Handicapper: IndianCowboy
Sport: College Basketball
Game: Houston Cougars @ Oregon State Beavers - Wednesday March 18, 2009 10:00 pm
Pick: 4 unit(s) ATS: Oregon State Beavers +1.5 (-110) (Play of the Day)
4 Unit Play. Take Oregon State +1.5 over Houston (Wednesday @ 10pm est). I'm glad we were able to cash with Oakland with a big second half over Kent State. Let's go 2-0 on the week and continue our perfect week overall as we are 3-0 currently including the NBA. Let's state the obvious - Craig Robinson is the man. This team nearly beat Stanford for the third time this year and if they did, they would have advanced in the Pac Tournament. But, let's be honest, either through being the brother in law of Barack (Michelle's brother) or simply because he has an added advantage of being an African-American coach that is able to connect with many prospective high school stars, this man was able to recruit several 3* and 4* players. Plus, Robinson is a helluva coach. He has an incredible work ethic that is well known and he is one of the smartest "x's and o's coaches" in the business in my opinion. Next to Pitino and Tubby, he is my favorite coach. He has brought an Oregon State team that did not win 1 conference game last year, to a 7-11 record in a very competitive conference - that is damn good. Can you imagine what this guy is going to do with the talent he is bringing in next year, then the year after, and the year after that? Let me be frank, Oregon State will go the Sweet 16 at some point in the next four years as long as Craig Robinson is there. Bank on it. This team beat Cal twice, Stanford twice, Washington State on the road, Nebraska at home and USC (the Pac 10 Tourney Champ) at home as well. Why in the world does the public to a tune of 60% (I saw one site at 53% and another at 70%) believe that Houston can just waltz into a Pac-10 house in Oregon State and win this game is beyond me. Have people been paying attention? This is the same Oregon State team that won seven games in the Pac-10 a tough conference. I'm sorry, the Conference USA besides Memphis does not strike fear into my heart. Can you please tell me one decent team that Houston has beat on the road? This team did beat UTEP on the road and took Arizona to the limit on the highway as well. But besides that, this team has not been all that impressive on the road. Oregon State is thrilled to be in this game. Yes, absolutely thrilled. They will have quite a crowd on hand and I think Houston is headed into a tough crowd with better competition level to win this game. This is a nice spot with a team that has beaten even better teams than Houston this year on the road and at home defeating the likes of USC, Stanford (twice), California at home and on the road and Washington State on the road. I expect Oregon State to get plenty of home cooking calls here. I expect Oregon State to get down early and then to start chipping away and making their comeback. If Oregon State is up early and at the half, that is just an added bonus but this will be one of the games they get down early because of Houston having such a bad game against Memphis and they will come out fired up, but as the game wears on, look for Oregon State to come back and get the Outright here as the public likely gets buried. The Houston Cougars are 1-8 ATS in their last 9 overall and the Beavers are 5-0 ATS as a home underdog of 0 to 6.5 points. In Craig Robinson I trust. Good luck, Indian Cowboy.
Handicapper: IndianCowboy
Sport: NBA Basketball
Game: New Jersey Nets @ New York Knicks - Wednesday March 18, 2009 7:35 pm
Pick: 4 unit(s) ATS: New York Knicks -7 (-110) (Play of the Day)
4 Unit Play. #608. Take the New York Knicks -7 over the New Jersey Nets (Wednesday @ 7:30pm est). Glad we cashed with the Bulls Outright over the C's yesterday. We also cashed on the Thunder Outright over the Spurs on Monday. Let's keep it going by cashing in a 3-0 week with today's POD winner on the Knicks. I was very close to making a selection on the Grizzlies but I just couldn't show as much faith on the Grizz as I did on the Thunder to win Outright over the Spurs. I think the Grizz are definitely worth a look though and would not be surprised if they win Outright at home or stay inside the number. But, let's take another home team with revenge today in the Knicks. I don't really like laying the 7 nor do I like going against a Nets team that comes off getting crushed by the Nuggets. That being said, here are the things going for us. The Knicks are hot. This is a huge rivalry. The Knicks have played well against the Nets this year leading at parts in the last time they played to push on the +5 and defeating them on the road by 12 points and covering. This is the first time the Knicks play the Nets in MSG this year. The Nets are reeling with the loss of Devin Harris. In an up-tempo game, how are the Nets going to keep up with the scoring of the Knicks? Is Vince going to do all the work? He tried against the Nuggets and dropped 32 points, but guess what? - his team was killed by 25 points. Who would you like in a track meet? The likes of Carter, Dooling, Hassell, Jianlian and Brooke Lopez or Robinson, Lee, Chandler, Hughes, Harrington, Richardson, Jefferies and Gallinari? Give me the Knicks at home, with revenge, playing well as they have covered their last 4, are 6-1-1 ATS of late, come home after a long five game road trip in the midwest, are much healthier than a Nets team without Harris, with the possibility of getting back Duhon in an up tempo game with a stronger bench. The Nets are 0-4 ATS in their last four road games overall and the Nets are 1-4-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings between these two teams. The Knicks are also 5-2-1 ATS after a SU loss as they played an admirable game against Cleveland and will look to bounce-back here.
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