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**Udog** · 02-02-2018, 08:07 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Six college basketball teams with the biggest budgets last season:

6) Arizona Wildcats $11.8M

5) Indiana Hoosiers $12.1M

4) Syracuse Orangemen $13.9M

3) Duke Blue Devils $17.9M

2) Louisville Cardinals $17.9M

1) Kentucky Wildcats $18.9M

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind……

13) Georgia Tech 55, Syracuse 51— The current state of college hoop; total of only 13 players played in this game— four of the 13 kids played the whole 40:00.

Lot of teams have almost no depth, partially because of the transfer epidemic (most transfers have to sit out a year) and injuries.

Teams combined to shoot 10-36 on the arc in this game; had to be lot of tired legs out there.

12) Is Wyoming the most fun team in the country? Cowboys are 15-7, 6-0 in overtime games this season; they won their last three games in OT, with two of those going double OT.

Wyoming’s starting guards are a freshman/sophomore, but their two forwards are their two best players- Justin James, who has 91 points in his last three games, and Hayden Dalton, who played 46:00 twice in their last three games. Good passer, solid glue guy.

11) If you like to shoot the ball a lot when you play pickup ball, then Central Michigan’s Josh Kozinski is your new hero.

Against Northern Illinois Wednesday, Kozinski played 27:00, scored 24 points— he made 8-15 on the arc, but did almost nothing else. One rebound, one assist, one steal. A specialist.

For the season, Kozinski has taken 91 3-pointers, five 2-point shots, 17 foul shots.

10) Northern Arizona is a bad, obscure team; they’re 3-18, 1-9 in the Big Sky- they even lost to an NAIA school named Embry-Riddle, which I think used to be a pilot’s school. NAU is 10-36 in conference games the last three years.

But its not wise to bet against the Lumberjacks; they covered six of their last seven games, are 7-3 vs spread in Big Sky games, 4-1 on the road. Go figure.

9) Cal-Irvine 75, Long Beach State 68— 49ers led by 7 with 12:50 left in game Wednesday, but fell apart in last few minutes and are now 13-13, 6-3 in conference.

Long Beach has a starting forward, I won’t mention his name, but the kid went 0-7 on the foul line, 3-9 from the floor and turned ball over three times. He is shooting 65.9% from the line for the year, so going 0-7 on the line in a home game is odd.

8) Pitt Panthers are 0-10 in the ACC, but they’ve covered their last five games.

7) Villanova will probably be a #1 seed in the NCAA’s, but since 2010, Wildcats have made the Sweet 16 once, when they won the national title two years ago.

Villanova won five of last seven first round games, but is 1-4 in last five second round games- they were favored in all four of those losses.

6) Arizona will also be a highly-seeded team; they’ve won 19 of last 20 games, but the second weekend of the NCAA’s hasn’t been kind to the Wildcats.

Since 2002, Arizona is 5-4 in Sweet 16 games, 0-5 in Elite 8 games. If you pick the Wildcats to get to the Final Four, do so at your own risk.

5) Apparently when the Patriots won the Super Bowl LY, they had rings made up with 283 diamonds in each ring, which seems excessive, but the “28-3” is reference to the score Atlanta led last year’s game, before things fell apart for them.

Falcons’ owner Arthur Blank isn’t happy about the “283 diamond” thing:

“I said to Robert (Kraft), ‘You didn’t have to do the 28-3 in the ring. It kind of pissed me off.”

Alrighty then.

4) If you like math, that adds up to 14,999 diamonds just for the 53 rings that went to players. If Mr Blank owned a jewelry store instead of Home Depot, he might not be so mad.

3) New Orleans Pelicans got Nikola Mirotic and a 2nd-round pick from Chicago in exchange for a 1st-round pick, Omer Asik, Jameer Nelson and Tony Allen, who will be waived soon— his acquisition just balanced out cap numbers. Mirotic replaces the injured DeMarcus Cousins.

2) Thursday night’s college basketball upsets:
Loyola Marymount (+9.5) 76, BYU 69
Cleveland State (+9.5) 77, Wright State 74
Citadel (+9) 80, Wofford 78
Temple 81 (+6), Wichita State 79 OT

1) One of the highlights for me every fall is when the Blue Ribbon Yearbook comes in the mail in October- it is an encyclopedia of college basketball.

This fall, their Newcomer of the Year: Michael Porter Jr of Missouri

Blue Ribbon’s Player of the Year: Bonzie Colson of Notre Dame

Missouri gave Porter’s father a coaching job when they signed the son and his brother, but Porter Jr played two minutes in the season opener before a back injury ended his season.

Colson got hurt and hasn’t played since December 30 and is likely done for the year. Notre Dame lost its last six games- they also have other injuries.

Even the college basketball encyclopedia couldn’t foresee some of this season’s events.

**Udog** · 02-02-2018, 08:25 AM

NBA

Friday, February 2

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Trend Report
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INDIANA @ CHARLOTTE
Indiana is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games on the road
Charlotte is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Indiana
Charlotte is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Indiana

ATLANTA @ BOSTON
Atlanta is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Atlanta's last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games at home
Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

LA LAKERS @ BROOKLYN
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of LA Lakers's last 11 games when playing on the road against Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Lakers's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Brooklyn's last 11 games when playing at home against LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Brooklyn's last 17 games at home

PORTLAND @ TORONTO
Portland is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Portland is 6-0-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Portland
Toronto is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games at home

MIAMI @ PHILADELPHIA
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games
Miami is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

NEW YORK @ MILWAUKEE
The total has gone OVER in 7 of New York's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 9 of New York's last 12 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games at home

UTAH @ PHOENIX
Utah is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Utah's last 6 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games when playing at home against Utah

NEW ORLEANS @ OKLAHOMA CITY
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans's last 6 games when playing Oklahoma City
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New Orleans's last 9 games on the road
Oklahoma City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Oklahoma City is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against New Orleans

GOLDEN STATE @ SACRAMENTO
Golden State is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games when playing Sacramento
Golden State is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Sacramento's last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Sacramento's last 7 games when playing at home against Golden State

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**Udog** · 02-02-2018, 09:48 AM

NBA
Dunkel

Friday, February 2

Indiana @ Charlotte

Game 801-802
February 2, 2018 @ 7:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Indiana
118.912
Charlotte
119.852
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Charlotte
by 1
206
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Charlotte
by 3 1/2
211
Dunkel Pick:
Indiana
(+3 1/2); Under

Atlanta @ Boston

Game 803-804
February 2, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Atlanta
115.201
Boston
121.335
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Boston
by 6
203
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Boston
No Line
N/A
Dunkel Pick:
Boston
N/A

Portland @ Toronto

Game 805-806
February 2, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Portland
117.233
Toronto
125.312
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Toronto
by 8
219
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Toronto
by 4 1/2
214 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Toronto
(-4 1/2); Over

LA Lakers @ Brooklyn

Game 807-808
February 2, 2018 @ 7:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
LA Lakers
113.152
Brooklyn
116.981
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Brooklyn
by 3 1/2
224
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Brooklyn
by 1 1/2
216 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Brooklyn
(-1 1/2); Over

Miami @ Philadelphia

Game 809-810
February 2, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Miami
121.312
Philadelphia
122.675
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Philadelphia
by 1 1/2
207
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Philadelphia
by 4 1/2
201 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Miami
(+4 1/2); Over

New York @ Milwaukee

Game 811-812
February 2, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New York
115.763
Milwaukee
118.692
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Milwaukee
by 3
212
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Milwaukee
by 4 1/2
208
Dunkel Pick:
New York
(+4 1/2); Over

Utah @ Phoenix

Game 813-814
February 2, 2018 @ 9:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Utah
119.424
Phoenix
112.507
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Utah
by 7
206
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Utah
by 5 1/2
211 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Utah
(-5 1/2); Under

New Orleans @ Oklahoma City

Game 815-816
February 2, 2018 @ 9:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
New Orleans
117.342
Oklahoma City
125.871
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Oklahoma City
by 8 1/2
214
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Oklahoma City
by 6 1/2
220
Dunkel Pick:
Oklahoma City
(-6 1/2); Under

Golden State @ Sacramento

Game 817-818
February 2, 2018 @ 10:35 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Golden State
128.734
Sacramento
113.619
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Golden State
by 15
228
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Golden State
by 12 1/2
221
Dunkel Pick:
Golden State
(-12 1/2); Over

**Udog** · 02-02-2018, 09:53 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Friday, February 2

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INDIANA (29 - 23) at CHARLOTTE (21 - 29) - 2/2/2018, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
INDIANA is 216-164 ATS (+35.6 Units) on Friday nights since 1996.
CHARLOTTE is 55-70 ATS (-22.0 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
CHARLOTTE is 7-18 ATS (-12.8 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
CHARLOTTE is 11-20 ATS (-11.0 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHARLOTTE is 5-3 against the spread versus INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
CHARLOTTE is 5-3 straight up against INDIANA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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ATLANTA (15 - 36) at BOSTON (37 - 15) - 2/2/2018, 7:35 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
ATLANTA is 9-6 against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
ATLANTA is 9-6 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
8 of 15 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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PORTLAND (29 - 22) at TORONTO (34 - 16) - 2/2/2018, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TORONTO is 179-222 ATS (-65.2 Units) in home games in the second half of the season since 1996.
TORONTO is 188-238 ATS (-73.8 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record - 2nd half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 3-2 against the spread versus PORTLAND over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 5-0 straight up against PORTLAND over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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LA LAKERS (19 - 31) at BROOKLYN (19 - 33) - 2/2/2018, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BROOKLYN is 31-20 ATS (+9.0 Units) in all games this season.
BROOKLYN is 35-19 ATS (+14.1 Units) against Pacific division opponents since 1996.
BROOKLYN is 14-4 ATS (+9.6 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
LA LAKERS is 3-1 against the spread versus BROOKLYN over the last 3 seasons
LA LAKERS is 4-1 straight up against BROOKLYN over the last 3 seasons
3 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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MIAMI (29 - 22) at PHILADELPHIA (24 - 24) - 2/2/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 75-54 ATS (+15.6 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 38-23 ATS (+12.7 Units) in home games over the last 2 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 21-9 ATS (+11.1 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 74-57 ATS (+11.3 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 47-30 ATS (+14.0 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 43-25 ATS (+15.5 Units) in road games over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 141-106 ATS (+24.4 Units) in February games since 1996.
MIAMI is 22-11 ATS (+9.9 Units) in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MIAMI is 16-6 ATS (+9.4 Units) in road games versus good offensive teams - scoring 106+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 4-3 against the spread versus MIAMI over the last 3 seasons
MIAMI is 5-2 straight up against PHILADELPHIA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NEW YORK (23 - 29) at MILWAUKEE (27 - 23) - 2/2/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW YORK is 12-4 ATS (+7.6 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more this season.
MILWAUKEE is 398-464 ATS (-112.4 Units) in home games since 1996.
MILWAUKEE is 54-85 ATS (-39.5 Units) in home games in February games since 1996.
MILWAUKEE is 363-437 ATS (-117.7 Units) in the second half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 4-3 against the spread versus MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
MILWAUKEE is 4-3 straight up against NEW YORK over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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UTAH (22 - 28) at PHOENIX (18 - 34) - 2/2/2018, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 39-56 ATS (-22.6 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
UTAH is 4-3 against the spread versus PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
UTAH is 7-1 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NEW ORLEANS (27 - 23) at OKLAHOMA CITY (30 - 22) - 2/2/2018, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NEW ORLEANS is 122-158 ATS (-51.8 Units) in road games in the second half of the season since 1996.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 187-147 ATS (+25.3 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent since 1996.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 21-30 ATS (-12.0 Units) in all games this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 15-28 ATS (-15.8 Units) when the total is greater than or equal to 220 over the last 3 seasons.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 16-29 ATS (-15.9 Units) as a favorite this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 11-24 ATS (-15.4 Units) on Friday nights over the last 3 seasons.
OKLAHOMA CITY is 6-14 ATS (-9.4 Units) off a upset loss as a favorite this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
OKLAHOMA CITY is 5-3 against the spread versus NEW ORLEANS over the last 3 seasons
OKLAHOMA CITY is 6-2 straight up against NEW ORLEANS over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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GOLDEN STATE (40 - 11) at SACRAMENTO (16 - 34) - 2/2/2018, 10:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
GOLDEN STATE is 26-39 ATS (-16.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
SACRAMENTO is 8-20 ATS (-14.0 Units) when playing with 2 days rest over the last 3 seasons.
SACRAMENTO is 59-85 ATS (-34.5 Units) in home games off an upset win as an underdog since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
SACRAMENTO is 5-4 against the spread versus GOLDEN STATE over the last 3 seasons
GOLDEN STATE is 7-2 straight up against SACRAMENTO over the last 3 seasons
4 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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