Saturday's WNBA Trends and Indexes - 8/18

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Saturday, August 18

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Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

Average home attendance for college hoop teams in California last year:

1) San Diego State 11,344

2) UCLA 8,620

3) California 7,376

4) Fresno State 6,033

5) Stanford 4,169

6) USC 4,151

7) St Mary’s 2,984

8) Cal-Bakersfield 2,796

9) Long Beach State 2,708

10) Cal-Santa Barbara 2,123

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

13) Never give up on your dreams: In 1976, Cornell fired its football coach. When an Ivy League coach gets the boot, it is often a career-killer. Especially when your record was 3-15.

But this guy went back to coach in college, coached DB’s at Stanford for three years, got hired by the 49ers as a DB’s coach, was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1983, then was named head coach of the 49ers in 1989.

13 years after being fired by a freakin’ Ivy League school, George Seifert won the Super Bowl as head coach of the 49ers. Never give up on your dreams.

12) After practice the other day, Steelers’ WR Antonio Brown caught 129 passes on the JUGS machine, the last 50 with a defender trapping one arm so he had to catch balls one-handed.

Much like Steph Curry shooting 3’s, you become great at your craft by working at it.

11) George Kottaras played seven years in the major leagues, caught 246 games; I remember him best from helping the A’s win their division in 2012.

Kottaras is the last catcher to hit for the cycle, which he did for Milwaukee in 2011. His triple that night was one of only three career triples that he hit.

10) Speaking of cycles, 2B Aaron Hill hit for the cycle twice in 12 days for Arizona in 2012; Hill hit .266 in a 13-year career, but he did hit over .300 in both 2011, 2012. Hitting for the cycle twice in 12 days is a hell of an accomplishment.

9) Alex, I’d like Stupid Decisions for $100, please:

Back in 1979, when the Big East was founded as a basketball-only league, two teams turned the new league down; Holy Cross and Rutgers. Whoops.

Holy Cross wound up joining the Patriot League, had a nice run with Ralph Willard as coach 12-15 years ago, but they could’ve been in the freakin’ Big East!!!

Colleges use sports as a way to raise big money for the entire school, via wealthy boosters; if Holy Cross had been just a decent Big East team (their program was very good in the late 70’s), they’d probably be D-I in football now, too. One decision sent their school in a totally different direction.

8) Remind me not to ask Jalen Ramsey of the Jaguars for help evaluating NFL QB’s for fantasy football. His analysis this week of both Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady: “Doesn’t suck”

7) Marlins’ pitcher Jose Ureña got a six-game suspension for drilling Ronald Acuña in the first inning Wednesday; lot of outraged people on Twitter about the incident.

Our society has gotten very soft; when I was a little kid, stuff like that was normal. Hitters knew how to protect themselves, how to get out of the way.

Last time a starting pitcher hit his first batter of the game and got ejected: John Lackey on May 16, 2009, when he drilled Ian Kinsler after Kinsler had homered twice the day before.

Don Drysdale hit 154 batters in his Hall of Fame career, one because he was told to walk him intentionally, so he plunked him with the first pitch instead, to save time.

6) Kid named Trey Quinn is a WR who played for SMU; he was the last player taken in the NFL Draft last spring, but has had a strong training camp and may make the Redskins’ squad.

Ten years ago. Quinn threw a no-hitter in the Little League World Series; his team from St Charles, LA lost the US Championship game, finished 4th in the World Series.

5) What was up in Green Bay Thursday? 9:35 left in 3rd quarter, Packers led Pittsburgh 48-22; they went on to win, 51-34. A wide receiver named Kumerow caught a long TD pass, wound up with three catches for 114 yards; he played college ball at Wisconsin-Whitewater, a long way from Lambeau Field.

4) Oakland pitcher Brett Anderson’s last two home starts:
— A 1-0 win over Detroit in 13 innings
— A 2-0 loss to Seattle in 12 innings.

3) When I watch the Padres play late at night on the Extra Innings package, I wish they’d go back to their brown/gold uniforms that they wore when they first came into the major leagues.

San Diego’s best player back then was a first baseman named Nate Colbert; boy could he hit. On August 1, 1972, Colbert hit five homers, knocked in 12 runs in a doubleheader in Atlanta.

Colbert hit 38 homers that year, knocked in 111 runs; he wound up with 173 career homers, and one of the best single days in baseball history.

2) Mets beat Philly 24-4 in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday; teams can bring up a 26th player for twinbills, so it should be illegal for them to use a position player to pitch in a doubleheader. Teams have enough pitchers; they just coddle them so much, it is ridiculous.

More and more, teams are openly giving up in games, letting position players pitch, letting the regular pitchers stick to their normal schedules. God forbid anyone’s feelings get hurt.

1) People bet on the Little League World Series; I wish I was making that up.

Thursday, a kid from Puerto Rico was pitching a no-hitter in the last inning, leading 2-0, when his manager took him out— he had thrown 88 pitches, and was untouchable. But he was taken out of the game.

I was watching the game in a bar with no sound, so I’m assuming the guy removed his pitcher because if he hit 90 pitches, he was done pitching for several days.

What a gamble, and a losing one. The reliever quickly squandered the lead, and the Asian team won 3-2 in nine innings.

Good theater, but lot of stress for 11-13 year old kids. And the people who bet on them.

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Long Sheet

Saturday, August 18

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CHICAGO (12 - 20) at INDIANA (5 - 27) - 8/18/2018, 4:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) on Saturday games over the last 3 seasons.
INDIANA is 10-21 ATS (-13.1 Units) in all games this season.
INDIANA is 10-19 ATS (-10.9 Units) as an underdog this season.
INDIANA is 3-13 ATS (-11.3 Units) in home games this season.
INDIANA is 3-13 ATS (-11.3 Units) in a home game where where the total is greater than or equal to 150 this season.
INDIANA is 3-12 ATS (-10.2 Units) revenging a home loss versus opponent this season.
INDIANA is 9-17 ATS (-9.7 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent this season.
INDIANA is 8-16 ATS (-9.6 Units) after allowing 75 points or more this season.
INDIANA is 4-11 ATS (-8.1 Units) after a loss by 10 points or more this season.
INDIANA is 0-7 ATS (-7.7 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
INDIANA is 1-9 ATS (-8.9 Units) in home games when playing against a team with a losing record after 15+ games after 15+ games over the last 3 seasons.
INDIANA is 3-13 ATS (-11.3 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game after 15+ games this season.
INDIANA is 6-16 ATS (-11.6 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game this season.
INDIANA is 3-12 ATS (-10.2 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game after 15+ games this season.
INDIANA is 6-16 ATS (-11.6 Units) versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
INDIANA is 3-3 against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
INDIANA is 4-3 straight up against CHICAGO 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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Saturday, August 18

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Trend Report
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Chicago Sky
Chicago is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 6 games
Chicago is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Chicago is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games on the road
Chicago is 3-5-2 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Indiana
Chicago is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Indiana
Chicago is 6-1-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Chicago is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Chicago is 7-18 SU in its last 25 games when playing on the road against Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Chicago's last 15 games when playing on the road against Indiana
Indiana Fever
Indiana is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Indiana is 4-17 SU in its last 21 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Indiana's last 8 games
Indiana is 5-8-2 ATS in its last 15 games when playing Chicago
Indiana is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Chicago
Indiana is 1-6-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing at home against Chicago
Indiana is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games when playing at home against Chicago
Indiana is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Indiana's last 15 games when playing at home against Chicago


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Dunkel

Saturday, August 18


Chicago @ Indiana

Game 315-316
August 18, 2018 @ 4:05 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Chicago
107.588
Indiana
101.000
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Chicago
by 6 1/2
168
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Chicago
by 3
163 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Chicago
(-3); Over