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Scott Delaney Saturday winner ... 60-Dime TEMPLE OWLS ... The defense reigns supreme today, as the Owls are going to stymie Rhode Island with ease, while sending the 17th-ranked Owls (27-5) into the finals, as I fully expect them to dominate this Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinal game.
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When these two met on Feb. 13 in Philly, Temple won, 78-56, one of 20 times this season the Owls - who rank fourth nationally in scoring defense (58.6 points a game) - held an opponent to 60 or fewer points.
And it doesn't stop there, as the Owls devoured opposing offenses throughout the campaign; nine teams never made it to 50 points, while Bowling Green never even scraped the 40-point mark in a 63-39 sham on Dec. 28.
Temple, which has won its last eight games, is out to impress the Selection Committee with a dominating run through this tournament, and the Rams are just a blip on the radar screen.
The Owls have seemingly perfected their in-your-face brand of defense, something I don't believe the Rams will be able to overcome in this game. In the last 7 meetings, Temple is 5-2 SU and ATS against the Rams. Temple has won and covered three straight in this series.
Temple is on additional ATS runs of 7-0 as a favorite, 7-1 on neutral courts, 5-1 after an ATS win, 40-14 in conference play and 5-0 overall.
double-dime bet 521 Rhode Island 4.0 (-110) Bodog vs 522 Temple
Analysis:
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We are getting a lot of Value on this INFLATED line the books put up on Temple...Based more on the fact that Temple has covered 7 of their L/8 Games...Including 5 Straight...But I look for Rhode” Island to really give us 40 minutes of effort in this one, as an appearance in the Finals should get them an invite...While Temple already is assured to be in the Big Dance, and should come in over-confident after beating this team 2 times...Bottom Line, I would not be at all surprised if the Dog gets the money SU in this one...but I'll gladly grab the +4 that Bodog and other squarer books are offering...VR
Al DeMarco
Saturday's Play
15 Dime Release
Dallas Mavericks
Dallas is coming off a miserable performance Thursday at home against New Jersey, and the player who struggled most in that game was Dirk Nowitzki. The Mavs won 96-87, but had to rally from 18 down against the league's worst team.(., And Nowitzki, who had averaged 27.8 points in the previous 13 games, scored just 12 on 3-for-16 shooting from the field. Yet the team's miserable performance - and especially Dirk's - is the exact reason I love them laying the 12 or 13 points tonight against visiting New York.
Why? Two reasons: First, after such a poor effort, I expect Dallas - and especially Dirk - to come out fired up and aggressive on defense in this contest against a New York squad playing its third road game in four nights. And with the Mavs idle until Wednesday after this one, look for them to let it all hang out against the defenseless Knicks. Second reason: The Mavericks - and Dirk - have owned the visitors. A 15-1 series run, including eight straight wins, versus the Knicks with the last one the biggest in franchise history, a 128-78 blowout at the Garden on January 24. And that streak includes nine consecutive home wins since 1999, a stretch in which New York has averaged just 88.3 points. As for Dirk, he's averaged 26.5 points on 50.2% shooting in his last 14 versus New York.
The Knicks are coming off a 119-112 loss at Memphis Friday, but don't let the final score fool you. They were down by as many as 29 point in the second half before an aborted rally in garbage time.
Dallas can break a tie with Cleveland for the season's longest winning streak at 14 games with a win tonight. And it will be of the blowout variety as the Mavericks coast to a 17 point triumph.
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