What you think of Oklahoma first hf? That line was bouncing around all morning. My thinking is they hang until the last ten minutes
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Texas/k-st under 129.5
One these totals that been pounded up to point I feel there some decent value on the other side.
In 2 meetings last year they managed 131 once and 106 in the other! Both teams sporting better defensive numbers this season while their offensive efficiency has taken a hit.
Both teams top 10 in defensive efficiency and both are pretty terrible ft shooting teams. This game screams 1st team into the 60s wins. Since Wade has went down for k-st all their Gabe’s been being played under this number, including a matchup w a quicker tempo more offensive vandy squad. Bottom line is Bruce Weber’s team lives for these low scoring grind it out games and up against a very good Texas defense we should see more of the same.Comment -
My big concern there is ku played a little warmup game over the weekend while sooners have been off 10 days. I hate backing teams in spot like this and then you throw in the always crazy atmosphere at ku and my worry is they get blitzed right out the gates., I actually think if sooners can hang early they will prob stay within the number but I suspect they get down then have to expend too much energy getting back in it and it gets away from them..
I certainly wouldn’t wanna talk you off a winner but imo the team coming off the long layoff struggles early more often than not, kinda like how it took huskies till 2nd half to get themselves together playing a cal Fullerton team that had played over the weekend.Comment -
I saw it get up to 131 at pinny which obviously not a option for me but then started to come back down. Didn’t wanna turn my head and all a sudden it drop back lower, I can’t imagine under doesn’t start getting hit at some point. Looks like a game that will struggle to reach 120 to me so I was good at 129.5. If it gets into 130s I’ll prob kick myself a little and maybe play again. LolComment -
Cornell +8 -115
Normally have no interest in buying any points but the 7.5 was juiced on wake so I’m ok with -115 for +8 here.
I just don’t think wake has earned laying this kind of number which basically suggest a dd win. More than about any team in nation they rely on getting to the ft line to generate offense. Cornell nothing special defensively but they don’t make a habit of giving teams freebies. Cornell one of the better passing teams in the country with bigs who all distribute to the open man, against a inexperienced wake team I like their chances of being able to beat defensive rotations and score enough to hang here.
Faded wake w a similar line vs Gardner Webb and they lost straight up. Not sure that will happen again but like big reds chances of staying inside this number.Comment -
Card so far:
Nebraska +1.5
Texas/kst under 129.5
Cornell +8Comment -
Indiana st +7
Back on the sycamores bandwagon. This is really simple. These teams both won on each other’s home court last year and both games were decided by 4. Indiana st is improving while Loyola has fallen off quite a bit from last years magical season.
Sycamores gaurds will once again be a headache for Loyola to handle and a huge added bonus is Loyola not built to take advantage of Indiana st biggest problem which being weak on the defensive glass.
We have learned tcu too strong for this squad but they can play with anyone in the Missouri valley imo and that starts tonight.Comment -
I pretty much flat bet them all, occasionally I’ll mention I’m playin one for more but not often. if you made me really try to say any were better than the others I’d prob lean to the k-st under or Indiana st. They really all the same for me tho. I found a long time ago my strength tends to be in volume, and not so much distinguishing any one play from another.Comment -
tailing the kstate/texas under. BOL bankerComment -
Hmm... not worried this is a tough spot for them? Coming back from Hawaii and turning around to go play a tough MVC opponent on the road? I know Sycamores are improved but are they really gonna keep shooting 45% from long range? Not saying I hate the play, just pondering it and putting some discussion out there...Comment -
Let’s go bank..get this New Year off
on the right foot.
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To tell ya the truth I just realized I’m on 2 teams that Havnt played since the Hawaii tourney, I’m not real sure how I feel about that? They have had a week so not like they played and turned right around hung over, It would have prob bothered me more if they played over the weekend. At this point feel it just as likely them or opponents could be hung over from New Years! Lol. Or rusty since both Loyola and army been off since before Xmas., certainly a fair question but one I don’t have a good answer for. If they both look bad I will def be sure to take note for future seasons!
Far as sycamores 3 point shooting it might drop off but they not heavily reliant on it, they really shoot a fairly low number of them which I think part of reason they shoot them so well, they only taking good looks. You would think a team shooting it that well would should more but they shoot the fewest in the nation and only accounts for 25% their scoring which also ranks really low. Barnes and Key taking guys off the bounce a much bigger part of their game and I don’t think Loyola can stay in front of either.Comment -
You know I’m pretty selective bout favs but yea this one stuck way out for a couple reasons. 1st and foremost despite army sucking something serious they play really fast which kinda plays into Bucknell strengths and of course the more possessions we get in a game the more likely the talent gap is to show through at some point.
Like you said army hasn’t beaten anywhere close to the caliber of bucknell and were trounced by them on their court last season (granted I don’t think bucknell is as strong as last).
My only real concern the one capy brought up about Indiana st w bucknell last games also being the Hawaii tourney, I think enough time has passed it not a big deal but if they lay a egg it will def go in my notes for future reference, as of now I have no such notes so obviously don’t recall this being a problem in the past.Comment -
I’ve tried that “narrowing shit down” plenty of times and it always results in me leaving bunch of winners off the card! I’ve tried varying units and it always has me putting more on the damn losers!! Eventually I just came to conclusion if I can hit decent percentage with bunch of plays would’nt it behoove me to get down on as many as possible??
Only issue with that sycamores play is bucknell also off the Hawaii trip and they look freaking pathetic at Army right now, kinda worrying me.Comment -
Yeah Bucknell got me worriedComment -
Ball not going our way early. Lets sweep the late gamesComment -
Jeeze looks like Indiana State stayed in HawaiiComment -
Didnt this Loyola team put up 42 at St Joes last game. They just dropped 46 and are up 34 at half lolComment
