 Dime - Creighton
5 Dime - Valpo
5 Dime - Vandy
Free Pick - Kent State
Joe Wiz comps
Clippers + 1
Northwestern + 20
Cappers Access
Georgetown
Duke
Missouri
Arthur Ralph
TCU
ARIZONA ST.
Loyola Chicago
UTAH
Jim Feist comp
Memphis-Charlotte under
EZ Winners
NCAA
1 STAR: (526) SYRACUSE (-4.5) over Villanova
(Risking $110 to win $100)
1 STAR: (538) IOWA STATE (-1.5) over Oklahoma State
(Risking $110 to win $100)
1 STAR: (572) KANSAS STATE (+1.5) over Texas A&M
(Risking $110 to win $100)
1 STAR: (587) NEBRASKA (-2) over Baylor
(Risking $110 to win $100)
1 STAR: (642) MISSOURI (+7) over Kansas
(Risking $110 to win $100)
NBA
3 STAR: (522) LA CLIPPERS (+2) over New Jersey
(Risking $330 to win $300)
Alex Smart
Oklahoma -7.0
The Oklahoma Sooners (12-5) are a much improved team and despite of some recent set backs to Kansas and Kansas State, are on their way to being one of the top programs in the Big 10 again. Bobby Knights Texas Tech(10-6), their opponents here today are off an emotional win against Texas A&M last time out, for their 3rd straight win in that series, and are now in a let down situation, against an extremely hungry Sooners team that will be primed to get back in the win column. Final notes & Key Trends: Texas Tech has lost 4 of their 5 road games this season.The Sooners have won 51 of the last 59 games and 106 of the last 119 at home in the Loyd Noble Center. Play on Oklahoma yes, even with freshman star Griffin out of the lineup with injury
ATS LOCK
15 units Clemson +9
7 units Iowa St. -1
7 units Mid Tenn St. -Pk
5 units So Alabama -3 1/2
5 units Portland -4 1/2
ATS FINANCIAL
4 units Louisville -7 1/2
4 units Ohio -1 1/2
4 units Miami FL +2
TOTALS 4 U
Kansas @ Missouri on Saturday, January 19th
Kansas (17-0, 2-0 Big 12) routed the short-handed Sooners, who lost freshman scoring leader Blake Griffin early in the game to injury, 85-55 at Allen Fieldhouse in a game in which the Jayhawks turned the ball over just 7 times and maintained their #3 position in the Associated Press poll behind only North Carolina and Memphis. Coach Bill Self (122-29 in 5th season at Lawrence) has captured at total of 7 league titles in 3 different conferences in his 15 head coaching seasons, taking Tulsa (74 -24), Illinois (78-24), and Kansas each to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament with run and gun offensive attacks aided by superior perimeter defenses pilfering the rock and leading the break. This season, Self has 5 dynamite guards to run the show with 6'6" junior Brandon Rush (11.7p, 4.5r, 2.0a, 27/64 from 3-point), 6'1" junior Mario Chalmers (12.2p, 2.8r, 4.9a, 30/64 from 3-point), and 6'1" senior Russell Robinson (6.9p, 2.4r, 4.6a) in the starting roles while 5'11" sophomore Sherron Collins (9.5p, 2.3r, 2.8a) and 6'4" Roderick Stewart (4.5p, 2.6r, 2.2a) bring the energy off the bench. Rush has been criticized much of his career for a lack of aggressiveness but we like this kid. When the popular opinion was that this late signee would put in one year and then bolt for the NBA Draft, Rush has stayed in school, finished his rehab from off-season ACL surgery early, and has cranked up his game in Big 12 play with 35 total points including 9 makes from behind the arc against Nebraska and Oklahoma. 87 of the last 90 Jayhawk opponents have shot under 50% from the field with Chalmers (2.9 steals per game) and Robinson (2.5 steals per game) ranking 1-2 in conference thefts for a crew that ranks first nationally with 11.0 steals per game while the big guys inside swat away shots at a nationally best rate of 6.6 per game. In the paint 6'9" 230 sophomore F Darrell Arthur (13.4p, 5.8r, 30 blocks) and 6'8" 250 senior C Darnell Jackson (12.3p, 7.0r, 55/76 from field last 10 games) round out the starting lineup, although Coach Self really uses a 4-man rotation on the blocks, substituting regularly with former starter 6'11" 245 senior C Sasha Kaun (7.9p, 4.0r, 25 blocks) and 6'11" 245 freshman C Cole Aldrich (3.3p, 3.4r, 19 blocks) - each of whom are extraordinary defensive stoppers. 83.3 points of offense per game while allowing just 58.6 points per game defensively is why the Crimson and Blue have won 25 consecutive regular season games but it's the added component of depth that makes Kansas our selection for eventual 2006-2007 National Champion. 7 different Jayhawks have led the team in scoring, 6 have led the team in rebounding, and 8 have led the team in steals through Kansas's first 17 games.
Missouri (11-5, 1-0 Big 12) upset the #12 Texas Longhorns by the score of 97-84 at Missouri Arena to open their conference season, exploding for 59 points on 70.6% shooting from the field in the second half, to record their 13th consecutive home win. The arrival of Nolan Richardson disciple (22years at player and assistant coach) Coach Mike Anderson (29-17 in 2nd season in Columbia) has revitalized the Old Gold and Black with an attack alternatively termed "The Run and Execute", "40 minutes of Hell", and simply "The Show". In his 4 seasons as head coach of Alabama-Birmingham (89-41), Coach Anderson led the Blazers to a NIT and three NCAA births with aggressive recruiting from the junior college ranks and he hasn't lost a trick in his move to the big leagues. 6'8" 225 junior F DeMarre "Junk Yard Dog" or "J Y De" Carroll (14.6p, 6.8r, 1.4s, 91/155 from the field) transferred in from Vanderbilt while 6'3" sophomore G J. T. Tiller (6.4p), 6'7" 227 senior F Darryl Butterfield (4.6p, 2,4r), and 2006-2007 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year 6'1" senior Stefhon Hannah (14.0p, 2.6r, 5.5a, 2.0s, 37/89 from 3-point) was named 2006-2007 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year were all brought in from junior colleges. Starting in the paint along with Carroll is 6'9" 240 junior Leo Lyons (12.1p, 4.7r, 77/121 from the field) but it's the play of Missouri's guards that have the "Tiger Nation" believing they have a shot at conference honors this year. 6'2" senior Jason Horton (3.7p,1.7r, 3.3a), 6'7" junior Matt Lawrence (9.6p, 2.7r, 38/106 from 3-point), 6'2" sophomore Keon Lawrence (10.4p, 4.1r, 2.8a, 1.4s), plus Hannah and Tiller will work you over and leave the best offenses looking out of sync. 19.0 assists (#7 nation), 19.9 forced turnovers (#9 nation), and 10.3 steals (#10 nation) per game not only ranks the Tigers first in the country in turnover margin at + 6.3 per contest but has led to 24.4 points per game off turnovers in 2007-2008 while holding opposing shooters to just 24.4% from behind the arc. With 83.0 points of offense per trip, Missouri has the firepower to hang with any squad in college basketball and having played Maryland (win), Michigan State (loss by 3), Purdue (win), California (loss), Arkansas (loss by 3), Illinois (loss by1), and Mississippi State (loss) in their non-conference schedule, Coach Anderson's team has been well prepared for a rugged Big 12 Conference season. The Kansas game is usually the only home sell-out of Missouri's season and the "Border War" is at a fever pitch this year after the Tigers knocked the Jayhawks out of the National Championship picture in football.
In our view, the Jayhawks are the best team in the country but this is an extremely dangerous situation. The Tigers match up with Kansas probably better than any squad in the nation and have played a tougher schedule to this point. We'll be keeping our eyes on Wednesday night's Missouri match up with Iowa State but for now we'll pick the upset for Saturday night. Take Missouri plus the points at home
Dave Malinsky comp 4* play
GAME: Notre Dame @ Georgetown
PICK: Notre Dame
Offered at: 9
Last Saturday afternoon we did something that we do often – backed Mike Brey as a road underdog. And later that day we had to do something that has been rather rare – put the ticket on the losing side of the ledger. But it was not so much a case of the Fighting Irish playing poorly as a good Marquette team being on top of their game, including an out of character performance from 3-point range (naturally the Golden Eagles balanced that out with an 0-12 at Louisville on Thursday). And the bottom line is that even with that defeat Brey is on a 35-11 ATS run as an underdog away from South Bend, and we get excellent value here in a game that can go right to the wire.
The Fighting Irish are an ideal example of our “Tough Out” phrase – they do so many things right that it is difficult to get a margin against them. In the past Brey has largely made it happen with shooters and ball-handlers, and while he has them in stock once again (they shoot 41.6 percent from 3-point range, 72.6 from the free throw line and are 5th in the nation in assists), the difference this time is a deep and physical front court. They are holding the opposition to 39.5 percent from the field, and are 5th in the nation in rebound differential. When talent and tactics come together it means a live chance to win just about any game outright, and there will not be any fear of the Hoyas at all – under Brey the Irish are 3-2 SU against them on this court, with one of the defeats coming by a single point, and they remember well the bitter two-point loss in Madison Square Garden last March in the Big East tourney.
Georgetown is not an easy team for the marketplace to price. The Hoyas have the potential to be in the Final Four because of their defense, and an offense that creates matchup problems, but that does not necessarily translate to getting many blowout wins. In their last two Big East games they trailed Connecticut most of the second half before finally escaping on that Roy Hibbert 3-pointer at the buzzer, and they were soundly beaten at Pittsburgh on Monday night. In a game that will not feature much of a pace they will be hard-pressed to ever amass any kind of working margin, and that ugly 63 percent free throw shooting makes it even more difficult to break this one open.
Tony Matthews
NBA - 15 Stars: Portland Trail Blazers +4.5
NBA - 15 Stars: Charlotte Bobcats -4.5
NBA - 15 Stars: Toronto Raptors -2.5
Dr. Vegas
Minnesota +13.5 over Denver
Hawkeye Sports
RICE +17½ OVER TULANE
Bob Donahue
Kent St
Cokin
fat man plays.........syrcuse,cincy,nebraske
late slammer............long bch
champ club..............cornell
college gom.............sandiego st
southern conf goy..........app st
missri valley goy.................crieghton
big shot..........................kent
window.....................brown
under the hat...............s.ill
3 star......................iowa st
3 star.....................miss st
window..................knicks
Sprietzer
direct line plays............depaul, purdue
big 12 conf goy..............iowa st
insider.........................florida
ko.................james mad
ko..................crieghton
tko...................duquesne
tko...................ole miss
dog shocker gow......5 star-missouri
4 star hammer...............utep
3 star hammer..............syrcuse
5 star hammer...............raptors
RAS
Troy 1 unit
Paul Leiner
10* Tulsa -7.5
10* Duke -9
10* Phi/Tor over 190.5
GINA
Toronto Raptors - 2.5
Charlotte Bobcats - 4.5
MR A
Charlotte Bobcats -4.5
Detroit Pistons -5.5
Phoenix Suns -14
SPORTS ACTION 365
Golden St +1.5
NSA
Minnesota @ Denver OVER 211
TRACE ADAMS
Arizona State Sun Devils
Joe Wiz
LA Clippers (+1)
HUDDLE UP
Virginia -6
THE VEGAS STEAMLINE
Toronto -1.5 over Philadelphia
BIG TIME SPORTS
NORTHERN ARIZONA -8 OVER SACRAMENTO STATE
The Fall Miracle
George Washington +12
Tuffball
Texas A&M -1
James Patrick Sports
Cornell
BRW Sports Advisors
Eastern Michigan vs Ball State
Eastern Michigan +1 (+109)
Special K
20* Cinn + 4 1/2
John Fina
Michigan
New Orleans
Butler
Cleveland St
Florida International
Gold Medal Club
CBB: 50* Syracuse -4.5
25* Illinois +4
25* LSU +13
10* Fordham +3
Hofstra +5
WAYNE ROOT
Chairman - Chic Bulls
Millionaire - Cincinnati
Money Maker- NC St
No Limit- Iowa
Insider Circle- Missouri
Billionaire- Virginia
L. Ness CBB
24* - Utah
Insider - Creighton
Oddsmaker error - Iowa state
Scott Spreitzer Comp
Gonzaga
SCOTT SPREITZER'S CONF GAME OF THE YEAR! 2-0, 100%
Scott's a perfect 2-0, 100% winners with 2008 CBB Conference GOYs. His most recent was a 26-point BLOWOUT WIN with Marquette over Notre Dame. Scott's third CONFERENCE GAME OF THE YEAR goes on Saturday. Grab the **DAY GAME,** book-busting crusher and cash with Scott again!
Iowa State
Black Magic Sports
NCAA Basketball:
5 Unit Black Magic Mountain West Rivalry GOTY Play on Utah -2.5
The Utah Utes will dominate this Mountain West Conference Rivalry and defend their home court with shining colors tonight. Utah is 9-1 in their last 10 home meetings with the BYU Cougars. The Utes suffered a terrible season in losses to BYU in both meetings last season. They are a much improved team this year and will bounce back to get revenge on their conference rivals Saturday. BYU lost their last game by 29 points at UNLV. Utah blew a huge halftime lead to San Diego State to lose by 8 points in overtime their last game out. They will come in more pissed off knowing they gave that one away. BYU has to be lacking in confidence after getting slaughtered by 29 points as well. They probably don't even believe they can win this game themselves. Cash in with Utah as the favorite.
3 Unit Sharp Play on Alabama Pk
3 Unit Sharp Play on USC +11
3 Unit Sharp Play on Tennessee -11
3 Unit Sharp Play on Georgia +1
3 Unit Sharp Play on Texas -17.5
NBA:
4 Unit NBA Beatdown of the Night on L.A. Clippers +2
The Clippers are finally starting to get healthy and it's paying off, at least in home games anyway. The Clippers just beat the Western Conference leading Phoenix Suns 97-90 in their last home game. Now they take on an average Eastern Conference team in the New Jersey Nets Saturday that don't stand a chance on this Western Conference road trip. The home team is 9-3 ATS in the last 12 meetings between the Clippers and Nets. New Jersey is 5-16 ATS after playing a home game this season. The Nets have lost 3 straight games including an embarrassing home loss to the New York Knicks. Cash in with the Clippers as the underdog.