| Range | W | L | P | +/- (Units) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | +2.00 |
| Last 30 Days | 9 | 9 | 0.00 | -0.06 |
| Season to Date | 9 | 9 | 0.00 | -0.06 |
NJIT +18 -106 over Minnesota
8:00 PM EST. The Golden Gophers are off to a hot 7-1 start with their only loss occurring against Florida State by eight, as an 8½-point dog. The Gophers also defeated Vanderbilt by four this past Saturday as a 2½-point choice. Minnesota is in first place in the Big Ten and they’re starting to get some attention. That’s precisely the time to step in and fade because they are not a first place team, they’ve played a slew of cupcakes and they’ve been at home for every game except one, which happened to be their only loss. That’s how Rick Petino operates and he passed it down to his son Richard, who coaches the Gophers. The strategy or manipulation of the system is to schedule games against very weak opponents and destroy them. Build up your resume so that people are talking and then see what happens in conference play. The Gophers are really not that strong a team. They lost 21 out of their last 24 games last year and their third, fourth, fifth and sixth leading scorers from last year are all gone. Kevin Dorsey left the program after his freshman campaign while Charles Buggs started 21 games and did a lot of the little things a team needs to win games that don’t show up on the stats sheet. As long as the Gophers keep winning and putting up skewed numbers, we are going to fade them often because right now they’re overpriced in a big way. There is a serious premium to pay to back a 7-1 Big Ten team playing an unknown Atlantic Sun team and if the Gophers cover here, good for them but we’re going with the best of it by taking back inflated points.
The Highlanders are 5-4. Only one of their four losses was by more than the points offered here on a day when they were cold as hell from the floor but they were only a 2½-point dog that day against Georgia State. In summarizing, the Highlanders have played nine times and have lost by these many points just once. NJIT played #17 Purdue tough in an 11-point loss at Purdue. They also played Utah State tough in a nine-point loss. NJIT does not have a signature win but neither do the Gophers. Damon Lynn and Tim Coleman on the same team is a dangerous duo that you might not want to give this many points to. Coleman was nominated for Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Year. As versatile as any player in the conference, Coleman finished 2015-16 ranked third in the ASUN in both steals per game and double-doubles, fourth in rebounds per game, fifth in blocks per game and three-point FG percentage and 11th in points per game. Dude is back at it this year. Meanwhile, Damon Lynn was selected to the College Court Report Top 100 Players in College Basketball for 2016-17. The Highlanders are not deep but they’re experienced and they can hang with lower level teams from major conferences. The Gophers are one such team that this guest can hang with.
Risking 2.12 units to win 2.
Good luck guys and thanks for all the positive comments in previous threads.
