Sunday Trends and Indexes 01/14

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NCAAB
Short Sheet



Sunday, January 14th

Akron at Bowling Green, 2:00 EST
Akron: 16-5 ATS in January
Bowling Green: 6-16 ATS off a conference loss

Ohio U at Kent State, 2:00 EST
Ohio U: 11-3 Over in all games this season
Kent State: 17-2 ATS after covering 2 of their last 3 ATS

(TC) Fordham at Duquesne, 12:00 EST CSTV
Fordham: 9-1 Under Away off a SU Loss
Duquesne: 1-8 ATS at home vs. conference opponents

Cincinnati at South Florida, 2:00 EST ESPNU
Cincinnati: 6-0 Over off a game where both teams score 65 points or less
South Florida: 5-20 ATS at home when the line is +3 to -3

Miami OH at Buffalo, 5:00 EST
Miami OH: 12-3 ATS Away after a close loss by 3 points or less
Buffalo: 13-4 Over off a home game

Duke at Miami FL, 5:30 EST FSN
Duke: 2-9 ATS Away off a conference game
Miami FL: 70-42 ATS as an underdog

(TC) Illinois at Michigan State, 1:30 EST CBS
Illinois: 0-9 ATS off BB ATS losses
Michigan State: 44-27 ATS at home vs. conference opponents

(TC) Seton Hall at Notre Dame, 2:00 EST
Seton Hall: 9-2 Over in all games this season
Notre Dame: 1-9 ATS at home after having won 2 of their last 3 games

Oregon at Arizona, 8:00 EST FSN
Oregon: 13-28 ATS off a road win
Arizona: 17-7 Over vs. Conference opponents


Added Games:

Niagara at Rider, 2:00 EST
Niagara: 6-0 Over vs. conference opponents
Rider: 6-21 ATS as a home favorite of 6 points or less

Fairfield at Iona, 3:30 EST
Fairfield: 6-0 Over off a home conference loss
Iona: 1-12 ATS in all games


Write-In Game:

Samford at Tennessee Tech, 4:00 EST
Samford: 0-7 ATS after allowing 60 points or less
Tennessee Tech: 14-3 Over when the total is 130 to 139.5

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

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NBA
Short Sheet



Sunday, January 14th

Dallas at Toronto, 1:05 EST
Dallas: 10-0 ATS Away after a combined score of 225+ points
Toronto: 4-16 ATS as a home underdog of 3.5 to 6 points

Denver at Portland, 9:05 EST NBATV
Denver: 23-11 Under Away off BB Unders
Portland: 1-13 ATS off a game where they made less than 60% of their free throws



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NHL
Short Sheet



Sunday, January 14th

Minnesota at Chicago, 7:05 EST
Minnesota: 5-1 SU vs. Chicago
Chicago: 15-49 SU playing with revenge



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Six-Pack for Sunday

Facts about college nicknames, from a 1989 book written by Michael Lessiter......

-- Cal-Irvine's Peter the Anteater was inspired by the comic strip B.C. UC-Irvine opened in '65, and held an election for the mascot. Peter got 56% of the vote.

-- New Mexico's Lobo mascot is actually the Spanish word for timber wolf, a ferocious, wild animal of the Southwest.

-- New Orleans' Privateer logo comes from Jean Lafiitte and the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Lafitte Privateers fought off British forces n that battle; their association with New Orleans is what inspired school leaders to pick that name.

-- Illinois-Chicago chose Flames as their mascot because its campus isn't far from the site of great Chicago fire of 1871.

-- Rider's Bronc mascot was designed by legendary hoop coach Clair Bee, who was AD at Rider in 1928.

-- Southern Illinois' Saluki mascot is not only the world's fastest dog, it is oldest pure breed in world, tracing back to Egypt as early as 3600 BC.

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Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) Tony Dungy once lost the NFC title game 11-6; now he's won a playoff game 15-6. What an ugly game.

12) You just got the feeling that every time the Saints needed a helping hand Saturday night, a yellow flag came out to aid the cause. Saints seem like a team of destiny.

11) Put it this way; the previous 39 years before this one, the fumbled pitch with 3:00 to play results in a TD that costs the Saints another bitter defeat. But not this season.

10) Maryland played as hard as it could vs Clemson Saturday a maximum effort, and they played pretty well, but still could only beat Tigers by five. Clemson is #2 team in ACC for sure.

9) USC-UCLA is now a bigtime rivalry; Saturday's ending was amazing and when OJ Mayo shows up next season, Trojans might have a better team. Tim Floyd was great hire by USC.

8) Penn was 4-4 from foul line Saturday, Cornell 9-9. I cannot remember another game where neither side missed a foul shot

7) San Francisco is 2-0 in WCC, winning both games in OT. One of their players is Alan Wiggins Jr, son of former major league second baseman who played for several teams.

6) Pizza places need to hire people to work phones who can actually speak English. This isn't too much to ask.

5) Iona coach Jeff Ruland is having nightmare season, at 0-15 but he was a good NBA player in brief career, scoring 17.4 ppg, grabbing 10.2 rebounds/game in 332 career NBA games.

4) Air Force came from behind again to beat Wyoming; they scored winning hoop on out-of-bounds play with :01.2 left. Air Force bench played total of 12 minutes, not good.

3) Michael Strahan won't be retiring anytime soon; expect to see some more Subway ads after he was ordered by court to pay his ex-wife $15.3M, thats million, with an M.

2) Final score from D-III ranks Friday night:
Grinnell 142, Lawrence 130, in OT. Grinnell plays 15 guys and they run and chuck worse than Loyola Marymount used to.

1) Colt-Raven game was fourth NFL playoff game without at least one TD, first since Rams beat Bucs 9-0 in NFC title tilt after 1979 season.

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NFL
Early Line

Sunday, January 21

New Orleans Saints @ Chicago Bears / 3:00 p.m. ET

Chicago -3 (-125), Total 44

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NFL
Early Lines (as of 1/14/07, 8:20 p.m. ET)

Sunday, January 21 - Conference Championships


NFC Conference Championship

New Orleans Saints @ Chicago Bears
3:00 p.m. ET | TV – FOX

Chicago -3 (+105)
Total 43

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AFC Conference Championship

New England Patriots @ Indianapolis Colts
6:30 p.m. ET | TV - CBS

Indianapolis Colts -3
Total 49


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