[LT Profits]

Listen up, basketball experts. Starting Friday (Feb 1) we will commence with the February Hoops Parlay Contest with the monthly grand prize a 22” widescreen LCD monitor. The rules are simple:

1. Check in the NBA BASKETBALL HANDICAPPING FORUM each day for the daily thread to be posted by LT Profits. Lines will be posted by 1:00 p.m. (ET) each day. Plays may be posted before that, but the official posted lines will be used for grading.

2. Posted spreads and totals are the only eligible plays for grading. Both NBA and NCAA games included.

3. Two-game parlay picks, laying 10 to win 26. Post entire parlay at same time, no open parlays.

4. Here’s the catch: Your play must include a write-up, doesn’t have to be long, just a sentence or two about why you’re making your play. Here’s a THREAD from last year’s contest to be used for an example.

5. Entries that are past-post or do not have analysis for both games will be NO ACTION. Once your two-team parlay has been posted, you CANNOT change either play. Any edited post will count as a LOSS! If you make a mistake (such as leaving out "Over" or "Under" or not clearly stating your selection), need to add analysis or wish to enter corrected lines, do so in a seperate post. This holds true even if the first game on the schedule did not tip off yet. It also holds true for past-posts and entries with no analysis. It does NOT hold true for posts that are not parlay selections, i.e. standings, commentary posts or congratulatory posts.

6. And here’s the fine print:

• Must be 18 years of age or older to participate.
  
• One entry per household and IP address.
  
• Must use lines posted in daily thread by LT Profits
  
• Maximum one parlay pick per day, minimum 15 parlay plays needed to be eligible for monthly prize.
  
• Tiebreaker - Win % of individual parlay legs. If still tied, combatants will carry on a head-to-head parlay match until winner determined.
  
• All decisions made by SBR with regards to this contest are final.
  
• SBR employees eligible to participate but are not eligible to win the monthly prize.
  
• Residents outside the Continental US may be awarded the cash value prize instead of the monitor.

[LT Profits]

STANDINGS 
Name            W       L       W/P     Units
Wrigley     	8	7	0	138.00
seaborneq     	6	7	0	86.00
sharktank1  	6	7	0	86.00
goldengoat    	7	11	1	81.00
msubulldog	5	6	1	79.00
pavyracer    	5	6	1	79.00
maestrobobcobb	8	13	0	78.00
LLXC       	6	8	0	76.00
xyzky     	7	13	1	61.00
awhitejackson	5	7	0	60.00
uscfootball33	4	5	0	54.00
LT Profits	7	13	0	52.00
MadCapper 	3	3	0	48.00
Cabo        	5	10	1	39.00
Deke101   	6	12	0	36.00
Augustus 	2	2	0	32.00
durito      	2	3	0	22.00
manly      	3	6	0	18.00
The HG      	6	14	0	16.00
Hounds    	1	1	0	16.00
Ship It!    	1	1	0	16.00
stump      	1	2	1	15.00
rugbybdyb  	5	13	1	9.00
dwaechte  	1	2	0	6.00
Hulu        	1	2	0	6.00
Irish Lum'jack	1	2	0	6.00
B1GER1C828	2	5	0	2.00
Miami2586 	2	5	0	2.00
Peyton2Marvin	2	6	1	1.00
louisvillekid  	5	14	1	-1.00
regularguy  	4	11	0	-6.00
thezbar      	4	12	1	-7.00
2DAMNGOOD	0	1	0	-10.00
BigBollocks	0	1	0	-10.00
BlackRepublican	0	1	0	-10.00
dmiles1021	0	1	0	-10.00
imgv94       	0	1	0	-10.00
juuso      	0	1	0	-10.00
MOONCRICKET	0	1	0	-10.00
Nostradamus	0	1	0	-10.00
RickySteve 	0	1	0	-10.00
shady610 	0	1	0	-10.00
sir,civic   	0	1	0	-10.00
smallgirlnadine	0	1	0	-10.00
TeddyJune	0	1	0	-10.00
tevari      	0	1	0	-10.00
gizmo2431  	0	2	1	-11.00
VBOMBER  	3	9	0	-12.00
bbyhill      	1	4	0	-14.00
bulldog3131	1	4	0	-14.00
buztah      	1	4	0	-14.00
indy62      	1	4	0	-14.00
myr10      	1	4	0	-14.00
palerider   	1	4	0	-14.00
harsh506    	2	7	0	-18.00
wtt0315    	2	7	0	-18.00
Brennan31	0	2	0	-20.00
Buckeye   	0	2	0	-20.00
MonkeyF0cker	0	2	0	-20.00
PerfecTrader	0	2	0	-20.00
picantel      	0	2	0	-20.00
trytrytry   	0	2	0	-20.00
Kellen    	0	3	1	-21.00
louisvillekid1	1	5	0	-24.00
ChuteBoxe  	0	3	0	-30.00
evilgenius    	0	3	0	-30.00
freebie      	0	3	0	-30.00
Mr KLC      	0	3	0	-30.00
nevadaside  	0	3	0	-30.00
rjt721      	0	4	1	-31.00
ipickwinners 	3	11	0	-32.00
beaneaters 	1	6	0	-34.00
charlie64  	4	14	0	-36.00
pokernut9999	3	13	1	-43.00
diogee    	4	15	0	-46.00
Junkyard Dog	4	16	1	-47.00
eidolon  	0	5	0	-50.00
20Four7     	1	8	0	-54.00
Dark Horse	1	9	1	-55.00
Data         	2	11	0	-58.00
IHPuller   	3	14	0	-62.00
OegNo    	1	9	0	-64.00
Wyndham 	0	7	0	-70.00
jeffscds     	0	8	0	-80.00
rake922      	3	16	0	-82.00
McRich      	2	14	0	-88.00
brock      	0	9	0	-90.00
Poker Beast	1	15	0	-124.00


GAME-BY-GAME 
Name            W       L       P        Pct
Augustus 	6	2	0	75.0%
Hounds    	3	1	0	75.0%
Ship It!    	3	1	0	75.0%
pavyracer    	16	7	1	69.6%
seaborneq     	17	8	1	68.0%
MadCapper 	8	4	0	66.7%
dwaechte  	4	2	0	66.7%
Irish Lum'jack	4	2	0	66.7%
msubulldog	15	8	1	65.2%
uscfootball33	11	6	1	64.7%
LLXC       	18	10	0	64.3%
sharktank1  	16	9	1	64.0%
maestrobobcobb	25	15	2	62.5%
awhitejackson	15	9	0	62.5%
Wrigley     	18	12	0	60.0%
durito      	6	4	0	60.0%
indy62      	6	4	0	60.0%
goldengoat    	22	15	1	59.5%
Cabo        	18	13	1	58.1%
thezbar      	19	14	1	57.6%
LT Profits	23	17	0	57.5%
Kellen    	4	3	1	57.1%
Junkyard Dog	23	18	1	56.1%
xyzky     	23	18	1	56.1%
harsh506    	10	8	0	55.6%
manly      	10	8	0	55.6%
Deke101   	19	16	1	54.3%
wtt0315    	9	8	1	52.9%
charlie64  	19	17	0	52.8%
regularguy  	15	15	0	50.0%
Data         	13	13	0	50.0%
VBOMBER  	12	12	0	50.0%
jeffscds     	8	8	0	50.0%
Peyton2Marvin	8	8	2	50.0%
B1GER1C828	7	7	0	50.0%
Miami2586 	7	7	0	50.0%
louisvillekid1	6	6	0	50.0%
buztah      	5	5	0	50.0%
myr10      	5	5	0	50.0%
palerider   	5	5	0	50.0%
freebie      	3	3	0	50.0%
Buckeye   	2	2	0	50.0%
trytrytry   	2	2	0	50.0%
2DAMNGOOD	1	1	0	50.0%
BigBollocks	1	1	0	50.0%
BlackRepublican	1	1	0	50.0%
dmiles1021	1	1	0	50.0%
imgv94       	1	1	0	50.0%
juuso      	1	1	0	50.0%
MOONCRICKET	1	1	0	50.0%
Nostradamus	1	1	0	50.0%
RickySteve 	1	1	0	50.0%
sir,civic   	1	1	0	50.0%
smallgirlnadine	1	1	0	50.0%
TeddyJune	1	1	0	50.0%
tevari      	1	1	0	50.0%
pokernut9999	16	17	1	48.5%
ipickwinners 	13	14	1	48.1%
louisvillekid  	18	21	1	46.2%
rugbybdyb  	17	20	1	45.9%
OegNo    	9	11	0	45.0%
The HG      	17	21	2	44.7%
Poker Beast	14	18	0	43.8%
stump      	3	4	1	42.9%
rake922      	16	22	0	42.1%
bbyhill      	4	6	0	40.0%
eidolon  	4	6	0	40.0%
gizmo2431  	2	3	1	40.0%
IHPuller   	13	20	1	39.4%
20Four7     	7	11	0	38.9%
McRich      	12	19	1	38.7%
beaneaters 	5	8	1	38.5%
Dark Horse	8	13	1	38.1%
Wyndham 	5	9	0	35.7%
diogee    	13	24	1	35.1%
ChuteBoxe  	2	4	0	33.3%
evilgenius    	2	4	0	33.3%
Hulu        	2	4	0	33.3%
nevadaside  	2	4	0	33.3%
bulldog3131	3	7	0	30.0%
Brennan31	1	3	0	25.0%
MonkeyF0cker	1	3	0	25.0%
PerfecTrader	1	3	0	25.0%
brock      	4	13	1	23.5%
rjt721      	2	7	1	22.2%
Mr KLC      	0	5	1	0.0%
picantel      	0	3	1	0.0%
shady610 	0	2	0	0.0%

[LT Profits]

NBA Basketball

Fri 2/22 501 Sacramento Kings -1 Over 204
7:05PM (EST) 502 Charlotte Bobcats +1 Under 204

Fri 2/22 503 New Jersey Nets +5 Over 203
7:05PM (EST) 504 Indiana Pacers -5 Under 203

Fri 2/22 505 Philadelphia 76ers +7 Over 203
7:05PM (EST) 506 Orlando Magic -7 Under 203

Fri 2/22 507 Washington Wizards +3 Over 188
8:05PM (EST) 508 Cleveland Cavaliers -3 Under 188

Fri 2/22 509 Toronto Raptors -6 Over 197
7:35PM (EST) 510 New York Knicks +6 Under 197

Fri 2/22 511 Denver Nuggets -4½ Over 208
8:05PM (EST) 512 Chicago Bulls +4½ Under 208

Fri 2/22 513 Houston Rockets +4 Over 190
8:05PM (EST) 514 New Orleans Hornets -4 Under 190

Fri 2/22 515 Milwaukee Bucks +12 Over 189½
8:05PM (EST) 516 Detroit Pistons -12 Under 189½

Fri 2/22 517 Dallas Mavericks -8 Over 197
8:05PM (EST) 518 Memphis Grizzlies +8 Under 197

Fri 2/22 519 Utah Jazz -5 Over 200
10:35PM (EST) 520 Los Angeles Clippers +5 Under 200

Fri 2/22 521 Portland Trailblazers -2 Over 188½
10:35PM (EST) 522 Seattle Supersonics +2 Under 188½

Fri 2/22 523 Boston Celtics +1 Over 216½
10:35PM (EST) 524 Phoenix Suns -1 Under 216½

Fri 2/22 525 Atlanta Hawks +9 Over 218½
10:35PM (EST) 526 Golden State Warriors -9 Under 218½


NCAA Basketball

Fri 2/22 527 Pennsylvania +1 Over 134½
7:00PM (EST) 528 Dartmouth -1 Under 134½

Fri 2/22 529 Princeton +3½ Over 124½
7:00PM (EST) 530 Harvard -3½ Under 124½

Fri 2/22 531 Brown +1 Over 124½
7:00PM (EST) 532 Columbia -1 Under 124½

Fri 2/22 533 Yale +7 Over 144
7:00PM (EST) 534 Cornell -7 Under 144

Fri 2/22 535 Davidson -3 Over 131
7:00PM (EST) 536 Winthrop +3 Under 131

Fri 2/22 537 Cal Santa Barbara +4 Over 138
9:00PM (EST) 538 Utah State -4 Under 138

[Junkyard Dog]

519 Utah Jazz -5 - im staying on the jazz while they are hot, should have little problem with the clips

523 Boston Celtics +1 - shaq is still getting used to his role and phx will lose to the c's

[rake922]

Boston Celtics +1
Celtics are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
Suns are 1-5-1 ATS in their last 7 home games.

Golden State Warriors -9
Hawks are 0-6 ATS in their last 6 road games.
Hawks are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 vs. Western Conference.

[seaborneq]

Dartmonth -1, I don't keep up with the Ivy leagues and the NBA lines are terrible with all the trades yesterday, I'll take the home team and give up the point

Columbia -1, I don't keep up with the Ivy leagues and the NBA lines are terrible with all the trades yesterday, I'll take the home team and give up the point, again

[Deke101]

Cornell -7: Cornell won the last meeting 66-45, and should easily cover 7 at home.

Brown @ Columbia Over 124.5: The last meeting totaled 131, and I think with a 1 point line, this game will get into the 60's with free throws at the end.

[Wyndham]

Jazz -5: FAR superior team to the Clippers. Period.

Blazers -2: I don't trust this streaky, overrated team, but Seattle has such a pathetic, barely-full roster after all these trades that I refuse to believe the Blazers can't cover this measly spread.

[Cabo]

Dartmouth -1: taking the home team in this match up
Columbia -1: again, just taking the home teams in the Ivy league matches

[sir.civic]

sacramento kings @ -1
king's young talent are showing and improving n on a roll,meanwhile charlotte won against the hawks but barely.excluding the bibby trade. kings on the road -1

boston celtics over 216.5
i still tink dat suns made a bad trade,suns is a fast pace n a high scoring team,i dnt no how they gon to use shaq w/ the fastbreaks,but dats only my opinion,.boston celtics another high scoring team either home or away.... over

[rugbybdyb]

Kings -1 -- They won by over 10 the first time out and this game they are on two days rest and should post up big tonight.

Jazz - 5 -- won the last two by over ten and they are running real well right now I think this should be an easy win

[xyzky]

511 Denver Nuggets -4½
Bulls team might take a few days to adjust to the new players.
519 Utah Jazz @ LA Clips Over 200
Jazz will more than likely score 120 and Clips just need to show up tonight.

[The HG]

Houston/Hornets under 190 - These two tend to go low when they play, and I think New Orleans will conform to Houston's half-court style here.

Utah/Clippers over 200 - Utah likes to play high-scoring games, and does well when they do. The Clippers will probably just follow along and trade baskets up and down.

[charlie64]

Boston at Phoenix over 216.5
this should not be hard to explain,even though Boston plays great defense,it is really hard to shut down that Phoenix machine.As far as Boston's offense it's very good,and playing against that terrible phoenix defense thay will probably score 150 pts.

Atlanta at G.S.Warriors over 218.5
What can you say,Atlanta scores enough teamed with the mighty offense of G.S should go over easy.

[maestrobobcobb]

UC Santa Barbara/ Utah St over 138: Utah St. at home total has gone over 8 out of 10 times and in series matchup vs Santa Barbara at home 2-2 games over total looking for final around 75-68

Davidson/Winthrop under 131: Winthrop at home will try to control the pace of the game vs Davidson: Davidson coming of 2 "unders" looking for game to be played in mid 120's or lower

[LT Profits]

NETS +5: The Nets looks good in their first game of the post-Kidd era, they are 7-0 straight up in the last seven head-to-head meetigs with Indiana, and the Pacers are just 10-16 straight up at home this season.

ROCKETS +4: This is a revenge game for the Rockets after losing 87-82 at home to the Hornets without McGrady last time. He is back now, and I also expect the Houston defense to slow down the New Orleans fast break again.

[Poker_Beast]

Suns/Celtics over 217: they should be able to score well over this, their defenses have not been good as of late

Davidson -3: They are the better team in this one

[thezbar]

Suns-1
Suns over 216.5
Think the Suns will shoot better from the field tonight

[harsh506]

sacramento -1
Utah st. -4

sacramento is way better than charlote and i alwayhs play utah st.

[louisvillekid]

#532 Columbia -1 : the Lions haven't lost a game since they last played Brown, but neither has Brown. I still like the revenge angle for the Lions here.

#524 Phoenix -1 : i'll take this small chalk against a road weary Celtics team, and a rusty KG. the Celtics can't play D, and the Suns run-n-gun.


side note: everyday i narrow my selections down and always pick the wrong 2, i swear if we had a contest of who can pick 2 out of 3, or 3 out of 5 each night, i would lay money on myself, if ant of these others hit and these 2 lose, i think i'll give up on this thing. others, Rockets,Kings,Nets,Wizards,Nuggets,Jazz, Cornell,Utah St., Davidson.

[goldengoat]

columbia -1
columbia gets revenge for the close 1st matchup and gets a win at home

suns -1
taking the home team. nash is the difference.

[rake922]

Originally Posted by louisvillekid

#524 Phoenix -1 : i'll take this small chalk against a road weary Celtics team, and a rusty KG. the Celtics can't play D, and the Suns run-n-gun.

Celtics have allowed 90.7 pts per game.... that's #2 in the NBA. Pistons are #1 at 90.1 pts per game

Celtics opponent's have been held to a field goal percentage of 42.5%.... That's #1 in the NBA

[regularguy]

Utah State -4 (v. UCSB)
Utah State has got to wake up soon, and I'm betting that it will be tonight. They are strong at home. UCSB doesn't get out to Logan very often. It's a tough trip.

Davidson/Winthrop under 131
I like LT's thinking on this one. Winthrop's games are generally low scoring, and they will be looking to control the pace in this one. Both teams play decent D.

[sharktank1]

KINGS -1
The last time these two teams played each other on 1-30-08, Kings won 105-91.


KINGS/BOBCATS UNDER 201
Now that defense minded Artest is more than happy to stay in SacTown now that his nemises Bibby was recently traded, (along with) the Bobcat's leading scorer and former King's swingman Gerald Wallace is still nursing a sore right foot, having played in only three games this entire month, the STRONG lean is towards the under.

[Data]

510 New York Knicks +6
512 Chicago Bulls +4½
Taking two home dogs with points as their opponents not that good to be that much road favorites.

[manly]

Fri 2/22 517 Dallas Mavericks -8
- kidd will play better and lead the mavs to a blowout

Fri 2/22 519 Utah Jazz -5
- utah won't lose to a western cellar dweller

[seaborneq]

Originally Posted by seaborneq

Dartmonth -1, I don't keep up with the Ivy leagues and the NBA lines are terrible with all the trades yesterday, I'll take the home team and give up the point

Columbia -1, I don't keep up with the Ivy leagues and the NBA lines are terrible with all the trades yesterday, I'll take the home team and give up the point, again

I should have held out for at least +30 in both games.

[awhitejackson]

Santa Barbara +4... Gauchos have been very solid all year Except when they lose me money against UC Irvine (twice).. Team travels well too

Phoenix -1... Suns just to good at home. Their play stly matches up well against weak Ds

[IHPuller]

Boston at Phoenix over 216.5: should be a up and down game in the 110s.
Atlanta at G.S Warriors over 218.5: same as above, Atlanta can score and we all know GS is a scoring machine.

Trusting Charlie with both picks..had to work all day but these were two I was looking a earlier in the day.

[pavyracer]

Phoenix -1

Suns will win because Shaq always caused problems to Boston when he was with Miami.

Utah -5

Deron Williams is mad for not being invided to the allstar game and will vend off his anger on the lowely Clippers.

[VBOMBER]

Portland/Seattle under 188.5 - Don't see any reason to think the game will be much different from last night and therefore stay under the number

Boston/Phoenix under 216.5 - Boston should be focused on a more defensive oriented game, and Phoenix will be focusing on working shaq in the offense and therefore game should stay under the number

[louisvillekid]

Originally Posted by louisvillekid

#532 Columbia -1 : the Lions haven't lost a game since they last played Brown, but neither has Brown. I still like the revenge angle for the Lions here.

#524 Phoenix -1 : i'll take this small chalk against a road weary Celtics team, and a rusty KG. the Celtics can't play D, and the Suns run-n-gun.


side note: everyday i narrow my selections down and always pick the wrong 2, i swear if we had a contest of who can pick 2 out of 3, or 3 out of 5 each night, i would lay money on myself, if ant of these others hit and these 2 lose, i think i'll give up on this thing. others, Rockets,Kings,Nets,Wizards,Nuggets,Jazz, Cornell,Utah St., Davidson.

someone needed to tell the Lions that there is 2 halfs to a basketball game.

[louisvillekid]

Originally Posted by rake922

Celtics have allowed 90.7 pts per game.... that's #2 in the NBA. Pistons are #1 at 90.1 pts per game

Celtics opponent's have been held to a field goal percentage of 42.5%.... That's #1 in the NBA

i meant to say, against west coast teams, but my point was still made, even with the Suns constantly throwing the ball away, trying to act like it was a playground pick-up game.