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Sunday, February 11

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Seton Hall @ Villanova
Seton Hall
Seton Hall is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Villanova
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Seton Hall's last 7 games when playing Villanova
Villanova
Villanova is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Seton Hall
Villanova is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Seton Hall

Florida Atlantic @ Wichita State
Florida Atlantic
Florida Atlantic is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida Atlantic's last 7 games on the road
Wichita State
Wichita State is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games at home
Wichita State is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games at home

Penn State @ Northwestern
Penn State
Penn State is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Northwestern
Penn State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Northwestern
Northwestern
Northwestern is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Northwestern's last 5 games at home

Rhode Island @ UMass
Rhode Island
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Rhode Island's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Rhode Island's last 18 games when playing on the road against UMass
UMass
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of UMass's last 8 games at home
UMass is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home

Charlotte @ Temple
Charlotte
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Charlotte's last 11 games when playing Temple
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Charlotte's last 6 games when playing on the road against Temple
Temple
Temple is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Charlotte
Temple is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Charlotte

Tulane @ Memphis
Tulane
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Tulane's last 14 games when playing on the road against Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Tulane's last 20 games on the road
Memphis
Memphis is 23-2 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Tulane
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Memphis's last 5 games at home

North Texas @ Southern Methodist
North Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of North Texas's last 5 games on the road
North Texas is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games on the road
Southern Methodist
Southern Methodist is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Southern Methodist's last 11 games at home

UAB @ Tulsa
UAB
UAB is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tulsa
UAB is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Tulsa
Tulsa
Tulsa is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tulsa's last 9 games when playing UAB

Minnesota @ Iowa
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing on the road against Iowa
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Iowa
Iowa is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Iowa is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota

Bowling Green @ Louisiana-Lafayette
Bowling Green
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Bowling Green's last 5 games on the road
Bowling Green is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Lafayette is 23-2 SU in its last 25 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Louisiana-Lafayette's last 5 games at home

Northern Iowa @ UIC
Northern Iowa
Northern Iowa is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Northern Iowa is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
UIC
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of UIC's last 6 games at home
UIC is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games at home


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Long Sheet

Sunday, February 11

 

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
HALL at VILL	12:00 PM	HALL +7.0 O 131.5	+500 +500
FAU at WICH	12:00 PM	WICH +7.0 O 149.5	+500 +500
PSU at NW	01:00 PM	NW -8.0 O 146.0	+500 +500
UNT at SMU	02:00 PM	UNT +6.0 O 127.0	+500 +500
TULN at MEM	02:00 PM	TULN +8.0 O 166.0	+500 +500
CHAR at TEM	02:00 PM	CHAR -6.0 O 133.5	+500 +500
URI at MASS	02:00 PM	URI +11.5 O 153.5	+500 +500
UAB at TLSA	02:00 PM	UAB -3.0 O 153.0	+500 +500
MINN at IOWA	03:00 PM	IOWA -7.0 U 154.0	+500 +500
BGSU at ULL	03:00 PM	ULL -7.0 O 150.0	+500 +500
UNI at UIC	04:00 PM	UIC +3.5 O 140.0	+500 +500

 

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Monday’s 6-pack:
Six of the Atlanta Braves’ best prospects:
1- AJ Smith-Shawver, P
2- Hurston Waldrep, P
3- JR Ritchie, P
4- Owen Murphy, P
5- Spencer Schwellenbach, P
6- David McCabe, 1B/3B

Quote of the Day
“Buddy, when he’s over the shot, shut the hell up, man. Come on, he’s trying to hit a damn golf shot here. It’s our (bleep)ing job.”
Golfer Billy Horschel, scolding a fan at the Phoenix Open

Monday’s quiz
Who was the Chiefs’ quarterback before Patrick Mahomes?

Sunday’s quiz
Steve Christie held the record for the longest field goal in Super Bowl history, before there were two field goals longer than his last night. Harrison Butker now holds the record for the longest FG in a Super Bowl- 57 yards.

Saturday’s quiz
Brock Purdy played his college football at Iowa State.

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Monday’s Den: Super Bowl knowledge and other stuff…….​

Chiefs 25, 49ers 22, OT
Second overtime game in Super Bowl history; Kyle Shanahan was the OC for Atlanta in the other overtime game, when the Falcons blew a 28-3 lead and lost to New England.
Chiefs’ first four drives: 15 plays, 89 yards, no points.
Chiefs’ last four drives: 37 plays, 224 yards, 15 points.
Chiefs are first team in 20 years to win back/back Super Bowls.
49ers were 0-6 this season when they scored less than 24 points.
Chiefs were 9-19 on third down, San Francisco 3-12.
Over the last 23 Super Bowls, #1-seeds are 2-10 when playing an opponent who wasn’t a #1-seed.
Mahomes threw for 333 yards, ran for 66 more; he is 89-25 SU as an NFL starter, 15-3 in playoff games.
AFC won seven of the last ten Super Bowls.
Underdogs are 9-4 ATS in last 13 Super Bowls.
This was the 15th Super Bowl with a scoreless first quarter.
There has never been a punt returned for a TD in a Super Bowl.
49ers’ WR Jauan Jennings joins Nick Foles as the only two players with a TD pass and a TD catch in a Super Bowl.

— Word of the Day: Pinnacle- the most successful point, the highest point of a person’s career.
Not to be confused with pinochle, a card game for 2+ players using a 48-card deck.

— Seattle Seahawks are hiring Ryan Grubb as their offensive coordinator; he was supposed to have that job at Alabama next season, but now that isn’t happening. Grubb is expected to being offensive line coach Scott Huff with him from Tuscaloosa.

— Tom Brady is expected to own 7% of the Las Vegas Raiders fairly soon; my calculator tells me that his share of the team will be worth $406M.

— Baseball Note of the Day: Tampa Bay Rays signed manager Kevin Cash, MLB’s longest-tenured manager, to a contract extension. Cash is 754-636 managing the small-market Rays, going 15-19 in playoff games.

— Movie of the Day: The Rainmaker (1997)- An underdog lawyer takes on a fraudulent insurance company; Matt Damon is the lawyer, Danny DeVito also works for the firm. Jon Voight is the opposing lawyer in a wrongful death suit; Danny Glover is the judge.
John Grisham is a great story teller; this movie is no exception.

— Here are the 11 Big East teams, and their national rankings, as far as the %age of their points they get on the foul line. Apparently there aren’t a lot of fouls called in Big East games.
#85- DePaul
#88- Georgetown (#333 on 2-point shots)
#143- Seton Hall
#157- Xavier
#190- Villanova
#209- UConn
#214- Butler
#224- Providence
#300- St John’s
#345- Marquette
#347- Creighton (there are 362 teams in Division I)
Weird thing is, top two teams on the list are the two worst teams in the league.

— Georgia Tech has beaten both Duke/North Carolina in ACC games this season, but despite that, Yellow Jackets are 3-10 in the ACC- they beat Clemson in a double overtime game.

— Creighton is 4-1 ATS as a Big East road favorite; they’re 0-6 ATS as a home favorite.

— In his last five games, Virginia senior Jake Groves is 16-22 on 3-point shots.

— 17 of the top 25 teams in last week’s college basketball poll lost this week.

— Clemson G Joe Girard played in 125 games in his four years at Syracuse; had to be weird for him when the Tigers visited the Carrier Dome Saturday. Girard scored 18 points in Clemson’s 77-68 win Saturday.
This season, Girard is making 43.9% of his 3-point shots; Clemson is 16-7 and is likely headed to the NCAA’s for the first time since 2017, and third time since 2012.

— Referee Doug Shows’ itinerary so far this month:
2/1- Appalachian State @ Georgia State
2/2- St Bonaventure @ Dayton
2/3- Tennessee @ Kentucky
2/4- UAB @ Southern Methodist
2/6- Ole Miss @ South Carolina
2/7- Alabama @ Auburn
2/10- Mississippi State @ Missouri
2/11- UAB @ Tulsa
Shows worked eight games in the first 11 days of February; he’s in his 50’s.

 

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Monday, February 12

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Monday, February 12

 

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Monday, February 12

 

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Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, February 12

Monday’s 4 interesting games
Wake Forest @ Duke (-7.5)
Wake Forest (16-7, 8-4)
KenPom rating: 28
Tempo: 107
Experience: 151
Continuity: 181
Wake Forest won last three games, scoring 99-80-83 points.
Deacons are 3-4 SU/0-4 ATS as an ACC road underdog.
Wake Forest has #25 eFG% in country.
Deacons are 8-7 vs top 100 teams.


Duke (18-5, 9-3)
KenPom rating: 13
Tempo: 170
Experience: 214
Continuity: 25
Duke won 13 of its last 15 games.
Blue Devils are 5-1 SU/3-3 ATS as ACC home favorites.
Duke has #29 eFG% in country.
Blue Devils are 8-3 vs teams in the top 100.


Duke won five of last six series games.
Deacons have lost at least 19 in a row in Durham.
Wake’s last two losses at Duke were both by 2 points.
ACC home favorites of 8 or less points are 18-20 ATS.


West Virginia @ TCU (-12.5)
West Virginia (8-15, 3-7)
KenPom rating: 140
Tempo: 131
Experience: 146
Continuity: 336
West Virginia lost five of its last seven games.
WVU is 0-5 SU/1-4 ATS as Big X road underdogs.
WVU is shooting 46.4% inside arc (#313)
West Virginia is 3-12 against teams ranked in top 100.


TCU (16-7, 5-5)
KenPom rating: 36
Tempo: 82
Experience: 3
Continuity: 144
TCU lost its last two games, scoring 66-59 points.
Horned Frogs are 2-3 SU/2-2 as a Big X home favorite.
Horned Frogs are #21 team in country on offensive boards.
TCU is 3-4 vs top 100 teams.


TCU won three of last four series games.
West Va lost five of last six visits to Fort Worth.
Big X double digit home favorites are 7-4 ATS.


Kansas @ Texas Tech (-2.5)
Kansas (19-5, 7-4)
KenPom rating: 14
Tempo: 106
Experience: 19
Continuity: 132
Kansas is 4-3 SU in its last seven games.
Jayhawks are 1-4 SU on Big X road, 2-0 ATS as a dog.
Opponents are shooting 44.5% inside the arc (#13)
Jayhawks are 10-4 vs top 100 teams.


Texas Tech (17-6, 6-4)
KenPom rating: 38
Tempo: 273
Experience: 64
Continuity: 285
Texas Tech lost three of its last four games.
Tech is 4-1 SU/2-3 ATS as a Big X home favorite.
Tech is #271 team in country on defensive boards.
Texas Tech is 5-6 vs top 100 teams.


Kansas won four in row, eight of last nine games.
Jayhawks won three of last five visits to Lubbock.
Big X favorites of 4 or less points are 8-10 ATS.


Elon @ Towson (-12.5)
Elon (10-14, 3-8)
KenPom rating: 321
Tempo: 163
Experience: 196
Continuity:140
Elon lost seven of its last nine games.
Phoenix are 2-3 ATS/0-3 ATS as a CAA road underdog.
Opponents are shooting 54.1% inside arc (#320)
Elon is 0-7 vs top 200 teams.


Towson (14-10, 7-4)
KenPom rating: 153
Tempo: 359
Experience: 189
Continuity: 283
Towson lost its last two games, scoring 56-62 points.
Tigers are 5-1 SU/3-2 ATS as a CAA favorite.
Towson is shooting 44.3% inside arc (#347).
Tigers are 9-1 vs teams ranked outside top 200.


Tigers won five of last six series games.
Elon lost last visits to Towson, by 13-36 points.
CAA home favorites of 8+ points are 4-11 ATS

 

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
ALST at SOU	06:30 PM	SOU -4.0 O 137.0	+500 +500
LEH at BUCK	07:00 PM	LEH +1.5 O 141.5	+500 +500
WAKE at DUKE	07:00 PM	WAKE +7.0 O 154.0	+500 +500
LAM at IW	07:30 PM	LAM -5.5 U 153.5	+500 +500
TXSO at COOK	07:30 PM	COOK -2.5 O 143.0	+500 +500
UNO at NWST	07:30 PM	NWST -3.5 O 157.0	+500 +500
AMCC at NICH	07:30 PM	NICH +3.5 O 140.5	+500 +500
SELA at TAMCOM	08:00 PM	TAMCOM +2.0 O 131.5	+500 +500
WVU at TCU	08:00 PM	TCU -12.5 O 149.5	+500 +500
MCNS at HCU	08:00 PM	HCU +19.5 O 150.0	+500 +500
ALCN at MVSU	08:30 PM	ALCN -10.5 U 134.5	+500 +500
JKST at ARPB	08:30 PM	ARPB +1.5 U 156.5	+500 +500
AAMU at GRAM	08:30 PM	GRAM -8.5 U 136.0	+500 +500
KU at TTU	09:00 PM	KU +3.5 O 143.0	+500 +500
ELON at TOWS	09:00 PM	ELON +11.5 O 134.0	+500 +500
PV at FAMU	09:00 PM	FAMU +1.0 U 147.0	+500 +500

 

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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Six of the Baltimore Orioles’ best prospects:
1- Jackson Holliday, SS
2- Samuel Basallo, C
3- Coby Mayo, 3B
4- Colton Cowser, OF
5- Heston Kjerstad, OF
6- Joey Ortiz, 2B/SS

Quote of the Day
“I’m excited and honored to be back with a great organization. I’m thrilled to work with Mike McCarthy, for whom I have had a ton of respect in our NFC North days, and to do anything I can do to help the Joneses and the Cowboys.”
Mike Zimmer, the Cowboys’ new defensive coordinator

Tuesday’s quiz
Who was the 49ers’ coach, last time they won a Super Bowl?

Monday’s quiz
Alex Smith was the Chiefs’ quarterback before Patrick Mahomes.

Sunday’s quiz
Steve Christie held the record for the longest field goal in Super Bowl history, before there were two field goals longer than his last night. Harrison Butker now holds the record for the longest FG in a Super Bowl- 57 yards.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..​

— If you want to bet on next year’s Super Bowl, the AFC team is -1, with a total of 48.5.
Next year’s Super Bowl is in New Orleans, the 11th Super Bowl on Bourbon Street.

— Patrick Mahomes is 3-1 in Super Bowls; Chiefs trailed by 10+ points in all four games.

— San Francisco 49ers have now been in the postseason six times since 2012; all six times, 49ers went WWL in the playoffs.
Was little surprised to read that the 49ers’ players didn’t know the new overtime rules for the playoffs; Kansas City’s players had gone thru the new rules during training camp.

— Dallas Cowboys are hiring Mike Zimmer as their new (old?) defensive coordinator; Zimmer was the Cowboys’ DC from 2000-06. He was the Vikings’ head coach from 2014-21.

— Pittsburgh Steelers told QB Mitch Trubisky to take a hike, saving them $3M on next year’s salary cap, leaving Kenny Pickett as the only QB on their roster, fueling speculation that they might trade with Chicago for Justin Fields.

— UCLA hired Deshaun Foster as its new football coach; he had just taken a job as running backs coach for the Las Vegas Raiders. Foster played at UCLA, then played seven years in the NFL, before working the last 10 years as an assistant with the Bruins; he’ll help as far as keeping the current roster intact.

— Baseball Note of the Day: Pittsburgh Pirates signed C Yasmani Grandal for one year, $2.5M.

— Word of the Day: Prescient- having knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen. A good handicapper needs to be prescient.

— Tennessee Vols are 17-6 this season, 7-3 in the SEC; last 3.5 years, Tennessee is 87-34, 42-21 in SEC games.
Rick Barnes has been a college head coach since 1987. Here is some of his March resume:
15-12 SU in first round games, 8-18-1 ATS. 8-18-1 es no bueno.
8-7 SU in second round (7-8 ATS)
3-5 in Sweet 16 games (3-5 ATS)
1-2 in Elite 8 games, 0-1 in national semifinals (2003, with Texas)
Breaking down his first round record, Barnes is 7-0 SU if a #3-seed or better, 8-12 if he isn’t.
Overall, he is 15-28-1 ATS as an NCAA Tournament favorite, 4-6 as an underdog.

— Indiana State is in the top 25 this week, for the first time since 1979, when Larry Bird played there.

— Duke 77, Wake Forest 69
Duke shot 63.3% inside the arc.
Teams combined to shoot 13-51 on the arc.
Duke has won 14 of its last 16 games.

— Texas Tech 79, Kansas 50
Tech was 10-26 on the arc, Kansas 3-16.
Jayhawks are 1-5 in Big X road games.
Kansas coach Self got ejected with about 6:00 left.

— Charlotte 49ers named Aaron Fearne their full-time basketball coach, taking the interim tag off his title. Fearne was hired as interim coach last June, when Ron Sanchez quit as head coach to become an assistant at Virginia.
Charlotte is 15-8 this year, 9-2 in the AAC. Fearne has been at Charlotte for five years, after spending 17 years with the Cairns Taipans of the Australian Basketball League.

— A basketball hoop is exactly two basketballs wide.

— Only three weeks until the first college basketball conference tournament gets started.

— Spring training starts this week; never a bad thing.

— There are two outdoor hockey games at Giants Stadium in New Jersey this weekend; Devils play Philadelphia Saturday night, Rangers-Islanders play Sunday afternoon.

— Monday was Abraham Lincoln’s 214th birthday; always enjoyed February 12 when I was working, since it was a day off. Happy birthday, sir.

 

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Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, February 13

Tuesday’s 5 interesting games
Marquette (-4.5) @ Butler
Marquette (18-5, 9-3)
KenPom rating: 10
Tempo: 82
Experience: 118
Continuity: 3
Marquette won its last seven games (6-1 ATS).
Marquette’s last loss was January 10, at home to Butler
Eagles are 4-2 SU/1-3 ATS as a Big East road favorite.
Marquette is shooting 57.8% inside arc (#9)
Marquette is 10-5 vs top 100 teams.


Butler (16-8, 7-6)
KenPom rating: 49
Tempo: 121
Experience: 25
Continuity: 348
Butler won five of its last six games.
Bulldogs are 4-2 SU at home, 2-4 ATS as Big East dogs.
Butler is 5-3 in games decided by 6 or less points.
Bulldogs are 7-8 vs teams in the top 100.


Butler (+11) won 69-62 at Marquette January 10.
Marquette won six of last eight series games.
Golden Eagles won three of last five visits to Hinkle.
Big East road favorites of 5 or less points are 5-4 ATS.


Iowa State @ Cincinnati (-1.5)
Iowa State (18-5, 7-3)
KenPom rating: 9
Tempo: 166
Experience: 125
Continuity: 202
Iowa State won seven of its last nine games.
Cyclones are 2-3 SU/3-2 ATS as Big X road underdogs.
Cyclones are forcing turnovers 25.8% of time (#2)
Iowa State is 8-5 against teams ranked in top 100.


Cincinnati (16-7, 5-5)
KenPom rating: 32
Tempo: 201
Experience: 148
Continuity: 273
Cincinnati lost six of its last nine games.
Cincinnati is 2-3 SU in Big X home games.
Bearcats are 5-0 ATS as a Big X underdog.


Bearcats are #8 team in country on offensive boards.
Cincinnati is 4-7 vs top 100 teams.
This is teams’ first meeting as Big X rivals.
Big X favorites of 4 or less points are 9-10 ATS.


Oklahoma @ Baylor (-6.5)
Oklahoma (18-6, 6-5)
KenPom rating: 24
Tempo: 163
Experience: 153
Continuity: 272
Oklahoma won three of its last four games.
Sooners are 2-3 SU/2-2 ATS as a Big X road dog.
Oklahoma has #9 eFG% defense in country.
Sooners are 6-6 vs top 100 teams.


Baylor (17-6, 6-4)
KenPom rating: 15
Tempo: 258
Experience: 98
Continuity: 237
Baylor won three of its last four games.
Bears are 4-1 SU/2-3 ATS as a Big X home favorite.
Bears are shooting 40.7% on the arc (#3)
Baylor is 8-6 vs top 100 teams.


Baylor won 10 of last 11 series games.
Sooners lost their last seven visits to Waco.
Big X favorites of 6+ points are 15-14 ATS.


Colorado State @ San Diego State (-5.5)
Colorado State (19-5, 7-4)
KenPom rating: 32
Tempo: 281
Experience: 71
Continuity: 132
Colorado State won its last four games, giving up 60.3 ppg.
Rams are 1-4 ATS/0-2 ATS as a MW road underdog.
Rams are shooting 58.8% inside arc (#6)
Colorado State is 9-4 vs top 100 teams.


San Diego State (18-6, 7-4)
KenPom rating: 20
Tempo: 231
Experience: 53
Continuity: 129
Aztecs split last eight games, after a 14-2 start.
San Diego State is 5-0 SU/4-1 ATS as a MW favorite.
Aztecs are shooting 31.6% on arc in MW games (#11 of 11).
San Diego State is 8-6 vs teams ranked outside top 200.


Rams (-2) beat San Diego State 79-71 at home January 30.
Rams shot 67.7% inside arc, outscored Aztecs 16-7 on foul line.
San Diego State won five of last seven series games.
CSU lost its last two visits to Viejas, by 30-19 points.
MW home favorites of 6 or fewer points are 10-9 ATS


New Mexico @ Nevada (-1.5)
New Mexico (19-5, 7-4)
KenPom rating: 22
Tempo: 7
Experience: 50
Continuity: 232
Lobos lost 2 of last 3 games, after an 18-3 start.
Lobos are 3-2 SU/0-1 ATS as a MW road underdog.
New Mexico is forcing turnovers 20.8% of time (#34)
New Mexico is 5-5 in games vs top 100 opponents.


Nevada (13-10, 5-7)
KenPom rating: 56
Tempo: 18
Experience: 160
Continuity: 154
Nevada won four of its last five games.
Wolf Pack is 4-1 SU/3-2 ATS as MW home favorites.
Wolf Pack has #48 eFG% defense in country.
Nevada is 5-4 vs teams ranked in top 100.


New Mexico pounded Nevada 89-55 at home January 28
Nevada had won previous nine series games.
Lobos lost their last six visits to Reno.
MW home favorites of 3 or less points are 3-4 ATS

 

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Tuesday, February 13

 

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Tuesday, February 13

 

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
MARQ at BUT	06:30 PM	BUT +4.0 O 154.5	+500 +500
UNC at SYR	07:00 PM	SYR +8.0 U 158.0	+500 +500
PITT at UVA	07:00 PM	UVA -6.5 O 122.5	+500 +500
DUQ at DAY	07:00 PM	DUQ +8.5 O 134.0	+500 +500
ILST at INST	07:00 PM	INST -18.0 O 143.0	+500 +500
MICH at ILL	07:00 PM	ILL -16.0 U 153.5	+500 +500
SJU at PROV	07:00 PM	PROV -1.5 U 146.0	+500 +500
ISU at CIN	07:00 PM	ISU +2.0 U 136.5	+500 +500
LAS at DAV	07:00 PM	LAS +8.5 U 141.5	+500 +500
TAM at VAN	07:00 PM	TAM -9.0 U 135.0	+500 +500
GW at GMU	07:00 PM	GW +9.5 O 144.0	+500 +500
BUFF at NIU	08:00 PM	NIU -9.0 U 149.5	+500 +500
DRKE at EVAN	08:00 PM	EVAN +8.0 U 146.5	+500 +500
LSU at FLA	08:00 PM	FLA -10.0 U 162.5	+500 +500
TNST at TNTC	08:30 PM	TNST -3.5 U 134.5	+500 +500
GTWN at CREI	08:30 PM	GTWN +19.0 O 149.5	+500 +500
LOU at BC	09:00 PM	LOU +10.0 O 149.0	+500 +500
CSU at SDSU	09:00 PM	CSU +6.0 O 140.0	+500 +500
FSU at VT	09:00 PM	VT -5.0 U 152.0	+500 +500
OSU at WIS	09:00 PM	WIS -9.0 U 139.5	+500 +500
UCF at BYU	09:00 PM	UCF +12.0 O 143.5	+500 +500
MISS at UK	09:00 PM	MISS +8.0 O 161.5	+500 +500
OKLA at BAY	09:00 PM	OKLA +7.0 O 143.0	+500 +500
AFA at SJSU	10:00 PM	SJSU -3.0 O 135.0	+500 +500
UNM at NEV	11:00 PM	UNM +2.5 O 155.0	+500 +500

 

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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Nevada sports books’ profits for last six Super Bowls:
2024- $6,802,264
2023- $4,361,646
2022- $11,063,412
2021- $12,574,125
2020- $18,774,148
2019- $10,780,319

Quote of the Day
“We’re the second-smallest city with both an NFL franchise and Major League Baseball club, and we want to sustain ourselves as a major league city. We want these franchises to thrive here for another 50 years.”
Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman, on building a new ballpark there

Wednesday’s quiz
Who is the all-time leading scorer for the New York Knicks?

Tuesday’s quiz
George Seifert was the 49ers’ coach, last time they won a Super Bowl, 30 years ago.

Monday’s quiz
Alex Smith was the Chiefs’ quarterback before Patrick Mahomes.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..​

— This is the age of transfers in college sports; of the top 20 scorers in the Big 6 conferences, 14 of them started their college careers at another school.

— When I was in high school, I took Spanish for three years, but apparently, I didn’t maintain a lot of the stuff I learned. Was watching the Caribbean World Series on ESPN+ last week- they broadcast it in Spanish. Couldn’t understand a freakin’ thing they said, except that izquierda is left. At least they had good graphics, so it was easy to follow what was going on.

— Total of $185.6M was wagered in Nevada on the Super Bowl this year, beating the previous record by $6M. Sportsbooks posted a profit of $6.8M on the game.
This year’s Super Bowl was also the most-watched TV show ever.

— Orlando Magic retired Shaquille O’Neal’s number 32 Tuesday night; O’Neal played the first four years of his career for the Magic- they went 208-120 in regular season with Shaq, losing 4-0 in the 1995 NBA Finals, to Houston.

— Two things I’m curious about:
How much $$$ does Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter make?
How much $$$ did Christopher Walken get for that BMW commercial during the Super Bowl?

— Since 2018, major league teams who spent the most draft bonus $$$ on pitchers:
Royals, Pirates, Rangers
Since 2018, major league teams who spent the least draft bonus $$$ on pitchers:
Red Sox, Astros, A’s

— San Francisco Giants signed OF Jorge Soler for three years, $42M. Soler hit 36 homers for Miami last year, had an .853 OPS.

— Baseball Note of the Day: There were 16 times last year when a player had 7 plate appearances in one game; Jose Altuve is the only guy who had two of those.

— Word of the Day: Callous- someone who does not feel or show any concern about the problems or suffering of other people.

— Syracuse 86, North Carolina 79
Tar Heels have now lost three of their last five games, after a 10-0 run.
Syracuse shot 71% inside the arc.
Three players in this game played all 40:00.

— Illinois State 80, Indiana State 67
Sycamores get in top 25 for first time since 1979, then lose as 17-point favorites.
Indiana State had won 10 games in row; they still lead MVC by a game.

— San Diego State 71, Colorado State 55
Colorado State led 44-30 at half; they got outscored 41-11 in 2nd half.
Aztecs are 5-1 ATS as a Mountain West home favorite.
Bill Vinovich was a ref in this game; he was the referee in Super Bowl Sunday,

— Pitt 74, Virginia 63
Panthers made 14-32 shots on the arc.
Loss snaps Virginia’s 8-game winning streak.

— Kentucky 75, Ole Miss 63
Kentucky snaps their 3-game home losing streak.
Wildcats played nine guys 13:00+; unusual depth for this era.

— Baylor 79, Oklahoma 62
Jayden Nunn scored 27 points, on only 12 shots from floor.
Baylor made 11-21 shots on the arc.

— Drake 78, Evansville 75
Atin Wright banked in a 40-foot runner at the buzzer for the win.
Drake made 13-27 on arc; they’re 21-5, 12-3 in the Valley.

 

[Udog]