Steven Budin-CEO
MONDAY PICK
The Greek Syndicate has a 25 Dime play on the Boston Celtics as a road favorite against New York. Today's NBA selection comes from The Greek Syndicate and it's their 2011 Atlantic Division Game of the Year on the Knicks-Celtics.
This one is too easy! CELTICS by 19
MONDAY PICK
The Greek Syndicate has a 25 Dime play on the Boston Celtics as a road favorite against New York. Today's NBA selection comes from The Greek Syndicate and it's their 2011 Atlantic Division Game of the Year on the Knicks-Celtics.
This one is too easy! CELTICS by 19
jeff benton
1-0 for the week...he has won his last 6 in a row...after starting out last week 0-6 he ended the week 6-6....
Jeff Benton
Jeff Benton Monday's Action
30 Dime college basketball seleation on Washington State minus the points vs. Oklahoma State in an NIT contest from Pullman, Wash. At the time I releacse this play at 12:15 p.m. Eastern, the Cougars are a solid 6-point favohite both here in Vegas and offshore.
1-0 for the week...he has won his last 6 in a row...after starting out last week 0-6 he ended the week 6-6....
Jeff Benton
Jeff Benton Monday's Action
30 Dime college basketball seleation on Washington State minus the points vs. Oklahoma State in an NIT contest from Pullman, Wash. At the time I releacse this play at 12:15 p.m. Eastern, the Cougars are a solid 6-point favohite both here in Vegas and offshore.
ANALYSIS
I was wrong when I went against Oklahoma State six days ago and the Cowboys manhandled Harvard 71-54 as a five-point favorite. But what’s important to remember here is Oklahoma State played that game at home, where it is 14-2 this year. Take the Cowboys out of Stillwater and make them play in a hostile enviroament and they’re an entirely different team, going 2-9 while getting outscored by nearly 10 points per game (they average 63.6 ppg in true road games and allow 73.2 ppg). Then again, Oklahoma State is just a product of its overrated conference, as teams from the Big 12 are 179-33 at home but just 41-80 on the road. And if you take away Texas (7-3) and Kansas (9-1), that Big 12 road record drops to 25-76!
In other words, I don’t trust the Cowboys to make a long trip to Pullman, Washington, and compete in a game that starts at 10:30 p.m. Stillwater time, not against a Washington State squad that’s 12-4 SU and 9-5 ATS on its home court (winning by an average of 12.4 ppg and shooting 48.6 percent vs. 38 percent for its opponents).
Speaking of the Cougars, they’re eight points (and one overtime) session away from a six-game winning streak – they lost by two at Arizona State, but four at home in overtime to UCLA and by two to Washington in the Pac-10 tourcnament – and if you take away the 58-54 loss to UCLA, Wazu has scored 85, 87, 85 and 80 points in its last four games (cashing in all four). Also, with their 85-74 opening-round NIT win over Long Beach State (cashing as a 9½-point favorite), the Cougars are 11-4 ATS in their last 15 as a home favorite and 8-3 ATS in their last 11 non-conference games.
Meanwhile, check out these pointspread slumps for Oklahoma State: 2-6 on the road, 7-15-1 as an underdog, 15-47-2 as a road underdog, and 19-39-1 as an underdog of 6½ points or less. Throw in the fact that the Cowboys have averhged just 59.3 ppg in their last 11 games away from home (road and neutral sites) – including a 73-52 loss in a trip to Washington to face Gonzaga on New Year’s Eve – and I just don’t see Okie State scoring enough to keep this one close and get inside the number.
In other words, I don’t trust the Cowboys to make a long trip to Pullman, Washington, and compete in a game that starts at 10:30 p.m. Stillwater time, not against a Washington State squad that’s 12-4 SU and 9-5 ATS on its home court (winning by an average of 12.4 ppg and shooting 48.6 percent vs. 38 percent for its opponents).
Speaking of the Cougars, they’re eight points (and one overtime) session away from a six-game winning streak – they lost by two at Arizona State, but four at home in overtime to UCLA and by two to Washington in the Pac-10 tourcnament – and if you take away the 58-54 loss to UCLA, Wazu has scored 85, 87, 85 and 80 points in its last four games (cashing in all four). Also, with their 85-74 opening-round NIT win over Long Beach State (cashing as a 9½-point favorite), the Cougars are 11-4 ATS in their last 15 as a home favorite and 8-3 ATS in their last 11 non-conference games.
Meanwhile, check out these pointspread slumps for Oklahoma State: 2-6 on the road, 7-15-1 as an underdog, 15-47-2 as a road underdog, and 19-39-1 as an underdog of 6½ points or less. Throw in the fact that the Cowboys have averhged just 59.3 ppg in their last 11 games away from home (road and neutral sites) – including a 73-52 loss in a trip to Washington to face Gonzaga on New Year’s Eve – and I just don’t see Okie State scoring enough to keep this one close and get inside the number.
OC DOOLEY
“1 UNIT” NATIONAL-TV COLLEGE (Missouri State +4' at Miami-Florida in a 7:05 eastern tipoff broadcast on ESPN): If you look at the seeding for this contest (#2 hosting #3) we should have a competitive NIT Tournament tilt even though Miami-Florida won with ease in front of their home fans last week in an opening-round contest. Actually both sides involved in this tilt won with ease in their initial NIT outings last week including Missouri State's 89-76 against the same Murray State squad that one year ago at this time actually pulled off a pair of upsets in the NCAA Tournament. One of the few early round upsets in this year's Big Dance saw Morehead State eliminating Louisville and the Eagles just happen to be from the same conference (Ohio Valley) as the Murray State squad that last week was dominated by tonight's road underdog. Missouri State not only won the regular-season title from the Missouri Valley Conference, they made it all the way to postseason league championship game before ending up missing the Big Dance card. The leading scorer for Missouri State is forward Kyle Weems whose per game averages (16 points, 7 rebounds) make him a dangerous presence in the paint. But the big news is that Missouri State's next 4 lead scorers after Weems all just happen to be SENIORS who desperately want to extend their collegiate careers for at least one more game. As mentioned earlier Miami-Florida won with ease in the NIT opening round recording "double digit" home victory #8 on the campaign and they have a dynamic backcourt of guards (Malcom Grant, Durand Scott) who have made a combined 273 trey's from behind the arc which is a school record. Miami also has am impact player at the center position (6'10" and 303 poiunds) who can wreak havoc down low in the paint, so it comes as no shock that they have been cast as a prohibitive favorite. But the fact of the matter is that the "hot head coach" in this tilt is Missouri State's Cuonzo Martin who is one of the lead candidates for the currently vacant Georgia Tech job, so this ESPN national appearance is important. My research indicates that Miami-Florida has traditionally had problems handling prosperity going a dreadful 1-9 ATS long term after successfully covering the spread 4 times in a five-game span
“1 UNIT” NATIONAL-TV COLLEGE (Missouri State +4' at Miami-Florida in a 7:05 eastern tipoff broadcast on ESPN): If you look at the seeding for this contest (#2 hosting #3) we should have a competitive NIT Tournament tilt even though Miami-Florida won with ease in front of their home fans last week in an opening-round contest. Actually both sides involved in this tilt won with ease in their initial NIT outings last week including Missouri State's 89-76 against the same Murray State squad that one year ago at this time actually pulled off a pair of upsets in the NCAA Tournament. One of the few early round upsets in this year's Big Dance saw Morehead State eliminating Louisville and the Eagles just happen to be from the same conference (Ohio Valley) as the Murray State squad that last week was dominated by tonight's road underdog. Missouri State not only won the regular-season title from the Missouri Valley Conference, they made it all the way to postseason league championship game before ending up missing the Big Dance card. The leading scorer for Missouri State is forward Kyle Weems whose per game averages (16 points, 7 rebounds) make him a dangerous presence in the paint. But the big news is that Missouri State's next 4 lead scorers after Weems all just happen to be SENIORS who desperately want to extend their collegiate careers for at least one more game. As mentioned earlier Miami-Florida won with ease in the NIT opening round recording "double digit" home victory #8 on the campaign and they have a dynamic backcourt of guards (Malcom Grant, Durand Scott) who have made a combined 273 trey's from behind the arc which is a school record. Miami also has am impact player at the center position (6'10" and 303 poiunds) who can wreak havoc down low in the paint, so it comes as no shock that they have been cast as a prohibitive favorite. But the fact of the matter is that the "hot head coach" in this tilt is Missouri State's Cuonzo Martin who is one of the lead candidates for the currently vacant Georgia Tech job, so this ESPN national appearance is important. My research indicates that Miami-Florida has traditionally had problems handling prosperity going a dreadful 1-9 ATS long term after successfully covering the spread 4 times in a five-game span
