UNC really only -400 tonight? Large chalk but free $

[topgame85]

At home after disappointing season against W&M someone convince me not to take the plunge

[pat venditto]

Topper i'll bury ya pal

[Fishhead]

Ripe for upset

[bruceBRUCEbruce]

nit games=stay away for me.

you never know which teams have checked out mentally, and which teams, like a W&M, who will play hard through this tourny.

[topgame85]

Topper i'll bury ya pal

You may need to literally bury me if these clowns don't pull out a W

[topgame85]

nit games=stay away for me.

you never know which teams have checked out mentally, and which teams, like a W&M, who will play hard through this tourny.

I know what you are saying but the biggest thing is them at HOME after a year like they had I think they will put on a show for the fans here

[LT Profits]

Not a gimmie at all, if UNC doesn't want to be there, they could lose easily. Fact that the line is dropping is an onimous sign.

[yisman]

I wouldn't do it. UNC is too unpredictable.

They're easily more talented and at home, but they haven't played well in months.

I assume Roy Williams will get them up to win this meaningless game, but I wouldn't bet on it.

I mean, they won the NCAA title last year. You think the guys that were on that team are going to be pumped up to beat down W&M?

[topgame85]

I dunno I agree -8.5 may not happen but it could but even if they only give 50% I don't see them losing at home in any tourney like this, I mean shit its UNC if its close the refs will just hand the game to them.... the line is suspicious but sometimes these too good to be trues are just gifts

[jjgold]

safe play is just bet side -8 or so

[sportsguy04]

College bball, no such thing as gimme free money. Why lay -400 on a unc team thst is young and quite not that good this year. If will n Mary are hitting there 3s the upset may happen.

[tblues2005]

I will for sure pass on this one. This could be an upset tonight. UNC is sure not what they were last season.

[topgame85]

well boys I am stubborn thanks for trying just not convincing enough Venditto i left my family a note that you will handle burial if I lose this, I understand everyones points here but them at home is why I am so determined noone can refute the edge they have at home every game let alone against a W&M squad in a tourney

[SOUP]

So are you saying you think they cover the spread or just win SU?

[ProfaneReality]

You want to bet on the NCAA champ showing up for an NIT game? good luck to ya.

Get in the heads of each team and see if you still feel comfortable with this bet... imagine you are WM... this is your chance of a lifetime... to say you knocked of NC, in NC

[topgame85]

I think they can cover it easy and win by 20+ if they are motivated and if they just "show up" they will win but not cover, I could see them winning without a cover but can't see them losing period

[Jaug]

William and mary is a small team but if you are not in the game they will run circles around you. I think UCONN wins this one but it will be close.

[SOUP]

I think you are giving them too much credit, they are not the same team as last year.

[2daBank]

Dont know if this matters to you but they are not even playing in the Dean Dome.....its under renovation and they didnt think this was big enough a deal to hold off the construction, sounds like a te4am that gives a shit to me...game being played at the Carmichel Center wtf ever that is

[topgame85]

Dont know if this matters to you but they are not even playing in the Dean Dome.....its under renovation and they didnt think this was big enough a deal to hold off the construction, sounds like a te4am that gives a shit to me...game being played at the Carmichel Center wtf ever that is

I did not know this

[Powderguy]

Dont know if this matters to you but they are not even playing in the Dean Dome.....its under renovation and they didnt think this was big enough a deal to hold off the construction, sounds like a te4am that gives a shit to me...game being played at the Carmichel Center wtf ever that is

Where did you find this info at?

[2daBank]

I did not know this

forget where i read it, didnt go digging all that deep but pretty sure where i read it was reliable...but may wanna make sure

[Powderguy]

forget where i read it, didnt go digging all that deep but pretty sure where i read it was reliable...but may wanna make sure

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/mar/16/unc-nc-state-will-both-play-in-nit-starting-tonigh/sports/

UNC will play William & Mary at 9:30 in Chapel Hill but won't be at the Smith Center because of renovations there. The game will be played in Carmichael Arena (formerly Auditorium), the program's previous home.


YUP, I wouldn't even have been aware of this until the game started, good find.

[No coincidences]

Dont know if this matters to you but they are not even playing in the Dean Dome.....its under renovation and they didnt think this was big enough a deal to hold off the construction, sounds like a te4am that gives a shit to me...game being played at the Carmichel Center wtf ever that is

Dean Dome's a morgue anyway.

[stealthyburrito]

"sigh"... another person underestimating the CAA

W&M beat wake and MD both on the road, this teams for real

[topgame85]

I used to attend GMU during their final four year and still live in the immediate area I do NOT underestimate usually overestimate them to be honest

[2daBank]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Marcus Ginyard is relieved and grateful to have the chance to keep playing at North Carolina. It doesn't matter that the reigning national champions are reduced to playing in the NIT, either.
"I'm just really excited for another opportunity to play,'' the fifth-year senior said. "I'm just hoping we finish this off better than we did the regular season.''
These are strange days around the storied program with five NCAA titles, 18 Final Fours and so many famous players that there are nearly 50 retired or honored jerseys hanging in the Smith Center rafters. Now Roy Williams is making trip to a place he has never been as a head coach, while the Tar Heels are preparing to either find a positive way to end the season or extend their misery even longer when they face William & Mary on Tuesday night.
Williams said his team practiced Sunday evening, then gathered in the locker room to watch the NIT selection show. Ginyard said he didn't expect the Tar Heels (16-16) would be invited, while Williams began to worry when they weren't in the first three brackets.
Even then, Williams said the mood was "very subdued'' when the Tar Heels were finally in as a No. 4 seed.
"After it was over with, I got up and asked the guys, "What was your feeling? What was your feeling?''' Williams said. "And the word that was used the most often was 'relief.'''
That's not to say Williams is totally OK with missing the NCAA tournament. He didn't go his first year at Kansas when he inherited a program on probation, but he had won at least one NCAA game every year since - a run of 20 straight years capped by last season's dominating run to the championship.
In the days following last week's loss to Georgia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, Williams said it seemed he couldn't get away from televisions showing teams celebrating big victories that would send them to the NCAAs.
"I've been like a spoiled little brat,'' Williams said. "I've taken my ball and gone home. I haven't watched one play and it's the most unusual feeling I've ever had. It's a feeling I never want to experience again. ... It was a fantastic 20-year run and I'm ticked off that it's over with.''
While the Tar Heels were savoring the chance to host another game, William & Mary coach Tony Shaver - who played for Dean Smith at North Carolina from 1972-75 - had his own reasons to be irked. By most any measure, the Tribe (22-10) had a more successful season and even beat ACC teams Wake Forest and Maryland on the road, yet earned a No. 5 seed and must travel to face a team that finished 10th in its league.
"I think it's a real injustice quite honestly, but I'll say very, very quickly that we're way passed that,'' Shaver said. "For us to play in a national tournament, we'll play anywhere, anytime.''
The game will also mark a return for the men's program to Carmichael Arena, its former campus home and the building where legends Phil Ford, Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins once played. With renovation work starting on the coaches offices at the Smith Center, it will be the program's first regular-season or postseason game at Carmichael since leaving in 1986.
Extra games can only help young players like Larry Drew II, John Henson or Dexter Strickland gain experience for next season, when a heralded recruiting class led by Harrison Barnes arrives to help the Tar Heels return to prominence. But Williams isn't thinking about anything more than this tournament.
"I'm playing for this year,'' Williams said. "I don't think I can cheat (seniors) Deon (Thompson) and Marcus, that's not fair. ... I'm coaching for this year, this team, trying to get this team to win one more game. And if we do that, I'll try to get them to win one more game. I think that's the best way I can do it.''
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AP Sports Writer Hank Kurz in Richmond, Va., contributed to this report.

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[stealthyburrito]

I used to attend GMU during their final four year and still live in the immediate area I do NOT underestimate usually overestimate them to be honest

you attended GMU
i lived spitting distance from campus, til i went away to college
my sis graduated last year

well, be careful with the tribe tonight
hope it works out if ya go with the heels

[jram68]

Tarheels should win tonight, but then again who knows is they have any spirit left

[GoldRush7]

better games out there gotta stay away... maybe throw it in a parlay for fun

[topgame85]

you attended GMU
i lived spitting distance from campus, til i went away to college
my sis graduated last year

well, be careful with the tribe tonight
hope it works out if ya go with the heels

Ya that was crazy time have lived in NOVA for the past 12years now Mason's campus has exploded recently one of my good friends lives right next to Robinson HS so I am over that way often can't believe the way campus is now Judging by your avatar and proximity to mason I bet you bought some blunts at Lee's market haha

[mlb]

William and mary is a small team but if you are not in the game they will run circles around you. I think UCONN wins this one but it will be close.

really?? do you know who's playing

[SOUP]

Haha.

[stealthyburrito]

Ya that was crazy time have lived in NOVA for the past 12years now Mason's campus has exploded recently one of my good friends lives right next to Robinson HS so I am over that way often can't believe the way campus is now Judging by your avatar and proximity to mason I bet you bought some blunts at Lee's market haha

Robinson?!?! tis my old high school, one of the best in the country

GMU is considered the most diverse campus in the nation, and U.S. News & World reports #1 "up-and-coming" college. When they made the final four i thought they were gonna burn the campus down, a la college park, MD

I luv Lee's market, the people there are so nice!

[fsugolf]

W&M +330