Tuesday's WNBA Trends and Indexes - 8/30

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Trends and Indexes

Tuesday, August 30

Good Luck on day #243 of 2016!

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Armadillo: Tuesday's six-pack

In my opinion, the six best backup QBs in the NFL:

— Nick Foles, KC– threw 27 TDs with 2 INT in 2013.

— Matt Cassel, Tenn– Has started 79 NFL games (35-44)

— Matt Moore, Mia– Still think he is better than Tannehill.

— Derek Anderson, Car– 2-0 as a starter since 2010.

— Josh McCown, Clev– 13 years, 7 teams. 2-17 last two years.

— Brian Hoyer, Chi– 12-10 for Browns/Texans last two years.

Due to forecasts of severe weather, the Redskins-Bucs preseason game scheduled for Thursday night has been moved up to Wednesday.

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Armadillo: Tuesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but………

13) I’m a big advocate of veteran quarterbacks calling their own plays; NFL coaches tend to be too conservative, protecting their jobs. When a QB calls plays, he is going to be more aggressive, and I like that.

Not many coaches like Bruce Arians, Sean Payton or Mike Martz who call plays like they bet the over.

12) I’m pretty sure on most NFL teams, QB/OC both prepare a list of their favorite plays, and the play-caller chooses plays both like for a given situation. Why can’t the QB have those plays on his wristband and do the same thing?

Last week on Hard Knocks, Rams’ OC Rob Boras was heard talking to Jared Goff after a series; the last play they had run was #5 on Boras’ list, #1 on Goff’s list. Teams have all week to develop a consensus on which plays they think will work.

11) The coach has the radio into the QB’s helmet, so if he wants one play to be chosen, he can still call it in, but if I have a solid veteran QB, I’d let him pick the plays our team runs. Think the players would have more confidence in the play calling if that happened.

10) A reader from Texas e-mailed me Monday to praise the Star, the Cowboys’ practice facility in Frisco, TX which is doubling as a 12,000-seat high school football stadium. Eight schools are using the domed facility as their home field. Tremendous idea.

9) Our reader also told us about the basketball coaching situation at Findlay Prep in Las Vegas; apparently the new coach at Findlay came to Vegas from Frisco, where he was a middle school football coach (they have 16 middle schools in Frisco). 16 middle schools in one town- wow.

The coach has two sons who are outstanding basketball players; he was named an assistant coach at Findlay, but when the old coach left for a college assistant’s job (Southern Utah), the assistant became the head coach, which may be why Gary Trent Jr jumped ship and is going to a school in California for his senior year.

8) Rumors have the older son preferring the Texas Longhorns as his college destination; would Shaka Smart bring the kid’s father along as an assistant coach?

7) Cal-San Diego has an outstanding D-II basketball program, but if they get an invite from the Big West, the Tritons will be going D-I. Not to be confused with San Diego State or U of San Diego, UCSD doesn’t have football, so basketball could put the school more on the national map.

6) Former NFL QB Byron Leftwich is now a coaching intern with the Arizona Cardinals. Surprisingly few former players become NFL coaches; maybe the big money they make as players discourages them from working the long hours that coaches work.

5) San Francisco Giants hit 4 home runs and 4 triples Sunday, first team to do that in one game since 1998.

4) Florida State’s football team has a reality show on Showtime that starts September 6; curious to see if the first episode deals with their strength coach getting a DUI over the weekend. Not good.

3) Tennessee-Virginia Tech are playing football this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, with 160,000 fans expected to attend. Should be quite a spectacle.

2) Started going thru college basketball stuff last week, as preparation for this winter has begun; surprised to see that the Michigan Wolverines have not won the Big 14 conference tournament since 1998. Long time.

1– Kudos to former baseball commissioner Bud Selig for the whole Wild Card thing; the Wild Card makes September relevant in baseball. Going to be an exciting month, with lot of teams jockeying to make the playoffs.

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WNBA

Tuesday, August 30

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

7:00 PM
SAN ANTONIO vs. CONNECTICUT
San Antonio is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games
San Antonio is 1-3-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Connecticut
Connecticut is 5-12 SU in its last 17 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Connecticut's last 7 games when playing San Antonio


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WNBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, August 30


San Antonio @ Connecticut

Game 601-602
August 30, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
San Antonio
102.972
Connecticut
114.491
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Connecticut
by 11 1/2
150
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Connecticut
by 8 1/2
157
Dunkel Pick:
Connecticut
(-8 1/2); Under

Phoenix @ Indiana

Game 603-604
August 30, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Phoenix
112.447
Indiana
109.359
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Phoenix
by 3
172
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Phoenix
by 1
166 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Phoenix
(-1); Over

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WNBA Betting Recap - 8/26-8/28

League Betting Notes (Friday, Aug. 26 through Sunday, Aug. 28)

-- Underdogs went 6-5 straight up (SU)
-- Underdogs went 7-4 against the spread (ATS)
-- Home teams posted a 7-4 SU record
-- Road teams posted a 8-3 ATS record
-- The 'over' went 7-4

Team Betting Notes

-- Los Angeles (21-5) did not benefit from the Olympic break, as they opened going 0-2 SU/ATS in their two road games since play resumed. The Sparks will try to get on track Thursday at San Antonio (6-19). The Sparks are 2-0 SU/1-1 ATS in their two previous games against the Stars this season.

-- The Stars snapped their six-game slide Sunday with a win at Washington (10-16). San Antonio will be sad to see Washington go, as they are 2-1 SU/ATS against the Mystics this season, and they do not play again.

-- Connecticut (9-17) had their season-high three-game win streak snapped in Atlanta (14-13). The non-cover also put to an end a hot run for the Sun, who entered the game 10-1 ATS in their past 11 before the loss.

-- The Dream have won and covered five straight games at home dating back to July 3, while going 0-4 SU/ATS over their past four games on the road.

-- New York (17-7) picked up a seven-point win against the Sun Sunday, but narrowly missed out on a cover. It's nothing new for the Liberty, as they're just 2-5 ATS over the past seven games, and 5-8-2 ATS over the past 15 outings. They're also 2-8 ATS over the past 10 games at home.

-- Minnesota (22-5) dropped their first game out of the break in Connecticut, but rebounded with a 92-80 win and cover against Seattle (10-16). The loss and non-cover ended a 3-0 ATS streak for the Storm. Seattle entered 6-2 ATS over the past eight, too.

-- The Lynx started 9-4 ATS in their first 13 games, but they're just 6-8 ATS over their past 14 outings. They're also just 1-4 ATS in the past five road outings.

-- The turnaround continues for Phoenix (12-14), as they fired out of the Olympic break going 2-0 SU/ATS, including a win Sunday against Los Angeles. The 'under' has now cashed in a season-high five straight games for the Mercury.