Service Plays Saturday 12/1/18

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North Coast

4* Texas (+9.5)
3* Clemson (-27.5)

College Marquee
Memphis (+3)
TV POD - Louisiana (+17)
NC State (-23.5)
Marshall (+3.5)
UAB (+1)


Reg Opinions
Georgia (+12.5)
Boise St (-1)
Northwestern (+14.5)
South Carolina (-30)
California (+3)

STAR RATED TOTALS PLAYS
3.5* UNDER 53 Fresno St/Boise St
3* UNDER 46 Stanford/California

Top Opinions

OVER 63.5 Memphis/UCF

NC Comp Totals Play of Week on Button #9

OVER 61 East Carolina/NC State

Northcoast STAR RATED Small College

3* Kennesaw St (-7.5)
3* Alcorn St (-3.5)

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Kelso 200 Ohio St Football

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Robert Ferringo

1-Unit Play. Take #515 Eastern Michigan (+8.5) over Northeastern (3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
Eastern Michigan has been a hot mess. But I think they are feeling the pinch a little bit and they are a little desperate. Northeastern runs kind of a modified Princeton offense with a lot of back-cuts and pop-out 3-pointers. But Eastern Michigan plays a 2-3 zone and I think that's going to negate some of what the Huskies do. Northeastern is going to win this game. But I think that EMU can hang around with them.

1-Unit Play. Take #528 Maryland (-6.5) over Penn State (5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
Penn State really had no business beating Virginia Tech earlier this week. That was a big upset and it puts the Nittany Lions in a letdown spot here. They benefitted from some calls and Virginia Tech couldn't keep Penn State off the boards, allowing 14 offensive rebounds! That's not going to happen to Maryland. The Terps wound up and took a good shot at Virginia, coming up short against one of the best teams in the country. I think they will rebound quickly. This team has a lot of talent and they have the indominatable Bruno Frenando in the middle. Maryland covered both games last season and the home team has won five of six since Maryland joined the Big Ten. I don't expect Penn State to be very good on the road this year because their guards stink. I don't love Maryland this season. But this strikes me as a good spot for them to bounce back against an overrated opponent due for a letdown.

6-Unit Play. Take #534 Marquette (-2) over Kansas State (2:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
There is a lot to like with both of these teams. But I think that Marquette is a little more desperate for this win and that they are going to be a little too much for Kansas State on the Golden Eagles home court. This is Kansas State's first true road game of the year and they weren't exactly great away from home last year. The Wildcats also haven't been tested by anyone this season. They haven't faced a single Top 100 opponent and their overall strength of schedule is in the 300's. Marquette has had two key nonconference games. They got destroyed at Indiana and then they blew a double-digit first half lead in a loss to Kansas. These guys have been knocking on the door but haven't been able to break through for that win yet. They did beat Louisville and the fact that the have played three legit teams gives them a bit of an edge over Kansas State. Marquette can be really tough in their home gym and I think they will be sky high to take on a Top 10 opponent. Further, the fact that the unranked team is favored over the ranked team here is kind of a red flag. I think the Golden Eagles are going to come to play. Give me Marquette for the upset win.

3-Unit Play. Take #542 Providence (-7) over Rhode Island (5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
The underdog is usually always the play in these New England rivalry games. Not this time. Providence has revenge for a loss at URI last year. And this Rhode Island team is nowhere near as good as it was last season. They only played eight guys last year and five of them (and their coach) are gone, including four of their top five scorers. The Rams are No. 312 in shooting from the field and No. 353 from 3-point range. They can't shoot - at all. So they are just some overmatched mid-major team playing against a quality team from a major conference with high-end talent. The Friars haven't shown a lot yet this year. But I think that they will take advantage of their home court advantage, clobber an overmatched Rams group, and get some revenge.

2-Unit Play. Take #548 Michigan (-6.5) over Purdue (3:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
Why not? Let's just ride the hot hand here. I don't know why this line is dropping. Michigan has been wrecking people. And Purdue is coming off a rough loss at Florida State in which they choked away a solid lead in the last five minutes. I don't think that this Purdue team is all that great to begin with and I think that Michigan can shoot them out of the gym the same as they've done to Villanova and UNC, two teams that are better than the Boilermakers.

2-Unit Play. Take #549 Marshall (-3) over Ohio (3:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
Marshall is not the same team on the road that they are in their own gym. However, they are still pretty damn good. And I just think they are better than Jim Groce's Ohio squad right now. I don't think the Bobcats have enough shot-makers to keep up in this one. This is a really young Bobcats team - they have two sophomores and a freshmen starting and use three freshmen off the bench - and they haven't seen anyone this talented yet this year. I'll go with the Herd.

1-Unit Play. Take #551 New Mexico (+7.5) over Bradley (8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)

4-Unit Play. Take #555 Loyola-Chicago (-4) over Illinois-Chicago (4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
Illinois-Chicago sucks. They really just aren't any good. Their only wins came in OT, by one point, and against a D-II school. They really should be 1-6 right now with zero wins against D-I competition. Loyola-Chicago is a team we've been betting against since the start of the season. They are way overrated after their miraculous Final Four run. However, they aren't a bad team. And I think that they are going to be a little salty. They got run out of their own gym by Nevada earlier this week in a big nonconference game. That actually made it back-to-back losses for the team that will probably end up winning the Missouri Valley. I don't think home court is going to mean squat here. It's a cross-city game and there should be a decent Loyola contingent in attendance. Loyola has the three best players on the court and I think that they are motivated here. I don't see them losing this game. And if they win the odds are overwhelming that they beat this short number.

1-Unit Play. Take #563 Nevada (-5.5) over USC (4:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)

3-Unit Play. Take #568 Indiana (-7) over Northwestern (1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
This is a bounce back situation for Indiana. They went to Duke and got demolished and it was a wake-up call for a team with some decent young talent of its own. I think they will rebound with a really strong effort level in their Big Ten opener. Northwestern has been unimpressive against a really easy schedule. They aren't nearly as talented as they have been the last two seasons. I like Vic Law enough, but he's never been a takeover-the-game kind of guy. And Indiana may have the two best players on the court in this game to go along with a killer home court advantage. Last year a worse Indiana team beat a better Northwestern team by 20 in Bloomington. And Northwestern's last four trips here have resulted in losses of 20, 1, 32 and 15 points. Indiana is 12-3 ATS in their last 15 home games and this is Northwestern's first true road game of the year. Indiana has been known to go nuts on people at home and I think that's what they will do here.

3-Unit Play. Take #607 St. John's (-3) over Georgia Tech (Noon, Saturday, Dec. 1)
This is a pretty straightforward good team/bad team situation. If we win, it will likely be easily. And if we lose it will likely be in an ugly outright loss. But I think St. John's is legit. They have one of the three or four best backcourts in the country and these guys are capable of playing at a very, very high level. St. John's only plays six guys, really. And where this will come back to haunt them in league play right now there aren't a lot of lower- and middle-tier teams that can keep up early in the season. Georgia Tech is not a team that can keep up. These guys stink. They are one of the worst offensive teams in the country, especially away from home, and their best player (Jose Alvarado) wouldn't be in the top four guards in St. John's rotation. The Red Storm can get a little 3-happy. And they can't defend the paint. But I don't think that the Jackets have enough guys to exploit those weaknesses.

2-Unit Play. Take #610 Memphis (+13) over Texas Tech (2:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
Memphis isn't very good in Penny Hardaway's first season. But they have some fight to them. And I don't think that they are going to get run out of the gym here on a neutral court. I also just think that Texas Tech has played a little over its head to start the season. There aren't too many teams that lose five of their top six scorers and get better the next season. Texas Tech should win this game. But, again, I will be a little surprised to see a total blowout here.

1-Unit Play. Take #617 South Dakota State (-4) over Northern Iowa (9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
I don't know the status of David Jenkins, SDSU's second-leading scorer, and it is hard to get accurate and timely data on teams from, you know, South Dakota. If Jenkins is a go then this is a stronger play. Regardless, it is a play because South Dakota State has Mike Daum and Northern Iowa doesn't. Daum is one of the best in the business. And Northern Iowa flat-out doesn't have anyone that can run with him. Ben Jacobsen doesn't have much of a team this year and they have lost four of their last six games to teams that probably aren't as good as the Jackrabbits.

3-Unit Play. Take #620 VCU (-9) over Iona (7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
Iona sucks. We've bet against this team already this year and they are 0-6 ATS in their six games. They stink. They haven't really been competitive away from home and their only two wins were close games against Albany and Hartford. Not great! VCU always has a strong home court advantage and they just absolutely get after people. Iona doesn't play any defense and I think that VCU will score at will. But it won't go the other way for Iona, a team that is devoid of the same high-end talent that they have had in the past. Again, this just isn't a good Iona team. They have had issues in their locker room and they are catching a pissed off VCU team at the wrong time, fresh off a blowout loss to rival Old Dominion.

6-Unit Play. Take #636 North Dakota (-5) over Idaho (4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
North Dakota has a definable characteristic: they can score. They play fast and they shoot really, really well. They aren't a great team. They aren't even a really good one; they are just 1-3 against D-I schools this year. But they are sure better than Idaho. The Vandals and coach Don Verlin have a system. They get a bunch of freshmen and sophomores, give them a ton of minutes for 3-4 years, and hope that the group can coalesce into something by the time they are juniors and seniors. Then all those guys graduate and they start the process anew. Well, this year they are in Year 1 of the rebuild. Tehir three best players are freshmen. They start two freshmen and a sophomore. And, predictably, they suck. They lost to a D-II school last week. And their only wins are against D-II competition this year. Now they are going on the road and facing a Summit League team that has some dudes that can put the ball in the hole. This one will be a learning experience for the young team. And a win for a North Dakota team that is more talented and more experienced. The icing on the cake is that this is a revenge game for North Dakota, which lost by 17 at Idaho last year. I think that they will return the favor here against a team that has played exactly one D-I opponent since Nov. 14.

1-Unit Play. Take #640 Wyoming (+1) over Northern Colorado (6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
I know Northern Colorado has been hot coming out of the gates. And I know that Wyoming has been kind of a disaster. But I still think it is a stretch for Wyoming to be a home underdog to a team from a smaller conference.

7-Unit Play. #1957 Washington State (+9.5) over New Mexico State (9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1)
Note: This game should be available under "Added Games" or "Extra Games"
I don't love this New Mexico State team. They are doing what they do, which is win games. But this is also a squad that lost four of its six top players from last year's team. Washington State sucks. But they are still a Pac-12 team with Pac-12 talent. Robert Franks is legit and is averaging 27 points per game. He's the best player on the floor and it is tough to give up this many points to an underdog that has the best player on the floor. Ernie Kent is a decent coach. He's also a guy that is coaching for his job so he is motivated. And this would be a nice win for his program. This is just too many points for this team to lay out and I think that Washington State will keep this one tight if not win it outright.

2-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #542 Providence (-2) over Rhode Island (5 p.m.) AND Take #620 VCU (-4) over Iona (7 p.m.)

1-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #568 Indiana (-2) over Northwestern (1 p.m.) AND Take #548 Michigan (-1.5) over Purdue (3:30 p.m.)

1-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #582 Akron (-8) over Detroit (5 p.m.) AND Take #595 Oregon (+8) over Houston (9 p.m.)

1-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #529 Gonzaga (-1.5) over Creighton (2 p.m.) AND Take #563 Nevada (-0.5) over USC (4:30 p.m.)

1-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #528 Maryland (-1.5) over Penn State (5 p.m.) AND Take #620 VCU (-4) over Iona (7 p.m.)

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Seabass first update :

700 Oklahoma ,
700 s Carolina ,
300 Marshall ,
1000 UAB ,
400 Memphis ,
500 Bama

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Hackman
cal 3
uga 13.5
nw 17

oilers 105
nyrangers 155

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Sean Michaels
8th Ever
Raise the Bar
150 Dime
College Football Play of my Career
Alabama

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Big Al

Northwestern

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ASA

5* California +3

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Executive hoop:

600% 533 Kansas St. +2.5

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Ken Thomson

3*

Boise st / Fresno st under 53

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Stephen Nover

2*

James Madison / Old Dominion under 130

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WWP - College Football

Oklahoma
California
Memphis
Alabama - Superpick

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Primetime Sports Picks For 12/01/18

5 Unit --> Ohio St. -14.5 over Northwestern (NCAAF)
3 Unit --> Clemson -27.5 over Pittsburgh (NCAAF)
3 Unit --> Boston/Minnesota OVER 212.5 (NBA)

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John Ryan

Football

8 Boise State +1 ov Fresno State 7:45pm

6 Middle Tennessee State -1 ov UAB 1:30pm


5 Georgia +13 ov Alabama 4:00pm

4 Oklahoma -8 ov Texas 12:00pm

Basketball

20 Cal Irvine -4 ov Utah State 10:00pm

6 Marquette -2 ov Kansas State 2:30pm

5 Seton Hall -3 ov Louisville 12:00pm

4 USC +6 ov Nevada 4:30pm

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Seabass final update :

300 Cornell ,
300 Kansas ,
300 Arkansas ,
300 San Diego ,
300 Utah St ,

football
300 Clemson ,
300 Fresno St ,
300 Nwestern(only if bama wins on field )