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**Udog** · 03-21-2018, 08:03 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Current odds to win the college basketball national title:

3-1: Villanova

7-2: Duke

7-1: Gonzaga

8-1: Kansas, Kentucky

10-1: Michigan

12-1: Purdue

15-1: West Virginia

25-1: Clemson, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

40-1: Florida

50-1: Nevada, Kansas State, Loyola

60-1: Syracuse

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

13) Memphis Tigers were down to 4,000 season tickets this season; they claim their program lost $4.7M this year, which is why they named Penny Hardaway basketball coach Tuesday.

Not great being a struggling college team in a city where there is also an NBA franchise.

12) Shortly after that, the first domino fell: 4-star PG Alex Lomax got out of his commitment to Wichita State and signed on with Memphis— he played for Hardaway in high school.

If Penny Hardaway dominates recruiting in talent-rich Memphis, the Tigers will be back in the NCAAs soon. Hardaway won three state titles in his brief career as a high school coach.

11) Dodgers lost 3B Justin Turner with a broken left wrist, after he was hit by a pitch. That’ll put him out for 4-6 weeks. Will they move Logan Forsythe to 3B and platoon Taylor/Utley at 2B?

10) Alex Cobb signed a 4-year deal with the Orioles; lot of teams could’ve used him.

9) If you’re betting games in Las Vegas this week, go to SouthPoint Casino- they’re offering bets at -$105 instead of the normal $110, so if you go 7-5 on $100 bets, you win $175 instead of $150. Plus its a good casino with good pizza and a very good ice cream stand on the way out the door.

8) Ole Miss signed Middle Tennessee State coach Kermit Davis; his salary goes from $750K to $2.5M. Davis’ dad was the coach at Mississippi State a long time ago; he is very good.

7) Jacksonville State’s campus was hit hard by a tornado in Alabama Monday night; the Gamecocks’ hoop team is still playing- they’re at North Texas tonight.

6) ESPN signed former NFL coach John Fox as a studio analyst; will be interesting to see what he has to say. When he was coaching the Panthers, he got Carolina to the Super Bowl with Jake Delhomme as his quarterback.

5) Graduate transfer QB Gardner Minshaw moves from East Carolina to Washington State; he threw for 2,140 yards LY, with 16 TD’s, 7 INTs. Before he heads to Pullman, the young man is being tutored by Hal Mumme, the father of the Air Raid offense, who is OC at Jackson State these days. Playing for Mike Leach is good for a quarterback.

4) Shohei Ohtani is 3 for 28 batting in spring training— I started to call it hitting, but 3-28 isn’t hitting, it is batting. Angels may have been sold a bill of goods with Ohtani being a 2-way player- they gave CJ Cron away to Tampa Bay to make room for Ohtani’s bat.

3) On April 17, Oakland A’s are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their move to Oakland- they’re playing the White Sox that night, and admission is free. Team got 300,000 requests for tickets for that night.

In 1968, the A’s sold out their home opener; they had 5,700 fans the next night. Probably won’t be a whole lot different this year, on April 18.

2) Back in the early 70’s, Austin Peay (pronounced Pee) had a really good player named James (Fly) Williams; he played in the ABA for a season after that. Prolific scorer.

Austin Peay fans had a great chant: “The Fly is Open. Let’s go Peay!!!”

1— Underrated gambling day today; first round of the Match Play golf tournament, with 32 matches going on. Kind of like a country club version of March Madness. Kind of.

**Udog** · 03-21-2018, 08:22 AM

NHL

Wednesday, March 21

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Trend Report
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ARIZONA @ BUFFALO
Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing on the road against Buffalo
Buffalo is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Arizona
Buffalo is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Arizona

MONTREAL @ PITTSBURGH
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Montreal's last 21 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 7 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games at home
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Montreal

BOSTON @ ST. LOUIS
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Boston's last 7 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis's last 7 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 6 games at home

ANAHEIM @ CALGARY
Anaheim is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Anaheim's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Calgary's last 13 games when playing at home against Anaheim

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**StarDust Bum** · 03-21-2018, 01:07 PM

Pro Hockey Trend Report

ARIZONA (24-37-0-11, 59 pts.) at BUFFALO (23-37-0-12, 58 pts.) - 3/21/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 24-49 ATS (+91.1 Units) in all games this season.
BUFFALO is 28-19 ATS (+49.3 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.
BUFFALO is 233-232 ATS (+469.3 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
ARIZONA is 18-14 ATS (+35.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
BUFFALO is 23-50 ATS (+73.6 Units) in all games this season.
BUFFALO is 2-13 ATS (+17.0 Units) in home games in non-conference games this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
BUFFALO is 4-1 (+3.2 Units) against the spread versus ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
BUFFALO is 4-1-0 straight up against ARIZONA 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)

MONTREAL (26-35-0-12, 64 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (41-27-0-5, 87 pts.) - 3/21/2018, 7:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
PITTSBURGH is 5-2 (+2.8 Units) against the spread versus MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
PITTSBURGH is 5-2-0 straight up against MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.1 Units)

BOSTON (45-17-0-9, 99 pts.) at ST LOUIS (39-28-0-5, 83 pts.) - 3/21/2018, 8:05 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
BOSTON is 3-2 (+0.6 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
BOSTON is 3-2-0 straight up against ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+1.0 Units)

ANAHEIM (37-24-0-12, 86 pts.) at CALGARY (35-29-0-10, 80 pts.) - 3/21/2018, 9:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ANAHEIM is 7-18 ATS (-11.8 Units) in road games after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 550-439 ATS (+38.3 Units) second half of the season since 1996.
ANAHEIM is 247-195 ATS (+35.2 Units) after a non-conference game since 1996.
ANAHEIM is 22-13 ATS (+7.9 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
ANAHEIM is 133-129 ATS (+279.6 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
ANAHEIM is 11-2 ATS (+8.7 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games this season.
CALGARY is 5-10 ATS (-9.7 Units) in home games second half of the season this season.
CALGARY is 23-33 ATS (-11.6 Units) vs. division opponents over the last 2 seasons.
CALGARY is 9-14 ATS (-9.1 Units) in home games after allowing 4 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
CALGARY is 12-20 ATS (-11.5 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
CALGARY is 1-6 ATS (-6.8 Units) in home 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 14-3 (+11.3 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 14-3-0 straight up against CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
8 of 15 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.4 Units)

**Udog** · 03-21-2018, 01:37 PM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, March 21

Arizona @ Buffalo

Game 1-2
March 21, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
9.162
Buffalo
10.665
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Buffalo
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Buffalo
-125
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Buffalo
(-125); Over

Montreal @ Pittsburgh

Game 3-4
March 21, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Montreal
9.518
Pittsburgh
11.016
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Pittsburgh
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Pittsburgh
-230
6
Dunkel Pick:
Pittsburgh
(-230); Over

Boston @ St. Louis

Game 5-6
March 21, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Boston
11.423
St. Louis
12.665
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis
by 1
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-110
5
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis
(-110); Under

Anaheim @ Calgary

Game 7-8
March 21, 2018 @ 9:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Anaheim
10.210
Calgary
11.739
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Calgary
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Calgary
-115
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Calgary
(-115); Over

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