Friday's NCAAB Trends and Indexes - 12/18

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Friday, December 18

Good Luck on day #352 of 2020!

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Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Biggest contracts in the NBA:
— Stephen Curry, $201M, five years
— Paul George, $226M, five years
— James Harden, $228M, six years
— Russell Westbrook, $233M, six years
— Giannis Antetokounmpo, $255.6M, six years
— Damian Lillard, $257M, six years

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 309,344
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.


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Armadillo: Friday's Den: Random stuff with weekend here……..

13) LA Chargers 30, Las Vegas 27 OT
— Chargers won last two games, both on last play of the game.
— Herbert threw for 314 yards, two TD’s, and scored game-winning TD.
— Chargers converted 7-12 third down plays.
— Bolts had ball nine times; scored four TD’s, tried three FG’s.

— Carr hurt his leg in first half; backup Mariota threw for 226 yards, ran for 88 more.
— Las Vegas lost four of last five games, giving up 36 ppg.
— Last four games, Las Vegas allowed 19 TD’s on 49 drives.
— Over is 11-3 in Raider games this season.

12) Kansas 58, Texas Tech 57:
— High-quality game between top 10 teams.
— Kansas was 14-15 on foul line, Tech 11-18.
— Tech led by 7 with 8:57 left.

11) Saint Louis 80, NC State 69:
— Billikens are probably best team in A-14.
— State led by 10 just before halftime.
— Billikens won despite turning ball over 21 times (-13).

10) Seton Hall 70, Marquette 63:
— Pirates have played schedule #38; they’re 2-0 in Big East.
— Marquette lost three of five top 100 games.

9) Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 5-year, $228M contract extension works out to $556,585 a game, whether he plays or not.

8) New Jersey Giants’ offensive coordinator Jason Garrett tested positive for COVID, so he won’t be at the Sunday night game with Cleveland. Calling plays in his place will be Freddie Kitchens, the tight end coach, who was Cleveland’s head coach last year.

7) One of America’s best actors turns 84 next week; Hector Elizondo has 155 acting credits on IMDB.com. He’s been all over the place, with roles in these movies:

— Beaches, American Gigolo, Runaway Bride
— Pretty Woman, New Year’s Eve, Necessary Roughness, Frankie & Johnny

He also guested on his share of TV shows, before he made it in the movies:

— West Wing, Without a Trace, Columbo, Kojak
— Hill Street Blues, The Equalizer, Matlock, Rockford Files

Happy birthday!!!

6) Teams are 2-9 ATS this season, the week after playing the Chiefs.

5) When Kansas State won at Iowa State Tuesday, they started three freshmen; it was the first time they had ever done that in conference play.

4) College basketball teams playing some of the fastest tempos:
— Eastern Kentucky, Citadel, Arizona State, Memphis, Gonzaga

3) College basketball teams with the most experience:
— Eastern Illinois, Cal-Bakersfield, Detroit, Georgia Tech, Missouri

2) College basketball teams who take highest %age of their shots as 3’s:
— Wofford, Monmouth, UNLV, Oral Roberts, St Joe’s, Northern Iowa

1) It snowed so much here Thursday, I couldn’t open the front door to my house, and I barely got out the back door. Over two feet of snow, and winter doesn’t start until Monday. Awesome.

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Friday, December 18

Eastern Washington @ Northern Arizona
Eastern Washington (1-4)
— Experience: #149
— Tempo: #42
— Continuity: #26
— ranked #135 by KenPom
— EWU is 0-4 vs D-I teams, but they played three Pac-12 teams, Saint Mary’s.
— Eagles lost by 3 at Arizona, 5 at Saint Mary’s, 3 at Washington State.
— EWU has played #12 schedule; they beat an NAIA team.

Northern Arizona (0-3)
— Experience: #274
— Tempo: #272
— Continuity: #172
— ranked #334 by KenPom
— NAU lost its first three games, by 43-24-49 points.
— Lumberjacks’ eFG% ratings: #321 on offense, #322 on defense.
— These teams play again here Saturday.

— Eastern Washington won last six series games, last five by 10+ points.

Central Michigan @ Western Michigan
Central Michigan (3-3)
— Experience: #80
— Tempo: #28
— Continuity: #292
— ranked #231 by KenPom
— CMU won its last three games, beating WIU by 6, Valparaiso by 5.
— Chippewas lost to Flagler by 19, a red flag- Flagler is D-II

Western Michigan (1-4)
— Experience: #185
— Tempo: #320
— Continuity:#100
— ranked #259 by KenPom
— WMU is 0-4 vs D-I teams, scoring 60.8 ppg.
— Broncos are shooting 42.8% inside arc (#282)

— Central Michigan won last six series games.

North Dakota @ Southern Illinois
North Dakota (1-6)
— Experience: #277
— Tempo: #294
— Continuity: #248
— ranked #256 by KenPom
— UND lost three in row, six of seven games overall.
— Fighting Hawks are shooting 31.1% on arc (#209).

Southern Illinois (4-0)
— Experience: #307
— Tempo: #243
— Continuity: #202
— ranked #163 by KenPom
— SIU has made half (38-76) of its 3’s this season.
— Salukis beat SE Missouri in OT, beat Murray State by 4.

— Salukis won this game 85-64 yesterday; SIU made 10-16 shots on the arc.

Fairfield @ Niagara
Fairfield (1-5, 1-1)
— Experience: #187
— Tempo: #283
— Continuity: #155
— ranked #311 by KenPom
— Stags split pair with Iona last week, their only win this year.
— Fairfield is 1-5, despite having played schedule #260.
— Fairfield is turning ball over 22.6% of game (#257).

Niagara (0-3, 0-2)
— Experience: #26
— Tempo: #271
— Continuity: #47
— ranked #264 by KenPom
— Niagara is shooting 34.7% inside arc (#329), 25.7% on arc (#290)
— Purple Eagles are scoring only 49.3 ppg.
— Niagara got swept by MAAC rival Saint Peter’s last week.

— Fairfield is 8-3 in last 11 series games; home side won last six regular season meetings.

BYU @ San Diego State
BYU (6-2)
— Experience: #71
— Tempo: #115
— Continuity: #250
— ranked #77 by KenPom
— BYU is 3-2 vs top 100 teams, losing USC by 26, Boise State by 4.
— Cougars won 67-64 at Utah State, in their only true road game.
— BYU is turning ball over 22.3% of time (#243).

San Diego State (5-0)
— Experience: #9
— Tempo: #323
— Continuity: #130
— ranked #28 by KenPom
— Aztecs already have wins over UCLA, Arizona State.
— San Diego State forces turnovers 25.2% of time (#25).

— Aztecs beat BYU last two years, by 5-9 points.

Saint Peter’s @ Monmouth
Saint Peter’s (4-2, 2-0)
— Experience: #276
— Tempo: #280
— Continuity: #64
— ranked #165 by KenPom
— Peacocks swept Niagara last week, giving up 49-54 points.
— Saint Peters’ only losses are to St John’s, Maryland.
— Peacocks allowed 55.5 ppg in their four wins.

Monmouth (0-1)
— Experience: #16
— Tempo: #16
— Continuity: #59
— ranked #192 by KenPom
— Monmouth lost its opener 96-88 to Hofstra Tuesday.
— Hofstra outscored the Hawks 29-9 on line, in Monmouth’s gym.
— Monmouth made 15-30 on arc, Hofstra 11-24.

— Saint Peter’s beat Monmouth twice LY, by 12-3 points.

SIU-Edwardsville @ Morehead State
SIU-Edwardsville (2-4)
— Experience: #316
— Tempo: #177
— Continuity: #186
— ranked #157 by KenPom
— SIU-E is 1-4 vs D-I teams, winning by 20 at Northern Illinois.
— Cougars haven’t played in nine days.
— SIU-E is turning ball over 24.8% of time (#296).

Morehead State (4-4, 1-1)
— Experience: #234
— Tempo: #330
— Continuity: #260
— ranked #294 by KenPom
— Morehead split a pair with Eastern Kentucky, to open OVC play.
— Three of Eagles’ four losses are to top 60 teams.
— Morehead also has two wins over an NAIA team.

— Morehead won three of last four series games.

Belmont @ Tennessee State
Belmont (6-1, 1-0)
— Experience: #253
— Tempo: #39
— Continuity: #192
— ranked #112 by KenPom
— Belmont won its last three games, by 15-10-11 points.
— Up to this point, Bruins have played schedule #294.
— Belmont beat TSU 79-64 at home Dec 8th, going 10-23 on arc.

Tennessee State (0-2, 0-1)
— Experience: #170
— Tempo: #54
— Continuity: #259
— ranked #292 by KenPom
— Tigers lost their first two games, scoring 64-66 points.
— TSU shot 7-38 on arc in its first two games.
— Tigers’ eFG% on offense is #297.

— Belmont won last six series games.

Iona @ Rider
Iona (2-3, 1-1)
— Experience: #223
— Tempo: #202
— Continuity: #266
— ranked #249 by KenPom
— Iona split pair of games with Fairfield last week.
— Gaels are turning ball over 22.9% of time (#268).
— Iona is forcing turnovers 21.2% of time (#104)

Rider (1-3, 1-1)
— Experience: #180
— Tempo: #142
— Continuity: #3-1
— ranked #263 by KenPom
— Rider split a pair with Manhattan last week.
— Broncs allowed 82+ points in all three of their losses.
— Rider has made 39% of its 3’s so far (#41).

— Iona won last four series games; their two wins over Rider LY were by total of four points.

Montana State @ Washington State
Montana State (2-1)
— Experience: #147
— Tempo: #164
— Continuity: #213
— ranked #189 by KenPom.
— Bobcats split pair of road games, losing in OT at Pacific.
— MSU has made 44.2% of their 3’s so far (#7)
— Bobcats won SU as a 12-point underdog at UNLV.

Washington State (5-0)
— Experience: #286
— Tempo: #211
— Continuity: #184
— ranked #149 by KenPom.
— Wazzu already has three Big Sky wins, by 3-3-9 points.
— Coogs have #10 eFG% defense in country.
— WSU plays lot of guys (#72 in bench minutes)

Iowa State @ West Virginia
Iowa State (1-3, 0-1)
— Experience: #115
— Tempo: #144
— Continuity: #270
— ranked #88 by KenPom
— ISU lost last three games, losing by 28 to Iowa, K-State by 9,
— 45% of their shots so far have been 3’s (32.4%, #171)
— Cyclones played only 7 guys in Tuesday’s home loss to K-State.

West Virginia (6-1)
— Experience: #148
— Tempo: #175
— Continuity: #23
— ranked #5 by KenPom
— WVU’s only loss was by 5 to Gonzaga.
— Mountaineers have played schedule #22.
— All seven of their games have been against top 100 teams.

— West Virginia won last three series games, by 6-15-15 points.

Northern Colorado @ Utah State
Northern Colorado (3-1)
— Experience: #128
— Tempo: #138
— Continuity: #98
— ranked #194 by KenPom
— Bears split two D-I games, beating Denver, getting waxed by Colorado.
— Northern turned ball over 27.2% of time in its D-I games.
— Bears are shooting 34.9% inside arc (#318)

Utah State (1-3)
— Experience: #251
— Tempo: #157
— Continuity:#148
— ranked #55 by KenPom
— Aggies haven’t played in ten days.
— State is 1-3 vs D-I teams; they’ve played schedule #44.
— Aggies’ defensive eFG% is #281.

Richmond vs Loyola Chi (@ Indianapolis)
Richmond (5-1)
— Experience: #12
— Tempo: #62
— Continuity: #8
— ranked #52 by KenPom
— Spiders had a solid road win at Vanderbilt Wednesday.
— Richmond has played schedule #68.
— Spiders’ only loss was by 16 at West Virginia.

Loyola Chi (3-1)
— Experience: #47
— Tempo: #276
— Continuity: #15
— ranked #56 by KenPom
— Ramblers beat three stiffs, then lost by 14 at Wisconsin.
— Loyola’s eFG% is #16 in country.
— To this point, Ramblers have played schedule #216.

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811E WASHINGTON -812 N ARIZONA
N ARIZONA is 13-31 ATS (-21.1 Units) after 2 straight games where they were called for 15 or less fouls since 1997.

813C MICHIGAN -814 W MICHIGAN
C MICHIGAN is 16-4 ATS (11.6 Units) in road games against conference opponents in the last 3 seasons.

815N DAKOTA -816 S ILLINOIS
S ILLINOIS are 8-0 ATS (8 Units) in home games when playing only their 2nd game in 8 days over the last 2 seasons.

815N DAKOTA -816 S ILLINOIS
Bryan Mullins is 8-0 ATS (8 Units) in home games when playing only their 2nd game in 8 days (Coach of S ILLINOIS)

817FAIRFIELD -818 NIAGARA
Greg Paulus is 10-0 ATS (10 Units) after scoring 65 points or less 2 straight games (Coach of NIAGARA)

817FAIRFIELD -818 NIAGARA
NIAGARA is 10-0 ATS (10 Units) after scoring 65 points or less 2 straight games over the last 2 seasons.

819BYU -820 SAN DIEGO ST
BYU is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) when the total is 130 to 139.5 over the last 2 seasons.

821ST PETERS -822 MONMOUTH
MONMOUTH is 6-16 ATS (-11.6 Units) after a home game where both teams scored 75 points or more since 1997.

823SIU EDWARDSVL -824 MOREHEAD ST
SIU EDWARDSVL is 7-18 ATS (-12.8 Units) off a road loss in the last 3 seasons.

825DRAKE -826 S DAKOTA
S DAKOTA is 15-3 ATS (11.7 Units) as a home underdog of 6 points or less or pick since 1997.

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