How Good Is UCLA? Hoops Experts Only

[jjgold]

No drunks

I know 25 teams can win NCAA tourney this year , I still think Duke is the team to beat but taking favs in college hoops is fukkin suicide now.

Any top players on Bruins??

[pinnacle420]

They are good enough to cover tonight

[pinnacle420]

but they won't....

[Big Bear]

anyone else?

[Bet10Heinekens]

your 2014 NCAA champions

GameDate User/Phone Date Placed Sport Description Risk/Win
Ticket#:18945599
Dec 19 07:30 PM
INTERNET / -1 Dec 03 10:50 AM
PROP
TEAM TO WIN THE MENS NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
[88150] UCLA +5000




They are running and gunning with Alford new system, you guys better recognize Jordan Adams

[Big Bear]

is the game at cameron indoor?

[Mozzie7]

No - it's at a neutral site in NYC...either MSG or Barclays Center.

JjGold - Duke is good, but needs to show me a consistent defensive effort before I would say they are a LEGIT title contender.

[plekz]

UCLA are very athletic young kids, operative word here being YOUNG they are fairly small in terms of size, and i think they'll have a hard time stopping Duke when they drive to the basket, if they shoot lights out however they'll be able to hang with them.

[Big Bear]

UCLA are very athletic young kids, operative word here being YOUNG they are fairly small in terms of size, and i think they'll have a hard time stopping Duke when they drive to the basket, if they shoot lights out however they'll be able to hang with them.

nobody shoots lights out on a neutral court. game will be won or loss on the boards

[plekz]

Then DUKE should cover bit scared of backing DUKE doe in case it turns into a trackmeet where DUKE refuses to play defense again.

[jjgold]

Right now my lean is Duke.

Plenty of time to change my mind

[Mozzie7]

UCLA are very athletic young kids, operative word here being YOUNG they are fairly small in terms of size, and i think they'll have a hard time stopping Duke when they drive to the basket, if they shoot lights out however they'll be able to hang with them.

Duke is also VERY small -- they do not have a legit center who plays quality minutes at all. They parade a bunch of SF and PF in the post. Duke is my team and I support them 100%, but this game scares me from a betting perspective.

[VegasInsider]

UCLA is for real but they're probably a year away from being a serious title contender. I have them as an easy Sweet 16 team and if they get hot, maybe an outside shot at winning a region. Still a lot of hoops to be played. Difficult line at 4, I have no idea

[aman86]

duke is definitely the better overall team but this game imo comes down to motivation which I'm uncertain of...if duke gives a unc or uconn type effort that we've seen lately, ucla is talented enough to take take advantage

this game is a huge opportunity for ucla. .national spotlight...east coast exposure

duke has these games seemingly every other week and we've already seen them give less than their best

I just cant take ucla though hoping duke has a down night because duke should take this

[aortega521]

Im really thinking Duke has it in them to cover. although steve alford is decent at coaching, when you look at his record in these types of games dating back to his last coaching stint at UNM, his teams didnt have the mental toughness to sustain a solid effort for 40 minutes. Duke has better talent better coach so i will take my chances. Dont over think the game too much fellas

[crbravens23]

someone mentioned UCLA is small??? I've watched them ag NW, MIZZ. they are not small. they actually present with a lot of range and length. Extremely athletic team. coaches son plays who shoots lights out. if Duke plays zone a lot, which I dont think they will, UCLA can shoot 3s and hurt them. they present matchup problems for DUKE. having said that, UCLA much better at home, young team, may struggle early and make it close at the end.

[InTheDrink]

No drunks

wtf

[Big Bear]

someone mentioned UCLA is small??? I've watched them ag NW, MIZZ. they are not small. they actually present with a lot of range and length. Extremely athletic team. coaches son plays who shoots lights out. if Duke plays zone a lot, which I dont think they will, UCLA can shoot 3s and hurt them. they present matchup problems for DUKE. having said that, UCLA much better at home, young team, may struggle early and make it close at the end.

maybe they meant small penis size

[Madetowin]

duke ha they will crumble under pressure during big games.

[jjgold]

I might get greedy and bet duke in 1st half

[mahncpa]

someone mentioned UCLA is small??? I've watched them ag NW, MIZZ. they are not small. they actually present with a lot of range and length. Extremely athletic team. coaches son plays who shoots lights out. if Duke plays zone a lot, which I dont think they will, UCLA can shoot 3s and hurt them. they present matchup problems for DUKE. having said that, UCLA much better at home, young team, may struggle early and make it close at the end.

I have rarely seen dook play zone.

[wufpakman21]

duke ha they will crumble under pressure during big games.

Yeah, that Coach K fellow, he's only won more games than any other coach on earth. Crumble?

[stratospro]

Statistically UCLA is the better team.

Better FG %, better FT %, more rebounds, more ast, more steals, more blocks.

On road games, they are 13% better than Duke on fg%, 13% better in 3 pt land, 9 % better in free throws.

I see this being a very close game, and UCLA + is probably the bet.

[stratospro]

I have rarely seen dook play zone.

I doubt they would play zone defense again a good 3 pt shooting team. If they would play anything it would be a 2-3 zone. Jim Boeheim taught Coach K the 2-3 being an assistant coach on Coach K's Olympic Team.

With that being said, he would be dumb to throw a zone against a good outside shooting team.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

all i know is if the line goes to 6, i'm taking ucla.

[Vegas39]

all i know is if the line goes to 6, i'm taking ucla.

at 5 in some places now. Wouldn't shock me to see it hit 6

[ChalkyDog]

UCLA is good, they have a bonafide scoring stud in Adams and a guy who does everything but play defense in Kyle Anderson.

Neither of these clubs play defense, at all. UCLA is bigger down low than Duke.

Duke shoots a ton of 3's. UCLA is top 5 2 pt FG team in the nation, meaning a lot of points come in the paint, a place Duke doesn't know how to defend, nor could they if they did know how.

I'm on UCLA for a unit. Nothing more, just so I have action on this game.

UCLA can beat Duke. Alford is a terrible terrible coach. JJ, I know you love the coaching angle in college.

[jjgold]

I am betting Duke 1st half
Final Bet

Thanks men

Great write up

[thebestthereis]

duke ranked way better with nba star, easy cover never lose

[Roy Halladay]

ESPN Stats & Info <s>@</s>ESPNStatsInfo <small class="time"> 2h </small> Duke plays UCLA tonight in Madison Square Garden. Duke is 15-3 in its last 18 games at MSG and has won 22 straight games in December.

[krangler]

I love the Pac in general this year. My focus is generally on Western teams and this is one of the best.

With the likes of Arizona State, UCLA, Oregon and Arizona, the Pac could easily dominate at this years tourny.

I think they match up pretty well with Zona who is a damn strong club on all levels.

I love UCLA and they should be able to hang tough tonight on a neutral court.

[jtoler]

UCLA has alot of talent but its alot of young talent, Duke is a small team. Game can go either way, Parker gets beside himself during games jacking up bad shots. Remember this name, Zach LaVine, he will be a star at this level and will go as far as he wants depending on his work ethic. UCLA has length game is just gonna come down to if UCLA believes it can win and they need to keep their foot on the pedal, they should have beat Mizzou but you know playing on another team's home court is dicey with them getting calls and you getting none, UCLA went cold also but still should have won. Their bigs need to be tougher but weve been waiting on that for 3 years so that probably wont change tonight.

[ChalkyDog]

If you lay the points, you get the benefit of the refs.

If you back UCLA, you are assuming they can keep it close playing 5 on 8 for 40 minutes.

[COdoubleBizzle]

I liked UCLA until they ran into Mizzou and lost by 10, and Duke is a much bertter team than Mizzou. UCLA keeps it close in the first half then Duke pulls away in the 2nd and covers

[jtoler]

I doubt they would play zone defense again a good 3 pt shooting team. If they would play anything it would be a 2-3 zone. Jim Boeheim taught Coach K the 2-3 being an assistant coach on Coach K's Olympic Team.

With that being said, he would be dumb to throw a zone against a good outside shooting team.

And a dumb 2-3 zone that Boeheim has employed. Easy to beat, but that just shows you their arnt alot of smart coaches in college basketball, even the so called big name coaches arnt as smart as you think they are. Boeheim always has his forwards too high in the zone, they get out of position easy, a little ball movement and it crashes, but there are too many dumb coaches who still dont know what to do with it, its not hard to beat. The key for Boeheim is to always get a decent ballhandling pg and big athletic good rebounding forwards, Cuse offensive sets are horrible also. St. John's sets were pathetic on Saturday but so were Cuse's as usual, thats my rant on Cuse today lol.