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5* NBA: Washington/Portland OVER 194
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5* NBA: Washington/Portland OVER 194
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Sports Cash System Extra Picks for 1/21:
New York Knicks -4 over the Brooklyn Nets
Baylor -4 over Oklahoma StateComment
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kelso
50 unit n.d.Comment
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Larry Ness' 10* Conferrence G.O.M.-CBB (21-10 CBB 10*s s/Dec 14)
My 10* Big-12 Game of the Month is on Oklahoma at 9:30 ET.
Rick Barnes earned his chops with stops in Providence (three NCAAs in six seasons) and Clemson (three NCAA trips in four seasons) before landing in Texas for the start of the 1998-99 season. Barnes entered this season having led the Longhorns to 14 straight NCAA appearances, including the Final Four in 2003, two other Elite 8 appearances and two more Sweet 16 trips. However, as Texas visits Norman, Oklahoma tonight, the Longhorns will need to somehow stop their steady descent to the bottom of the Big 12 standings. Texas was 8-5 in non-conference play but has opened 0-4 start in conference play for the first time since 1997-98, the year prior to coach Rick Barnes’ arrival. Texas began the season hopeful that sophomore PG Kabongo (9.6-3.0-5.2) would be ruled eligible but that never happened. The team’s low-scoring offense is mostly to blame for the Longhorns’ struggles this season, as Texas’ 63.8 scoring average is nearly nine points lower than last season. The defense ranks second in the nation in field goal percentage defense (34.5%) and first in three-point field goal percentage defense (24.8%) but it hasn’t helped much, especially away from Austin. Texas is 0-4 SU on the road and that includes an 86-73 loss at Chaminade (as 16 1/2-point favorites) in November. In four neutral-site contests, Texas is 1-3, averaging a pathetic 56.5 PPG. While Texas is seemingly headed ‘nowhere,’ the Sooners are having a bounce-back season. Lon ****** is in his second year at Oklahoma and went a modest 15-16 in his first year. However, ******’s a proven winner with stops at Kansas St, Florida, Illinois and UNLV. His Sooners are 12-4 to open the 2012-13 season, after losing their first Big 12 game this season Saturday at Kansas St (69-60). The Sooners own excellent size inside with the 6-8 Osby (13.6-6.4), who leads the team in scoring and rebounding, plus is joined by 6-9 Wyoming transfer M’Baye (9.9-5.6) and the 6-8 Fitzgerald (5.9-2.6). Senior guard Pledger (11.4-3.3) anchors a backcourt which features three freshman, Hield (9.3-4.9), Hornbeak (5.9)and Cousins (2.9) plus 6-6 junior swingman Clark (6.3-3.1). Texas’ top-six players are all freshman and sophomores. The backcourt features sophomores McClellan (11.8-3.4) and Lewis (11.8-3.4) plus freshman PG Felix (9.2-3.8-6.2). In the frontcourt, it’s 6-7 sophomore Holmes (8.1-7.4) plus two more freshman, the 6-8 Papapetrou (6.7-4.4) and Ridley (5.1-5.2). Oklahoma lost Saturday but let me point out that the Sooners out-rebounded Oklahoma by 14 (second-largest margin of the season), a figure made more impressive since the Wildcats entered the game as the conference’s leader in the category. However, Oklahoma committed twice as many turnovers (16) as the Wildcats, leading to a 26-6 disadvantage in points off miscues. Here in Norman (note: Oklahoma’s seven home games are tied for the fewest of any “power-six” conference team), the Sooners are 6-1 SU and 4-0 ATS, outscoring opponents 73.3-to-58.3 PPG. Texas’ woes continue, after the Longhorns gave an all-out effort in losing at home to Kansas 64-59 and have little left here for the Sooners. Lay it.Comment
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LEGIT PICKS
Monday 1/21/13 Plays...
5* PANTHERS/SENATORS (UNDER 5.5) (4:30PM PST)
4* ALABAMA A&M +13 (6:30PM PST)
3* 76ERS +6.5 (4:05PM PST)
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Late Sports Money Profit System:
Philly +6Comment
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The Duke's Sports
2.5 Units Chicago -1Comment
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Los Angeles Lakers VS Chicago Bulls
NBA Los Angeles Lakers +1.5 (9:35 eastern start time)Comment
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