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Rest of Ferringo CBB Take #555 North Carolina State (+6) over North Carolina (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23)Take #595 UNLV (-2.5) over Wyoming (7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #571 Cal (-1) over Oregon State (6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #615 Providence (Pk) over Rutgers (9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #518 Towson (-2) over Drexel (Noon, Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #549 Georgetown (+7) over Syracuse (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23)
FIRST HALF: Take 'Under' 57.5 Georgetown at Syracuse (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23)
Take #537 VCU (-4.5) over Xavier (2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #542 Arizona (-15) over Washington State (3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #560 Colorado State (-5.5) over New Mexico (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #562 Central Florida (-7) over Tulsa (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) FIRST HALF: Take #548 Kansas (-13) over TCU (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #563 Santa Clara (-7.5) over Portland (5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #565 Auburn (+13) over Mississippi (5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #587 Delaware (-3.5) over UNC-Wilmington (7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #591 St. Bonaventure (-4.5) over Duquesne (7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #539 South Carolina (+7.5) over Georgia (2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23)
BRACKET BUSTER SELECTIONS Take #681 Missouri State (+2.5) over Eastern Michigan (Noon) Take #635 Canisius (+3) over Vermont (1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23)Take #689 Creighton (+5) over St. Mary's (6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take 'Over' 144.0 Creighton at St. Mary's (6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #713 South Dakota State (+3) over Murray State (8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23)Take 'Over' 142.0 South Dakota State at Murray State (8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23)Take 'Over' 145.0 Ohio at Belmont (10 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #731 Ohio (+6.5) over Belmont (10 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #673 Idaho (-4) over Idaho State (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #663 Bradley (-1) over Illinois-Chicago (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #669 Savannah State (-2.5) over Campbell (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #639 Pacific (+5.5) over Western Michigan (1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #641 Evansville (Pk) over Wright State (2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #649 North Dakota (-2) over Nebraska-Omaha (2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #655 Montana (+13) over Davidson (3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #672 Northern Illinois (-1) over Eastern Illinois (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #675 Sam Houston State (+1) over Eastern Washington (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #654 Rider (-3.5) over Charleston Southern (5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #691 UC-Irvine (+3.5) over UT-Arlington (6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #687 Texas State (-5) over Lamar (7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) Take #742 Hawaii (-11.5) over Northern Arizona (11:59 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23)
TEASER: Take #555 North Carolina State (+6) over North Carolina (4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) AND Take #689 Creighton (+5) over St. Mary's (6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) TEASER: Take #603 Tulane (-4) over Rice (8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23) AND Take #618 San Francisco (-8) over Pepperdine (9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23)
Game: Missouri at Kentucky Feb 23 2013 9:00PM
Prediction: Kentucky
Reason: I'm backing the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday night. We got what we wanted earlier this week from both of these teams. Missouri knocked off the Florida Gators, while the Wildcats got back in the win column, but failed to cover in a 74-70 win over Vanderbilt. But playing a close game off the 30-point loss to Tennessee, I believe we're getting Kentucky at a very fair price. They'll host a Missouri team that allows 71 ppg on the road on 46.5% shooting. Meanwhile, Kentucky makes 29 FGs per game at home on better than 50% shooting. At the same time they allow less than 22 made FGs per game to their "guests." Kentucky plays a stingy brand of defense on their home floor; their opponents have a poor 0.69 assist-turnover ratio, averaging 14 turnovers per game and just 10 assists per game. That's an important note when we consider Mizzou averages over 16 turnovers per game on the road with a 0.79 assist-turnover ratio. Missouri is just 2-6 ATS in their last eight games against teams with a winning SU record and they're on a 0-5 ATS slide on the road against teams with a winning home record. Tough spot for the Tigers and a solid spot for Kentucky. I'm backing the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday night. Thanks! GL! Scott Spreitzer.
Game: Denver at Northern Iowa Feb 23 2013 8:00PM
Prediction: Northern Iowa
Reason: My 10* BracketBuster G.O.Y. is on Northern Iowa at 8:00 ET.
Denver is 17-8 and travels to Cedar Rapids to take on 17-11 Northern Iowa in this BracketBuster game. Both schools realize that at-large bids are out of the question but that doesn’t mean this contest doesn’t hold significance. Denver is 13-2 in the WAC (trailing only 14-0 La Tech) while Northern Iowa is just 10-6 in its league but the key here is, the MVC is the MUCH more competitive conference (more on that, later). Denver has little size, led by the 6-6 Udofia (12.4-4.7-3.3), the 6-5 O”Neale (11.6-5.7-3.4) plus guards Olson (10.5), Hallam (9.9-4.0), Love (6.5) and Griffin (6.2). The Panthers are very well-balanced with five players scoring between 9.5 and 12.6 PPG. James (12.6-3.8) leads the way, joined on the perimeter by fellow guards Sonnen (9.5) and Mitchell (9.5-3.3 APG) plus Northern Iowa features the height Denver is lacking with the 6-8 Tuttle (10.6-6.2) and the 6-9 Koch (10.3-6.4). The Panthers enter on an impressive six-game winning streak, with wins over then-No. 15 Wichita St and Creighton (not ranked now but the Blue Jays have spent most of the season in the top-25) to its credit. Denver’s 13-2 record in the WAC hardly impresses me, as the Pioneers were 0-4 SU and ATS on the road in non-conference play, losing at Iona, Southern Miss, Stanford and Wyoming. The Pioneers also hosted Cal (lost 72-61) and Colorado St (lost 60-53) in non-conference action and those performances have me “all over” surging Northern Iowa which has dealt with Wichita St and Creighton (both MVC schools has spent a good d amount of time in the top-25 TY) plus solid clubs like Indiana St and Illinois St. Northern Iowa has also taken on Louisville, Memphis, UNLV and St Mary’s among its non-conference opponents. Northern Iowa is allowing 54.8 PPG over its last 10 games and Denver will not score enough to stay within this reasonable number, as the Pioneers averaged just 56.8 PPG in the six games I referenced earlier (see above).
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