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**Udog** · 03-29-2018, 08:18 AM

Armadillo: Thursday's six-pack

Odds to win next week’s Masters:

10-1: Woods, Johnson, Thomas, McIlroy

12-1: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose

14-1: Bubba Watson

16-1: Jason Day, Phil Mickelson

18-1: Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm

25-1: Sergio Garcia, Paul Casey

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Armadillo: Thursday's List of 13: 13 of my favorite sports movies…….

I do this list once a year or so; feel free to make your own list.

13) Major League— Still maintain that Bob Uecker should’ve won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Harry Doyle, the Indians’ radio announcer. To this day, when a pitcher throws a really terrible pitch to the backstop, chances are the TV guy will say “….juuuust a biiiit outside…” like Harry Doyle did when Wild Thing Vaughn was on the mound.

12) He Got Game— The only Spike Lee movie I’ve ever seen; its a good one, with Denzel Washington getting released from prison by warden Ned Beatty, on one condition— that he can get his son (Ray Allen) to play basketball at the warden’s alma mater, Big State.

Anyone who was surprised by Louisville’s problems last year didn’t see this movie.

11) Rocky— If only they hadn’t made all those awful sequels. Rocky is a classic; a fighter down on his luck gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to fight for the heavyweight title back when boxing was a big thing. If you’re at a game in Philly now and they cue up the Rocky music, people still get fired up— its pretty cool.

10) Hoosiers— I’ve had this argument with a friend of mine for years, that Norman Dale was a horrible coach saved only by Jimmy Chitwood not missing a shot in the whole damn movie. Hickory High finished the first game he coached with four guys on the court; even his assistant coach, who wound up in alcohol rehab, knew enough to always give Jimmy the ball when it mattered. They did nail the scene at the end when Hickory wins the state title.

9) Any Given Sunday— Lawrence Taylor and Jim Brown as actors? Yes!!! Al Pacino coaches his Miami Sharks against four teams, all coached by NFL Hall of Famers.

8) Moneyball— The good guys lose in the end, but not before they win 20 games in a row and surprisingly make the playoffs. I won’t embarrass myself by telling you how many times I’ve seen this movie, but if you guess, chances are your guess is too low.

7) Bull Durham— Pitching coach Robert Wuhl delivered this inspirational piece of advice on a visit to the mound:

“……candlesticks always make a nice gift, and uh, maybe you could find out where she’s registered and maybe a place-setting or maybe a silverware pattern. Okay, let’s get two!”

6) Friday Night Lights— Of all the sports movies, Billy Bob Thornton does the best job of portraying a coach, in this case a west Texas high school football coach who gets his best player KO’d for the season by leaving him in a blowout too long. The townspeople aren’t pleased.

5) Blue Chips— Nick Nolte did his research for this by hanging out with Bob Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers for a year, so the thrown chairs and punted balls make more sense. Jerry Tarkanian’s cameo and Bob Cousy’s portrayal of the school’s AD are the underrated parts of this movie.

4) Invincible— True story about Vince Papale, who was a 30-year old bartender that tried out for and wound up playing special teams for the Eagles for three years in the 70’s. Mark Wahlberg plays Papale; Greg Kinnear plays Dick Vermeil.

3) Fast Break— Gabe Kaplan’s character quits his job in a New York City deli to become the basketball coach at a small Nevada college. The team he puts together is interesting- Bernard King and Michael Warren are two of the players.

2) One on One— Robby Benson plays a flashy small school point guard who gets recruited by a big time college program, but once he gets on campus, the coach thinks he made a mistake and tries to run him off the team.

1— For Love of the Game— Kevin Costner pitches for the Tigers, but is at the end of his career. JK Simmons is his manager; John C O’Reilly his catcher, Kelly Preston his girlfriend. Vin Scully is in effect the narrator of the movie.

**Udog** · 03-29-2018, 08:26 AM

NCAAB
Dunkel

Thursday, March 29

Penn State @ Utah

Game 711-712
March 29, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Penn State
71.209
Utah
70.138
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Penn State
by 1
139
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Penn State
by 4 1/2
134 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Utah
(+4 1/2); Over

NCAAB
Long Sheet

Thursday, March 29

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PENN ST (25 - 13) at UTAH (23 - 11) - 3/29/2018, 7:00 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 29

NIT Championship, NYC
Penn State figures to have large crowd edge playing in NYC; Nittany Lions won six of last seven games- they’re 3-1 on this floor this season, between NIT and Big 14 tourney. PSU had fairly easy win Tuesday but their guards still played 37-40 minutes. Lions are 14-3 outside Big 14 this year- they’re #244 experience team that plays pace #211; Utah is #33 experience team that plays pace #299. Utes won 10 of its last 12 games; they’re 12-3 outside the Pac-12. Utah played four starters 33:00+ in 69-64 win over WKU Tuesday, surviving a -7 (13-6) turnover ratio in their win.

NCAAB

Thursday, March 29

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Trend Report
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PENN STATE @ UTAH
Penn State is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Penn State is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Utah's last 7 games
Utah is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games

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**BettorsChat** · 03-29-2018, 02:09 PM

Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Penn State is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Penn State's last 7 games

Utah Utes
Utah is 12-4-1 ATS in its last 17 games
Utah is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Utah's last 7 games

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