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**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 12:36 AM

Bracket Analysis - Sweet 16

March 24, 2015

The field of 68 schools for the 2015 NCAA Tournament has been reduced to 16. There are no major surprises with 13 teams remaining from Power Five leagues. The other three -- Gonzaga, Wichita State and Xavier -- haven't been able to claim Cinderella status for some time now.

Hell, the lowest remaining seed is No. 11 UCLA, which has won more national titles (11) than any other school in Tournament history. The Bruins, who were fortunate to rally past SMU in the opening round, blitzed UAB to advance to the South Region semifinals in Houston. They'll face Gonzaga, which is back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2009.

The No. 1 overall seed, Kentucky, remains alive and unbeaten. In its way for the Midwest Region semifinal in Cleveland, UK finds a West Virginia team that beat it in the 2010 East Region finals at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.

Bob Huggins must be thinking, 'where is Joe Mazulla when I need him?' The back-up point guard moved into a starting role and produced a career-best 17 points to lead the Mountaineers past the 'Cats (73-66), who were led by John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe.

John Calipari's team took out Hampton (79-56) and Cincinnati (64-51), but it failed to cover the spread in both spots. As of Tuesday morning, most books had UK installed as a 13-point 'chalk' with a total of 136.5 points.

WVU took the cash in both outings this past weekend, beating Buffalo 68-62 as a 4.5-point favorite before Sunday's 69-59 win over Maryland as a 1.5-point 'chalk.' After missing four straight games with a foot injury, Juwan Staten (14.1 points per game, 4.8 APG) led his team past the Bulls with 15 points and seven assists.

Gary Browne, who had missed three consecutive games prior to the Tournament, had 14 points and five steals against the Terrapins. Devin Williams had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Mountaineers.

WVU has been an underdog 10 times this year, going 5-5 ATS with four outright victories. This will be the first double-digit 'dog situation for Huggins's squad. The largest previous 'dog spot came at Kansas when the Mountaineers lost 76-69 in overtime as nine-point puppies.

The other game in Cleveland will pit third-seeded Notre Dame vs. seventh-seeded Wichita State. Just hours after Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey's mother passed away on Saturday morning, the Irish beat Butler 67-64 in OT. However, the Bulldogs covered the number as 3.5-point underdogs.

Steve Vasturia led Notre Dame with 20 points and six rebounds, while Jerian Grant finished with 16 points, five rebounds and five assists.

Wichita St. trailed Indiana for most of the first 30 minutes in the first round, only to use a 15-3 surge to move in front of the Hoosiers. The Shockers held off a late IU rally to prevail by an 81-76 count thanks to 27 points from Fred VanVleet. Rob Baker added 15 points, five rebounds and five steals.

Gregg Marshall's team finally got the matchup it had been wanting for years in the Round of 32. Kansas refuses to play Wichita St. in the regular season, but the Jayhawks had no choice on Sunday afternoon in Omaha.

Wichita St. rallied from eight down late in the first half, scoring 13 of the last 15 points to take a 29-26 halftime lead over KU. The second half was all Shockers, who pulled away to collect a 78-65 win as one-point favorites.

Tekele Cotton scored a game-high 19 points, while VanVleet finished with 17 points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals. Baker and Evan Wessel finished with 12 points apiece, as Wessel knocked down 4-of-6 from 3-point range and pulled down nine boards.

As of Tuesday morning, most books had the Shockers favored by one point with a total of 137.5.

Most betting shops have Gonzaga as the third biggest 'chalk' this week, with the Bulldogs listed as 8.5-point favorites over UCLA. These West-coast squads will square off in Houston in the South Region semifinals.

The winner will get Duke or Utah. The Blue Devils have been tabbed as five-point favorites over the Utes.

Mike Krzyzewski's team blasted Robert Morris and San Diego St. to produce a pair of spread covers for its gambling supporters. Duke is now 6-1 ATS in its last seven games.

With just one exception, form held in the West Region. The surprise guest for the semifinals at Staples Center in Los Angeles will be Xavier. Chris Mack's team, which is the Big East's only remaining representative, will take on top-seeded Arizona.

Xavier has won five of its last six games with the only defeat coming against Villanova in the Big East Tournament finals. The Musketeers blasted Ole Miss 76-57 as two-point 'chalk' before beating Ga. St. 75-67 as six-point favorites. Jalen Reynolds had a game-high 21 points in the win over the Panthers.

Arizona advanced with wins over Texas Southern (93-72) and Ohio St. (73-58). T.J. McConnell paced the Wildcats against the Buckeyes by tallying 19 points, six rebounds, five steals and six assists compared to only one turnover. Gabe York also had 19 points thanks to five treys, while Rondae Hollis-Jefferson finished with 11 points, 10 boards and five assists.

Most book have Sean Miller's squad listed as an 11-point favorite with a total of 136.

The other West semifinal will feature Wisconsin against North Carolina. The Badgers were favored by six early Tuesday morning, while the total was 142.5.

UNC advanced with wins over Harvard and Arkansas, but Kennedy Meeks is very 'doubtful' for Thursday's showdown against the Badgers. Meeks, who averages 11.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, injured his knee in the 87-78 win over the Razorbacks.

Marcus Paige was the catalyst against the Hogs with 22 points, six rebounds and five steals. J.P Tokoto torched Arkansas for 13 points, five rebounds, two steals and eight assists without a turnover.

Bo Ryan's squad moved on with victories over Coastal Carolina and Oregon, but it failed to cover the spread in both outings. Sam Dekker's 17 points led the Badgers to a 72-65 triumph over the Ducks.

In my Bracket Analysis column on Selection Sunday, I suggested that Villanova would be in trouble against the North Carolina St.-LSU winner. That turned out to be true with the Wolfpack sending the Wildcats home by virtue of a 71-68 win as a 10-point underdog. Mark Gottfried's team hooked up money-line supporters with a +375 payout (risk $100 to win $375).

N.C. St. was fortunate to get to the Round of 32, overcoming a 14-point halftime deficit in a 66-65 win over LSU. The Tigers, who led by as many as 16 in the second half, missed six straight free throws to end the game and gave up the game-winning bucket from BeeJay Anya with just a fraction of a second remaining.

N.C. St. will face Louisville in a battle of ACC adversaries. The Cardinals are favored by 2.5 point with the total set at 130. The Wolfpack won outright at U of L by a 74-65 count as a 10.5-point underdog on Valentine's Day.

Rick Pitino's squad advanced with wins over UC-Irvine and No. Iowa.

The other East semifinal at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse will feature Michigan State vs. Oklahoma. The Spartans knocked off Georgia before eliminating second-seeded Virginia for the second straight season. Tom Izzo improved his career NCAA Tournament record to 44-16 (73.3%) and has the Spartans two wins away from their seven Final Four appearance on Izzo's watch.

Oklahoma is back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2009. Lon Kruger has taken one of his previous teams to the Final Four, helping Florida to the 1994 national semifinals before losing to Grant Hill and Duke in Charlotte.

The Sooners beat Dayton 72-66 as five-point favorites in the Round of 32. They're two-point 'dogs against the Spartans.

UK remains the 'chalk' at Sportsbook.ag with -110 odds to win the national title. The next-shortest odds belong to Arizona (5/1), Duke (+700), Wisconsin (+750), Michigan State (10/1) and Gonzaga (15/1).

SPORTSBOOK.AG NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT (4/6/15)
School Odds
Kentucky 10/11
Arizona 5/1
Duke 7/1
Wisconsin 15/2
Michigan State 10/1
Gonzaga 15/1
North Carolina 25/1
Notre Dame 25/1
Utah 25/1
Louisville 30/1
N.C. State 40/1
Oklahoma 40/1
Wichita State 40/1
West Virginia 75/1
Xavier 75/1
UCLA 100/1

**B.E.'s Bonus Nuggets**

-- The 'under' is 8-1-1 in UK's last 10 games, 5-0-1 in its last six.

-- The 'under' has cashed in four straight Duke games and six of its last seven.

-- Travel Note: Louisville didn't dispose of No. Iowa until nearly midnight Eastern on Sunday in Seattle, while N.C. St. polished off Villanova early Saturday night.

-- Mississippi State and AD Scott Stricklin hit a grand slam with Monday's announcement of Ben Howland as the SEC school's next head coach. Howland took UCLA to three consecutive Final Fours from 2006-2008, but he was fired in 2013 and has been out of work the last two seasons. Howland has wanted back into coaching bad, lobbying hard for jobs like Marquette and Oregon St. last year. The Bulldogs haven't been to the NCAA Tournament since 2009. They have only been to the Final Four once when Richard Williams led them there in 1996.

-- According to a CBS Sports report, Alabama is poised to make a run at Wichita St.'s Marshall with an offer north of $3 million per season. Don't expect Marshall to be interested, though, and I would think Murray St.'s Steve Prohm is the more likely successor for the job previously held by Anthony Grant.

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 12:38 AM

Remembering the '76 Hoosiers

March 24, 2015

SWEET 16 MEMORIES

Since publishing The Gold Sheet since 1957, I've seen lots of legendary college basketball powerhouses for the past six decades. But it's been a while since we've seen a team with such a legitimate shot at finishing a college hoops season unbeaten as this year's Kentucky Wildcats, who take a 36-0 record into this week's Midwest Regional in Cleveland. Coming immediately to mind as the most recent of those would be Jerry Tarkanian's 1991 UNLV Runnin' Rebels, whose undefeated run lasted all the way into the Final Four at Indianapolis before being upset in the national semifinals by Duke, 79-77.

But the last team to actually go through a season unbeaten was Bob Knight's 1976 Indiana side, which happened to be the second straight Hoosier edition to take a spotless straight-up mark into the Sweet 16. Indeed, there are still many hoop aficionados, including Knight himself, who believe the previous year's team in 1975 might have been the better of those IU heavyweights. But the old Mideast Regional would prove the roadblock for that Hoosier powerhouse, as it almost was again the next year in '76.

It is worth remembering that when the Hoosiers pitched their perfect game almost 40 years ago, there was much less of the numbing parity that has overtaken the college game today. It had been only three seasons since an undefeated UCLA team had won the national championship--something the Bruins accomplished four times under coach John Wooden--and it would take only three more years for Larry Bird's team at Indiana State to make it all the way to the NCAA title game undefeated, before losing to Michigan State 75-64. (If the freshman Bird hadn't fled IU in 1974 to go home to French Lick, Ind., it's unlikely the '76 Hoosier team would have been overshadowed by any other.)

There have been several great college teams since 1976, but in the past 39 years, no other team has done what Knight's IU accomplished.Moreover, it may be that no team has ever accomplished as much with as big a bull's-eye painted on its chest. Unlike the previous year's IU team, which had blossomed into greatness after the season commenced, or the current Kentucky edition, which at least needed a few games in November before assuming the top spot in the polls, the '75-76 Hoosiers started the season at No. 1 and then defended their position the entire campaign in a rare wire-to-wire win.

(We find Kentucky's current challenge to that IU unbeaten mark as amusing on another front, as Knight has made no secret of his disdain for current Wildcat HC John Calipari, whose methods and ethics have long run afoul of "The General" himself. We are assuming that Knight is going to be asked soon to speak about Kentucky and Calipari, challenging the unbeaten mark of Knight's '76 team. Don't be surprised at whatever Knight might say!)

Still, we're not sure if we've seen a team impress as much in a regular season as Knight's previous1974-75 IU edition. Deep into that campaign, the Hoosiers not only maintained a perfect record but had the widest average victory margin in the land at a staggering 27 points per game, far beyond the current Kentucky edition. They also had the sixth best offense, the 12th best defense, and a .520 shooting percentage. The names on Knight's roster--Kent Benson, Quinn Buckner, Scott May, Bob Wilkerson, Steve Green--were becoming familiar to the national audience, as rarely had a team dismembered opposition in such a manner. All the more impressive since IU was toying with a competitive Big Ten after rolling through a challenging pre-league slate that included Notre Dame, Kentucky, and Kansas.

Entering the Big Dance unbeaten, and after romping past Don Haskins' UTEP by a 78-53 count in a first-round game at Kentucky's old Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, IU moved to the Mideast Regional at the same University of Dayton Arena (then only five years old) that would eventually host the NCAA's "First Four" games decades later. A rematch with Big Blue from Lexington was shaping up in the Elite Eight if both could avoid upsets in the Sweet 16. Which both IU and UK did without much trouble, Knight's Hoosiers rolling to a big 21-point halftime edge and coasting home against Oregon State, 81-71, while Joe B. Hall's Wildcats would finally solve Central Michigan's pressing defense and hit 14 of their last 16 shots from the floor in an eventual 90-73 win.

Hoosiers-Wildcats had long been one of the most colorful of the non-conference rivalries in college hoops, a December staple that gripped fans in each of those hoop-crazed states. Although none other than Bob Knight was a bit cool on the IU-UK battles that would endure through his tenure at Bloomington. In the excellent biography Knight, written by the well-respected Bob Hammel, The General related an on-air conversation he once had with legendary Cats broadcaster and friend Cawood Ledford that stunned not only Ledford also but some fans when the General said he wasn't all that enamored with the hoopla surrounding Hoosiers-Wildcats. "Because of all of the things going on down here (UK), I didn't care for the rivalry as much as he (Ledford) thought I did," said the coach.

Of course, Knight's disdain for Kentucky HC Hall was well-documented, stemming in part from an incident in an early-season game during the 1974-75 campaign in which Knight and Hall's assistant Lynn Nance exchanged angry words after The General had given Hall a "tap" on the head at the end of a late-game sideline discussion (Nance obviously taking offense at the Knight "gesture").

Knight, however, would insist that the "tap" of Hall's head was nothing more than a friendly pat. A normal, meaningless gesture, according to Knight. "If it was meant to be malicious," said The General, "I would have blasted the ----er into the seats."

The Indiana beatdown of Big Blue in the regular-season meeting had been severe. The Hoosiers romped, 88-64, with IU at one time expanding the lead to 78-44. Moreover, UK's C Rick Robey was overwhelmed by punishing IU soph counterpart Benson, who physically manhandled the Cat frosh. But Robey learned from the experience. "I found out a lot from Benson," said Robey in Dayton. "I learned not to give a lot of little cheap shots, but to save up for one big one." More kerosene was added to the looming battle in the Elite Eight when none other than Hall predicted that Ralph Miller's Oregon State would upset Indiana in the Sweet 16 on Thursday night.

Dame fortune, however, had worked against the Hoosiers late in that regular season when star F May suffered a wrist injury in a mid-February game at Purdue. The top-ranked Hoosiers, who had been dismembering opposition to that point, suddenly looked mortal when hanging on for a 1-point win over the Boilermakers, with May sidelined for the second half. Still, they continued to roll and stayed unbeaten through the final weeks of the regular season and into the Sweet 16.

May's absence, however, had caused Knight no shortage of consternation as he grappled with the best way to replace his star performer in the starting lineup. Knight decided to go with sixth man John Laskowski, an outstanding shooter but limited defender. The General later related his dilemma to Hammel in Knight.

"Playing Laskowski meant we had to make changes in our defense that wouldn't have been needed if we had just replaced May with the man who was a starter for us the next year, Tom Abernethy," Knight growled. "Quinn Buckner and Bobby Wilkerson were the best pair of defensive guards I've ever seen in college basketball, but with Laskowski in the lineup we had to put Wilkerson on a forward, and that broke up the Buckner-Wilkerson combination. With Abernethy, we wouldn't have had to do that. It was my mistake, nobody else's, and I believe I cost us a chance to win the NCAA championship."

May had been cleared to play just before the regional final, but was ineffective and inconsequential in a token appearance off the bench vs. UK. Sensing that Indiana might be a bit vulnerable on the stop end with Laskowski, Hall simply ordered his players to run and shoot vs. the Hoosiers. "If you miss the first five (shots)," said Hall to his troops, "take five more."

With Gs Mike Flynn (who scored 22 points) and Jimmy Dan Conner (who added 17), plus sharpshooting F Kevin Grevey (who added 17 more points) and a productive bench led by frosh Jack Givens, the Cats were running like the thoroughbreds at Keeneland. Meanwhile, Robey, along with fellow bigs Mike Phillips (another frosh C who used to frequent Keeneland with Robey) and rugged forwards Bob Guyette and Danny Hall, were able to trade shoves and elbows with the raging redhead Benson, who nonetheless contributed 33 points and 23 rebounds in a furious performance. But IU fell behind and could never catch up, flustered further by a succession of illegal-screen calls in the second half that turned Knight's face a scarlet red to match the IU uniforms. The Hoosiers got close, but never closer than two in the final seconds, which preceded a near-riot precipitated by Hoosier reserve Wayne Radford when he laid a malicious foul on UK's Conner, who went sprawling into the stands behind the basket before retaliating. When order was restored, Conner would miss the front end of the 1-and-1, but with only one second remaining, there was no time for Benson to do anything with the rebound other than fling a harmless shot about three-quarters of the way down the court. IU could never get ahead and bowed by a 92-90 count, the undefeated season up in smoke, and Knight brusquely leaving the floor without shaking the hand of adversary Hall.

"Our defense just wasn't good enough," said The General to Hammel in Knight. "The best team I ever had was eliminated by Kentucky. We'll never know, but I don't think it would have happened if I had kept Buckner and Wilkerson together."

Indiana was back the next year with almost the same cast of characters, save the graduated Steve Green and super-sub John Laskowski, and, as mentioned, was ranked first in the nation from the outset of the campaign, when the Hoosiers trampled defending national champ UCLA at St. Louis, 84-64, in Gene Bartow's first game as Bruins coach after replacing John Wooden.

But the ride was not quite as smooth in 1975-76, as there followed a pair of desultory performances (both victories, nonetheless) against detested rivals Notre Dame (63-60) and Kentucky (77-68), the latter victory coming only after a loose ball that had been batted into the air by Benson sailed above the rim and through the basket to tie the game and send it into overtime.

The Hoosiers would be pushed to overtime once more that season against Michigan on Feb. 7, needing a last-second tip-in by Benson to force the extra five minutes after trailing throughout vs. Johnny Orr's Wolverines, who featured a frosh phenom, F Phil Hubbard. IU of '76 would win nine of its games by 11 points or fewer. The average margin of victory was 17.2 points, much less than the 22.3-point average margin of the season before. Whereas the '75 team was so dominating that it never trailed at halftime, the '76 team was in trouble a lot more, falling behind five times in an eight-game stretch during January and February.

Still, Indiana would enter the Big Dance as an unbeaten for the second straight year, though the Mideast Regional at Baton Rouge loomed as a stiff challenge. Awaiting in the Sweet 16 would be C.M. Newton's SEC champ Alabama, likely followed by the nation's second-ranked team, Al McGuire's Marquette, in the Elite Eight.

The Mideast that season was by far the strongest of the NCAA's four regionals, and Indiana fans might have wondered if the draw was rigged against their team. And the challenge offered by the Crimson Tide in the Sweet 16 almost derailed the unbeaten Indiana express.

Alabama loomed as a definite threat. Its big man, Leon Douglas, was fresh from dismantling North Carolina's Mitch Kupchak in the previous week's first-round action, and the Crimson Tide looked bigger and faster at almost every position. "We might be the first team that has matched up against Indiana so well," said assistant coach Wendell Hudson. "And we're going to be motivated."

Knight was not caught off guard and adjusted from his normal crabby defensive philosophy that ganged up on the perimeter, instead sagging into middle to prevent Douglas from dominating. Alabama's guards had mostly free access and open shots while Douglas was being tied in knots, the way Jimmy Young would fluster Muhammad Ali in the heavyweight title fight at the old Cap Center in Landover, Maryland a few weeks later. The Tide hit only 33% from the floor in the first half, when Indiana would mount as much as a 12-point lead, which it would achieve again with six minutes gone in the second half.

It was heavy-duty work suppressing Douglas, however, and Benson would soon pick up his fourth foul at the 13:23 mark. With Benson sidelined, Bama made its move. By the time the big Hoosier returned to the floor six minutes later, the Tide had cut the lead to four.

Bama continued to apply pressure, and if not for a controversial whistle at the 5:11 mark might have been able to change college hoops history. With IU clinging to a 67-65 lead, Douglas wound up on the front end of a fast break. With Benson looming before him. Leon put down his head, Benson put down his shoulder, and legendary ref Booker Turner (known for a controversial call or two in his career), upcourt and nearer to the dressing rooms than the play, raised his arm...charging foul on Douglas! While they moaned in Tuscaloosa, Benson was reprieved...from not only fouling out, but returning to the bench, where an irate Knight would have been waiting.

The Tide was not finished, however. Freshman Keith McCord gave Bama a short-lived 69-68 lead just under the four-minute mark, but that was all the points the Tide would score. May hit a clutch jumper with two minutes remaining to put the Hoosiers ahead. Perhaps frustrated by his constant harassment, Douglas subsequently missed two free throws and put up a couple of shots that might have ended up in adjacent Tiger Stadium were it not for the backboard getting in the way. McCord stumbled away Alabama's final chance with an awkward turnover, and May would hit the clinching free throws. Final score 74-69 in Indiana's favor!

Knight knew that his team had dodged the proverbial bullet, and would later recount his sideline instructions during a late timeout, as recorded by Hammel in Knight.

"They're going to want to go to Douglas," said Knight to his team. "Now Bennie (Benson), I don't want Douglas to get the ball. In fact, Bennie, if Douglas so much as touches the ball this trip, just start running through that door down there because I'm going to run your butt all the way back to Bloomington."

Knight, however, noticed that his star guard Quinn Buckner had pulled Benson aside once the team returned to the court, and wondered what Buckner might have said. In the locker room after the win, Knight was still curious and had to ask Buckner what he told Benson. The senior guard, with only a couple of more games to play for Knight, ignored his coach. He wasn't going to say. So The General, his curiosity even more piqued, decided to ask Benson what Buckner told him.

"Bennie was a junior," said Knight. "He had to tell me."

Benson eagerly obliged. "Coach," said Benson, "you remember what you told me at the time-out about Douglas and running back to Bloomington and..."

"Sure, I remember," said Knight. "I want to know what Buckner said!"

"Well," blurted Benson, "Quinn said, 'I don't want to see Douglas get the ball, either, and if he does, we'll have your butt before he can get off the bench.'" And on that crucial possession, Douglas indeed didn't touch the ball.

The showdown vs. number two Marquette, led by Gs Lloyd Walton and Butch Lee, and frontliners Bo Ellis, Earl Tatum, and Jerome Whitehead, would follow on Saturday. As against Alabama, Knight's Hoosiers would bolt to an early lead, but again fouls to a key player, in this case May instead of Benson, would allow the then-called Warriors to make a move.

But Marquette would be effectively hindered by none other than it coach, the flamboyant McGuire. With 12:54 remaining and his Warriors trailing 48-41, McGuire berated ref Jack Ditty and kicked the scorer's table. Indiana converted the ensuing technical and, of course, had possession of the ball. Slowing the pace, the Hoosiers spread the court and forced Marquette from its preferred zone defense.

Still, the Warriors did not surrender, clawing back within three with only 25 seconds remaining. But McGuire, still infuriated at the referees, could not keep composed, begging for another technical, to which the refs obliged. The Hoosiers scored eight points in the final seconds, mushrooming the final score to a misleading 65-56. Whatever, the danger had been averted, and Indiana would have less trouble vs. either UCLA, already beaten in the season opener, or in another rematch vs. Big Ten rival Michigan in the title game, the following week in the Final Four at the Philadelphia Spectrum.

The Sweet 16 and Alabama, however, almost got those unbeaten Hoosiers. Can West Virginia stop Kentucky in this week's Sweet 16 battle in the Midwest Regional at Cleveland? We'll see what happens this Thursday and Friday!

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 12:45 AM

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Line: PHOENIX -8 BTB PowerLine: PHOENIX -5
Edge On: PHOENIX (3)

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 12:50 AM

CBB ATS

CBB > (781) TENN-MARTIN@ (782) E KENTUCKY | 03/25/2015 - 07:00 PM
Play ON TENN-MARTIN using the against the spread in All games revenging a home loss vs opponent
The record is 10 Wins and 1 Losses for the last two seasons (+8.9 units)

CBB MONEYLINE

CBB > (777) LOUISIANA TECH@ (778) TEMPLE | 03/25/2015 - 09:00 PM
Play ON TEMPLE using the money line in All games in home lined games
The record is 11 Wins and 2 Losses for the this season (+11 units)

CBB > (779) MURRAY ST@ (780) OLD DOMINION | 03/25/2015 - 07:00 PM
Play ON MURRAY ST using the money line in All games after scoring 80 points or more
The record is 22 Wins and 7 Losses for the last two seasons (+17.6 units)

CBB > (789) VERMONT@ (790) LA-MONROE | 03/25/2015 - 08:00 PM
Play ON LA-MONROE using the money line in All games when the total is 130 to 139.5
The record is 7 Wins and 1 Losses for the this season (+8.45 units)

CBB TOTALS

CBB > (779) MURRAY ST@ (780) OLD DOMINION | 03/25/2015 - 07:00 PM
Play OVER OLD DOMINION on the total in All games as a home favorite of 1.5 points or less vs. the 1rst half line
The record is 12 Overs and 1 Unders for the since 1992 (+10.9 units)

CBB TOP POWERLINES

CBB > (777) LOUISIANA TECH @ (778) TEMPLE | 03/25/2015 - 09:00 PM
Line: TEMPLE -3.5 BTB PowerLine: TEMPLE -6
Edge On: TEMPLE (2.5)

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 12:54 AM

NHL MONEYLINE

NHL > (3) COLORADO@ (4) EDMONTON | 03/25/2015 - 08:05 PM
Play ON COLORADO using the money line in All games when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season
The record is 23 Wins and 8 Losses for the last two seasons (+15 units)

NHL PUCKLINE

NHL > (3) COLORADO@ (4) EDMONTON | 03/25/2015 - 08:05 PM
Play ON COLORADO using the in All games when playing against a team with a losing record in the second half of the season
The record is 23 Wins and 8 Losses for the last two seasons (+15 units)

NHL TOTALS

NHL > (1) CHICAGO@ (2) PHILADELPHIA | 03/25/2015 - 08:05 PM
Play UNDER CHICAGO on the total in Road games in non-conference games
The record is 1 Overs and 11 Unders for the this season (+9.85 units)

NHL > (5) DALLAS@ (6) CALGARY | 03/25/2015 - 10:05 PM
Play UNDER CALGARY on the total in Home games after 3 or more consecutive unders
The record is 30 Overs and 67 Unders for the since 1992 (+33.5 units)

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 01:10 AM

Another nice evening here......NHL goes 6 - 1 +15.05 Units but the BIG one was on the Arizona Coyotes grabbing them as a + 301 underdog. CBB goes 3 - 1.....Richmond blowing a big 18 point lead spoiling a perfect night. NBA goes 3 - 3....with the SLAM DUNK coming thru with the Milwaukee Bucks coming thru aganist Miami.....

Tomorrow as it seems right now am going to have my COLLEGE PLAY OF THE YEAR IN THIS YEARS TOURNAMENT.

March totals

nba

*****....................................... 14 - 20
double play................................ 17- 13
triple play.................................. 8 - 7 - 1
slam dunk...................................10 - 7 - 1
gom...........................................0 - 1

ncaabb

*****........................................50 - 27
double play.................................38- 29
triple play...................................26 - 11 - 1
slam dunk...................................12 - 10 - 2
gom............................................0 - 9
god.............................................1 - 0

nhl

*****....................................11 - 20.........................- 12.75
double play.............................17- 11.........................+13.16
triple play...............................7 - 5.......................... + 3.81
hat trick.................................13 - 7.........................+31.36

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 01:15 AM

Probation ordered in Toledo point-shaving

March 24, 2015

DETROIT (AP) - A former University of Toledo basketball player who accepted at least $3,000 from a gambler to miss shots and make other mistakes was sentenced to probation Tuesday in a decade-old point-shaving scandal.

Sammy Villegas is the first of seven former Rockets to be sentenced this spring, including three ex-football players. The case was handled in federal court in Detroit, the hometown of two gamblers and 60 miles north of the Ohio campus.

''I would like to apologize to the University of Toledo,'' said Villegas, who took cash from 2004 to 2006 while playing guard for the Rockets.

Villegas, 32, had faced as much as 30 months in prison but got a break. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith followed the recommendation of prosecutors and ordered three years of probation and 100 hours of community service.

Villegas quickly cooperated with the FBI and pleaded guilty to conspiracy in 2008. The case has dragged on for years for a variety of reasons. The lead gambler, Ghazi ''Gary'' Manni, had planned to go to trial until pleading guilty in 2014.

Manni was the ''driving force'' in the point-shaving scheme, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn Helland told the judge.

Villegas was young and immature, and he deserves credit for helping investigators, Helland said.

In a court filing, Villegas said he got $300 to $400 when Manni won a bet on a fixed Toledo game. In February 2006, he intentionally missed two free throws and tried to hold the ball to manipulate the final score of a 78-62 victory over Central Michigan.

Villegas said he now gets $18,000 to play professional basketball for four months in Puerto Rico.

Former basketball player Anton Currie was expected to get his sentence Tuesday. Manni is likely to get about six years in prison when he returns to court on May 26.

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 12:11 PM

2015 NIT, CBI, CIT Results

March 24, 2015

National Invitation Tournament (NIT)

REGION 1 - OLD DOMINION
Date Matchup Score ATS Result
Mar. 18 Charleston Southern at Old Dominion (-13) 65-56 Underdog-Under (142)
Mar. 18 Green Bay at Illinois State (-2.5) 69-56 Favorite-Under (139.5)
Mar. 17 William & Mary at Tulsa (-7) 70-67 Underdog-Under (142.5)
Mar. 17 UTEP at Murray State (-5.5) 81-66 Favorite-Under (151)
Mar. 23 Murray State (+3) at Tulsa 83-62 Underdog-Over (143)
Mar. 23 Illinois State at Old Dominion (-4.5) 50-49 Underdog-Under (128.5)
Mar. 25 Murray State at Old Dominion - -

REGION 2 - RICHMOND
Date Matchup Score ATS Result
Mar. 18 St. Francis Brooklyn at Richmond (-10) 84-74 Push-Over (132)
Mar. 18 Arizona State (+1.5) at UConn 68-61 Underdog-Under (134.5)
Mar. 17 North Carolina Central at Miami, Fl. (-8.5) 75-71 Underdog-Over (128)
Mar. 17 Illinois at Alabama (-2) 79-58 Favorite-Over (135.5)
Mar. 21 Alabama at Miami, Fl. (-4.5) 73-66 Favorite-Over (135.5)
Mar. 22 Arizona State at Richmond (-4.5) 76-70 (OT) Favorite-Over (136)
Mar. 24 Miami, Fl. (+2.5) at Richmond 63-61 Underdog-Under (133)

REGION 3 - TEMPLE
Date Matchup Score ATS Result
Mar. 18 Bucknell at Temple (-12.5) 73-67 Underdog-Under (144)
Mar. 17 George Washington (+4.5) at Pittsburgh 60-54 Underdog-Under (135)
Mar. 17 Montana at Texas A&M (-10) 81-64 Favorite-Over (134.5)
Mar. 17 Central Michigan at Louisiana Tech (-6.5) 89-79 Favorite-Over (154.5)
Mar. 22 George Washington at Temple (-4.5) 90-77 Favorite-Over (128.5)
Mar. 23 Louisiana Tech (+3) at Texas A&M 84-72 Underdog-Over (143)
Mar. 25 Louisiana Tech at Temple - -

REGION 4 - COLORADO STATE
Date Matchup Score ATS Result
Mar. 18 South Dakota State (+8) at Colorado State 86-76 Underdog-Over (153)
Mar. 18 Vanderbilt (+3) at Saint Mary's 75-64 Underdog-Over (143.5)
Mar. 17 UC Davis at Stanford (-8.5) 77-64 Favorite-Under (151)
Mar. 17 Iona at Rhode Island (-7) 88-75 Favorite-Over (153.5)
Mar. 20 South Dakota State at Vanderbilt (-8.5) 92-77 Favorite-Over (148)
Mar. 22 Rhode Island at Stanford (-5) 74-65 Favorite-Under (143)
Mar. 24 Vanderbilt at Stanford (-4.5) 78-75 Underdog-Over (146)

SEMIFINALS & FINALS
Date Matchup Score ATS Result
Mar. 31 Miami, Fl. vs. TBA - -
Mar. 31 Stanford vs. TBA - -
Apr. 2 - - -

College Basketball Invitational (CBI)

FIRST ROUND
Date Matchup Score ATS Result
Mar. 17 Rider at Loyola Chicago (-5.5) 62-59 Underdog-Under (130)
Mar. 18 Gardner-Webb at Colorado (-11) 87-78 Underdog-Over (159)
Mar. 18 Pepperdine at Seattle (+5) 62-45 Underdog-Under (126)
Mar. 18 Stony Brook at Mercer (-2) 72-70 Push-Over (132)
Mar. 18 Eastern Michigan at Louisiana Monroe (+1.5) 71-67 Underdog-Over (131.5)
Mar. 18 Vermont (+6) at Hofstra 85-81 Underdog-Over (154)
Mar. 18 Radford (+1) at Delaware State 78-57 Underdog-Under (154)
Mar. 18 UC Santa Barbara at Oral Roberts (+3) 91-87 Underdog-OVer (144.5)

QUARTERFINALS, SEMIFINALS, FINALS
Date Matchup Score ATS Result
Mar. 23 Radford at Vermont (-8.5) 78-71 Underdog-Over (140.5)
Mar. 23 UL Monroe (+4.5) at Mercer 71-69 Underdog-OVer (130.5)
Mar. 23 Oral Roberts at Loyola-Chicago (-6) 86-78 Favorite-Over (141)
Mar. 23 Colorado at Seattle (+5.5) 72-65 Underdog-Under (141.5)
Mar. 25 Vermont vs. UL-Monroe - -
Mar. 25 Loyola-Chicago vs. Seattle - -
Mar. 30 - - -
Apr. 1 - - -

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT)

FIRST ROUND
Date Matchup Score ATS Result
Mar. 16 New Hampshire at NJIT (-6.5) 84-77 Favorite-Over (132)
Mar. 17 Eastern Illinois (+7) at Oakland 97-91 Underdog-Over (147)
Mar. 17 James Madison at USC Upstate (-5.5) 73-72 Underdog-Over (144)
Mar. 17 Bowling Green (-5.5) at Saint Francis (PA) 67-64 Underdog-Under (135)
Mar. 17 Norfolk State at Eastern Kentucky (-10.5) 81-75 Underdog-Over (139)
Mar. 17 UL-Lafayette (-2.5) at Incarnate Word 83-68 Favorite-Under (162)
Mar. 18 UMES at High Point (-8) 70-64 Underdog-Under (149)
Mar. 18 Dartmouth at Canisius (-3) 87-72 Favorite-Over (131.5)
Mar. 18 Texas A&M Corpus Christi (+6.5) at Florida Gulf Coast 75-69 Underdog-Over (135)
Mar. 18 Cleveland State (+1) at Western Michigan 86-57 Underdog-Over (140.5)
Mar. 18 Kent State (+4) at Middle Tennessee 68-56 Underdog-Under (129)
Mar. 18 UNC Wilmington at Sam Houston State (-8) 87-71 Favorite-Over (142)
Mar. 18 Northern Arizona (-2) at Grand Canyon 75-70 Favorite-Under (151)
Mar. 18 IPFW at Evansville (-7) 82-77 Underdog-Over (150)
Mar. 18 Sacramento State (-2) at Portland 73-66 Favorite-Under (150)
Mar. 19 UT Martin (+2.5) at Northwestern State 104-79 Underdog-Over (176)

SECOND ROUND AND QUARTERFINALS
Date Matchup Score ATS Result
Mar. 20 High Point at Eastern Kentucky (-5.5) 66-65 Underdog-Under (139.5)
Mar. 21 Canisius (+8) at Bowling Green 82-59 Underdog-Over (138)
Mar. 21 Tennessee-Martin (+3.5) at South Carolina Upstate 60-49 Underdog-Under (143)
Mar. 21 UL-Lafayette (+6.5) at Sam Houston State 71-70 Underdog-Under (148.5)
Mar. 21 Northern Arizona (+3.5) at Sacramento State 78-73 Underdog-Over (146)
Mar. 23 Cleveland State at NJIT (+3) 80-77 Underdog-Over (140)
Mar. 23 Evansville (-3) at Eastern Illinois 83-68 Favorite-Over (147)
Mar. 23 Kent State (-3) at Texas A&M Corpus Christi 69-65 Favorite-Under (135.5)

SEMIFINALS & FINALS
Date Matchup Score ATS Result
Mar. 31 - - -
Apr. 2 - - -

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 12:14 PM

NCAAB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, March 25

NIT games
Temple was 34-49 on foul line in 82-75 win over Louisiana Tech Nov 17 in Philly; Bulldogs were 12-26 on line in game they led 38-34 at the half. Owls won six of last seven games, winning first two NIT games by 6-13 points. Tech won 10 of last 12 games; they won 84-72 at Texas A&M Monday nite, making 11-27 on arc in game they trailed by 7 late in first half. A-14 teams are 4-3 against spread this postseason, 1-2 as favorites. C-USA teams are 4-5, 3-2 as underdogs.

Murray State was 14-25 on arc in easy 83-62 win at Tulsa Monday nite; now they travel to Virginia to play Old Dominion team that won eight of last nine games, losing to Middle Tennessee in C-USA tourney. Racers won last eleven true road games, are 3-0 vs C-USA teams, beating Middle Tennessee by 19, WKU by 12, UTEP by 15. C-USA teams are 4-5 vs spread this postseason, 1-3 as favorites; OVC teams are 5-1 against the spread as underdogs.

CBI games
Long road trip for Vermont after its 78-71 home win over Radford couple nights ago; Catamounts scored 81.5 ppg in winning first two CBA games, with impressive win at Hofstra. UL-Monroe won four of last five games, winning first two CBI games by total of six points. Skyhawks won five of their last six home games, losing only to Georgia State. Sun Belt teams are 5-1 vs spread this postseason, 1-0 as favorites. America East teams are 2-2 vs spread, 2-1 as underdogs.

Long road trip for Seattle after they beat Booker-less Colorado 72-65 at home Monday night; Redhawks won seven of last nine games, but lost last five true road games- their last true road win was Jan 22. Loyola Chi won five of last six games, winning first two CBI games 3-8 points. WAC teams are 1-2 vs spread as underdogs this postseason; teams from mvc are 6-4 vs spread, 4-4 when favored.

CIT tournament
Eastern Kentucky won 66-58 in OVC opener at Tenn-Martin Jan 8, as Colonels turned ball over only five times (+6), shot 67% inside arc, 22-27 on foul line. EKU won 10 of its last 12 games with both lossrs coming vs Belmont; Colonels won their last nine home games. UT-Martin won its first two CIT games by 25-11 points, both on road; they've won four of last five road games overall.

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 12:15 PM

NCAAB

Wednesday, March 25

Underdogs scorching ATS in NIT lately

Underdogs posted a record of 2-0 against the spread in the two NIT games Tuesday evening, making it five straight ATS wins for the dog in the tournament.

Richmond closed as 2.5-point favorites against Miami, but lost 63-61. In Tuesday's other matchup, Stanford closed as 4.5-point favorites over Vanderbilt and were victorious by a score of 78-75.

To date in the tournament, underdogs are 13-12-1 ATS.

There are a pair of games Wednesday as Old Dominion hosts Murray State and Louisiana Tech visits Temple.

Wichita State moves to -2 after opening at Pick

After many offshore sportsbooks opened the Wichita State Shockers-Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sweet 16 matchup as a Pick em, they've adjusted to the former as 2-point favorites.

The Shockers, 1-1 against the spread in two tournament games, dispatched Kansas 78-65 to get into the Sweet 16. The Irish defeated Northeastern and Butler in the tournament, but have yet to cover a spread, winning both games by a combined seven points.

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 12:48 PM

MLB OPINIONS ONLY

Wednesday, March 25

Game Score Status Pick Amount

Houston - 1:05 PM ET Houston -105 500
Philadelphia -

Miami - 1:05 PM ET Detroit -125 500
Detroit -

NY Mets - 1:05 PM ET NY Yankees -133 500
NY Yankees -

Tampa Bay - 1:05 PM ET Tampa Bay -103 500
Minnesota -

Toronto - 1:05 PM ET Baltimore -131 500
Baltimore -

Washington - 1:05 PM ET St. Louis -113 500
St. Louis -

Oakland - 4:05 PM ET Oakland +103 500
Milwaukee -

San Diego - 4:05 PM ET San Diego +112 500
LA Dodgers -

Cleveland - 4:10 PM ET Cleveland +107 500
LA Angels -

San Francisco - 4:10 PM ET San Francisco +101 500
Colorado -

Chi. White Sox - 9:05 PM ET Kansas City -120 500
Kansas City -

Chi. Cubs - 10:05 PM ET Seattle -129 500
Seattle -

Texas - 10:05 PM ET Texas +109 500
Cincinnati -

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 06:22 PM

NHL

Wednesday, March 25

Game Score Status Pick Amount

Chicago - 8:00 PM ET Chicago -145 500 *****
Philadelphia - Under 5 500

Colorado - 8:00 PM ET Edmonton +127 500 TRIPLE PLAY
Edmonton - Under 5.5 500

Dallas - 10:00 PM ET Calgary -103 500 DOUBLE PLAY
Calgary - Over 5.5 500

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 06:30 PM

NBA

Wednesday, March 25

Game Score Status Pick Amount

Brooklyn - 7:00 PM ET Brooklyn +3 500 DOUBLE PLAY
Charlotte - Over 197.5 500

L.A. Clippers - 7:00 PM ET L.A. Clippers -14.5 500
New York - Under 197 500

Atlanta - 7:00 PM ET Atlanta -9 500 *****
Orlando - Under 200.5 500

Indiana - 7:00 PM ET Indiana +3 500 *****
Washington - Under 188.5 500

Miami - 7:30 PM ET Boston -6 500 SLAM DUNK
Boston - Under 201 500

Cleveland - 8:00 PM ET Memphis +1 500 DOUBLE PLAY
Memphis - Over 194 500

L.A. Lakers - 8:00 PM ET L.A. Lakers +1 500 TRIPLE PLAY
Minnesota - Over 202.5 500

Houston - 8:00 PM ET Houston +1 500 *****
New Orleans - Over 203 500

Philadelphia - 9:00 PM ET Philadelphia +11.5 500 TRIPLE PLAY
Denver - Over 209.5 500

Portland - 9:00 PM ET Portland +3 500 TRIPLE PLAY
Utah - Under 181 500

Oklahoma City - 9:30 PM ET San Antonio -7.5 500 *****
San Antonio - Over 216.5 500

Sacramento - 10:00 PM ET Phoenix -8 500 *****
Phoenix - Over 212.5 500

**StarDust Bum** · 03-25-2015, 06:33 PM

Hoop Trends - Wednesday

March 25, 2015

ATS TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Hawks are 10-0 ATS (9.10 ppg) since January 2006 as a rested favorite when they have lost their last three games SU and ATS.

OU TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Timberwolves are 13-0 OU (10.08 ppg) since Mar 02, 2008 as a favorite with at least one day of rest after a game in which they had at least 10 shots blocked.

PLAYER TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Heat are 0-13 OU (-9.08 ppg) since Feb 11, 2014 after Dwyane Wade was the Heat’s high scorer in a road loss.

NBA BIBLE ACTIVE TREND:

-- The Kings are 0-19 ATS (-12.34 ppg) with no rest after a win at home in which they had an assist to turnover ratio of higher than 1.70.

ACTIVE TRENDS:

-- The Kings are 0-9 ATS (-11.67 ppg) since Jan 02, 2014 after Rudy Gay played more than 40 minutes in a win.

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