[LT Profits]

Listen up, basketball experts. Starting Saturday (Mar 1) we will commence with the March 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
beaneaters 	5	3	0	100.00
20Four7     	4	2	1	93.00
Deke101   	4	2	0	84.00
The HG      	4	3	0	74.00
maestrobobcobb	4	4	0	64.00
greek     	3	2	0	58.00
thezbar      	3	3	0	48.00
LT Profits	3	4	1	47.00
Poker Beast	2	1	0	42.00
regularguy  	3	4	0	38.00
Wrigley     	3	4	0	38.00
diogee    	3	5	0	28.00
louisvillekid  	3	5	0	28.00
rake922      	3	5	0	28.00
harsh506    	2	3	0	22.00
Peyton2Marvin	2	3	0	22.00
ralquis       	2	3	0	22.00
sharktank1  	2	3	0	22.00
Cabo        	1	1	0	16.00
msubulldog	1	1	0	16.00
myr10      	1	1	0	16.00
babaoriley 	2	4	0	12.00
LLXC       	2	4	0	12.00
rugbybdyb  	2	4	0	12.00
sir.civic   	2	4	0	12.00
seaborneq     	2	5	1	11.00
awhitejackson	1	2	0	6.00
dannyt76 	2	5	0	2.00
IHPuller   	2	5	0	2.00
VBOMBER  	1	3	0	-4.00
charlie64  	2	6	0	-8.00
pavyracer    	2	6	0	-8.00
gzolling9783	0	1	0	-10.00
imgv94       	0	1	0	-10.00
indy62      	0	1	0	-10.00
kkhimji2001	0	1	0	-10.00
MadCapper 	0	1	0	-10.00
Mr KLC      	0	1	0	-10.00
OegNo    	0	1	0	-10.00
stump      	0	1	0	-10.00
dwaechte  	1	4	0	-14.00
justdoingit 	1	4	0	-14.00
pokernut9999	1	5	1	-15.00
gizmo2431  	0	2	0	-20.00
louisvillekid1	0	2	0	-20.00
McRich      	0	2	0	-20.00
picantel      	0	2	0	-20.00
brock      	1	5	0	-24.00
szaidi99    	1	5	0	-24.00
rjt721      	0	3	0	-30.00
turnip     	1	6	0	-34.00
Dark Horse	0	4	0	-40.00
Data         	0	4	0	-40.00
junkman773	0	4	0	-40.00
goldengoat    	1	7	0	-44.00
mundane   	1	7	0	-44.00
xyzky     	0	5	0	-50.00
Wyndham 	0	6	0	-60.00
Junkyard Dog	0	8	0	-80.00


GAME-BY-GAME 
Name            W       L       P        Pct
Poker Beast	5	1	0	83.3%
The HG      	11	3	0	78.6%
20Four7     	10	3	1	76.9%
beaneaters 	12	4	0	75.0%
Deke101   	9	3	0	75.0%
Cabo        	3	1	0	75.0%
msubulldog	3	1	0	75.0%
greek     	7	3	0	70.0%
Peyton2Marvin	7	3	0	70.0%
LT Profits	10	5	1	66.7%
babaoriley 	8	4	0	66.7%
dannyt76 	9	5	0	64.3%
regularguy  	9	5	0	64.3%
Wrigley     	9	5	0	64.3%
thezbar      	7	4	1	63.6%
diogee    	10	6	0	62.5%
louisvillekid  	10	6	0	62.5%
pavyracer    	10	6	0	62.5%
VBOMBER  	5	3	0	62.5%
seaborneq     	9	6	1	60.0%
harsh506    	6	4	0	60.0%
ralquis       	6	4	0	60.0%
sharktank1  	6	4	0	60.0%
sir.civic   	7	5	0	58.3%
maestrobobcobb	9	7	0	56.3%
rake922      	9	7	0	56.3%
rugbybdyb  	6	5	1	54.5%
mundane   	8	8	0	50.0%
turnip     	7	7	0	50.0%
brock      	6	6	0	50.0%
LLXC       	6	6	0	50.0%
Dark Horse	4	4	0	50.0%
rjt721      	3	3	0	50.0%
gizmo2431  	2	2	0	50.0%
myr10      	2	2	0	50.0%
gzolling9783	1	1	0	50.0%
imgv94       	1	1	0	50.0%
indy62      	1	1	0	50.0%
kkhimji2001	1	1	0	50.0%
Mr KLC      	1	1	0	50.0%
OegNo    	1	1	0	50.0%
stump      	1	1	0	50.0%
pokernut9999	6	7	1	46.2%
charlie64  	7	9	0	43.8%
IHPuller   	6	8	0	42.9%
goldengoat    	6	9	1	40.0%
dwaechte  	4	6	0	40.0%
justdoingit 	4	6	0	40.0%
junkman773	3	5	0	37.5%
awhitejackson	2	4	0	33.3%
Junkyard Dog	5	11	0	31.3%
szaidi99    	3	9	0	25.0%
picantel      	1	3	0	25.0%
xyzky     	2	8	0	20.0%
Wyndham 	2	9	1	18.2%
Data         	0	8	0	0.0%
louisvillekid1	0	4	0	0.0%
MadCapper 	0	2	0	0.0%
McRich      	0	4	0	0.0%

[IHPuller]

Kentucky -2.5: Kentucky playing for their lives right now, and playing much better ball of late. Florida is not very tough on the road.

Pistons/Bulls Under 196: I think these 2 teams will have a good high 80s-90s battle with good defense.

[regularguy]

Texas -12 (or so) (v. Oklahoma State)
Texas claims a share of the Big 12 title with this win. They'll be flying high for their last home game. Oklahoma State, on the other hand, probably saw their NCAA tourney chances disappear when they lost at home on Wednesday to rival Oklahoma. Though the Cowboys have been playing well lately, I think the air must have come out on Wednesday. They shot 36.5% against Oklahoma, and they generally do not rebound very well. I'm betting on Texas to set themselves up for the conference tournament with a nice big win here.


Virginia Tech +10.5 (or so) (at Clemson)
Two very good teams. They will both have first round byes in the ACC tourney, and they will both be in the big dance. I just think the difference here, even at Clemson, is not double digit. Virginia Tech has been playing excellent D. They have given up <35% shooting and <60 points in their last two (the second of which was an impressive win over Wake Forest). Clemson gave up 80 points on 52% shooting in losing to Georgia Tech, a loss that almost messed up their first round bye.

[McRich]

MSU/OSU over
Michigan State is really heating up on offense. This should go over by about five points.

Pistons over Bulls
The Pistons have had trouble with the Bulls this year. But this is a different team without Ben Wallace. I think the Pistons will cover this game easily.

[Wrigley]

Play Ohio State
MICHIGAN ST is 9-20 ATS in road games against conference opponents over the last 3 seasons.

Play Purdue
MICHIGAN is 11-21 ATS as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
MICHIGAN is 13-24 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.

[Wyndham]

Sonics +12: Toronto sucks. They'll probably bite me here but I don't like them.

Spurs -2: Phoenix sucks. Gotta go with Duncan and the Spurs to not lose two straight.

[Junkyard Dog]

713 Florida +3 - Gators on the bubble and need to beat the cats

721 Rutgers +9 - Jersey hoops at its finest lol. Nonetheless ill take the points in the rivalry game

[maestrobobcobb]

LINES AS OF 11:30 AM:Adjust lines if necessary if posted line differs

Bowling Green + 13.5 over Miami Ohio: line seems too high: past matchups have been close including earlier this year which was decided by just three; also Bowling Green 7-1 ATS vs Miami @ Miami over the last ten years

South Alabama -12.5 over New Orleans: New Orleans only
1-4 ATS last 5 games including a 20 point loss to S. Alabama:
South Alabama 4-1 ATS over last 5 games and over last 3 years S Alabama 4-1 ATS vs New Orleans

[greek]

toronto/ detroit by the spread

[thezbar]

Spurs ATS Two teams going in different directions
Sac Kings ATS Thinking they can get inside the number

[pavyracer]

DePaul +12 Depaul can hang with Pittsburgh who does not play well lately.

Buffalo +12 Ohio is not blowing out teams lately and Buffalo can hang in close.

[LT Profits]

NBA Basketball

Sun 3/9 701 Seattle Supersonics +12˝ Over 203˝
1:05PM (EST) 702 Toronto Raptors -12˝ Under 203˝

Sun 3/9 703 Philadelphia 76ers -2˝ Over 205˝
1:05PM (EST) 704 Milwaukee Bucks +2˝ Under 205˝

Sun 3/9 705 San Antonio Spurs -2 Over 202˝
3:30PM (EST) 706 Phoenix Suns +2 Under 202˝

Sun 3/9 707 Chicago Bulls +9 Over 195
8:05PM (EST) 708 Detroit Pistons -9 Under 195

Sun 3/9 709 Sacramento Kings +14 Over 224
9:35PM (EST) 710 Los Angeles Lakers -14 Under 224


NCAA Basketball

Sun 3/9 711 Depaul +12 Over 143
12:00PM (EST) 712 Pittsburgh -12 Under 143

Sun 3/9 713 Florida +3 Over 137˝
12:00PM (EST) 714 Kentucky -3 Under 137˝

Sun 3/9 715 Michigan State +1 Over 127
12:00PM (EST) 716 Ohio State -1 Under 127

Sun 3/9 717 Bowling Green +13˝ Over 123
12:00PM (EST) 718 Miami Ohio -13˝ Under 123

Sun 3/9 719 Virginia Tech +10˝ Over 140˝
1:30PM (EST) 720 Clemson -10˝ Under 140˝

Sun 3/9 721 Rutgers +9 Over 142˝
2:00PM (EST) 722 Seton Hall -9 Under 142˝

Sun 3/9 723 South Carolina +15˝ Over 150˝
2:00PM (EST) 724 Tennessee -15˝ Under 150˝

Sun 3/9 725 NO Illinois +9˝ Over 137˝
2:00PM (EST) 726 Eastern Michigan -9˝ Under 137˝

Sun 3/9 727 Ball State +13 Over 123˝
2:00PM (EST) 728 Western Michigan -13 Under 123˝

Sun 3/9 729 Buffalo +12˝ Over 137
2:00PM (EST) 730 Ohio -12˝ Under 137

Sun 3/9 731 Toledo +7˝ Over 130˝
2:00PM (EST) 732 Central Michigan -7˝ Under 130˝

Sun 3/9 733 Colorado +11 Over 122
3:00PM (EST) 734 Nebraska -11 Under 122

Sun 3/9 735 Oklahoma State +11 Over 137
4:00PM (EST) 736 Texas -11 Under 137

Sun 3/9 737 Kent State +3˝ Over 131
6:00PM (EST) 738 Akron -3˝ Under 131

Sun 3/9 739 Maryland +2 Over 150
7:30PM (EST) 740 Virginia -2 Under 150

Sun 3/9 741 New Orleans U +13 Over 143˝
1:30PM (EST) 742 South Alabama -13 Under 143˝

Sun 3/9 743 Troy +5˝ Over 142˝
3:50PM (EST) 744 Middle Tenn St -5˝ Under 142˝

Sun 3/9 745 FLA Atlantic +3 Over 136˝
7:30PM (EST) 746 Arkansas Little Rock -3 Under 136˝

Sun 3/9 747 North Texas +7˝ Over 147
10:00PM (EST) 748 Western Kentucky -7˝ Under 147

Sun 3/9 749 Illinois State +2 Over 127˝
2:00PM (EST) 750 Drake -2 Under 127˝

Sun 3/9 751 William & Mary +11˝ Over 116˝
3:00PM (EST) 752 Va Commonwealth -11˝ Under 116˝

Sun 3/9 753 NC Wilmington +7 Over 138
5:20PM (EST) 754 George Mason -7 Under 138

Sun 3/9 755 Santa Clara +12˝ Over 129
9:30PM (EST) 756 Gonzaga -12˝ Under 129

Sun 3/9 757 Saint Mary's CA -5 Over 128
11:50PM (EST) 758 San Diego +5 Under 128

Sun 3/9 759 NC Greensboro +8˝ Over 142
6:00PM (EST) 760 Davidson -8˝ Under 142

Sun 3/9 761 Elon +2˝ Over 129˝
8:30PM (EST) 762 Coll Charleston -2˝ Under 129˝

Sun 3/9 763 Loyola Maryland +6˝ Over 148
6:00PM (EST) 764 Siena -6˝ Under 148

Sun 3/9 765 Marist +3 Over 142˝
8:20PM (EST) 766 Rider -3 Under 142˝

Sun 3/9 767 Indiana U -8˝ Over 138
2:00PM (EST) 768 Penn State +8˝ Under 138

Sun 3/9 769 Purdue -5 Over 130˝
4:00PM (EST) 770 Michigan +5 Under 130˝

Sun 3/9 771 Cincinnati +12˝ Over 136˝
6:00PM (EST) 772 Connecticut -12˝ Under 136˝

[rjt721]

Illinois State +2: ISU's 0-2 against Drake, but my delusional self still feels they are the better team.

UNC-Wilmington +7: UNCW already 2-0 against G-Mase. Tough to beat a team 3 x, I know, and VCU/Mase part 2 seems inevitable, but Mase has done nothing away from its home floor, certainly not enough to warrant the 7 spot here. The Pats often go through long droughts on offense, something they can ill afford against an offense like UNCW's. Think G-Mase pulls it out, but this one goes down to the wire.

[LLXC]

750 Drake -2
Expecting Drake to continue their success and win the MVC tourny.

769 Purdue -5
Expecting a blowout here against a horrible Michigan team.

[goldengoat]

rider -3
rider already smacked marist once this year, time to make it twice

drake -2
drake takes care of its business at home and is just the better team

[turnip]

Oklahoma St. +11 The Cowboys are hot, Texas not too impressive the past 2 games.

Purdue -5 Michigan has packed it in, and Purdue does not want to head into the B10 tourney on a 2 game skid.

[Dark Horse]

San Antonio Spurs Over 202˝
San Antonio Spurs -2

Suns defense still too much of a liability, plus they hate matinee games. Zebras for this game are a combined 71-53 O/U.

[babaoriley]

Ok. St +11--- UT struggles with OSU's size, year after year. A UT loss wouldn't completely shock me, but more likely is a 6-8 point win.

Toronto-Sea Over 203.5--- No defense really involved here and Toronto has plenty of shooters. Will Seattle be able to score 90 though?

[seaborneq]

Drake -2, you have to score at least 50 to beat this bunch

Tennessee -15.5, Time to lock up a number 1 seed with a Duke loss and blowout today

[The HG]

Seattle/Toronto under 203.5 - Toronto needs a win and I think they will try to get this one by playing good D.

Spurs -2 - I think Phoenix' problems are fundamental and the Spurs will be able to handle them here.

[Poker_Beast]

Spurs -2, Suns are easily beatable and the Spurs are looking to bounce back

Spurs/Suns over 202.5 - easily going to put up a lot of points in this one

[rugbybdyb]

bulls/pistons under 195 -- have not beat this in any of the 3 games this year.

Spurs/suns under 202 1/2 -- they have not gone over this in the last two meetings and if this one is like the most recent it will be way under.

[Deke101]

Elon/College of Charleston Over 129.5: I took Charleston's Over 150 last night and that hit by 10 points. The only reason this total is so low is because its on a neutral court. The first meeting totaled 143, and the second meeting totaled 173. Charleston is favored by 5.5, and people seem to like Elon getting points, so this could be a close game towards the end too, which would also help push the total over.

Drake -2: Drake is great against the spread, and I expect them to continue there winning ways against the second ranked team in their conference, but Illinois State is not strong enough away from home to take down Drake.

[diogee]

Spurs/Suns under 202.5 Spurs buckle down on defense while the Suns play more of a Shaq style game.

Chi/Det U 195 Total has not went over 190 in 3 meetings this season. Typical Pistons game with playing solid defense and scoring enough to get the job done.

[louisvillekid]

#708 Det. -9 : the Bulls couldn't get up for a game on national TV, i don't see any motivation for them to play any better at Det., plus the Pistons have the revenge angle.

#753 UNC Wil +7 : the Seahawks and Patriots last 3 have been within this number. the Seahawks guard Fountain went out with an ankle injury against Old Dominion, but bounced back and dropped 18 on Delaware last night.


teams i couldn't choose between to put in, LAL, S.Ala, WKU, Mid Tenn St., VCU, Davidson.

[LT Profits]

NORTHERN ILLINOIS +9.5 - Too many points for a team like EMU to give.

OKLAHOMA STATE +11 - They need it more.

[harsh506]

purdue and st. marys

Purdue has been solid for me for weeks, and st.marys wants a hiher seed in the tourny

[rake922]

San Antonio Spurs/Phoenix Suns Under 202˝
Under is 20-9 in Spurs last 29 games as a road favorite.
Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

Chicago Bulls/Detroit Pistons Under 195
Under is 13-6 in Pistons last 19 games following a ATS loss
Under is 4-0 in Pistons last 4 games as a home favorite of 5.0-10.5.

[beaneaters]

Phoenix +2. Because everyone is on the Spurs, and Suns have to start re-establishing themselves.

Pistons -9. They've lost all three to Bulls, and want to put an end to the madness.

[pokernut9999]

Maryland +2 and over 150 : Both teams should score a lot here and think Maryland has the edge.

[20Four7]

Detroit -9 Detroit is my solid play of the day. Regardless of recent meetings detroit is at least twice as good as this bulls team. They play well as a favourite, they play well at home... chicago can't play as a dog and doesn't play well on the road. Detroit by 20.

Loyola Siena UNDER 148 I capped this game as going slightly over, and the line is shifting as if the under is a lock. Here I fade myself.

[msubulldog]

mid tenn st/troy under 142 1/2

troy has gone to 4 corner type offense for conference tourney and won with it last night running shot clock down on every possession. big difference in the type of ball they have played all year shooting 3 pointers as sonn as they on offensive end of floor. do not see why they would change to old offense as won with slow down last night.

michigan/purdue under 130 1/2
should be less than 100 possessions in game and score around 120.

[greek]

uconn at home extra day of rest/ gonzaga tourney bound gonza good at home ---------both teams ats that is posted

[sharktank1]

Lakers
Kobe gets 50 tonight

Over Lakers
No Artest to guard Kobe