lasalle+3 (1.5x).. i looked back at the 1st meeting where umass beat them at lasalle and umass shot way over their heads against a pretty solid lasalle d. explorers beat them in pretty much every other facet of the gm, on the glass, assist to turnover ratio was better, shot more fts.. all it came down to was a 29% 3 point shooting umass team shot 6-13 from behind the arc which not only is way out of character for them but lasalle typically plays solid perimeter d so even tho they now at umass i would not expect that to remain the same. obviously it pretty likely the fts may flip but umass doesnt exactly shoot those well either..tough gm but i prefer the better defensive team who values the rock more and does a better job controlling their defensive glass..
ill-chi+5.5 1st half (.75x).. mentioned this in heandogs thread and a partial play based off the system he been posting but they implode in 2nd halves more than the avg bear and for the most part they havnt came back if they get way down early. i dont think det has played the kind of ball that warrants them being this type of a fav, they foul too much, dont defend well, dont shoot fts particularly well. have a little bit of a track record not playing well their 1st gm back home from couple road gms.. that said ill-chi is terrible no doubt, they have hung around with some of the better teams tho and in fact were beating oak last gm at the half (then the 2nd half implosion came), they have gotten rocked on the road by valpo and gb lately but lets be real det aint those teams and were in fact down pretty big at half when they visited ill-chi and then came back and won by a point.
im kinda interested in richmond and looking at a few of the maac game. thought id get a thread started and see where everyone at now that i finally had some time for the 1st time all freaking week..
ill-chi+5.5 1st half (.75x).. mentioned this in heandogs thread and a partial play based off the system he been posting but they implode in 2nd halves more than the avg bear and for the most part they havnt came back if they get way down early. i dont think det has played the kind of ball that warrants them being this type of a fav, they foul too much, dont defend well, dont shoot fts particularly well. have a little bit of a track record not playing well their 1st gm back home from couple road gms.. that said ill-chi is terrible no doubt, they have hung around with some of the better teams tho and in fact were beating oak last gm at the half (then the 2nd half implosion came), they have gotten rocked on the road by valpo and gb lately but lets be real det aint those teams and were in fact down pretty big at half when they visited ill-chi and then came back and won by a point.
im kinda interested in richmond and looking at a few of the maac game. thought id get a thread started and see where everyone at now that i finally had some time for the 1st time all freaking week..
.. by some sick twist this year our winter has been mild as shit and not only am i back to work earlier than normal my reg hours that allow me the time are all jacked off and im working more, lol..luckily no kiddies for me, just the wife to appease who to be with me is prob one of the most understanding ppl in the world! but was much easier when my hours gave me lots of time before she was home.. lol
