Indiancowboy
Basketball Card :
Take Drexel +7.5 over Fairfield (Sunday @ 3:30pm est). We are going to make profit in college basketball if it Kills me. I have continued to add more teams into my formulas and we got screwed by the Indiana vs. Kentucky game but we did cash the Texa A&M game which shows us life. As per today, there ere are three college basketball games on tap. First off, Drexel is a team that I have ranked top 100. Why is this significant? Well, they are a top 110 team catching 7.5 points here which is important. This team played a top 75 team in George Mason at home and fell short by just 1 point and the only other road game it had played was against the Hoyas of Georgetown who are ranked top 7 in my Power rankings. As per this game, I like Drexel to hang tough as they come off a bounce-back against George Mason. Drexel has revenge against Fairfield from last year and remember Faifield is a top 125 team. In essence, I believe Drexel is the better team here catching the points and consequently that is what makes us take the points in a potential outright win. Remember, Fairfield beat the likes of Iona at home by just a field goal and Iona is ranked in the top 175 while our Drexel team is ranked in the top 125. Fairfield only defeated Sacred Heart 16 as well and they are a team in the top 275. Thus, let's roll with the 7.5 points here with our squad that is actually ranked 20 spots better roughly as we cath the points in a game that we have the numbers clearly working in our favor.
Take La Salle +9 over Villanova (Sunday @ 7pm est). Don't you dare understimate the Explorers. Remember, Villanova got a scare against St. Josephs and St. Josephs is a top 100 team who they barely defeated at home. Villanova on the other hand is a top 140 team in my books and hae played the likes of Southern Miss and have barely lost to them at home, that have played the likes of Uconn and lost by just 8 and that was in the Virgin Islands earlier this year on neutral footing and lost to Florida State by just 4 points at home. La Salle hails out of the Atlantic 10 and by no means do they win this game but they do have enough talent to hang tough. After all, if they can lose to a Uconn team by the spread of this margin here on neutral footing, why can't they hang within the spread against a Villanova team that is not as good on their home court? Remember, I have Uconn as a top 12 team in my power rankings while Villanova is a top 38 team. I say we rolle with La Salle at home where the crowd will be rocking for tonight's game as this team has obviously shown they can play against talented teams and for a game that will total in the mid 130's today, I will gladly take the roughly double-digit points as we look to cash in a game that La Salle will likely lose by 3-5 points.
Take Detroit +7.5 over Bowling Green (Sunday @ 6pm est.) Well, the auto industry might stink in Detroit but they do have some positives including their basketball team that has some bite. Look, these two teams are very familiar with each other. Bowling Green beat this young Detroit team last year on the road by 16. You think this Detroit team doesn't remember that game? On top of that, I think Detroit is steadily showing improvement. Look, to start the year, this team stunk including losing to Purdue on the road by 32 although that might be understandable. Then, this team lost to top 240 Western Michigan on the road by double-digits. But, then they started to improve and buy into their new system. They ended up losing to top Depaul on the road by just 9 points. They defeated St. Louis at home Outright by 5 and recently lost to Wisconsin Green Bay by 11 who is a top 75 team. But, although I have Bowling Green as a top 100 team, here is the deal. This team has lost to some of the worst teams in the nation including Savannah State who is one of the worst teams in the history of college sports (I'm not exaggerating, this team went 3 years without a win at one point). Two of BG's wins came against teams that aren't even division 1 teams but they have had close games against Ohio State and Georgia State. In short, follow me here, BG is the type of team that plays to its competition and it is not the type of team that blows out division 1 opponents. I believe this will be a tight game all the way through. Let's take the points and roll here.
Take Memphis Grizzlies +1.5 Over Miami Heat (Sunday @ 4pm est.). Are you aware of what the Grizzlies have done over the past few games? Check it out:
They are an 8-15 team but in particular, they are 6-5 at home. And, on top of that, they defeated the Rocets at home (without McGrady) - but still impresive nonetheless as at points they were winning that game by 15-20 points. Miami has only four more wins than Memphis which might surprise you and Memphis also defeated the Bulls at home, Oklahoma City at home and a very good Clippers team by nearly double-digits at home. Hence, this team is on the longest winning streak of the year - 3. They have four of their last five games and they start the likes of Mayo, Lowry and Gay with a sound crop of young players coming off the bench as well. Miami does come off a loss against Atlanta so they will do better today on their bounce-back. But, note that Beasley is still fighting the flu which takes the air of this team's offense and Haslem is also questionable which will affect the size of this team will Darko and Gasol are in the thick of the lineup for Memphis. Let's take the hot team here at home against a banged up Heat as the Grizzlies are like any other young team as they rise with confidence and are all about streaks.