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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7​

GameTime(ET)PickUnits
MARQ at CONN06:30 PMMARQ +4.0
O 147.5		+500 +500
RUTG at IND06:30 PMIND -4.5
O 135.5		+500 +500
DAY at VCU07:00 PMDAY +3.5
O 130.5		+500 +500
CHS at DSU07:00 PMCHS -5.0
O 134.0		+500 +500
AUB at TAM07:00 PMTAM -3.0
O 138.0		+500 +500
EMU at BUFF07:00 PMBUFF -10.0
O 160.5		+500 +500
BALL at CMU07:00 PMBALL -8.5
O 138.5		+500 +500
TOL at AKR07:00 PMTOL +2.0
O 147.5		+500 +500
WMU at M-OH07:00 PMM-OH -3.0
O 149.0		+500 +500
BGSU at KENT07:00 PMBGSU +14.0
O 147.5		+500 +500
LOU at PITT07:00 PMLOU +15.5
O 139.0		+500 +500
CIN at TULN07:00 PMTULN -1.5
O 153.0		+500 +500
ETSU at UNCG07:00 PMUNCG -10.0
O 127.5		+500 +500
UNC at WAKE07:00 PMWAKE +0.0
O 154.0		+500 +500
MISS at UGA07:00 PMMISS +1.5
O 140.0		+500 +500
OHIO at NIU08:00 PMNIU +5.0
O 150.5		+500 +500
DRKE at MURR08:00 PMMURR +3.5
O 141.0		+500 +500
SJU at BUT08:30 PMBUT -1.5
O 144.5		+500 +500
TCU at KSU09:00 PMKSU -5.0
O 149.0		+500 +500
SCAR at MIZZ09:00 PMMIZZ -15.5
O 146.5		+500 +500
URI at SLU09:00 PMSLU -11.0
O 142.5		+500 +500
MD at MSU09:00 PMMD +3.5
O 131.0		+500 +500
NCST at UVA09:00 PMNCST +7.0
O 133.5		+500 +500
ARK at UK09:00 PMUK -5.5
O 138.0		+500 +500
CSU at AFA09:00 PMAFA -1.5
U 135.0		+500 +500
SJSU at FRES10:00 PMFRES -3.0
O 125.5		+500 +500
NEV at UNM10:30 PMUNM -4.0
O 150.0		+500 +500
 
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Wednesday’s 6-pack
Six college hoop teams who force the most turnovers:
26.9%— Iowa State
25.9%— UNLV
24.8%— VCU
24.8%— UCLA
24.8%— Stephen F Austin
24.7%— Missouri

Quote of the Day
“The most important things in life aren’t things.”
Anthony J. D’Angelo

Wednesday’s quiz
Who coached the Eagles the first time they played in a Super Bowl?

Tuesday’s quiz
Richmond’s basketball team is known as the Spiders.

Monday’s quiz
Chicago Bears have played in two Super Bowls; Rex Grossman started at QB in the one they lost.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

— Thunder 133, Lakers 130— Lebron James scored 38 points, became NBA’s all-time leading scorer, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was at this game.

I’m hoping that part of all this happening will be young people realizing how freakin’ great a player Kareem was; he won all the time in college, he also won a ton in the NBA, but he’s slipped out of the public spotlight and he’s not exactly a people person.

Guys who played before ESPN started get neglected in talks about all-time greats; Rick Barry falls into that category, too, to a lesser degree.

Lakers are now 25-30, the 13th seed in the 15-team Western Conference; they’re two games out of the last playoff slot in the West.

Lakers were +8 in the 34:00 Lebron played, minus-11 in the 14:00 he sat out.

— Kyrie Irving got traded to Dallas this week; opinions varies on who got the best of the deal.

Irving played three years with Cleveland when Lebron was on the team; Cavaliers went 43-16 in playoff games those years, winning one title, losing the Finals another year. It is funny how many guys win a lot when they’re on the same team as Lebron.

In Irving’s 10 other NBA seasons, his teams are a combined 23-25 in playoff games. There is very little actual evidence that he is worth the $34M or so he makes a year.

The last four years, Irving has played in 143 of his team’s 259 games; one of the best abilities is availability/dependability. We’ll see how he does with Luka Doncic as a teammate.

— Oklahoma has six alumni playing in the Super Bowl this week; Florida, Michigan, Mississippi State all have four.

21 SEC players will be on the field Sunday night; 16 players from the Big 14 will play.

— San Francisco 49ers hired Steve Wilks as their new defensive coordinator; Wilks went 6-6 as interim coach at Carolina this season- he replaces Demeco Ryans, who is the new head coach for the Houston Texans.

— In six of last eight Super Bowls, the longest touchdown play was less than 35 yards.

— Chiefs’ TE Travis Kelce has played in 17 career playoff games; he’s scored 15 touchdowns inn those 17 games.

— Aaron Rodgers and golf pro Ben Silverman won the pro-am tournament at Pebble Beach over the weekend, even though Silverman missed the cut in the pro event.

In college basketball……..
— Arkansas 88, Kentucky 73— Hogs shot 66.7% inside arc; they outscored Kentucky 47-33 in the second half. Wildcats played seven guys, and the 7th guy played only 8:00.

Calipari is looking for answers with a flawed roster; they’re a bubble team on February 8th, which I’m sure thrills the fanbase.

— Wake Forest 92, North Carolina 85— Tyree Appleby was 23-28 on the foul line; all the Tar Heels combined were 21-26.

— Nevada 77, New Mexico 76— Wolf Pack wins a road game, despite being outscored 24-8 on the foul line. Nevada sank 11-22 3-pointers; Steve Alford has his team 19-6, 9-3 in a tough Mountain West, all this despite having thin roster- they’re #331 in bench minutes played.

— Texas A&M 83, Auburn 78— Aggies were 31-39 on the foul line, Auburn was 9-14. Auburn led by 12 in first half; they’ve lost four of last five games, and host arch-rival Alabama Saturday.

— Kansas State 82, TCU 61— Wildcats put five guys in double figures, including two subs; they outscored TCU 46-31 in second half.

— UConn 87, Marquette 72— Huskies made 12-23 on arc, snapped Marquette’s 5-game winning streak; UConn out-rebounded the Eagles 48-24.

— Indiana 66, Rutgers 60— Hoosiers have won seven of their last eight games. Earlier this week, Rutgers lost starting F Mawot Mag for the season; he was averaging 7.8 ppg.

— Bracketology’s bubble teams, as of Tuesday morning:
Last four in: Boise State, Oklahoma State, Nevada, Memphis
First four out: Texas A&M, Florida, Seton Hall, Oregon

— 8 of the AP’s Top 25 lost last weekend; March is going to be a very interesting month.

— We’re four weeks away from conference tournaments starting; the tournaments in the one-bid leagues will be the most fun to watch.

Missouri Valley tournament is always in St Louis, they call it Arch Madness. Here are the standings at the top of MVC right now:
11-4 Drake
10-4 Bradley
10-4 Southern Illinois
10-4 Belmont
9-5 Indiana State
8-6 Missouri State
8-6 Northern Iowa
8-7 Murray State

MVC tournament is going to be very interesting.

— Ivy League tournament only has four teams in it; half the league plays, half don’t. Here are the current Ivy League standings:
7-2 Princeton
6-3 Yale
5-4 Brown
5-4 Cornell
5-4 Penn
4-5 Dartmouth
3-6 Harvard
1-8 Columbia
They might need a play-in game for the 4th seed in the Ivy tournament.

Couple of teams that are having exceptional seasons who still need to win the conference tournament to make the NCAA’s:
— Eastern Washington is 12-0 in the Big Sky, two games ahead of Montana State, four games ahead of Weber State.

— Oral Roberts is 12-0 in the Summit League, four games ahead of everyone else.

— ACC is currently the 6th-ranked conference in the country, their lowest rating since 2013, when they had four teams in the NCAA tournament. Right now, Bracketology has the ACC with seven teams getting in this year, which doesn’t seem right.

— Gregg Marshall coached Wichita State for 13 years; the last 11 of those years, he was 157-41 in conference games. He made two Sweet 16’s and a Final Four, was 5-2 in first round games.

In three years since they fired Marshall, Wichita State is 43-30, 22-17 in conference games, 0-1 in the NCAA Tournament. Wonder what the wealthy boosters think about that?
 
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Wednesday, February 8

13 of Wednesday’s best college hoop games

Creighton @ Seton Hall
— Creighton (15-8, 9-3) ranked #12 by KenPom
— Tempo: #130
— Experience: #160
— Continuity: #87
— Creighton won last six games, giving up 60.3 ppg in last three.
— Creighton is 2-3 SU on Big East road, 1-1 ATS as a road favorite.
— Creighton is shooting 55.5% inside arc (#20).
— Opponents are shooting 45.8% inside arc (#30)
— Bluejays are #12 team on defensive boards.
— Creighton’s schedule, to this point: #21
— bench minutes: #348
— Creighton’s best win: 84-67 over #21 Xavier

— Seton Hall (15-9, 8-5) ranked #52 by KenPom
— Tempo: #220
— Experience: #23
— Continuity: #206
— Seton Hall won seven of its last eight games.
— Pirates are 4-2 SU/1-1 ATS as a Big East home underdog.
— Seton Hall has #22 eFG% defense in country.
— Pirates are #247 team in country on offensive boards.
— Seton Hall gets 22.7% of its points on foul line (#13)
— Seton Hall’s schedule, to this point: #16
— bench minutes: #61
— Seton Hall’s best win: 67-66 over #6 UConn

— Creighton (-8) led 43-22 at half, beat Seton Hall 83-61 at home January 9.
— Creighton won five of last seven series games.
— Bluejays split their last four visits to New Jersey.
— Big East home underdogs of 4 or less points are 5-7 ATS.

Tennessee @ Vanderbilt
— Tennessee (19-4, 8-2) ranked #2 by KenPom
— Tempo: #210
— Experience: #133
— Continuity: #120
— Tennessee won 10 of its last 12 games.
— Tennessee is 4-1 SU/3-2 ATS as an SEC road favorite.
— Tennessee has #1 eFG% defense in country.
— Vols are forcing turnovers 24% of time (#10)
— Vols are #3 team in country on offensive boards.
— Tennessee’s schedule, to this point: #51
— bench minutes: #110
— Tennessee’s best win: 82-71 over #10 Texas

— Vanderbilt (11-12, 4-6) ranked #100 by KenPom
— Tempo: #251
— Experience: #97
— Continuity: #123
— Vandy lost six of its last nine games.
— Vandy is 3-2 SU/1-2 ATS as an SEC home underdog.
— Commodores are shooting 48.6% inside arc (#251), 32.1% on arc (#277)
— Commodores are #219 team in country on defensive boards.
— Vandy is 1-8 against top 50 teams.
— Vandy’s schedule, to this point: #30
— bench minutes: #27
— Vandy’s best win: 97-84 over #27 Arkansas

— Tennessee (-14) beat Vandy 77-68 at home January 10.
— Vols won last eleven series games.
— Tennessee won its last six visits to Nashville (68-60 LY)
— SEC home underdogs are 9-17 ATS this season.

Iowa State @ West Virginia
— Iowa State (16-6, 7-3) ranked #19 by KenPom
— Tempo: #316
— Experience: #6
— Continuity: #199
— Iowa State is 3-4 in its last seven games.
— Iowa State is 2-3 SU in Big 14 road games, 3-1 ATS as a road dog.
— Cyclones are forcing turnovers 26.9% of time (#1)
— Cyclones are #27 team on offensive boards.
— ISU is getting 14.1% of points on foul line; opponents 22.7%.
— Iowa State’s schedule, to this point: #13
— bench minutes: #215
— Iowa State’s best win: 78-67 over #10 Texas

— West Virginia (14-9, 3-7) ranked #14 by KenPom
— Tempo: #118
— Experience: #77
— Continuity: #330
— West Virginia won three of its last four games.
— WVU is 2-3 SU/2-2 ATS as a Big X home favorite.
— West Virginia #28 team in country on offensive boards.
— WVU is forcing turnovers 21.3% of time (#45)
— West Virginia is getting 22.5% of points on foul line (#17)
— West Virginia’s schedule, to this point: #6
— bench minutes: #78
— West Virginia’s best win: 74-65 over #17 TCU

— West Virginia won six of last seven series games.
— Cyclones lost last seven visits to Morgantown, all by 10+ points.
— Big X home favorites of 4 or less points are 12-8 ATS

Memphis @ South Florida
— Memphis (17-6, 7-2) ranked #41 by KenPom
— Tempo: #19
— Experience: #9
— Continuity: #264
— Memphis won five of its last six games.
— Tigers are 3-2 SU on AAC road, 0-2-1 ATS as a road favorite.
— Memphis is forcing turnovers 21.1% of time (#52)
— Memphis is #317 team in country on defensive boards.
— Tigers are shooting 53.5% inside arc (#53), 32.8% on arc (#232)
— Memphis schedule, to this point: #74
— bench minutes: #42
— Memphis best win: 82-73 over #26 Auburn

— South Florida (10-13, 3-7) ranked #136 by KenPom
— Tempo: #119
— Experience: #73
— Continuity: #152
— South Florida lost seven of its last ten games.
— Bulls are 2-3 SU in AAC home tilts, 1-1 ATS as a home underdog
— Bulls are 2-5 against top 100 teams.
— South Florida is shooting 64.7% on foul line (#341)
— South Florida is #35 team on offensive boards.
— South Florida’s schedule, to this point: #167
— bench minutes: #234
— South Florida’s best win: 85-72 over #63 Central Florida

— Memphis (-14) beat South Florida 93-86 December 29.
— Memphis won last four meetings.
— Tigers won last three visits to USF by 4-21-9 points.
— AAC home underdogs of 6 or less points are 6-5 ATS

Belmont @ Missouri State
— Belmont (17-8, 10-4) ranked #129 by KenPom
— Tempo: #143
— Experience: #176
— Continuity: #266
— Belmont won eight of its last ten games.
— Belmont is 4-3 SU/3-3-1 ATS on MVC road.
— Bruins are shooting 39.4% on arc (#6)
— Belmont has #226 eFG% defense in country.
— Bruins are #261 team on offensive boards, #288 on defensive end.
— Belmont’s schedule, to this point: #202
— bench minutes: #189
— Belmont’s best wins: 63-60/78-76 over #85 Bradley

— Missouri State (12-12, 8-6) ranked #152 by KenPom
— Tempo: #352
— Experience: #191
— Continuity: #334
— Missouri State lost three of its last five games.
— Missouri State is 5-2 SU/4-3 ATS in MVC home games.
— Bears are #68 team in country on offensive boards.
— Missouri State is shooting 62.3% on foul line (#354)
— Bears are 5-7 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— Missouri State’s schedule, to this point: #132
— bench minutes: #7
— Missouri State’s best wins: 52-49/65-62 over #81 Drake

— Missouri State (+1.5) lost 74-61 at Belmont January 7th.
— That was teams’ first meeting as MVC rivals.
— MVC home teams are 13-12 ATS in games with spread of 3 or less.

NC-Wilmington @ Charleston
— NC-Wilmington (19-6, 9-3) ranked #143 by KenPom
— Tempo: #306
— Experience: #242
— Continuity: #246
— UNCW won its last four games, giving up 56.5 ppg.
— Seahawks are 5-1 SU on CAA road, 0-2 ATS as a CAA underdog.
— UNCW is shooting 48.4% inside arc (#256), 33.3% on arc (#202)
— UNCW is getting 23.6% of its points on foul line (#5)
— Seahawks are 3-5 in games vs top 200 teams.
— UNCW’s schedule, to this point: #297
— bench minutes: #130
— UNCW’s best win: 55-51 over #65 North Texas.

— Charleston (22-3, 10-2) ranked #77 by KenPom
— Tempo: #35
— Experience: #134
— Continuity: #200
— Charleston lost two of last three games, after a 21-1 start.
— Charleston is 4-1 SU/2-3 ATS as a CAA home favorite.
— Cougars are #16 team in country on offensive boards.
— Cougars are shooting 52% inside arc (#101), 32.6% on arc (#244)
— Charleston is 10-2 vs teams ranked in top 200.
— Charleston’s schedule, to this point: #267
— bench minutes: #36
— Charleston’s best win: 77-75 over #48 Virginia Tech.

— Charleston (-1.5) won 71-69 in Wilmington January 11.
— Cougars outscored UNCW 7-0 over final 2:24 of that game.
— UNCW won five of last six series games.
— Seahawks won 72-70/86-78 in last two visits to Charleston.
— CAA home favorites of 9+ points are 9-14 ATS.

Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State
— Texas Tech (12-11, 1-9) ranked #70 by KenPom
— Tempo: #177
— Experience: #163
— Continuity: #320
— Texas Tech lost nine of its last 11 games.
— Texas Tech is 0-5 SU/2-3 ATS as a Big 12 road underdog.
— Red Raiders are shooting 53.9% inside arc (#46), 33.8% on arc (#189)
— Texas Tech is forcing turnovers 21.5% of time (#39)
— Red Raiders are 3-6 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— Texas Tech’s schedule, to this point: #54
— bench minutes: #136
— Texas Tech’s best win: 80-77 in OT over #19 Iowa State

— Oklahoma State (14-9, 5-5) ranked #29 by KenPom
— Tempo: #156
— Experience: #70
— Continuity: #139
— OSU won five of its last six games.
— Cowboys are 4-1 SU/4-0 ATS as a Big X home favorite.
— OSU has #5 eFG% defense in country.
— Cowboys are turning ball over 20.9% of time (#314)
— OSU is 10-2 vs teams ranked outside the top 50.
— OSU’s schedule, to this point: #10
— bench minutes: #83
— OSU’s best win: 67-60 over #14 West Virginia

— Oklahoma State won four of last five series games.
— Tech lost its last three visits to Stillwater, by 1-3-5 points.
— Big X home favorites of 6 or less points are 17-12 ATS

Central Florida @ Wichita State
— Central Florida (13-9, 4-6) ranked #63 by KenPom
— Tempo: #321
— Experience: #162
— Continuity: #336
— UCF lost its last five games SU, giving up 78.8 ppg.
— Knights are 1-4 SU on AAC road, 2-2 ATS as a road dog.
— UCF has #53 eFG% defense in country.
— UCF is #17 team on offensive boards, #277 on defensive end.
— Knights are 5-7 vs teams ranked in top 125.
— UCF’s schedule, to this point: #77
— bench minutes: #187
— UCF’s best win: 60-56 over #29 Oklahoma State

— Wichita State (12-11, 5-6) ranked #117 by KenPom
— Tempo: #254
— Experience: #284
— Continuity: #321
— Wichita split its last six games
— Wichita lost four of its five AAC home games.
— Shockers are shooting 29.3% on the arc (#347)
— Shockers have #281 eFG%, the #23 eFG% defense,
— Wichita is 0-8 vs teams ranked in top 100.
— Wichita’s schedule, to this point: #110
— bench minutes: #138
— Wichita’s best win: 55-43 over #123 Grand Canyon

— UCF (-7.5) beat Wichita State 52-45 at home December 28
— UCF won last two meetings, after losing previous eight.
— Knights lost their last five visits to Wichita, last two by 5-5 points.
— AAC home teams are 5-12 ATS in games with spread of 3 or less.

Wisconsin @ Penn State
— Wisconsin (13-9, 5-7) ranked #67 by KenPom
— Tempo: #349
— Experience: #249
— Continuity: #141
— Wisconsin lost seven of its last nine games.
— Wisconsin is 2-4 SU/4-2 ATS as a Big 14 road dog.
— Badgers are shooting 36.1% on arc (#70), 45.5% inside arc (#329).
— Wisconsin is #53 team on defensive boards.
— Badgers are 8-5 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— Wisconsin’s schedule, to this point: #8
— bench minutes: #240
— Wisconsin’s best win: 80-77 in OT over #10 Marquette.

— Penn State (14-9, 5-7) ranked #50 by KenPom
— Tempo: #301
— Experience: #1
— Continuity: #136
— Penn State lost six of its last nine games.
— Lions are 4-2 SU/4-1 ATS as a Big 14 home favorite.
— Penn State is shooting 38.4% on arc (#14), 53.2% inside it (#60)
— Lions are #39 team in country on defensive boards.
— Penn State gets 11% of points on foul line, least in country.
— Penn State’s schedule, to this point: #38
— bench minutes: #285
— Penn State’s best win: 85-66 over #20 Indiana

— Wisconsin (-2) beat Penn State 63-60 at home January 17.
— Wisconsin won 17 of last 18 series games.
— Badgers won seven of last eight visits to Happy Valley.
— Big 14 home favorites of 5 or less points are 28-6 ATS

Florida @ Alabama
— Florida (13-10, 6-4) ranked #38 by KenPom
— Tempo: #88
— Experience: #43
— Continuity: #222
— Florida won six of its last nine games.
— Gators are 2-3 SU/3-1 ATS as an SEC road underdog.
— Florida is shooting 32.4% on arc (#257)
— Gators have #8 eFG% defense in country.
— Florida is 2-10 vs teams ranked in top 50.
— Florida’s schedule, to this point: #18
— bench minutes: #76
— Florida’s best win: 67-54 over #2 Tennessee.

— Alabama (20-3, 10-0) ranked #5 by KenPom
— Tempo: #1
— Experience: #254
— Continuity: #282
— Alabama won 11 of its last 12 games.
— Crimson Tide is 5-0 SU/4-1 ATS as an SEC home favorite.
— Crimson Tide has #2 eFG% defense in country.
— Alabama is #41 team on offensive boards.
— In its three losses, Alabama gave up 82-100-93 points.
— Alabama’s schedule, to this point: #12
— bench minutes: #71
— Alabama’s best win: 71-65 at #1 Houston

— Alabama won last two meetings, 86-71/83-70.
— Gators won three of last four visits to Tuscaloosa.
— SEC single digit home favorites are 12-15 ATS.

Oklahoma @ Baylor
— Oklahoma (12-11, 2-8) ranked #55 by KenPom
— Tempo: #303
— Experience: #113
— Continuity: #155
— Oklahoma lost eight of its last 11 games.
— Sooners are 1-4 SU/2-3 ATS as a Big X road underdog.
— Oklahoma has #41 eFG% defense in country.
— Sooners are turning ball over 20.4% of time in Big X play (#9 of 10)
— In its last five Big X games, Oklahoma scored 58 ppg.
— Oklahoma’s schedule, to this point: #3
— bench minutes: #212
— Oklahoma’s best win: 93-69 over #5 Alabama

— Baylor (17-6, 6-4) ranked #13 by KenPom
— Tempo: #180
— Experience: #211
— Continuity: #202
— Baylor won seven of its last eight games.
— Bears are 3-2 SU/ATS as a Big X home favorite.
— Baylor is #11 team in country on offensive boards.
— Baylor is shooting 35.8% on arc (#88), 51.7% inside arc (#114).
— Bears are forcing turnovers 20.7% of time (#66)
— You’re reading armadillosports.com
— Baylor’s schedule, to this point: #7
— bench minutes: #173
— Baylor’s best win: 80-75 over #3 UCLA

— Baylor (-1.5) won 62-60 at Oklahoma January 21.
— Bears won nine of last ten series games.
— Sooners lost their last five visits to Waco (84-74 LY)
— Big X home favorites of 7+ points are 2-7 ATS

San Diego State @ Utah State
— San Diego State (18-5, 9-2) ranked #24 by KenPom
— Tempo: #176
— Experience: #19
— Continuity: #41
— San Diego State won five of its last six games.
— Aztecs won four of its five Mountain West road games SU.
— San Diego State is 0-1 ATS as underdog (L 87-70 to Arizona, +2)
— Aztecs are #26 team in country on defensive boards.
— Opponents are shooting 52% inside arc (#269)
— San Diego State’s schedule, to this point: #28
— bench minutes: #39
— San Diego State’s best win: 72-52 over #30 Boise State

— Utah State (19-5, 8-3) ranked #39 by KenPom
— Tempo: #124
— Experience: #27
— Continuity: #154
— Utah State won five of its last six games.
— Utah State is 5-0 SU/3-2 ATS as a Mountain West home favorite.
— Aggies are shooting 40.8% on arc (#1), 53.4% inside arc (#58)
— Utah State is #20 team in country on defensive boards.
— Aggies are 4-2 in games decided by 5 or less points.
— Utah State’s schedule, to this point: #70
— bench minutes: #319
— Utah State’s best win: 84-73 over #46 New Mexico.

— Utah State (+7) lost 85-75 at San Diego State January 25th
— Home team won last six regular season meetings.
— Aztecs lost their last three visits to Logan.
— Mountain West home teams are 8-6 ATS in games with spread of 4 or less.

UNLV @ Wyoming
— UNLV (15-8, 4-7) ranked #83 by KenPom
— Tempo: #61
— Experience: #54
— Continuity: #259
— UNLV won 3 of its last 4 games, after a 2-7 skid.
— UNLV is 2-3 SU on MW road; underdogs covered all five games.
— Rebels are #309 team on defensive boards.
— Rebels are forcing turnovers 25.9% of time (#3)
— UNLV is 4-5 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— UNLV’s schedule, to this point: #91
— bench minutes: #115
— UNLV’s best win: 68-62 over #40 Nevada

— Wyoming (7-15, 2-8) ranked #163 by KenPom
— Tempo: #258
— Experience: #39
— Continuity: #68
— Wyoming lost 10 of its last 12 games. .
— Wyoming is 2-3 SU/4-1 ATS in MW home games.
— Cowboys have #323 eFG% defense in country.
— Cowboys are 0-9 against teams ranked in top 100.
— Wyoming is 2-8 in games decided by 8 or less points.
— Wyoming’s schedule, to this point: #80
— bench minutes: #17
— Wyoming’s best win: 58-57 over #115 Colorado State

— UNLV (-7) won 86-72 over Wyoming January 24.
— Rebels won six of last eight series games.
— UNLV lost four of last six visits to Laramie.
— Mountain West home teams are 8-6 ATS in games with spread of 4 or less.
 
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O 140.5		+500 +500
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NEB at MICHNEB +11.5
O 137.5		+500 +500
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O 129.5		+500 +500
WIN at UNCAUNCA -5.0+500
CREI at HALLCREI -3.5
O 135.5		+500 +500
GMU at DUQ07:00 PMDUQ -4.5
O 141.0		+500 +500
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O 133.5		+500 +500
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UNCW at COFC07:00 PMCOFC -9.5
O 141.5		+500 +500
ELON at NCAT07:00 PMNCAT -4.0
O 145.5		+500 +500
ISU at WVU07:00 PMISU +3.0
O 135.5		+500 +500
MASS at FOR07:00 PMMASS +6.0
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RICH at GW07:00 PMRICH -1.0
O 144.0		+500 +500
CCSU at HART07:00 PMCCSU -5.0+500
SAM at MER07:00 PMSAM -3.5
O 137.5		+500 +500
HP at CAMP07:00 PMHP +6.5
O 142.0		+500 +500
CHSO at SCUS07:00 PMSCUS -4.0
O 142.5		+500 +500
FUR at VMI07:00 PMVMI +16.0
O 146.5		+500 +500
BUCK at NAVY07:00 PMNAVY -8.5+500
AMER at BU07:00 PMBU -1.5+500
LEH at COLG07:00 PMLEH +11.5
O 145.0		+500 +500
SYR at FSU07:00 PMFSU +2.0
O 149.5		+500 +500
ND at GT07:00 PMGT +1.0
O 138.0		+500 +500
MEM at USF07:00 PMMEM -6.0
O 152.5		+500 +500
BEL at MOSU07:00 PMBEL +1.5
O 136.5		+500 +500
BC at VT07:00 PMVT -12.0
O 136.5		+500 +500
TENN at VAN07:00 PMTENN -10.0
O 135.0		+500 +500
INDPU at WRST07:00 PMINDPU +17.0
O 149.0		+500 +500
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O 147.0		+500 +500
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NJIT at UMBC07:00 PMUMBC -10.0+500
UVM at ME07:00 PMME +8.0+500
BRY at ALBY07:00 PMBRY -9.0+500
WCU at WOF07:00 PMWCU +6.0
O 145.5		+500 +500
CIT at CHAT07:00 PMCHAT -9.0
O 146.5		+500 +500
PRE at LONG07:00 PMLONG -11.5+500
TTU at OKST08:00 PMOKST -6.0
O 134.5		+500 +500
TEM at SMU08:00 PMTEM -2.5
O 138.5		+500 +500
GTWN at PROV08:00 PMPROV -13.5
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UIC at SIU08:00 PMSIU -12.5
O 128.5		+500 +500
UCF at WICH08:00 PMWICH -1.0
O 133.5		+500 +500
TLSA at HOU08:00 PMTLSA +26.5
O 138.5		+500 +500
CALBA at UVU08:00 PMUVU -7.0
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UNI at EVAN08:00 PMUNI -10.0
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BRAD at ILST08:00 PMILST +7.5
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DEP at VILL08:30 PMDEP +10.0
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Thursday’s 6-pack
College hoop teams with the best 2-point FG% defense:
42.0%— USC
42.4%— Alabama
42.6%— Houston
43.0%— Arizona State
43.3%— Utah Valley
43.5%— Illinois

Quote of the Day
“Joe Montana is still my man. Still my man. You say greatest quarterbacks ever, I’m still with Joe Montana. I’m not going with Tom Brady. … Listen, Tom Brady got all the rules on his side. You can’t touch him. You can’t touch him. If you hit him, if you breathe on him, they’re gonna throw a flag.”
Lawrence Taylor

Thursday’s quiz
Who played QB for the Raiders the first time they won a Super Bowl?

Wednesday’s quiz
Dick Vermeil coached the Eagles the first time they played in a Super Bowl.

Tuesday’s quiz
Richmond’s basketball team is known as the Spiders.

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..

— NBA trade deadline is 3pm Thursday; there was a big trade made at 1:30am Wednesday night/Thursday morning, involving the Nets and Phoenix.

Phoenix gets:
Kevin Durant and TJ Warren

Brooklyn gets:
Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder
Suns’ 1st round draft pick in 2023, 2025, 2027, 2029.
(Yes, another 7th grader got traded. Chances are, the 2029 draft pick will be a player who is currently in the 7th grade).

Mat Ishbia just bought the Suns for $4B; he has tried/succeeded in making a big splash, quickly.

If you bought season tickets to the Nets, do you get a rebate after they traded away Durant and Kyrie Irving?

— Dallas 110, Clippers 104— Irving scored 24 points in his Mavericks’ debut.

— From 2016-20, Houston Rockets went 217-101 under coach Mike D’Antoni, but they told him to take a hike after the Rockets went 28-23 in the playoffs those years.

Since then, the Rockets are 50-158. The only time they see the playoffs now is on TV. No bueno. Why exactly did they fire D’Antoni?

— When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was in college (as Lew Alcindor) he was so dominant that they outlawed the dunk. Seriously. That is why he developed his sky hook shot, with was unstoppable in both college and the pros.

Speaking of college basketball……….
— Tulane Green Wave is 16-7, 9-3 in the AAC; they’re headed for their first winning season since 2013, maybe their first NCAA Tournament since 1995.

Ron Hunter is a very good coach; he went 221-179 at IUPUI, 171-95 at Georgia State, and now is doing his thing with the Green Wave. None of those schools have a great basketball tradition.

Four of Tulane’s last five wins, including three of their last four wins, went to overtime.

— San Diego State 63, Utah State 61— Aztecs led 44-28 at halftime, hung on to win despite scoring only 19 second half points. San Diego State now leads Nevada/Boise State by a game in Mountain West. Utah State is in 4th place, meaning they could meet the Aztecs in semifinals of the conference tournament.

— West Virginia 76, Iowa State 71— This game took forever to play, ton of whistles; WVU led by 15 early on, but Iowa State led by 3 with 9:45 left to play. Mountaineers went 26-31 on the foul line; they’ve won four of their last five games. WVU gets 23% of their points on the foul line, #8 in the country.

— Alabama 97, Florida 69— When they bring their “A” game, Alabama is the best team in the country, but they’re #254 in experience, #282 in continuity. Can they put together six wins in a row in March? Was their 93-69 loss at Oklahoma a fluke or a red flag?

— Vanderbilt 66, Tennessee 65— Vols missed front end of a 1-and-1 with 0:07 left, then Vandy hit an open 3-pointer from the right corner as time expired for the upset. Tennessee was 2-3 on the foul line for the whole game; in their last three games, they scored 54-46-65 points.

Since 1997, Rick Barnes has been to four Sweet 16’s, two Elite 8’s, but no Final Fours. Is this the year he finally gets there?

— Missouri State 61, Belmont 59— Bruins lost three of their last four games, are now tied for 4th in the wide-open MVC. Belmont and Murray State both moved up in class when they bolted to the MVC from the Ohio Valley Conference this year. Sometimes it is better to the big fish in a smaller pond.

— George Washington 107, Richmond 105, 2OT— Spiders led by 5 with 1:07 left in regulation; they’ve now lost five of last six games. GW made 14-29 on the arc, still needed two overtimes to win. A-15 is going to be a one-bid league for first time since 2002.

— Samford 70, Mercer 69 OT— Samford is 17-9, 11-2 in SoCon; they’re trying to get back to the NCAA’s for first time since 2000. Furman, Samford and NC-Greensboro are the Big 3 in this league right now. Another one-bid league that willl have an excellent conference tournament.

— Bryant 87, Albany 62— Great Danes have lost eight in a row, are in last place in a bad America East. Two years ago, Albany fired a coach who made the NCAA Tournament five times in his 20 years leading the Great Danes. That guy is a good coach. They replaced him with a coach who is 19-38 in his two years on the job.

Maybe it was the athletic director who needed to be fired.

— Tuesday night, Butler beat St John’s 68-66, ending their 5-game skid after trailing by 10 points in the second half. St John’s appeared to tie the game at the buzzer after an OB under play, but after a lengthy replay review, they said the shot came just after time ran out.

I watched the replay 5-6 times, couldn’t tell what the right call was; would’ve preferred they allowed the basket and let the teams play overtime. St John’s coach Mike Anderson was not happy when they waved off the basket.

— Our update on college basketball referee John Higgins:
January 24— Penn State @ Rutgers
January 25— Utah State @ San Diego State— Long plane ride for a back/back
January 26— Utah @ Oregon State
January 28— California @ Stanford
January 29— Michigan State @ Purdue— Day game after long plane ride.
January 30— Baylor @ Texas
January 31— Kansas State @ Kansas

February 1— Northern Iowa @ Drake- A double overtime game!!! Eight games in nine nights, and a double overtime game on the 9th night.
February 2— Wisconsin @ Ohio State— Ohio State coach Holtmann was ejected with 0:27 left in first half, after a charging call. Buckeyes have lost eight of their last nine games; tensions are running high.
February 4— Oklahoma @ West Virginia
February 5— Penn State @ Nebraska
February 7— Nevada @ New Mexico
February 8— San Diego State @ Utah State— There was a scuffle in this game;

He’s worked 13 games in 16 days, 68 games since November 7, which is 68 games in 95 days. Not bad for a 54-year old guy.

— 24 of the 53 guys on the Kansas City Chiefs’ roster weren’t on the Chiefs last year, which is really impressive, re-tooling their roster on the fly like that.

— Eagles were last in the Super Bowl five years ago; they’ve got eight players left from that team.

— Tampa Bay Rays drew only 1.1M fans to their home games last year, their worst attendance since 2003; they’re going to sell some tickets to their home games for $10 this season, to try and get more people thru the turnstiles.

— Toronto Blue Jays signed SS Dante Bichette to a 3-year contract extension; financial details weren’t released, but Bichette won’t be going to arbitration with Toronto.
 
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Thursday, February 9

13 of Thursday’s best college hoop games

Iowa @ Purdue
— Iowa (15-8, 7-5) ranked #32 by KenPom
— Tempo: #51
— Experience: #131
— Continuity: #48
— Iowa won seven of its last nine games.
— Iowa is 1-4 SU/2-2 ATS as a Big 14 road underdog.
— Hawkeyes covered seven of last nine games overall.
— Last three games, Iowa scored 86.7 ppg.
— Hawkeyes are 6-5 against top 50 teams.
— Iowa’s schedule, to this point: #22
— bench minutes: #221
— Iowa’s best win: 75-56 over #18 Iowa State.

— Purdue (22-2, 11-2) ranked #4 by KenPom
— Tempo: #331
— Experience: #286
— Continuity: #228
— Purdue won nine of its last ten games.
— Boilers are 5-1 SU/4-2 ATS as a Big 14 home favorite.
— Purdue has #28 eFG% defense in country.
— Boilers are #1 team on offensive boards, #15 on defensive end.
— Purdue is shooting 54.1% inside arc (#40)
— Purdue’s schedule, to this point: #33
— bench minutes: #133
— Purdue’s best win: 75-70 over #10 Marquette

— Purdue won six of last eight series games.
— Iowa lost its last four visits to Mackey Arena (77-70 LY)
— Big 14 home favorites of 7 or less points are 33-12 ATS

Kansas City @ Western Illinois
— Kansas City (10-15, 6-6) ranked #249 by KenPom
— Tempo: #332
— Experience: #340
— Continuity: #337
— Kansas City is 3-4 in last seven games, scoring 59 ppg in the losses.
— Kansas City is 2-3 SU/4-0 ATS as a Summit road underdog.
— Kansas City is shooting 45.6% inside arc (#328), 26.9% on arc (#361)
— Kangaroos are #303 team in country on offensive boards.
— Kangaroos are 3-5 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— Kansas City’s schedule, to this point: #244
— bench minutes: #237
— Kansas City’s best win: 83-71 over #96 Toledo

— Western Illinois (15-9, 8-5) ranked #267 by KenPom
— Tempo: #205
— Experience: #299
— Continuity: #308
— WIU won six of its last seven games.
— WIU is 6-1 SU/4-2 ATS as a Summit home favorite.
— Leathernecks are shooting 52.3% inside arc (#87), 31.3% on arc (#304)
— Leathernecks are #70 team in country on defensive boards.
— Opponents are shooting 55% inside arc (#338)
— WIU’s schedule, to this point: #321
— bench minutes: #350
— WIU’s best win: 81-73 in OT over #180 South Dakota State

— WIU (+5) won 60-52 in Kansas City January 14.
— Kangaroos made 3-25 on arc in that game.
— UMKC is 2-1 in vs Western Illinois in Summit League meetings.
— Summit home favorites of 4 or less points are 8-2 ATS.

UAB @ North Texas
— UAB (17-7, 8-5) ranked #72 by KenPom
— Tempo: #24
— Experience: #5
— Continuity: #119
— UAB won last four games- star G Walker has been back last 2 games.
— UAB is 2-3 SU/1-0 ATS as a C-USA road underdog.
— Opponents are shooting 46.5% inside arc (#49)
— Blazers are #8 team on offensive boards.
— UAB is getting 22.7% of points on foul line (#12)
— UAB’s schedule, to this point: #183
— bench minutes: #68
— UAB’s best win: 86-77 over #33 Florida Atlantic

— North Texas (19-5, 10-3) ranked #65 by KenPom
— Tempo: #363
— Experience: #149
— Continuity: #146
— North Texas won its last four games, giving up 54.3 ppg.
— Mean Green is 4-2 SU/1-5 ATS as a C-USA home favorite.
— North Texas has #20 eFG% defense in country.
— Mean Green is forcing turnovers 21.2% of time (#50)
— North Texas #28 team in country on offensive boards.
— North Texas’ schedule, to this point: #111
— bench minutes: #235
— North Texas’ best win: 63-52 over #72 UAB

— North Texas (+3) won 63-52 at UAB January 21.
— Teams split last eight meetings.
— UAB won its last four visits to Denton, by 2-3-14-6 points.
— C-USA home favorites of 3 or less points are 3-5 ATS.

Oral Roberts @ St Thomas
— Oral Roberts (21-4, 12-0) ranked #51 by KenPom
— Tempo: #28
— Experience: #26
— Continuity: #23
— Oral Roberts won its last eight games (6-2 ATS).
— Eagles are 5-0 SU/3-2 ATS as a Summit road favorite.
— Oral Roberts is shooting 58.7% inside arc, 41.2% on arc in Summit play
— Opponents are shooting 43.2% inside arc, 30.7% on arc in Summit play
— All four of ORU’s losses were to top 50 teams.
— Oral Roberts schedule, to this point: #259
— bench minutes: #337
— Oral Roberts best win: 84-70 over #47 Liberty

— St Thomas (16-10, 7-6) ranked #213 by KenPom
— Tempo: #277
— Experience: #262
— Continuity: #165
— St Thomas won three of its last four games.
— Tommies are 5-1 SU in Summit home games
— Tommies are 0-3 ATS as a Summit underdog (all on road)
— St Thomas has #292 eFG% defense.
— This is St Thomas’ second year in Division I
— St Thomas’ schedule, to this point: #309
— bench minutes: #226
— St Thomas’ best win: 78-76 over #147 Troy

— Oral Roberts (-11.5) beat St Thomas 81-69 at home January 14.
— ORU is 3-0 against the Tommies, winning by 15-22-12 points.
— Summit home underdogs are 10-11 ATS.

Louisiana @ Southern Mississippi
— Louisiana (20-4, 10-2) ranked #92 by KenPom
— Tempo: #109
— Experience: #169
— Continuity: #77
— Louisiana won its last ten games (9-1 ATS).
— Louisiana is 4-2 SU/0-1 ATS as Sun Belt road dogs.
— Cajuns are shooting 38.5% on arc (#14), 52.2% inside arc (#91)
— Opponents are shooting 37.7% on arc (#340)
— Cajuns are #31 team on offensive boards.
— Louisiana’s schedule, to this point: #203
— bench minutes: #285
— Louisiana’s best win: 77-67 over #77 Marshall

— Southern Mississippi (21-4, 10-2) ranked #88 by KenPom
— Tempo: #145
— Experience: #56
— Continuity: #250
— Southern Miss won its last seven games (6-1 ATS).
— Southern Miss is 6-0 SU/4-2 ATS as Sun Belt home favorites.
— Eagles are #51 team in country on offensive boards.
— Southern Miss forces turnovers 20.8% of time (#61)
— Eagles are 5-1 in games decided by 6 or less points.
— Southern Miss’ schedule, to this point: #230
— bench minutes: #261
— Southern Miss’ best win: 76-72 at #47 Liberty

— Louisiana beat Southern Miss 75-61 at home January 5.
— That was their first meeting as Sun Belt rivals.
— Sun Belt home favorites of 3 or less points are 10-4 ATS

San Francisco @ Gonzaga
— San Francisco (15-11, 4-7) ranked #101 by KenPom
— Tempo: #64
— Experience: #112
— Continuity: #192
— USF is 4-7 SU in its last 11 games.
— Dons are 2-3 SU on WCC road, 2-1 ATS as a WCC road dog.
— USF is shooting 52.8% inside arc (#73), 35.9% on arc (#78)
— USF is #62 team in country on defensive boards.
— Dons are 2-7 in games vs top 100 teams.
— USF’s schedule, to this point: #105
— bench minutes: #171
— USF’s best win: 97-60 over #66 Arizona State

— Gonzaga (19-5, 8-2) ranked #17 by KenPom
— Tempo: #43
— Experience: #41
— Continuity: #19
— Gonzaga is 3-2 SU in its last five games.
— Gonzaga is 3-1 SU/ATS as a WCC home favorite.
— Zags are #56 team in country on offensive boards.
— Zags are shooting 57.2% inside arc (#9), 38.1% on arc (#19)
— Opponents are shooting 51.5% inside arc (#241)
— Gonzaga’s schedule, to this point: #28
— bench minutes: #336
— Gonzaga’s best win: 100-90 over #5 Alabama

— Gonzaga (-11) won 77-75 in San Francisco January 5.
— Gonzaga won last 25 series games.
— Dons lost their last 11 visits to Spokane (78-62 LY)
— WCC double digit home favorites are 9-7 ATS

Cal-Davis @ Cal-Riverside
— Cal-Davis (14-9, 7-4) ranked #142 by KenPom
— Tempo: #34
— Experience: #99
— Continuity: #85
— Cal-Davis won seven of its last nine games.
— Cal-Davis is 3-2 SU/1-1-1 ATS as a Big West road underdog.
— Aggies are #42 team on offensive boards, #212 on defensive end.
— Cal-Davis is forcing turnovers 21.5% of time (#40)
— Opponents are shooting 38.2% on arc (#349)
— Cal-Davis’ schedule, to this point: #244
— bench minutes: #198
— Cal-Davis’ best win: 75-63 over #128 Hawai’i

— Cal-Riverside (15-9, 8-4) ranked #159 by KenPom
— Tempo: #188
— Experience: #127
— Continuity: #162
— Riverside lost three of its last four games.
— UCR is 4-2 SU/2-4 ATS as a Big West home favorite.
— Riverside is shooting 48.1% inside arc (#265), 35.2% on arc (#120)
— UCR is #5 team in country on defensive boards.
— Riverside’s last eight games were decided by 7 or less points.
— Riverside’s schedule, to this point: #152
— bench minutes: #93
— Riverside’s best win: 81-79 at #98 LMU.

— Riverside (+4) won 74-72 at Cal-Davis January 16.
— Highlanders won four of last five series games.
— Cal-Davis won three of last four visits to Riverside.
— Big West home favorites of 3 or less points are 2-5 ATS.

Montana State @ Weber State
— Montana State (17-8, 10-2) ranked #114 by KenPom
— Tempo: #228
— Experience: #58
— Continuity: #135
— Montana State won five in row, nine of last ten games.
— Bobcats are 5-1 SU on Big Sky road, 4-1 ATS as a road favorite.
— MSU is shooting 54% inside arc (#44), 31.2% on the arc (#308)
— Montana State is getting 22.4% of its points on foul line (#19)
— Bobcats are 12-1 vs teams ranked outside top 200.
— Montana State’s schedule, to this point: #182
— bench minutes: #72
— Montana State’s best win: 86-83 at #117 Southern Utah.

— Weber State (12-12, 7-4) ranked #225 by KenPom
— Tempo: #281
— Experience: #148
— Continuity: #223
— Weber State won four of its last six games
— Weber State won four of its five Big Sky home games.
— Wildcats are 2-1 ATS as a Big Sky underdog, all on road.
— Wildcats have #3 team in country on defensive boards.
— Weber State is turning ball over 20% of time (#281)
— Weber State’s schedule, to this point: #141
— bench minutes: #171
— Weber State’s best win: 75-72 at #40 Utah State

— Montana State (-8) beat Weber 67-52 at home January 14
— Bobcats won five of last eight series games.
— Teams split last four meetings in Ogden.
— Big Sky home underdogs of 3 or less points are 5-7 ATS.

Saint Mary’s @ Loyola Marymount
— Saint Mary’s (21-4, 10-0) ranked #7 by KenPom
— Tempo: #357
— Experience: #173
— Continuity: #62
— Saint Mary’s won its last 11 D-I games (8-3 ATS).
— Saint Mary’s is 4-0 SU/2-2 ATS as a WCC road favorite.
— Gaels have #11 eFG% defense in country.
— Saint Mary’s is #2 team on defensive boards, #44 on offensive end.
— Gaels are shooting 36.5% on arc (#52)
— Saint Mary’s schedule, to this point: #77
— bench minutes: #357
— Saint Mary’s best win: 78-70 in OT over #17 Gonzaga

— Loyola Marymount (16-9, 6-5) ranked #98 by KenPom
— Tempo: #169
— Experience: #33
— Continuity: #112
— LMU lost its last two games, giving up 89-87 points.
— Lions won four of their five WCC home games SU.
— LMU is 2-2 ATS as a WCC underdog, all on road.
— Lions are #33 team in country on defensive boards.
— LMU is shooting 36.6% on arc (#47), 52.8% inside it (#71)
— LMU’s schedule, to this point: #97
— bench minutes: #128
— LMU’s best win: 68-67 at #17 Gonzaga

— Saint Mary’s (-13) beat LMU 76-62 at home January 12.
— Saint Mary’s won last 21 series games.
— Gaels won their last 16 visits to Loyola Marymount (83-51 LY)
— WCC single digit home underdogs are 9-5 ATS.

Arizona State @ Stanford
— Arizona State (16-8, 7-6) ranked #67 by KenPom
— Tempo: #120
— Experience: #67
— Continuity: #242
— ASU lost five of its last six games.
— Sun Devils are 3-2 SU/2-1 ATS as a Pac-12 road underdog.
— ASU is shooting 48.7% inside arc (#239), 32.2% on arc (#269)
— Sun Devils have #19 eFG% defense in country.
— ASU is #270 team in country on defensive boards.
— ASU’s schedule, to this point: #59
— bench minutes: #150
— ASU’s best win: 73-71 over #9 Creighton

— Stanford (10-13, 4-8) ranked #99 by KenPom
— Tempo: #268
— Experience: #146
— Continuity: #10
— Stanford won five of its last six games.
— Cardinal is 5-0 SU/4-1 ATS as an SEC home favorite.
— Cardinal is shooting 51.8% inside arc (#109), 32.8% on arc (#237)
— Stanford is #50 team on defensive boards, #85 on offensive end.
— Stanford is 2-10 against top 100 teams.
— Stanford’s schedule, to this point: #64
— bench minutes: #85
— Stanford’s best win: 71-64 over #48 Oregon

— ASU (-5) beat Stanford 68-64 at home December 4th.
— Sun Devils won five of last seven series games.
— ASU lost three of last four visits to Maples Pavilion.
— Pac-12 home favorites of 3 or less points are 6-3 ATS.

BYU @ Pepperdine
— BYU (16-10, 6-5) ranked #74 by KenPom
— Tempo: #38
— Experience: #288
— Continuity: #227
— BYU won its last two games, scoring 89-81 points.
— Cougars are 2-3 SU on WCC road/2-0 ATS as WCC road favorite.
— BYU is #13 team in country on defensive boards.
— Cougars are turning ball over 21.3% of time (#326)
— BYU is 5-9 in games decided by 8 or less points.
— BYU’s schedule, to this point: #92
— bench minutes: #41
— BYU’s best win: 83-80 over #9 Creighton

— Pepperdine (8-17, 1-10) ranked #198 by KenPom
— Tempo: #10
— Experience: #320
— Continuity: #108
— Pepperdine lost 11 of its last 12 games (2-10 ATS).
— Waves won last game in 2 OT’s, ending 11-game skid.
— Pepperdine is 1-4 SU/1-2 ATS as a WCC home underdog.
— Pepperdine is #246 team on defensive boards.
— Waves are 2-7 ATS when playing a top 100 team.
— You’re reading armadillosports.com
— Pepperdine’s schedule, to this point: #82
— bench minutes: #321
— Pepperdine’s best win: 64-55 over #93 Cal-Irvine

— BYU (-11) beat Pepperdine 91-81 at home January 14.
— BYU won 10 of last 11 series games.
— Cougars split their last four visits to Malibu.
— WCC single digit home underdogs are 9-5 ATS.

USC @ Oregon
— USC (17-6, 9-3) ranked #43 by KenPom
— Tempo: #133
— Experience: #136
— Continuity: #148
— USC won its last four games (3-1 ATS).
— Trojans are 3-3 SU on Pac-12 road, 2-2 ATS as road dog.
— Opponents are shooting 42% inside arc (#1)
— Trojans are #332 team in country on defensive boards.
— USC shooting 52.2% inside arc (#94), 32.5% on arc (#252)
— USC’s schedule, to this point: #47
— bench minutes: #333
— USC’s best win: 77-64 over #3 UCLA.

— Oregon (14-10, 8-5) ranked #48 by KenPom
— Tempo: #204
— Experience: #123
— Continuity: #134
— Oregon won five of its last seven games.
— Oregon is 5-1 SU/2-3 ATS as a Pac-12 home favorite.
— Ducks are shooting 31.2% on arc (#310), 54.3% inside arc (#37)
— Opponents are shooting 46.4% inside arc (#45)
— Ducks are 4-3 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— Oregon’s schedule, to this point: #13
— bench minutes: #132
— Oregon’s best win: 87-68 over #8 Arizona.

— USC won seven of last ten series games.
— Teams split last four meetings in Eugene.
— Pac-12 home favorites of less than 5 points are 10-8 ATS

Cal-Santa Barbara @ Long Beach State
— UCSB (18-4, 9-2) ranked #100 by KenPom
— Tempo: #302
— Experience: #64
— Continuity: #18
— UCSB won five of its last six games (4-2 ATS).
— UCSB won five of its six Big West road games SU.
— Gauchos are shooting 56.4% inside arc in Big West tilts (#1)
— Gauchos are #52 team in country on defensive boards.
— UCSB is 7-2 in games decided by 8 or less points.
— UCSB’s schedule, to this point: #305
— bench minutes: #305
— UCSB’s best win: 73-65 at #93 Cal-Irvine

— Long Beach State (14-10, 8-4) ranked #145 by KenPom
— Tempo: #2
— Experience: #310
— Continuity: #226
— Long Beach won its last six games (4-2 ATS). .
— Long Beach is 4-2 SU/3-2-1 ATS in Big West home games.
— Long Beach is shooting 25.1% on arc in Big West games.
— Long Beach has #302 eFG% in country.
— Long Beach is 5-3 in games decided by 5 or less points.
— Long Beach’s schedule, to this point: #120
— bench minutes: #34
— Long Beach’s best win: 93-88 in OT over #93 Cal-Irvine

— Teams split their last ten meetings.
— Gauchos won three of last four visits to Long Beach.
— Big West home teams are 6-10 ATS in games with spread of 3 or less.
 
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Friday’s 6-pack
College hoop teams with the best 2-point FG% on offense:
60.2%— Marquette
59.5%— Indiana State
59.4%— Furman
58.8%— Cornell
58.8%— Eastern Washington
58.0%— Southern Illinois

Quote of the Day
“If I had a choice of having my scoring record remain intact for another hundred years or spend one afternoon with my grandchildren, I’d be on the floor in seconds stacking Legos and eating Uncrustables.”
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Friday’s quiz
Which college’s basketball team is known as the Gauchos?

Thursday’s quiz
Ken Stabler played QB for the Raiders the first time they won a Super Bowl.

Wednesday’s quiz
Dick Vermeil coached the Eagles the first time they played in a Super Bowl.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……..

— Armadillo World HQ had a small crisis Thursday; my modem crashed, which meant no Internet, no TV (I have YouTube TV now). After over an hour on the phone with Spectrum customer service, I dashed off to the Spectrum store in the mall near my house, and after 3.5 hours of chaos, I had a new modem, Internet service and things were good again.

Kudos to the Spectrum people for good customer service, and for restoring my sanity.

— NFL named this year’s Hall of Famers:
Ronde Barber
Don Coryell
Chuck Howley
Joe Klecko
Darrelle Revis
Ken Riley
Joe Thomas
Zach Thomas
Demarcus Ware

Happy for Don Coryell, whose offenses changed the game; very disappointed that Torry Holt didn’t get in, but no receivers got in this year. Holt will get into the HOF, hopefully soon.

With Klecko/Revis getting in, have to think Jets are playing in the Hall of Fame Game.

— Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are making a movie dealing Nike’s pursuit of Michael Jordan; Affleck is playing Phil Knight, which is fine. Damon is playing Sonny Vaccaro, which is going to be hard to process.

Vaccaro kind of looks like Jerry Tarkanian did, a balding older guy who looked nothing like any movie star, except Joe Pesci.

— San Diego Padres signed P Yu Darvish to a 6-year, $108M contract extension. Ownership in San Diego is serious about winning.

— Only 82 college football players declared to leave school early for the NFL Draft, down 40% from only three years ago; are NIL payments keeping players in college longer?

— They played the semi-finals of the Caribbean Baseball Series Thursday:
Dominican Republic 8, Mexico 3
Venezuela 7, Colombia 5

Robinson Cano bats second for the DR squad; they play the host team Venezuela for the title Friday night at 6:30 on ESPN+.

— NBA trade deadline passed Thursday afternoon; it is smart that they have their All-Star break the week after the trade deadline, giving teams and coaches time to regroup after re-shuffling their rosters.

An anonymous league executive called Russell Westbrook “a locker room vampire” which is a pretty big indictment of him. Having talented players is important, but cohesiveness is also a big deal. I’ve never associated vampires with good chemistry.

San Antonio Spurs are having their 4th straight losing season; they’re 14-41 this year. At what point is it time to move on from Gregg Popovich? He is 74 years old, his team shows very little chance for improvement in the near future.

Golden State traded C James Wiseman to Detroit; they got Kevin Knox and five 2nd round draft picks in return. Warriors also acquired Gary Payton in exchange for five 2nd round picks.

2nd round draft picks got shuffled around like beaded necklaces during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Popped into my head that Manu Ginobili was a 2nd round pick— he turned out OK.

— Oklahoma/Texas are going to play one more season in the Big X, before they bolt for the bigger bucks of the SEC.

There are rumors that the Pac-12 is looking to add SMU, because SMU is in Dallas, which has a big TV market. You figure San Diego State would also join the Pac-12; would they poach Boise State and UNLV too?

— Way back when ESPN first started, one of the first conferences to let ESPN air their games was the Sun Belt. Was watching Louisiana-Southern Miss Thursday night; pretty good league, good guards. ESPN should give the league one game a week on ESPNU or ESPN2.

— Oral Roberts 95, St Thomas 88— Tommies were up 10 in first half; they made 16-39 on arc, but fall to 16-11, 7-7 in Summit League, while Oral Roberts is 13-0 in conference play. ORU is starting four seniors and a junior; they’re probably going to win a game in the NCAA tourney.

— Purdue 87, Iowa 73— 7-foot-4 Zach Edey only took 7 shots for Purdue; they’re going to have a game in NCAA’s where they’re struggling and they’re going to need someone to point out that Edey needs to assert himself, because he is 7-4 and can be unstoppable, when he puts his mind to it. He’s a good kid; would he speak up when the time comes?

It wouldn’t make Edey selfish; it would be Edey doing his job, being a dominant freakin’ player when that is what his team is going to need to get through a difficult game.

— North Texas 82, UAB 79, 2OT— Fierce struggle between evenly-matched league rivals; UNT was 23-25 on foul line, UAB 5-10, Referees let the kids play in this game, which understates how much they swallowed their whistles. As the season goes on and on, players will need to play through contact more and more.

— LMU 78, Saint Mary’s 74 OT— Gaels jumped out to a 16-0 lead; they led by 5 with 0:45 left in regulation, but lost this road game, right after they had beaten Gonzaga and opened a 2-game lead in WCC. LMU made 10-19 on the arc; they’ve won five of their last seven games.

— UCSB 75, Long Beach State 72— UCSB starts four seniors; Long Beach doesn’t play any seniors. Santa Barbara shot 59.5% inside arc; they trailed by 5 early in second half- they lead Cal-Irvine by a game atop the Big West standings.

— Our update on college basketball referee John Higgins:
January 24— Penn State @ Rutgers
January 25— Utah State @ San Diego State— Long plane ride for a back/back
January 26— Utah @ Oregon State
January 28— California @ Stanford
January 29— Michigan State @ Purdue— Day game after long plane ride.
January 30— Baylor @ Texas
January 31— Kansas State @ Kansas

February 1— Northern Iowa @ Drake- A double overtime game!!! Eight games in nine nights, and a double overtime game on the 9th night.
February 2— Wisconsin @ Ohio State— Ohio State coach Holtmann was ejected with 0:27 left in first half, after a charging call. Buckeyes have lost eight of their last nine games; tensions are running high.
February 4— Oklahoma @ West Virginia
February 5— Penn State @ Nebraska
February 7— Nevada @ New Mexico
February 8— San Diego State @ Utah State
February 9— USC at Oregon

He’s worked 14 games in 17 days, 69 games since November 7, which is 69 games in 96 days. He is 54-years old.
 
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