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**Udog** · 03-24-2019, 08:24 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Conference record in first round of NCAA tournament:

— ACC: 5-2 SU, 1-6 vs spread.

— Big 14: 7-1 SU, 5-3 vs spread

— Big X, 4-2, SU, 4-2 vs spread

— Big East: 1-2 SU, 0-2-1 vs spread (also lost play-in game)

— Pac-12: 2-1 SU, 2-1 vs spread (also won play-in game)

— SEC: 5-2 SU, 2-5 vs spread

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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……

13) Thursday in Las Vegas, a courageous human wagered $500,000 on Michigan on the money line, which means all they have to do is win, no point spread; when Wolverines beat Montana, he banked $27,777.

On Friday, he took that $527,777 and put it all on Texas Tech on the money line, where he collected $37,698. Didn’t have to sweat in either game, either.

12) LSU 69, Maryland 67— Tony Benford is the interim coach at LSU; he was coach at North Texas for five years, going 62-95, 30-60 in conference games.

He looks a lot smarter coaching the players he recruited for LSU. Let’s say the Tigers make a run to the Final Four; would Benford become this generation’s Steve Fisher? Fisher took over the Michigan squad just before the NCAA’s in 1989 and won the national title with them, getting himself the full-time job the next year.

11) Kentucky 62, Wofford 56— You look at Wofford’s success this year, and fact that Furman, NC-Greensboro and East Tennessee State are all solid programs, and you’d wish ESPN would show some SoCon games on national TV during the winter.

I know the games are all on ESPN+, but they deserve national recognition.

Wofford’s best 3-point shooter is Fletcher Magee; he made more 3-pointers than anyone ever in college ball, but he was 0-12 behind the arc in this game. He was 7-12 against Seton Hall.

10) Michigan 64, Florida 49— When you take 26 3-pointers and two foul shots, it is really hard to win. Have to make an awful lot of those 3’s. Gators were 9-26 on arc, 2-2 on foul line.

Teams that advance deep into the tournament often get some help along the way; Florida beat Nevada in first round, giving Michigan an easier 2nd round opponent.

9) Florida State 90, Murray State 62— Seminoles are deep, athletic and on a mission, after one of their teammates lost his dad this week. FSU won 16 of its last 18 games- their next game vs Gonzaga will be very interesting.

Ja Morant is about to become really rich; Murray State had a great 28-5 season. Racers went 54-11 in Morant’s two seasons; they were 33-31 in the two seasons before he got there.

8) Gonzaga 83, Baylor 71— Zags are in Sweet 16 for fifth year in a row; they’re this generation’s version of Jerry Tarkanian’s UNLV teams— they dominate a cruddy league, and play well on the national stage in pre-conference games and in March. They also get a lot of transfers, because kids don’t want to play on losing teams.

End of a unique college career for Baylor’s Makai Mason, who played in NCAA’s for two teams, Yale/Baylor. When he was at Yale, he scored 31 points AGAINST Baylor when the Bulldogs upset Baylor in an NCAA tournament game in 2016.

7) Michigan State 70, Minnesota 50— Another case where a first round upset gave the favorite in the second round an easier game. Gophers went 2-22 on the arc, didn’t offer much resistance.

I would be in favor of a rule where only eight teams from any conference can make the NCAA’s; if you can’t finish 8th in your league, how can you be allowed to play for a national title? This will never happen, because the big $$$ leagues have clout, but it would be a good idea.

6) Purdue 87, Villanova 61— Boilermakers have two guards who take a ton of 3’s; Carson Edwards has taken 347 3’s (34.6%), Ryan Cline has taken 251 (40.6%). They combined to make 13-24 in this game, a surprisingly easy win.

Major tank job by Villanova; Purdue opened 2nd half on a 16-0 run. Wildcats won two of last three national titles, but other than those two years, they’ve lost their last five second round games. Big East has been mercifully eliminated from this tournament.

5) Auburn 89, Kansas 75— Tigers scored 28 points in first 7:57 of this game, made Charles Barkley’s night by whipping the Jayhawks. This game was 51-25 at halftime!!!!

There are rumors that Bill Self is going to try his hand in the NBA next season, especially if the NCAA is nipping at Kansas’ heels.

4) Justin Verlander got a 2-year, $66M extension from the Astros Saturday, so it was a good day for him and his wife, Kate Upton.

3) After the first round of the NCAA’s, there were only nine perfect brackets on ESPN’s contest, out of 17.2 million entries.

2) A’s-Mariners played 12 innings in Tokyo Thursday; Japanese pro baseball has tie games- wonder what the Japanese fans think about playing games until there is a winner, the way it is done here?

1) The 68 teams in the NCAA tournament represent 37 different states.

**Udog** · 03-24-2019, 10:00 AM

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, March 24

Columbus @ Vancouver

Game 9-10
March 24, 2019 @ 10:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Columbus
9.999
Vancouver
11.579
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Vancouver
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Columbus
-160
6 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Vancouver
(+140); Under

Colorado @ Chicago

Game 7-8
March 24, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Colorado
10.005
Chicago
11.622
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
-125
6 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Colorado
(+105); Under

Montreal @ Carolina

Game 5-6
March 24, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Montreal
11.443
Carolina
12.897
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Carolina
by 1 1/2
7
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Carolina
-145
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Carolina
(-145); Over

Arizona @ NY Islanders

Game 3-4
March 24, 2019 @ 3:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Arizona
10.619
NY Islanders
9.686
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Arizona
by 1
3
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
NY Islanders
-165
5 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Arizona
(+145); Under

Philadelphia @ Washington

Game 1-2
March 24, 2019 @ 12:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Philadelphia
9.776
Washington
11.287
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 1 1/2
5
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
-175
6 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-175); Under

NHL
Long Sheet

Sunday, March 24

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PHILADELPHIA (36-31-0-8, 80 pts.) at WASHINGTON (43-24-0-8, 94 pts.) - 3/24/2019, 12:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 109-73 ATS (+203.0 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 22-8 ATS (+11.7 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 10-6 ATS (+17.9 Units) in road games second half of the season this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 18-10 ATS (+29.4 Units) on Sunday games over the last 3 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 8-4 ATS (+13.4 Units) in road games after a division game this season.
PHILADELPHIA is 22-17 ATS (+44.0 Units) in road games revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 7-4 (+2.2 Units) against the spread versus PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 7-4-0 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.9 Units)

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ARIZONA (36-32-0-7, 79 pts.) at NY ISLANDERS (43-25-0-7, 93 pts.) - 3/24/2019, 3:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY ISLANDERS are 43-32 ATS (+97.0 Units) in all games this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) when playing on back-to-back days this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 33-20 ATS (+56.4 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
ARIZONA is 13-11 ATS (+28.7 Units) in a road game where where the total is 5.5 this season.
ARIZONA is 39-39 ATS (+95.5 Units) second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
ARIZONA is 7-3 ATS (+11.5 Units) in road games after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game this season.
NY ISLANDERS are 5-16 ATS (-14.6 Units) in home games in March games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NY ISLANDERS is 3-2 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
NY ISLANDERS is 3-2-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.9 Units)

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MONTREAL (40-28-0-7, 87 pts.) at CAROLINA (41-26-0-7, 89 pts.) - 3/24/2019, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MONTREAL is 22-50 ATS (+78.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 8-29 ATS (+44.1 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
CAROLINA is 25-11 ATS (+7.1 Units) second half of the season this season.
CAROLINA is 11-4 ATS (+5.4 Units) when playing on back-to-back days this season.
CAROLINA is 83-98 ATS (-40.0 Units) in home games after a non-conference game since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
CAROLINA is 6-2 (+4.6 Units) against the spread versus MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
CAROLINA is 6-2-0 straight up against MONTREAL over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.7 Units)

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COLORADO (34-29-0-12, 80 pts.) at CHICAGO (32-32-0-10, 74 pts.) - 3/24/2019, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 34-41 ATS (-15.3 Units) in all games this season.
COLORADO is 16-49 ATS (+96.2 Units) in road games second half of the season over the last 3 seasons.
COLORADO is 9-19 ATS (-12.5 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game this season.
COLORADO is 94-82 ATS (+183.4 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more since 1996.
CHICAGO is 2-11 ATS (-13.4 Units) in home games when playing on back-to-back days over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 13-32 ATS (-19.8 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 9-22 ATS (+31.7 Units) after 3 or more consecutive losses over the last 2 seasons.
CHICAGO is 372-376 ATS (+827.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1996.
CHICAGO is 11-19 ATS (-14.2 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLORADO is 7-6 (+0.7 Units) against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
COLORADO is 7-6-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
7 of 12 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.8 Units)

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COLUMBUS (40-30-0-4, 84 pts.) at VANCOUVER (32-33-0-10, 74 pts.) - 3/24/2019, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 10-6 ATS (+20.2 Units) on Sunday games over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 20-19 ATS (+49.5 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 10-1 ATS (+8.9 Units) in road games on Sunday games over the last 3 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 54-31 ATS (+14.6 Units) after a non-conference game over the last 3 seasons.
COLUMBUS is 184-170 ATS (+365.4 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.
COLUMBUS is 32-15 ATS (+13.3 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
VANCOUVER is 249-256 ATS (-129.0 Units) in home games second half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
VANCOUVER is 4-1 (+5.9 Units) against the spread versus COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
VANCOUVER is 4-1-0 straight up against COLUMBUS over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.7 Units)

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1Philadelphia -2 Washington
PHILADELPHIA is 9-2 ATS (9.3 Units) in road games against poor power play killing teams - opp score on >17.5% of chances in the 2nd half of the year in the current season.

3Arizona -4 Ny Islanders
NY ISLANDERS are 10-2 ATS (7.8 Units) when playing on back-to-back days in the current season.

5Montreal -6 Carolina
MONTREAL is 8-29 ATS (-19.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

7Colorado -8 Chicago
COLORADO is 21-28 ATS (-16.6 Units) against poor defensive teams - allowing 2.85+ goals/game in the current season.

9Columbus -10 Vancouver
COLUMBUS are 14-4 ATS (10.3 Units) in road games against terrible defensive teams - allowing 3+ goals/game in the current season.

NHL

Sunday, March 24

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Trend Report
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Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia is 9-4 ATS in its last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 6 games
Philadelphia is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Philadelphia is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing Washington
Philadelphia is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington Capitals
Washington is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games
Washington is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
Washington is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games
Washington is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Arizona Coyotes
Arizona is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Arizona is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 6 games
Arizona is 14-7 ATS in its last 21 games on the road
Arizona is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Arizona is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona's last 7 games on the road
Arizona is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing NY Islanders
Arizona is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games when playing NY Islanders
Arizona is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
New York Islanders
NY Islanders is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Islanders's last 7 games
NY Islanders is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games at home
NY Islanders is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 7 games at home
NY Islanders is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Arizona
NY Islanders is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games when playing Arizona
NY Islanders is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games when playing at home against Arizona

Montreal Canadiens
Montreal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Montreal is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Montreal's last 6 games
Montreal is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Montreal is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games on the road
Montreal is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Carolina
Montreal is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Carolina
Montreal is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina is 16-6 SU in its last 22 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Carolina's last 12 games
Carolina is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games at home
Carolina is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Carolina's last 7 games at home
Carolina is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Montreal
Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Montreal
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Montreal

Colorado Avalanche
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Colorado is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 8 games
Colorado is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
Colorado is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 6 games on the road
Colorado is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Chicago
Colorado is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing Chicago
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Colorado is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 17 of Chicago's last 23 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games
Chicago is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games at home
Chicago is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Chicago's last 11 games at home
Chicago is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Colorado
Chicago is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing Colorado
Chicago is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
Chicago is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Colorado

Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games
Columbus is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Columbus's last 9 games
Columbus is 10-5 ATS in its last 15 games on the road
Columbus is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Columbus is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Columbus's last 5 games on the road
Columbus is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Vancouver
Columbus is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Vancouver
Columbus is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games when playing on the road against Vancouver
Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Vancouver is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
Vancouver is 8-15 SU in its last 23 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 6 games
Vancouver is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Vancouver's last 9 games at home
Vancouver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Columbus
Vancouver is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Columbus
Vancouver is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games when playing at home against Columbus

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