[lasker]

Hi everyone! Thanks SBR for this great site. This is my first time starting a thread.

I'm been on a 17-5 run, and it may be sheer luck (it probably is), but I thought I'd start a thread and start tracking my plays.

I will post a maximum of five NCAA plays a day. My goal is to reach 60% after 100 picks, at which point I may or may not keep going with the thread (depending on results, time, etc). I advise you all to tail with extreme caution, at least for now. I have been on a good run for my last 22 picks, but overall I'm just at 51.5% over 130 picks. However, I have made some recent changes to my system for making picks, and so far the results have been excellent. It's just too soon to know if I've been getting lucky or if I'm really on to something.

Please don't ask me for my system as I'm not going to share that, but I will share my picks. Sometimes I may include over/unders, but I think most of them will be sides. Hopefully my results will be either really great or really terrible, so that you guys can tail or fade your way to riches

Thanks, and best of luck to everyone.

Here are my three picks for today. I will post them at the lines I got them at:

Old Dominion +3
Harvard +3
Columbia -2

If you can't get them at those lines or better, my advice will always be not to tail. I don't want to be responsible for you getting screwed by one or two baskets, and buying points is almost always bad in the long run. The only time I would recommend buying a half-point is to get the number to +/- 2 or +/-4.

Again, a strong warning that you may not want to tail until I have a proven record here. Not telling you not to, but do so at your own risk!

Finally, if my picks do well (i.e., if I reach my goal of 60% or better for the day) and I happen to make you some $$, I would appreciate points. I'm putting a lot of time into my system, and I have very little money so my betting units are still small.

Best of luck

[lasker]

Also, I may miss a day or two here and there due to work or family responsibilities. So I apologize in advance if that happens.

[c_devito]

Good luck

[lasker]

I also have a lean on Brown +6. I'm not going to include it in the official record since it is just a lean.

I don't plan on using any kind of star system, and certainly no "Game of the Month" type nonsense, but for today my favorite play of the three listed is Old Dominion +3

[lasker]

Lol, well it figures that the day I open the forum would be the worst day I've had in a while . 0-3, ouch. Embarrassing. Glad nobody tailed. At least the lean hit, but that doesn't count.

I guess I'll go ahead and stop while I'm behind... Maybe I'll come back to this thread if results start to look promising over a longer stretch. Good luck all.

[Bones402]

hey man one terrible night doesnt mean u should quit plus if u keep doing bad peeps will fade either way u will make someone money

[cubswin]

You have the nerve to beg for points

[lasker]

Thanks Bones. I had been doing very well over the last 25 plays or so, which is why I thought I'd start tracking the plays here for others. I suspected I was just lucky, and that seems to be true -- although you're right that one bad day doesn't mean anything in the long run.

Maybe I'll keep going a bit just for fun. After this great first day I definitely don't suggest anyone tail. Fade if you like!

cubswin -- come on. If you read, you'll see I said *if* I make people money. Obviously I wouldn't ask for points if my results are like tonight.

[Power Play]

i don't use points anyways i'll give you mine

[CaptainPrice]

Good luck man
let it do

[BruthaMan]

sounds like pittviper from another Forum . He had the same goal 100 plays 60% winners

[MAESTRO1]

Cmn 0-3 step it up man

[lasker]

PowerPlay -- wow, that's really nice of you. But seriously, I don't expect any points if I am picking losers. So I'm giving them back right now. Thanks anyway, and best of luck with your picks. I've noticed you are also working on some systems yourself.

[lasker]

Bruthaman -- yeah, but he started out with 9-1, not 0-3 . Not trying to compete with him or anyone.

Anyway, let's try this again, shall we. I'm still working on some picks for the day. The first one I got was

Indiana/Minnesota UNDER 138

I'll post others when I choose them. With so many games, I'll probably have the full five plays for today (my max). Let's hope for another day like yesterday so that you guys can fade me to the bank

[lasker]

FL Atlantic/Troy OVER 150.5

[lasker]

UC Davis +12

Probably my favorite play today, but so was Old Dominion last night.

[RJ89]

Power Play, I'll take the points if you really don't want them lol.

And lasker, good luck today. The card looks way better than it did yesterday, and Portland -4 looks pretty solid to me.

[lasker]

Thanks RJ. Yeah, it seems like a few others struggled yesterday too. On the bright side, at least I can't do much worse today. Next pick, and I really like this one too:

Columbia +14.5

Probably one more pick coming.

[cashil]

GL man ill keep track of ya. i dont use points on here either so ill toss you a few for winners bol

[whatsgood5]

Rough start, gonna be tough to hit the 60 percent mark, but GL

[lasker]

Ok, fifth and final pick for the day is Gonzaga -16.5. So here they are again:

Indiana/Minnesota UNDER 138
FL Atlantic/Troy OVER 150.5
UC Davis +12
Columbia +14.5
Gonzaga -16.5


Not that there's much danger of this after last night, but I still don't recommend anyone tail

Anyway, best of luck

[lasker]

Yesterday's results:

Old Dominion +3
Harvard +3
Columbia -2

Record: 0-3-0, 0%

[lasker]

Indiana/Minnesota UNDER 138
FL Atlantic/Troy OVER 150.5
UC Davis +12
Columbia +14.5
Gonzaga -16.5

3-2 today. If Indiana/Minnesota would have scored one less basket it would have been 4-1. No excuses, that's how it goes in this game.

UC Davis +12, which was my favorite pick of the night, won straight up.

Well, a more bearable result than yesterday, at least.

Record: 3-5-0, 37.5%

[dvb02]

good luck today lasker

[whatsgood5]

Not a bad day yesterday, hopefully you can keep it going!

[lasker]

Sorry guys, didn't have time to properly cap games today so I didn't want to just throw out leans and then possibly regret it. But I already have what I consider a very strong play for tomorrow:

Oklahoma +21.5

I'll add more later if I find anything else. As always, the number of picks per day will be between 0-5.

[lasker]

Adding one more for tomorrow:

West Virginia -1.5

[lasker]

That's all for today. Oklahoma is now at +22, even better. That's my preferred play of the two above. I also have a lean on Elon +4. It's close, but it won't be an official pick. At +5 (the opening line) or better I would take them, but I don't think the line will move back to that. So for today, just two bets.

Good luck all

* don't say I'm tailing Pitt Viper on the West Virginia pick -- I posted it first!

[lasker]

I've decided to add two totals:

Appalachian St/Elon OVER 144

Davidson/TN-Chattanooga UNDER 143.5

So four picks for the day. Hopefully I can pick up some wins after that 0-3 start.

[lasker]

Here are five plays for tomorrow (Tuesday):

Miami -5

Syracuse -8

Rutgers +11.5

Old Dominion -9.5

Illinois/Michigan UNDER 127

[lasker]

Ugh. Again my favorite play of the night came through, but that's where the good news ends. At this point I should think of switching my goal to 30%, which would be even more profitable (at least for you...)

Oklahoma +21.5
West Virginia -1.5
Appalachian St/Elon OVER 144
Davidson/TN-Chattanooga UNDER 143.5


Record: 4-8-0, 33% -- Fade me to the bank!

[lasker]

I've reconsidered, and I'm changing the picks I listed earlier. Three picks for today, they are:

Virginia +5.5

Rutgers +12

New Mexico -7, my favorite play tonight

[lasker]

Ugh! Argh! Ouch!! Look at the five crossed out picks above.... they went 5-0. Why did I have to change my mind??!

Meanwhile, the picks that I ended up making are 1-1, with New Mexico still unplayed. Anyway, I know the formula I used for the original previous five picks, so maybe I'll go back to that one for tomorrow. I'm still tinkering around with various systems.

[Ace333]

Go with your initial feeling

[ExposingLines247]

keep us updated on that formula tommorow