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**Udog** · 03-08-2017, 08:18 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Odds to win the major league regular season hits title (William Hill sports):

5-2— Jose Altuve

9-2— Rookie Betts

6-1— DJ Lemahieu

8-1— Robinson Cano

12-1— Manny Machado

15-1— Francisco Lindor, Miguel Cabrera, Trea Turner

18-1— Dustin Pedroia

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

13) Southern Utah 109, Montana State 105, 3OT— Game ended at 1:40am; Thunderbirds stormed back from a double digit second half deficit to post the upset of 6th-seeded Bobcats. Randy Onwuasor had 43 points and six steals for SUU; couple times, he just took the ball away from Montana State players and scored baskets. Fun game to watch.

Luckily for Southern Utah, Wednesday is an off day for the Big Sky tourney.

12) Portland 126, Oklahoma City 121— Russell Westbrook scored 58 points to no avail; maybe the people at ESPN will figure out that basketball is a team game- one of their afternoon shows spent an entire half-hour hashing over the NBA’s MVP race, six weeks before the season ends.

Who cares? It is a team sport. Too many NBA types care more about individuals.

11) Gonzaga 74, St Mary’s 56— Zags didn’t look like the same team that struggled to beat Santa Clara/Pacific in first two rounds. They should be a #1 seed next week.

10) Pittsburgh 61, Georgia Tech 59— This is a good score for teams like Illinois State, who are holding their breath, holding some bubble teams in the $$$ conferences fall on their face this week.

9) Northern Kentucky 59, Milwaukee 53— George Clooney’s alma mater goes to the NCAA’s in the first season they’re eligible; this is only their fifth season in Division I basketball.

8) South Dakota State 79, Omaha 77— Jackrabbits were only 8-8 in Summit League, could be headed to Dayton for a play-in game. Last two nights of this tournament drew over 21,000 fans in Sioux Falls. Summit League deserves a little more national TV time.

7) Dirk Nowitzki went over the 30,000 point mark last night, joining Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant as the only players to do that, all with the same team.

6) Ohio State hoop coach Thad Matta told a media member that an opposing coach told one of his recruits not to go to Ohio State because Matta is dying (he isn’t). Seriously.

“Somebody told a recruit I was dying. Swear to God. Not that my foot didn’t lift, but that I was going to die. It’s a tough business I’m in here.”

Looking forward to finding out who the genius was who said that.

5) Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw threw 149 innings LY; in those 149 innings, only two runners tried to steal a base against him— one made it, one did not.

4) Blazers-Timberwolves game Monday night was postponed because of condensation on the floor of the arena in Minnesota. Helped Portland last night, when they won that wild game in Oklahoma City.

3) Underrated stat this season: Duke, which plays no true road games in pre-conference play, went 3-6 on the road in ACC games.

2) Coaching carousel is spinning, which is sad for guys who lose their jobs: North Texas, NC State, Missouri, South Florida, Quinnipiac, Drake, Youngstown State, Cleveland State all have job openings. LSU is expected to fire Johnny Jones as soon as the Tigers’ season ends.

1— RIP to Mr Bill Webb, who directed baseball games in New York City and on national level for almost four decades. Living in upstate New York and with my dad such a big Mets fan, I watched thousands of his broadcasts. He made televised games more fun, even though he never appeared on camera. RIP, sir.

**Udog** · 03-08-2017, 08:24 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, March 8

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OTTAWA (36-22-0-6, 78 pts.) at DALLAS (27-29-0-10, 64 pts.) - 3/8/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OTTAWA is 36-28 ATS (+65.8 Units) in all games this season.
OTTAWA is 48-37 ATS (+86.8 Units) after a division game over the last 3 seasons.
OTTAWA is 14-9 ATS (+26.4 Units) in road games in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
DALLAS is 27-39 ATS (-14.8 Units) in all games this season.
DALLAS is 1-12 ATS (-12.1 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more this season.
DALLAS is 5-13 ATS (-8.4 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
DALLAS is 8-19 ATS (-12.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 3-2 (+0.3 Units) against the spread versus OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 3-2-0 straight up against OTTAWA over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.8 Units)

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PITTSBURGH (40-16-0-8, 88 pts.) at WINNIPEG (30-31-0-6, 66 pts.) - 3/8/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WINNIPEG is 13-25 ATS (-18.6 Units) in home games second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 21-37 ATS (+58.7 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
WINNIPEG is 2-11 ATS (-11.0 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
WINNIPEG is 3-14 ATS (-12.2 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 4-1 (+3.0 Units) against the spread versus WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 4-1-0 straight up against WINNIPEG over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.3 Units)

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DETROIT (25-27-0-11, 61 pts.) at BOSTON (34-26-0-6, 74 pts.) - 3/8/2017, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DETROIT is 11-20 ATS (-16.5 Units) in March games over the last 3 seasons.
DETROIT is 37-55 ATS (-26.4 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 3 seasons.
BOSTON is 4-9 ATS (-8.0 Units) in a home game where where the total is 5.5 this season.
BOSTON is 16-18 ATS (-14.1 Units) in home games second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 6-12 ATS (-12.3 Units) in home games after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 17-18 ATS (-13.0 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
BOSTON is 93-84 ATS (-69.1 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 9-3 (+5.7 Units) against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 9-3-0 straight up against DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.7 Units)

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NHL
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, March 8

Dallas Stars won eight of last ten games with Ottawa, winning four of last five series games in each building. Over is 3-2 in last five series games in Dallas. Senators won three in row, seven of last ten games; they won four of last six on road. Under is 6-2 in their last eight games. Stars won five of their last seven games, three of last five at home; five of their last seven games went over the total.

Penguins won eight of their last nine games with Winnipeg, winning three of last four visits to Manitoba. Five of last seven series games went over total. Pittsburgh won four of last six games, but lost three of last four on road (under 4-0). Jets lost three of last five games overall, split their last six home games. Over is 3-2 in their last five games.

Bruins won eight of their last ten games with Detroit; four of last five series games went over the total. Red Wings lost their last five visits to Boston. Detroit lost seven of last ten games but split their last four road games. Over is 3-0-2 in their last five road games. Boston won seven of last ten games overall, four of last five at home. Under is 3-0-1 in their last four home games.

NHL

Wednesday, March 8

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Trend Report
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9:00 PM
DETROIT vs. BOSTON
Detroit is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games on the road
Detroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

9:00 PM
OTTAWA vs. DALLAS
Ottawa is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Dallas's last 10 games when playing at home against Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Dallas's last 10 games at home

9:00 PM
PITTSBURGH vs. WINNIPEG
Pittsburgh is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Pittsburgh is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 7 games when playing Pittsburgh

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**Udog** · 03-08-2017, 02:10 PM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, March 8

Detroit @ Boston

Game 55-56
March 8, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Detroit
8.969
Boston
12.425
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Boston
by 3 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
-300
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Boston
(-300); Over

Pittsburgh @ Winnipeg

Game 53-54
March 8, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Pittsburgh
11.883
Winnipeg
13.380
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Winnipeg
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-150
6 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Winnipeg
(+130); Under

Ottawa @ Dallas

Game 51-52
March 8, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Ottawa
11.046
Dallas
10.106
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Ottawa
by 1
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Dallas
-130
6
Dunkel Pick:
Ottawa
(+110); Over

NHL
Short Sheet

Wednesday, March 8

Ottawa at Dallas, 8:05 PM ET
Ottawa: 15-11 SU as a road underdog
Dallas: 1-12 SU after a win by 2 goals or more

Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 8:05 PM ET
Pittsburgh: 49-36 SU after scoring 3 goals or more in 2 straight games
Winnipeg: 10-19 SU after having won 2 of their last 3

Detroit at Boston, 8:05 PM ET
Detroit: 10-4 SU in road games after having lost 4 of their last 5 games
Boston: 4-9 SU in a home game where where the total is 5.5

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