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3 units on the OVER 66 Florida Atlantic/Memphis, 8:00
2007-08 BASKETBALL
3 units on the Portland Trailblazers (-3 1/2) over the Denver Nuggets, 10:00
3 units on the Boston Celtics (-9 1/2) over the Chicago Bulls, 7:00
Black Magic Sports Plays
NCAA Football:
5 Unit Black Magic New Orleans Bowl Beatdown on Florida Atlantic -3
Florida Atlantic will bring more fans to this game as they are just a hop skip and a jump away from New Orleans. They are the better all-around team with one of the best quarterbacks in the country that noone knows about. Rusty Smith has thrown for over 3,300 yards and 27 touchdowns to just 7 interceptions. His effective passing game will lead the Owls over the Tigers who give up a ton of points. Memphis gives up 8.2 yards per passing attempt in road games. Memphis is 3-12 ATS off 2 straight wins against conference rivals. Florida Atlantic’s win over Troy to end the season as a 15-point underdog gives them tremendous momentum heading into this contest. Cash in with Florida Atlantic as the favorite.
NBA:
3 Unit Sharp Play on Washington Wizards -4.5
The Washington Wizards are showing awesome value at home tonight. The Wizards already beat the Hawks earlier this year by 11 points in Atlanta. Now they take on the Hawks at home where they should have no problem posting another double-digit victory. The Hawks are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. The Wizards are 10-1 ATS in their last 11 games against the Eastern Conference. The Wizards are 9-1 ATS in their last 10 games as a favorite. Cash in with Washington as the favorite.
3 Unit Sharp Play on Portland Trail Blazers -4
The Portland Trail Blazers have now won 9 straight games and they will make it No. 10 tonight. Portland will be playing a Denver team that is coming off a double-overtime game last night and their tired legs won’t allow the Nuggets to keep up with the Blazers in this one. Iverson played over 56 minutes and Anthony played over 51 minutes for the Nuggets last night. Without these two superstars on fresh legs, the Nuggets simply cannot compete. The Blazers are 10-1 ATS in their last 11 games overall. Cash in with Portland as the favorite.
Mike Volpe (1-0, had Navy +8 as 4* on 1-5* scale)
New Orleans Bowl Friday December 21, 2007Florida Atlantic Owls (-2.5) versus Memphis Tigers (O/U67)8 PM ET on ESPN2 Florida Atlantic makes it’s first Bowl appearance ever after winning the Sun Belt Conference crown as a fifteen point underdog. Not much defense expected as Memphis passes for 308 a game and the Owls are close behind at 286 ypg passing. The line says it all in this game. Unknown Florida Atlantic laying 2.5 to a mid-major conference school, Memphis, who has won five of their last six games.
3* play on the Florida Atlantic Owls -2.5
Marco D'Angelo | NBA Sides Double-Dime Bet
WAS -4.5
Analysis: Washington bounces back with a Big Win tonight at home as they catch Atlanta off of monster Wins over Utah & Miami. This is Atlanta's last game before Christmas I expect them to start their Christmas Vacation early. Take WASHINGTON as MARCO'S NBA BLOWOUT GAME OF THE WEEK and make them a DOUBLE DIME PLAY.
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CBB
NC State -2.5
NBA
Denver Nuggets +4.5
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THE REAL ANIMAL
Pick title: 3* Memphis +3 1/2 and 3* 'OVER' 66
I don’t handicap or follow the Sun Belt conference so take this one with a grain of salt. Plus teams like Memphis I rarely get right to even further validate this soft play. But I’ve seen big boys like Missouri and Oklahoma State from major conferences stumble at Troy, so the fact that Florida Atlantic won outright at that venue is fairly impressive. Just seven years into their program, Florida Atlantic is bowling for dollars as Coach Schnellenberger returns to a bowl for the first time since 1993. We know going in this team will throw successfully. The Owls fired for over 300 yards in Gainesville against the Gators. They were 6-1 in conference play while Memphis was 0-2 against the Sun Belt. Memphis concluded the season 7-5 making the Tigers 9-15 SU the last two years. Memphis won five games by three points or less. The Tigers also can’t stop the run, as they were #110 out of 119 FBS teams. This isn’t to suggest Florida Atlantic is a defensive juggernaut. Neither of these teams plays a shred of defense. Memphis allows 31 points a game while Florida Atlantic is at 33 a contest. The difference though appears to be strength of schedule. Memphis took on opponents like Ole Miss, Arkansas State, and Jacksonville State out of conference. FAA played Minnesota, Kentucky, and Florida. This game has shootout written all over it. Memphis was just torched at times yielding 56 at Central Florida, 56 to East Carolina at home, and 52 at home to SMU. I watched East Carolina at Marshall and SMU at TCU. Those two teams are pathetic as is the entire Conference USA. It’s hard to determine the mental outlook of Memphis. But following a 2-10 campaign in 2006, I suppose the Tigers are glad to be anywhere. Needless to say Florida Atlantic is ecstatic. But a virgin bowl team as a favorite of more than a field goal? Sounds like a scary proposition to me. Memphis won the New Orleans Bowl in 2003. FAA is 0-5 ATS as a favorite if their opponent is off a win. Going into this year, the Owls were favored four times in their history and were 0-4 ATS. This year they were 4-2 ATS as a chalk. FAA was also +19 in turnovers, tied for 1st in all college football in that category. As mentioned earlier, the Owls won a shocking game at Troy as a 15 ½-point underdog. Curiously, bowl favorites off a SU win of more than six points have covered just six of the last 25 times. FAA was also 0-4 ATS against fellow bowl teams this year. Memphis is 11-2 ATS as a rested underdog against an opponent off back-to-back wins. I like the fact that Memphis QB Martin Hankins is a senior and that the Tigers rushed for 461 yards in their last two games. From 2001-2004 Sun Belt champion North Texas went 1-3 SU and ATS in this game. Okay, enough already. I’ve spent enough time on these two pretenders. I’m personally playing pizza and beer $$ only on this one. 3*’s on Memphis +3 ½ and ‘OVER’ 66
ATS LOCK
3 FL Atlantic -3
NBA
5 Orlando -4
5 Indiana -5 1/2
3 Over 181 Chicago
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Kendall Holiday College Football
Over 67 - Florida Atlantic / Memphis
This game features two good football teams coming into this game on good notes. Florida Atlantic can score in so many ways as evidenced by their point totals on the season, which included 38 points recently against Troy and 55 against Florida International. They also give up points as evidenced by their 34-31 final against Arkansas State. Memphis is a similar team with a balanced offense, who has shootout games littered throughout their schedule this season. One of Memphis's total exceeding 100 points and another game totaled 96 points. We like the over in this football game as both of these teams will score points and both are very motivated to win this football game. Four units on the over
BEN BURNS
Main Event - Memphis
BURNS NBA:
I'm playing on the Mavericks and Clippers to finish UNDER the number. The Mavs began the season by seeing the majority of their games finish above the number. However, that hasn't been the case lately. Wednesday's game stayed below the total, the UNDER is now 5-1 their past six games. The Mavs have also seen the UNDER go 2-0 this season when playing at home with an over/under line ranging from 190 to 194.5. Looking back a bit further and we find the UNDER at a profitable 17-9 when the Mavs have been in that role since 2005. Meanwhile, the Clippers have seen the UNDER go 3-0 this season when playing a road game with an over/under line ranging from 190 to 194.5 and 12-6 in that situation since 2005.The Clippers played solid defense last time out as they limited Toronto to only 80 points. Unfortunately for LA fans, their offense managed a mere 77 points. That game stayed below the total by 30 points and brought the UNDER to 11-5 their last 16 games. Looking at the series history and we find the UNDER at a profitable 14-3 the last 17 times that these teams have faced each other, including 11-1 the last 12. I'm expecting more of the same this evening with the final combined score staying beneath the number and the UNDER improving to 26-16 the last 42 times that the Mavs were coming off a game in which they allowed 105 or more points. *Western Conference Total of the Month
Over Knicks -- Anhilator
Bobcats to finish OVER the total. The Knicks come off just their third win in the month of December, a convincing 108-90 rout of the Cavs. Note that they were underdogs for all three of those victories. The Knicks followed up each of those previous victories by seeing their next game finish above the total. That brought the OVER to 5-1 this season when they were coming off a SU victory when listed as an underdog. That's worth mentioning as we find the OVER at 4-0 this season when they've been listed as road underdogs in the +3.5 to +6 range. Looking back a little further shows the OVER at a profitable 16-7 the last 23 times that the Knicks were in that role. Meanwhile, we find that the Bobcats have seen the OVER go 3-0 this season when listed as home favorites in the -3.5 to -6 range and 11-6-1 their last 18 in that role. Additionally, they've seen the OVER go 2-0 this season when playing a home game with an over/under line in the 190 to 194.5 range. Looking at three previous meetings in 2007 (all last season) and we find that they had over/under lines of 198.5, 199.5 and 203. Tonight's number is obviously much lower than that and I feel that provides us with excellent value. Look for a high-scoring affair that finishes above the low number with the OVER improving to 13-5 the last 18 times that the Knicks were coming off a double-digit victory. *Annihilator
JOHNNY GUILD
NBA Selection
Friday, December 21st, 2007 8:00 PM EST.
Memphis Grizzlies (8-17) at Detroit Pistons (18-7)
The Pistons go for their sixth straight win over the Grizzlies and have taken the last two clashes at The Palace of Auburn Hills, seven of their last eight. However, laying double digits is a bit risky. Memphis has played the Pistons tough. The Grizzlies have lost seven of their last eight at Detroit, but went 6-2 ATS in the last eight meetings and 4-2 ATS in the last six in Detroit. The struggling Grizzlies may not be a great money maker and are a sorry road team, just 3-9 this season, but are 6-5-1 ATS away from home this season. Take the Grizzlies to cover the spread in Motor City.
Memphis Grizzlies +10
NCAAF
Friday, December 21st, 2007 8:00 PM EST. (Eastern Time)
8:00 PM EST. Memphis Tigers (7-5) vs. Florida Atlantic Owls (7-5)
Site: Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans, Louisiana
Florida Atlantic Owls -3
This will be the first of five Florida teams to go bowling. Memphis has been on a roll, winning five of its last six games, but has not been successful against Sun Belt teams. They lost to Middle Tennessee and Arkansas State this year. I like the Owls to win this game in their first-ever bowl game, but go easy. This clash will be a close fought battle that could go either way. The Owls had a more grueling schedule and believe their offense led by Rusty Smith will give the Tigers pass defense a problem.
NCAAB
Saint Joseph's Hawks - 7.5
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