Monday Trends and Indexes 11/12

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NCAAB
Write-Up


Monday's College Basketball

-- Boston College beat New Hampshire by 10 in its opener; they have three starters back from 21-12 team, are picked 10th in the 12-team ACC. FAU got crushed at Rhode Island Friday, 104-61.
-- New Mexico State is picked to win WAC; they lost 80-72 (+3) in opener at Ohio. Duke beat NC Central (who?) 121-56 Friday; Blue Devils are smallish, but still picked to finish 2nd in ACC.
-- LMU (+9.5) lost 74-61 at Irvine Friday; they lost four starters from LY's 13-18 team. Ark-Little Rock has four starters back, but they'll need to shoot better- they shot 32% from arc last year.
-- Hampton has all five starters back from 15-16 team that had a 10-8 record in league LY; they upset Tulsa Sunday, to get here. Maryland gets two players back who were suspended Sunday.

-- Columbia (+4.5) lost 79-61 at home to Fordham Friday, in its opener; they have all five starters back from LY. Delaware State lost four starters from 21-12 team LY, expects to be down in '08.
-- Ohio State lost exhibition to D-II Findlay; they have only one starter back from LY's Final Four team. Green Bay beat Oakland 76-75 in its opener Friday- they're picked 2nd in the Horizon.
-- Siena (-4) lost 100-88 at James Madison in opener, after being up by hoop at half. Syracuse has only one scholarship senior; they lost three starters from LY, but have talented freshmen.
-- St Joe's has four starters back from 18-14 team; they're picked second in A-14, are experienced, but were disappointing in '07. FDU is picked 10th in NEC; they lost three starters from LY.

-- Pacific beat Western Michigan 90-76 Saturday, lost 80-64 last night at Oregon; they're #3 pick in Big West. Pepperdine lost at Oregon by 30 Saturday, then lost 70-65 lto Western Michigan.
-- Western Michigan split its first two games, losing to Pacific after being up 33-30 at half; they beat Pepperdine Sunday 70-65 Oregon won both its games, 100-70 (Pepperdine)/80-64 (Pacific)
-- Central Michigan has four starters back from 13-18 team that was Ziegler's first at CMU; they're picked 2nd in MAC West. Missouri has four starters back from 18-12 team (also eight of top nine scorers). Tigers are picked 6th in Big 12.
-- UCLA (-23.5) beat Portland State 69-48 Friday night, as injury issues have hurt their depth early on. Youngstown lost two of league's top six scorers, are picked to finish last in the Horizon.

-- Florida State beat Nicholls State 81-58 Friday; they have four starters back from LY, are picked 8th in ACC. Georgia Southern has senior PG, is picked 2nd in its half of Southern Conference.
-- Chattanooga likes to play fast; they're picked in middle of the Southern. Eric Gordon makes Indiana debut here; Hoosiers are picked 9th nationally, with three starters back from 21-11 team.
-- Charlotte lost three starters from 14-16 team; they're #10 pick in A-14. Appalachian St. lost three starters from LY's 25-8 team, but they're still picked to win their half of Southern Conference.

-- South Carolina beat SC State 92-67 in opener Friday; they're picked last in SEC East, but have two new transfer Gs who are supposed to be good. Citadel is rarely good; they're picked to finish last in their half of Southern Conference.
-- Clemson was last team in country to lose LY, but faded and wound up 25-11; they have four starters back from team that beat Furman 67-58. Paladins lost four starters from last season.
-- Eastern Washington (+25.5) lost 68-41 at Washington St. on Friday. New Mexico (-2) won its opener under Alford 54-47 at Colorado Friday. EWU was mediocre even with Stuckey, who got picked in first round of NBA Draft.

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NBA
Write-Up


Monday, November 12


Hot Teams
-- Hornets won five of their first seven games. Nets won three of their last four games.
-- Cavaliers won three of last four games; this is their sixth road game in last nine nights. Nuggets won last two games, scoring 115.5 ppg- they won Saturday after trailing 74-56 at the half.
-- Utah won last three games, by 2-2-24 points.

Cold Teams
-- Kings are 0-3 on road, losing by 14-16-21 points; home side is 6-0 vs spread in their games. .

Series Records
-- Visiting team won both Hornet-Net games LY, both by 4 pts.
-- Nuggets beat Cleveland twice LY, 110-99/105-93.
-- Kings won two of three vs Utah LY, with road team winning two of three- Sacramento won 98-97 in only visit here.

Totals
-- Four of last five New Jersey games stayed under total.
-- Three of last four Denver games went over the total.
-- Three of four Utah home games went over the total.

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NHL
Write-Up


Monday, November 12


Hot Teams
-- Nashville won six of its last eight games.
-- Islanders won last four games, allowing five goals. Philly won all five of its home games, outscoring foes 19-5.
-- Hurricanes won three of their last four games.
-- Coyotes won five of last six on road, but lost here 4-1 in last game, Saturday.

Cold Teams
-- Columbus lost last three games, allowing 13 goals.
-- Penguins lost three in row, five of last six games.
-- New Jersey lost seven of its last ten games, losing last five on the road, outscored 14-5.
-- Panthers lost three of their last four games.
-- Sharks lost four of their six home games.

Series Records
-- Predators won nine in row, 14 of last 16 vs Columbus.
-- Flyers won seven of last nine against the Islanders.
-- Devils won five of last six visits to Pittsburgh.
-- Carolina won eight of last nine games vs Florida.
-- Sharks won last five games vs Phoenix, outscoring them 22-7.

Totals
-- Under is 5-2 in last seven Nashville-Columbus games.
-- Last four Islander games stayed under the total.
-- Devils' last five games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 4-1-1 in Florida's last six home games.
-- Under is 3-0-1 in last four San Jose games.

[Dennis14072]

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