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**Udog** · 02-15-2018, 08:34 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Odds to win the Super Bowl next season:

5-1— New England Patriots

7-1— Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles

12-1— Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers

16-1— New Orleans Saints

18-1— Atlanta Falcons

20-1— Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams

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

13) I came down to the casino floor Monday to go to the sports book here at the Westgate, and 3/4 of the casino floor is empty, including the carpet. They’re tearing up the old carpet and laying new carpet— they moved out all the slot machines and pushed the gaming tables over by the theater— it just looks weird. I’m guessing everything will be back in place by the weekend.

12) Auburn is an 8.5-point favorite over Kentucky tonight; when these teams met LY, Kentucky was a 24-point favorite. Bruce Pearl has to get lot of votes for national Coach of the Year.

11) Over the last six seasons, Kentucky has been a road underdog in ten SEC games; would you be surprised to know that they’re 1-8-1 against the spread in those games?

10) Georgetown 87, Butler 83— 11-point underdog Hoyas are 5-9 in the Big East after playing the easiest pre-conference schedule in the country. When Patrick Ewing pulled his team out of the PK80 tournament in November, it was assumed that the talent there was so awful that they didn’t want to get clobbered early in Ewing’s first season as a head coach.

Georgetown’s kids play very hard and fact is, they’re better than most people thought they would be. Moving on, recruiting will be a huge question for Ewing, since he’s never done it before.

9) Persistence is important in sports and in life. Golfer Ted Potter Jr won the Pebble Beach tournament Sunday and earned $1,506,517 for his second career win.

When Potter was first starting out as a pro golfer, he entered 24 events on the web.com Tour, and he missed the cut in all 24 tournaments. Can you imagine how awful that must have been, not to mention how expensive? But Potter stuck it out, and now he is a 2-time Tour winner.

8) Pepperdine fired basketball coach Marty Wilson; in seven years in Malibu, the Waves are 42-76 in WCC games under Wilson, 1-13 this year. Pepperdine went 10-8 in league two and also three years ago, but then they fell off the cliff.

This means that in a league dominated by Gonzaga/St Mary’s, with BYU a steady third, LMU coach Mike Dunlap is the 4th-longest tenured coach in the WCC and he is 21-47 in WCC games. Five of the ten WCC teams have fired their coach in the last three years- Pacific’s coach retired.

7) Looks like the Los Angeles Angels will use a 6-man pitching rotation, which is what teams in Japan do (teams generally have Monday off in Japan). Halos spent a ton of money when they signed Shohei Ohtani, and he is used to pitching once a week. This will be an interesting thing to follow— if it works for them, you know more teams will do it.

6) Isaiah Thomas is in his 7th year in the NBA and he is already on his fifth team; what does that tell you? He is a career 19 ppg scorer. I’m guessing he may not be America’s best teammate.

5) Arizona Cardinals gave GM Steve Keim a 4-year contract extension; now he has to get together with his new coach and figure out who the Cardinals’ QB will be going forward.

4) Nebraska 70, Maryland 66— Cornhuskers have 20 wins for the first time since 1993.

3) Rhode Island 85, Richmond 67— Rams won their 16th straight game, but EC Matthews hurt his left knee and was dragged off the court. URI seemed hopeful that the injury isn’t serious- they went 4-2 when Matthews broke his wrist earlier this season.

2) What in God’s name is former major league pitcher Esteban Loaiza thinking? The guy made over $43M in his playing career and now he gets busted with 44 pounds of cocaine, which is worth $500,000? Hard to have any sympathy for the guy.

1) If you want someone else to hold your money for the next 50 weeks, you can bet Super Bowl LIII today; AFC is a 1-point favorite, with a total of 52. Game is in Atlanta’s domed stadium.

**Udog** · 02-15-2018, 08:45 AM

NBA
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, February 15

Nuggets won eight of last ten games with Milwaukee; they’re 3-2 vs spread in their last five visits to Wisconsin. Under is 5-3 in last eight series games. Denver won five of its last six games; they are 1-5-1 in last seven games as road underdogs. Eight of their last ten games went over the total. Bucks won eight of their last ten games; they’re 2-4 in last six games as home favorites. Nine of their last ten games stayed under.

Lakers lost six of last nine games with Minnesota; they’re 1-3 vs spread in last four visits to the Twin Cities. Eight of last ten series games went over total. Los Angeles split its last eight games; they’re 3-5 in last eight games as road underdogs. Four of their last six road games went over. Timberwolves lost three of their last four games; they’re 8-1 in last nine games as home favorites. Last five Minnesota games went over the total.

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Thursday, February 15

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Trend Report
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DENVER @ MILWAUKEE
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Denver's last 8 games
Denver is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games at home

LA LAKERS @ MINNESOTA
The total has gone OVER in 8 of LA Lakers's last 10 games when playing Minnesota
LA Lakers is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games
Minnesota is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games at home

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**Udog** · 02-15-2018, 09:50 AM

NBA
Long Sheet

Thursday, February 15

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DENVER (31 - 26) at MILWAUKEE (32 - 24) - 2/15/2018, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DENVER is 26-15 ATS (+9.5 Units) in the second half of the season over the last 2 seasons.
MILWAUKEE is 398-466 ATS (-114.6 Units) in home games since 1996.
MILWAUKEE is 54-87 ATS (-41.7 Units) in home games in February games since 1996.
MILWAUKEE is 366-440 ATS (-118.0 Units) in the second half of the season since 1996.
MILWAUKEE is 263-318 ATS (-86.8 Units) in non-conference games since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
MILWAUKEE is 2-2 against the spread versus DENVER over the last 3 seasons
DENVER is 3-1 straight up against MILWAUKEE over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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LA LAKERS (23 - 33) at MINNESOTA (35 - 25) - 2/15/2018, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MINNESOTA is 362-424 ATS (-104.4 Units) in the second half of the season since 1996.
MINNESOTA is 24-37 ATS (-16.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
MINNESOTA is 7-18 ATS (-12.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record - 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
MINNESOTA is 5-4 against the spread versus LA LAKERS over the last 3 seasons
MINNESOTA is 6-3 straight up against LA LAKERS 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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**Udog** · 02-15-2018, 12:56 PM

NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, February 15

Denver @ Milwaukee

Game 501-502
February 15, 2018 @ 8:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Denver
117.224
Milwaukee
122.319
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Milwaukee
by 5
208
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Milwaukee
by 2 1/2
213
Dunkel Pick:
Milwaukee
(-2 1/2); Under

LA Lakers @ Minnesota

Game 503-504
February 15, 2018 @ 9:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
LA Lakers
113.327
Minnesota
125.785
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Minnesota
by 12 1/2
219
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Minnesota
by 10
225 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Minnesota
(-10); Under

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