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St bernadines 1-13

Boston Bruins (+122) at Anaheim Ducks (-132) - (2**)
A season-best four-game winning streak has the Anaheim Ducks thinking about a push up the Western Conference standings, just as the banged-up Boston Bruins are trying to avoid a stumble in the East. The Ducks' 3-1 win over the Blackhawks on Sunday featured Jonas Hiller's 42 saves. He has allowed six goals during the winning streak, and has won nine of his last 12 starts to help solidify the back end for a team allowing more than 3.0 goals per game this season. Boston (22-15-7) has lost three of four, including the last two at home to fall 10 points behind Northeast Division-leading Buffalo. Take the strong Ducks this game as they are proving to be getting stronger.
Take ANAHEIM.

Vancouver Canucks (-115) at Minnesota Wild (+106) - (2**)
It's Game 4 of the six-game season series, and the Canucks have all three wins, but none have come easy. The Wild are 15-6 when Latendresse is in the lineup, 8-1 when he gets a point. This is the type of game you hope you get in your partial season pack. The Canucks have been on a roll, and the Wild are playing their best hockey of the season. A great matchup tonight with whom I will take the Wild.
Take MINNESOTA.

Pittsburgh Penguins (+115) at Calgary Flames (-125) - (1*)
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames sit near the top of their respective conferences but both have issues, most notably on the power play. To the Penguins, success with the man advantage has meant the difference lately between two points and none. I think the Penguins will show their powerplay offense in this game.
Take PITTSBURGH.

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MREAST NCAAB WEDNESDAY PLAY OF THE DAY

The Connecticut Huskies can play at a high level, when they are running the floor, their athletes stand out in Dyson, Robinson, and Walker, but when they are forced into a halfcourt game, they really struggle. Last time out they let a 19 point lead slip away at Georgetown, after looking like a #1 team for 20 minutes they looked like an also ran thereafter. They have struggled all season vs teams you'd expect them to blowout, but playing 40 minutes has been an isue for this team. Now they get a tough Pitt team, that is finally healthy and it shows. Jermaine Dixon has played only 7 games, and , and this will be the 5th for Gilbert Brown, and with both on the court the Panthers have won and covered every game. They will at the very least be in this one all the way, and I'm going with Pitt here.

#725 PITT PANTHERS @ #726 UCONN HUSKIES 7PM EST

PLAY ON #725 PITT PANTHERS +6.5 -110 FOR 3 UNITS

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Bryan Leonard's 4* Mountain West Conference Game of the Year!

805/806 San Diego State at UNLV

The Rebels really struggle against physical athletic squads which was very evident in their two losses to USC and Kansas State. The Aztecs are the type of team that UNLV dreads, and it's shown in their recent meetings. San Diego State won all three match-ups with the Rebels last year including two wins on this court. Steve Fisher recruits a certain type of player to fit into his system and he always has the most athletic squad in the conference. San Diego State has won 7 of the last 10 games in this series and there is no way they should be an underdog of this magnitude tonight.

The Aztecs are off an embarrassing loss at Wyoming where they blew a double digit lead against the Cowboys. With only a home date with TCU on deck you know this is a statement game for the visitor.

UNLV is off an impressive win in The Pit against New Mexico, but they suffer a letdown here. This is just a bad match-up for the Rebels and the Aztecs exploit it.

PLAY SAN DIEGO STATE

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Randall the Handle


ANAHEIM -½ +1.17 over Boston
The Ducks woke up a few games ago and the other teams in the West had better hope this team doesn’t make the playoffs because this is not the team you want to draw in the first round. The Ducks have been wildly inconsistent with so many disturbing losses and this year is really a mirror image of last season when they were also so inconsistent but rallied late to make the playoffs. They have now won four in a row and that includes a 3-1 win in Chicago in its last game, despite being outplayed. Over that stretch the Ducks outscored its opponents 14-6 and to top it off, Jonas Hiller is really in a nice groove right now. When he’s on, Hiller has proven he’s one of the best. Enter the Bruins, a team that had dropped three of four, that’s struggling miserably to score goals and that has some key players on the rack. This is a place the Bruins seldom visit (one game here in the past seven years) and they have the Sharks up next tomorrow night. These Ducks are not a non-playoff team, yet the find themselves six points out right now. However, they’re wickedly dangerous when they show up and cannot afford not to. Play: Anaheim -½ +1.17 (Risking 2 units).

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Tom Freese Blue Line Club NBA 10* GAME OF THE WEEK GOES WEDNESDAY NIGHT!

Difficult spot here for San Antonio here as they beat the Lakers last night by 20 points. Oklahoma City who is led by the brilliant Kevin Durant who averages just under 29 points a game. Guard Russell Westbrook chips in with 16.3 points and forward Jeff Green puts up 14 points a night. The Spurs have not done well as underdogs of late going 1-7 ATS their last 8 games as road dogs. The rested Thunder will wear down the tired Spurs. NBA GAME OF THE WEEK PLAY ON #712 OKLAHOMA CITY -

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Trushel
Okla city/20*(nba)
Alabama/reg
texas tech/ reg

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Dave Malinsky

Spurs at Thunder

4* #712 OKLAHOMA CITY -1.5 over SAN ANTONIO

One of the strongest long-term patterns in the NBA has been the difficulties the Spurs continue to have in back-to-back settings, with the run at 28-45 ATS over the last 4+ seasons (you might see 27-46 from other tracking’s, but we credit them for an underdog cover in a game that they lost in O.T.). The key for our purposes is that the oddsmakers have not adjusted for this, largely because when teams of this caliber are involved there is always going to be public money for them anyway, and that the real reasons for the slide in the role are not fully understood. So in a most favorable price range we get to play again here.

Our take on the back-to-back failures has nothing to do with the advancing age of Tim Duncan and other key cogs, but the fact that one of the prime reasons for their success through the years has been the ability of Gregg Popovich to game plan for an opponent. When Popovich has a full day or more to prepare he may be the very best in the NBA at putting the X’s and O’s together, but when that time is taken away, they suddenly become a much lesser team. And that is what we have here. Off of a major home win on Tuesday against the Lakers there is precious little turnaround time for this challenge, and note that despite the big final margin the game was not put away until the latter stages, with Duncan having to toil 39:48. That takes a toll on him for this one, and with Tony Parker dealing with plantar fasciitis, which is going to make back-to-back nights awkward for him as the season progresses, this is a much more vulnerable team than the markets are projecting.

It is more than just the back-to-back nights that is being missed in this line, but the fact that San Antonio has played the softest schedule in the league to this point. The Spurs have had one road game against a winning team in the last five weeks, a 12-point loss at Phoenix, and are just 1-5 SU on the road against winning teams this season. Now a rested and ready Oklahoma City team that is only playing for the third time in seven days, having only faced the weak Pacers and Knicks in that span, can take full advantage, and with a 3-1 SU and 4-0 ATS run in the last four meetings in the series the confidence is there to get the job done.

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Smooth44

CBB

7:00PM EST
755 Georgia Tech
756 Virginia
TOP PLAY: VIRGINIA ML -115

7:00PM EST
743 Wichita State
744 Indiana State
TOP PLAY: WICHITA STATE -4

7:00PM EST
723 Minnesota U
724 Michigan State
TOP PLAY: MICHIGAN STATE -6 -120

8:00PM EST
787 UTEP
788 Houston U
TOP PLAY: HOUSTON OVER 159

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TIM TRUSHEL
Okla city/20*(nba)
Alabama/reg
texas tech/ reg

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DOC SPORTS NBA

2-Unit Play #704 Take Atlanta -11 ½ over Washington (7 p.m. EST, Wednesday)
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3-Unit Play #707 Take Boston/New Jersey OVER 187 (7:30 p.m. EST, Wednesday)
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5-Unit NBA Game of the Week #712 Take Oklahoma City -1 ½ Over San Antonio (8 p.m. EST, Wednesday)
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RAS Play #808 Nevada -3.0 for 1.00 UNIT

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GREG SHAKER

CBB Total Wed, 01/13/10 - 7:00 PM ƒŠ
triple-dime bet 725 Pittsburgh / 726 UConn OVER 132.5 BetUS
Analysis: NCAAB: Pittsburgh Panthers at Connecticut Huskies - Over 132 (Best Bet) -110 | Uni~t Value: 3
Game Date: 1/13/2010
Note: The Panthers have jumpstarted their offense in recent games and despite the slow pace that they have, they are doing two things. They are hitting high percentage shots, over 48% the last 5 games, and they are doing that because they are driving the hoop. That does another thing for us, create foul shots, and they are hitting those. We know that the Huskies are going to pace up tonight, that is what they do and they do that more often on this floor. It just simply is more easy to run your plan in front of the home crowd and with Pitt being at least as good of a rebounding team, UConn knows that getting into a brawl is not going to be the best thing to do. That is probably going to happen anyway and as stated that is going to be beneficial to us at the Free Throw Line. This line opened at 131 and I would play it up to 136.

NBA Sides Wed, 01/13/10 - 8:35 PM ƒŠ
double-dime bet 714 HOU -9.5 (-110) Bodog vs 713 MIN
Analysis: NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves at Houston Rockets - Rockets -9.5 -110 | Unit Value: 2
Game Date: 1/13/2010
Note: I know that the Wolves are more healthy than they have been all year but they are still not playing sound defense and teams that don't do that can't win on the road. They certainly have not this year and tonight they play a team that has had their number for a long time. The Rockets are 8-0-1 ATS in the last 9 meetings and having lost 4 of their last 5 with all 4 losses away from this a~rena, they will be motivated much to get one here. We could easily see an offensive explosion tonight by the Rockets, playing this team that has allowed all comers to top the century mark in their last 8 games. I am laying these points.


CBB Sides Wed, 01/13/10 - 7:00 PM ƒŠ
double-dime bet 751 St. Louis 7.0 (-110) Bodog vs 752 Duquesne
Analysis: NCAAB: Saint Louis Billikens at Duquesne Dukes - Saint Louis +7 -110 | Unit Value: 2
Game Date: 1/13/2010
Note: Too many poi~nts to give a team like the Billikens, who play a strong brand of D, do not turn the ball over, and have a bench that they can rely on. Add in the fact that the Dukes struggle from the Free Throw Stripe which makes it hard for them to close out wins. They have won just 1 of their last 5 games over a NOBODY and laying 7 here? Please


CBB Sides Wed, 01/13/10 - 7:00 PM ƒŠ
double-dime bet 729 Miami 3.5 (-110) BetUS vs 730 Va. Tech
Analysis: NCAAB: Miami Hurricanes at Virginia Tech Hokies - Miami Florida +3.5 -110 | Unit Value: 2
Game Date: 1/13/2010
Note: Just give me the team with the better bench, the better defense and 3.5 points. This Hurricane team knows how to win and with just a 1 point loss at BC as their only loser, I am going to have to back them and an outright win is e~xpected here.


CBB Sides Wed, 01/13/10 - 10:00 PM ƒŠ
double-dime bet 806 UNLV -7.0 (-110) BetUS vs 805 San Diego St.
Analysis: NCAAB: San Diego State Aztecs at UNLV Runnin' Rebels - UNLV -7 -110 | Unit Value: 2
Game Date: 1/13/2010
Note: UNLV certainly has a score to settle with the Aztecs losing the last 3 games to them. They do have the better team and a good situation tonight with a very strong bench to work with and playing their best defense of the year right now. They are 7-1 here at this arena with just a loss to KState a~nd they simply did not matchup well with them. They do with the Aztecs and I think they win this one going away.

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FANTASY SPORTS GAMETIME

Wednesday Basketball

NCAA Basketball

1000* Play Clemson (-3.5) over North Carolina (ACC GOY)

Clemson has won 7 of the last 8 games and they have also won 8 of the last 9 games coming off a win by 10 points or more. Clemson has won 3 consecutive home games when the total posted is between 150 and 154.5 points and they are only allowing an average of 59 points a game on defense at home this season.


BONUS PLAYS


50* Play Miami (+3) over Virginia Tech (BONUS NCAA PLAY)

Miami is 15-1 this season and they have also covered the spread in 5 consecutive games coming off a home game. Miami has covered the spread in 8 of the last 10 games coming off a win by 6 points or less and they are only allowing an average of 58 points a game on defense this season.


NBA Basketball

50* Play Atlanta (-11) over Washington (NBA PLAY)

Atlanta has won and covered the spread in 3 of the last 4 games and they have also covered the spread in 6 of the last 7 games coming off a game as an underdog. Atlanta has won 8 of the last 10 home games when the total posted is between 205 and 209.5 points and they are averaging over 109 points a game on offense at home this season.

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Wunderdog Sports
Sport: College Basketball
Game: Saint Louis Billikens @ Duquesne Dukes - Wednesday January 13, 2010 7:00 pm
Pick: 5 units ATS: Saint Louis Billikens +7.5 (-110)

Rick Majerus continues to employ the slowdown tactics designed to keep his team in the game as he rebuilds the talent at St. Louis. That means that this is a hard team to stretch out the lead against. They have faced some very good teams, but show the largest deficit in any loss at just 12 points. Last year they had success vs. this Duquesne team beating them at home then falling by just 2 on the road. Damien Saunders has been a beast for the Dukes averaging 14.4 points per game and 12.8 rebounds per game, but he could get bottled up in the zone employed by Majerus here. With none of the top three scorers producing better than 24% from deep, that zone could have him surrounded and tough for the Dukes to find consistent offense. I'll go with St. Louis in this one.