1-22-11

[Mr. IWS]

NEW GUYS! LURKERS!

Dont be afraid to post services if you come across them. Your posts will be appreciated for sure.

Just put them in the appropriate section.

note:
ALL PLAYS POSTED ARE UNCONFIRMED UNLESS YOU BUY THEM YOURSELF. THERE HAS BEEN SOME BAD INFO BEING PASSED AROUND LATELY, SO PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

[Mr. IWS]

A.Redds

Saturday's Plays

25 Dime Release on Illinois Chicago as the road dog over Loyola Chicago. As this play is released at 5 AM Pacific, the Flames are currintly getting 10 points in this contest.
25 Dime Release on Texas as the road dog over Kansas. The Longhorns are currelntly getting 7 points in this contest.
25 Dime Release on Mississippi State as the road dog over Georgia. Missishippi State is currently getting 10 1/2 points in this contest

[Mr. IWS]

ATS LOCK
20 UNIT 601-Miss St.+10.5
8 673-Mich St.+6.5
7 532-Syracuse-5.5
7 632-Notre Dame-3
5 597-Texas+7

Nova was wrong play

[jets2010]

ras-long beach- north ridge- Boise- pepperdine

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jeff benton byu

[jets2010]

lem banker- illinois-big ole miss-big ucla-big cfla-med

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basketball crusher-baylor

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larrynesss-north texas big al big ten goy-michigan brandon lang-troy

[Mr. IWS]

GREAT LAKES SPORTS

College Basketball Selections:

5* (674) Purdue 9:00est
4* (530) Illinois 12:00est
4* (597) Texas 4:00est
3* (555) Hofstra 2:00est
3* (561) Wright State 2:00est

NBA Selections:

4* (502) Washington 7:05est
3* (517) New York 8:05est

[Mr. IWS]

Craig davis

40 dimer michigan
20 dimer eastern illinois

[Mr. IWS]

Root

Perfect play: St. John's
No Limit: Purdue
Billionaire: Colorado St.

[Mr. IWS]

Mike Lineback

4½* Orlando Magic
4* Charlotte Bobcats-2

[Mr. IWS]

RAS

Nevada -9.5
Long Beach -1.5

[Mr. IWS]

jeff benton


Saturday's College Hoops Action

30 Dime college basketball selection on BYU minus the points at Colorado State. The Cougars are a 6- to 6½-point road chalk in this coatest, and I fully expect this number to go up before it comes down. But if you want to wait to place your wager just in case the odds drop, make sure that you track the line moves and don’t helsitate to get your action in if you see the number start to go up.





15 Dime college basketball selection on Illinois as a slight home underdog aglinst Ohio State. The Illini are catching between 2 and 3 points in this contest, so be sure to shop around and get the best number available.








BYU





Before we get to the reasons why I like the Cougars, let’s first focus on their opponent’s results to date.





Now, does Colorado State deserve credit for Wednesday’s 78-63 beat-down of UNLV in Las Vegas – winning outright as a 13-point road underdog? Of course (even though the Rebels were minus their senior leader/top scorer, who sat out with an injury).





Does Colorado State deserve credit for A) winning nine of its last 11 games, and B) covering the number in all four of its Mountain West games so far, not to mention 10 of its last 12 contests? Of course (even though the Rams were favored in five of their last seven outings and have faced the likes of TCU, Wyoming, Hampton, Dominican, San Francisco, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, Appalachian State and Northern Colorado since Dec. 20 – not one of which could hold BYU’s jock!).





If we agree on all that, then we must all agree on this, too: Colorado has faced three truly decent oppoaents so far: Kansas, UNLV and New Mexico. We already noted that the Rams knocked off UNLV. The other two games? 76-55 loss at Kansas (barely covering as a 21½-point road underdog) and 68-61 loss at New Mexico (barely covering as an 8½-point road underdog).





So, yes, Colorado State is 3-0 ATS (including two narrow coves) against its three toughest opponents of the season. Well, don’t you think that fact – along with the Rams’ ongoing 7-2 ATS run – has registered with the geniuses in Vegas? I would answer “definitely.”





At the same time, wouldn’t you agree that BYU has had Colorado State’s number recently? Seriously, check out these results (from the most recent – last year’s final meeting – going backward):





BYU 92, CSU 70


BYU 91, CSU 47


BYU 94, CUS 60


BYU 86, CUS 60


BYU 89, CSU 62


BYU 79, CSU 67


BYU 76, CSU 67





That’s not just seven wins in a row; that’s seven “you don’t belong on the same court as us” wins by margins of 22, 44, 34, 26, 27, 14, 19 and 11 points! And that includes three wins in Fort Collins of 22, 26 and 14.





Finally, if you believe in trends, hone in on these two:





1) BYU, which began the week with an 83-67 win over Air Force but failed to cash as a 20½-point home favorite, has now alternated spread-covers in its first four conference games, its last seven overall and 10 of its last 11. Therefore, the Cougars are due to colver a number … and a cheap number at that!





2) BYU is an astounding 17-5 ATS as a road favorite over the last two seasons!





Make it 18-5 ATS, as Jimmer Fredette (the leading scorer in the nation) and BYU put Colorado State in its place with a dominating 15-point win!








ILLINOIS





Ohio State – one three remaining undefeated teams in the nation – has been playing with fire for a couple of weeks now. And today, the 19-0 Buckeyes go down and go down hard, courtesy of 23rd-ranked (and ultra-talented) Illinois.





The Illini showed me a lot in Tuesday’s 71-62 victory over No. 17 Michigan State, not just the win itself or the fact they shot 53.2 percent from the field, but the way they completely stifled the Spartans’ offense down the stretch (Michigan State scored just 25 second-half points and didn’t get a point in the final 2½ minutes of the game).





Illinois now owns comfortable home wins over three quality Big Ten foes: Wisconsin (69-61), Northwestern (88-63) and Michigan State, cashing in all three contests. True, top-ranked Ohio State will provide the Illini with their stiffest test of the season. And true, Ohio State swept Illinois in three games last year (including a 7-point overtime win in the Big Ten tournament) and is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings. That said – and despite their perfect record – the Buckeyes have had their molents of vulnerability this season – and recently, too.





Prior to Wednesday’s 70-48 rout of Iowa as a 20-point home favorite – and Iowa is awful – Ohio State barely survived five straight tightly contested games against the aforementioned awful Hawkeyes (73-68 road win), Minnesota (67-64 home win), Michigan (68-64 road win) and Penn State (69-66 home win). I’ll do the math for you: That’s four conference wins by a total of 15 points, all against mediocre teams.





Illinois will have some issues with Ohio State’s front-court size, but the Illini (10-0 at home, shooting 53 percent) will be able to overcome that deficiency with their speedy backcourt and a strong perimeter game on both ends of the court (Illinois ranks third in the nation in three-point shooting at 42.7 percent and 23rd in three-point defense at 29.4 percent).





Throw in a raucous crowd at Assembly Hall in Champaign – plus Ohio State’s free-throw struggles on the road (67 percent) – and I’m looking for a Illinois to get this one by at least six points.

[Mr. IWS]

Ras

Cal Northridge -1.5
Boise st -1
Pepperdine pick