Denver Money's 1 a day CBB thread
I am going to post 1 CBB play that I am playing everyday this month. Basketball has been up and down all season and my goal for the rest of February is to limit plays and increase winners! I will post my play in this thread daily. Hope to help some of you make some cash over the next few weeks!
2/8 = Appalachian State -4.5 WINNER
2/9 = Wake Forest -6.5 WINNER
2/10 = Arkansas -7
I am going to post 1 CBB play that I am playing everyday this month. Basketball has been up and down all season and my goal for the rest of February is to limit plays and increase winners! I will post my play in this thread daily. Hope to help some of you make some cash over the next few weeks!
2/8 = Appalachian State -4.5 WINNER
2/9 = Wake Forest -6.5 WINNER
2/10 = Arkansas -7
DAVID MALINSKY
4* SOUTHERN MISS over TULSA
In cashing an easy 4* ticket on Saturday behind Larry Eustachy and his scrappy Golden Eagles, we noted how their style of play brings almost no sex appeal to the marketplace, and as such no real line adjustments despite their outstanding recent run. We can repeat that same mantra to set this one up.
Southern Miss is playing ferocious defense, holding seven straight Conference USA opponents to less than 60 points, and going 6-1 ATS in those games. And while the SU tally was only 4-3, look at the defeats – they fell at U.T.E.P. and U.A.B., and at home vs. Memphis, by a combined 10 points. The polish is not quite there offensively to finish against that class of competition but the defense goes hard for the full 40 minutes regardless, and on a current 4-0 run, including that outright win at Houston on Saturday, the confidence is at a high level all the way around. We can start with Eustachy - “It says a lot about our players. I don’t think we’ve scratched the surface as a team. We’re going to run out of time. All of them can get so much better. The hand they were dealt by the conference (four league road games in the first six) was ridiculous and they handled it well. We can play a lot better than we did at Houston, but we found a way to win.”
The fact that they are only building momentum, and nowhere near a peak, is a mindset that we like to see, and Sai’Quon Stone continues that theme - “We haven’t been successful yet and we haven’t been successful in our coach’s mind. He’s been instilling that into the rest of players and that makes us more hungry. We haven’t done anything yet and we haven’t earned anything.” And part of that surge comes from the physical play of Torye Pelham inside, who had 13 rebounds in only 22 minutes at Houston (from Stone - ”He’s been relentless for us the last four or five weeks”). They are 4-1 SU since he came back from injury, losing only at U.A.B. by a single point.
Southern Miss is only allowing 40.2 percent from the field and 27.6 from 3-point range in CUSA play, winning the battle of the boards by 39, and only allowing 73 assists through eight games. That are the epitome of a “tough out”, and not only do the Eagles hang around the entire way here, but the outright upset is absolutely in range. While they are playing their best basketball of the season, Tulsa has fallen into a funk. When Southern had to open against the CUSA elite the Golden Hurricanes had a softer early ride, but in stepping up in class the past two weeks they fell by 10 at U.A.B. and 14 at U.T.E.P., and they have only managed a 5-11 ATS tally in the role of the favorite this season. They have also not played well at all when forced into a slower pace, going just 1-8-1 ATS in games in which neither they nor their opponents scored more than 75 points. And now there are distraction issues as well, with Saturday night’s nationally televised home game vs. Memphis looming too large on the horizon – it is both “Legends Weekend” and a “Hoops for Haiti” white-out promotion, and for a team that does not get that kind of showcase often it makes the task of getting past this challenge even more difficult.
4* SOUTHERN MISS over TULSA
In cashing an easy 4* ticket on Saturday behind Larry Eustachy and his scrappy Golden Eagles, we noted how their style of play brings almost no sex appeal to the marketplace, and as such no real line adjustments despite their outstanding recent run. We can repeat that same mantra to set this one up.
Southern Miss is playing ferocious defense, holding seven straight Conference USA opponents to less than 60 points, and going 6-1 ATS in those games. And while the SU tally was only 4-3, look at the defeats – they fell at U.T.E.P. and U.A.B., and at home vs. Memphis, by a combined 10 points. The polish is not quite there offensively to finish against that class of competition but the defense goes hard for the full 40 minutes regardless, and on a current 4-0 run, including that outright win at Houston on Saturday, the confidence is at a high level all the way around. We can start with Eustachy - “It says a lot about our players. I don’t think we’ve scratched the surface as a team. We’re going to run out of time. All of them can get so much better. The hand they were dealt by the conference (four league road games in the first six) was ridiculous and they handled it well. We can play a lot better than we did at Houston, but we found a way to win.”
The fact that they are only building momentum, and nowhere near a peak, is a mindset that we like to see, and Sai’Quon Stone continues that theme - “We haven’t been successful yet and we haven’t been successful in our coach’s mind. He’s been instilling that into the rest of players and that makes us more hungry. We haven’t done anything yet and we haven’t earned anything.” And part of that surge comes from the physical play of Torye Pelham inside, who had 13 rebounds in only 22 minutes at Houston (from Stone - ”He’s been relentless for us the last four or five weeks”). They are 4-1 SU since he came back from injury, losing only at U.A.B. by a single point.
Southern Miss is only allowing 40.2 percent from the field and 27.6 from 3-point range in CUSA play, winning the battle of the boards by 39, and only allowing 73 assists through eight games. That are the epitome of a “tough out”, and not only do the Eagles hang around the entire way here, but the outright upset is absolutely in range. While they are playing their best basketball of the season, Tulsa has fallen into a funk. When Southern had to open against the CUSA elite the Golden Hurricanes had a softer early ride, but in stepping up in class the past two weeks they fell by 10 at U.A.B. and 14 at U.T.E.P., and they have only managed a 5-11 ATS tally in the role of the favorite this season. They have also not played well at all when forced into a slower pace, going just 1-8-1 ATS in games in which neither they nor their opponents scored more than 75 points. And now there are distraction issues as well, with Saturday night’s nationally televised home game vs. Memphis looming too large on the horizon – it is both “Legends Weekend” and a “Hoops for Haiti” white-out promotion, and for a team that does not get that kind of showcase often it makes the task of getting past this challenge even more difficult.
Brandon Lang Wednesday's selection.... NOTE:
12-3 paid and comp play run in hoops the last 8 days.
7-1 with paid plays and 5-2 with comp plays.
Even more impressive is the quality of my basketball product. I'm talking 13 of these 15 plays have been flat out as good as it gets.
It all started last Tuesday with a 15 dime double digit winner on Northeastern hammering Delaware, Drexel by over 40 against Towson State and a free pick on Drake, a dog that should have won outright.
Then Wednesday I hand you Colorado almost knocking off the Kansas in OT, but Pitt was a no show at West Virginia as the Bonus Play.
Thursday I watch home dog Valparaiso almost get me an outright win over Wright State while my free pick on Duke destroys Georgia Tech.
Friday the Pacers just destroy the Pistons by over 20 while my free pick on the Bucks wins outright in New York against the Knicks.
On Saturday I hand you Drake as a 9 point favorite that pretty much led the whole way at Illinois State only to lose a heartbreaker in the last 10 seconds while my free pick on BYU over Unlv was only my 2nd bad call in this run.
Monday night I lose a heartbreaker on New Mexico State who blew a double digit lead and then proceeds to win by 2 laying 2 1/2 but my free pick Loyola/Chicago catching 21 from Butler actually led at the half and was an easy wire to wire cover.
And last night Purdue beat Michigan State outright while my free pick winner on Vandy is a destruction.
Feast your eyes on that basketball product right there the last 8 days. Without question as good as it gets on 13 of 15 picks paid and comp plays.
Just have to keep it going tonight just like I have the last 8 days and let everything else take care of itself.
20 DIME - DREXEL DRAGONS -
Why not?
Bruiser Flint has his Drexel Dragons playing their best ball of the entire year right now and I don't see them laying an egg at Hofstra.
They have won 5 of their last 6 S, and are a perfect 6-0 ATS and for the most part it's been in very convincing fashion.
After a 71-48 road loss at Old Dominion as a 13 1/2 point underdog, they came home to hammer James Madison by 21 as an 8 point home favorite.
They then took care of this same Hofstra team 75-62 in a game that wasn't as close at the 13 point final would lead you to believe.
Drexel jumped out to an 18 point halftime lead, pushed the lead to 30 with just over 12 minutes to go and was still up 20 with 47 seconds to go before Hofstra scored the last 7 points of the game for the 13 point final margin.
Off that impressive win they went into Northeastern as a 10 point dog and won outright by 13 and then battled back from 10 points down in the 2nd half to get to cover over William/Mary losing by 3 catching 3 1/2.
I went against Drexel in that Bill and Mary game and when I saw they were coming home to play Towson State, I used them as a 5 dimer and it was one of the biggest blowouts of the year 97-55 as a 14 point home favorite.
They followed that up with a 13 point home win over George Mason as a 6 1/2 point favorite which leads us into this ballgame tonight.
As for Hofstra, since that blowout loss to Drexel they have won 3 of their last 4 but the 3 wins were against a pair of 7-17 teams in NC Wilmington and Delaware and a 10-14 James Madison.
Truth be told, a 3-6 SU run and 2-5-1 ATS run their last 8 gives me no confidence they should be laying points to any of the top tiered teams in the CAA, which I feel Drexel is proving they are up there with VCU, Northeastern and ODU.
In coming with a 30 dimer on Drake Saturday night at Illinois State one of the factors that put me over the top was how dominant Drake had been at home in their earlier meeting on January 17th.
Drake hammered Illinois State from wire to wire, jumping out to a 20 point halftime lead and coasting the rest of the way, much the same way Drexel did in their first meeting with this Hofstra team.
As with my Saturday 30 dime winner on Drake, I couldn't understand why Illinois State was favored by 10 and for the life of me I can't understand why Hofstra is favored by 1 1/2 over Drexel tonight.
I'm rolling with Bruiser Flint and red hot Drexel to make it a 7th straight cover tonight.
FREE PICK - MIAMI-FLORIDA HURRICANE
ROBERT FERRINGO
1.5-Unit Play. Take #729 Georgia Tech (+1) over Miami (7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
1.5-Unit Play. Take #779 Baylor (-2) over Nebraska (9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
1.5-Unit Play. Take #781 Duke (-6) over North Carolina (9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
1-Unit Play. Take #738 Clemson (-5) over Florida State (7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
1-Unit Play. Take #758 Towson (-1) over UNC-Wilmington (7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb10
1-Unit Play. Take #745 Northern Illinois (+7) over Bowling Green (7 p.m., Wednesday)
1-Unit Play. Take #769 UTEP (-3.5) over SMU (8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #783 Georgia (+4.5) over Auburn (9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #752 East Carolina (-2.5) over Tulane (7 p.m., Wednesday)
2 TEAM 5 POINT TEASERS
0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #728 Syracuse (-5.5) over Connecticut (7 p.m.) AND Take #781 Duke (-1) over North Carolina (9 p.m.)
0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #776 Iowa (+8) over Northwestern (8:30 p.m.) AND Take #783 Georgia (+9.5) over Auburn (9 p.m.)
0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #790 San Diego State (-12.5) over Wyoming (10:30 p.m.) AND Take #739 Richmond (+10.5) over Rhode Island (7 p.m.)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #722 Indiana (+15.5) over Ohio State (6:30 p.m.) AND Take #745 Northern Illinois (+12) over Bowling Green (7 p.m.)
1.5-Unit Play. Take #729 Georgia Tech (+1) over Miami (7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
1.5-Unit Play. Take #779 Baylor (-2) over Nebraska (9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
1.5-Unit Play. Take #781 Duke (-6) over North Carolina (9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
1-Unit Play. Take #738 Clemson (-5) over Florida State (7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
1-Unit Play. Take #758 Towson (-1) over UNC-Wilmington (7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb10
1-Unit Play. Take #745 Northern Illinois (+7) over Bowling Green (7 p.m., Wednesday)
1-Unit Play. Take #769 UTEP (-3.5) over SMU (8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #783 Georgia (+4.5) over Auburn (9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #752 East Carolina (-2.5) over Tulane (7 p.m., Wednesday)
2 TEAM 5 POINT TEASERS
0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #728 Syracuse (-5.5) over Connecticut (7 p.m.) AND Take #781 Duke (-1) over North Carolina (9 p.m.)
0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #776 Iowa (+8) over Northwestern (8:30 p.m.) AND Take #783 Georgia (+9.5) over Auburn (9 p.m.)
0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #790 San Diego State (-12.5) over Wyoming (10:30 p.m.) AND Take #739 Richmond (+10.5) over Rhode Island (7 p.m.)
0.5-Unit Play. Take #722 Indiana (+15.5) over Ohio State (6:30 p.m.) AND Take #745 Northern Illinois (+12) over Bowling Green (7 p.m.)
