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Saturday, February 17

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
PSU at NEB	12:00 PM	NEB -8.5 U 152.0	+500 +500
TTU at ISU	12:00 PM	ISU -8.0 O 138.0	+500 +500
TCU at KSU	12:00 PM	KSU -1.5 U 143.5	+500 +500
TAM at ALA	12:00 PM	TAM +8.0 U 159.5	+500 +500
WAKE at UVA	12:00 PM	UVA -3.0 O 129.5	+500 +500
RICH at GW	12:30 PM	GW +5.5 O 148.5	+500 +500
CREI at BUT	12:30 PM	BUT +2.5 U 151.5	+500 +500
TEX at HOU	01:00 PM	HOU -10.0 O 131.0	+500 +500
SFPA at FDU	01:00 PM	FDU -7.0 O 149.5	+500 +500
RMU at WRST	01:00 PM	WRST -9.5 O 160.0	+500 +500
VMI at CIT	01:00 PM	CIT -12.0 O 150.5	+500 +500
NAVY at BU	01:00 PM	BU -3.5 U 130.5	+500 +500
FLA at UGA	01:00 PM	FLA -3.5 U 157.5	+500 +500
PFW at DETU	01:00 PM	PFW -9.5 O 147.5	+500 +500
ALBY at UMBC	01:00 PM	UMBC -2.0 O 173.0	+500 +500
FOR at DAY	01:30 PM	DAY -14.5 O 139.5	+500 +500
NE at HOF	02:00 PM	HOF -6.0 O 138.5	+500 +500
CAMP at DREX	02:00 PM	DREX -11.0 O 139.5	+500 +500
TOWS at HAMP	02:00 PM	TOWS -12.0 O 135.5	+500 +500
DEL at NCAT	02:00 PM	NCAT +11.5 O 142.0	+500 +500
L-MD at LEH	02:00 PM	LEH -10.0 U 137.5	+500 +500
BYU at OKST	02:00 PM	OKST +6.0 O 151.0	+500 +500
MASS at LAS	02:00 PM	MASS -6.0 O 151.5	+500 +500
NIU at KENT	02:00 PM	KENT -10.5 O 146.0	+500 +500
AKR at BUFF	02:00 PM	AKR -13.5 U 140.5	+500 +500
SAM at MER	02:00 PM	MER +10.0 O 148.5	+500 +500
MRSH at CCU	02:00 PM	CCU +4.5 U 155.5	+500 +500
BUCK at COLG	02:00 PM	COLG -13.5 U 137.0	+500 +500
ARMY at HC	02:00 PM	ARMY -2.0 U 129.0	+500 +500
FGCU at STET	02:00 PM	STET -2.5 U 142.5	+500 +500
DUKE at FSU	02:00 PM	FSU +5.5 O 152.0	+500 +500
VT at UNC	02:00 PM	UNC -10.0 U 154.0	+500 +500
ARK at MSST	02:00 PM	ARK +12.5 O 146.0	+500 +500
VALP at MOSU	02:00 PM	MOSU -13.5 O 145.5	+500 +500
LONG at PRE	02:00 PM	PRE +2.0 U 142.0	+500 +500
WIS at IOWA	02:15 PM	WIS -1.0 U 152.0	+500 +500
STJOE at DUQ	02:30 PM	DUQ -2.5 O 147.0	+500 +500

 

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FIU at LT	03:00 PM	LT -14.0 O 140.0	+500 +500
NMSU at WKU	03:00 PM	WKU -9.0 O 154.5	+500 +500
MARQ at CONN	03:00 PM	CONN -6.5 U 148.0	+500 +500
MVSU at AAMU	03:00 PM	AAMU -11.5 U 134.0	+500 +500
YSU at CLEVST	03:00 PM	YSU -3.0 U 152.5	+500 +500
INDPU at OAK	03:00 PM	OAK -20.0 U 144.5	+500 +500
RICE at TLSA	03:00 PM	RICE +4.5 O 146.5	+500 +500
UVM at ME	03:00 PM	UVM -6.5 U 127.5	+500 +500
ACU at SFA	03:00 PM	SFA -9.5 O 146.5	+500 +500
LIU at MW	03:00 PM	MW -13.5 U 138.5	+500 +500
DAV at SBON	03:30 PM	DAV +7.5 O 137.0	+500 +500
BGSU at EMU	03:30 PM	BGSU -6.0 U 146.5	+500 +500
BALL at M-OH	03:30 PM	M-OH -2.5 U 142.5	+500 +500
LSU at SCAR	03:30 PM	SCAR -6.5 U 144.0	+500 +500
TXST at USM	03:30 PM	USM -3.0 U 129.5	+500 +500
BING at NJIT	03:30 PM	BING -2.5 U 136.0	+500 +500

 

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SCST at NORF	04:00 PM	NORF -8.5 O 140.0	+500 +500
DSU at COPP	04:00 PM	COPP +7.0 O 132.0	+500 +500
NCCU at HOW	04:00 PM	HOW -3.5 O 142.5	+500 +500
COOK at ALCN	04:00 PM	ALCN -3.0 O 147.0	+500 +500
KU at OKLA	04:00 PM	KU -1.0 O 142.5	+500 +500
SH at WAG	04:00 PM	WAG -2.5 U 131.5	+500 +500
STON at MONM	04:00 PM	STON +2.5 U 146.5	+500 +500
HAW at UCSB	04:00 PM	HAW +2.0 O 141.5	+500 +500
LAF at AMER	04:00 PM	AMER -5.5 O 125.0	+500 +500
ARST at USA	04:00 PM	ARST -2.0 U 154.5	+500 +500
NDSU at DEN	04:00 PM	DEN -2.5 U 157.0	+500 +500
USI at UALR	04:00 PM	UALR -10.5 O 149.0	+500 +500
CIN at UCF	04:00 PM	UCF -1.5 U 136.0	+500 +500
ETSU at WCU	04:00 PM	WCU -7.5 U 138.5	+500 +500
MIA at BC	04:00 PM	BC -1.0 U 150.5	+500 +500
MCNS at NICH	04:00 PM	MCNS -9.5 O 139.5	+500 +500
UMASS at BRY	04:00 PM	BRY -2.0 O 156.5	+500 +500
UMES at MORG	04:30 PM	MORG -5.5 U 142.0	+500 +500
LNDNWD at EIU	04:30 PM	EIU -8.5 U 131.5	+500 +500
WIU at TNST	04:30 PM	TNST -2.5 O 130.5	+500 +500
MORE at UTM	04:30 PM	MORE -4.0 U 147.0	+500 +500
SEMO at SIUE	04:30 PM	SEMO +11.5 O 141.5	+500 +500
CHSO at UNCA	04:30 PM	UNCA -12.0 O 146.0	+500 +500
ULL at APP	04:30 PM	ULL +7.0 O 144.5	+500 +500
WEBB at SCUS	04:30 PM	SCUS +2.5 O 145.0	+500 +500
LIP at CARK	04:30 PM	LIP -7.0 O 157.0	+500 +500
TAMCOM at AMCC	04:30 PM	AMCC -9.5 U 136.5	+500 +500
HCU at SELA	04:30 PM	SELA -15.0 O 144.5	+500 +500
UCRV at UCD	05:00 PM	UCD -5.5 U 142.0	+500 +500
ULM at TROY	05:00 PM	TROY -12.0 U 146.0	+500 +500
LAM at UNO	05:00 PM	UNO +5.5 O 159.0	+500 +500
ARPB at ALST	05:00 PM	ALST -6.5 U 149.0	+500 +500
IDST at IDHO	05:00 PM	IDHO +2.0 U 133.0	+500 +500
UNCO at CSUS	05:00 PM	UNCO -6.0 O 137.5	+500 +500
WEB at EWU	05:00 PM	EWU -3.5 U 150.0	+500 +500
SYR at GT	05:30 PM	GT +1.0 U 150.5	+500 +500
ILL at MD	05:30 PM	ILL -2.0 O 139.5	+500 +500
USU at CSU	05:30 PM	USU +5.5 O 147.5	+500 +500
GASO at JMU	06:00 PM	JMU -19.5 O 151.5	+500 +500
BAY at WVU	06:00 PM	BAY -7.0 O 146.5	+500 +500
DART at COR	06:00 PM	DART +18.0 O 142.0	+500 +500
BRWN at PENN	06:00 PM	BRWN +5.0 O 138.5	+500 +500
HARV at CLMB	06:00 PM	CLMB -2.0 U 145.0	+500 +500
UTEP at MTU	06:00 PM	MTU -1.0 O 135.5	+500 +500
STAN at WSU	06:00 PM	STAN +8.0 O 146.0	+500 +500
UK at AUB	06:00 PM	AUB -8.5 U 164.5	+500 +500
VAN at TENN	06:00 PM	TENN -20.0 U 143.0	+500 +500
GRAM at TXSO	06:00 PM	GRAM +4.0 O 133.0	+500 +500
NWST at IW	06:00 PM	IW -2.5 U 144.5	+500 +500
FAMU at JKST	06:30 PM	JKST -10.0 U 144.0	+500 +500
LOU at PITT	06:30 PM	LOU +12.0 O 149.0	+500 +500
SOU at PV	06:30 PM	SOU -2.0 O 143.5	+500 +500
GSU at ODU	07:00 PM	ODU +1.0 U 150.5	+500 +500
ELON at UNCW	07:00 PM	UNCW -15.5 O 145.0	+500 +500
WMU at CMU	07:00 PM	CMU -5.5 U 134.5	+500 +500
EKY at BELL	07:00 PM	EKY -6.5 O 146.0	+500 +500
CSF at UCSD	07:00 PM	CSF +10.5 O 139.0	+500 +500
RAD at HP	07:00 PM	HP -8.5 U 148.0	+500 +500
NAU at PRST	07:00 PM	PRST -6.5 U 145.5	+500 +500
UNCG at WOF	07:00 PM	UNCG -2.0 U 141.0	+500 +500
INST at SIU	07:00 PM	INST -4.5 U 149.5	+500 +500
LIB at SHSU	07:30 PM	SHSU +4.0 O 138.5	+500 +500
DEP at PROV	07:30 PM	PROV -20.0 U 141.5	+500 +500
FRES at BSU	07:30 PM	BSU -14.5 O 136.0	+500 +500
UTA at UTRGV	07:30 PM	UTRGV +8.5 O 154.5	+500 +500
NCST at CLEM	07:45 PM	NCST +7.5 O 146.5	+500 +500
YALE at PRIN	08:00 PM	PRIN -4.0 O 138.0	+500 +500
LBSU at CSN	08:00 PM	LBSU +1.0 U 161.5	+500 +500
MSU at MICH	08:00 PM	MSU -6.5 U 144.0	+500 +500
CAL at WASH	08:00 PM	WASH -7.0 U 155.5	+500 +500
NKU at MILW	08:00 PM	NKU +3.0 O 152.5	+500 +500
UND at ORU	08:00 PM	UND +2.0 O 150.5	+500 +500
SDST at NEOM	08:00 PM	NEOM +1.0 O 151.0	+500 +500
SDAK at STT	08:00 PM	STT -14.0 O 145.5	+500 +500
CALBA at GRC	08:00 PM	GRC -14.0 O 138.0	+500 +500
PEAY at NORAL	08:15 PM	NORAL -4.5 O 141.5	+500 +500
MIZZ at MISS	08:30 PM	MISS -12.0 U 143.5	+500 +500
UVU at SUU	08:30 PM	UVU -2.0 U 146.0	+500 +500
PAC at GONZ	09:00 PM	GONZ -30.5 O 152.5	+500 +500
SF at LMU	09:00 PM	LMU +8.5 O 145.0	+500 +500
MTST at MONT	09:00 PM	MTST +6.5 O 146.0	+500 +500
SEA at UTECH	09:00 PM	UTECH +6.5 U 142.5	+500 +500
ASU at ARIZ	09:30 PM	ASU +18.0 O 157.5	+500 +500
PORT at PEPP	10:00 PM	PORT +5.5 U 154.0	+500 +500
SCU at USD	10:00 PM	USD +6.0 O 154.0	+500 +500
COLO at USC	10:00 PM	COLO -1.5 U 149.0	+500 +500
CSB at UCI	10:00 PM	CSB +15.5 O 135.0	+500 +500
ORE at ORST	10:00 PM	ORE -7.5 U 137.0	+500 +500
WYO at SJSU	10:00 PM	SJSU -1.5 U 141.0	+500 +500
NEV at UNLV	11:30 PM	UNLV -2.0 U 138.0	+500 +500

 

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Sunday’s 6-pack:
Six of the Cincinnati Reds’ best prospects:
1- Noelvi Marte, 3B
2- Rhett Lowder, P
3- Connor Phillips, P
4- Edwin Arroyo, SS
5- Chase Petty, P
6- Carlos Jorge, 2B/OF

Quote of the Day
“Please just leave my players, let them be young and learn and keep attacking me. I may be the worst in the country, just attack me and leave these kids alone.”
Kentucky coach John Calipari, after his team won 70-59 at Auburn

Sunday’s quiz
Which college’s basketball team is known as the Anteaters?

Saturday’s quiz
Kobe Bryant is the all-time leading scorer for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Friday’s quiz
Florida Gators are the last team to win consecutive national titles in college basketball, in 2006 and 2007.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a basketball Saturday…….​

Only 17 days until the first conference tournament starts.
Four weeks until Selection Sunday

— SEC
Kentucky (+8.5) 70, Auburn 59
Wildcats held Auburn to 30.9% from the floor.
Auburn’s first loss at home this season.
Antonio Reeves took 20 shots, had one assist; his job is to shoot.

LSU 64, South Carolina 63
Tigers had lost six of last seven games coming in.
Carolina led 41-25 early in second half.
Alabama leads Tennessee by a game.
Bracketology has SEC with nine teams in NCAA’s right now.

— Pac-12
Washington State 72, Stanford 59
Coogs are very quietly 20-6; they’ve won seven games in a row.
Wazzu has #20 eFG% defense in country.
Coogs had great balance; four guys had between 13-15 points.

Colorado 92, USC 89, 2OT
Buffs overcame being minus-12 (21-9) in turnovers.
USC led 65-49 in second half.
Colorado shot 56.4% inside the arc.
Arizona leads Washington State by half a game, Oregon/UCLA by 2 games.
Bracketology has the Pac-12 as a 3-bid conference.

— ACC
NC State 78, Clemson 77
Clemson led by 12 with 10:19 left in game.
Tigers’ last three losses were all by one point.

Virginia 49, Wake Forest 47
Cavaliers somehow won, despite going 1-11 on foul line.
Virginia has won nine of its last ten games.
Bracketology has Wake Forest as first team out of the field of 68.
North Carolina, Duke are tied for first; Virginia is a game behind.
Bracketology has the ACC as a 4-bid league.

— Horizon
Cleveland State 81, Youngstown State 73
Vikings shot 66.7% inside arc, were +8 in turnovers (18-10)
Youngstown led by 6 with 12:37 left in game.

Wright State 101, Robert Morris 71
Wright State has won six of its last eight games.
Raiders have the #2 eFG% in the country.
Oakland/Green Bay are tied in loss column atop the Horizon.
This is a one-bid league; their conference tournament will be fun to watch.

— Big East
UConn 81, Marquette 53
Huskies have won 14 games in a row (9-4 ATS in last 13)
UConn had 18 offensive rebounds; Eagles had 17 defensive boards.

Creighton 79, Butler 57
Creighton shot 65.7% inside the arc.
Bluejays outscored Butler 45-22 in second half.
Creighton was 9-10 on foul line, Butler 3-3. For the whole game.
UConn has three-game lead over Marquette, four games over Creighton.
Bracketology has four Big East teams in the Field of 68.

— Big 12
TCU 75, Kansas State 72
Jameer Nelson hit a 3-pointer with 0:01.1 left for the win.
K-State shot 66.7% inside arc, 1-15 on arc, 25-29 on foul line.
Wildcats led by 8 with 12:30 left in the game.

Kansas 67, Oklahoma 57
Dickinson had 20 points, 16 rebounds for Kansas.
Jayhawks snap a 4-game road losing streak.
Oklahoma led 34-29 at halftime.
Houston/Iowa State are tied for 1st; Baylor is a game behind.
Bracketology has Big X with nine teams in NCAA’s right now.

— Upsets of the Day:
Hampton (+11.5) 67, Towson 61
Mercer (+10.5) 88, Samford 84
Abilene Christian (+9.5) 63, SF Austin 62
Kentucky (+8.5) 70, Auburn 59
NC State (+7.5) 78, Clemson 77
California (+7.5) 82, Washington 80
LaSalle (+6.5) 82, UMass 81
Northern Colorado (+6.5) 80, Sacramento State 75
Eastern Michigan (+6.5) 69, Bowling Green 60
LSU (+6.5) 64, South Carolina 63

— Word of the Day: Tenuous- uncertain, flimsy, likely to change.
Wake Forest’s 49-47 loss Saturday makes their status as an NCAA Tournament team very, very tenuous.

— Atlantic 15
St Bonaventure 81, Davidson 80 OT
Bonnies were 23-30 on foul line, Davidson 13-18.
Davidson is 12-18 in A-15 since Bob McKillop retired; his son took over.
Wildcats are 0-3 in overtime games this season.

LaSalle 82, UMass 81
LaSalle led 71-53 with 10:22 left in game, then held on.
Explorers had lost 9 of last 10 games coming into this game.
Dayton, Richmond, Loyola are all tied for 1st in loss column; VCU is a game behind.
Bracketology has the A-15 as a one-bid league, for 2nd year in a row.

— Missouri Valley
Southern Illinois 74, Indiana State 69
Indiana State led by 13 in first half.
Teams combined to shoot 13-52 on the arc.
Sycamores lost last two games, after a 22-3 start.
Indiana State/Drake are now tied for first, two games ahead of Bradley.

— Southern Conference
Mercer 88, Samford 84
Samford had won 23 of its last 24 games, before this game.
Samford was 28-36 on foul line; Mercer shot 62.5% inside arc.
Samford leads Chattanooga by a game in SoCon standings.

— Ivy League
Princeton 73, Yale 62
Tigers avenged an earlier loss to Yale, hand Bulldogs their first Ivy loss.
Princeton shot 65.5% inside the arc.
Yale/Cornell are now tied for first, with Princeton a game behind.
Harvard/Columbia are tied for 4th; Ivy League tournament has only 4 teams in it.

— Mountain West
Colorado State 75, Utah State 55
Rams out-rebounded Utah State, 45-32.
Aggies are 2-3 in last five games, after a 19-2 start.

Nevada 69, UNLV 66
Wolf Pack out-rebounded UNLV, 37-17
Rebels’ Boone brothers shot a combined 6-20 from the floor.
San Diego State, Utah State, Boise State are all tied for first.
7 of the 11 teams in the Mountain West have either 4 or 5 MW losses.
Bracketology has this league with six teams (6!!!) in the NCAA’s.

— Ohio Valley
UT-Martin 88, Morehead State 82
Junior G Sears scored 31 points, he played all 40:00.
Morehead loses second game in a row, after a 20-5 start.
UTM outscored Morehead 7-0 over final 1:38 of the game.

Western Illinois 68, Tennessee State 61
Leathernecks are 10-4 in OVC; their last winning conference season was 2013.
This is also their first season in the OVC; Summit League is a better league.
Tennessee State shot only 33.3% from the floor.
Morehead State leads three teams by a game: (Little Rock, UT-Martin, WIU).

 

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Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, February 18

Sunday’s 5 interesting games
Florida Atlantic (-5.5) @ South Florida
Florida Atlantic (20-5, 10-2)
KenPom rating: 32
Tempo: 193
Experience: 43
Continuity: 1
Florida Atlantic won nine of its last ten games.
Owls are 4-2 SU/2-4 ATS as AAC road favorites.
FAU has #22 eFG% in the country.
Owls are 3-1 in overtime games this season.
FAU is 10-3 vs teams in top 125.


South Florida (19-5, 8-3)
KenPom rating: 9
Tempo: 169
Experience: 124
Continuity: 203
USF won 10 in a row, 16 of its last 17 games.
Bulls are 6-0 SU in AAC home games.
USF is 5-3 ATS as an underdog this season.
Bulls are shooting 36.5% on the arc (#47)
USF is 4-1 vs teams in the top 100.


This is teams’ first meeting as AAC rivals.
Teams’ last meeting was in 2020.
AAC road favorites of 6 or less points are 8-7 ATS.


North Texas @ UAB (-2.5)
North Texas (14-10, 7-5)
KenPom rating: 71
Tempo: 361
Experience: 120
Continuity: 229
North Texas is 3-5 in last eight games, after an 11-5 start.
Mean Green is 3-3 SU/3-1 ATS as AAC road dogs.
North Texas has #18 eFG% defense in country.
Mean Green is 3-9 against teams ranked in top 125.


UAB (16-8, 8-3)
KenPom rating: 117
Tempo: 172
Experience: 216
Continuity: 244
UAB won 11 of its last 14 games (9-2 ATS last 11).
Blazers won/covered all five AAC home games.
UAB is #265 team on defensive boards.
UAB is 5-6 vs top 100 teams.


UAB (+6) won 82-79 in OT at North Texas January 31.
Mean Green led by 13 in the second half.
North Texas won four of last six series games.
Mean Green won three of last four visits to Birmingham.
AAC home favorites of 4 or less points are 8-9 ATS.


Memphis @ SMU (-4.5)
Memphis (18-7, 7-5)
KenPom rating: 83
Tempo: 22
Experience: 57
Continuity: 342
Memphis lost five of its last eight games.
Tigers are 3-3 SU/0-1 ATS as AAC road dogs.
Tigers are #328 team on defensive boards.
Memphis is 5-3 vs top 100 teams.


SMU (18-7, 9-3)
KenPom rating: 42
Tempo: 201
Experience: 67
Continuity: 82
SMU won its last five games, scoring 81 ppg.
Mustangs are 2-4 SU/ATS as AAC home favorites.
SMU has #6 eFG% in country.
Mustangs are 3-5 vs teams in top 100.


Memphis (-6.5) beat SMU 62-59 January 7.
Tigers won their last four meetings with SMU.
Mustangs lost three of last four visits to Memphis.
AAC home favorites of 5 or less points are 9-9 ATS.


Utah @ UCLA (-2.5)
Utah (15-10, 6-8)
KenPom rating: 46
Tempo: 73
Experience: 74
Continuity: 99
Utah is 4-8 in last 12 games, after an 11-2 start.
Utes are 0-6 SU/0-2 ATS as Pac-12 road underdogs.
Utah is 6-4 in games decided by 8 or fewer points.
Utes are 8-7 vs top 100 teams.


UCLA (20-5, 9-3)
KenPom rating: 91
Tempo: 345
Experience: 319
Continuity: 294
UCLA is 8-1 since a 90-44 loss at Utah January 11.
Underdogs are 6-0 ATS in UCLA’s Pac-12 home tilts.
Bruins won their last four home games SU.
UCLA is shooting 45.1% inside arc (#338)
Bruins are 4-9 vs teams ranked in top 100.


Utah (-7.5) pounded UCLA 90-44 at home January 11.
UCLA won seven of last eight series games.
Utes lost last three visits to Westwood, by 16-2-24 points.
Pac-12 home favorites of 4 or less points are 6-12 ATS


Seton Hall @ St John’s (-5.5)
Seton Hall (16-9, 9-5)
KenPom rating: 63
Tempo: 295
Experience: 12
Continuity: 193
Seton Hall won three of its last four games.
Pirates are 4-3 SU/2-3 ATS as Big East road dogs.
Pirates are #10 team in country on offensive boards.
Seton Hall is 6-8 vs top 100 teams.


St John’s (14-11, 6-8)
KenPom rating: 39
Tempo: 96
Experience: 9
Continuity: 332
St John’s lost seven of its last nine games.
Red Storm is 5-2 SU/4-2 ATS as Big East home faves.
Red Storm is #5 team in country on offensive boards.
St John’s is 7-10 vs teams ranked in top 100.


St John’s (-1.5) lost 80-65 at home to Seton Hall January 16
Seton Hall won eight of last ten series games.
Pirates won three of last four road series games.
Big East home favorites of 6 or less points are 12-8 ATS

 

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Sunday, February 18

 

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YESTERDAY'S HIGHLIGHTED GAMES BEST BETS 60-48-1

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
WICH at CHAR	12:00 PM	CHAR -6.5 U 136.0	+500 +500
L-IL at URI	12:00 PM	L-IL -5.0 U 147.0	+500 +500
FAU at USF	12:00 PM	USF +5.0 O 147.5	+500 +500
SPU at IONA	01:00 PM	IONA -6.0 U 132.5	+500 +500
PUR at OSU	01:00 PM	PUR -8.5 O 146.5	+500 +500
CAN at SIE	02:00 PM	CAN -3.5 O 138.5	+500 +500
RID at MAN	02:00 PM	RID -2.5 U 145.0	+500 +500
NIAG at QUIN	02:00 PM	NIAG +6.0 O 151.0	+500 +500
MSM at FAIR	02:00 PM	MSM +4.0 O 147.0	+500 +500
UTSA at TEM	02:00 PM	TEM -5.0 U 155.0	+500 +500
MURR at DRKE	02:00 PM	MURR +9.5 O 141.0	+500 +500
BEL at UIC	02:00 PM	BEL -3.0 U 153.5	+500 +500
TULN at ECU	02:00 PM	ECU -2.5 U 151.5	+500 +500
CHAT at FUR	02:00 PM	CHAT +2.5 O 155.0	+500 +500
BRAD at UNI	02:00 PM	BRAD -3.0 O 141.0	+500 +500
UNT at UAB	03:00 PM	UNT +2.0 U 131.0	+500 +500
NW at IND	03:00 PM	IND -2.0 U 136.5	+500 +500
EVAN at ILST	03:00 PM	ILST -4.5 U 134.0	+500 +500
MEM at SMU	04:00 PM	SMU -4.5 O 155.5	+500 +500
HALL at SJU	05:00 PM	SJU -6.0 O 144.5	+500 +500
RUTG at MINN	06:30 PM	MINN -4.5 U 135.0	+500 +500
UTAH at UCLA	07:00 PM	UCLA -2.5 O 135.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

Monday’s 6-pack:
Six of the Cleveland Guardians’ best prospects:
1- Chase DeLauter, OF
2- Brayan Rocchio, SS
3- Daniel Espino, P
4- Kyle Manzardo, 1B
5- Juan Brito, 2B/3B
6- Angel Martinez, 2B/3B

Quote of the Day
“We are so unathletic that we can’t guard anybody without fouling. For me, I’ve always enjoyed the first year, and I’m not gonna lie to you: this is the most unenjoyable experience of my lifetime. This has been so disappointing.”
St John’s coach Rick Pitino

Monday’s quiz
Who was the second President of the United States?

Sunday’s quiz
Cal-Irvine’s basketball team are the Anteaters.

Saturday’s quiz
Kobe Bryant is the all-time leading scorer for the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend…….​

— Ohio State 73, Purdue 69
Buckeyes fired their coach Wednesday, pull a big upset four days later.
Ohio State was 2-9 in its last 11 games, coming into Sunday.
Purdue was minus-8 in turnovers (14-6), shot 3-9 on the arc.

— Seton Hall 68, St John’s 62
Johnnies led 38-19 with 3:09 left in first half.
St John’s lost 8 of its last 10 games, blowing halftime leads in last three. After the game, Rick Pitino wasn’t happy with his team’s defense.

— Utah 70, UCLA 69
Utah scored off an offensive rebound at the buzzer for the win.
Utes had lost their previous six road games.
UCLA’s last three games (2-1) were decided by total of six points.

— South Florida 90, Florida Atlantic 86
USF led by 25 with 8:38 left, hung on for dear life.
Bulls won 17 of last 18 games, after a 2-4 start.
USF leads Charlotte by a game, FAU/SMU by two games.
LY, South Florida coach Amir Abdur-Rahim led Kennesaw State to a 26-9 record, made the NCAA’s; this year, his Bulls are 19-5, 12-1 in AAC in his first year at USF. Previous four years, Bulls were 45-62, 21-47 in conference games. Great coaching job.

— SMU 106, Memphis 79
Mustangs led 58-36 at halftime; dismal effort by Memphis.
Tigers lost six of their last nine games, after a 15-2 start.
SMU won its last six games, is 19-7, 10-3 in conference games.

— Niagara 80, Quinnipiac 66
Niagara has won its last eight road games, longest active streak in country.
Purple Eagles made 9-17 on arc, 27-27 on foul line.
Quinnipiac lost its last two games, after a 19-4 start.

— Baseball Note of the Day: Players went 9-6 against the owners in contract arbitration cases this year, first time since 2019 the players had the advantage.
OF/2B Whit Merrifield signed a one-year, $8M deal with the Phillies.

— Word of the Day: Subterfuge- Deceit used in order to achieve a goal.

— Rider 104, Manhattan 62
Broncs shot 77.8% from the floor, the highest shooting %age in a D-I game by any team since January 24, 2005.

— Thursday in Utah, Golden State’s Klay Thompson came off the bench for the first time since his rookie season, 12 years ago; he scored 35 points (13-22 from floor, 7-13 on arc) as the Warriors beat the Jazz, 140-137.

— LA Chargers are paying Jim Harbaugh $16M a year? Really? Wow. Sean Payton is the only coach in the NFL making more $$$ than Jim Harbaugh. John Harbaugh makes $12M a year.

— Four guys were teammates with both Michael Jordan and Lebron James:
Brendan Haywood
Larry Hughes
Jerry Stackhouse
Scott Williams

— Rangers-Islanders played hockey outdoors at Giants Stadium in New Jersey Sunday; they drew 79,690 fans, a day after the Flyers-Devils drew 70,328 fans in the same stadium Saturday night. 150,000 fans for two games; pretty, pretty good.
No way the NHL knew what a gold mine they had on their hands when they started these outdoor games.

— NBA All-Star Game: East 211, West 186- Somewhere, some poor soul bet the under in this game, which had no chance of winning. None.
Teams combined to shoot 67-168 (39.9%) on the arc
Teams combined to shoot 96-121 (79.3%) inside the arc

— RIP to Charles (Lefty) Driesell, the great college basketball coach who passed away over the weekend, at age 92. He had a great career.
Driesell coached at four colleges:
1960-69- Davidson- 176-65
1969-86- Maryland- 348-159
1986-97- James Madison- 159-111
1997-2003- Georgia State- 103-59

Driesell was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018; he made the Elite Eight four times, but his best team was probably his 1974 Maryland team, which was ranked #3 in the country but lost the ACC title game in overtime- back then, only one team from each league made it to the NCAA’s.

Today, that team would’ve been a #1-seed in the tournament, but they didn’t even get in- they won the NIT very easily that season. Bad timing; NC State had David Thompson that year.
Driesell was known as much for his personality as coaching; he promised to make Maryland “the UCLA of the East” back when the Bruins won the NCAA’s every year. He won a lot of games and he was fun to listen to.

RIP, sir.

 

[Udog]

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, February 19

Monday’s 4 interesting games
Virginia @ Virginia Tech (-2.5)
Virginia (20-6, 11-4)
KenPom rating: 53
Tempo: 362
Experience: 112
Continuity: 225
Virginia won nine of its last ten games.
Cavaliers are 4-3 SU/1-2 ATS as ACC road dogs.
Virginia has #12 eFG% defense in the country.
Virginia is 9-5 vs teams in top 100.


Virginia Tech (14-11, 6-8)
KenPom rating: 64
Tempo: 186
Experience: 86
Continuity: 79
Virginia Tech lost four of its last five games.
Tech is 5-2 SU/3-2 ATS as an ACC home favorite.
Hokies have #44 eFG% in country.
Tech is 6-10 vs teams in the top 100.


Virginia (-4.5) beat Va Tech 65-57 at home January 17.
Home team won last six series games.
Cavaliers lost last 3 visits to Blacksburg, by 14-9-6 points.
ACC home favorites of 3 or less points are 8-5 ATS.


Wm & Mary @ Charleston
Wm & Mary (8-18, 3-10)
KenPom rating: 324
Tempo: 287
Experience: 341
Continuity: 228
Wm & Mary lost 5 in a row, 9 of last 10 games.
Tribe is 2-4 SU/4-1 ATS as CAA road underdogs.
Wm & Mary has #319 eFG% defense in country.
Tribe is 3-3 ATS against teams ranked in top 150.


Charleston (19-7, 10-3)
KenPom rating: 125
Tempo: 46
Experience: 215
Continuity: 254
Charleston won six of its last seven games.
Cougars are 4-2 SU/3-3 ATS as CAA home favorites.
Charleston is #41 team on offensive boards.
Charleston is 10-0 vs teams ranked outside top 200.


Charleston (-11) won 84-83 at Wm & Mary February 3rd.
Cougars won last five series games.
Tribe lost their last six visits to Charleston.
CAA double digit home favorites are 6-9 ATS.


Iowa State @ Houston (-9.5)
Iowa State (20-5, 9-3)
KenPom rating: 9
Tempo: 150
Experience: 124
Continuity: 202
Iowa State won seven of its last eight games.
Cyclones are 3-3 SU/4-2 ATS as Big X road dogs.
Cyclones are forcing turnovers 26.1% of time (#1)
Iowa State is 10-5 vs top 100 teams.


Houston (22-3, 9-3)
KenPom rating: 1
Tempo: 345
Experience: 102
Continuity: 130
Houston won eight of its last nine games.
Cougars are 6-0 SU/4-2 ATS as Big X home faves.
Houston has #1 eFG% in country.
Cougars are 11-3 vs teams in top 100.


ISU (+3.5) led 14-0 early, upset Houston 57-53 January 9.
That was teams’ first meeting as Big X rivals.
Big X single digit home favorites are 21-27 ATS.


Kansas State @ Texas (-8.5)
Kansas State (15-10, 5-7)
KenPom rating: 73
Tempo: 220
Experience: 147
Continuity: 303
K-State lost six of its last seven games.
Wildcats are 1-5 SU/2-2 ATS as Big X road dogs.
K-State is turning ball over 21.4% of time (#351)
Wildcats are 6-8 vs top 100 teams.


Texas (16-9, 5-7)
KenPom rating: 29
Tempo: 239
Experience: 7
Continuity: 161
Texas lost four of its last six games.
Longhorns are 2-4 SU/1-4 ATS as Big X home favorite.
Opponents are shooting 46.7% inside arc (#46)
Longhorns are 5-8 vs teams ranked in top 100.


Texas won six of last eight series games.
Road team won last five meetings.
Wildcats won their last two visits to Austin.
Big X single digit home favorites are 21-27 ATS.