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Australian Open: Murray slight favorite over Federer

Roger Federer (+132) vs. Andy Murray (-147)

In the most anticipated matchup of the men's draw thus far, Roger Federer takes on Andy Murray. Each of these two players won a major in 2012 and is looking to claim a spot in the final in the first major championship of 2013.

The head-to-head in this matchup is very tight with Murray holding a 10-9 advantage, most notably in 2012 Federer beat Murray in the Wimbledon final, while Murray beat the Swiss Legend in the gold medal match at the Olympics. Interestingly, nine of their last 11 matches have finished in straight sets. Of their best-of-five sets matches, only one of the four matches was not won in straight sets.

Federer did have a scare against Tsonga in the quarterfinals, while Murray hasn't even been to a tiebreak this tournament. Murray has the momentum, but he has yet to beat Federer at a major. Is tonight his night?

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Seven NBA Betting Trends to Consider

We rummaged through our stats to uncover some interesting NBA trends to assist you with your capping of the hard court.

Washington Wizards

The Wizards are currently the hottest bet in the Association with an eight-game cover streak. Washington covered Wednesday night at Utah and hosts Minnesota Friday night.

Golden State Warriors

The Warriors have put together a string of four consecutive covers. What makes the run more impressive is three of those covers were against top-notch opponents (Spurs, Clippers, Thunder). Golden State visits Chicago Friday.

Dallas Mavericks

The Mavs are currently the best bet in the West, covering in seven straight games. They host the high-powered Spurs Friday.

Houston Rockets

The Rockets blew another cover Wednesday night in a loss to Denver. Houston has failed to cover in nine straight games heading into Friday’s date with the Hornets in New Orleans.

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HANDICAPPING KINGS

PJ

AUSTRALIAN OPEN- ATP

1/25 3:30AM Andy Murray vs Roger Federer
[202] Roger Federer +135

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Mighty Quinn

Mighty missed with Michigan (-16) Thursday.

Friday it’s Canisius. The surplus is 160 sirignanos.

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DCI College Basketball
The Daniel Curry Index

01/25/13 Predictions

Season
Straight Up: 2268-741 (.754)
ATS: 968-1018 (.487)
ATS Vary Units: 3100-3316 (.483)
Over/Under: 258-257 (.501)
Over/Under Vary Units: 293-327 (.473)

Atlantic Sun Conference
FLORIDA GULF COAST 80, Stetson 74

Horizon League
Green Bay 65, WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 59

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
IONA 83, Saint Peter's 62
Loyola (Md.) 61, MANHATTAN 58
Niagara 74, SIENA 63
RIDER 73, Canisius 65

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DCI Pro Basketball
The Daniel Curry Index

01/25/13 Predictions

Season
Straight Up: 402-204 (.663)
ATS: 306-313 (.494)
ATS Vary Units: 881-847 (.510)
Over/Under: 320-300 (.516)
Over/Under Vary Units: 489-445 (.524)

WASHINGTON 98, Minnesota 94
ATLANTA 94, Boston 89
MIAMI 102, Detroit 89
Milwaukee 100, CLEVELAND 98
CHICAGO 98, Golden State 93
MEMPHIS 95, Brooklyn 87
NEW ORLEANS 101, Houston 98
San Antonio 106, DALLAS 101
Oklahoma City 112, SACRAMENTO 100
L.A. LAKERS 103, Utah 102

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DCI Pro Hockey
The Daniel Curry Index

01/25/13 Predictions

Season: 15-12 (.556)

BOSTON 4, N.Y. Islanders 2
BUFFALO 3, Carolina 2
NEW JERSEY 3, Washington 2
Ottawa vs. TAMPA BAY: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
DETROIT 3, Minnesota 2
Pittsburgh 4, WINNIPEG 3
ANAHEIM 3, Vancouver 2

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Gamblers Data

Free Play Friday

Penguins -140

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Free Selection from Arthur Ralph Sports

Our Free Plays are 970- 723 (57 + %) over the last 4 1/2 years !

Free Winner FRI Loy-Maryland -2

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NBA

Hot Teams
-- Wizards are 5-3 in last eight games, covered 12 of last 14 (1-2 HF).
-- Hawks won three of last four at home (4-2-1 last seven HF).
-- Miami won last three games (7-3 last 10 HF). Pistons are 9-5 in last 14 games (3-7 last 10 AU).
-- Bucks are 6-2 since changing coaches (3-2 AF).
-- Nets won 10 of last 11 games (3-2 AU with PJ as coach). Memphis won three of last four (11-8-1 HF).
-- New Orleans won seven of last ten games (3-3 HF).
-- Spurs won last six games, last three by 5 or less points (3-5 last eight AF). Dallas won five of last six games, covered last seven (3-4 HU).
-- Chicago won five of last six games (4-15 HF). Warriors won last three games, covered last four (7-2 last nine AU).
-- Thunder won seven of last nine tilts, lost two of last three (11-6 AF).
-- Utah won eight of last ten games (5-11-1 AU).

Cold Teams
-- Minnesota lost seven of last eight games (2-7-1 last 10 AU).
-- Celtics lost their last five games (4-6-2 AU).
-- Cavaliers lost five of last six on road (14-12 AU, 2-4 last six).
-- Rockets lost eight of last nine games (1-5 last six AU).
-- Sacramento lost six of last nine games (5-7 HU).
-- Lakers lost four in row, 10 of last 12 games (5-9 last 14 HF).

Totals
-- Four of Wizards' last five home games went over the total.
-- Under is 8-3-1 in Boston's last dozen games.
-- Five of last six Detroit games stayed under the total.
-- 11 of last 16 Milwaukee road games stayed under total.
-- 12 of last 15 Memphis games stayed under the total.
-- Four of last five Houston games stayed under the total; four of last five Hornet games went over.
-- Under is 8-2-1 in San Antonio's last eleven games.
-- Five of last seven Golden State road games went over.
-- Four of last five Thunder games went over the total.
-- Under is 6-2-1 in last nine Laker home games.

Back-to-backs
-- Celtics are 2-4-2 vs spread on road if they played night before.

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CBB

-- Milwaukee won its last three games vs Green Bay by 13-1-6 points; Phoenix lost last three visits here, by 20-1-13 points, as home teams are 6-1 in last seven series games. Green Bay is 0-8 on road, this year, 0-3 in conference play, losing by 11-8-12 points. Panthers lost 14 of their last 16 games; three of their five converence losses are by 10+ points. Horizon single digit home underdogs are 5-3 vs spread.
-- Loyola won four in row, nine of last 11 games vs Manhattan, beating them twice LY by combined total of 3 points; Greyhounds won last six visits to Draddy Gym, winning by 19-19-4-6-15-2 points. Jaspers turn ball over 26.5% of time; they've lost 10 of last 13 games- they're 2-1 at home in MAAC, with only loss to Rider by 9. Loyola won five of last six games; six of their eight MAAC games were decided by 6 or less.
-- Rider won three in row, 18 of last 21 games vs Canisius; Griffins lost eight of last nine visits to Broncs' Zoo, losing by 3-7-4-10-51-13-16-24 points. Canisius lost last four road games, by 15-5-3-10 points, but they are improved (12-7, 5-3) under Baron, shooting 39% behind arc. Rider is on 5-game win streak, allowing 55.2 ppg; they turn ball over 23.7% of time, but won last three home games, by 19-7-5 points.
-- Iona blew 10-point halftime lead, lost 64-62 at St Peter's Dec 5, just second loss to Peacocks in last seven series games. St Peter's lost its last two visits to Iona by 18-37 points. Gaels won six of last seven games; they're 4-0 at home in MAAC, winning by 11-8-10-11 points. St Peter's lost its last six games, last five all by 11+ points. MAAC double digit home favorites are 5-2 against the spread.
-- Home side won last ten Niagara-Siena games; Eagles lost last seven in Albany by 6-12-16-17-18-2-12 points. Saints lost 87-64 at Niagara last week; Eagles made 12-24 from arc, 57% inside arc. Siena lost 13 of last 15 games but won last two at home; their only two MAAC home losses are by 6-4 points. Niagara won its last seven MAAC games, winning on road by 1-17-3 points. MAAC home underdogs are 8-4 vs spread.

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NCAA Basketball Picks

Niagara at Siena

The Saints look to bounce back from a 76-44 loss to Canisius and build on their 5-1 ATS record in their last 6 games following a SU loss by more than 20 points. Siena is the pick (+7 1/2) according to Dunkel, which has the Purple Eagles favored by only 5. Dunkel Pick: Siena (+7 1/2). Here are all of today's games.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 Time Posted: 7:30 a.m. EST

Game 821-822: WI-Green Bay at WI-Milwaukee (9:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: WI-Green Bay 57.774; WI-Milwaukee 49.838 Dunkel Line: WI-Green Bay by 8; 130 Vegas Line: WI-Green Bay by 6; 126 1/2 Dunkel Pick: WI-Green Bay (-6); Over

Game 823-824: Loyola-MD at Manhattan (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Loyola-MD 55.816; Manhattan 53.766 Dunkel Line: Loyola-MD by 2; 122 Vegas Line: Loyola-MD by 3; 117 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Manhattan (+3); Over

Game 825-826: Canisius at Rider (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Canisius 54.685; Rider 53.619 Dunkel Line: Canisius by 1 Vegas Line: Rider by 1 Dunkel Pick: Canisius (+1)

Game 827-828: St. Peter's at Iona (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: St. Peter's 42.746; Iona 58.639 Dunkel Line: Iona by 16 Vegas Line: Iona by 18 Dunkel Pick: St. Peter's (+18)

Game 829-830: Niagara at Siena (7:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Niagara 56.422; Siena 51.413 Dunkel Line: Niagara by 5 Vegas Line: Niagara by 7 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Siena (+7 1/2)

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Hockey Crusher
Anaheim Ducks -116 over Vancouver Canucks
(System Record: 3-0, won last 3 games)
Overall Record: 3-0



Basketball Crusher
Oklahoma City Thunder + Sacramento Kings OVER 209
(System Record: 50-3, lost last game)
Overall Record: 50-32-0



Soccer Crusher
Millwall + Aston Villa UNDER 2.5
This match is happening in England
(System Record: 345-14, lost last 2 games)
Overall Record: 345-304-40

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Extreme sports picks 1/25

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