A.Redd
Tuesday's Plays
25 Dime Release on Kansas over Texas Tech. As this play is releised at 8 AM Pacific, the Jayhawks are currently laying 13 1/2 points, with a few isolatced -13's still out there.
25 Dime Release on Colorado over Iowa State. The Buffaloes are currently laying 7 1/2 point in this contest.
25 Dime Release on North Carolina over Boston College. The Tar Heels are currently laying betwoen 2 to 2 1/2 points in this contest
Tuesday's Plays
25 Dime Release on Kansas over Texas Tech. As this play is releised at 8 AM Pacific, the Jayhawks are currently laying 13 1/2 points, with a few isolatced -13's still out there.
25 Dime Release on Colorado over Iowa State. The Buffaloes are currently laying 7 1/2 point in this contest.
25 Dime Release on North Carolina over Boston College. The Tar Heels are currently laying betwoen 2 to 2 1/2 points in this contest
The Duke's Sports
Ball State Under (124) for 1.5 Units
These teams rank low in offensive production, yet both coaches Taylor and Coles are defensive sticklers. We should see another grind it out game where the shooting should be as could in Millett Hall as the weather is outside with more blizzard conditions forecasted. Ball State's offensive woes have been taken to new heights after laughable displays in their half-court game. Moreover, they've been turnover laden over the last month. We'll look for Miami Ohio, which does play good defense at home to create more problems for the Cardinals; at the same time, the injury riddled Redhawks, which lost their leading scorer Ballard and a pretty good backcourt partner in Rollins, have few go-to scoring options left. Ball State is 1-4 O/U vs MAC foes and the Redhawks are 1-6 O/U on Tuesdays. This series has gone 2-4 O/U with 2 of those "overs" eclipsing the total because of OT. "Under" the call.
Ball State Under (124) for 1.5 Units
These teams rank low in offensive production, yet both coaches Taylor and Coles are defensive sticklers. We should see another grind it out game where the shooting should be as could in Millett Hall as the weather is outside with more blizzard conditions forecasted. Ball State's offensive woes have been taken to new heights after laughable displays in their half-court game. Moreover, they've been turnover laden over the last month. We'll look for Miami Ohio, which does play good defense at home to create more problems for the Cardinals; at the same time, the injury riddled Redhawks, which lost their leading scorer Ballard and a pretty good backcourt partner in Rollins, have few go-to scoring options left. Ball State is 1-4 O/U vs MAC foes and the Redhawks are 1-6 O/U on Tuesdays. This series has gone 2-4 O/U with 2 of those "overs" eclipsing the total because of OT. "Under" the call.
David Malinsky
4* CREIGHTON over BRADLEY
We were very close to pulling the trigger on this one earlier today, and now that the game has been moved up to a 4:05 Eastern tip-off we have the edges to get over the top. For a Bradley team already struggling in so many ways, losing at least half of the expected crowd, and likely even more, makes it an atmosphere hardly conducive for an 0-11 Missouri Valley free-fall to turn around.
It has been a rocky campaign all the way for Jim Les, who lost Taylor Brown before the season started and then Sam Maniscalo six games into the campaign. Now there are also issues with leading scorer Andrew Warren, who left Saturday’s loss with a head injury. Even with Warren scoring 22 pints the Braves were beaten much worse than the 81-68 final score can show at Creighton earlier, trailing by 25 points at halftime, when only one Blue Jay starter played more than 27 minutes.
While Bradley fades, and gets stuck in a lackluster environment today that does not create any energy to help, Creighton is playing as well as anyone in the Valley. The Blue Jays have won their last two home league games in double figures, and took Missouri State and Northern Iowa both to the wire in their last two trips. They have the depth to wear down the shallow host; the FT shooting (73.9 percent) to close out with a lead; the confidence to know that they can win on this court (seven wins in the last nine trips); and having already made it to Peoria last night, starting early is actually an advantage for them, instead of having to sit around all day.
4* CREIGHTON over BRADLEY
We were very close to pulling the trigger on this one earlier today, and now that the game has been moved up to a 4:05 Eastern tip-off we have the edges to get over the top. For a Bradley team already struggling in so many ways, losing at least half of the expected crowd, and likely even more, makes it an atmosphere hardly conducive for an 0-11 Missouri Valley free-fall to turn around.
It has been a rocky campaign all the way for Jim Les, who lost Taylor Brown before the season started and then Sam Maniscalo six games into the campaign. Now there are also issues with leading scorer Andrew Warren, who left Saturday’s loss with a head injury. Even with Warren scoring 22 pints the Braves were beaten much worse than the 81-68 final score can show at Creighton earlier, trailing by 25 points at halftime, when only one Blue Jay starter played more than 27 minutes.
While Bradley fades, and gets stuck in a lackluster environment today that does not create any energy to help, Creighton is playing as well as anyone in the Valley. The Blue Jays have won their last two home league games in double figures, and took Missouri State and Northern Iowa both to the wire in their last two trips. They have the depth to wear down the shallow host; the FT shooting (73.9 percent) to close out with a lead; the confidence to know that they can win on this court (seven wins in the last nine trips); and having already made it to Peoria last night, starting early is actually an advantage for them, instead of having to sit around all day.
Bruce Marshall
Spurs at Blazers
Play: Spurs -5
Spurs doing just fine, especially on road, where S.A. has covered 13 of 19 decisions going into tonight's battle. Note that Spurs didn't have much trouble with Portland at AT&T Center back on Dec. 12, rolling by 17 when Blazers were relatively healthy with Roy and Camby in the starting lineup. Injuries now really catching up with Portland, whose offense short-circuited in recent Rose Garden losses vs. Sacto and Boston when failing to exceed 81 points. Spurs also pointing to this one to get season-long 9-game road trip (into All-Star break) off on the right foot
Spurs at Blazers
Play: Spurs -5
Spurs doing just fine, especially on road, where S.A. has covered 13 of 19 decisions going into tonight's battle. Note that Spurs didn't have much trouble with Portland at AT&T Center back on Dec. 12, rolling by 17 when Blazers were relatively healthy with Roy and Camby in the starting lineup. Injuries now really catching up with Portland, whose offense short-circuited in recent Rose Garden losses vs. Sacto and Boston when failing to exceed 81 points. Spurs also pointing to this one to get season-long 9-game road trip (into All-Star break) off on the right foot
