Dave Essler
3*
Marquette
Analysis:
One angle I like a lot is Conference Tournament revenge. It's not the be-all, end-all or this would be easy, but it helps, and Seton Hall knocked Marquette out of the Big East Tournament last season in the first round. It was a six-point game, and both their regular season games were three points games. If Seton didn't just beat Butler this would probably have Marquette favored by a couple, and of course Marquette lost at 'Nova, but played well. Seton's win over Butler was just their third road game, and before this little run (at home) this is a team that lost at Rutgers. This (Seton) is going to be a tough team to back on the road for me if for no other reason than the fact that they're not a great FT shooting team. Marquette IS. IF Seton has a weakness on offense it's protecting the ball and Marquette has been turning people over. Seton is the #1 three-point shooting team so far in Conference play, but Marquette has the #2 defense and that's including a game against Villanova. On the road last season Seton lost their first six Big East games - they beat Butler on the road to end the season but their other two road wins were G'town and and DePaul (barely) - Marquette only LOST two home games last season and barely‰, to Butler and Providence (by one). It looks to me like the wrong team is favored.
1*
Texans &am +6
Analysis:
Aggies get healthy tonight - I'll play it smaller in part because more of the planet seem to like the Aggies which as we know from experience can be a bad thing. A & M is plenty big enough to handle Kentucky, who doesn't REALLY have a good win (by their standards) since beating Kansas. I don't count Louisville since it's their rivalry game and L'ville's issues. Kentucky beat these guys twice last season, once (here) in brutal fashion and although it might be different players - the Aggies certainly don't care. If Kentucky can't control the pace, and I worry about that being so young, they may not win this game. When healthy, Texas A & M has two losses by a total of four points, and they've beaten some good teams away or on neutral sites -
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Stephen Nover's NBA
Heat vs Raptors
Raptors -3.5 (-110)
The Raptors have won five in a row averaging 121.8 points per game during this span.
Toronto has been dominant at home with a 14-1 record. Yet the line is much shorter than normal because Kyle Lowry is out. I believe the marketplace has overreacted to this injury.
The Raptors are much better than the Heat. They've defeated the Heat the past five times in Toronto, too.
DeMar DeRozan, who is on fire, is the Raptors' key player not Lowry. Miami has a couple of injuries, too, with Dion Waiters and Justise Winslow both out.
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Wayne Root
Pinnacle Boise State
Inner Circle Michigan
Perfect Play Auburn
No Limit Nebraska
Millionaire South Carolina.
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JR ODONNELL
3*
Ottawa/ Chicago over 5.5
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Goodfella
3*
MAX" 3* on MICHIGAN/PURDUE OVER 140
We missed the best number on this, but I sill love this at 140. I have this game landing in the mid to high 140's after 40 minutes of play. This Michigan team SHOULD have success beyond the arc from the 3-ball land this evening. This team is extremely dangerous offensively when they are at HOME. I expect their shooters to have success on their home court here. On the flip side we have another extremely good offensive club in Purdue. So, we have two potent offenses who can really get hot from 3-ball land and add on the fact that this should be a close game, we very well could get a slew of points at the end of the game, due to fouling. Fouling and stoppage of the clock and the strong ability to shoWeot beyond the arc equates to a high % of this game going OVER this number. My strongest Big-10 source (Sam) is on this over as well, and I'm all over the OVER between these two clubs tonight.
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Kelso
Tuesday Basketball Shocker
50 Texas A&M +5
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VSI NHL HOCKEY
4 Unit Play. Take #60 St. Louis -160 over Florida (7:05p.m., Tuesday January 9)
The St. Louis Blues come back home to the Scottrade Center after dropping back-to-back road games but tonight the Blues look for 4-straight home wins. Florida comes to St. Louis struggling to win road games and the Panthers have dropped 3-straight road games giving up 12 goals and if the Blues can grab an early lead I see St. Louis having no trouble winning this game. I hate laying such a big number in the NHL but again the way Florida has been playing on the road I believe the Blues is the 'Best Bet' on the NHL board. St. Louis is 8-3 in their last 11 meetings against Florida and the Panthers are 9-23 in their last 32 road games.
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3 Unit Play. Take #507 Over 214 Sacramento at Los Angeles Lakers (10:35p.m., Tuesday January 9)
The Lakers defense has given up an average of 120.8ppg in their last 8 games and with the Kings coming to Staples Center trending over games I see this game flying over. The Kings last 5 games 4 of them have gone over and with the Lakers healthy now I see this game tonight flying over. Sacramento is 6-1 O/U against Western Conference opponents and the Lakers are 7-0 O/U against division teams and the Lakers are 5-1 O/U in their last 6 home games.
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Tuesday's College Basketball Plays
3-Unit Play. #512 Take Indiana (+1.5) over Penn State (7 p.m., Tuesday, January 9)
Not sure Penn State should be favored in Bloomington, but we'll take IU without having to lay a point on their home floor. The Hoosiers have one of the more productive and underrated players in the Big Ten in Juwun Morgan (15 points, 7 rebounds), and I don't see the Nittany Lions being able to stop him nor keep Indiana from a home win in this one. Penn State hasn't challenged themselves much on the road, and we'll back the Hoosiers coming off their strong win at Minnesota.
3-Unit Play. #520 Take Eastern Michigan (-4.5) over Central Michigan (7 p.m., Tuesday, January 9)
Eastern Michigan has tallied a modest 9-6 record, but its at home where the majority of the Eagles' success has come. EMU is 7-1 in Ypsilanti, and tonight they get a conference opponent they've dominated in recent memory. Central Michigan has definitely overacheived at 12-3 this season. Last season they graduated the top scorer in the country in Marcus Keane (30 ppg) as well as Braylon Rayson (21 ppg). No team lost two more prolific scorers than did the Chippewas. And despite their early success this year, Eastern has their number. The Eagles have won the last four meetings with Central by an average of 21.2 points per win. Eastern Michigan is getting great production out of Robert Morris graduate transfer Elijah Minnie (17 points, 6 rebounds), and he is a lethal combination with double-double machine James Thompson IV (15 points, 11 rebounds). These two are going to be dominant on the block tonight and a big reason for the home team's big win here. Eastern Michigan is 3-1 ATS this season as a favorite, while Central Michigan has allowed 82 points in road games. This is an opponent the Eagles know they confidently can defeat and will do so to get back in the win column and register their first in MAC Play.
3-Unit Play. #533 Take Rhode Island (-7.5) over Saint Louis (7 p.m., Tuesday, January 9)
Rhode Island is 11-3 and the three teams they have lost to have a combined record of 38-10 (Nevada, Virginia and Alabama). Since the most recent of those losses, the Rams have won six straight, the last four all by double digits. And in this one they face a Saint Louis team that simply does not have the horses to compete. The Billikens rank 334th in the nation in points (64.7), 325th in field goal percentage (40.7) and 330th in three-point percentage (30.2). Rhode Island has an RPI of 21 compared to Saint Louis' 185 ranking. The Rams are 8-0 SU and 6-2 ATS as a favorite this season. Last year they won this game at Saint Louis by 34, and you can make a case the talent differential is even greater this time around. Rhode Island have dominated this series covering ten straight games against Saint Louis, including each of the last four by double figures. Nothing changes here with another strong win for the Rams over the Billikens.
3-Unit Play. #538 Take Alabama (-4.5) over South Carolina (7 p.m., Tuesday, January 9)
It was just last March that South Carolina was in the Final Four. But boy it seems like much longer than that. And while the Gamecocks are still 10-5 and nothing to groan at, they also aren't really anything to write home about. This team is just so blah to me, having graduated a ton of talent from the group that went on that special NCAAB Tournament run. They face a Crimson Tide team that really needs a win after a few very inconsistent weeks. Alabama beat a very good Texas A&M team by 22 to open SEC play but then went on to lose a one-point game at Vanderbilt and then get blown out at Georgia this past weekend. 'Bama has beaten some good teams on their home floor, and here they come through with a strong victory to even up their league record.
7-Unit Play. #548 Take Nebraska (-1.5) over Wisconsin (8:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 9)
The Cornhuskers are 11-6 to this point, already near last season's win total of 12. This is a pretty modest number considering how poor Wisconsin has played. Of Nebraska's six losses, five are to RPI Top 50, the other to UCF's 59th RPI ranking on a neutral court. The home Cornhuskers come in having covered six straight games and have payback for last year's lone match-up with the Badgers when they lost by a single point in overtime when Wisconsin was ranked No. 7 in the country. That Top Ten ranking is a far cry from the type of ball Wisconsin is playing this season. Wisconsin is 1-7 this season aginst the RPI Top 100. Nebraska's RPI is 77 and will continue the Badgers struggles tonight. Wisconsin is 1-6 away from Madison this year and scoring a miserable 54 points in their true road games. This Badgers team has just five players averaging more than 20 minutes per game. This is a very thin team with absolutely no depth after a few injuries forced two rotation players to miss the rest of the season. Nebraska is putting up 81 points at home, and the Cornhuskers are 8-1 on their home floor, their lone loss being a one-point result to Kansas. Back at home Nebraska keep up their winning ways with a 13-point victory over Wisconsin.
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7-Unit Play. Take #Nashville (-160) over Edmonton (8:05 p.m., Jan. 9)
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John Martin
5* Miami Under 207
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Tommy Brunson
12th-Ever
100 Dime
College Hoops Play of My Career
Blowout of the Year
Rhode Island -9
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