1/17/15 hoops

[red12sox]

I also really like utah and duke. I think huggins and wvu defense give texas fits. I am leaning towards Syracuse -1 deeper team and far better coach.

[red12sox]

I knew you would love Colorado state ham lol. I am loving Virginia, BC stinks.

[red12sox]

Look for nc state to pick up a nice road win. Looking at LSU -6 they are playing very good basketball.

[2daBank]

I knew you would love Colorado state ham lol. I am loving Virginia, BC stinks.

bc's defense is much improved from last season when they only lost by 10 @uva.

[2daBank]

anyone wanna talk me out of tulsa in the early morning degen play? only thing i wasnt crazy bout other than laying 6.5 on the road is they not very good ft shooters which could suck trying to close it out. usf gonna have a miserable time scoring i would think..

[2daBank]

puke/ville gm i think a pass for me. i almost lean duke mostly because i tend to think some effort would go a long way on the defensive end for them, especially against a ville team who not exactly offensive juggernauts. not really excited about the idea of only catching 4 at the yum yum center (or whatever the hell that place called) with a really young team that appears allergic to defense..

[red12sox]

bc's defense is much improved from last season when they only lost by 10 @uva.

And Virginias offense is a lot better this year

[2daBank]

And Virginias offense is a lot better this year

yea it improved but not as drastic of a change as bc's defensive improvement. obviously bc had far more room to improve. i think it too many points but who knows..

[GT21Megatron]

St Louis +16
Duke +4

[GT21Megatron]

Ohio State

[2daBank]

St Louis +16
Duke +4

i wanna hit duke ml. dont think the points will come into play, either they come to play and win or get beat by dd again...

[THam12]

Banker, hope all is well man!! Was wondering if something was going on with ya!

Lets get so some winners

[EDDIE MONEY LINE]

Iowa
West Virginia

those are the first 2 games that jump out

[EDDIE MONEY LINE]

I do like Utah as well

[Snowball]

i wanna hit duke ml. dont think the points will come into play, either they come to play and win or get beat by dd again...

Duke is the consensus but I wouldn't fall for it.. why stick your neck out for them to break the trend ?
They are of course hugely talented but very young. Young teams that get their nose punched in often
don't respond for a while. They haven't displayed a solid defensive execution at all. At NC State I thought
the crowd gave them jitters. Then Miami blasts them with 90 points. And their going into Louisville, another
packed, pumped road game vs a team better than the last two who stomped on them, coached by Rick Pitino ?
I ain't buying it. Seems like one of those "hope" bets to be on Duke. I just added Lou -165.

[RavensFan2k3]

Anyone like Eastern Washington?

[EDDIE MONEY LINE]

I really want to play Iowa state as well

[survive]

Utah 1h, stanford, Michigan state, maybe Iowa state

[BeanTownClown88]

Anyone rollin on rutgers +13 at minn? Minn been real bad as of late

[survive]

Ohio State

Agree here

[hughey0003]

I am leaning:
Lsu
Purdue
Nc state
Ohio state

[2daBank]

Duke is the consensus but I wouldn't fall for it.. why stick your neck out for them to break the trend ?
They are of course hugely talented but very young. Young teams that get their nose punched in often
don't respond for a while. They haven't displayed a solid defensive execution at all. At NC State I thought
the crowd gave them jitters. Then Miami blasts them with 90 points. And their going into Louisville, another
packed, pumped road game vs a team better than the last two who stomped on them, coached by Rick Pitino ?
I ain't buying it. Seems like one of those "hope" bets to be on Duke. I just added Lou -165.

"hope bets"? you paying -165 to play on a team that hasnt really beaten anyone other than a solid- not great hoosier team and a overrated osu team that at the time hadnt played anyone inside the top 200 or away from their gym.. defense is largely effort, especially when athletic ability isnt the issue. you can fix effort far easier than you can fix ville's broken down busted offense that really struggles if the defense isnt creating easy baskets off turnovers. if anything getting whipped by a couple inferior teams outta ensure i get that effort today... ive seen duke go to one of the toughest places in the country and get a W already this year so lets not act like expecting them to play well is some far fetched wish..

personally i think you stress what happened in one gm or another far too much, ive never been a buyer of this "team A struggled at team B's gym so they have no chance vs team C at their gym" argument. to each is own but i think if they play this gm 10 times with this line i come out ahead taking the plus money.. getting blasted builds character imo, if you telling me they somehow so devastated and fragile from losing a couple gms that they already beat then they should all just go home to their mommies..

[2daBank]

Iowa
West Virginia

those are the first 2 games that jump out

im all over tex.

[No coincidences]

what up ya'll? life got unexpectedly hectic on me last week,, slowly starting to get back to normalcy.. i got all morning today so lets talk some hoops and find some winners..

just starting to look now,, didnt read all of thread yet but right off the jump gotta say i like uga quite a bit. havnt hit them yet, figure might as well wait and see if i can get better price.. think they match up well here. the teams that have caused the dawgs problems are teams that play up tempo. think it fair to say they much more comfortable playing their gms in the 60s and we know gators not gonna force the issue. fla been playing better of late but we still talking about a team that has all of one solid win all season... imo the better team is the short home doggie here..

Good to see you back chief.

[leetreaper]

banker

[Fat_Stax]

Tulane -1 @ Houston?

[Snowball]

"hope bets"? you paying -165 to play on a team that hasnt really beaten anyone other than a solid- not great hoosier team and a overrated osu team that at the time hadnt played anyone inside the top 200 or away from their gym.. defense is largely effort, especially when athletic ability isnt the issue. you can fix effort far easier than you can fix ville's broken down busted offense that really struggles if the defense isnt creating easy baskets off turnovers. if anything getting whipped by a couple inferior teams outta ensure i get that effort today... ive seen duke go to one of the toughest places in the country and get a W already this year so lets not act like expecting them to play well is some far fetched wish..

personally i think you stress what happened in one gm or another far too much, ive never been a buyer of this "team A struggled at team B's gym so they have no chance vs team C at their gym" argument. to each is own but i think if they play this gm 10 times with this line i come out ahead taking the plus money.. getting blasted builds character imo, if you telling me they somehow so devastated and fragile from losing a couple gms that they already beat then they should all just go home to their mommies..

mmkay.. so you taking Duke ML ? y/n... :-)

[survive]

Utah just shot up to 5.5 on my book...damn

[2daBank]

id like to play bill & mary but they are not my kind of road fav at all. 3 point reliant and terrible defense. thing is they shoot the treys pretty darn good and the team they playing is actually worse defensively than them... i been paying attention to this squad quite a bit lately. havnt been taking them before the game but been hitting them at half whenever they look sluggish in the 1st. these guys really come out of halftime strong, they dont always finish what they start but it pretty rare they dont win the 1st 10 minutes of the 2nd half. so here's hoping early road start they start slow and we can pop them at half..

[blumpkin]

any total players here? love playing them but havent had time to cap today

[2daBank]

mmkay.. so you taking Duke ML ? y/n... :-)

already did.. half unit.. i like a lot of plays more, not saying they cant get waxed again. no way id pay the juice if i was on lou, i rather lay the points cause it either gonna be ville by 10+ or a duke win imo..

[GIVEMETHEMONEY]

Bama gonna hang with tucky 1H....

I have bama +9.5 vs Kentucky hopefully they hang and harass Kentucky all game long!

[Snowball]

already did.. half unit.. i like a lot of plays more, not saying they cant get waxed again. no way id pay the juice if i was on lou, i rather lay the points cause it either gonna be ville by 10+ or a duke win imo..

aight.. let's enjoy the game .. should be interesting.

[2daBank]

I have bama +9.5 vs Kentucky hopefully they hang and harass Kentucky all game long!

man i dont trust bama on the interior, not much depth size wise and their bigs a little foul prone.. they jack way too many treys shooting them at the clip they do as well, that a big problem. ill advised treys lead to uk out on the break.. i think grant is doing a really god job there and their offense has certainly improved to compliment the always tough defense. i hope they can hang for the duration for ya!

[2daBank]

aight.. let's enjoy the game .. should be interesting.

at least one of us cash. really hope puke shows some intestinal fortitude and makes this a gm..

might hit tulsa 2nd half.. feel like they gonna distance themselves from usf as this gm moves forward..