Monday Trends and Indexes 1/1/07

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Happy New Year to you, too, Spark! And you, too, pm! Great job during the bowl activity, buddy!

Happy New Year to all of BC's lunatic asylum!!!

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NBA
Short Sheet

Monday, January 1st

Minnesota at Charlotte, 7:05 EST
Minnesota: 24-9 Under Away after failing to cover 2 of 3 ATS
Charlotte: 10-2 Under in non-conference games

Boston at Portland, 10:05 EST
Boston: 7-0 Under Away off an Away game
Portland: 1-11 ATS at home off a road cover/SU loss

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

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NCAAB
Short Sheet

Monday, January 1st

New Mexico at Texas Tech, 12:00 EST
New Mexico: 3-11 ATS after having won 3 of their last 4 games
Texas Tech: 25-9 ATS as a home favorite of 6.5 to 12 points

Oklahoma at Alabama, 2:30 EST
Oklahoma: 23-7 Under as a road underdog
Alabama: 0-6 ATS off a win by 20+ points

Illinois State at Creighton, 4:00 EST
Illinois State: 2-9 ATS Away off a SU loss
Creighton: 10-2 Under after covering 3 of their last 4 ATS

Wichita State at Southern Illinois, 8:00 EST
Wichita State: 8-0 ATS Away after scoring 60 points or less
Southern Illinois: 0-7 ATS at home after playing BB Games as a fave

Tulane at New Orleans, 8:00 EST
Tulane: 9-0 ATS after having won 2 of their last 3 games
New Orleans: 0-8 ATS after having won 3 of their last 4 games

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

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NHL
Short Sheet

Monday, January 1st

Atlanta at Ottawa, 3:00 EST
Atlanta: 13-5 Over playing their 4th game in 7 days
Ottawa: 4-11 SU off a division game

(TC) Phoenix at Washington, 2:00 EST
Phoenix: 4-15 SU off BB wins
Washington: 5-0 SU off BB road losses

Colorado at Nashville, 3:00 EST
Colorado: 16-27 SU playing with revenge
Nashville: 42-11 SU as a home favorite

NY Islanders at Buffalo, 7:05 EST
NY Islanders: 0-5 SU vs. Buffalo
Buffalo: 39-19 SU off BB wins

Boston at Toronto, 7:05 EST
Boston: 4-0 SU playing their 4th game in 7 days
Toronto: 1-6 SU at home playing with revenge

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

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NBA
Write-up

Hot Teams
Bobcats won last two games, scoring 133,113 points.

Cold Teams
Minnesota lost six of its last nine games.
Celtics lost last six games, by 1,15,11,23,10,6 points. Portland lost four of its last five games.

Series Records
Home side won both Minnesota-Charlotte games last season.
Celtics won last three games vs Portland by 6,32,28 pts; they beat Blazers 118-90 in first meeting this season.

Back-to-Back Situations
Celtics are 5-1-1 vs spread if they played the night before.

Totals
Six of last eight Minnesota games went over the total
Five of last six Boston games stayed under the total.

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NHL
Write-up

Hot Teams
Thrashers won five of their last six games. Ottawa won last four games, allowing five goals.
Coyotes won three of last four games, outscoring foes 16-6.
Nashville won eight of its last ten games.
Sabres won last three games, allowing five goals.
Bruins are 7-1 in game following last eight losses.

Cold Teams
Washington lost last four games, outscored 18-8.
Colorado lost last three games, outscored 11-6.
Islanders lost last two games, both by 2-0 score.
Toronto lost five of its last six games.

Series Records
Atlanta is 3-2 in last five games vs Ottawa.
Washington won 6-1 at Phoenix in last year's meeting.
Nashville won four of last five games vs Colorado.
Sabres won their last five games against the Islanders.
Bruins are 4-1 vs Toronto this year: 4-6/2-1/3-1/4-1/3-1.

Back-to-Back Situations
Atlanta is 2-6 on front end of back/back.
Islanders are 2-5 on front end of back/back.

Totals
Six of last nine Atlanta games stayed under the total.
Six of last seven Phoenix road games stayed under total.
Under is 10-2-2 in last fourteen Nashville games.
Last five Islander games stayed under the total.
Over is 9-3-1 in last thirteen Boston games.

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NCAAB
Write-up

Knight goes for win 880 vs New Mexico team that is 6-1 in last seven games, but 1-3 away from home, losing 72-56 vs Kansas St on neutral court, 87-63 at UTEP, 103-72 at NMex State. Texas Tech won four of last five games; they're 2-1 as favorite.

Oklahoma beat Alabama LY, 68-56 (-7); Sooners are 8-3, this is their first true road game- they're 2-2 on neutral courts, 0-2 as an underdog, losing 77-65 to Memphis, 67-51 to Villanova. Bama is 10-1, 4-3 as favorite. SEC home favorites are 30-21 vs spread.
Creighton is 5-2 in last seven games vs Illinois State, winning two of three at home (by 19,10); Jays were down 11 with 4:30 left Satuyrday, rallied to beat Mo State. Redbirds lost first two MVC games, 69-41 at Evansville, 68-49 at home to So. Illinois.

Home side won five of last six Wichita-So. Illinois games, with Shockers losing its last three visits to Carbondale, 58-49/65-55/ 73-64. Wichita lost last three games, by 3,4,4 points. MVC home favorites are 7-1 vs spread so far this season.

New Orleans won three of last four games vs Tulane, winning by 1,1,3 points- they split with Wave last year, 50-49/66-77. New Orleans is 3-0 in Sun Belt, only 2-7 outside it; they're 2-2 as fave. Tulane won at Richmond in last game Thursday.

Wake Forest beat East Carolina 58-54 LY (-14); Wake is 2-5 in last seven games after 5-0 start (3-3-1 as favorite). ACC favorites are 31-22 vs spread. ECU lost last five games, by 8,13,6,19 and 7 pts. C-USA road dogs are 12-15 against the spread.