StraightUPWinners Sharp - Xavier Singleton
Sports Picks, January 20, 2015
NCAAB Card
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Dayton Flyers vs Davidson
5-Units Davidson -3 @ 5dimes
Dayton Flyers are a basketball school that puts on a great product year after year. They haven't had a losing season since the 05-06 campaign. But Flyers Coach Archie Miller who is 78-40 in Dayton and currently ranked #22 has his work cut out for them. I don't trust them. Dayton had to dismiss its starting center and back up center after the two were caught stealing money from the dorms. Dayton doesn't have a single player over 6'6 on its Roster. Dayton doesn't score a lot and completely relies on it's defense to win. But Davidson offense is way to potent to be stopped. They score 82 ppg, thats 8th in the nation. Even if Dayton slows them down, they can't keep up. Davidson has 8 players 6'7 or bigger. Dayton none. Davidson has only lost 4 games, to top Ranked Kentucky and #3 Ranked UVA, both games they lead in, lost #20 VCU and at Richmond. Davidson should roll as Dayton hasn't been tested.
Tennessee vs South Carolina
5-Units South Carolina -6.5 @ 5dimes
The most surprising team in the SEC is Tennessee, who came into the season as the most inexperienced team in all of basketball. They've out played themselves but now need to see if they can keep it up. They are playing on back to back road games, a stat that isn't appreciated enough in college basketball. An inexperienced team will not deal with this well. South Carolina is 6th in the nation in FG Defense. This is the kind of things that will frustrates a young team with a new coach in a new system. This is a complete situational play.