NCAA BB 12/19/09 Early Card BEST BET: Take West Virginia Mountaineers -14.5 vs. Cleveland St. Vikings, Location: Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH Time: 2:00pm EST.
EVALUATION: This game is being called the JOHN MCLENDON CLASSIC, and the 4-7 SU Vikings come into this game having lost 6 of their last 7 games. They have been having a hard time of things lately from the field, and their only win was against the non-board team Wilber Force. The Mountaineers come in undefeated at 7-0 SU, and in those 7 wins, only once have the Mountaineers not beaten their opponent by at least 14.5 points. After winning the Holiday Disney Tournament in Anaheim, Ca, the Mountaineers have outscored their two opponents by over 27 points a game. We see the Mountaineers having an easy time here, and winning this game rather easily.. PROJECTION: West Virginia 80 Cleveland St. 57 SOLIDS:------------------------------Projection: Kansas -19.5 vs. Michigan ________________Kansas 81-51 Mississippi St. -3 vs. Houston ____________Miss St. 83-70 Wisc-Green Bay -9 vs. Youngstown St. __Wisc-Green Bay 81-66
OVER/UNDER OVER 127 Bowling Green/Detroit ______________134
OTHER PROJECTIONS: Not recommended plays- just how we see the games
AWAY------------------------------Home Spread ---------------------------Home
VCU 66 _____________________ +4 _____________________Tulane 64 Fordham 51 _________________ -28.5 ___________________Villanova 75
Xavier 61 _____________________ -6 ____________________ Butler 74 UCLA 67 _____________________ -10 ____________________ Notre Dame 74
North Carolina 62 ______________ -6.5 ___________________Texas 74 Rice 58 ______________________ -12 ____________________LSU 67
Stanford 62 ___________________-5.5 ___________________ Northwestern 80 Bowling Green 64 _______________ -8.5 ___________________Detroit 70 Coll of Charleston 65 ____________-17.5 __________________Clemson 77 Eastern Kentucky 67 ____________ -10 ___________________Ohio 76
NCAA BB Late Card 12/19/09 BEST BETS: Take Memphis Tigers -13.5 vs. U-Mass Minutemen, Location: TD BankNorth Arena - Boston, MA Time:6:00pm EST
EVALUATION: This is the John Calipari took us both to the Final Four and got us NCAA sanctions game. UMass is playing .500 basketball at 5-5 SU and has only beaten inferior opponents. When they have faced good competition though, the Minutemen have gotten beaten by an average of 15 points, not counting the 106-68 beating that Michigan St. put on them. What we like is the defense that the Memphis Tigers play and control many of their games, and only two teams have been able to get over 60 points against them. The Tigers also have an average win difference by over 22 points a game, including the 2 point loss to #1 Kansas on a Neutral Court back in early November.. PROJECTION: Memphis 77 UMASS 58 Take Arizona St. SunDevils -4 vs. San Diego St. Aztecs, Location: Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ Time:6:30pm EST
EVALUATION: This is the first time that the Aztecs will be traveling out of the state of California, and having started off at 8-2 SU. They are 3-2 ATS on the road, but when you look more inside the games, the Aztecs on the road against descent competition they dont fair well ATS. They only average 64 pts a game on the road, and Arizona St. only allows opponents to about 52.. Arizona St. is 7-3 SU, but those three losses are to Duke, BYU, and Baylor; all really descent teams early. They average about 77 points a game at home, and really likes to protect the basketball only averaging 11 turnovers a game. We like the SunDevils at home to cover this low number PROJECTION Arizona St. 71 San Diego St. 62
Take Portland St. Vikings +10.5 vs. Washington St. Cougars, Location: Toyota Center Kennewick, WA Time: 4:00pm EST
EVALUATION: Here you have two high scoring teams squaring off on a neutral court, and we like the way the Vikings have been scoring a lot of points with 6 of their last 7 games having at least 80 points put up by the Vikings. Both these two teams are scoring over 79 points a game average, and we expect a track meet tonight. The Cougars have only scored 72 points a game average in the last 4, and we would not be surprised to see the Vikings win this game outright, in fact that is how our projection has the game. PROJECTION: Portland St. 79 Washington St. 77
SOLIDS:-----------------------------------Projection Georgetown -9 vs. Old Dominion _______________Georgetown 70-55 NC Wilmington +9.5 vs. Virginia ___________________Virginia 73-71 Wisc-Milwaukee -4.5 vs. Miami-OH ________________Wisc-Milw 73-63
OVER/UNDER: OVER 132.5 UAB/South Alabama __________________144 OVER 119.5 Missouri St./St. Louis ___________________ 133 OVER 143 Kansas St. / Alabama ___________________ 157