Dave Essler | CBB Sides - Wednesday, Mar 9 2016 9:30PM
563 St. John's 7.0(-120) Pinnacle vs 564 Marquette triple-dime bet
Analysis: Yes, I know it's ugly - sorry. I think you may get +7 later without buying, but I want them out early and before I get talked out of a á winner.
563 St. John's 7.0(-120) Pinnacle vs 564 Marquette triple-dime bet
Analysis: Yes, I know it's ugly - sorry. I think you may get +7 later without buying, but I want them out early and before I get talked out of a á winner.
Ken Thomson | CBB Sides
single dime bet
540 Washington -2.0 (-110) Greek vs 539 Stanford
This is a good young team with lots of athleticism and leadership from the only senior on the roster in Andrew Andrews. The Huskies got jobbed in Corvallis against the Beavers when a late 3-point buzzer beater by Stephen Thompson Jr. was counted as a game winner. Replays showed that as well as taking two extra steps before launching the 35 footer the play clock started late and the shot should not have counted. Coach Romar was fined for his comments about the officiating.
Heck I'd have been fined too. It's an absolute travesty that Coaches and players are not allowed to criticize officiating if it's piss poor without being reprimanded. That said, Washington has a lot of work to do now to have a shot at the Big Dance. Are they good enough to win this Pac-12 Tournament? Maybe...but they are good enough to win a few games and get another look but more than likely are NIT bound.
There is a nucleus of young talent on this UW roster and Huskies fans can only wonder what might have been if Findlay Prep product Nigel Williams-Goss would have stayed in Seattle instead of sitting out this season and transferring to Gonzaga.
Johnny Dawkins has a young squad as well in Palo Alto. This season has been frustrating because there have been times where the Cardinal seemed to have turned the corner only to fall on their faces in their next set of games. Roscoe Allen is First-Team Pac-12 and leads the way with help on the glass from freshman Michael Humphrey. Dorian Pickens and Marcus Allen & brother Malcolm Allen give the Cardinal the weapons to win this game. For UW, Andrews comes off a 47 point outburst on Senior Night in win over Wazzu. Dejounte Murray is a scorer and Marquese Chriss can jump out of the Building. Mix in Noah Dickerson, David Crisp & Malik Dime and Romar has a squad that's capable of making a run in this venue in Vegas. I'll take the Huskies by 5-10 in this one at the MGM.
single dime bet
540 Washington -2.0 (-110) Greek vs 539 Stanford
This is a good young team with lots of athleticism and leadership from the only senior on the roster in Andrew Andrews. The Huskies got jobbed in Corvallis against the Beavers when a late 3-point buzzer beater by Stephen Thompson Jr. was counted as a game winner. Replays showed that as well as taking two extra steps before launching the 35 footer the play clock started late and the shot should not have counted. Coach Romar was fined for his comments about the officiating.
Heck I'd have been fined too. It's an absolute travesty that Coaches and players are not allowed to criticize officiating if it's piss poor without being reprimanded. That said, Washington has a lot of work to do now to have a shot at the Big Dance. Are they good enough to win this Pac-12 Tournament? Maybe...but they are good enough to win a few games and get another look but more than likely are NIT bound.
There is a nucleus of young talent on this UW roster and Huskies fans can only wonder what might have been if Findlay Prep product Nigel Williams-Goss would have stayed in Seattle instead of sitting out this season and transferring to Gonzaga.
Johnny Dawkins has a young squad as well in Palo Alto. This season has been frustrating because there have been times where the Cardinal seemed to have turned the corner only to fall on their faces in their next set of games. Roscoe Allen is First-Team Pac-12 and leads the way with help on the glass from freshman Michael Humphrey. Dorian Pickens and Marcus Allen & brother Malcolm Allen give the Cardinal the weapons to win this game. For UW, Andrews comes off a 47 point outburst on Senior Night in win over Wazzu. Dejounte Murray is a scorer and Marquese Chriss can jump out of the Building. Mix in Noah Dickerson, David Crisp & Malik Dime and Romar has a squad that's capable of making a run in this venue in Vegas. I'll take the Huskies by 5-10 in this one at the MGM.
Ralph Michaels - California Sports
#528 3* Western Kentucky (WKU) -7 North Texas 1 PM
Pedigree means a great deal as certain teams are accustom to advancing out of the first round of their conference tournament. WKU has done that 11 of the last 12 years and are not only 9-2 in conference tournaments under head coach Ray Harper but they have beaten North Texas 5 straight times. The Mean Green are one of the country’s poorest road teams at 1-12 SU and in their last 8 away from home they are 0-8 SU and EVERY loss has been by at least 9 points. Second team All-CUSA Jeremy Combs for North Texas is the only 1 of 2 CUSA player to average a double-double and this sound be a play anyway but if he is downgraded from his ? status after missing the last game with a sprained ankle it would be stronger.
#540 4* Washington -2 Stanford 3 PM Pac-12
You can look at Washington one of two ways and the first is as a team that finished the season only 2-6 SU their last 8 games and is now favorite. Or, that the Huskies as the perfect team to be a small favorite as they finished 8th in the Pac-12 as while they are 2-9 SU versus the teams above them they are a perfect 7-0 SU against the teams that finished below them including Stanford. Stat-wise there is a Huskie edge as the while the teams are #10 and #11 in the conference in offensive FG% Washington is #6 and Stanford #11 in defensive FG%. The Cardinal are also last in the pac-12 in rebounding which makes the Huskies #6 ranking another edge.
#541/542 3* UNDER Washington St/ Colorado 9 PM Pac-12
A quick look shows up that Colorado is 9-5 O/U as a favorite this year so why are we playing the opposite way? Well, of those games, 11 were at home where they push the tempo and use their home altitude advantage to their favor resulting in higher scoring games. On the season, Colorado ranks #7 in conference scoring averaging 75.8 ppg while Washington State is #11 at 71.0 ppg. However, when we look at their games away from home we have a significant drop-off with the Buffaloes averaging 67.8 ppg and Washington St averaging 66.5 ppg. Going forward with Colorado away from home they are 1-8 O/U their last 9 games and the only which failed to go UNDER is when they traveled to face Washington which lead the Pac-12 in scoring and is #9 in the NCAA overall.
#528 3* Western Kentucky (WKU) -7 North Texas 1 PM
Pedigree means a great deal as certain teams are accustom to advancing out of the first round of their conference tournament. WKU has done that 11 of the last 12 years and are not only 9-2 in conference tournaments under head coach Ray Harper but they have beaten North Texas 5 straight times. The Mean Green are one of the country’s poorest road teams at 1-12 SU and in their last 8 away from home they are 0-8 SU and EVERY loss has been by at least 9 points. Second team All-CUSA Jeremy Combs for North Texas is the only 1 of 2 CUSA player to average a double-double and this sound be a play anyway but if he is downgraded from his ? status after missing the last game with a sprained ankle it would be stronger.
#540 4* Washington -2 Stanford 3 PM Pac-12
You can look at Washington one of two ways and the first is as a team that finished the season only 2-6 SU their last 8 games and is now favorite. Or, that the Huskies as the perfect team to be a small favorite as they finished 8th in the Pac-12 as while they are 2-9 SU versus the teams above them they are a perfect 7-0 SU against the teams that finished below them including Stanford. Stat-wise there is a Huskie edge as the while the teams are #10 and #11 in the conference in offensive FG% Washington is #6 and Stanford #11 in defensive FG%. The Cardinal are also last in the pac-12 in rebounding which makes the Huskies #6 ranking another edge.
#541/542 3* UNDER Washington St/ Colorado 9 PM Pac-12
A quick look shows up that Colorado is 9-5 O/U as a favorite this year so why are we playing the opposite way? Well, of those games, 11 were at home where they push the tempo and use their home altitude advantage to their favor resulting in higher scoring games. On the season, Colorado ranks #7 in conference scoring averaging 75.8 ppg while Washington State is #11 at 71.0 ppg. However, when we look at their games away from home we have a significant drop-off with the Buffaloes averaging 67.8 ppg and Washington St averaging 66.5 ppg. Going forward with Colorado away from home they are 1-8 O/U their last 9 games and the only which failed to go UNDER is when they traveled to face Washington which lead the Pac-12 in scoring and is #9 in the NCAA overall.
