Wednesday's WNBA Trends and Indexes - 7/8

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Trends and Indexes

Wednesday, July 8

Good Luck on day #189 of 2015!

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Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

How Phil Steele's magazne sees the Big X conference this year........

10) Kansas-- Went 7-29 under Charlie Weis; mercifully, he is gone now but 15 of 22 starters went with him. Major rebuilding job here.

9) Iowa State-- Has been in bowl in three of five years under coach Rhoads.

8) Texas Tech-- Six conference losses by double digit margin LY; no bueno.

7) West Virginia-- Why are they in this league? Look at a map; it makes no sense.

6) Kansas State-- People have no idea how great a coach Bill Snyder is; this was the absolute worst program in America when he took it over. Snyder is 187-94-1. .

5) Texas-- Strong cleaned house last year; now he has a roster full of "his guys".

4) Oklahoma State-- 16 returning starters; only 19 kids graduated. Good team.

3) Oklahoma-- Hardest part of their schedule is right at the end, in November.

2) Baylor-- 18 starters back, but none of them are QBs. Had a hideous bowl loss.

1) TCU-- Think they have a chip on their shoulder after last year's snub?

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Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Happy Hump Day!!!!......

13) Pittsburgh Pirates have turned it around, are 49-34, second best record in major leagues, but they're in same division with St Louis, which has the best record. Right now, NL Central would get three teams in the playoffs (Cubs).

Pirates started the season by going 3-12 in their first 15 games when winning scored from 7th inning on. They're now 8-1 in last nine such games.

12) There was a rain delay at PNC Park last night, with the tarp damn near getting blown into the Allegheny River by strong winds. Some of the Pirates came out of the dugout and helped the ground crew secure the tarp.

11) Padres are in Steel City this week; San Diego's new manager is Pat Murphy, whose daughter is married to Pittsburgh 1B Pedro Alvarez, who had a walk-off single in the Monday night Pirate win. Padres were 32-33 when they fired Bub Black; they are 39-46 now. Changing managers during the season is seldom a good move.

10) 11 guys on the Atlanta Braves made their MLB debut this year, yet the team stays in contention in a weak NL East. Good job by skipper Fredi Gonazalez.

9) They were talking about doubleheaders on the Cub game Tuesday; in his career, which lasted 19 years, Ernie Banks played in over 300 doubleheaders, which are rare in today's money-grabbing, double admission culture.

8) On DirecTV's baseball package, for some reason the games from Chicago don't go to commecial in between innings, so you get to hear the ballpark music and see whats going on, its a little like actually being at the ballpark. Pretty cool.

7) Miguel Montero caught Jon Lester Monday night because David Ross, who is Lester's personal catcher, is on the 7-day DL with a concussion.

6) The catch/throw Hunter Pence made last night is Exhibit A why the new statistic WAR isn't what analytics people think it is, an easy way to sum up a player's value with one single number. You can't and never will be able to quantify "heart".

This was Pence's first game off the DL; he makes a spectacular catch, bounces up and throws a fairly fast runner out at the plate. Go ahead, give me a number for the lift that gave a team that had been on a 7-game losing streak-- you can't!!!!

5) San Antonio Spurs basically cut Cory Joseph after signing LaMarcus Aldridge, but Toronto was quick to give Joseph $30M for four years.

4) According to the Interweb, David West has earned $87,668,418 in his career as an NBA player; he must've saved most of it, since he signed with the Spurs this week for the veteran minimum of $1.4M, turning down $12.2M from the Indiana Pacers. West has a wife named Lesley; would've enjoyed hearing him explain THAT to her.

3) The late Manute Bol has a 15-year old son who is 6-foot-10 and making rounds of summer camps out west. Young man's name is Bol Bol and he looks a lot like his dad did way back when. If I see him play in Las Vegas later this month, I'll let you know.

2) Milwaukee Bucks are making noise about moving to Las Vegas; I've been told by more than one person in Vegas that the civic leaders want nothing to do with the NBA after the chaos and general lawlessness that took place when Las Vegas hosted the NBA All-Star Game back in 2007. Las Vegas wants an NHL team, and they want UNLV to get back to the NCAA tournament. Thats it.

1) Florida State had a backup QB who hit his girlfriend and it was captured on camera; Seminoles have already dumped the kid, who will wind up playing at a JC somewhere and then re-surfacing at West Texas State, Delaware or some other obscure outpost, unless he wins a national title in JC, then he'll be at Auburn or another SEC school.

This kid learned nothing from the Jameis Winston era in Tallahassee:
-- You can't get in trouble until you've won at least one league title. This kid hadn't even been named the starter yet-- no one is going out on a limb to defend him. Ever.

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WNBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, July 8


Seattle @ Indiana

Game 601-602
July 8, 2015 @ 12:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Seattle
104.559
Indiana
108.034
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Indiana
by 3 1/2
144
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Indiana
by 6 1/2
149 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Seattle
(+6 1/2); Under

Los Angeles @ San Antonio

Game 603-604
July 8, 2015 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Los Angeles
105.114
San Antonio
109.258
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
San Antonio
by 4
148
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Los Angeles
by 2 1/2
155 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
San Antonio
(+2 1/2); Under




WNBA

Wednesday, July 8

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Trend Report
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12:00 PM
SEATTLE vs. INDIANA
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Seattle is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing Indiana
Indiana is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Seattle
Indiana is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games at home

8:00 PM
LOS ANGELES vs. SAN ANTONIO
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Los Angeles's last 5 games
Los Angeles is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games
San Antonio is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Antonio's last 5 games


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WNBA
Long Sheet

Wednesday, July 8

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SEATTLE (3 - 9) at INDIANA (5 - 6) - 7/8/2015, 12:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SEATTLE is 2-11 ATS (-10.1 Units) in July games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 15-25 ATS (-12.5 Units) in May, June, or July games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 7-19 ATS (-13.9 Units) in road games on Wednesday since 1997.
SEATTLE is 9-21 ATS (-14.1 Units) in road games after 3 or more consecutive unders since 1997.
SEATTLE is 96-66 ATS (+23.4 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
INDIANA is 3-1 against the spread versus SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
INDIANA is 3-1 straight up against SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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LOS ANGELES (2 - 8) at SAN ANTONIO (2 - 8) - 7/8/2015, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LOS ANGELES is 32-51 ATS (-24.1 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 22-38 ATS (-19.8 Units) as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 21-34 ATS (-16.4 Units) in May, June, or July games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 18-34 ATS (-19.4 Units) after a division game over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 24-46 ATS (-26.6 Units) after 3 or more consecutive overs since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 19-32 ATS (-16.2 Units) after scoring 75 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 120-154 ATS (-49.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) in home games in May, June, or July games over the last 2 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 3-11 ATS (-9.1 Units) in home games after scoring 75 points or more over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
SAN ANTONIO is 5-4 against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 5-4 straight up against SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA Basketball Trend Report


SEATTLE (3 - 9) at INDIANA (5 - 6) - 7/8/2015, 12:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.

SEATTLE is 2-11 ATS (-10.1 Units) in July games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 15-25 ATS (-12.5 Units) in May, June, or July games over the last 2 seasons.
SEATTLE is 7-19 ATS (-13.9 Units) in road games on Wednesday since 1997.
SEATTLE is 9-21 ATS (-14.1 Units) in road games after 3 or more consecutive unders since 1997.
SEATTLE is 96-66 ATS (+23.4 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History

INDIANA is 3-1 against the spread versus SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
INDIANA is 3-1 straight up against SEATTLE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons


LOS ANGELES (2 - 8) at SAN ANTONIO (2 - 8) - 7/8/2015, 8:05 PM

Top Trends for this game.

LOS ANGELES is 32-51 ATS (-24.1 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 22-38 ATS (-19.8 Units) as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 21-34 ATS (-16.4 Units) in May, June, or July games over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 18-34 ATS (-19.4 Units) after a division game over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 24-46 ATS (-26.6 Units) after 3 or more consecutive overs since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 19-32 ATS (-16.2 Units) after scoring 75 points or more over the last 3 seasons.
LOS ANGELES is 120-154 ATS (-49.4 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record since 1997.
LOS ANGELES is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 5-13 ATS (-9.3 Units) in home games in May, June, or July games over the last 2 seasons.
SAN ANTONIO is 3-11 ATS (-9.1 Units) in home games after scoring 75 points or more over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History

SAN ANTONIO is 5-4 against the spread versus LOS ANGELES over the last 3 seasons
LOS ANGELES is 5-4 straight up against SAN ANTONIO over the last 3 seasons
6 of 9 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WNBA

Wednesday, July 8


Sparks look to extend seven game over streak

The Los Angeles Sparks continue to be one of the best total plays in sports as they have topped the closing total in their past seven consecutive games. Those seven games have seen a combined average of 165.4 points per game with an average total of 144.3.

The Sparks have struggled defensively this season as they have allowed 80.2 ppg, which is the second worst mark in the WNBA.

LA will visit the San Antonio Stars Wednesday with a current total of 155.