Louisville (-17) HUGE PLAY ALERT!
Louisville is -17 or 17.5 according to where you play. This game won't even be close. Western Kentucky plays extremely small and the length of Earl Clark and power of Samardo Samuels will be way too much for Western. I originally thought I wouldnt play this game because I capped it at around -22 or so. Louisville beat South Alabama by 26 points in their last game and I'm pretty sure Western will be below South Alabama in the Sun Belt this year. In Louisville's first game of the year they beat Morehead State 79-41 and the spread was 29.5 points. I know some may say this is a fanboy type of play, but the stats reflect my feelings on this game. Louisville has forced opponents to a combined 36-112 so far this season. Trust me when I say that this game will be no more of a struggle for Louisville than the previous 2 games.
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Hope you are right my friend. I really need a winner at CW so I can get my 400. at 359 right now.Comment -
I literally jumped up in joy when they beat Southern Illinois at home this week. Southern Illinois played some of the worst basketball I've seen all year. Western is soft inside and will also struggle with the full court press that CRP will employComment -
Louisville likes to run up scores. They will jack up 3s regardless of the score in the final minutes. Haven't seen WKU play though, but they don't have the athletes to keep it close. Only way WKU wins ATS is a backdoor cover if Louisville emtpies the bench or something.Comment -
Good callComment -
**** you bitch, post your own plays you ****ing loser. Most people here know there's no reason to make fun of somebody about a lost bet cockfukComment -
you did get burried guy. lost by over 30 points ATSComment -
one play, it sucks to lose but I'm still 3-2 for the day with a huge hockey dog and I play like 10-12 college b-ball games a day. Nothing I can do about this game. Looked at everything and had it pegged. Didnt picture Louisville shooting below 30% from the field and Pitino playing the small lineupComment -
why do homers bet their own teams?
not good, to much heart involved.Comment -
yeah fiveteamer is def. right, I liked the play but always better to lay off I guess.Comment -
TPowell it was a good write up, I never bash a guy for making picks, ever (unless its Dac).Comment -
Well its funny when people come in here swearing they got a game locked up "It wont even be close" . Give an opinionComment -
Why people bash, I don't get. No one goes 100%. It's not like the kid guaranteed a win either.
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"Trust me when I say that this game will be no more of a struggle for Louisville than the previous 2 games."
I am not making fun of you, but this kind of comment makes you look dumb.Comment -
if you trusted me for a 100% I'm sorry, but I've got a great sports package you can purchase if you want
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Western Kentucky stuns No. 3 Louisville 68-54
By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Western Kentucky found a way to stop Samardo Samuels and No. 3 Louisville.
Double-teaming Louisville’s freshman big man at every turn, the Hilltoppers stunned the Cardinals 68-54 on Sunday for their first victory over a top-three opponent in more than 40 years.
A.J. Slaughter led the Hilltoppers (3-2) with a career-high 25 points and Steffphon Pettigrew added 17 points and 12 rebounds for Western Kentucky, which dominated the Cardinals (2-1) at both ends of the floor in the second half.
Terrence Williams had 19 points and Earl Clark added 11 points and 11 rebounds for Louisville, which shot just 27 percent from the field and made just six of 30 3-pointers.
Western Kentucky held Louisville without a field goal for nearly 10 minutes in the second half and rode Slaughter and Pettigrew to the program’s biggest regular-season win since knocking off then-No. 4 Kentucky in 2001.
This was no last-second stunner. Western Kentucky took the lead for good on a 3-pointer by Slaughter with 13:50 remaining and pulled away.
Slaughter, the leading returning scorer from last year’s team that reached the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament, did it all to lift the Hilltoppers to their first victory over a top-three team since knocking off No. 3 Indiana in 1967.
It also was a memorable victory for first-year coach Ken McDonald, a former Texas assistant who caught the coaching bug by sneaking into Providence practices in the mid-1980s when the Friars were coached by Rick Pitino.
In front of a highly partisan crowd at the Sommet Center, about 45 minutes south of Western Kentucky’s campus in Bowling Green, McDonald borrowed a page from Pitino’s playbook. The Hilltoppers used a stifling defense to negate Louisville’s size advantage and safely navigated the Cardinals’ full-court pressure.
Louisville, meanwhile, hardly looked like the trendy preseason Final Four pick. Settling for jumpers when the middle was cut off, the Cardinals clanged their way out of the game after taking a 37-36 lead with 14:15 remaining.
Slaughter’s 3-pointer gave the Hilltoppers the lead and Anthony Sally followed with a runner on the baseline. Jeremy Evans, giving away 70 pounds to Samuels, hit a putback and followed with a tip-in to push the lead to 47-40. Louisville would get no closer than five the rest of the way.
Samuels, who looked dominant at times during two easy Louisville victories last weekend, couldn’t get going against the Hilltoppers. Western Kentucky often threw two bodies at the freshman whenever he touched the ball making him either force something or give it up.
His teammates weren’t much better. Louisville missed its first eight shots, preventing the Cardinals from getting into their full-court press. On the few occasions Louisville was able to turn up the heat, Western Kentucky’s steady guard play was able to play keepaway and slow the game down.
Louisville finally appeared to get a little momentum when a late 7-0 run in the half gave the Cardinals a 28-24 lead. Slaughter, however, tied it at 28 at the break, drilling a 25-footer at the horn. He then celebrated by pumping his arms toward the sea of red-clad Western Kentucky supporters.Comment -
Louisville, which shot just 27 percent from the field and made just six of 30 3-pointers.
Western Kentucky held Louisville without a field goal for nearly 10 minutes in the second half
that and being outrebounded by double digits was the key to this gameComment -
Louisville sux, not an elite team, cant run with the big dogs, get off the porchComment -
You can't possibly attack someone for making this prediction.. Louisville would've probably won 9/10.Comment -
chuck I bet you said that last year when Louisville lost to Dayton and BYU early in the year when they were top 10 or 15.Comment -
you guys are funnyComment -
that game was just horrid to watch, i didn't have money on it, but i thought about putting a little on WKU just because of the neutral court in Nashville and Bowling Green(WKU) being closer, only about an hour drive vs. 3 to 3.5 from Louisville.
UofL just had no fire in them and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with their shots, hell WKU was throwing up some clankers also, but UofL just sucked.
T-Will was the only one that seemed to be trying, and Pitino kept taking him out after he would score it seemed.
When you get 3 guys all fighting for the same rebound and the ball gets loose and goes to a wide open WKU player just standing under the goal, things just aren't going your way. And when Samuels got blocked on that dunk attempt right under the goal and fell on his azz, hell the other dude might of been the same height but Samuels probably had 50 lbs on him.
It was just another piss poor performance i've been accustomed to from UofL in the early part of the seasons in my lifetime.
Whether it was Crum or with Pitino, UofL has always seemed to have shitty Nov. and Dec. , or up and down , but always start clicking by Feb.
I'm not saying they are going to be as good as they were hyped, cause they just don't have 1 or 2 solid guards, they have mediocre guards. Sosa is sporadic and always in Pitinos shit-house, Smith has moments, Knowles can play D and thats about it, and the token white boy Scott can shoot but can't play D.Comment -
Horrible loss, but as long as you didn't sail out on the play it's no big deal.
That said, T, you can give up on your Cards beating the Tar Heels. Aint happening. UNC would beat them by 15 points at least.Comment -
When Will Scott outscores Sosa, Smith, Knowles, and McGee COMBINED, we won't beat anybody.Comment -
15 points King? Unless Earl Clark plays like he did in March again, UNC will beat us about like they beat Kentucky. We will be able to hang with them in March though. Rick Pitino coached teams always hit their stride late in the year it seemsComment -
easy guys...always tommorrowAttached FilesComment -
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Cards problem is Rick Pitinio
A horrendous in game coach, and he proves it year in and out
Guy is a conman that is allComment -
JJ that is the most ridiculous statement I've ever heard in my life. If Rick Pitino is horrendous, Roy Williams shouldn't have a job. It's tough to coach a team that shoots 27% and doesn't rebound the basketballComment -
Just let this thread die. TP made a bad call, everyone does it. It is getting old seeing LOCK Louisville -17 when everyone knows how the game endedComment -
I've followed Tpowell for all of thanksgiving week. if you all had done so as well, you would see a significant difference in your account balance. the guy knows his college BB and at the end of the day, we are capping games in which 18-22 year olds have to put a ball inside a hoop twice the size. not every game is going to play out as our handicapping strategy predicts. Check his record for yesterday. Can't find too many Losses. If he would have used the word "lock", then that may be something to question. Keep up the good work TComment -
I dont see why everyone feels the need to jump to his defense, mainly because I didnt really see any criticism that harsh. It was pretty much just one sarcastic "Nice call" and thats it. Was it necessary? Nah. But come on, if you post your plays and and get one wrong as we all do, do you really need to get that defensive when someone ribs you for it?Comment -
word.Originally posted by EaglesPhan36Why people bash, I don't get. No one goes 100%. It's not like the kid guaranteed a win either.
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T, I meant both teams at full stregth. We all know UL isn't as bad as they played today. No way. I just think UNC down low is too good for the Cards. That's all.Comment -
this keeps going and goingComment -
I dont really care, I shouldn't have said the things I did about this game. I'll take the criticsm, but why come into a thread and be a dick after a loss. I mean if he said nice call and added something that made me think he wasn't a complete dick I wouldn't have gotten mad, plus the fact that I have no idea who he isComment
