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**Udog** · 01-23-2019, 08:48 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

— South Carolina 80, Auburn 77— Tigers are now 1-3 in true road games.

— Michigan 59, Minnesota 57— Wolverines win on a last-second baseline jumper.

— Kansas State 58, Texas Tech 45— Third straight loss for Tech, after a 15-1 start.

— Northwestern 73, Indiana 66— Fifth loss in a row for the Hoosiers.

— South Florida 52, Wichita State 41— This was a terrible basketball game.

— Northern Illinois 77, Buffalo 75— Best team in MAC gets upset.

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

13) Glad to see Edgar Martinez get elected to the baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday; he joins Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay and Mike Mussina as new inductees, with Rivera the first guy to get elected unanimously to the Hall.

I have no problem with Rivera being voted in unanimously; I have a HUGE problem with none of THESE great players being voted in unanimously:

Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Ken Griffey Jr, Johnny Bench, George Brett, Bob Gibson, Mike Schmidt, among others. Who would vote against any of them?

If Hank Aaron or Willie Mays wasn’t voted in unanimously, why should Rivera be? Doesn’t really matter, but if Rivera had the exact same career for the Padres or Mariners, no way is he a unanimous selection.

12) Atlanta Braves re-signed OF Nick Markakis to a one-year deal. Markakis made the All-Star Game for the first time LY at age 34; he hit only .258 after the All-Star break, after hitting .323 prior to the mid-summer classic.

11) Vanderbilt freshman PG Darius Garland is out for the year with an injury; he left school and will prepare for the NBA Draft, not surprising. I’m pretty adamant that kids should be able to go right from high school to the NBA; going to college for a year is a farce.

Garland scored 16.2 ppg in five games for the Commodores, before he got hurt.

10) Speaking of freshman guards, how is it that Russell Westbrook played only 9 minutes a game as a freshman at UCLA? He was a dominant figure the next year, then bolted to the NBA, where he’s become a big star, but he scored only 122 points in 36 games in 2006-07.

9) Kentucky 76, Mississippi State 55— Someone on the MSU staff checked off a wrong starter in the scorebook, so the Bulldogs’ point guard didn’t start the game- Miss State led 4-0 early, so it wasn’t a disaster, just a little embarrassing.

Flashback to December, 1981: I was the student manager at UAlbany, and part of my job was to fill out the names in the scorebook. We had a player quit the team, and the next day I mistakenly put his name in the book, omitting someone else’s name, although I had the omitted player’s number written in the book.

As luck would have it, the omitted player has the best game of his career, but the PA guy kept announcing the name of the player who had quit; not good for me, when they discovered the mistake. The ref saved my butt by not accessing a technical, since the number was correct, but we lost the game, and I was in the doghouse for a while.

8) Looking at game experience in college basketball, out of 32 D-I leagues in the country, the A-14 and Pac-12 are the two leagues whose players have the least actual game experience.

7) Part of the reason that Cincinnati traded for Sonny Gray is that he is close with Reds pitching coach Derek Johnson, who was his pitching coach in college at Vanderbilt.

6) Arizona Diamondbacks will have four of the first 34 picks in the 2019 draft if AJ Pollock signs with another team for more than $50M, which is expected to happen.

5) 76ers 121, Rockets 93— Over/under for James Harden’s scoring in this game Monday night was 41.5; he had 37 thru three quarters, but sat the 4th quarter out because the Rockets were getting killed.

4) Something to think about in March/April: Cleveland Browns have more than $80M in salary cap space to use; they have eight picks in the first five rounds of the 2019 draft.

3) Different ways to skin a cat, from Rufus Peabody: This season, NFL teams went for it 62% of time on 4th and less than 2 in enemy territory. Rams went for it only 6-of-19 times. Eagles, who make much more analytically-driven decisions, went for it 15-of-18 times.

2) NFL defensive line prospect Rashan Gary is the founder and CEO of his own sports agency; his mother is the president of the five-person agency- certified agent Ian Clarke will negotiate Gary’s NFL contract, but as an employee of Gary’s agency, instead of getting a percentage.

Gary played college ball at Michigan, is expected to be a top-10 pick in April’s draft.

There is an old saying, “A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client,” but Gary isn’t a lawyer, he will be the boss of the lawyer who represents him. Innovative idea.

1) Kansas City Chiefs fired defensive coordinator Bob Sutton, making him the scapegoat for the Chiefs’ loss to New England Sunday night.

Social media wasn’t kind to Sutton on his way out of town. Couple of people suggested that CBS analyst Tony Romo dictating everything New England was going to do before they did it, didn’t help Sutton’s situation any.

**Udog** · 01-23-2019, 09:23 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, January 23

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ARIZONA (23-22-0-4, 50 pts.) at MONTREAL (27-18-0-5, 59 pts.) - 1/23/2019, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 45-52 ATS (+124.4 Units) second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
ARIZONA is 7-4 ATS (+14.0 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record this season.
MONTREAL is 31-42 ATS (-26.0 Units) in home games when playing with 3 or more days rest since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 3-2-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.1 Units)

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WASHINGTON (27-16-0-6, 60 pts.) at TORONTO (29-17-0-2, 60 pts.) - 1/23/2019, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 3-8 ATS (-8.0 Units) in January games this season.
WASHINGTON is 3-8 ATS (-8.0 Units) second half of the season this season.
TORONTO is 14-4 ATS (+8.0 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
WASHINGTON is 93-63 ATS (+2.8 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 53-30 ATS (+13.4 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 39-21 ATS (+9.3 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 52-35 ATS (+9.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 28-19 ATS (+5.9 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 11-12 ATS (-7.9 Units) in a home game where the total is 6 or more this season.
TORONTO is 1-5 ATS (-8.7 Units) in home games in January games this season.
TORONTO is 1-5 ATS (-8.8 Units) in home games second half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 8-5 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 8-5-0 straight up against TORONTO over the last 3 seasons
7 of 13 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.7 Units)

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MINNESOTA (25-21-0-3, 53 pts.) at COLORADO (22-19-0-8, 52 pts.) - 1/23/2019, 9:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 20-26 ATS (-14.8 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 20-9 ATS (+29.3 Units) in home games second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
COLORADO is 22-27 ATS (-25.3 Units) in all games this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLORADO is 6-5 (+2.6 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
COLORADO is 6-5-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.2 Units)

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NASHVILLE (29-18-0-4, 62 pts.) at VEGAS (29-18-0-4, 62 pts.) - 1/23/2019, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VEGAS is 94-60 ATS (+17.4 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
VEGAS is 47-31 ATS (+9.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 22-9 ATS (+11.1 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 17-7 ATS (+9.3 Units) in road games after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 22-11 ATS (+9.8 Units) in road games after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
NASHVILLE is 15-5 ATS (+8.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
VEGAS is 2-2 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 2-2-0 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.0 Units)

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ST LOUIS (21-22-0-5, 47 pts.) at ANAHEIM (21-20-0-9, 51 pts.) - 1/23/2019, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ANAHEIM is 559-452 ATS (+78.8 Units) second half of the season since 1996.
ANAHEIM is 257-209 ATS (+9.4 Units) after a non-conference game since 1996.
ST LOUIS is 34-26 ATS (+62.5 Units) in road games second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
ANAHEIM is 2-10 ATS (+14.4 Units) after 3 or more consecutive unders this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 4-3 (+1.5 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 4-3-0 straight up against ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.1 Units)

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CAROLINA (23-20-0-6, 52 pts.) at VANCOUVER (23-21-0-6, 52 pts.) - 1/23/2019, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CAROLINA is 59-72 ATS (-23.1 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 4-13 ATS (-11.8 Units) after a non-conference game this season.
CAROLINA is 73-138 ATS (+239.6 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1996.
CAROLINA is 18-24 ATS (-16.2 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 244-249 ATS (-150.0 Units) in home games second half of the season since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 389-371 ATS (-42.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
VANCOUVER is 101-92 ATS (-67.5 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
CAROLINA is 3-2 (+0.5 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 3-2-0 straight up against VANCOUVER 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)

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**Udog** · 01-23-2019, 09:27 AM

NHL

Wednesday, January 23

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Trend Report
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Arizona Coyotes
Arizona is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Arizona is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
Arizona is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Arizona is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Montreal
Arizona is 6-15-3 SU in its last 24 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games when playing Montreal
Arizona is 3-8-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Montreal
Montreal Canadiens
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 7 games at home
Montreal is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Montreal is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Montreal's last 11 games
Montreal is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Arizona
Montreal is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games when playing Arizona

Washington Capitals
Washington is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games
Washington is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
Washington is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Washington is 11-5 SU in its last 16 games on the road
Washington is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Washington is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Toronto
Washington is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Toronto
Washington is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Washington's last 9 games when playing on the road against Toronto
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 8 games
Toronto is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games at home
Toronto is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games at home
Toronto is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Washington
Toronto is 5-13 SU in its last 18 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games when playing Washington
Toronto is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Washington
Toronto is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto's last 9 games when playing at home against Washington

Minnesota Wild
Minnesota is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Minnesota's last 19 games
Minnesota is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Minnesota is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Colorado
Minnesota is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games when playing Colorado
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Colorado
Minnesota is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Colorado Avalanche
Colorado is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
Colorado is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Colorado's last 9 games
Colorado is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Colorado is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 9 games at home
Colorado is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Colorado is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games when playing Minnesota
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota

St. Louis Blues
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis's last 9 games
St. Louis is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 7 games on the road
St. Louis is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Anaheim
St. Louis is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Anaheim
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing Anaheim
St. Louis is 2-11 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games
Anaheim is 2-13 SU in its last 15 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games
Anaheim is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Anaheim is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games at home
Anaheim is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing St. Louis
Anaheim is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against St. Louis

Nashville Predators
Nashville is 8-16 ATS in its last 24 games
Nashville is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Nashville is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Nashville is 5-11 ATS in its last 16 games on the road
Nashville is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Nashville is 5-13 SU in its last 18 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Nashville's last 9 games on the road
Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Vegas is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games
Vegas is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Vegas is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games at home

Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 6 games
Carolina is 5-14 ATS in its last 19 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 7 games on the road
Carolina is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing Vancouver
Carolina is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver is 1-8 ATS in its last 9 games
Vancouver is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Vancouver is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing Carolina
Vancouver is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina

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**Udog** · 01-23-2019, 11:24 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, January 23

Arizona @ Montreal

Game 29-30
January 23, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
11.130
Montreal
10.055
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Arizona
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Montreal
-210
6
Dunkel Pick:
Arizona
(+175); Under

Washington @ Toronto

Game 31-32
January 23, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
12.474
Toronto
11.253
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
-200
6 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(+170); Under

Minnesota @ Colorado

Game 33-34
January 23, 2019 @ 9:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Minnesota
11.170
Colorado
10.461
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
-135
6
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(+115); Under

Nashville @ Minnesota

Game 35-36
January 23, 2019 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Nashville
10.878
Minnesota
12.872
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 2
8
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
-130
6
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-130); Over

St. Louis @ Anaheim

Game 37-38
January 23, 2019 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
St. Louis
11.956
Anaheim
10.803
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
St. Louis
by 1
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
St. Louis
-120
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
St. Louis
(-120); Under

Carolina @ Vancouver

Game 39-40
January 23, 2019 @ 10:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Carolina
12.170
Vancouver
10.798
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Carolina
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Vancouver
-115
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Carolina
(-105); Over

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