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**Udog** · 03-30-2017, 07:41 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Odds to win the college football national title game next year:
Odds are from the Westgate SuperBook
3-1— Alabama
8-1— Florida State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, USC
10-1— Louisville
12-1— Michigan, LSU
20-1— Clemson, Oklahoma State, Texas
25-1— Penn State, Auburn

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

13) Tennessee Volunteers are only team that played all four teams in the Final Four this season; they were 0-5 against them, losing twice to South Carolina.

12) 1982 title game: North Carolina 63, Georgetown 62. UNC’s bench played a total of 13:00, Hoyas’ subs played total of 22:00. Maybe things have changed less than I think.

11) Was pricing some Air Jordan sneakers the other day, have never owned any. Damn, they’re expensive!!!! No thanks.

10) When a mid-major basketball school with limited resources wins a lot, it usually means they hire a lot of coaches, since the $$ schools poach their coaches. Take VCU, for instance…….

2002-06— Jeff Capel 79-41, 50-22 in CAA (went to Oklahoma)
2006-09— Anthony Grant 76-25, 45-9 in CAA (went to Alabama)
2009-15— Shaka Smart 163-56, 74-30 in CAA/A-14 (went to Texas)
2015-17— Will Wade 51-20, 28-8 in A-14 (went to LSU)
2017-present— Mike Rhoades (hired from Rice)

Keep in mind Capel/Grant both got fired and Smart is struggling at Texas. Maybe it is best to be the big fish in a smaller pond. And VCU does pay its coach well (Wade made $1.4M this season).

9) Detroit Red Wings will miss NHL playoffs this season for first time in 26 years.

8) Having instant replay stuff decided by NFL people in New York instead of by the ref on the field will be a good thing. Problem is, if there are ten games on at 1:00 and four of them have replay issues at the same time, which games take precedence?

7) UMass hired Matt McCall as its new basketball coach, after Pat Kelsey skipped out on them at the last minute last week. McCall is a former assistant for Billy Donovan at Florida; he went 48-18 in two seasons as the coach at Chattanooga.

6) Interesting article on espn.com this week, on how in the 90’s, Gonzaga University was in financial trouble; their undergraduate enrollment had dipped from 4,176 in 1990 to 2,791 in 1998.

Gonzaga’s basketball team started winning in ’99; in 2000, the freshman class was 900 kids and now, since 2004, seven new buildings have been built on campus, so the school that is located in eastern Washington (Spokane) is thriving, in part because of basketball’s success.

Undergraduate enrollment this year is 5,160.

5) Mets closer Jeurys Familia got a 15-game suspension for domestic violence issues.

4) Red Sox OF Mookie Betts has bowled seven perfect (300) games. Impressive.

3) Wyoming 81, Coastal Carolina 57— Last year, Nevada lost the opener of CBI final and then beat Morehead State twice in Reno to win tourney title. Same thing could be happening here; Cowboys made 12-31 on arc, while Coastal was 5-26 playing in high altitude. Final in Friday.

2) St Peter’s 77, Furman 51— Niko Medved is a coach who just jumped from Furman to Drake; he didn’t wait until the Paladins’ run in the CIT was over- he just bolted, so they played this game at St Peter’s with an interim coach. He couldn’t have waited a couple days? Coach Medved did his players a big disservice; in my opinion, he’s a creep.

For the record, Furman plays in the SoCon, the #13 league- they tied for first in and are #95 in country. Only two teams in the MVC, the #10 league, are ranked higher than Furman- Wichita State and Illinois State. Drake is the #258 team; not even sure why this guy changed jobs. Can the money be that much better?

To their credit, St Peter’s made 13-27 on the arc in this game; their reward is a trip to Corpus Christi for the tournament final Friday.

1— Corpus Christi 79, UMBC 61— Retrievers played without Jairus Lyles, were held to their lowest scoring output of season. Corpus Christi hosts the championship game against St Peter’s on Friday night— solid national TV exposure for these teams.

**Udog** · 03-30-2017, 09:20 AM

NCAAB
Dunkel

Thursday, March 30

Georgia Tech @ TCU

Game 711-712
March 30, 2017 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Georgia Tech
67.441
TCU
68.573
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
TCU
by 1
138
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
TCU
by 3 1/2
133
Dunkel Pick:
Georgia Tech
(+3 1/2); Over

NCAAB
Long Sheet

Thursday, March 30

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GEORGIA TECH (21 - 15) vs. TCU (23 - 15) - 3/30/2017, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

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NCAAB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, March 30

Georgia Tech is 12-4 outside ACC; they’re 3-5 vs teams ranked in top 40. Tech lost five of last seven games before 4-0 run in NIT, with two home wins and wins over Ole Miss/Bakersfield. Jackets is #121 experience team that has #19 eFG% defense. ACC teams are 7-15-1 against the spread this postseason, 2-4 if an underdog. TCU is 15-1 outside Big X, with only loss at SMU by 15- they won six of last seven games overall, after losing last seven regular season games. Horned Frogs are 11-13 vs teams in top 75; they’re the #208 experience team that plays pace #234. Big X teams are 12-5-1 vs spread, 10-3 when favored this postseason.

NCAAB

Thursday, March 30

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Trend Report
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8:00 PM
GEORGIA TECH vs. TCU
No trends available
The total has gone OVER in 5 of TCU's last 7 games
TCU is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

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**Udog** · 03-30-2017, 12:29 PM

NCAAB
Short Sheet

Thursday, March 30

Georgia Tech at TCU, 8:00 PM ET
Georgia Tech: 12-3 ATS in road games after a game committing 8 or less turnovers
TCU: 13-28 ATS in road games after 3 or more consecutive wins

**Udog** · 03-30-2017, 12:35 PM

NCAAB

Thursday, March 30

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NIT Championship betting preview: Georgia Tech vs Texas Christian
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The Under is 4-1-1 in Yellow Jackets last 6 games as an underdog and Under is 8-2 in Horned Frogs last 10 neutral site games as favorites

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs Texas Christian Horned Frogs (-3.5, 133)

NIT Championship game played at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York.

Georgia Tech and TCU put their respective late-season slumps in the rear-view mirror and have a shot at postseason glory when they meet in the NIT title game Thursday in Madison Square Garden in New York. Both squads entertained thoughts of reaching the NCAA Tournament before struggling down the stretch and getting knocked off the bubble, but they've showed plenty of fight in racing to the championship game of this event.

"Playing in the NIT, we were excited," Yellow Jackets coach Josh Pastner told reporters after Tuesday's 76-61 semifinal win over Cal State Bakersfield. "We wanted to keep playing. This is important for our program." The Horned Frogs had perhaps a more difficult turnaround after dropping their final seven games of the regular season, but they are 6-1 ever since after knocking off Central Florida 68-53 in the other semifinal game. Vladimir Brodziansky led the way with 18 points in 22 minutes as TCU advanced to the NIT championship for the first time. Georgia Tech, which was a runner-up in this event in 1971, has won the only two prior meetings with the Horned Frogs, although the programs have not met since 1967.

TV: 8 p.m. ET, ESPN

LINE HISTORY: The Horned Frogs hit the betting board as 3.5-point chalk over the Yellow Jackets and that line hasn’t moved off that number. The total opened at 133 and like the spread has yet to move.

INJURY REPORT:

Georgia Tech - F Abdoulaye Gueye (Out, Indefinitely, wrist)

Texas Christian - G Jaylen Fisher (Out For Season, wrist), F Kouat Not (Out For Season)

ABOUT GEORGIA TECH (21-15 SU, 20-11 ATS, 11-19-1 O/U): Freshman guard and leading scorer Josh Okogie scored 22 points in the semis and he is averaging 21.8 to go along with 7.8 rebounds in the tournament. "We definitely had great preparation prior to this game," he told the media. "We had a couple great practices and a great shootaround on being ball tough. I think we did a good job of transitioning that into the game." Junior center Ben Lammers has three double-doubles in the NIT after producing 15 points and 11 boards versus Bakersfield, while senior forward Quinton Stephens has posted 15.5 points per game - five more than his season average.

ABOUT TCU (23-15 SU, 18-18 ATS, 19-17 O/U): Coach Jamie Dixon is 27-15 at Madison Square Garden and is no stranger to title games at the arena, having guided Pittsburgh to the Big East championship in 2008, and he can thank Brodziansky and junior guard Kenrich Williams for a return trip. "I thought Kenrich was terrific the second half," Dixon told reporters after Williams produced 12 of his 14 points after halftime Tuesday night. "He just kind of took over, passing, finishing, offensive rebounding, and you know, that's pretty big. Just let him go do his thing." Williams has a double-double in each of the four NIT games and 18 on the season, while Brodziansky is averaging 19 points and shooting 60 percent over the last three rounds.

TRENDS:

* Yellow Jackets are 14-3 ATS in their last 17 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.
* Horned Frogs are 10-2 ATS in their last 12 neutral site games.
* Under is 4-1-1 in Yellow Jackets last 6 games as an underdog.
* Under is 8-2 in Horned Frogs last 10 neutral site games as a favorite.

CONSENSUS: 51 percent of the point spread wagers on Covers are siding with underdog Yellow Jackets and 67 percent of the totals picks are on the Over.

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