[LT Profits]

Listen up, basketball experts. Starting Friday (Feb 1) we will commence with the February 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 1:00 p.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. Entries that are past-post or do not have analysis for both games will be NO ACTION. Once your two-team parlay has been posted, you CANNOT change either play. Any edited post will count as a LOSS! If you make a mistake (such as leaving out "Over" or "Under" or not clearly stating your selection), need to add analysis or wish to enter corrected lines, do so in a seperate post. This holds true even if the first game on the schedule did not tip off yet. It also holds true for past-posts and entries with no analysis. It does NOT hold true for posts that are not parlay selections, i.e. standings, commentary posts or congratulatory posts.

6. And here’s the fine print:

• Must be 18 years of age or older to participate.
  
• 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.
  
• Residents outside the Continental US may be awarded the cash value prize instead of the monitor.

[LT Profits]

STANDINGS 
Name            W       L       W/P     Units
Wrigley     	8	7	0	138.00
xyzky     	9	15	1	93.00
LLXC       	7	10	0	82.00
goldengoat    	8	14	1	77.00
maestrobobcobb	9	16	0	74.00
pavyracer    	5	7	1	69.00
msubulldog	5	8	2	68.00
regularguy  	7	12	0	62.00
sharktank1  	6	10	0	56.00
uscfootball33	4	5	0	54.00
awhitejackson	5	8	0	50.00
LT Profits	8	16	0	48.00
MadCapper 	3	3	0	48.00
seaborneq     	6	11	0	46.00
VBOMBER  	5	9	0	40.00
Augustus 	2	2	0	32.00
Cabo        	5	11	1	29.00
durito      	2	3	0	22.00
Hounds    	1	1	0	16.00
Ship It!    	1	1	0	16.00
rugbybdyb  	6	15	1	15.00
stump      	1	2	1	15.00
The HG      	7	17	0	12.00
Deke101   	6	15	0	6.00
dwaechte  	1	2	0	6.00
Hulu        	1	2	0	6.00
Irish Lum'jack	1	2	0	6.00
B1GER1C828	2	5	0	2.00
Miami2586 	2	5	0	2.00
Peyton2Marvin	2	6	1	1.00
manly      	3	8	0	-2.00
louisvillekid  	6	17	1	-5.00
2DAMNGOOD	0	1	0	-10.00
BigBollocks	0	1	0	-10.00
BlackRepublican	0	1	0	-10.00
dmiles1021	0	1	0	-10.00
greek     	0	1	0	-10.00
imgv94       	0	1	0	-10.00
jasont     	0	1	0	-10.00
juuso      	0	1	0	-10.00
mandy      	0	1	0	-10.00
MOMONEY      	0	1	0	-10.00
MOONCRICKET	0	1	0	-10.00
mundane   	0	1	0	-10.00
Nostradamus	0	1	0	-10.00
RickySteve 	0	1	0	-10.00
shady610 	0	1	0	-10.00
smallgirlnadine	0	1	0	-10.00
TeddyJune	0	1	0	-10.00
tevari      	0	1	0	-10.00
thezbar      	5	15	1	-11.00
gizmo2431  	0	2	1	-11.00
bbyhill      	1	4	0	-14.00
bulldog3131	1	4	0	-14.00
buztah      	1	4	0	-14.00
indy62      	1	4	0	-14.00
myr10      	1	4	0	-14.00
palerider   	1	4	0	-14.00
wtt0315    	2	7	0	-18.00
harsh506    	2	8	1	-19.00
Brennan31	0	2	0	-20.00
Buckeye   	0	2	0	-20.00
MonkeyF0cker	0	2	0	-20.00
PerfecTrader	0	2	0	-20.00
picantel      	0	2	0	-20.00
sir,civic   	0	2	0	-20.00
trytrytry   	0	2	0	-20.00
charlie64  	5	16	1	-21.00
Kellen    	0	3	1	-21.00
louisvillekid1	1	5	0	-24.00
20Four7     	2	8	0	-28.00
ChuteBoxe  	0	3	0	-30.00
evilgenius    	0	3	0	-30.00
freebie      	0	3	0	-30.00
Mr KLC      	0	3	0	-30.00
nevadaside  	0	3	0	-30.00
rjt721      	0	4	1	-31.00
ipickwinners 	3	11	0	-32.00
beaneaters 	1	6	0	-34.00
pokernut9999	3	13	1	-43.00
rake922      	5	18	0	-50.00
eidolon  	0	5	0	-50.00
Junkyard Dog	5	19	1	-51.00
Dark Horse	1	9	1	-55.00
diogee    	4	16	0	-56.00
Data         	3	14	0	-62.00
OegNo    	1	9	0	-64.00
IHPuller   	4	17	0	-66.00
jeffscds     	0	8	0	-80.00
McRich      	2	14	0	-88.00
brock      	0	9	0	-90.00
Wyndham 	0	10	0	-100.00
Poker Beast	1	16	0	-134.00


GAME-BY-GAME 
Name            W       L       P        Pct
Augustus 	6	2	0	75.0%
Hounds    	3	1	0	75.0%
Ship It!    	3	1	0	75.0%
pavyracer    	17	8	1	68.0%
MadCapper 	8	4	0	66.7%
dwaechte  	4	2	0	66.7%
Irish Lum'jack	4	2	0	66.7%
uscfootball33	11	6	1	64.7%
msubulldog	18	10	2	64.3%
maestrobobcobb	30	18	2	62.5%
LLXC       	21	13	0	61.8%
awhitejackson	16	10	0	61.5%
Wrigley     	18	12	0	60.0%
durito      	6	4	0	60.0%
indy62      	6	4	0	60.0%
xyzky     	29	20	1	59.2%
thezbar      	24	17	1	58.5%
LT Profits	28	20	0	58.3%
regularguy  	22	16	0	57.9%
goldengoat    	26	19	1	57.8%
seaborneq     	19	14	1	57.6%
VBOMBER  	16	12	0	57.1%
harsh506    	12	9	1	57.1%
Kellen    	4	3	1	57.1%
sharktank1  	17	13	2	56.7%
charlie64  	24	19	1	55.8%
Cabo        	18	15	1	54.5%
manly      	12	10	0	54.5%
Deke101   	22	19	1	53.7%
Junkyard Dog	26	23	1	53.1%
wtt0315    	9	8	1	52.9%
jeffscds     	8	8	0	50.0%
Peyton2Marvin	8	8	2	50.0%
B1GER1C828	7	7	0	50.0%
Miami2586 	7	7	0	50.0%
louisvillekid1	6	6	0	50.0%
buztah      	5	5	0	50.0%
myr10      	5	5	0	50.0%
palerider   	5	5	0	50.0%
freebie      	3	3	0	50.0%
Buckeye   	2	2	0	50.0%
trytrytry   	2	2	0	50.0%
2DAMNGOOD	1	1	0	50.0%
BigBollocks	1	1	0	50.0%
BlackRepublican	1	1	0	50.0%
dmiles1021	1	1	0	50.0%
greek     	1	1	0	50.0%
imgv94       	1	1	0	50.0%
juuso      	1	1	0	50.0%
MOMONEY      	1	1	0	50.0%
MOONCRICKET	1	1	0	50.0%
mundane   	1	1	0	50.0%
Nostradamus	1	1	0	50.0%
RickySteve 	1	1	0	50.0%
smallgirlnadine	1	1	0	50.0%
TeddyJune	1	1	0	50.0%
tevari      	1	1	0	50.0%
pokernut9999	16	17	1	48.5%
ipickwinners 	13	14	1	48.1%
Data         	16	18	0	47.1%
louisvillekid  	22	25	1	46.8%
rugbybdyb  	19	22	3	46.3%
rake922      	21	25	0	45.7%
20Four7     	9	11	0	45.0%
OegNo    	9	11	0	45.0%
Poker Beast	15	19	0	44.1%
stump      	3	4	1	42.9%
The HG      	19	26	3	42.2%
IHPuller   	17	24	1	41.5%
bbyhill      	4	6	0	40.0%
eidolon  	4	6	0	40.0%
gizmo2431  	2	3	1	40.0%
McRich      	12	19	1	38.7%
beaneaters 	5	8	1	38.5%
Dark Horse	8	13	1	38.1%
diogee    	14	25	1	35.9%
ChuteBoxe  	2	4	0	33.3%
evilgenius    	2	4	0	33.3%
Hulu        	2	4	0	33.3%
nevadaside  	2	4	0	33.3%
sir,civic   	1	2	1	33.3%
Wyndham 	6	14	0	30.0%
bulldog3131	3	7	0	30.0%
Brennan31	1	3	0	25.0%
MonkeyF0cker	1	3	0	25.0%
PerfecTrader	1	3	0	25.0%
brock      	4	13	1	23.5%
rjt721      	2	7	1	22.2%
jasont     	0	2	0	0.0%
mandy      	0	2	0	0.0%
Mr KLC      	0	5	1	0.0%
picantel      	0	3	1	0.0%
shady610 	0	2	0	0.0%

[LT Profits]

NBA Basketball

Tue 2/26 501 Sacramento Kings -1˝ Over 202˝
7:35PM (EST) 502 Miami Heat +1˝ Under 202˝

Tue 2/26 503 Orlando Magic -4˝ Over 202˝
7:35PM (EST) 504 New Jersey Nets +4˝ Under 202˝

Tue 2/26 505 Utah Jazz -7 Over 199˝
8:05PM (EST) 506 Minnesota Timberwolves +7 Under 199˝

Tue 2/26 507 Cleveland Cavaliers -3 Over 198
8:05PM (EST) 508 Milwaukee Bucks +3 Under 198

Tue 2/26 509 Phoenix Suns -10 Over 213
8:05PM (EST) 510 Memphis Grizzlies +10 Under 213

Tue 2/26 511 Washington Wizards +12˝ Over 190˝
8:35PM (EST) 512 Houston Rockets -12˝ Under 190˝

Tue 2/26 513 Seattle Supersonics +14 Over 222
10:35PM (EST) 514 Golden State Warriors -14 Under 222

Tue 2/26 515 Portland Trailblazers +15˝ Over 202˝
10:35PM (EST) 516 Los Angeles Lakers -15˝ Under 202˝


NCAA Basketball

Tue 2/26 517 Seton Hall +4 Over 144
7:00PM (EST) 518 South Florida -4 Under 144

Tue 2/26 519 Boston College +5 Over 139˝
7:00PM (EST) 520 Virginia Tech -5 Under 139˝

Tue 2/26 521 Ohio State +8 Over 130˝
7:00PM (EST) 522 Indiana U -8 Under 130˝

Tue 2/26 523 Southern Illinois pk Over 131˝
7:00PM (EST) 524 Bradley pk Under 131˝

Tue 2/26 525 Connecticut -10˝ Over 135
7:00PM (EST) 526 Rutgers +10˝ Under 135

Tue 2/26 527 Evansville +9˝ Over 119
8:00PM (EST) 528 Wichita State -9˝ Under 119

Tue 2/26 529 Drake -1 Over 136
8:00PM (EST) 530 Missouri State +1 Under 136

Tue 2/26 531 Oklahoma State +5˝ Over 143˝
9:00PM (EST) 532 Missouri -5˝ Under 143˝

Tue 2/26 533 Tennessee -2˝ Over 159˝
9:00PM (EST) 534 Vanderbilt +2˝ Under 159˝

Tue 2/26 535 Northwestern +8 Over 127˝
9:00PM (EST) 536 Michigan -8 Under 127˝

Tue 2/26 537 San Diego State +8 Over 129˝
10:00PM (EST) 538 UNLV -8 Under 129˝

Tue 2/26 539 BYU +4˝ Over 137˝
10:00PM (EST) 540 New Mexico -4˝ Under 137˝

Tue 2/26 541 Western Michigan -8 Over 140˝
8:00PM (EST) 542 NO Illinois +8 Under 140˝

[LT Profits]

TIMBERWOLVES +7: As good as the Jazz are this season, I still don' quite trust them giving this many points on the road. They are 12-17 SU away from home while getting marginally outscored by their road opponents by -0.3 points per game. The T-Wolves laid an egg vs. Dallas on Sunday, but they are still 11-5 ATS their last 16 games.

CAVALIERS/BUCKS UNDER 198: The Cavaliers are playing good defensse right now, holding their last four opponents under 100 points and their last two opponents in the 80s. Sure, the Under is risky in any game involving Milwaukee, but the 98.5 points per game the Bucks allow at home is considerably less than their road average, and they are holding home opponents to a reasonable 45.8 percent shooting.

[Cabo]

Southern Illinois pk: I like them to sweep Bradly this year.
Drake -1: coming off big win @ Butler, love the Bulldogs in this one.

[rugbybdyb]

Kings -1 -- I think this line is low for some reason, I see a win by at least 5.

Majic/nets under 202 1/2 -- In the tree games this season they have yet to break 200, lets hope for a real sloppy slow game here.

[mundane]

Cleveland Cavaliers -3
a new energized team about to make a statement in the east! 'should be a decisive win on the road.
first game with the new players - won by 20!; varejao expected to play today. frontcourt players should hold the bucks to one-shot attempt.

Sonics/Warriors Under 222
first meeting this year: GS 109, @SEA 96 = 205. sonic's young star player with his inexperienced, depleted team against the loudest homecrowd? he shot poorly against this team btw. i see them scoring less than 100 and warriors scoring 120, the most.

[louisvillekid]

#501 Sac -1.5 : the Heat can't buy a win, the Kings should win this easily.

#508 Mil +3 : this is basically a play against the public, but the Bucks have been competitive as of late, averaging over 102 ppg in their last 5, they barely lost to the Hornets at home, and knocked off the Pistons and Nuggets at home.

[The HG]

Bradley Pk - Bradley has been rolling for a while now, injuries don't seem to matter. S Illinois isn't good enough IMO to justify a pick em line.

Drake -1 - Drake has really rolled over everyone this year, and I think they are likely to do it again here.

[myr10]

Cavs -3
I think the Cavs are still energized from the trade and will cover this easily.

Wizards +12.5
With Yao now out for the season i dont see how the wizards wont cover this.

[Poker_Beast]

Lakers -15.5 - nobody is hotter right now

Drake -1 - They will continue to play very well, should win easily

[xyzky]

529 Drake -1
"The Bears are on a one-step-forward, one-step-back pace that might cost coach Barry Hinson his job. Drake will be eager to paddle them after it lost at home for the first time this season Tuesday."
534 Under 159˝, Tenn @ Vandy
To be honest, I got burned on a big two game parlay with Tenn(ml) and the over against Memphis. I got burned on a 7 game parlay last night with the Texas/K-St. game not going over, I will play the under and not try and buck the trend.

[justdoingit]

Utah -7 Public is 70% on the jazz yet the line is moving in favor MIN? sounds like a trap hit it hard!

Pho -10 Grizzles will not have a chance in this one! Still avenging this weekends loss

[IHPuller]

UM vs NWSTN Under 127˝: Big 10 usually doesnt go over and these two teams are not scoring machines...

Tennessee -2.5: #1 team playing really well. They are rested, having not played since Sat night. Should be a chance to prove they are the best team in the nation.

[LLXC]

511 Washington Wizards +12˝
511 Washington Wizards/Houston Over 190˝

Yao Ming is out. Washington off a big win. Without Yao, there should be a faster tempo with the smaller lineup.

[Junkyard Dog]

507 Cleveland Cavaliers -3 - lbj on offense and big ben on defense equals to much for the bucks to handle

526 Rutgers +10˝ - uconn has struggled going into the rac in the past and i expect a close game

[thezbar]

minn +7 Going with the hot hand
Wizards over 190.5 Looks like up tempo tonight

[maestrobobcobb]

Tenn/Vanderbilt under 159.5: Last game played only 140 points scored: recent history 4-5 games have played under total: Tenn 7 out of 8 under on road: Vandy 6-6 under as a dog

BYU/New Mexico over 137.5 last game at BYU 149 points scored: Recent history 4-5 games have gone over total

[Wyndham]

Washington +12.5 (what I got them at): With Yao out, I have no expectations other than the Wizards have no business losing by 13 or more.

Utah-Minnesota U199.5: Just too many points for a Timberwolves game unless the Jazz play far too loose on the defensive end. I expect 15 to 20 points less than this.

[20Four7]

Phonix - 10 The looked bad against detroit, but this is a way easier spot here.
Kings/heat Over 202.5 I bet it in real life so throw it in here. Think this will be high scoring.

[seaborneq]

Bradley pick, the ovc is a tough conference to win on the road

Missouri State +1, Drake will suffer the let down affect

[MeatMan73]

Vandy +2 (catching Tenn at a good time at home)
Wash Wiz +10 1/2 (Hou hot streak cooling off)

Dog day afternoon

[goldengoat]

drake -1
just gonna go with the better team here

clev -3
bucks lost to the clippers at home a few games back. that's good enough to pick against bucks when you going against lebron

[Data]

510 Memphis Grizzlies +10
512 Houston Rockets -12˝
Taking two "bad" lines because I think they provide the best value. The Suns are no longer a team that can give so many points on the road and the Wizards likely will not show up tonight while the Rockets can play without Yao.

[VBOMBER]

Wash/Houston under 190.5 - Half court game and I see the offenses struggling in this game with all of the injuries

Port/LAL under 202.5 - Port will try and control the tempo as much as they can in order to stay in this game, and Lakers have been playing solid D and without Roy Port will struggle to score

LT - I think you misgraded my last play I believe on Saturday, you graded it as a win, where I really split (so a loss), not that it really matters but I thought I would let you know

[rake922]

Sacramento/Miami Over 202˝
Over is 9-2-2 in Kings last 13 games playing on 1 days rest.
Over is 5-1 in Heat last 6 games following a ATS loss.

Orlando/New Jersey Under 202˝
Under is 5-0 in the last 5 meetings.
Under is 5-1 in Nets last 6 home games.

[regularguy]

Connecticut -10.5 (at Rutgers)
I like Connecticut to bounce back from their loss at Nova, for a big win against an inferior Rutgers team. Rutgers has lost 7 in a row SU (4 of those at home); during that run, they only won ATS once. Connecticut will dominate on the boards, and will outshoot Rutgers. This game will probably get away from Rutgers before halftime.


Michigan -8 (v. Northwestern)
Northwestern is terrible. I'd feel sorry for them if it wasn't so profitable fading them. Michigan is playing pretty well lately; they’ve quietly won 4 of their last 5 SU and ATS. A big factor in this one will be rebounding. Northwestern is bad in that column. Michigan has been rebounding reasonably well, and against such teams, Northwestern has been known to get less than 20 rebounds. Michigan might well outrebound Northwestern 2 to 1, and if that happens, look for Michigan to win by 20.

[Buckeye]

Tennesse -2.5 - Vols will win and cover but it won't be easy as Vandy is tough at home.

Cleveland -1.5 - Lebron & his new Cronies will take it to Milwaukee on he road and will continue to prove all cynics they are wrong for doubting their recent trade for Wallace, Smith, Szczerbiak and West.

[msubulldog]

tenn/vandy under 159 1/2

played earlier on january 20th and final score was 140. have this one at 148.

oklahoma st/ missouri under 143 1/2

think this game comes in at 133. 7 of last 10 oklahoma state has not scored over 61. If you take out the overtime game vs nebraska missouri is averaging scoring 67 for last 10.

[20Four7]

Phonix - 10 The looked bad against detroit, but this is a way easier spot here.
Kings/heat Over 202.5 I bet it in real life so throw it in here. Think this will be high scoring.

If the kings didn't disappear in the 3rd quarter the outcome might have been different. I've never seen a team fade away the way they did for that quarter.

[LT Profits]

VBOMBER,

You are correct. Your record is correct now (in Wednesday's thread), as you did win tonight.

[louisvillekid]

#501 Sac -1.5 : the Heat can't buy a win, the Kings should win this easily.

#508 Mil +3 : this is basically a play against the public, but the Bucks have been competitive as of late, averaging over 102 ppg in their last 5, they barely lost to the Hornets at home, and knocked off the Pistons and Nuggets at home.

oh, now the Heat decide to play ball.