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ALLEN EASTMAN
5-Unit Play. Take #553 Providence (-4.5) over Vanderbilt (6:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 22, Friday,
Nov. 22)
This is my college Game of the Week.
I am going with the Friars in this tournament action down in the Virgin Islands. I think Providence
has been very good so far this year. They are off to a 4-0 start and have played hard for Ed
Cooley. They should get even better. Their point guard Kris Dunn was injured and didn't play in
the first two games. He came back in their last outing and was good. It will help to have a true
point guard. Vanderbilt is shooting very well. But I worry about them going on the road. This team
is rebuilding and this should be a down year for them. Providence is the stronger team and I had
this line closer to 7.0. There is a lot of value here on the boys from Rhode Island. Play Providence.
3-Unit Play. Take #586 Seton Hall (+2) over Oklahoma (7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 22, Friday, Nov.
22)
I like the underdog here. I think Seton Hall pulls the upset. They are playing well at 3-0 on the
season. But they are undervalued by the books and the public because they are 0-3 ATS this
year. They were posted as big favorites at home against weak opponents. That is not Seton Hall's
best role. They have been a strong underdog in Big East play the last few years. This is a
tournament game so Oklahoma is off its home court. They always struggle in those situations.
Seton Hall has a big advantage on the inside and they should get the job done here. I am
predicting an eight-point win for Seton Hall.
JASON SHARPE
5 Unit Play Take #586 Seton Hall +2.5 over Oklahoma (7:00pm est):
Two weeks ago Seton Hall would have been the favorite in this game to open up their season but
now that's changed based on a couple games and I am not buying into that.
Oklahoma lost their top three guys from last season are not as good of a team as that one. That
team was the first Sooners squad to be over .500 since 2009. With last year's team getting back
to better levels at 20-12 but this year's team looks to have taken a half step backwards after
losing their three top guys from last year. They have added Ryan Spangler into the mix but that
doesn't seem to be enough to match last year's Oklahoma.
Seton Hall is off to a 3-1 start but it's their one road loss that has everyone knocking this team.
The loss was a double overtime thriller at a decent Mercer, the same Mercer team who went toe
to toe with Texas on opening night on the road before losing by three points. The addition of
transfer Sterling Gibbs really makes this Pirates team better this year. They got beat up pretty
bad in the the Big East last season but were 11-2 in non-conference play before that.
Take Seton Hall here.
3 Unit Play Take # San Francisco +4 over Montana (9:00pm est):
Once again another example of some early season overreaction as San Francisco is easily a better
team than last season and would be around pick'em if this game was played two weeks ago. They
have struggled a bit on defense to start the year but have had all week to prepare for this game
and should be ready to go.
Montana lost last year to this SF squad and are off to a 1-1 start to this season. They were
destroyed in their opener against Minnesota and bounced back with a nice win in their last
contest.
Take San Francisco and the points.
VEGAS SPORTS INFORMER
6 Unit Play. Take #585 Oklahoma -2 ½ over Seton Hall (7:00p.m., Friday, Nov 22 TRUTV)
(Game of the Month) So both teams have 3 wins in this young season but one of these teams
have played some soft squads. The Pirates have played some soft teams this season and lost
their only road game against Mercer in overtime. Seton Hall is also 0-3 ATS this season and if
Oklahoma flexes their muscle on 'D' this game will get ugly. Oklahoma has won back-to-back
games by double-digits and the Sooners must rebound tonight because every time they
outrebound their opponent they usually win. Oklahoma has been very surprising on offense
shooting an unbelievable 48% of their shots and averaging 87.3ppg. Sooners will be able to score
tonight against Seton Hall as the Hall defense is giving up 73ppg. OU win in Brooklyn and we hit
our 1st 6-Unit Game of the Month. Seton Hall is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games against Big 12
opponents
Andre Gomes
NBA Sides
503 MIL 3.0 (-110) vs 504 PHI
Analysis:
NBA - 503 Milwaukee Bucks @ 504 Philadelphia 76ers
***SPLIT THE WAGER***
Philadelphia without Thaddeus Young and with Michael Carter-Williams still banged up lack the
offensive talent to compensate the terrible defense that they have. On their last game against
Toronto, 40% of their offensive plays were isolations and transitions, something that shows us
the state of their offense right now. Regarding their defense, any aggressive guard can have big
games against them by penetrating into the basket and then the Sixers' poor team help defense
allow their opponents to have big games from the outside.
"When you don't have Thaddeus, do you go big ball, do you go small ball?" coach Brett Brown
said. "When you play that type of judgment game, it gets harder to manage those periods."
Milwaukee is finally having some players returning from injury. Both Caron Butler and Ersan
Ilyasova are now back and the team is slowly getting healthy. On their last game against
Portland, Luke Ridnour returned into the starting lineup, same with Caron Butler. However, I don't
understand why Larry Drew refuses to start John Henson alongside Zaza Pachulia. The only
positive thing coming from this decision is that the Bucks having two competent players in Henson
and Ilyasova coming off the bench. Milwaukee was competent on their outside shooting against
the Blazers with 7-15 FG from 16-23 feet and 5-14 3pts, but they were outrebounded, they
committed more turnovers than Portland and allowed the Blazers to make 11 treys.
For tonight's game, I like Milwaukee in here, given how much Philadelphia will be missing Thaddeus
Young once again. Milwaukee's decent outside shooting will allow them to crush the Sixers' poor
perimeter defense and Philadelphia without Young struggles a lot on offense by insisting too much
on transitions, an area where Milwaukee's defense is good by allowing just 11.3 fast break points
per game. Therefore, I'll be taking Milwaukee tonight. Split the wager!
Pick: 1 unit on 503 Milwaukee Bucks ML @ +130
Pick: 2 units on 503 Milwaukee Bucks (+3) @ -110
Shaker's Shorts
CBB Total for Friday
524 Iowa / 523 Pennsylvania - OVER 157.0
Analysis: Large number and going up for now but good enough to play here. I have 161.7..The
Pace is going to be Frantic, we do have two teams that get to the Free Throw Line a lot, Iowa
31.4% of the time per possession, and Penn 30.4% of the time per possession, and we also have
two teams that make their Free Shots at a good rate, especially the Hawkeyes. This is not likely
going to be a close affair and the 2nd Half could be Wild and Crazy because of this. Triple or Near
Triple Digits in the 2nd would not surprise me
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