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**Udog** · 02-11-2016, 10:30 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Six of the best minor league prospects for the Chicago White Sox

1) Tim Anderson, SS-- Hit .312 in the Southern League LY.

3) Frankie Montas, P-- Jumped from AA to majors last year.

4) Spencer Adams, P-- HS kid from Georgia is 15-8, 3.16 in 33 MILB starts.

7) Jacob May, OF-- His grandfather Lee May was a damn good player.

8) Micah Johnson, 2B-- Got 100 ABs in big leagues last summer.

11) Jordan Guerrero, P-- White Sox have a fondness for high school pitchers.

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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud.......

13) According to the LA Times, a young girl scout set up shop selling cookies next door to a marijuana depository-- she sold 117 boxes in two hours. Smart girl; hope she had a bodyguard

12) Kentucky has three alumni in the NBA All-Star Game Sunday, the most of any college.

11) Wofford hammered VMI 92-60 earlier this week; Terriers made 17-21 behind the arc, I've never seen a team shoot that high a percentage on 3-pointers.

10) There were 27 NBA scouts repesenting 15 teams at the Providence-Marquette game last night, mainly to see Dunn, Bentil and young Ellerson- they wound up seeing a double OT game, with Marquette winning- pretty fun ame.

9) Bernie Sanders' campaign raised $5.2M in the first 18 hours after he won the New Hampshire primary; these politicians sure raise a lot of cash. People in our society are frontrunners; you win a primary, you get $$-- you lose, you run out of money.

8) South Carolina is having a great basketball season- they do not have much hoop tradition- their last win in the NCAA tournament was in 1973

7) Gambling is difficult: Delaware is 0-12 in the CAA, but they're 2.5-point favorite over 1-11 Drexel tonight. Good luck handicapping that game.

6) I have the NBA package, so this doesn't bother as much as it would otherwise, but why are the Lakers on national TV so much? I know this is Kobe Bryant's last year, but he is washed up and the Lakers stink. Enough already

5) West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins gets a $25K bonus every time his team beats Kansas, which they did last month. Hope he at least buys the kids extra pizza or sweatsuits or something.

4) Wisconsin has now won its last six games; would the Badgers keep interim coach Greg Gard, who took over from Bo Ryan? He is proving he can coach.

3) San Diego Padres' scouting department will be busy this spring; they have six of the top 85 picks in the June draft, giving them an excellent chance of replenishing their farm system, if they strike it rich with those six picks.

2) Congrats to my cousin Kevin, the new track coach at CW Post on Long Island. He is an excellent coach- this will be an interesting challenge for him. If you know any kids in high school who can run fast, CW Post is a good school.

1) Our thoughts/prayers go out to Monty Williams, assistant coach for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder; his wife was struck and killed by a car yesterday- they've got five kids, just a very, very sad situation.

**Udog** · 02-11-2016, 10:32 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, February 11

New Orleans @ Oklahoma City

Game 701-702
February 11, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New Orleans
118.447
Oklahoma City
125.822
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Oklahoma City
by 7 1/2
225
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Oklahoma City
by 12
219 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
New Orleans
(+12); Over

Washington @ Milwaukee

Game 703-704
February 11, 2016 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
119.030
Milwaukee
115.523
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 3 1/2
220
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Milwaukee
by 1 1/2
211
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(+1 1/2); Over

NBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, February 11

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NEW ORLEANS (20 - 32) at OKLAHOMA CITY (39 - 14) - 2/11/2016, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW ORLEANS is 9-20 ATS (-13.0 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 20-32 ATS (-15.2 Units) in all games this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 7-17 ATS (-11.7 Units) when the total is greater than or equal to 210 this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 19-28 ATS (-11.8 Units) as a favorite this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 6-14 ATS (-9.4 Units) after allowing 105 points or more this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 12-22 ATS (-12.2 Units) after scoring 105 points or more this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 8-19 ATS (-12.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 13-25 ATS (-14.5 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 99+ points/game this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 9-20 ATS (-13.0 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW ORLEANS is 5-3 against the spread versus OKLAHOMA CITY over the last 3 seasons
OKLAHOMA CITY is 4-4 straight up against NEW ORLEANS over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WASHINGTON (23 - 27) at MILWAUKEE (21 - 32) - 2/11/2016, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MILWAUKEE is 39-25 ATS (+11.5 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 67-49 ATS (+13.1 Units) in road games over the last 3 seasons.
WASHINGTON is 21-8 ATS (+12.2 Units) in road games against Central division opponents over the last 3 seasons.
MILWAUKEE is 51-78 ATS (-34.8 Units) in home games in February games since 1996.
MILWAUKEE is 331-399 ATS (-107.9 Units) second half of the season since 1996.
MILWAUKEE is 58-84 ATS (-34.4 Units) in home games off an upset win as an underdog since 1996.
MILWAUKEE is 75-103 ATS (-38.3 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record - 2nd half of the season since 1996.
MILWAUKEE is 20-35 ATS (-18.5 Units) in home games versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game over the last 3 seasons.
MILWAUKEE is 11-24 ATS (-15.4 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 99+ points/game - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 6-4 against the spread versus MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 8-2 straight up against MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
7 of 9 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, February 11

Hot teams
-- Thunder won seven of last eight games (7-1 last 8HF). New Orleans won last two games, by 14-4 points (5-2 last 7AU)..

Cold teams
-- Wizards lost six of their last nine games (6-2 last 8AU). Bucks lost seven of their last nine games (4-1 last 5HF).

Series records
-- Thunder lost four of last six games with New Orleans.
-- Wizards won seven of last eight games with Milwaukee.

Totals
-- Over is 7-2-1 in last ten New Orleans games.
-- Five of last seven Washington games went over.

Back/backs
-- New Orleans covered four of last five if it played night before.

NBA

Thursday, February 11

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
WASHINGTON vs. MILWAUKEE
Washington is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Washington's last 11 games when playing Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing Washington
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games at home

8:00 PM
NEW ORLEANS vs. OKLAHOMA CITY
New Orleans is 1-4-1 SU in its last 6 games ,
New Orleans is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Oklahoma City
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Oklahoma City's last 9 games
Oklahoma City is 2-6-1 ATS in its last 9 games

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**Udog** · 02-11-2016, 10:49 AM

Wiseguys share the hottest spot bet opportunities of the week

Siena could get caught looking ahead to another MAAC showdown with Iona and past Canisius Thursday.

Letdown spot

On Saturday, Oklahoma will host Kansas. That's a huge game for the Sooners, as those teams are battling for top spot in the Big 12. Additionally, the Sooners will be looking to avenge an earlier loss at Kansas. That wasn't just any loss either - it was a triple-OT heartbreaker.

Off that big "revenge" game, the Sooners may have a letdown in their next game, which will be at Texas Tech. After all, they beat the Red Raiders by 24 when the teams played on January 26.

Lookahead spot

Regularly two of the top teams in the Metro Atlantic Conference, Siena and Iona have long been rivals. Last season, Iona won all three meetings. The Gaels took both regular season meetings and then knocked the Saints out of the MAAC tournament.

Saturday will be this season's first meeting between Iona and Siena and it’s a game which the Saints have had circled. On Thursday, Siena will host Canisius. Considering that the Saints already beat the Golden Griffins by 21 points, at Canisius, it should be easy to look ahead to Saturday's showdown. Canisisus snapped a losing streak last time out and will be looking for some redemption after getting embarrassed earlier. Take a look at the Golden Griffins as a road underdog Thursday.

Schedule spot

The Nashville Predators are an ugly 10-23 (-12.6) when playing the second of back-to-back games the past few years, including 1-6 this season. They were dominated in those games too, getting outscored by a combined 25-10 margin. Five of the six losses came by multiple goals.

Part of the reason, perhaps, for the Preds' problems in back-to-back spots is a tendency to give No. 1 goalie Pekka Rinne the night off. He's only played back-to-back games once this season.

The Preds play Friday night and then again Saturday at Florida. While the Panthers will also be playing their second game in two nights, they've been much better than Nasvhille in that situation. The last time that the Panthers played a home game, after playing the previous night, they knocked off Tampa by a 5-2 score. Consider Florida Saturday night.

**Udog** · 02-11-2016, 10:54 AM

NBA
Short Sheet

Thursday, February 11

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8:00 ET
New Orleans: 28-15 ATS after having lost 4 or 5 of their last 6
Oklahoma City: 6-14 ATS after allowing 105 points or more

Washington at Milwaukee, 8:05 ET
Washington: 5-20 ATS after a win by 6 points or less
Milwaukee: 21-10 ATS after playing 2 consecutive games as an underdog

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