1-6-13

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Jimmy Boyd 1/6
5* (CBB) Northwestern/Minnesota UNDER 133

4* (NBA) Charlotte Bobcats/Detroit Pistons OVER 193.5
4* (NFL) Seattle Seahawks -3

3* (NFL) Indianapolis Colts +6.5

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Joe Gavazzi CBB Sides Sun, 01/06/13 - 4:30 PM

double-dime bet 813 Temple 14.5 (-110) vs 814 Kansas
Analysis: Temple at Kansas 4:30PM CBS 2* Temple (+14-) Kudos to Kansas 10th year HC Self, who turned on the light bulb in early December for the Jayhawk defenders. Now they enter on a 10-0 SU run, including 4-0 ATS. In fact, their last four home wins have all come by 28 or more points. That includes Colorado, Belmont and Richmond, all quality teams. Temple was bad enough to lose by 23 to Duke, but good enough to upset Syracuse 83-79 at 11 point dog. Appears HC Dunphy used the former as a learning tool for an Owl team who will again challenge for A10 superiority. Let's make the big points work with a heady Temple team featuring quality big guards.

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NBA TOTALS

806 Pistons -8.5

830 Arizona St +2

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MajorCovers

UNC +2

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JOE GAVAZZI

Syracuse at South Florida Noon ET
4* Syracuse


Hard to believe S. Fla could come flat for this Big East opener against Top Five Syracuse. But they do come off a huge road revenge win at rival UCF. These Bulls were 4-0 ATS LY when their Sun Dome home was being renovated. But in this arena, they stand 10-21 ATS as home dog. In consecutive years, they field an outstanding defense, allowing just 60/39/31. And behind the savvy floor leadership of Collins, they commit just 10 TOs per game. But that is of little advantage when being compared to the Syracuse stats which show the Orange allowing 58/35/26, while forcing nearly 19 TOs per game, and sporting a 9.8 RBD MGN. Boeheim, with the exception of Temple, has been blowing teams out with regularity. Including 78-53 in league opener vs Rutgers. That is notable, as his Orange now stand 50-24 ATS away off a double digit win.

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Bankroll sports 2-3 yrsterday----10* winner on texans -4.5---now 8-3 last 11

todays card

10* redskins +3
5* kent st +3.5 cfb
4* colts +7
3* michigan -14 cbb
2* s fla bulls +9 cbb

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Wayne Root
Pinnacle Ravens
Millionaire Kent State, Seahawks

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Sean Michaels
100 Dimer Ravens
buy half point to 6 n half

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Indian Cowboy's Picks For College Basketball

3-Unit Play. #830 Take Arizona State +2 over Colorado (Sunday @ 8pm est)

I like Arizona State to win this contest at home today. Even though this team is 12-2 they still are underrated in my opinion as Herb Sendek's team is 1-0 in conference play after getting past Utah and has shown the ability to win other quality games such as beating Texas Tech by 15 on the road. This team is not flashy but for a team that won 10 games last year and now sits at 12-2 led by 3 seniors, a junior and a dynamic freshman in Jahii Carson, this team is much better than people give them credit for. And I know the norm of thinking is go ahead and take Colorado after they were robbed at Arizona but it doesn't work like that. Arizona State will be up for this game as the news on Colorado is out. The Buffs are a very good team and Arizona State will not take them lightly here and I'm sure they are well aware that they are the underdogs here on their home floor today. For as good as Colorado is, they have shown vulnerability on the road such as losing to Wyoming and having a tight contest against Fresno State. I think Sandek's team gets up for this game and as the public is on Colorado here, I like State to make the upset behind the home crowd. The Sun Devils are a different team this year and a win here will be a marquee win for this year as slowly but surely they have turned the ship behind Sandek and last year's horrible 10 win season. Look for them to be up for this game.

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Northcoast

3 Balt

Reg opinions
Sea
Kent
Balt over
Sea under
Kent over

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Seabass Report for Sunday
All 100 units;
Baltimore
OVER Seattle
OVER Kent State
Rider
SMU

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full court press
under toronto

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Nevada Sports Experts

NFL: 4 unit BB - Seattle -3
CFB: 4 unit BB - Arkansas St. -3

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Howard Eskin
Ravens
Wash

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Trace Adams (W/ Write up)

Sunday's Selection ...

For Sunday in the NFL, Top-Rated 1000♦ is the Baltimore Ravens as the home favorite against the visiting Indianapolis Colts. At 10:05 pm eastern when I release my selection, the Ravens are -7 point favorites. If your price is -7 or even -7', go ahead and buy the half point down on Baltimore.

Interesting price here, as this line has a bit of "respect" built in, especially when you consider the fact the Ravens dropped 4 of their last 5 games to end the regular season. Of course Baltimore did have to play Washington, Denver and Cincinnati in that mix (all playoff teams), and also faced Pittsburgh and the New York Giants who were on the playoff cusp. Definitely not an easy row to hoe, but 1-4 is 1-4.

That being the case, one would think the Colts are the play here, as Indy is riding a very emotional wave for coach Chuck Pagano, and they do come to their old hometown with a 5-1 straight up mark, and a 4-2 spread mark in those 6 games.

My issue with the Colts is their youth. I think they are still a season or two away from really being a contender. Sure, the points are tempting, but Indy did lose key games in the second half of the season at New England and Houston - dropping both as double-digit dogs against the spread.

This game feels like a "trap". Baltimore's aging team knows this is probably their last shot, and Joe Flacco has certainly played his best football in his home stadium this year, passing for 100 yards per game more at M&T Bank Stadium.

Ray Lewis playing and making his retirement announcement brings some of the emotion of this game back to the Baltimore side, so mark me down for a play on the Ravens to find a way to cover this number.