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Dr chuck
Rhode island vs dayton
Play: Rhode Island +10 (or +10.5 if this is available)
Everyone in the nation has now been let in on the Dayton secret to this point...the Super Bowl has come and gone, we are just about a month away from Selection Sunday, and college hoops are going to be the focus of more and more eyeballs each day...while Vegas now has to adjust to the games becoming a Pro AND Joe gambling sport for the next 6 weeks!
UD has not lost a single game this season in regulation...only losing in overtime to Kansas and Colorado, they have the top rated offense in the league, can shoot lights out from deep, have a Naismith POY contender (despite being an A10 school) in Obi Toppin who has played himself well into the lottery by this point, and are increasingly more likely to actualize the goal of being a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament...as crazy as this sounds. Obi Toppin and Jalen Crutcher could start for Duke or Kentucky if we're being honest...and Anthony Grant is doing an amazing job stepping down a level, with a solid chance at national coach of the year! All this being said...the cracks have shown of late...2 very tight games against St. Louis including a buzzer beating 3 and down late in the 2nd on the rematch, St. Joe's having the lead nearly 30 minutes into their matchup, and Duquesne storming back to put a scare into the Flyers as that win came to an end.
This may sound crazy, but UD may not even be the overall hottest team in their own conference...and yes they haven't lost a game...but Rhode Island is also an A10 team, have won 10 in a row, play excellent perimeter defense, guard without fouling, have an absolute stud floor leader in Fatts Russell, who can also shoot the hell out of the basketball, and 2 interior players that can score and defend and make life much harder inside for Obi. During this 10 game streak, they have covered 5 for 5 on the road...overally have covered 7 of 9 road games...and NEED to make an excellent showing in this matchup! Rhode Island has a definite shot, the way they have been playing to make the big dance as well...but if they want to hush any naysayers a win here at UD Arena will go a long way to making that statement....especially catching UD in a vulnerable spot...
The Flyers rely on the 3 point shot...as well as defensive advantages...neither of which will be the case tonight. Rhode Island leads the A10, by a wide margin, in 3 point defense...allowing less than 23% shooting beyond the arc...in fact are the 5th best team nationally. They also tend to have the FT advantage both home AND away, which is huge for a road game...potentially being on the negative side of the calls from the referees..as they are not prone to such issues.
Brass tax...this line is flat out kooky talk...I don't even know if TONIGHT, we know who the better team will be! Yet, one of these teams on a double digit win streak is getting double digit points added to their total at the final buzzer...and that team is the Rams....who will flat out have more of the desire than the Flyers...and are not a team UD can just go through the motions and defeat like they have tended to do of late!
I think Rhode Island could very damn well win this game....and while I won't give a prediction on the actual outcome...I think it's a 1 possession game for a large portion of this game....and with 10 points I would say this is close to one of the best plays I've seen on the entire season!
The key to this game is likely going to be if the Pelicans can slow down Damian Lillard. When the Blazers were infamously swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Pelicans during the 2017-18 season, Jrue Holiday helped limit Lillard to 18.5 points per game. Lillard didn’t play the first time these teams met this season, but he scored only 18 points in an eight-point loss to the Pelicans in Portland back in December. With the Blazers’ 12-16 record ATS on the road and the potential for Lillard to struggle, I’ll take the Pelicans to cover.
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3-Unit Play. #613. Take Kentucky -11.5 over Vanderbilt (Tuesday @ 7pm est)
Make that 3 Straight Winners in a row and we look to make it 4 Straight Winners in a row today. Note, we have a 7*NHL Selection today and we are a Remarakble 13-2 with NHL Top Plays and have posted a +2000 Season and very excited about today's selection. Let's Roll. Note, we are 13-3 for +2300 the last 3 Day sin All Sports of NBA/CBB/NHL/XFL/Soccer - Take a moment and sign up for the Entire Season in all these sports. And we have won 3 Straight Years in the MLB and come off a Winning WNBA Season as well. Lots of money to be made. Per Kentucky here for our 4th straight winner, you really think they will overlook Vanderbilt again? No way. This is a team that was down at the half by 7 points to Vanderbilt earlier this year and it was a shocker but they managed to pull it together and win by single digits. Now, this team plays Vanderbilt who has been playing well, coming off a big win over LSU in the SEC for their first win in the SEC in 2 years but the difference here is Kentucky will be focused as they are tied in the SEC Standings with Auburn and LSU. This is a team that will be motivated, will not take Vandy lightly at all and I think Kentucky will show who Kentucky is today and win relatively comfortably.
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