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**Udog** · 02-01-2017, 08:19 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

— Kentucky 90, Georgia 81 OT– Wildcats’ PG Fox didn’t play; Monk scored 37 to bail Kentucky out.

— North Carolina 80, Pitt 78— Panthers have now lost 7 games in a row, but they damn near pulled off a huge upset in Chapel Hill.

— Maryland 77, Ohio State 71— Terps are 12-1 in games decided by 8 or less points.

— Creighton 76, Butler 67— Bad home loss for the Bulldogs; Creighton is playing without its injured point guard.

— West Virginia 85, Iowa State 72— What genius put West Virginia in the Big X? This is shortest road trip they have in the league and it is 871 miles. Oy.

— Derek Fisher had $300,000 worth of jewelry stolen from his home; hell, if someone stole my whole house, the whole damn thing, they wouldn’t net $300,000. Bad day for the former Knicks coach.

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings…….

13) In mid-September, the Atlanta Falcons were 100-1 to win the Super Bowl.

12) Matt Ryan was the 25th-rated QB in the high school class of 2003. One of the QB’s ranked ahead of him was Clayton Richard, who pitched for the Cubs/Padres last year- he’s spent eight years in the major leagues. Richard was a backup QB at Michigan for a while in college.

11) Speaking of the Padres, they’ll be paying a lot of money this season to BJ Upton, James Shields and Hector Olivera, none of whom are Padres anymore.

No one on the current San Diego roster will earn as much money as any of those three guys this year.

10) St Louis Cardinals’ first pick in the June amateur draft will be the 94th pick in the draft.

9) ESPN hired David Ross (baseball), Rex Ryan (NFL) as analysts. Ryan should be TV gold, unless he wants to coach again and watches his words, which has never happened before.

8) Barclays Center in Brooklyn is booting the NHL’s Islanders out, saying they could make more money if they just had concerts and the Nets there.

Where will the Islanders go? Here is a novel idea: how about moving the team to Canada, where I’m told that hockey is very popular? Quebec City, Hamilton, Saskatoon; I’m sure they would all love to have an NHL franchise of their own.

7) Take the Power 6 college basketball conferences (ACC, Big X, Big 14, SEC, Pac-12, Big East); this year, those teams are averaging 73.3 pts/game, compared to 71.7 LY and 66.2 the year before, so thats a good trend.

Imagine if they let refs call continuation on drives to the basket; would increase scoring even more.

6) In 1992, the Florida Marlins drafted a pitcher from Stanford in the 2nd round, kid named John Lynch— he pitched two years in the NY-Penn League, then dedicated himself to football, where he was a great player. Now Lynch is the GM of the 49ers, despite having no experience in the front office. Will be interesting to see how he does.

I’ll say this: as a Ram fan, I can’t root for Lynch to succeed, but he’ll be missed on TV. He was smart and fair and teamed up well with FOX’s Kevin Burkhardt.

5) There have been 94 Kentucky players who played in the NBA, 88 from UCLA; they were talking about that on the Memphis-Phoenix NBA game Monday night.

4) Northwestern is going to make the NCAA’s this year for the first time; one of their best players is Bryant McIntosh, who is from Greensburg, IN. He was saying last week how Indiana Hoosiers recruit nationally more than they do in Indiana, so they weren’t so interested in him, but now he is helping put the Wildcats on the national map for the first time. Good for him.

3) You look at Gonzaga as a #1 seed that has never been to a Final Four; they’ll be the #1 seed out west if they wind up as a #1— now you look at Bracketology to see who they could possibly face in a second round game, just to get to the Sweet 16. They’ll have lot of pressure on them.

Here are the 8-9 seed matchups that ESPN has up right now; I know it is still early, but it gives you a little bit of an idea what could be ahead for Gonzaga.

USC-Indiana…..Marquette-Arkansas……Va Tech-Kansas State…….Michigan St-Dayton

Wow, being a #1 seed and playing a Michigan St-Dayton winner would be a really hard second round game. We’re 5.5 weeks away from all that, but it is food for thought.

2) Carroll Hardy played eight years in the majors, from 1958-67; he hit .225 with 17 career HR’s. His claim to fame is that he is the only player who ever pinch-hit for Ted Williams.

Hardy also played 10 games for the 49ers in 1955; he caught 12 passes, four for TD’s. After his playing days, he became player personnel director for the Denver Broncos in the 70’s. Interesting career.

1— Next four Super Bowl sites: Minnesota-Atlanta-Miami-Los Angeles, with three of those four coming in very new stadiums. Wonder if there will be a Super Bowl in Las Vegas someday.

**Udog** · 02-01-2017, 08:23 AM

NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, February 1

Washington won its last seven games with Boston, with last two games in OT; Bruins lost last four visits here by combined score of 13-4. Under is 5-1-1 in last seven series games. Boston won its last three games, all by 4-3 scores; they lost four of last six road games- their last four games went over. Capitals won eight of last 11 games; they won last four at home. Over is 7-2-1 in their last ten games. Boston is 1-7 if they played the night before; Washington is 2-5.

Calgary won its last three games with Minnesota by combined score of 6-3, but Wild won three of their last four games in Saddledome. Under is 2-0-1 in their last three games. Minnesota is 9-2 in its last 11 games; they won last five road games, are 4-3 if they played night before- over is 8-1-1 in their last ten games. Flames lost six of last eight games, three of last four at home. Over is 4-2 in their last six games.

Colorado won its last three games with the Kings by combined score of 12-5; under is 3-1-1 in last five series games. Avalanche lost three of last four games in Staples Center. Avalanche lost their last eight games, scoring total of 8 goals in last five games- under is 3-1-1 in their last five road games. LA won its last three games, allowing total of three goals. Under is 4-1-1 in their last six games. Colorado is 3-2 if they played night before; the Kings are 4-4 (all on road).

NHL

Wednesday, February 1

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Trend Report
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9:00 PM
BOSTON vs. WASHINGTON
Boston is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games when playing Washington
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games when playing Boston

11:00 PM
MINNESOTA vs. CALGARY
Minnesota is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Calgary
Minnesota is 21-4 SU in its last 25 games
Calgary is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Calgary is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games

11:30 PM
COLORADO vs. LOS ANGELES
Colorado is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 10 games on the road
Los Angeles is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Colorado
Los Angeles is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Colorado

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**Udog** · 02-01-2017, 10:00 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, February 1

Colorado @ Los Angeles

Game 5-6
February 1, 2017 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Colorado
9.552
Los Angeles
11.926
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Los Angeles
by 2 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
-300
5
Dunkel Pick:
Colorado
(-300); Over

Minnesota @ Calgary

Game 3-4
February 1, 2017 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
10.073
Calgary
11.281
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 1
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-130
5
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
(+110); Under

Boston @ Washington

Game 1-2
February 1, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Boston
11.937
Washington
14.435
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 2 1/2
6
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
N/A

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, February 1

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BOSTON (26-21-0-6, 58 pts.) at WASHINGTON (33-11-0-6, 72 pts.) - 2/1/2017, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 7-0 (+7.6 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 7-0-0 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.8 Units)

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MINNESOTA (33-11-0-5, 71 pts.) at CALGARY (25-24-0-3, 53 pts.) - 2/1/2017, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 33-38 ATS (-26.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 10-15 ATS (-16.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 33-16 ATS (+11.1 Units) in all games this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 5-3 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 5-3-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.6 Units, Under=-0.0 Units)

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COLORADO (13-32-0-2, 28 pts.) at LOS ANGELES (25-21-0-4, 54 pts.) - 2/1/2017, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 13-34 ATS (+60.1 Units) in all games this season.
LOS ANGELES is 15-2 ATS (+11.4 Units) in home games after a 3 game unbeaten streak over the last 3 seasons.
COLORADO is 228-221 ATS (+468.9 Units) in road games second half of the season since 1996.
COLORADO is 9-5 ATS (+16.9 Units) in road games when playing on back-to-back days over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 16-14 ATS (+39.2 Units) in road games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
COLORADO is 19-15 ATS (+38.9 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 35-34 ATS (+84.0 Units) in road games after 3 or more consecutive losses since 1996.
LOS ANGELES is 114-105 ATS (+266.3 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 54-53 ATS (-22.0 Units) second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLORADO is 3-4 (+0.1 Units) against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 4-3-0 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.1 Units)

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