3-20-09

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Marc Lawrence

Minnesota at Houston
Play: Minnesota +11.5

When the Timberwolves take on the Rockets in Houston this evening they will be playing with same season triple revenge, a role in which they are 13-7 ATS when playing on the road and off a loss. With the Rockets looking dead ahead to a big revenge rematch with San Antonio, look for Houston to drop to 2-14-2 ATS as home favorites in games before playing the Spurs here tonight. Take the points with Minnesota.

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Alf Musketa

USC vs. Boston College
Pick: USC -2

We are very high on the Pac 10 in this Tournament. USC won the Conference Tournament and they had to, to get in. None of the games that they played were given to them, their talent and especially defense won their ticket to the Big Dance beating UCLA, Cal and ASU all teams in the Tournament. In the game vs. UCLA the top shooting team in the Nation, held them to 27% shooting with their in your face style of defense.Boston College after beating then unbeaten North Carolina has come down to earth and lost five of their last nine games including losses to NC State and Miami, both whom are not in the tournament.

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Jim Hurley

Early Plays

3* Missouri -12.5 First Round GOY

2* Utah St +5

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Special K: 20* Portland St.

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Red Dog: 4* USC OVER

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Helmut


BC/USC over 137

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Chris Jordan

Friday night sweep...


1,000? UTAH UTES - Analysis by 1 p.m. eastern



200? WISCONSIN -

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tom stryker
5* xavier

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triple crown
5* missouri

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young gun
5* fla st

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CALIFORNIA SPORTS
4 ROCKETS UNDER
4 AUBURN
4 MISSOURI
4 TEMPLE UNDER
3 southern california
3 michigan state
3 arizona under

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SMTM Sports Picks
2* Oklahoma State +3
2* N. Dakota St. +10

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Al DeMarco

Friday's Pick
10 Dime - Temple

If you consulted my brackets, you saw I thought there were only a couple of legitimate first-round upsets by lower seeds: Western Kentucky, who upset Illinois as forecasted on Thursday, plus Temple and Arizona (who I used as a free pick today).

The Owls closed the season strong, winning 10 of their last 12, going 9-3 ATS. They carry a five-game winning streak both on the floor and versus the oddsmakers into this first-round game. Last year, as a 12 seed, many thought Temple had a chance to make a little noise, but it was bounced immediately from the tournament by Michigan State. That experience will pay dividends today.

Arizona State is not a physical team with 6-9 center Jeff Pendegraph providing its lone interior presence. Temple, conversely, can hammer foes down low and hit the boards hard with a deep rotation led by 7-1 Sergio Olmos and 6-9 Lavoy Allen, both of whom have played exceptional ball down the stretch.

The Sun Devils and Owls each have strong scorers in James Harden (20.8 ppg) and Dionte Christmas (19.8 ppg), respectively. While Harden is the better all-around player, he will be facing a Temple defense holding foes to 40 percent shooing from the field. Christmas must contend with Arizona State's matchup zone defense, which is different than the one former Temple coach John Chaney employed so successfully for years, but it is similar to that used by fellow Atlantic-10 member Richmond. Christmas broke out of a recent shooting slump by pumping in 29 points in the A-10 title game against Duquesne and 20 versus Xavier in the semifinals.

In last year's tournament, Temple had to travel across two time zones; this year it's Arizona State making the long distance journey from Tempe to Miami. And while the Owls have the 2008 Big Dance experience under their belts, this marks the Sun Devils first postseason outing in six years.

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erin rynning
his 20* is utah in college

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SCORE
400 MISSOURI
300 oklahoma state
300 temple