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**Udog** · 03-29-2021, 08:32 AM

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**Udog** · 03-29-2021, 08:33 AM

Armadillo: Monday's six-pack

Active career leaders in OPS:
.9996— Mike Trout
.937— Joey Votto
.931— Miguel Cabrera
.924— Albert Pujols
.914— Paul Goldschmidt
.905— Giancarlo Stanton

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 548,130
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

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Armadillo: Monday's Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend…….

13) This is the state of college basketball these days:

In February, North Carolina needed couple of games to update their resume; they added mid-week non-conference home games with Northeastern, Marquette, Won one, lost one. Didn’t seem like a big deal at the time.

When Carolina beat Northeastern 82-62 February 17, Huskies’ sophomore PG Tyson Walker scored 27 points, and showed up on the radar of the big $$$ schools who like to poach players from low and mid-major schools. Happens all the time now.

Makes college basketball a lot more like baseball, but I’m an Oakland A’s fan, and it drives me batty when players bolt for greener pa$ture$. Loyalty is in scarce supply these days.

Walker averaged 18.8 ppg and 4.8 assists/game as a sophomore at Northeastern, was named the CAA’s Defensive Player of the Year; he committed to Michigan State this weekend.

Not sure what Northeastern is going to do for a point guard next year, none of the national media seemed too interested in that.

12) UCLA 88, Alabama 78 OT:
— Crimson Tide went 11-25 on foul line, in an overtime loss.
— UCLA scored 23 points in the 5:00 overtime.
— This is Mick Cronin’s 12th NCAA tourney, his first regional final.

11) Baylor 62, Villanova 51:
— Villanova led 30-23 at halftime.
— Baylor was +10 in turnover margin (16-6)
— Teams combined to make 6-36 on the arc.

10) Arkansas 72, Oral Roberts 70:
— ORU led 46-34 with 15:24 left in the game.
— Eric Musselman is 5-3 in NCAA tourney games; his team trailed by 10+ points in all five of the wins.
— Oral Roberts were almost first-ever #15-seed to make a regional final.

9) Gonzaga 83, Creighton 65:
— Gonzaga is 29-0, has one win by fewer than 10 points.
— Zags took 33 shots inside arc, made 25 of them (75.8%)
— Gonzaga had 23 assists on 32 made field goals.

8) Oregon State 65, Loyola Chi 58:
— Beavers are 2nd-ever #12-seed (Missouri ’02) to make a regional final.
— OSU held Ramblers to 33.3% from the floor.
— On February 20, Oregon State was 11-11; they’ve gone 9-1 since then.

7) Michigan 76, Florida State 58:
— Surprisingly easy win for the Wolverines.
— FSU shot only 40%, looked lost on offense.
— Michigan scored 81.3 ppg in first three tourney wins.

6) USC 82, Oregon 68:
— Trojans made 10-17 shots on arc, scored 1.22 ppp.
— In two games vs Oregon this year, Trojans led by 19-21 at the half.
— Pac-12 is 12-2 in NCAA Tournament, including this game.

5) Houston 62, Syracuse 46:
— Cougars won their last ten games.
— Syracuse shot 28% from floor, 5-23 on arc.
— Average total in the four Saturday games: 126.5.

4) Memphis 77, Mississippi State 64:
— Tigers win the NIT; in their last two games, they made 24-49 3-pointers.
— This game was 33-33 at halftime.
— Memphis didn’t play any seniors; they should be good next year.

3) If Houston beats Oregon State tonight, they’ll have made the Final Four by winning four games in their region, against the #15-10-11-12 seeds. That doesn’t happen often.

2) Indiana Hoosiers hired alum Mike Woodson as their basketball coach; Woodson coached the Atlanta Hawks for six years, the Knicks for three more; he scored 14 ppg in his 11-year NBA career. His last head coaching gig was 2014; he’s been an assistant coach since.

Utah poached coach Craig Smith from in-state rival Utah State to be its next head man. Few days ago, Smith told his Utah State players not to have any concerns about him leaving- he was staying right where he was, sure as sure could be.

Money does strange things to people.

1) I like the idea they enacted this year; the 2nd weekend of the tournament being Saturday-Tuesday instead of Thursday-Sunday. Not sure what next year’s schedule will be like, maybe no one does; when you change the schedule once every 35 years, people get used to the way it was.

**Udog** · 03-29-2021, 08:35 AM

1NY ISLANDERS -2 PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH is 9-0 ATS (9 Units) in home games after playing 2 consecutive home games in the current season.

3EDMONTON -4 TORONTO
EDMONTON is 14-8 ATS (11.7 Units) in road games vs. winning teams over the last 2 seasons.

5PHILADELPHIA -6 BUFFALO
BUFFALO is 1-17 ATS (-16.2 Units) against excellent power play teams- scoring on >17.5% of their chances in the current season.

7ANAHEIM -8 COLORADO
ANAHEIM is 3-15 ATS (-10.8 Units) against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the current season.

9LOS ANGELES -10 VEGAS
VEGAS are 23-5 ATS (15.8 Units) when playing against a marginal losing team (Win Pct. 40% to 49%) in the first half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

11WINNIPEG -12 CALGARY
WINNIPEG is 7-1 ATS (5.9 Units) when playing their 3rd road game in 5 days in the current season.

13MINNESOTA -14 SAN JOSE
SAN JOSE is 46-66 ATS (-26.6 Units) when playing their 3rd game in 5 days in the last 3 seasons.

**Udog** · 03-29-2021, 08:38 AM

NHL

Monday, March 29

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Trend Report
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Philadelphia @ Buffalo
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Buffalo
Buffalo
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Buffalo's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Buffalo's last 6 games when playing Philadelphia

NY Islanders @ Pittsburgh
NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of NY Islanders's last 12 games on the road
NY Islanders is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing NY Islanders
Pittsburgh is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Edmonton @ Toronto
Edmonton
Edmonton is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Edmonton is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Toronto
Toronto is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games at home

Anaheim @ Colorado
Anaheim
Anaheim is 15-1 ATS in its last 16 games on the road
Anaheim is 10-1 ATS in its last 11 games when playing Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games

Winnipeg @ Calgary
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Calgary
Winnipeg is 15-3 ATS in its last 18 games on the road
Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing at home against Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing Winnipeg

Los Angeles @ Vegas
Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Los Angeles's last 9 games when playing Vegas
Los Angeles is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Vegas
Vegas
Vegas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vegas's last 5 games at home

Minnesota @ San Jose
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games on the road
Minnesota is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against San Jose
San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 7 of San Jose's last 8 games when playing at home against Minnesota
San Jose is 17-8 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Minnesota

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**Udog** · 03-29-2021, 09:14 AM

NHL
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Monday, March 29

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Monday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 3/29

Monday's NHL Trends and Indexes - 3/29

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