My cbb blog 6-4 now which is 60% so this remains a fade-free zone for the time being, albeit the winning record is a small sample, lol ... Tomoroow on Sunday February 7th, The St Peter's Peacocks will play host to the Canisius Golden Griffins at the Victor Yanitelli Recreation Life Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Game tip time is scheduled to go off for noon eastern standard time, so don't sleep in and get your chili con carne under way while this game is playing out so that it 's ready for the Super Bowl! Right now SBR Odds has the Peacocks posted as 5.5 to 6 point favorites depending upon which book's line you're looking at and I'll lay the 6 here for posting purposes because although I actually played five and a half I don't think I'll need the hay, and I certainly didn't buy it here.

  Ok i made good coin fading the Peacocks versus the Stags the other night. They struggled with turnovers in that one and the shooting of some of their go to players left something to be desired. Basically a somewhat uninspired performance with part of the problem being the Stags' Needham's class in how to have a great day on the hardwood 101. Canisius holds an edge here in average points per game scored, but in my opinion have had an arguably easier schedule than their hosting foes here. They also generally perform better in scoring field goal percentage as well as boasting a slightly higher free throw percentage. To counter this hopefully the Peacocks can take advantage of their rebounding and turnover edge to kind of cancel out whatever scoring quotas the Golden Griffins experience derivative of their play capability assets. 

  After the physical match up with the gigantic Stags team, the Peacocks play might induce some early fouls so it's good to note that St Peter's does have what I consider to be a notably superior contributor to team's playing results. I didn't know this, but it looks as if Canisius has problems covering on Sundays. They're something like 5 and 15 against the number on Sundays, maybe because they think it's a day of rest, lol! Meanwhile the Peacocks boast a proud 70% record over their last 10 Sunday games against the spread. Though these numbers can not or perhaps I should say, 'should not' be construed in any manner whatsover as having anything to do with this Sundays game and it outcome. Naturally there is no direct correlation between to separate sporting events. I do however feel that these are just kids after all and as such they can be susceptible to favoring certain days over others, They haven' taken on the degree of professionalism required by say an NBA player to keep pace even when it's tough to do so.

  On the 24th St Peter's Peacocks prevailed over Canisius on Golden Griffins court by a final score of 68-55, a game in which they were catching 4.5 points so they prevailed as a road dog both outright and against the number. You have to back a few years to find a result where Canisius came into the Peacocks' court. In their early February contest versus the Manhattan Jaspers the Peacocks looked very fine indeed basically laying a good drubbing on the squad from New York.

  I'm taking the St Peter's Peacocks -6 (5.5 is available but not as widely as the six at the time of this writing,don't want to post a number that no one cand get at.

  bol everybody

  CB

  My cbb blog record is now 5-4. Kent State is on a bit of a roll lately. They just beat Western Michigan with a buzzer beater. The score was 74-73. They play on Monday night with a record of 14-7 over all and a four game win streak on the line. Their opponent will be the Northern Illinois Huskies who sport a year to date over all win loss record of 8-11. The game tips at 7 o'clock EST at the M.A.C. Center. 

   The Golden Flashes have been playing .750 hoops over their last dozen contests. I just saw Sherman's shot on YouTube - the one that put the nail in Western Michigan's coffin last time out on the weekend. It was a totally happening dunk, but maybe more important than making the highlight reel, he got his team even more pumped than they already have been as of late. I mean if they won by 10, I don't think they would be going into tonight's match with as much of that young athletic energy that comes from exciting finishes like the one they experienced on Saturday. I bet they've been thinking of basketball and itching to hit the hardwood all day long yesterday on Sunday.

   Singletary's been marshaling the KSU points on a consistent basis whether he scores them himself or not, but he's good for twenty score tonight if not more in my opinion. On the other side of the court Northern Illinois will be trying to snap a three game losing streak. While KSU was busy taking care of WMU business on Saturday, Northern Illinois were not making out as well, losing to Buffalo by a score of 95-83. Silas is the man the Golden Flashes will want to be covering as he is one of the highest average scorers per game in the league if not the best last time I checked.

    The question in this one seems to me to be who can man Silas? Or will they use zone? It might be best to use zone and let Silas break coverage and score when he can, because the others are well guarded leaving him relatively free to make his shots, then you make it more of a one man show. I've seen teams do this with some success when their opponent is a team that's got an outstanding talent. It's almost as if you say, 'ok, look we can't stop the guy from scoring so we'll try to slow him down with zone and let him have his baskets as he can make them within that context ... while, and here's the game plan ... while we return the favor back at the other end of the court - trying as a team to outscore their comprised socring of a main guy and his squad.

    Kent State is well enough coached to bring Saturday's momentum into this match up and I think Northern Illinois is coming in on too much of a downswing to keep pace with the Golden Flashes here. One thing that bugs me a little here is chool boy handicapping says that if the Huskies beat WMU comfortably by 10 in January and the Golden Flashes had trouble taking their match up with the same team down to the wire with a buzzer beater, that via the wisdom of common opponent performance comparison the winning arrow would point towards a play on Northern Illinois perhaps to at least cover. Vut I'm going to wave this thought off for the momentum reasons I mentioned earlier. The Huskies were also on a nice run of their own previous to this skid they've found themselves on as of late, but they can want to end the skid as much as anything, doesn't mean they're going to be able to.

   So bring on the red and black attack, I think the Flashes will be ready and good to go for the cover anticipating a winning margin a just shy of around 17 or covering the number with a couple of baskets to spare.

   Kent State -13

   Bol everybody!

   Checkerboard

  I'm on the Manhattan Jaspers today this Sunday afternoon January 31st. I prefer to take the dog and the points versus St Peters. My cbb blog's year to date record is 5-3 so don't fade me yet because although it's a small blog posted sample, 5-3 is just under 63% which is good wagering percentage last time I checked laugh out loud. Broadway boogie woogie crosses the Hudson via Pelham to Jersey to take on the Peacocks - this game will be broadcast nation wide courtesy of ESPNU with the rotation number for a play on Manhattan being number eight hundred and forty-nine along with a scheduled tip time of 2 o'clock p.m. eastern standard time.

  As the NYC crew slinks on in via Pelham, they'll be bringing with them a not so enticing 7-14 win loss record over all and to make backing them even more distasteful, their road record boasts three wins and a few losses, well, nine to be precise, but hey, who's counting anyways? The point is that at a quick glance it really doesn't look like a very good idea to make a play on the Dutch bankers, until that is, that one looks a little deeper at this matchup and some of its intangibles. First of all, St Peter's is only one game above .500 at home and that's nothing to write home about, forgive the pun. Also their win loss record over all may be 12-9 but look at some of the soft teams they played early on and you may get thinking that the Peacocks are really just a .500 team at best. I mean, in January, they've only managed to beat  Niagara twice, Loyola Maryland (at St Peter's) and Canisius and Rider amd lost to, you guessed it Manhattan (in Manhattan) by a score of 76-53 for the Jaspars.

  So St Peters will be out for home and home revenge. Ahh, how sweet it will be to lay a thumping on the team that smeared their January record with its inaugural loss of just a pair of defeats, the other shortfall coming at the hands of the Siena Saints in the Peacocks' most recent effort losing by eight at home to Siena with St Peters hosting. So you lose at home in your last game and now you have a team coming in that beat you on their court earlier this month and you mix that peanut butter and chocolate together and you get an ass whooping to end all ass whoopings right? And the line maker has to put the game at 5.5 because Manhattan could have their number right? This is like one of those games ok where to place a wager you have to figure out which of two very feasible scenarios will play out. Either St Peter's is gonna look like the Globetrotters or Manhattan's gonna take'em to a lane way off the Deuce.

  One thing's for sure, the Yantelli Center's gonna be hopping for a good old-fashioned Sunday afternoon George Washington Bridge rivalry. Manhattan's lost like seven in a row or something like that don't quote me on it, but why only getting 5.5? Is the book telling us the revenge factor is for real? Let's say earlier this month St Peter's won by a buzzer beater in Manhattan, what would the pointspread then befor this one? 8? Are we getting value on a St Peter's play just because Manhattan beat them in NY? Wouldn't JP think "yeah but that was in NY" anyways? Without the help of the line maker's lean? I think so and that's why I'll be on the Jaspers.

  Manhattan better average points per game, better fg%, better free throw%, better thieves (steals), less lucky. But do they need luck when they play St Peter's. Was the win in Manhattan a fluke or does Manhattan simply match up well with the Peacocks? Sometimes a team has an achilles heal where they have an awesome season and by the end of the year you look back over the schedule and you're left scratching your head at the three losses they experienced over the course of the season to a more lowly team. And then also those lowly teams get up for the re-matches sometimes, "... hell yeah we beat 'em three week ago at our house now let's go get 'em in their house too why not?! We're up for the challenge, bring it Peacocks!"

  I will post now with the plus 5.5 if you want to follow wait and see if you can get more, but I'm posting the line that's available now and that's the line that will go in my record win or lock.

  My play is on Manhattan Jaspers + 5.5 

  bol everybody!

  Checkerboard

  My year to date college basketball blog record is now at 5-2 and hopefully I can take it to 6-2 or .750 with a winning pick here on a late night west coast road dog, the UCLA Bruins +4 (available as I type at the Greek.) The rotation number for this play is number 569.

  The Bruins come into this match up one game under .500 while the Ducks host sporting a record of one win over .500. UCLA conspicuously only has just one road win to show so far for their 2009-2010 campaign. The good news is that this solitary road win goes against just two road losses. I see this as a plus for the Bruins in that they have an opportunity here to get their road record to a respectable .500 percentage albeit with only what will have been just four road games to date. Mean while it has to be noted that the Ducks have a decent home record sitting pretty at 8-5.

  The betting tonight (at approximately 20 hours prior to tip) is pretty much split with 52% showing at SBR going on the home court Ducks, with 48% on the Bruins. Curiously, the Ducks are something like 6-22 against the number in their last 28 Thursday night games and though I do generally subscribe to the school of thought that such stats are not best considered as sole reasons for wagering, it is comforting to know that the Ducks don't care for playing hoops following hump day. To go with that the Bruins are 10-3 against the number in the last thirteen or so meetings between these two west coast squads.

  UCLA actually creamed Oregon last March (2009) by a score of 94-68 on Bruin hardwood and the a a couple of months earlier in January 2009 at Oregon 83-74. It is therefore understandable then that handicappers who look at situations as part of their formula for determining a wager would like the Ducks here as a team that might have revenge on their mind. I think with UCLA's reformatted defense that they will be able to stave off any early extra energy the Ducks may display as part of any reve oriented motivation. Also UCLA holds the edge in fg shooting percentage, so they have a strong defensive asset cobined with a strong defensive characteristic ... these two exemplary qualities combine together to make this pick as strong as expoxy! Plus bears like it when peanut butter gets in their chocolate!

    True that Morgan is more than likely out while Andersen is listed as I write this as a game time decision, but Howland will have the kids ready and with the new defensive scheme they are less like to be fouling which may put less pressure than normal on the bench towards the end of the game. I know that Howland has personally coached coached to the all time tune of something like 10-2 versus the Ducks. On offense I also feel Macolm Lee could be in for a big game.

    Good luck everybody, for my Thursday night money I will be placing a regular-sized wager on UCLA plus the points, now for posting purposes her I will commit to the +4 that the Greek is serving up at the moment. 

    My Thursday Night Late West Coast NCAAB play is UCLA Bruins +4 (Gk)

    Bol Everybody!

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    BOL everybody

 My NBA blog is 0-1 after it's inaugural play of the 2009-2010 National Basketball Association's season. That first play was on Portland +5 on Sunday Janaury 10th hosting Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The boys from Ohio covered as they often do despite the fact that they should have bad karma for what one of their former coaching staff is now calling a tank job to get the Lebron James draft pick. Like we need someone to be honest about that as we were all oh so wondering, gimme a break. The Raptors are my pick for Tuesday and I fully expect to win this pick, but if for some bizarre unforeseen reason I don't, I'll lay off betting on or against the Cavs for the rest of the season. Sometimes teams have your number and sometimes you have theirs. I've made four units on the Raptors this season and lost one on the Cavs, so hopefully I'll continue to prevail with the Toronto plays.

  The Dinos hosted the Cavs earlier this season at the ACC beating them 101 to 91 a few nights prior to Hallowe'en last year. Pretty scary stuff for LeBron and the gang. So they'll typically have revenge on their mind right? Well thay can have all the revenge they want on their mind it doesn't bother me one bit. I actually think Cleveland will win this game but my gut says it will be a helluva game going down to the wire. My crystal ball says Cavs will win by the narrowest of margins where the money line may even not come through for them. I can see a Raptors outright win and may even put a small bit on the money line as well as the pointspread. First of all, there's a public perception imbalance on a slow night - just two games tipping Tuesday in the pros. I won't bore you with all the exact numbers, but suffice it to say Cleveland's killing it at home and Raptors road play is definitely nothing to write home about. But the two teams' performances against the spread tell a slightly different story. Both teams are approximately .500 overall vs the line man's numbers. Let's look a little deeper ...  Toronto has been a cover machine against the central division, while Cleveland has not been covering the number much in the last little while. This means we have a perceived likely-to-win team that's not covering lately versus a perceived unlikely-to-win team that's been covering in this type of divisional match-up. The Raptors score more points per game on average that the Cavs and as well, they have a better free throw shooting percentage. Ability to shoot from the charity stripe with accuracy could play a big part in this showdown as I expect the Cavs' defense to try and 'chop up' the Raptors' wheel and deal offense. It's true Cleveland has a better bench, and a rebounding edge, but Toronto has been getting to loose balls and out-stealing teams on frequent enough occasion. On a slow night, I think the nba will be pleased to see a surprisingly competitive confrontation that could go into overtime.  You may wish to wait till game time if you want to play the Raptors as I expect the line will go their way in terms of them getting more points probably to 10.5, but for posting purposes here I'll write it up as + 9.5 as I think the extra point will prove to be unecessary, but as a matter of common pridence why not wait if you can ...  My play is on the Toronto Raptors + 9.5  bol everybody!  Checkerboard 

  My NBA blog is 0-1 after it's inaugural play of the 2009-2010 National Basketball Association's season. That first play was on Portland +5 on Sunday Janaury 10th hosting Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The boys from Ohio covered as they often do despite the fact that they should have bad karma for what one of their former coaching staff is now calling a tank job to get the Lebron James draft pick. Like we need someone to be honest about that as we were all oh so wondering, gimme a break. The Raptors are my pick for Tuesday and I fully expect to win this pick, but if for some bizarre unforeseen reason I don't, I'll lay off betting on or against the Cavs for the rest of the season. Sometimes teams have your number and sometimes you have theirs. I've made four units on the Raptors this season and lost one on the Cavs, so hopefully I'll continue to prevail with the Toronto plays.

  The Dinos hosted the Cavs earlier this season at the ACC beating them 101 to 91 a few nights prior to Hallowe'en last year. Pretty scary stuff for LeBron and the gang. So they'll typically have revenge on their mind right? Well thay can have all the revenge they want on their mind it doesn't bother me one bit. I actually think Cleveland will win this game but my gut says it will be a helluva game going down to the wire. My crystal ball says Cavs will win by the narrowest of margins where the money line may even not come through for them. I can see a Raptors outright win and may even put a small bit on the money line as well as the pointspread. First of all, there's a public perception imbalance on a slow night - just two games tipping Tuesday in the pros. I won't bore you with all the exact numbers, but suffice it to say Cleveland's killing it at home and Raptors road play is definitely nothing to write home about. But the two teams' performances against the spread tell a slightly different story. Both teams are approximately .500 overall vs the line man's numbers. Let's look a little deeper ...

  Toronto has been a cover machine against the central division, while Cleveland has not been covering the number much in the last little while. This means we have a perceived likely-to-win team that's not covering lately versus a perceived unlikely-to-win team that's been covering in this type of divisional match-up. The Raptors score more points per game on average that the Cavs and as well, they have a better free throw shooting percentage. Ability to shoot from the charity stripe with accuracy could play a big part in this showdown as I expect the Cavs' defense to try and 'chop up' the Raptors' wheel and deal offense. It's true Cleveland has a better bench, and a rebounding edge, but Toronto has been getting to loose balls and out-stealing teams on frequent enough occasion. On a slow night, I think the nba will be pleased to see a surprisingly competitive confrontation that could go into overtime.

  You may wish to wait till game time if you want to play the Raptors as I expect the line will go their way in terms of them getting more points probably to 10.5, but for posting purposes here I'll write it up as + 9.5 as I think the extra point will prove to be unecessary, but as a matter of common pridence why not wait if you can ...

  My play is on the Toronto Raptors + 9.5

  bol everybody!

  Checkerboard

Ok I don't know as I write this if I'm 3-3 in cbb blogs or 4-2 cause fordhma rams are still at it in the bronx trying to cover versus dayton flyers. Either way don't fade me yet as i'm either 500 or 667. 

Here go the bulldog cadets on their southern conference road trip and i believe they'll have to be pumped. They have something like over a half dozen straight southern conference road wins and they're getting points here cause the mocs have being playing a little more noteworthily (if that's a word lol)

7 o'vlock eastern standerd time tip at the McKenzie. citadel play is rotation #569

These blogs are a bit o work so i don't look at the keybaord while i type and i don't edit so please excuse any typos but guys and gals who may be reading this if anyone it doesn't matter about the typos cause the info's here right? and if my win % gets good over a larger sample size you can check out my plays not necessarily to follow but for the notes to compare to your own capping ... that to me is what this forum is all about.