[LT Profits]

Listen up, basketball experts. Starting Wednesday (Jan 2) we will commence with a Hoops Parlay Contest with the monthly grand prize a 22” widescreen LCD monitor. The rules are simple:

1. Check in the NBA BASKETBALL HANDICAPPING FORUM each day for the daily thread to be posted by LT Profits. Lines will be posted by 11:00 a.m. (ET) each day. Plays may be posted before that, but the official posted lines will be used for grading.

2. Posted spreads and totals are the only eligible plays for grading. Both NBA and NCAA games included.

3. Two-game parlay picks, laying 10 to win 26. Post entire parlay at same time, no open parlays.

4. Here’s the catch: Your play must include a write-up, doesn’t have to be long, just a sentence or two about why you’re making your play. Here’s a THREAD from last year’s contest to be used for an example.

5. And here’s the fine print:

• One entry per household and IP address.
  
• Must use lines posted in daily thread by LT Profits
  
• Maximum one parlay pick per day, minimum 15 parlay plays needed to be eligible for monthly prize.
  
• Tiebreaker - Win % of individual parlay legs. If still tied, combatants will carry on a head-to-head parlay match until winner determined.
  
• All decisions made by SBR with regards to this contest are final.
  
• SBR employees eligible to participate but are not eligible to win the monthly prize.

[LT Profits]

STANDINGS 
Name            W       L       W/P     Units
durito      	6	2	0	136.00
The HG      	5	4	0	90.00
juuso      	5	5	1	89.00
palerider   	4	2	0	84.00
rugbybdyb  	5	6	0	70.00
Data         	4	4	0	64.00
charlie64  	4	5	1	63.00
awhitejackson	5	7	0	60.00
Junkyard Dog	5	7	0	60.00
rake922      	5	7	0	60.00
eidolon  	2	0	0	52.00
freebie      	2	0	0	52.00
B1GER1C828	3	3	0	48.00
goldengoat    	4	6	0	44.00
LLXC       	4	6	0	44.00
harsh506    	4	7	1	43.00
astro61200   	3	4	0	38.00
GamblingMike	3	4	0	38.00
indy62      	3	4	0	38.00
thezbar      	3	4	0	38.00
jeffries     	4	7	0	34.00
tevari      	4	7	0	34.00
Wrigley     	4	7	0	34.00
Willie Bee   	2	2	0	32.00
ipickwinners 	3	5	0	28.00
stump      	3	5	0	28.00
djeffectz   	1	0	0	26.00
uscfootball33	4	8	0	24.00
VBOMBER  	4	8	0	24.00
KidDynamite	3	6	0	18.00
wtt0315    	3	6	0	18.00
LT Profits	3	7	1	17.00
Yung Mula 	1	1	0	16.00
Dark Horse	2	4	0	12.00
Irish Lum'jack	2	4	0	12.00
manly      	2	4	0	12.00
Mr KLC      	2	4	0	12.00
sharktank1  	2	4	0	12.00
kdmfox        	3	7	0	8.00
Crayzee     	1	2	0	6.00
Doc JS     	1	2	0	6.00
HedgeHog   	1	2	0	6.00
sofos       	1	2	0	6.00
spliff     	1	2	0	6.00
bookie     	2	5	0	2.00
jayz00      	2	5	0	2.00
ralquis       	2	5	0	2.00
picantel      	2	6	1	1.00
beaneaters 	3	8	0	-2.00
alexda [ ]   	1	3	0	-4.00
LiLHammerlane	1	3	0	-4.00
minet123     	2	6	0	-8.00
2Pac       	0	1	0	-10.00
cap10     	0	1	0	-10.00
Checkerboard	0	1	0	-10.00
curious  	0	1	0	-10.00
dave11486 	0	1	0	-10.00
Dtown66   	0	1	0	-10.00
evilgenius    	0	1	0	-10.00
framboise    	0	1	0	-10.00
hwangSGD  	0	1	0	-10.00
idontlikerocks	0	1	0	-10.00
JT16       	0	1	0	-10.00
justdoingit 	0	1	0	-10.00
LMAOFISH 	0	1	0	-10.00
madcactus 	0	1	0	-10.00
MJFtheGenius	0	1	0	-10.00
MonkeyF0cker	0	1	0	-10.00
MOONCRICKET	0	1	0	-10.00
msubulldog	0	1	0	-10.00
szaidi99    	0	1	0	-10.00
McRich      	3	9	0	-12.00
pavyracer    	3	9	0	-12.00
JBC77     	1	4	0	-14.00
20Four7     	2	8	1	-19.00
accuscoresucks	0	2	0	-20.00
diogee    	0	2	0	-20.00
Sagarin     	0	2	0	-20.00
seaborneq     	0	2	0	-20.00
VLADYMYR	0	2	0	-20.00
Wayne Rooney 	0	2	0	-20.00
BrentCrude  	1	5	0	-24.00
brock      	1	5	0	-24.00
dwaechte  	1	5	0	-24.00
Cabo        	1	6	1	-25.00
regularguy  	2	8	0	-28.00
rjt721      	2	8	0	-28.00
pokernut9999	2	9	1	-29.00
Actionbrett   	0	3	0	-30.00
ballin       	0	3	0	-30.00
dizzyd       	0	3	0	-30.00
hoggin1  	0	3	0	-30.00
jstblaze      	0	3	0	-30.00
nevadaside  	0	3	0	-30.00
PerfecTrader	0	3	0	-30.00
Razz    	0	3	0	-30.00
triplecrown  	0	3	0	-30.00
hhsilver    	0	4	1	-31.00
EaglesPhan36	1	6	0	-34.00
louisvillekid1	2	9	0	-38.00
Deke101   	0	4	0	-40.00
louisvillekid  	2	10	0	-48.00
bbyhill      	1	8	0	-54.00
Bernval    	0	6	0	-60.00
perhapsnot  	0	6	0	-60.00
jeffscds     	1	9	0	-64.00
Peyton2Marvin	0	8	0	-80.00
picoman   	0	8	0	-80.00
maestrobobcobb	1	11	0	-84.00


GAME-BY-GAME 
Name            W       L       P        Pct
eidolon  	4	0	0	100.0%
freebie      	4	0	0	100.0%
djeffectz   	2	0	0	100.0%
durito      	14	2	0	87.5%
The HG      	14	4	0	77.8%
indy62      	10	4	0	71.4%
Data         	11	5	0	68.8%
charlie64  	13	6	1	68.4%
B1GER1C828	8	4	0	66.7%
manly      	8	4	0	66.7%
palerider   	8	4	0	66.7%
Crayzee     	4	2	0	66.7%
HedgeHog   	4	2	0	66.7%
GamblingMike	9	5	0	64.3%
awhitejackson	14	8	2	63.6%
uscfootball33	15	9	0	62.5%
Willie Bee   	5	3	0	62.5%
20Four7     	13	8	1	61.9%
juuso      	13	8	1	61.9%
kdmfox        	12	8	0	60.0%
Cabo        	9	6	1	60.0%
Wrigley     	13	9	0	59.1%
Junkyard Dog	14	10	0	58.3%
McRich      	14	10	0	58.3%
VBOMBER  	14	10	0	58.3%
Dark Horse	7	5	0	58.3%
astro61200   	8	6	0	57.1%
bookie     	8	6	0	57.1%
ipickwinners 	9	7	0	56.3%
wtt0315    	10	8	0	55.6%
LLXC       	11	9	0	55.0%
beaneaters 	12	10	0	54.5%
Irish Lum'jack	6	5	1	54.5%
rake922      	13	11	0	54.2%
LT Profits	10	9	3	52.6%
louisvillekid  	12	12	0	50.0%
rugbybdyb  	12	12	0	50.0%
louisvillekid1	11	11	0	50.0%
goldengoat    	10	10	0	50.0%
jeffscds     	10	10	0	50.0%
rjt721      	10	10	0	50.0%
minet123     	8	8	0	50.0%
stump      	8	8	0	50.0%
EaglesPhan36	7	7	0	50.0%
jayz00      	7	7	0	50.0%
ralquis       	7	7	0	50.0%
thezbar      	7	7	0	50.0%
dwaechte  	6	6	0	50.0%
sharktank1  	6	6	0	50.0%
JBC77     	5	5	0	50.0%
Deke101   	4	4	0	50.0%
Doc JS     	3	3	0	50.0%
spliff     	3	3	0	50.0%
VLADYMYR	2	2	0	50.0%
Wayne Rooney 	2	2	0	50.0%
Yung Mula 	2	2	0	50.0%
2Pac       	1	1	0	50.0%
dave11486 	1	1	0	50.0%
Dtown66   	1	1	0	50.0%
evilgenius    	1	1	0	50.0%
justdoingit 	1	1	0	50.0%
madcactus 	1	1	0	50.0%
MOONCRICKET	1	1	0	50.0%
msubulldog	1	1	0	50.0%
szaidi99    	1	1	0	50.0%
harsh506    	11	12	1	47.8%
pokernut9999	11	12	1	47.8%
jeffries     	10	12	0	45.5%
bbyhill      	8	10	0	44.4%
KidDynamite	8	10	0	44.4%
hhsilver    	4	5	1	44.4%
picoman   	7	9	0	43.8%
tevari      	9	12	1	42.9%
pavyracer    	10	14	0	41.7%
Mr KLC      	5	7	0	41.7%
picantel      	7	10	1	41.2%
regularguy  	7	11	0	38.9%
maestrobobcobb	9	15	0	37.5%
alexda [ ]   	3	5	0	37.5%
LiLHammerlane	3	5	0	37.5%
Bernval    	4	8	0	33.3%
BrentCrude  	4	8	0	33.3%
perhapsnot  	4	8	0	33.3%
ballin       	2	4	0	33.3%
dizzyd       	2	4	0	33.3%
PerfecTrader	2	4	0	33.3%
Razz    	2	4	0	33.3%
sofos       	2	4	0	33.3%
triplecrown  	2	4	0	33.3%
Peyton2Marvin	4	12	0	25.0%
brock      	3	9	0	25.0%
accuscoresucks	1	3	0	25.0%
diogee    	1	3	0	25.0%
Sagarin     	1	3	0	25.0%
seaborneq     	1	3	0	25.0%
Actionbrett   	1	5	0	16.7%
hoggin1  	1	5	0	16.7%
jstblaze      	1	5	0	16.7%
nevadaside  	1	5	0	16.7%
cap10     	0	2	0	0.0%
Checkerboard	0	2	0	0.0%
curious  	0	2	0	0.0%
framboise    	0	2	0	0.0%
hwangSGD  	0	2	0	0.0%
idontlikerocks	0	2	0	0.0%
JT16       	0	2	0	0.0%
LMAOFISH 	0	2	0	0.0%
MJFtheGenius	0	2	0	0.0%
MonkeyF0cker	0	2	0	0.0%

[wtt0315]

new jersey -4.5
i am staying on my soapbox for portland being the most overated team in the nba. look for new jersey to dominate here at portlands road trip continues.
washington +12
this is a tough game for me here but getting 12 seems reasonable. boston could destroy this team but i see boston winning by 8-9

[louisvillekid]

LAL (Lakers) -7 : its going to be a Kobe show tonight, the Sonics haven't covered 4 in a row, and are just outright horrible.

Utah (Jazz) -9.5 : the Bucks suck, Utah plays great at home, the Jazz avg almost 108ppg at home, the Bucks avg about 94ppg on the road.

[Wrigley]

Boston Under

With the first two head-to-head meetings this season going Under by a combined 45 points

Utah
UTAH is 4-0 against the spread versus MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
UTAH is 4-0 straight up against MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons

[LT Profits]

CBB Totals are up.

NBA Basketball

Mon 1/14 701 Denver Nuggets -4˝ Over 209
7:05PM (EST) 702 Charlotte Bobcats +4˝ Under 209

Mon 1/14 703 Washington Wizards +11˝ Over 184
7:35PM (EST) 704 Boston Celtics -11˝ Under 184

Mon 1/14 705 Portland Trailblazers +5 Over 187˝
7:35PM (EST) 706 New Jersey Nets -5 Under 187˝

Mon 1/14 707 Philadelphia 76ers +11˝ Over 187
8:35PM (EST) 708 San Antonio Spurs -11˝ Under 187

Mon 1/14 709 Milwaukee Bucks +10 Over 210
9:05PM (EST) 710 Utah Jazz -10 Under 210

Mon 1/14 711 Los Angeles Lakers -5˝ Over 209
10:05PM (EST) 712 Seattle Supersonics +5˝ Under 209

Mon 1/14 713 Dallas Mavericks -6 Over 194˝
10:05PM (EST) 714 Sacramento Kings +6 Under 194˝


NCAA Basketball

Mon 1/14 715 Georgetown -1˝ Over 132˝
7:00PM (EST) 716 Pittsburgh +1˝ Under 132˝

Mon 1/14 717 Oklahoma +16˝ Over 135
9:00PM (EST) 718 Kansas -16˝ Under 135

Mon 1/14 719 Portland U -4˝ Over 143˝
11:00PM (EST) 720 Loyola Marymount +4˝ Under 143˝

Tue 1/15 721 Gonzaga -13 Over 156
0:00AM (EST) 722 Pepperdine +13 Under 156

Tue 1/15 723 San Jose State +6 Over 138
0:00AM (EST) 724 Hawaii -6 Under 138

Mon 1/14 725 Coll Charleston -14˝ Over 140˝
7:00PM (EST) 726 The Citadel +14˝ Under 140˝

[harsh506]

Portland +5
Georgetown -1.5

They just seem easy picks to me.

[regularguy]

Oklahoma +16.5 (at Kansas)
I'll take Oklahoma and 16.5 against pretty much anybody anywhere.

Loyola Marymount +4.5 (v. Portland)
Loyola should put up a good fight at home against a team they can compete with.

[Wrigley]

my utah and Boston picks are both NBA plays

[pokernut9999]

Boston under 184 : Seems like the under is the safest play with the Celtics lately.


Georgetown -1.5 : Like the Hoyas here in this Big East matchup.

[uscfootball33]

01/14/08: USCFOOTBALL33’s Parlay Of The Day

Pittsburgh +1.5
Analysis: Georgetown almost lost to UCONN and no I am not saying UCONN isn’t a good basketball team, but when you are favored by 10 points it shouldn’t come down to a last second shot. On the other hand, this game is IN Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh has an awesome basketball team this year. Take Pittsburgh and the points.

Seattle +5.5
Analysis: This one is in Seattle and Los Angeles is a little too banged up to be able to blow the Super Sonics out of the water. Take Seattle and the points.

[LLXC]

722 Pepperdine +13

726 The Citadel +14˝

Too many points for either away team (Gonzaga and Charleston, respectively) to cover.

[Irish Lumberjack]

703 Washington Wizards 704 Boston Celtics Under 184- They've done it before let's see if they do it again?

705 Portland Trailblazers +5 - should bounce back tonight and make it a close game

[The HG]

Pitt/GTown under 132.5 - Even though both teams have been scoring a bit higher than this in general, I think when they meet it will be clash of the slow-down tough D half-court titans, and it should stay under.

Portland/LMU under 143.5 - I think LMU's recent high-scoring games are a bit misleading, and I think this one is more likely to stay in the normal scoring range, in the 130s.

[pavyracer]

Georgetown -1.5

Hibbert and pals play terrific defense and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will score one more basket than Pitt.

Washington +11.5

Boston hasn't covered the spread in 2008 yet and I'm hoping that they keep this trend for at least today.

[Junkyard Dog]

715 Georgetown -1˝ - this looks to easy with pitt not being 100% healthy rite now

711 Los Angeles Lakers -5˝ - yes bynum being out hurts, but they still have kobe and should cruise past the sonics

[charlie64]

OKLAHOMA +16.5 {I think Longar,and the return this year of Keith clark along with top recruit Blake Griffen can hang within 16.5 of Kansas.This is the same team that stayed within 10 pts. of Memphis.}

GEORGETOWN -1.5 {I look for Georgetown to completely dominate this game.Along with being the active career leader in double-doubles,Roy Hibbert has the ability to take over a game.Along with DaJuan Summers,and Jesse Sapp Georgetown should,and will win this game going away.

[LT Profits]

Georgetown/Pittsburgh UNDER 132.5: Another "I wish" line as I got Under 129.5 in real life. Should be your typical Big East slugfest - Last 6 meetings have averaged combined 123.3 points.

Wizards/Celtics UNDER 184: I beat the move here as I got Under 185. I usually try to avoid plays that look too obvious, but I couldn't resist this one. These same teams scored 163 points Saturday, the Celtics play better defense at home, and the Under is 7-1 last 8 meetings in Boston.

[rjt721]

Georgetown/Pitt UNDER 132.5: Fields' and Cook's injuries severely limit what wasn't a very potent Pitt offense to begin with, and their absence will be felt tonight against a Hoyas' defense allowing opponents to shoot only 35.7% from the field. Georgetown should play at their typical methodical pace offensively, and both teams will have difficulty getting out of the low 60s tonight.

Lakers/Sonics UNDER 209: Kobe will receive plenty of attention from Seattle's defense with Bynum absent, and save for Kobe having a 50+% night shooting, the Lakers should struggle a bit to score without an inside scoring presence. Carlesimo's presence is finally being felt in Seattle, with the Sonics becoming less of a run-n-gun team than in prior years, their totals averaging 183.8 over their last six and failing to break 200 in that span.

[freebie]

Milwaukee Bucks +10
Buck's last game on the road, they're getting beat and just wanna take an ATS and wrap this up and head home.

Sacramento Kings +6
Dallas not a very good road chalk ATS. SAC has a decent home dog ATS.

[jayz00]

Denver -4 1/2 Should have a little too much for the bobcats....who have been playing there hearts out latley. feel like the cats should run out of puff soon.

dallas -6 a better team to will and cover. Kings cannot take a trick at the mo

[maestrobobcobb]

Here goes again: another split result parlay on Sunday:Today's try to include:

#719: PORTLAND U -4.5 over Loyola Maramount: Loyola 0-6 ATS in last six games

#723: SAN JOSE ST.: +6 over Hawaii:Revenge game for San Jose St. should keep it close: hoping for season split

[palerider]

LA Lakers -5 Even with Byrum out the lakers should be able to cover this spread againest the wests 2nd worst team(9-27). It's going to be K. Bryant (27.0) night to show K. Durant (19.0) the rookie the ropes.


Portland +5 This team is far from over rated. There young and play with alot of heart. There shooting great behind the arc and are pretty deep on bench scoring. Even if they lose it will be under 5

[rugbybdyb]

Nuggets/Bobcats -- Nugets -4 1/2 -- This is a home game for the bobcats but I dont think that will be enough. The nuggets are averaging 107 ppg where as the nuggets are only averaging 94.8.

Lakers/supersonics -- Lakers -5 1/2 -- nothing complicated here, supersonics are just not that good, and the lakers have been on a roll and the supersonics have only won 5 games at home.

[Cabo]

716 Pittsburgh +1˝
719 Portland U -4˝

Taking the home team in a nice match up with GT and Pitt. Laying points against a bad Loyola-M team.

[Dark Horse]

Boston Celtics Under 184
Boston Celtics -11˝

Celtics are lethargic since beating Pistons, but they lost Saturday to Washington so there's your motivation. Should be a determined effort and it starts with defense.

[Mr KLC]

Hawaii/San Jose St Under 138

Hawaii hasn't scored over 65 points in 5 of their last 7 home games. San Jose St has not scored over 65 points in 4 of their last 5 away games. Hawaii has hit the under in 5 of their last 6 home games.

Nuggets/Bobcats Over 209

Bobcats have shot 47%+ in 4 of their last 5 games. They've also been over in 6 of their last 8 home games. 100+ points in Denver is a religion, scoring over that mark against the last 6 teams they have played with losing records.

[20Four7]

Celtics Under 184 Dammit LT you know I like fading the front page boys but I can't here. These guys don't score lots when they play each other.

Portland +5 They have cooled off and it took double OT for the raps to put them down in a game I feel I should have covered in Saturday. Back them here getting points.

[stump]

703 Washington Wizards Over 184 my number is for 191 pts to be scored

713 Dallas Mavericks -6 Mavs extend the winning streak

[brock]

710 Utah -10
When Milw comes to town its a big victory margin.

715 Georgetown -1.5
They have owned Pitts in the past and are playing
very well.

[durito]

717 Oklahoma +16˝ -- This number is too high for a much improved Oklahoma team.

704 Boston Celtics -11˝ -- The Celtics lost to Washington on sat. night, but they have destroyed their next opponent after each of their other 4 loses this season and they should get their revenge tonight.

[Bernval]

Still a VB here - but I think tonight is the nite.

Georgetown - 1 1/2 - Celtics coach River's son play for Hoyas and alot of my gurus here in hell like GT - good enuf for me.

Dallas -6 - Streakin -but on road - but streakin - Kings still sub-par

[ralquis]

Charlotte Bobcats Under 209
time for an under for charlotte
Boston Celtics -11˝
revenge for an embarrassing loss

[awhitejackson]

Oklahoma +16...Good road team...Think that they can hang within ten.
Georgetown -1.5....Injury depletions for Pitt still have me believing that they will not be able to hang with the elite in the big east..

[manly]

Oklahoma +16˝
- kansas hasn't been tested in big 12 play yet, tonight they will be

OKLA/KANSAS Over 135
- okla challenge will result in an over