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**Udog** · 03-30-2016, 08:51 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

-- Old Dominion 64, UCSB 49-- Monarchs advance to Vegas 16 final; they'll play....

-- Oakland 104, East Tennessee State 81-- Oakland's opponent tonight will defend.

-- Valparaiso 72, BYU 70-- Crusaders advance to NIT final against........

-- George Washington 65, San Diego State 46-- Surprisingly easy win for GW.

-- Columbia 73, Cal-Irvine 67-- Lions win CBI championship.

-- ESPN said Saint Louis hired Travis Ford as its new basketball coach, then school put out a press release saying "....the process is still ongoing". Alrighty then.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Happy Hump Day, everyone.......

Today, a quick comment/thought on every National League team, with baseball season starting up in a few days.......

Arizona-- Spent ten of $$$ in off-season, adding Zach Greinke, are winning awful lot of spring training games, which means bupkus. We'll see starting Monday. Jean Segura looked like Ty Cobb this spring, after hitting .257 in Milwaukee LY.

Atlanta-- Last year at Turner Field, open fancy new stadium in Cobb County in 2017, are building a team that will be strong when they get there. Of their 30 top prospects in minor leagues, they've traded for 15 of them, by far most in majors.

Cubs-- Made playoffs last year, now expectations are off the charts; having a mime lead stretching exercises and doing fun things to break up the monotony of a long year might get old if Cubs struggle early on. They're favored to win World Series.

Reds-- In serious rebuild mold; Reds' TV guys are complaining that Joey Votto might walk 200 times, with Todd Frazier gone. If so, why not just bat him leadoff? If your Opening Day starter is Raisel Iglesias, no disrespect, but.....that not good.

Rockies-- Last five years, are combined 120 games under .500. Traded Tulowitzki for a SS who makes as much money and is now suspended for domestic violence-- what sense did that make? Top pitching prospect Gray may start season on the DL.

Dodgers-- New manager in Dave Roberts; plenty of injuries on pitching staff. Still amuses me that LA has a huge payroll, but justin Turner bats third, a guy the Mets just didn't want. How good is Japanese pitching import Maeda?

Marlins-- Mattingly is new manager, Barry Bonds is hitting coach, but they won't be playing. Need to keep Stanton/Fernandez healthy. Moved some of fences in, lowered others, which was overdue. Have only made playoffs twice, but won WS both times.

Brewers-- New GM looks like he is 15; another rebuilding team, despite being over .500 three of last five years. Will they trade Lucroy/Braun to fortify their farm system as they rebuild for the future?

Mets-- Defending NL champs have new DP combo, same fine rotation. Curious to see if Washington can challenge them, since rest of division looks lame. David Wright got late start to spring; who plays 3B if his back flares up again?

Phillies-- Maikel Franco has eight homers this spring, most in majors. Still saddled with Ryan Howard's ludicrous contract- he hit .229 LY and he can't defend. Phillies' second run next week will be the 90,000th run in franchise history.

Pirates-- Clint Hurdle managed in playoffs in four of his last eight years as a manager, while with Rockies/Pirates- why did Colorado let him go? Can Pirates get another .370 OB% out of catcher Cervelli? Josh Harrison replaces traded Walker at 2B.

Cardinals-- Have been in playoffs last five years and 12 of last 16. When do they get Yadier Molina back to full strength? Is Ruben Tejada good enough to man SS until Peralta gets back after All-Star break? Mike Leake should help the rotation.

Padres-- Ross-Shields-Cashner is really strong top 3 of rotation. Will Alexei Ramirez be solid at SS? They've also moved some of fences in. Padres are hoping Myers can be solid at 1B and that Jon Jay can anchor the outfield in CF.

Giants-- Its an even-numbered year, so.....Bumgarner is only starting pitcher who is under 30- they added Cueto/Samardzija, but Samardzija was awful LY with White Sox. Hopefully people realize what a great manager Bruce Bochy is.

Nationals-- Dusty Baker is the new skipper, after team went 83-79 and missed the playoffs for second time in last four years. It is a contract year for Strasburg, so if he has a big year, scumweasel agent Scott Boras will ask for the moon next winter.

**Udog** · 03-30-2016, 08:52 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, March 30

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OTTAWA (34-33-0-9, 77 pts.) at WINNIPEG (31-38-0-7, 69 pts.) - 3/30/2016, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OTTAWA is 30-24 ATS (+55.9 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
OTTAWA is 12-3 ATS (+8.7 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses over the last 2 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 31-45 ATS (-21.5 Units) in all games this season.
WINNIPEG is 6-15 ATS (-12.1 Units) in home games second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 4-1 (+3.3 Units) against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 4-1-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.8 Units)

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WASHINGTON (54-16-0-5, 113 pts.) at PHILADELPHIA (37-25-0-13, 87 pts.) - 3/30/2016, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 7-5 (+3.2 Units) against the spread versus WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 7-5-0 straight up against WASHINGTON over the last 3 seasons
7 of 11 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.0 Units)

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CALGARY (32-38-0-6, 70 pts.) at ANAHEIM (42-23-0-10, 94 pts.) - 3/30/2016, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CALGARY is 4-16 ATS (+25.8 Units) in road games after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 165-103 ATS (+309.7 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 27-12 ATS (+7.5 Units) second half of the season this season.
ANAHEIM is 65-31 ATS (+17.6 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 21-8 ATS (+9.2 Units) after playing 3 consecutive road games over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 81-37 ATS (+31.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 15-3 ATS (+10.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season this season.
CALGARY is 119-117 ATS (+258.0 Units) in road games vs. division opponents since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 14-4 (+8.2 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 14-4-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
12 of 18 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+6.5 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, March 30

Hot teams
-- Washington won five of its last seven games. Philly won five of its last eight.
-- Anaheim won five of its last eight games.

Cold teams
-- Ottawa lost four of its last five games. Winnipeg lost five of its last seven.
-- Flames lost four of their last six games.

Series records
-- Jets lost five of last six games with Ottawa.
-- Flyers won seven of last ten games with Washington.
-- Ducks won their last six games with Calgary.

Totals
-- Five of last seven Ottawa games stayed under.
-- Four of last five Washington road games went over.
-- Seven of last ten Calgary-Anaheim games went over.

Back-to-backs
-- None

NHL

Wednesday, March 30

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Trend Report
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7:30 PM
OTTAWA vs. WINNIPEG
Ottawa is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Winnipeg
Ottawa is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Winnipeg is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Ottawa
Winnipeg is 5-13 SU in its last 18 games at home

8:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. PHILADELPHIA
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Washington is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington

10:00 PM
CALGARY vs. ANAHEIM
Calgary is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Calgary's last 12 games when playing Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Anaheim's last 12 games when playing Calgary
Anaheim is 16-6 SU in its last 22 games

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**Udog** · 03-30-2016, 11:14 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, March 30

Calgary @ Anaheim

Game 55-56
March 30, 2016 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Calgary
9.132
Anaheim
12.255
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Anaheim
by 3
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Anaheim
-270
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Anaheim
(-270); Under

Ottawa @ Winnipeg

Game 51-52
March 30, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Ottawa
10.640
Winnipeg
9.199
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Ottawa
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Winnipeg
-125
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Ottawa
(+105); Under

Washington @ Philadelphia

Game 53-54
March 30, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
11.868
Philadelphia
12.702
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Philadelphia
by 1
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
-120
5
Dunkel Pick:
Philadelphia
(+100); Over

**Udog** · 03-30-2016, 01:51 PM

NHL
Short Sheet

Wednesday, March 30

Ottawa at Winnipeg, 7:35 PM ET
Ottawa: 12-3 SU after 3 or more consecutive losses
Winnipeg: 13-24 SU after playing a road game

Washington at Philadelphia, 8:05 PM ET
Washington: N/A
Philadelphia: N/A

Calgary at Anaheim, 10:05 PM ET
Calgary: 10-26 SU after playing a road game
Anaheim: 8-1 SU after playing 4 consecutive road games

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