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**Udog** · 04-08-2015, 10:06 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

I love college basketball, but here are six things I'd do to improve it.........

-- Let kids jump right from high school to the NBA; but if you go to college, you're there for at least two years. One-and-done doesn't help college ball or the NBA.

-- Reduce timeouts teams can call from five a game to two a game; there are eight TV timeouts imbedded in the game. There are WAY TOO MANY stoppages now.

-- I'd tell officials to allow continuation on drives to the basket; this is a quick way to increase scoring.

-- In a related item, get rid of flopping; when in doubt, its a block, not a charge, then teams will stop practicing drawing fake charges. Yes, some teams do this.

-- 30-second shot clock, which won't help much and an 8-second halfcourt line- that will force teams not to walk the ball up, and will encourage teams to press more.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Some mid-week thoughts.........

13) Pretty cool moment in Montreal Friday night, when Russell Matin's dad played O, Canada on the saxophone before the Jays-Reds exhibition game at Olympic Stadium. Martin grew up in Montreal; this is his first year with the Blue Jays.

12) Pretty un-cool stuff in South Carolina, where someone filmed a police officer gunning down a citizen running away from him after a routine traffic stop. Apparently the guy was running because he owes child support and didn't want to be arrested for that. The officer has been charged with murder.

I'm not posting a link to it here but it is all over TV today; it looks like a bad movie, but it is very real and very sad.

11) 34.2% of shots in college basketball this season were behind the arc, the highest percentage since 1987.

10) Rick Porcello (76-63, 4.30 in 180 starts for a good team) got $82.5M from the Red Sox, on a 4-year contract. Shouldn't they have just paid Jon Lester?

9) Related subject: average ticket to a game in Fenway Park this season will be $52.34, highest in major league baseball.

8) In the last 29 years, covering 116 major golf tournaments, only eight were won by someone not in the top 100 of the World Golf Rankings.

7) Baseball's All-Star Game is in a National Lague park the next four years, which is highly unusual; they alternated leagues for decades.

6) 15 of 25 players on the San Diego Padres weren't Padres last season.

5) Atlanta Braves are 61-33 in their last 94 games against the Marlins.

4) Chattanooga coach Will Wade is the new coach at VCU, where he used to be an assistant to Shaka Smart. Its funny how Chattanooga has to hire a new coach, only because Texas fired its coach and hired Smart from VCU.

3) Tennessee Titans coach Ken Whisenhunt grew up in Augusta and worked on the scoreboard at The Masters as a kid.

2) If you're Bo Ryan and you just lost a close national title game, it looks bad to bitch about the refs on national TV, even if you're right.

1) Just to make you (and me) feel worse about our bracket, ESPN's national contest was won by a little creep from Illinois who is in the sixth grade.

**Udog** · 04-08-2015, 10:08 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, April 8

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Game 1-2
April 8, 2015 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Toronto Maple Lea
9.491
Columbus Blue Jac
10.743
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Columbus Blue Jac
by 1 1/2
6 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus Blue Jac
-200
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Columbus Blue Jac
(-200); Over

Boston Bruins @ Washington Capitals

Game 3-4
April 8, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Boston Bruins
10.890
Washington Capita
11.707
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington Capita
by 1
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington Capita
-130
5
Dunkel Pick:
Washington Capita
(-130); Under

Dallas Stars @ Anaheim Ducks

Game 5-6
April 8, 2015 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Dallas Stars
12.643
Anaheim Ducks
11.771
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Dallas Stars
by 1
6 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim Ducks
-190
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Dallas Stars
(+165); Over

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, April 8

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TORONTO (30-43-0-7, 67 pts.) at COLUMBUS (39-35-0-5, 83 pts.) - 4/8/2015, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TORONTO is 30-50 ATS (+89.3 Units) in all games this season.
TORONTO is 5-28 ATS (+45.6 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 this season.
TORONTO is 9-33 ATS (+54.6 Units) second half of the season this season.
TORONTO is 11-23 ATS (-16.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
TORONTO is 4-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season this season.
COLUMBUS is 39-40 ATS (-1.9 Units) in all games this season.
COLUMBUS is 23-21 ATS (+51.4 Units) second half of the season this season.
COLUMBUS is 34-29 ATS (+66.8 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 21-19 ATS (+43.6 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
COLUMBUS is 27-13 ATS (+12.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 5-12 ATS (-7.4 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLUMBUS is 3-2 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
COLUMBUS is 3-2-0 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.9 Units)

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BOSTON (41-25-0-13, 95 pts.) at WASHINGTON (44-25-0-11, 99 pts.) - 4/8/2015, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOSTON is 41-38 ATS (-14.7 Units) in all games this season.
BOSTON is 11-18 ATS (-9.3 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5 or less this season.
BOSTON is 6-11 ATS (-10.3 Units) when playing with 3 or more days rest over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 173-191 ATS (+417.2 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.
WASHINGTON is 5-10 ATS (-9.8 Units) in home games when playing with 2 days rest over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 5-3 (+3.5 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 5-3-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.2 Units)

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DALLAS (39-31-0-10, 88 pts.) at ANAHEIM (50-23-0-7, 107 pts.) - 4/8/2015, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ANAHEIM is 50-30 ATS (+85.7 Units) in all games this season.
ANAHEIM is 16-8 ATS (+1.3 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more this season.
ANAHEIM is 54-23 ATS (+25.5 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 21-13 ATS (+36.7 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 this season.
DALLAS is 14-10 ATS (+26.4 Units) in road games second half of the season this season.
DALLAS is 55-49 ATS (+118.2 Units) in road games revenging a home loss versus opponent since 1996.
DALLAS is 13-9 ATS (+25.2 Units) in road games revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
DALLAS is 11-5 ATS (+17.8 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
DALLAS is 14-11 ATS (+29.9 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
DALLAS is 9-3 ATS (+13.5 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 10-6 (+1.6 Units) against the spread versus DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 10-6-0 straight up against DALLAS over the last 3 seasons
9 of 16 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.3 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, April 8

Hot teams
-- Columbus is 12-2 in its last 14 games. Maple Leafs are 3-2 in their last five games.
-- Bruins won last five games, allowing seven goals. Washington won seven of last ten.
-- Anaheim won four of its last five games; Dallas Stars won seven of their last ten.

Cold teams
-- None

Series records
-- Road team won seven of last nine Toronto-Columbus games.
-- Washington won six of its last nine games with Boston.
-- Dallas Stars lost their last four games with Anaheim.

Totals
-- Over is 6-0-1 in last seven Columbus games.
-- Five of last seven Boston-Washington games stayed under.
-- Seven of last eight Dallas games went over the total.

Back-to-back
-- None

NHL

Wednesday, April 8

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Trend Report
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7:30 PM
TORONTO vs. COLUMBUS
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Toronto is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Columbus is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto
Columbus is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games

8:00 PM
BOSTON vs. WASHINGTON
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Boston is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games when playing Boston

10:30 PM
DALLAS vs. ANAHEIM
Dallas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Dallas's last 21 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Dallas
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

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**Udog** · 04-08-2015, 10:11 AM

NHL

Wednesday, April 8

Reimer to start for Maple Leafs Wednesday

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender James Reimer will get the start in the crease when the Buds visit the Columbus Blue Jackets Wednesday evening, according to TSN's Mark Masters.

Reimer is 9-15-1 in 34 games played (26 starts) this season and has a 3.06 goals against average and .909 save percentage.

Home underdogs fare well for backers Tuesday

Home underdogs posted a respectable record of 3-1 straight up in the National Hockey League Tuesday evening.

The Philadelphia Flyers (+110), Colorado Avalanche (+125) and Edmonton Oilers (+240) all cashed as home dogs for backers, while the New Jersey Devils (+135) were the only home pup to lose.

Season to date, home underdogs are 145-159-19-31.

Dallas Stars on fire for Over bettors recently

The Dallas Stars have been a red-hot wager for Over bettors of late, cashing in five consecutive Over bets heading into Wednesday's action.

The Stars' offense is doing it's share of the work, tallying 21 goals over the past five games.

Oddsmakers have a total of 5.5 on their meeting with the Anaheim Ducks Wednesday evening.

Capitals unblemished versus Bruins this season

The Washington Capitals have posted a 2-0 record without conceding a goal versus the Boston Bruins in two meetings this season.

The Caps posted a 4-0 victory on Oct. 11 and a 2-0 win on March 15 and will look for a season sweep at home Wednesday evening.

Washington is currently a -130 favorite and oddsmakers have a total of 5 on the board for this matchup.

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