1-20-15

[Can'tPickAWinner]

Trace Adams

Top-Rated
1000♦
Winner # 4 in a Row

Western Conference
Total of the Month

Spurs under

[Can'tPickAWinner]

StraightUPWinners Sharp - Xavier Singleton
Sports Picks, January 20, 2015

NCAAB Card
2 plays

Dayton Flyers vs Davidson
5-Units Davidson -3 @ 5dimes


Dayton Flyers are a basketball school that puts on a great product year after year. They haven't had a losing season since the 05-06 campaign. But Flyers Coach Archie Miller who is 78-40 in Dayton and currently ranked #22 has his work cut out for them. I don't trust them. Dayton had to dismiss its starting center and back up center after the two were caught stealing money from the dorms. Dayton doesn't have a single player over 6'6 on its Roster. Dayton doesn't score a lot and completely relies on it's defense to win. But Davidson offense is way to potent to be stopped. They score 82 ppg, thats 8th in the nation. Even if Dayton slows them down, they can't keep up. Davidson has 8 players 6'7 or bigger. Dayton none. Davidson has only lost 4 games, to top Ranked Kentucky and #3 Ranked UVA, both games they lead in, lost #20 VCU and at Richmond. Davidson should roll as Dayton hasn't been tested.

Tennessee vs South Carolina
5-Units South Carolina -6.5 @ 5dimes


The most surprising team in the SEC is Tennessee, who came into the season as the most inexperienced team in all of basketball. They've out played themselves but now need to see if they can keep it up. They are playing on back to back road games, a stat that isn't appreciated enough in college basketball. An inexperienced team will not deal with this well. South Carolina is 6th in the nation in FG Defense. This is the kind of things that will frustrates a young team with a new coach in a new system. This is a complete situational play.

[Can'tPickAWinner]

8 Unit Side Play · [512] Florida Gators
Garry Costley's Coaching Trends Tue Jan 20th, 2015 7:00pm EST
Expert Preview: (15-3) lifetime involving games with Vandy in hoops.
Expert Analysis: Gators too tough with their D.....FL by 19.

[Can'tPickAWinner]

JASON SHARPE (CBB)

7* Rutgers -3.5

[Can'tPickAWinner]

RICH SPORTS

NHL

Edmonton tt un2.5 regulation -160 4Units
Philly 1st pd ov -120 4Units
Montreal ov 5.5 +115 3U
Detroit tt ov 2.5 OTI -140 3U

[Can'tPickAWinner]

Will Rogers NHL

Minnesota +1.5
Pitt/phil over 5.5

[Can'tPickAWinner]

BeatinTheBookie

4* Iowa/Wisconsin over 131.5
2* Davidson/ Dayton O142
1* Michigan TT O58.5
1* Iowa State/K State O138
1* Kentucky TT O74
1* Tennessee +6.5

Teaser - 7 points, ties push (1*)
Tennessee +13.5
Iowa Wisconsin over 124.5
Florida -4

[Can'tPickAWinner]

VEGASLINEREADER

Rutgers -3.5

[Can'tPickAWinner]

Al McMordie
3* Heat +6.5
3* Rutgers -3.5

[Can'tPickAWinner]

Youngstown Connection
Date: Tuesday January 20, 2015
$25.00 NCAAB Play #1

#505 Michigan +4 630PM Eastern

Line from BetOnline
Line as of 450PM Eastern 1/20/15

[Can'tPickAWinner]

Dr bob

3* boston college
1* vanderbilt

[Can'tPickAWinner]

VegasButcher

Oklahoma City Thunder -7.5
Oklahoma City Thunder -3.5 (1st Half)

In the last two games OKC has averaged 127 PPG, shot 55% from the field, and registered 27.5 assists per game. Now they get to take on a Miami team that ranks 25th in DefEff and 26th in eFG%-allowed. The Heat are coming off a 3-2 West-Coast trip and are coming into tonight’s game off a win – basically, they are content with the roadie. What’s interesting to me is that with both Wade (hammy) and Deng (illness) upgraded to probable for tonight’s game, the spread continues to rise from -6 to -7.5. Typically you’d expect the opposite on such news. I think it’s pretty clear that this OKC team is playing at an ‘elite’ level right now, and Miami just doesn’t have enough offense or defense to keep up. Wade and Deng make this starting lineup stronger, but the guys on the bench are still totally useless. Unlike OKC, who have Waiters and Jackson coming off the bench, Miami has guys like Granger, Haslem, and Norris Cole. Wade might have to play 48 minutes just to keep this Heat team in the game, but of course that’s unrealistic with all the hammy issues he’s been having this season. I expect a strong start, and finish, out of the Thunder tonight.

San Antonio Spurs -8

Once Leonard rejoined the team, the Spurs have won by 14 and by 20. All of a sudden this team went from barely being able to grind out ‘single digits’ wins to blowing opponents out. I know 2-games is a tiny sample size and is pretty insignificant, but the impact of Leonard can’t be over-stated. He’s San Antonio’s best and most well-rounded player, and his impact on games is huge. Tonight the Spurs will take on a Denver team that is on a b2b and playing their 4th game in 5 nights. Yesterday the Nuggz got blown out by 43 points @ Golden State Warriors. It’s important to note that they’ve also lost to the Wolves (2nd worst team in the league) by 8 at home only a few games back and were pretty uncompetitive against Dallas prior to that (+8.7 ave lead for Mavs in that one). This team is just not playing well right now and taking on a Spurs squad that is getting healthier will be a major challenge. The Nuggets have had an average DefEff rating of 115 in their last 3 games, and with no practice time between yesterday and today, I doubt we’d see an improvement against the Spurs. (By the way, just for comparison, Wolves are the worst defensive team for the full season @ a defensive rating of 112.) San Antonio is a deep and well balanced team that plays very unselfish ‘basketball’ on the offensive end. To make matters worse, they also rank 6th overall defensively this season. I think Denver is going to be in a very difficult game once again tonight.

[Can'tPickAWinner]

TONY FINN (CBB)

Dayton +3

[Can'tPickAWinner]

Vegas Winning Crew

NHL 50 Dime Plays: NY Rangers, Tampa Bay

NCAAB: 50 Dime Play: Rutgers -3

[Can'tPickAWinner]

BEN BURNS

10* Main Event — Nebraska -3-106

I am playing on NEBRASKA. The Huskers have used their tough defense to go 2-0-1 against the spread over their last three games and they face a Minnesota team that isn’t exactly loving Big Ten season right now. The Gophers are just 1-5 since conference play began and their bettors haven’t seen a dime in any of those games after an 0-6 against the spread start. I don’t think Minnesota’s luck is about to change going up against a Nebraska field-goal defense that ranks third in the Big Ten and is on pace to be the best Husker D in over 50 years. Nebraska also held its first 16 opponents this season to just 27.6 percent from beyond the 3-point line until they let Wisconsin shoot better than 50 percent last game. I think that was just an anomaly though and we’ll see Nebraska return to its normal self Tuesday night. Minnesota is notorious to Big Ten counterparts for being better at home than on the road and the Gophers’ numbers are proving it so far again this year. They are 0-3 SU and ATS on the road in conference play and allowed at least 70 points in all three games. The Gophers also score about 10 fewer points on the road than their overall average this season. I think Nebraska’s Tim Petteway, the Big Ten’s second leading scorer, will generate enough Huskers enough offense to cover this small number against a weak road team and the Husker D will take care of the rest. 10* Main Event

9* Best Bet — Denver Nuggets +8-105

I am playing on DENVER. After a team suffers an embarrassing loss like the 43-point drubbing the Nuggets got hit with last night against the Warriors, that team usually responds with either a terrible effort or a fantastic one the next game. I think we’ll see the latter from the Nuggets tonight, which makes me feel like they are being awarded too many points from oddsmakers here. If the Nuggets have any pride at all, they’ll come back and compete tonight against a very good Spurs squad like their season depended on it. One area they hold an edge over San Antonio is rebounding, where the Nuggets are actually the second-best offensive boards team in the league. I think we’ll see the Nuggets fight like mad for loose balls and get some key second chance points that will at least help them keep this one close. The Nuggets should also benefit from being back at home tonight where they score about three more points and allow three fewer points than their season averages. One other item to consider is that the Spurs seem to have a bit of a letdown after big wins recently. They are 1-5 against the number after winning by double digits in their previous game. San Antonio is coming off an 89-69 win over Utah two nights ago, putting the team in that spot tonight. 9* Best Bet