2-16 in game thread JERSEYKAI, ON PITTSBURG TO WIN TONIGHT HOPEFULLY

[jerseykai]

i think the fact that pittsburg big men can actually shoot, is a big factor in me choosing them to win. i don't think that anyone on ucon can shoot the ball at all. and i predict that levance fields fast breaks will be a problem for ucon's big bodies on the floor, i don't think their transition d is so great if thabeet can't get back on time.

this game is basically a tossup

[jerseykai]

ucon is pounding the ball to thabeet while pitts is using advantage of switches to shoot the three

[jerseykai]

it looks like thabeet is injured in his shoulder while going over the back of blair for a rebound

[jerseykai]

i hope thabeet is out for the game, ucon seems to be better on the fastbreak with thabeet out

[jerseykai]

ahh man, thabeet is back

[jerseykai]

price is on fire and the fans are really into it, thabeet just made a monster dunk

[jerseykai]

3 fouls on pittsburg's mcgee already and he's sitting his ass down

[jerseykai]

looks like pittsburg strategy on containing thabeet is to rotate 3 big men on them mcgee, blair, biggs throughout the game, pittsburg are commiting stupid fouls on thabeet and now are taking bad shots their last two possesions

[jerseykai]

ucon is making a living on the freethrow line, and pittsburg is already on the fould limit, as predicted, the transition defense on fastbreaks is looking to be a problem for ucon as levance fields just basically threw a half court fast break alley hoop to someone.

[jerseykai]

a.j price just made a nice 3, and he is thier main point contributor for ucon. levance fields just turned the ball over on a travel.

[jgbgsox]

what is this play by play?

[jerseykai]

a.j. price again on the freethrow line, pitts has no answer for him, , travel turnover on robinson, and a.j. just hit another 3 pointer, robinson can not stay in fron of a.j. price he is on fire at the moment ucon are only down by three at the moment after price's big 3

[jerseykai]

what is this play by play?

somewhat, yes, more like semi play by play.. i can't type fast enough for play by play

[SamsNCharge99]

are you going to update your BS record during your play by play??

I bet you lose tonight like always. You bet a dog rather than a -1000 favorite.

[jerseykai]

are you going to update your BS record during your play by play??

I bet you lose tonight like always. You bet a dog rather than a -1000 favorite.

aww,, back for some more attention little snookums.... want a lollipop?

[Lets_Get_Money]

are you going to update your BS record during your play by play??

I bet you lose tonight like always. You bet a dog rather than a -1000 favorite.

Sam I got a question for you ... Whats your Success Rate on teasers?

You do em for fun or you take em seriously?

Talking NBA

[jerseykai]

ucon are down by only one point and levance fields is failing to get free defensive rebou nds, a sexy allehoop just got missed by pittsburg

[jerseykai]

woooo!!! i don't know how pitts is pulling some shots out of their ass to answer back when ucon is down by only 1 point

[jerseykai]

price with another make, man he is answering pittsburg, and he may single handedly win the game for uconn

[SamsNCharge99]

Sam I got a question for you ... Whats your Success Rate on teasers?

You do em for fun or you take em seriously?

Talking NBA

I take them seriously, if you are looking at my spreadsheet for that, I'm 1-1 in February. I like to do a 3 team 10 point teaser. -130 odds.

All bets I take seriously, there's money on the line, so if I say I'm betting it, I'm betting it seriously. Normal success rate is a little bit higher than regular bets. You figure about 50-50 for straight bets at -110 odds. Well, at -130 odds, a little better success rate, I say I win at least 3/4 or 4/5. So, throwing 130 to win 100 for example on 4 plays winning 3, makes you up 2 bets, so $200 minus $60 for other 1-1 record and losing $30 per bet.

So, overall going 3/4 in a 3 team 10 point teaser betting $130 to win $100 every time will put you up $140. I bet these probably 1-2x a week.

[jerseykai]

if they shut down price , then pittsburg will blow ucon out by 10, if they don't, i think it will come down to a small margin 50/50.

[Euphoria38]

How about foul discrepencies here, Ive seen a bunch of rediculous no calls on UConn's favor... the fix may be on.

[Euphoria38]

Pitt +1 (-105) 1H COUNT IT!

[jerseykai]

nice,, jeff adrian is begining to get more involved in the game , it seems that once pittsburg get up the 6 points , they begin to choke and make bad shots and bad decisions, if i were a coach, i would sit out whoever is guarding price, he is making 3's that he has no business making, pittsburg are constantly choking when trying to build a substantial lead.

[jerseykai]

if dyson was playing, i predict that ucon would be up by 3-5 pts by the half, in relation to how this game is going so far..

[jerseykai]

nice block from ucon, fields now called on palming the ball, too many turnovers for pitt in this half

[jerseykai]

i haven't seen one pittsburg , fan in the crowds yet...

[jerseykai]

wow, ucon finallly missed a 3 and on the other hand, levance fields just go his layup smaked out of the building by jeff adrian, and now jeff adrian is involved in this game because he just made a nice hook shot in the lane off of pittsburg's turnover

[jerseykai]

jeff adrian is getting free looks in the lane and no one is guarding him as he just made another slam dunk, pittsburg are playing the shittiest defense i have seen in a while...

[Euphoria38]

Na man the reason why Pitt is still winning this game and won the first half is solely on Blair, even with the rediculous 3's that UConn made, every answer was Blair on Thabeet. Also Pitt was doing a huge jobs on the boards... everytime they drew out Thabeet on a rebound, Pitt would grab it and bank it in. Defensively Pitt was slapping the ball outta Thabeets paws and preventing his dunk shot.

If UConn has trouble working through Thabeet they wont be ranked #1 for very much longer.

[jerseykai]

jeff adrian has 6 unanswered points at the moment, and price just made another 3, ucon is only down by 1, and thabeet commits a foul when ucon had the chance to take the lead and now it's pitts ball with a timeout .

[jerseykai]

for the last 10 minutes, pitts have been making bad decisions on shot selection and passing. as a result, ucon is banking on turnovers and putting the heat on pittsburg, pittsburg seem to be playing with no sense of urgency.

[jerseykai]

the crowd is pumped and things seem to be going in ucon's favor, they now have the chance to take the lead, blair is the cause of pittsburg's problems at the moment because he is trying to take jumpshots on every possesion and turning the ball over, unless he is in the paint, pitts should not pass it to blair. ucon now has the lead, because of low pittsburg iq, and fields is playing like a scared point guard throwing up stupid shots instead of making good passes

[jerseykai]

3 point lead now for pittsburg, and they have only 1 timout left, fields is not stepping up, and he has been shit the last 7 minutes, finally pitts get an easy layup and , and ucon answers with a basket of their own, pits is now down by 3 again. pitts is constantly turning the ball over because of field and ucon is now up by 5, 3's have been killing pitts this game.

[jerseykai]

5 point lead now..