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    Detroit -5; easy money

    Detroit is a decent team thats coming off a good home win against St. Johns

    I live in Kalamazoo and have watched Western play and they are AWFUL. Are still yet to win against a Div I school

    Can someone give me some input as to why the line isn't higher? I know Western won last year against Detroit but they are much worse this year and are going into Detroit.

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    http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.s..._basketba.html

    Posted this in my thread...

    Rivalry game for WMU. Couple of their players transfered to Detroit after playing at WMU. Also, its possibly the last game of this series after matching up year after year. For another couple players from WMU, it'll be returning home to play in Detroit (their hometown). I'm hoping for a physical back and forth game between the two. Detroit coming off an enthusiastic win over St Johns and WMU coming off a huge win over a Div III team. Edge IMO to Detroit but I like WMU to keep it competitive and possibly get a 1H cover.

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    Interesting, thanks for the input still like Detroit to take this one. I'll be at the game and will throw down a few units on Detroit 2nd half if its still close. GL

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    Cool. Enjoy the game bud. Good luck on your play regardless. I hope we both cover!

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    Careful on the 2H bet. This is Detroit's 4th game in 8 days w/ Alabama and Miss St up next. Not trying to deter you from your Detroit bet but they don't have much of a bench, 3 deep averaging about 10 pt/g total. They may start to show fatigue if this games goes down the wire.

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    They aint really decent just kinda athletic, smart teams with good coaches beat these type teams by double digits every time out.

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    ya very true I guess just frustrated with Westerns team and honestly thought it would be somewhere closer to 10 but all good points

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    WMU has played a top 10 schedule thus far... Detroit has not.

    WMU has not been favored to win a game either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoulihansTX View Post
    WMU has played a top 10 schedule thus far... Detroit has not.

    WMU has not been favored to win a game either.
    Detroit's also coming off their Dickie V win over St. John's.

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    Nor will they ever be favored to win they are horrendous

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    I'm pretty sure Western Michigan was the preseason pick in their league. They return the vast majority of a decent tear. They haven't looked good yet but against top talent that was to be expected. The St. Johns win proves nothing, because they are also athletic and play stupid. I'll be fading Detroit for quite some time until they prove otherwise

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    Quote Originally Posted by degenerate23 View Post
    Nor will they ever be favored to win they are horrendous
    The message we are trying to convey is that if you factor in these teams strength of schedule, neither team is better than the other. If Detroit played the same teams WMU has plyed then they would share the same record. Other than STJ, Detroits wins are hollow an best.

    So both teams are horrendous

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    I am taking the points all... Detroit does not take care of the ball. Burnt me once, never again.

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    Western should play Towson to see whos 2nd worst in the NCAA

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    Yeap. EZ as hell. They are horrific. Congrats to OP

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    100pts in the 1st half. WTF. Detroit shooting lights out at 64%.

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    Good call. WMU outplayed huge!

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