UC Santa Barbara/ USC ending

[Conqueror]

Line: USC -11.5

USC wins the 1H by 19 points.
USC is up 20 points (98-78) with 2:06 left in the game. Santa Barbara goes on a 9-0 run to close the game. Game ends with a 98-87 score.
Santa Barbara miraculously covers the spread.
I often observe such fishy endings in the late-night games of some weekend college basketball games.

[2daBank]

You suggesting they shaving?

Seems more likely just a situation where they have game won and have no sense of urgency to pour it on and/or empty their bench while the other team shows some heart and fights feverishly. Agree not all that uncommon just think it more often than not a case of what I said above than something sinister.

[Conqueror]

You suggesting they shaving?

Seems more likely just a situation where they have game won and have no sense of urgency to pour it on and/or empty their bench while the other team shows some heart and fights feverishly. Agree not all that uncommon just think it more often than not a case of what I said above than something sinister.

Always nice to read your posts in this forum.
This same USC team was involved in another of those shady game-ends. Remember how the Oklahoma/USC game ended?
No Coin had a thread alluding to that:

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-talk/3442328-total-rig-job-oklahoma-usc.html?slf=64

[2daBank]

Yea I remember, I like NC but he off his rocker with his Tin foil hat everything fixed bs!

There 0% chance that okla/USC game had anything foul going on. Lots of reasons but first and foremost the way that went down was terrible for the books, sharps played Sooners early as dogs, squares played USC late as dogs. Pretty much everyone won on that game excep the total lames who bet bad numbers! That not how fixes work! In a fix someone loses other than the books!!

Then there about 10 logical things I explained what happened in that Sooners game that make far more sense than a fix that killed books.

Years and years ago I remember another USC game that was 10x worse and closest I've ever came to saying a game I bet had point shaving. Even that one I tend to think 85% chance it was just coincidence. I just don't believe game fixing/point shaving is running rampant like half the bozo's around here want to believe. This day and age? You can't take a piss without someone posting about it on the interweb, you telling me there shaving going on and word doesn't get out? When nobody can keep anything quite? Just seems very unlikely to me. Far more reasonable to just except weird things happen with hoops in general as it nature of game and doubly so when talking bout 18-19 year old kids..

[HeeluvaGuy]

There was more going on in the UCSB than you might have picked up on from the box score. There's no way this one was fixed because it would have been too obvious, if so.

Jordan McLaughlin had 19 assists - tied for the Pac 12 record for a game. Enfield started emptying the bench shortly after the 20-point lead, but he left McLaughlin in to get the record. Apparently this didn't sit well with UCSB so much so that at one point just under a minute they intentionally fouled McLaughlin as he crossed half court so he couldn't get an assist. This was under 1 minute to play when the Gauchos were down 16. Because of the McLaughlin thing UCSB didn't empty its bench and was able to score pretty easily. The 3 missed USC FTs did suck though.

[2daBank]

There was more going on in the UCSB than you might have picked up on from the box score. There's no way this one was fixed because it would have been too obvious, if so.

Jordan McLaughlin had 19 assists - tied for the Pac 12 record for a game. Enfield started emptying the bench shortly after the 20-point lead, but he left McLaughlin in to get the record. Apparently this didn't sit well with UCSB so much so that at one point just under a minute they intentionally fouled McLaughlin as he crossed half court so he couldn't get an assist. This was under 1 minute to play when the Gauchos were down 16. Because of the McLaughlin thing UCSB didn't empty its bench and was able to score pretty easily. The 3 missed USC FTs did suck though.

That the problem with "conspiracy guy" (not saying op is I dunno?) they rarely make the effort to find out real truth, much more convenient to cry foul. Nice investigative work bro!!

[jtoler]

Didnt play this game but I must admit Ive been on the winning side of a lot when teams are down and they hit a 3 to get the cover or push, teams down drain 3's a lot at the end because there is absolutely no pressure and they are usually open shots.

[jtoler]

There was more going on in the UCSB than you might have picked up on from the box score. There's no way this one was fixed because it would have been too obvious, if so.

Jordan McLaughlin had 19 assists - tied for the Pac 12 record for a game. Enfield started emptying the bench shortly after the 20-point lead, but he left McLaughlin in to get the record. Apparently this didn't sit well with UCSB so much so that at one point just under a minute they intentionally fouled McLaughlin as he crossed half court so he couldn't get an assist. This was under 1 minute to play when the Gauchos were down 16. Because of the McLaughlin thing UCSB didn't empty its bench and was able to score pretty easily. The 3 missed USC FTs did suck though.

Good stuff bro, love details.

[2daBank]

Didnt play this game but I must admit Ive been on the winning side of a lot when teams are down and they hit a 3 to get the cover or push, teams down drain 3's a lot at the end because there is absolutely no pressure and they are usually open shots.

Not me. I'm usually on the dog covering all game then plays the foul game and misses about 5 shots in a row then stop right after they blow cover!! Lol

[johnnygooble]

Line: USC -11.5

USC wins the 1H by 19 points.





USC is up 20 points (98-78) with 2:06 left in the game. Santa Barbara goes on a 9-0 run to close the game. Game ends with a 98-87 score.
Santa Barbara miraculously covers the spread.
I often observe such fishy endings in the late-night games of some weekend college basketball games.

Appreciate the info conqueror. Lots of west coast and vegas bets to "bounce back" on those late games and Hawaii games.