2-17-13

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Today's NHL Picks

St. Louis at Vancouver

The Canucks look to build on their 5-1 record in their last 6 games against teams with a winning record. Vancouver is the pick (-140) according to Dunkel, which has the Canucks favored by 1. Dunkel Pick: Vancouver (-140). Here are all of today's picks.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Time Posted 8:30 a.m. EST

Game 51-52: Pittsburgh at Buffalo (12:30 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Pittsburgh 12.244; Buffalo 11.064 Dunkel Line & Total: Pittsburgh by 1; 5 Vegas Line & Total: Pittsburgh (-150); 5 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Pittsburgh (-150); Under

Game 53-54: Boston at Winnipeg (6:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Boston 10.137; Winnipeg 11.658 Dunkel Line & Total: Winnipeg by 1 1/2; 6 Vegas Line & Total: Boston (-140); 5 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Winnipeg (+120); Over

Game 55-56: Calgary at Dallas (6:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Calgary 10.227; Dallas 11.850 Dunkel Line & Total: Dallas by 1 1/2; 4 1/2 Vegas Line & Total: No Line Dunkel Pick: N/A

Game 57-58: Los Angeles at Chicago (3:30 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Los Angeles 12.586; Chicago 11.591 Dunkel Line & Total: Los Angeles by 1; 5 1/2 Vegas Line & Total: Chicago (-135); 5 Dunkel Pick: Los Angeles (+115); Over

Game 59-60: Detroit at Minnesota (6:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Detroit 11.224; Minnesota 10.887 Dunkel Line & Total: Detroit by 1/2; 6 Vegas Line & Total: No Line Dunkel Pick: N/A

Game 61-62: Washington at NY Rangers (6:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: Washington 11.105; NY Rangers 11.456 Dunkel Line & Total: NY Rangers by 1/2; 5 Vegas Line & Total: NY Rangers (-160); 5 1/2 Dunkel Pick: NY Rangers (-160); Under

Game 63-64: St. Louis at Vancouver (9:00 p.m. EST) Dunkel Ratings: St. Louis 10.759; Vancouver 11.907 Dunkel Line & Total: Vancouver by 1; 5 Vegas Line & Total: Vancouver (-140); 5 1/2 Dunkel Pick: Vancouver (-140); Under

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No. 13 OSU travels to No. 20 Wisconsin Sunday
by Brian Graham

Kohl Center - Madison, WI
Tip-off: Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET
Line: Wisconsin -2

Another marquee matchup takes place in the Big Ten on Sunday when No. 13 Ohio State visits No. 20 Wisconsin, coming off three straight overtime games.

Both schools are tied for third in the stacked conference with an 8-4 record, but OSU has dropped two of its past three contests, and is 1-3 ATS in February. The Badgers had their three-game win streak snapped on Thursday with a 58-53 road loss at Minnesota. These schools are meeting for the second time this season, as Wisconsin was held to 49 points and zero free-throw attempts in a 58-49 loss in Columbus on Jan. 29. That was OSU's third win in the past four meetings with the Badgers, but these teams have split the past 16 games SU (8-8 each), and 20 games ATS (10-10 each).

Ohio State's offense is solid, averaging 71.6 PPG on 46.0% from the field (59th in nation) and 36.9% from three-point range. The Buckeyes also help themselves by committing just 11.1 TOPG (18th fewest in D-I). But where OSU really shines is on the defensive end, allowing just 59.1 PPG on 39.1% FG. PF Deshaun Thomas leads the Big Ten with 20.2 PPG thanks to a 46% FG clip (39% threes) and 83% from the free-throw line. He dominated the Badgers when they met last month, finishing with 25 points on 10-of-17 FG. Junior SG Lenzelle Smith, Jr. (10.3 PPG, 5.3 RPG) scored just five points that day, but has 12.3 PPG in the four games since. Junior PG Aaron Craft (9.5 PPG, 4.5 APG, 3.8 RPG, 2.0 SPG) has a strong 2.35 Ast/TO ratio this season and has scored at least 11 points in four of his past five games. That surge started with a 13-point game versus Wisconsin, when the 6-foot-2 player grabbed seven rebounds to make up for his four turnovers and just two assists. Backup PG Shannon Scott (4.8 PPG, 4.0 APG, 1.6 SPG) has been outstanding in taking care of the basketball, as his 3.28 Ast/TO shows. He had seven rebounds and five assists in Thursday's 69-59 win over Northwestern. Sophomore C Amir Williams (4.5 PPG, 4.2 RPG) has been quite a presence in the paint with a team-best 1.6 BPG for the season. In the past four games, he has 6.8 PPG, 5.8 RPG and 2.0 BPG.

Wisconsin puts opponents to sleep on offense, scoring just 66.8 PPG (191st in nation) on 42.2% FG (226th in D-I), but it commits just 9.5 TOPG (2nd-fewest in nation). This pace is a big reason why the Badgers give up a mere 56.5 PPG (11th in nation) on 39.9% FG and 30.1% threes to opponents. C Jared Berggren leads the Badgers with 11.7 PPG and 1.9 BPG, while adding 6.9 RPG. But since his solid effort in Columbus last month (11 points, 3-of-5 threes, nine rebounds), Berggren has gone ice cold, making just 1-of-10 threes to drop his season percentage to 28% from downtown. SF Ryan Evans (10.6 PPG, 7.8 RPG) was awful at Ohio State with two points on 1-of-10 FG, but has scored 11.8 PPG with 9.5 RPG in the four games since. SG Ben Brust (11.2 PPG, 5.3 RPG) was the hero in last Saturday's upset win over then-No. 3 Michigan, hitting a near-halfcourt shot to tie the score at the end of regulation, then hitting a big three in overtime as part of a 14-point night in the 65-62 win. But he cooled off considerably in Thursday's loss by making just 3-of-10 threes. Still, Brust has averaged 17.3 PPG during his team's past four games. Freshman SF Sam Dekker (9.0 PPG, 3.5 RPG) played very well on Thursday, scoring a game-high 14 points and grabbing four rebounds in 22 minutes of action.

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Gold Medal Club Selections 17/02/2013
CBB:
25* #823 Wichita State +2
#818 Clemson +6
#825 USC +7

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NBA TOTALS

Free Play - 808 South Florida +14

Free Play - 818 Clemson +6.5

3-9 this week, 0-2 saturday

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Miami Hurricanes vs. Clemson Tigers
The Miami Hurricanes (20-3, 15-4-1 ATS) have become a very public team
thanks to some recent nationally televised high profile wins, and they now visit
the Clemson Tigers (13-11, 12-8 ATS) at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, SC
Sunday at 6:00 ET on ESPNU. The Hurricanes are now up to third on the AP
poll and they are ninth overall on the Pomeroy Ratings, but while they may be
overvalued as decided road favorites in this spot, the total on this game may
be deflated as the Miami offense has gotten better as the season as gone on
and the oddsmakers have not been as quick to increase the Hurricanes'
totals as they have to start padding their spreads a tad. The last five Miami
games have averaged a combined 141.2 points, which should shatter the projected
total here, which figures to be in the low 120s.

The Miami defense has been carrying the Canes for most of the season, and
it has carried them very well indeed as Miami is on a 12-game winning streak.
However, the offense erupted in a 90-63 blowout of Duke on January 23rd,
and it has been very good ever since as that contest began a current streak of
seven straight games of scoring at least 71 points, with Miami averaging
78.0 over those contests. This recent surge now has the Hurricanes up to 24th
in the country in offensive efficiency and 33rd in effective field goal
percentage, nicely complimenting their defense which ranks sixth in efficiency
and 18th in effective field goal percentage against. After the 'under' went
an unbelievable 11-1-1 in the first 13 Miami games that had posted totals
this season, it is the 'over' that is 4-1 in the last five games and the only
'under' in that stretch produced 122 points in a 72-50 rout of Boston
College, a total that might actually go 'over' the posted total of this game.

Now the 'under' is 11-8 overall in Clemson games this season, and all
Tigers' games have averaged 121.4 points, which is practically where this total
figures to be. However, two things favoring the 'over' in this spot are that
the Tigers have not faced many offenses that were as hot as Miami's is right
now, so you can probably add a couple of points to the overall average, and
also Clemson home games have averaged 125.2 points, which should be safely
above this total. And besides, if Miami continues its streak of 70-point
games, then the Tigers would only need to get into the 50's for this game to go
'over'. Well, one reason for Miami's offensive resurgence is that the Canes
are shooting a blistering 40.6 percent from beyond the three-point arc over
the last five games, and Clemson ranks a dismal 227th in the country in
three-point defense, which helps increase the chances of Miami extending its
70-point streak. These clubs have not met this season, but Miami won the only
meeting last year 76-73 with the teams blowing away the total of 127.

The 'over' is a perfect 5-0 the last five times these teams have met in
Clemson. The 'over' is also 5-1 in the Hurricanes' last six games vs. teams
with a winning straight up records, as well as an identical 5-1 in the Tigers'
last six games vs. winning teams.

Pick: MIAMI HURRICANES-6.5

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Brandon Lang

10 DIME
OFF LINE
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Clemson Tigers +6.5

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Beat Your Bookie

Mich
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3* Niagara +2 (-110)

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Bones Best Bet

Penguins PL -1.5 +200 *1 Unit*
We love the Penguins offense, and we plain just hate the Sabres. The Sabres are a bad hockey team, and the Penguins are back on a roll, winning their last 2 by 2 goals, and now 9 of their 10 wins by 2+ goals on the season. Add that the Penguins are 8-2 in their last 10 meetings and 8-3 in their last 11 in Buffalo (when Buffalo was a much better team), and we love the Penguins today.

Blackhawks PL -1.5 +230 *1 Unit*
The defending Stanley Cup Champions have looked anything but this season. Though they have pulled back-to-back wins, the last game was a struggle against the NHL worst Blue Jackets. Now they have to play the best team in hockey IN Chicago. We don't like their chances. Chicago has won 4 of 5, and have still not dropped a game in regulation, all 4 of those games Chicago won by 2+ goals as well.

Rangers PL -1.5 +190 *1 Unit*
Capitals/Rangers OVER 5.5 +125 *1 Unit*
We know the Capitals are finally winning, but look who they have played - Tampa and Florida twice - now that they have to play a real hockey team, and have to head into MSG, their bubble looks to burst today. The Rangers have taken 3 of 4 overall, and look to have finally gotten their mojo back, now they get to take it to the lowly Capitals. However, if the PL doesn't hit, it will be because Washington put up a few, we like putting these two plays together, let's try to get both!

Winnipeg ML +130 *1 Unit*
Boston have yet to win a game in Winnipeg - but they are massive favorites? Winnipeg is not a great hockey team, but they can win any game they play at home, and at +130 there is plenty of value here.

Penguins ML + Blackhawks ML + Rangers ML +371 *0.5 Units*

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Free Silver Key Pick for Sunday NCAA Basketball

UTAH +9.5 over Arizona (3 et)

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HANDICAPPING KINGS

JIMMY

12:00PM Penn State vs Michigan
[804] Michigan -22.5 -110

12:35PM Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
[51] OVER 5.5 +110

8:30PM East All Stars vs West All Stars
[851] UNDER 295.5 -110

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MADDUX SPORTS

10* Units Marist +8.5

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PLAYERS 10* CBB ARIZONA SUNDAYFEB 17
Scott “the Bulldog” Rickenbach NCAAB *10* Blow out Game of the Month Arizona vs Utah @ 3:00 et. The Wildcats are coming off two straight very disappointing losses where the team’s usually stingy defense gave up more than 70 points in back-to back games.Arizona head coach Sean Miller said after the loss to Colorado: “We've played against some of the best teams in this country and our defense has held up. Tonight, it didn't. ... From our standpoint, we have to get back when we play Utah." We should be able to take him at his words as Arizona has allowed an average of just 62.9 points to opponents this year en route to the #9 ranking in the nation. The Wildcats have been a successful 6-2 SU on the road this year and are 2-0ATS as a favourite of 6.5-9 points. Utah is coming off a nice win over Arizona State but is still just 3-9 SU in conference play this year. The staple of the Utes team is their stingy defense as well; allowing just 62 points per game.The problem for Utah is the team is only scoring 64.8 points per game and should have a hard time against a Wild Cats squad looking to tighten up its D for this game. Arizona is 3-1 ATS when facing a team with a losing record this year. The play is on Arizona, a 10* Blowout **Game of the Month. **


PLAYERS 10* NHL OVER IN NY.RANGERS VS WASH CAPITALS RICKENBACH SUNDAY FEB 17
Scott “the Bulldog” Rickenbach NHL *10* OVER in New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals @ 6:05 et .The Capitals have finally got back on track after a tough start to the season thanks to boat load of goals. Washington has won three games in a row and has averaged five goals over this streak of games. Caps playmaker Nicklas Backstrom has started to get it going with three points in the last two games. The feeling around the Caps locker room is that the team has to win now or fall too far behind the pack "We had a talk and said the time is now," center Jay Beagle said. "We have to start winning and stringing a streak of wins together to try and climb." Note that three of the last four games involving the Capitals finished OVER the total line. The Capitals are still having a trouble finding consistent goaltending with their two youngsters in Holtby and Neuvirth. Washington has allowed 3.5 goals per game this year. The Rangers meanwhile have seen the OVER total hit in three straight games, averaging four goals themselves over that span. With both teams having no trouble lighting the lamp of late, the play is on the OVER, a *10* Texas *Top Total* play.

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The Captain Plays

1 unit Utah +9.5

1 unit Clemson +6.5

1 unit South Florida +14

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