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Tuesday’s 6-pack
NBA trends to ponder…….
— Atlanta Hawks: 3-8 ATS in last 11 road games.
— Boston Celtics 5-2-1 ATS last eight home games.
— Brooklyn Nets won/covered its last five home games.
— Chicago Bulls are 3-9-1 ATS in last 13 road games.
— Cleveland Cavaliers are 3-10 ATS in last 13 home games.
— Seven of last nine Dallas Maverick games went over the total.
Quote of the Day:
“He has the worst (bleep)ing diet ever. He has like five French toast, drowns it in syrup with strawberries and bananas. Then he has like a four-egg omelette and then he goes and just (bleep)ing dunks on somebody. He eats desserts with every meal…..he loves sweets. It is crazy how his body just burns it.”
Tristan Thompson, talking about Lebron James’ eating habits
Tuesday’s quiz
Who was basketball coach at North Carolina before they hired Roy Williams?
Monday’s quiz
George Washington was the first President of the United States; John Adams was the first Vice-President.
Sunday’s quiz
Cal-Irvine’s sports teams are known as the Anteaters.
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Tuesday’s List of 13: Nobody asked me, but…….
13) Random idea to raise money for charity in the summer:
— A 64 player 1-on-1 tournament.
— Two players from each NBA team, with four Wild Card additions.
— When they show the brackets, it would be highly-anticipated TV.
— Each player picks a charity of his choice and earns $$$ for that charity.
— Games are to 20, have to win by 3 points (shots outside arc are 2 points).
Would be difficult to get all the star players on board, but it would be great fun.
12) XFL observations:
— Home teams won six of the first eight games.
— Home favorites are 3-2 ATS, home underdogs 1-2
— Six of eight games stayed under the total.
11) Much like the AAF last year, quarterback play in this spring league is sub-par; thinking back to the USFL in the 80’s, they had Jim Kelly, Doug Flutie, Doug Williams, Steve Young, Bobby Hebert, Brian Sipe, John Reaves— NFL quarterbacks, which is part of what made it so good.
The XFL has been fun to watch so far, but it ain’t the NFL, which is fine.
10) Most interesting part of the XFL so far is the extra point; you cannot kick a PAT, you have three options:
— A one-point conversion from 2-yard line (6-22)
— A two-point conversion from 5-yard line (3-14)
— A three-point conversions from 10-years line (1-2)
So a 9-point game is still a one-possession game; there is no set-in-stone strategy on what is the smart thing to do. Coaches are learning on the fly, which is interesting to observe.
9) XFL teams are running an average of 61.4 plays per game; New York ran only 45-47 plays in their first two games, St Louis ran 71-83 plays in its two games.
8) Defenses are usually ahead of offenses early in any season; we’ll see if the scoring goes up as the season moves along.
7) Xavier 77, St John’s 74— Fast-paced, fun game to watch; Musketeers get their 11th straight win over St John’s. Xavier improves to 17-9, 6-7 in Big East play.
6) In his Hall of Fame career, Tony Gwynn his .302 in at-bats after he had two strikes on him. From 1974-2019, the next best average in that situation? Wade Boggs, at .262.
Some college basketball notes…….
5) Pac-12: Four teams are tied for first in loss column, with four losses. USC/UCLA are both 8-5, a game out of first place. Arizona-Colorado-Oregon look like locks for the tournament; rest of the league is beating each other up.
4) Big 14: If you had a Maryland/Penn State exacta to win the league, you’re looking good right now. Rutgers is trying for its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1991; they could use a road win or two to strengthen their case.
3) Selection Sunday figures to be more dramatic than usual; the bubble is overcrowded, Lots of mediocre/pretty good teams. 15-20 teams can legitimately win the national title, but most of those teams could also lose their first round games. It is that wide open.
2) I’ve said this before, but no conference should get more than eight teams into the NCAA Tournament; if you finish 9th in a league, you don’t deserve to play for the national title, no matter how good your league is.
1) Notre Dame 77, North Carolina 76— Tar Heels are having the season from hell; they had a 15-point lead with 8:39 left in this game, but lost on a 3-pointer with 0:01.6 left. UNC is 3-12 in ACC games, they’re in last place- six of their last seven losses were by 6 or fewer points.
NBA trends to ponder…….
— Atlanta Hawks: 3-8 ATS in last 11 road games.
— Boston Celtics 5-2-1 ATS last eight home games.
— Brooklyn Nets won/covered its last five home games.
— Chicago Bulls are 3-9-1 ATS in last 13 road games.
— Cleveland Cavaliers are 3-10 ATS in last 13 home games.
— Seven of last nine Dallas Maverick games went over the total.
Quote of the Day:
“He has the worst (bleep)ing diet ever. He has like five French toast, drowns it in syrup with strawberries and bananas. Then he has like a four-egg omelette and then he goes and just (bleep)ing dunks on somebody. He eats desserts with every meal…..he loves sweets. It is crazy how his body just burns it.”
Tristan Thompson, talking about Lebron James’ eating habits
Tuesday’s quiz
Who was basketball coach at North Carolina before they hired Roy Williams?
Monday’s quiz
George Washington was the first President of the United States; John Adams was the first Vice-President.
Sunday’s quiz
Cal-Irvine’s sports teams are known as the Anteaters.
************************************************** ********
Tuesday’s List of 13: Nobody asked me, but…….
13) Random idea to raise money for charity in the summer:
— A 64 player 1-on-1 tournament.
— Two players from each NBA team, with four Wild Card additions.
— When they show the brackets, it would be highly-anticipated TV.
— Each player picks a charity of his choice and earns $$$ for that charity.
— Games are to 20, have to win by 3 points (shots outside arc are 2 points).
Would be difficult to get all the star players on board, but it would be great fun.
12) XFL observations:
— Home teams won six of the first eight games.
— Home favorites are 3-2 ATS, home underdogs 1-2
— Six of eight games stayed under the total.
11) Much like the AAF last year, quarterback play in this spring league is sub-par; thinking back to the USFL in the 80’s, they had Jim Kelly, Doug Flutie, Doug Williams, Steve Young, Bobby Hebert, Brian Sipe, John Reaves— NFL quarterbacks, which is part of what made it so good.
The XFL has been fun to watch so far, but it ain’t the NFL, which is fine.
10) Most interesting part of the XFL so far is the extra point; you cannot kick a PAT, you have three options:
— A one-point conversion from 2-yard line (6-22)
— A two-point conversion from 5-yard line (3-14)
— A three-point conversions from 10-years line (1-2)
So a 9-point game is still a one-possession game; there is no set-in-stone strategy on what is the smart thing to do. Coaches are learning on the fly, which is interesting to observe.
9) XFL teams are running an average of 61.4 plays per game; New York ran only 45-47 plays in their first two games, St Louis ran 71-83 plays in its two games.
8) Defenses are usually ahead of offenses early in any season; we’ll see if the scoring goes up as the season moves along.
7) Xavier 77, St John’s 74— Fast-paced, fun game to watch; Musketeers get their 11th straight win over St John’s. Xavier improves to 17-9, 6-7 in Big East play.
6) In his Hall of Fame career, Tony Gwynn his .302 in at-bats after he had two strikes on him. From 1974-2019, the next best average in that situation? Wade Boggs, at .262.
Some college basketball notes…….
5) Pac-12: Four teams are tied for first in loss column, with four losses. USC/UCLA are both 8-5, a game out of first place. Arizona-Colorado-Oregon look like locks for the tournament; rest of the league is beating each other up.
4) Big 14: If you had a Maryland/Penn State exacta to win the league, you’re looking good right now. Rutgers is trying for its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1991; they could use a road win or two to strengthen their case.
3) Selection Sunday figures to be more dramatic than usual; the bubble is overcrowded, Lots of mediocre/pretty good teams. 15-20 teams can legitimately win the national title, but most of those teams could also lose their first round games. It is that wide open.
2) I’ve said this before, but no conference should get more than eight teams into the NCAA Tournament; if you finish 9th in a league, you don’t deserve to play for the national title, no matter how good your league is.
1) Notre Dame 77, North Carolina 76— Tar Heels are having the season from hell; they had a 15-point lead with 8:39 left in this game, but lost on a 3-pointer with 0:01.6 left. UNC is 3-12 in ACC games, they’re in last place- six of their last seven losses were by 6 or fewer points.
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