Karl Garrett
30 DIMER -NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS
10 DIMER - LOUISVILLE CARDINALS
30 DIMER - NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS
The G-Man has seen enough to know that North Carolina is simply playing now on another level. The pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place, and not even the great Blake Griffin and his double-doubles are going to save the Sooners from exiting in this round, and it won't even be close.
North Carolina can turn it on at will as evidenced by the 17-2 run they put on LSU to run away in that game, and the 12-0 run they put on Gonzaga on Friday to run away in that contest.
No knock at all on what OU has accomplished, it is just my feeling that the Sooners are not quite ready to take that next step in this tournament. As well as the Sooner backcourt played against Syracuse, this UNC team will present a different set of problems for the Sooners, and in all liklihood, the Heels are just a little quicker, and a little better, and also a tad deeper off the bench than the Sooners are.
What appears to be a "big" impost will evaporate before this one is all said and done.
Take the Tar Heels minus the points.
10 DIMER - LOUISVILLE CARDINALS
As I mentioned above, I have seen enough to know that I don't need to see anymore when it comes to the Louisville Cardinals. Any questions about the 'Ville being a little vunerable were more than answered with their resounding win over a decent Arizona team.
The Cardinals appear to know that it is "money time" in this tournament, and I don't see the fairly pedestrian Spartans standing in their way.
Michigan State was more than lucky to get by Kansas on Friday, as it is not likely they will go on another 12-2 run to close the game today and win outright.
The Spartans have too many scoring droughts during the course of the 40 minutes for the G-Man to trust them at staying inside this climbing number.
When, and I stress WHEN Michigan State goes 4 minutes without a basket, they will find themselves behind by double-digits, and Tom Izzo's team will not have enough firepower to sneak back inside of this number.
Lay it all day long with the Redbirds.
ATS Tourney
4 units North Carolina
3 units Louisville
SportsKingz
LOUISVILLE -7
MICHIGAN ST. / LOUISVILLE OVER 138
OKLAHOMA +6.5
OKLAHOMA / N.CAROLINA UNDER 165
Frank Patron
10,000 Louisville -6.5
Dave Malinsky
6* Mich St / Louisville Under
5* Mavs/Cavs Under
Maddux Sports
Basketball
3 units on Minnesota +3
3 units on Boston -11
3 units on Michigan State +7
Jim Kruger
LOUISVILLE -6.5
VictoriousPlay
Phoenix @ Sacramento
Pick: 5* Phoenix -5
Michigan St. - Louisville
Pick: 5* Michigan St. +7
Oklahoma - North Carolina
Pick: 5* Under 164
Bob Balfe
Toronto -2
Michigan State +7
Oklahoma +7
Chris Jordan
400 Louisville
Adam Meyer
5.5 Units Louisville -6.5
5.5 Units Oklahoma +6.5
5.5 Units Los Angeles Lakers -3
Oscarxena Sports
Michigan State/Louisville Under 138 (3 Unit Play)
Both Louisville and Michigan State will battle here for a trip to the Final Four and this game should be a slugfest. While both clubs are pretty good offensive teams don't be fooled, these teams are where they are at now due to their defensive efforts. Louisville ranks #2 in defensive efficiency this year while Michigan State ranks #10 in that category. These teams are still good offensively as Louisville ranks at #25 in offensive efficiency while Michigan State ranks at #29 but unlike the game earlier this week between Missouri and Memphis that I took Under I think the pace will be more controlled in this one rather than the uptempo style that occurred in that one. Louisville over the past three years after scoring 80 or more points has went 20-6 ATS for the Under and over the same period of time Michigan State when installed as an underdog has went 17-6 ATS to the Under. I think Izzo knows that he must control the tempo today to limit turnovers because that is how Louisville has been building huge leads in this tournament so I look for some long deliberate possessions in this one. With Raymar Morgan playing with a broken nose and protective mask he will probably struggle in this one so someone else will need to step up but the Spartans are used to that as they have fought injuries all year. I watched both teams a lot this year and sometimes these teams went into droughts in games unable to score and I think we will get a couple of minutes of scoreless action in this one which should enable this wager to cash. If you are looking for a side I would take the points with Michigan State but I am just going to play the Under here for a three unit wager.
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4* Lakers
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25 unit Bulls +2
10 units Oklahoma
10 units Louisville
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Louisville -6.5