1-6-10

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Re: 1-6-10

karl Garrett

20 DIMER - CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS

As you can imagine, I do a lot of reading, and studying before I pull the trigger on a selection, and a lot of the reading I have done has talked about this Troy team being very dangerous tonight.

I agree to a certain extent, as Troy does bring some strong credentials to the table tonight, and they are playing a lot closer to their campus than the Chippewas are, BUT I will be siding with Central Michigan in this one, as my belief is QB Dan Le Fevour is the difference maker.

Central Michigan went 7-2 against the spread this season when favored, and they are looking for a little "closure", as they have lost their last pair of bowl games leading up to this one.

Sure, coach Butch Jones has departed for Cincinnati, but that fact is directly reflected in the line, and to me there is no value in backing Troy plus this small price.

LeFevour and his Chipps close it out with the win and cover.

10 DIMER - DREXEL DRAGONS

VCU comes in at 9-3 this season, while Drexel is at 7-8 thanks to their last win over Georgia State that stopped a 3 game slide.

Excellent chance for the Dragons to even their season ledger at 8-8, as they do owe the Rams a few paybacks, as VCU is on a 6-game series win streak, going 4-2-1 against the spread in that span!

This will be the Rams 1st road game since December 19th, and I have a feeling the oddsmakers are trying to bait you into backing them at this near pick price, but don't do it.

Drexel will come through with the home win, as they even their season record to 8-8.

Take the Dragons!

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Re: 1-6-10

Doc College BBall


4 Unit Play. #521 Take Michigan State -5 ½ over Wisconsin (6:30 pm Big 10 Network) The Badgers have been playing well, but I believe that they lack of talent will eventually catch up with them. The Spartans own a 67-58 series lead over the Badgers, which includes a 61-50 triumph over Wisconsin last season. Michigan State has the size to match-up inside with Wisconsin and their guards will from Trevon Hughes into bad decisions. Unlike Penn State, Michigan State can defend.

5 Unit Play. #560 Take Missouri State -2 ½ over Wichita State (8:05 pm) This is a match-up of two of the best Valley teams during non-conference tonight, JQH Arena in Springfield, MO. The Bears have come out of nowhere and Cuonzo Martin has done a great job turning this program around. The Bears have won five of the last eight matchups against Wichita State and now own a 28-23 edge over the Shockers in the all-time series. Wichita State has played a home heavy schedule to open the season with 10 of their 15 games being played in Wichita. That will catch up with them starting tonight, as the Bears move to 9-0 this season at home.

4 Unit Play. #586 Take BYU -8 ½ over UNLV (10 pm the Mtn) BYU does not lose at home and UNLV is not the same team, when they play outside the state of Nevada. BYU lost both games to UNLV last season and thus they will have payback on their minds this evening. BYU scores enough points to cover this spread since four of their last five games have seen them get at least 91 points

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Re: 1-6-10

Adam Meyer
Central Michigan -2

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Re: 1-6-10

Doc's NBA5-Unit NBA Game of the Week #507 Take Boston/Miami UNDER 188 (7:30 p.m. EST, Wednesday3-Unit Play #510 Take Oklahoma City -4 Over New Orleans (8 p.m. EST, Wednesday4-Unit Play #520 Take LA Clippers +5 Over LA Lakers (10:30 p.m. EST, Wednesday

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Re: 1-6-10

Matt Fargo CBB
5-0 LAST 5

GAME: Cornell @ Kansas Jan 6, 2010 8:00PMSPORT: College Basketball PicksPICK: Cornell Offered at: 22 BelmontREASON FOR PICK: This is risky going up against the top team in the nation but a massive amount of points has us taking. Kansas is the best team in the country without much of an argument but this is a pretty tough spot. Yes, the Jayhawks have won 50 straight games at Allen Fieldhouse and a lot of those have been blowouts but Kansas is coming off a road win at Temple and it has another road game at Tennessee on Sunday making this a difficult one to get up for. The Jayhawks are well aware of the recent success for Cornell so they certainly will not be looking past the Big Red but this is a ton of points to cover against a big time quality opponent. Cornell enters this game with a 12-2 record and it is currently riding a 10-game winning streak. The Big Red have actually played a tougher schedule than Kansas this season and the results have been favorable with some quality wins on the slate. They are 9-1 away from home which is the best winning percentage in the nation and included among Cornell’s road wins are victories over teams from the SEC (Alabama), the Big East (St. John’s), the Atlantic 10 (Massachusetts and La Salle), as well as perennial mid-major powers Bucknell, Davidson and Vermont. Overall, Cornell’s 12-2 record after 14 games is tied for the best start in school history. If Kansas does pull out to a big lead, every point is going to count for Cornell and that means free throws become very important. The top four players in the backcourt, Louis Dale, Geoff Reeves, Ryan Wittman and Chris Wroblewski have made 91-105 free throws this season (86.7 percent), including 36-42 in the final three minutes of games within 10 points (85.7 percent). Cornell also has a nice situation on its side. Play against favorites of 20 or more points that are coming off a win against the number and playing only their 2nd game in eight days. This situation is 83-33 ATS (71.6 percent) over the last five seasons. Also, Cornell will be getting senior guard Louis Dale back in the lineup tonight after he missed the last three games with an ankle injury.

3* Cornell Big Red

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Re: 1-6-10

TOMMY GUNN

College Football
Troy/Central Michigan: Over 63

College Hoops
Missouri St -2.5 over Witchita St: 8:05 PM
Southern Cal + 1 over Stanford 10:00 PM
Southern Cal/Stanford Under 124.5: 10:00 PM
Wisconsin/Michigan St: Over 134: 6:00 PM
Duke -13 over Iowa St: 9:00 PM

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Re: 1-6-10

FantasySportsGametime

Wednesday Football


NCAA Football

100* Play Troy (+2.5) over Central Michigan (TOP NCAA PLAY)

Troy has won 6 consecutive games coming off a bye week and they have also won 15 of the last 16 games coming off an OVER the total. Troy has won 6 of the last 7 games when the total posted is 63 points or greater and they are averaging over 33 points a games on offense this season.

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Re: 1-6-10

Nick "BookieKiller" Parsons

Colorado -160

For a number of different reasons I believe we're getting excellent value on the home side in this situation:

The Islanders, opening a three-game trip, played past regulation in three straight and four of their last five contests. New York’s last three games went to shootouts, with the Isles winning twice.

After taking a three-goal lead three times Sunday, the Islanders allowed Atlanta to tie it in the third period before posting a 6-5 shootout victory.

I expect a "letdown" this evening.

The "achilles heel" of this team for the longest time has been its play on the road, and it continues to be a weak spot again this year; 7-18 its last 25 away from friendly confines.

On the other side of the rink: The Avalanche look to continue their success against the Islanders in Denver when the teams meet for the only time this season Wednesday night.

In its last game Sunday, Colorado won 3-2 at Columbus on T.J. Galiardi’s goal off a rebound with 57.8 seconds left.

Colorado has 54 points after 43 games, one season after finishing with a Western Conference-low 69 points. Rookie center Ryan O’Reilly, though, knows the Avs need to shore up their play.

“(Letting teams) right back into it has been a tendency for us lately, but we are young and we have the leadership and we’re changing that,” he said. “In order for us to be successful down the road, that’s something we have to do.”

Remember, not only are the Av's 5-2 their last seven overall, they are also 4-2 their last six at the Pepsi Center.

Bottom line: Colorado has a long history of dominating the Islanders at home, 6-1-1 in front of the home town faithful vs. the Isles, and I expect this trend to continue tonight; look for COLORADO to improve to 9-3 (+7.6 units) in non-conference games and for New York to fall to 2-5 (-3.1 units) in non-conference games!

6* COLORADO

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Re: 1-6-10

ATS LOCK CLUB
3 Units on Troy (+3) over Central Mich, 7pmET

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Re: 1-6-10

Tony George

BYU -9

UNLV has some dissention among their team on playing time local sources report, and while I looked at this line the opposite way at first, BYU is shooting 58% from the floor and 46% from 3 point range and scoring 93 ppg in their last 5 games, and they hit the offensive glass hard. They are unbeatable at home and UNLV is coming off a bad neutral site loss to a poor USC team. Love the Cougars at home here by 15. Play

1 Unit on BYU.

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Re: 1-6-10

Marc Lawrence

St. Joseph's +14

3-unit play on St. Joseph's.

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Re: 1-6-10

RIGHT ANGLE SPORTS (RAS)
1 Unit. Wyoming -3
1 Unit. Virginia-Commonwealth +1

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Re: 1-6-10

Ferrringo 1/6

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2.5-Unit Play. Take #522 Michigan State (-5.5) over Wisconsin (6:30 p.m.)
Another trend I’ve noticed this year is that when two Top 25 teams face one another the favorite has managed to take the cash more times than not. I’m going with that, among other reasons, as we ride the Spartans. The home team has won 10 straight in this series and is 8-2 ATS during that stretch. The favorite is also 7-3 ATS when these two meet and Michigan State is on a 5-2 ATS run. Wisconsin has covered three straight games so the oddsmakers are going to start to catch up with them a bit. Michigan State, on the other hand, has struggled at the window this year – but mainly against inflated double-digit lines. Wisconsin has played just two true road games this year, one of which was a four-point loss at Wisconsin-Green Bay. Michigan State has had issues in the nonconference portion of the season. But now that their “second season” is here I think that they start to gear back up. This one is all Sparty.

3-Unit Play. Take #540 UNC-Wilmington (-5) over Georgia State (7 p.m.)
It’s been a heck of a couple weeks for Wilmington and I think they are ready to breakout. They hosted Wake Forest and played the Demon Deacons tough in mid-December, and then have had road games at Richmond, at VCU and at William & Mary – three of the toughest teams in the region. Georgia State is one of only three teams ranked No. 150 or below that the Seahawks have played this year (their schedule has been brutal) and all three were UNC-W wins by 20, 30 and 20 points. It won’t be that ugly here tonight but I think that our side gets the cash. GSU has played exactly two teams ranked in the Top 140 this year – FSU and N.C. State. Their schedule has been just riddled with patsies. So that’s the foundation here: Wilmington has played much better against significantly better competition than inflated GSU. Mix in revenge and a nice home court edge and I like our boys to take care of the short line.

2.5-Unit Play. Take #556 Bradley (-3.5) over Indiana State (8 p.m.)
Indiana State is off to a really nice start in conference play this year but I’m going to fade their momentum here. They are going up against a team that has really had their number in recent year, with Bradley going 5-1 SU and ATS in the last six meetings. Indiana State has performed well ATS on the road recently, but over the last five years they have been pretty bad away from home. In fact, just about a week ago they got wrecked by 18 points at Southern Illinois and prior to that barely won at Toledo. Not inspiring. The Braves were without leading scorer and main big man Taylor Brown in their last game against Wichita State. He is back. And with four players managing 9.7 points or more they have enough options here to really get after Indiana State. ISU hasn’t felt the effects of losing Jake Kelly yet. But I think they will on the road here.

2.5-Unit Play. Take #533 Charlotte (+13.5) over Tennessee (7 p.m.)
Now, had there not been the suspensions for Tennessee I think that this line would have been around 18. That's around what it was when Charlotte played at Duke and at Louisville. So it's reasonable to expect that to be the approximate line in this game. So you're telling me that Tennessee losing four of its top eight players, including its leader and best all-around player (Tyler Smith) is only worth about four points on the line? Really? Tennessee has a huge game with Kansas coming up on the horizon, so do you think that their focus is on this game? And what about the letdown from the big Memphis win (I would have played this game as a Letdown/Look Ahead no matter what the number, and even if UT was at full strength.) I know that the entire Vols Nation will rally around this team tonight. But the bottom line here is that this number is way too thick for a team that we don't know what we're going to get out of. I mean, Tennessee struggled to put away a team like Wyoming at home. They barely beat DePaul, and only beat ETSU and COC by 12 and 17, respectively. Those teams aren't as good as Charlotte and that gets us around the number we need. Tennessee plays that And-1 style of basketball where they don't execute and they let teams hang around. They don't defend particularly well, they lose a ton of rebounding presence with Smith and Brian Williams out, and now with less slashers getting to the hole it will make it harder for Scotty Hopson to get open looks. Charlotte is a team that loves to shoot the three. That's about the worst type of team Tennessee wants to see right now. Because of Charlotte is hitting shots early and they get some confidence then they could win this game. Ask Louisville. Is Tennessee without four of its top players that much better than Louisville? I think not. And Charlotte blew them out of their own building. Only reason that this isn't a Game of the Month play is because of the emotion involved. But I'll take the points.

2-Unit Play. Take #586 BYU (-8) over UNLV (10 p.m.)
The Cougars have won by 22, by 30 and by 54 in their last three games. They are one of the best home teams in the country and they are the clear-cut best team in the WAC. Here they have their home opener in conference play and I think that they make the most of it. They have revenge from losing three straight games to the Rebels (including once at home). Prior to that BYU had beaten UNLV by 26 and 27 points in their prior two trips to Provo. This one won’t be that ugly but I think we should expect a double-digit beating.

1.5-Unit Play. Take #582 Iowa State (+13) over Duke (9 p.m.)
We may be catching Duke at a decent time here. Take them away from their home court and they have been just “pretty good”. They beat Connecticut by 9 and Arizona State by 11, and they lost at Wisconsin. They did hammer Gonzaga, but I’m throwing that game right out the window. Other than that, Duke has just beaten up bad and mediocre teams in Cameron Indoor. Now, I like this Duke team. I do. I think that they are much, much better than what they have been over the past three years. But 13 is a lot of points here for a team that will be desperate for this game and is playing a bit closer to home. The crowd will be behind the Cyclones and this game is kind of the Super Bowl for Iowa State. I think that they are athletic enough not to get run off the floor, that they have enough individual skill to hang around, and they have they played a tough enough schedule over the past month-plus to make this a game and make the points hold up. This team plays powerhouses every year in the Big 12. They won’t be scared of the Blue Devils.

1.5-Unit Play. Take #552 Kansas (-21) over Cornell (8 p.m.)
1-Unit Play. First Half: Take #552 Kansas (-11) over Cornell (8 p.m.)
I gotta think that there is a better chance of Cornell losing by 35 than their is them losing by 15 tonight. Cornell shoots the 3. That's it. That's what they do. Well, Kansas plays suffocating man-to-man and will tag all of Cornell's shooters. Kansas has shown over the past two years that they will run the score up on people and leave their starters in for a game that is out of hand. This game is less of a look ahead for Kansas after the Tennessee suspensions, so I think that this game will be their focus. Cornell is a lot like Michigan and Cal, two teams that Kansas handled, only Cornell is nowhere near as athletic or talented. Jeff Foote is going to get in foul trouble and Louis Dale has a gimpy ankle. Kansas should not be overlooking this game. The best team Cornell has played since Thanksgiving? That would be St. John's. Not exactly the same class here. Despite losing by just 15, Cornell was down over 20 points late in that Syracuse game earlier in the season. And that was with Cornell shooting the lights out in a regional Rivalry game against a team that was giving up open looks in a zone. I think this one is ugly.

1-Unit Play. Take #529 Towson (+11.5) over Hofstra (7 p.m.)
0.5-Unit Play. Take ‘Under’ 140.0 Towson at Hofstra (7 p.m.)
Hofstra is a good little team with one stud scorer. But they are coming off a tough, tough loss at George Mason and have a key stretch with Old Dominion, VCU and William & Mary on the horizon. That makes this the quintessential Letdown/Look Ahead game as a double-digit favorite against a team that they have already beaten once this year by 20 points. Both of these teams has been pretty bad over their last five games and I’m not sure that Hofstra is the type of team that will just step on the court and lay the wood to someone. Towson has come very close but has failed to cover three straight games, all by just a couple of buckets. They are getting about three extra points as a result and that will make the difference.

1-Unit Play. Take #543 Richmond (-2.5) over Duquesne (7 p.m.)


0.5-Unit Play. Take #568 Marquette (-2) over Georgetown (8 p.m.)


0.5-Unit Play. Take #588 California (-14.5) over UCLA (10:30 p.m.)
UCLA is terrible. I know that they have the rivalry aspect of this game on their side, but Cal has just been wrecking people over the last month and they have the revenge for five straight UCLA beatings. Some of those losses were pretty ugly too. And if UCLA can lose by 14 at home to Arizona they can lose by 15 on the road against Cal. The Bruins are 0-3 ATS in their last three trips away from home.


0.5-Unit Play. Take #575 Northern Iowa (Pk) over Southern Illinois (9 p.m.)


0.5-Unit Play. Take #546 St. Bonaventure (-3) over George Washington (7 p.m.)



These are 5-point teasers:
2-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #533 Charlotte (+18.5) over Tennessee (7 p.m.) AND Take #586 BYU (-3) over UNLV (10 p.m.)

1.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #548 Massachusetts (-10) over Fordham (7:30 p.m.) AND Take #571 Seton Hall (+11.5) over Connecticut (9 p.m.)

1-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #559 Wichita State (+8) over Missouri State (8 p.m.) AND Take #538 Syracuse (-3) over Memphis (7 p.m.)

1-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #531 William & Mary (Pk) at Delaware (7 p.m.) AND Take #536 Providence (+8.5) over Louisville (7 p.m.)

1-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #582 Iowa State (+18) over Duke (9 p.m.) AND Take #586 BYU (-3) over UNLV (10 p.m.)

0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #577 Houston (-1) over Rice (9 p.m.) AND Take #571 Seton Hall (+11.5) over Connecticut (9 p.m.)

0.5-Unit Play. TEASER: Take #588 California (-9.5) over UCLA (10:30 p.m.) AND Take #529 Towson (+16.5) over Hofstra (7 p.m.)

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Re: 1-6-10

MCA Sports

Troy Trojans vs. Central Michigan Chippewas

Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. est.
Stadium: Ladd Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Alabama
Team records:
Troy: 9-3 SU, 8-4 ATS
Central Michigan: 11-2 SU, 9-3 ATS
Troy scored 24 points in the fourth quarter to roar
past Louisiana-Lafayette 48-31 in Week 13.
Central Michigan roared out to an early lead
en route to a 20-10 victory over Ohio in Week 14.
Edge: Chippewas
OUR OPINION: Central Michigan Chippewas -2½

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Re: 1-6-10

charlie

ncaaf. central mich-2, troy vs central mich over 63 & nba. golden st @ minnesota over 224. (500* triple play 2 of 3 must win or next day is free).
nba. charlotte+4' (30*)
nba. minnesota-2' (20*)
ncaab. michigan st-6 (20*)
ncaab. nc wilmington-5' (10*)
nba. cleveland-13 (10