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**Udog** · 03-25-2016, 09:27 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Six of the better minor league prospects for the Seattle Mariners........

1) Alex Jackson, OF-- Hit only .224 in his first two pro seasons.

2) Edwin Diaz, P-- Went 5-10, 4.57 in 20 starts in AA Southern League.

3) Drew Jackson, SS-- Stanford alum hit .358 in his first 59 pro games.

4) Tyler O'Neill, OF- Canadian kid hit 32 HRs as a 21-year old in A ball LY.

6) Luiz Gohara, P-- Has career record of 5-17, 5.73; unsure why he is a prospect.

26) Dario Pizzano, OF-- Columbia alum hit .308 in Southern League LY.

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here.......

13) Oregon 82, Duke 68-- ACC is 12-3 in NCAA's; 12-1 vs seeds 7 or lower, 0-2 vs #6 or better seeds. Duke was 7-22 on arc; last three teams to beat Oregon combined to shoot over 60% from downtown. Duke has never made a Final Four out of the West.

12) Kansas 79, Maryland 63-- Diamond Stone played only 21:00 and took four shots for the Terps, who were outrebounded 43-28. Terps wound up going 5-6 in their last 11 games; disappointing end for a team that figures to lose several guys to the pros.

11) Oklahoma 77, Texas A&M 63-- Aggies' comeback was hurt by their 13-24 night on foul line; they were down 19 at the half. Sooners made 11-25 on arc, made 52.7% of its 2-point shots. A&M was lucky to beat Northern Iowa last weekend; reality set in here against a veteran Oklahoma squad with one of the best coaches in the country.

10) Villanova 92, Miami 69-- Was probably a rough night for TV ratings, four cruddy games; Wildcats pulled away from 43-37 halftime lead and jogged here. Villanova has scored 88.3 ppg in winning first three tournament games.

9) Stat of the Day: Since 2003, #2-seeds are 11-5 SU vs #1-seeds in regional finals. Underdogs are 9-7 vs spread in those games.

8) All the #1-seeds are favored in this round; last time a #1-seed was an underdog in a r egional semifinal was 2005, when Washington (+1.5) lost 93-79 to Louisville.

7) There is a new 8-team tournament at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas starting Monday; games are being shown all day on CBS Sports Network. These teams haven't played in at least two weeks, in some cases three- tough games to handicap.

Oakland is playing Towson, Louisiana Tech vs East Tennessee State, Old Dominion vs Tennessee Tech and UCSB-Northern Illinois- those are first round games.

6) Robert Griffin III signed with Cleveland; Browns have a game in Washington this fall, so that might be a Monday night game now. Curious to see if Griffin can stay healthy for a whole season; the Vegas over/under on his starts this year: 9.5.

5) When RGIII starts for the Browns next fall, he'll be Cleveland's 25th starting QB since 1999; Dallas has had 19 since then, second-highest total in NFL.

4) Over/unders on Brock Osweiler: 3,750 passing yards, 25.5 TD passes.

3) Red Sox are playing Toronto two games in Montreal next weekend; they've already sold 106,000 tickets for the two games, as Montreal clamors for baseball to return to Quebec. Wonder how many of the 106,000 are Red Sox fans from south of border.

2) Colorado Rockies' AA farm team in the Eastern League is in Hartford; they're the Yard Goats. Curious to see what the hats look like. Hartford Yard Goats.

1) Quote of the Day, part II from newly-minted comedian Mitt Romney:

“Donald Trump has had several foreign wives. It turns out that there really are jobs Americans won’t do.”

If Mr Romney tried this hard when he actually ran for President himself, maybe he would've won. I've always heard Mormons are nice people; now? Not so much.

I'll say one last thing; if there is a guy out there who wouldn't be happier than hell to have Melania Trump hanging on his arm, I'd be surprised. If you don't like Donald Trump, that makes sense, but his wife seems like a nice lady-- she babysat for Ted Cruz' kids during one of the Republican debates. Go figure.

**Udog** · 03-25-2016, 09:36 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, March 25

Hot teams
-- Washington won three of its last four games. Devils won five of their last seven.
-- Tampa Bay won 2-0/6-2 in its last two games.
-- St Louis won eight of its last ten games.

Cold teams
-- Islanders lost six of their last eight games.
-- Vancouver lost its last six games, outscored 18-5.

Series records
-- Devils lost their last six games with Washington.
-- Islanders won their last three games with Tampa Bay.
-- Canucks won six of last eight games with St Louis.

Totals
-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Washington games.
-- Under is 4-1-2 in last seven Islander games.
-- Over is 7-2-1 in last ten Vancouver-St Louis games.

Back-to-backs
-- New Jersey is 3-2 at home if it played night before.
-- Canucks are 5-3 on road if they played night before.

NHL

Friday, March 25

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Trend Report
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7:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. NEW JERSEY
Washington is 17-7 SU in its last 24 games
Washington is 8-16 SU in its last 24 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New Jersey's last 10 games when playing at home against Washington
New Jersey is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games when playing at home against Washington

7:30 PM
NY ISLANDERS vs. TAMPA BAY
NY Islanders are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games on the road
NY Islanders are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games
Tampa Bay is 3-7 SU in their last 10 games when playing NY Islanders

8:00 PM
VANCOUVER vs. ST. LOUIS
Vancouver is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Vancouver's last 20 games when playing St. Louis
St. Louis is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games
St. Louis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Vancouver

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**Udog** · 03-25-2016, 01:10 PM

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Dunkel

Friday, March 25

Washington @ New Jersey

Game 1-2
March 25, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
12.220
New Jersey
9.127
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 3
3 1/2
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
-180
5
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-180); Under

NY Islanders @ Tampa Bay

Game 3-4
March 25, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
NY Islanders
9.899
Tampa Bay
12.451
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Tampa Bay
by 2 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Tampa Bay
-155
5
Dunkel Pick:
Tampa Bay
(-155); Over

Vancouver @ St. Louis

Game 5-6
March 25, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Vancouver
11.709
St. Louis
10.556
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vancouver
by 1
4
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-300
5
Dunkel Pick:
Vancouver
(+250); Under

NHL
Short Sheet

Friday, March 25

Washington at New Jersey, 7:05 PM ET
Washington: 24-12 SU in road games
New Jersey: 12-28 SU after a 2 game unbeaten streak

NY Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:35 PM ET
Ny Islanders: 7-14 ATS off a home win
Tampa Bay: 8-0 SU in home games after a 2 game unbeaten streak

Vancouver at St Louis, 8:05 PM ET
Vancouver: 27-46 SU in all games
St Louis: 15-7 SU after playing 2 consecutive road games

NHL
Long Sheet

Friday, March 25

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WASHINGTON (52-15-0-5, 109 pts.) at NEW JERSEY (36-31-0-7, 79 pts.) - 3/25/2016, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 8-4 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 8-4-0 straight up against NEW JERSEY over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.1 Units)

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NY ISLANDERS (39-24-0-9, 87 pts.) at TAMPA BAY (42-26-0-5, 89 pts.) - 3/25/2016, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TAMPA BAY is 195-205 ATS (+481.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season since 1996.
NY ISLANDERS are 10-3 ATS (+13.5 Units) in road games on Friday nights over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY ISLANDERS is 4-3 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 4-3-0 straight up against TAMPA BAY over the last 3 seasons
4 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.9 Units)

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VANCOUVER (27-33-0-13, 67 pts.) at ST LOUIS (43-22-0-9, 95 pts.) - 3/25/2016, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 27-46 ATS (+78.5 Units) in all games this season.
VANCOUVER is 52-39 ATS (+95.5 Units) in road games on Friday nights since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 183-196 ATS (+428.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 6-2 (+5.3 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 6-2-0 straight up against ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.6 Units)

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