Sunday Trends and Indexes 03/02

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NBA
Short Sheet


Sunday, March 2nd

Chicago at Cleveland, 1:00 EST ABC
Chicago: 8-1 Over Away 2nd half of season
Cleveland: 4-12 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 9.5 points

Dallas at LA Lakers, 3:30 EST ABC
Dallas: 13-23 ATS off SU win
LA Lakers: 18-8 ATS playing with revenge

Atlanta at Boston, 6:05 EST
Atlanta: 6-17 ATS Away playing with revenge
Boston: 21-5 ATS off BB home games

Toronto at Charlotte, 6:05 EST
Toronto: 32-10 ATS vs. Southeast Division
Charlotte: 2-8 ATS 2nd half of season

Milwaukee at Indiana, 6:05 EST
Milwaukee: 0-3 ATS at Indiana
Indiana: 0-10 ATS after scoring 60+ points in the 1st half last game

San Antonio at New Jersey, 6:05 EST
San Antonio: 2-10 ATS Away off BB SU wins
New Jersey: 3-11 ATS off home win

New Orleans at Washington, 6:05 EST
New Orleans: 10-0 ATS revenging SU loss as home favorite
Washington: 8-19 ATS as home underdog

Seattle at Minnesota, 6:35 EST
Seattle: 8-1 ATS off DD home loss
Minnesota: 20-32 ATS off road loss

Denver at Houston, 8:05 EST
Denver: 23-9 Under Away vs. Central Division
Houston: 13-5 Under off DD home win

Portland at Golden State, 9:05 EST
Portland: 14-4 ATS off BB wins
Golden State: 5-13 ATS off BB wins

Miami at Sacramento, 9:05 EST
Miami: 5-1 Under on Sundays
Sacramento: 7-0 ATS after having lost 4 of their last 5 games

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NHL
Short Sheet


Sunday, March 2nd

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 3:05 EST
Atlanta: 4-10 SU at Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh: 8-2 SU off BB losses

(TC) Florida at NY Islanders, 4:05 EST
Florida: n/a
NY Islanders: n/a

Vancouver at Chicago, 3:05 EST
Vancouver: 11-2 SU after scoring 2 goals or less BB games
Chicago: 1-10 SU vs. Vancouver

(TC) Philadelphia at NY Rangers, 12:35 EST NBC
Philadelphia: 0-5 SU revenging a shutout loss
NY Rangers: 10-2 Under off win or tie

Detroit at Buffalo, 6:05 EST
Detroit: 1-7 SU after having lost 4 or 5 of their last 6
Buffalo: 44-24 SU after allowing 4+ goals BB games

Los Angeles at Minnesota, 7:05 EST
Los Angeles: 7-22 SU if 7+ goals were scored last game
Minnesota: 17-1 SU as a home favorite of -200 or higher

Columbus at Edmonton, 8:05 EST
Columbus: 1-6 SU on Sundays
Edmonton: 1-13 SU in March

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

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Good morning, PM! Thank you, buddy!

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NCAAB
Write-up


Sunday, March 2

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-- Providence lost five games in row and nine of last ten; they are 2-5 as Big East road dog, losing away games by 29-5-7-7-2-19-27 points. Cincinnati is 8-7 in Big East despite being favored in just three of the 15 games (2-1 vs spread as favorite).

-- Tennessee (-4.5) lost 72-66 at Kentucky Jan 22, making 7-24 on arc, 39% for game; Vols covered their last five home games, winning in Knoxville by 2-20-16-22-22-19 pts. Wildcats are 2-2 as SEC road dog- they won last four games, nine of last ten.

-- DePaul (+10) lost 89-80 at Notre Dame Feb 2; Irish were 7-20 on foul line, Demons 1-3- DePaul lot last four games and eight of last nine, losing last two home games by 20-12. Irish are 3-4 on Big East road, winning at Villanova (3), Rutgers (3), Hall (26).

-- Michigan State (+5.5) lost 80-61 at Indiana 15 days ago, with Hoosiers shooting 54% from floor. IU won four in a row, seven of last eight games- they're 2-0 under Dakich. Spartans are 2-6 as home favorite, winning by 6-3-6-15-10-15-27-14 points.

-- Georgia lost four in row, nine of last ten games; they're 1-5 as SEC road dog, losing away games by 11-16-6-10-6-12 pts- they forced total of just 26 turnovers in last three games. LSU is 3-2 in last five games after 1-7 start; they're 0-1 as SEC favorite.

-- Charlotte lost six of last eight games, is 2-2 as home favorite, with home wins by 2-4-14-4-17 points. Duquesne lost last three games, by 3-27-3 points; they are 2-1 as A-14 road dog, losing away games by 2-1-15-27 points.

-- Arizona (+8.5) lost 82-60 at UCLA Feb 2, as Bruins shot 57%, led by 20 at half; Wildcats are now under .500 in Pac-10. Don't think sub-.500 Pac-10 team has ever made NCAAs. UCLA won four in row, nine of last 10; they're 7-1 as Pac-10 road favorite.

-- Louisville won last eight games (7-1 vs spread); they are 5-3 as Big East home favorite, winning by 9-20-10-37-8-11-5 points. Villanova won three of last four games, covered four of its last five- they're 2-1 as road dog, losing on road by 8-3-12-12-2 pts.

-- St Joe's (-1) beat Temple 68-67 in first meeting, after trailing by 7 at half- they were 11-23 from arc. Hawks are just 2-4 in last six games, are 3-3 as home favorite. Temple is 2-1 as road dog, losing away games by 2-6-11 pts. This is crosstown rivalry.

-- Clemson won last six home games; they're 5-1 as ACC home favorite, winning by 12-16-5-22-15-10 at Littlejohn. Maryland is 5-1 as ACC road dog, losing away games by 1-12-15; they are 4-3 SU on road, but lost three of last five overall.

-- Oregon (-19) beat Oregon State 79-63 in first meeting, making 10-20 from arc. Ducks lost last three games, are 3-8 vs spread in last 11, but Beavers are 0-6 as home dog, losing home games in Pac-10 play by 20-10-24-23-13-38 points.

-- Iona (-2) beat Manhattan 62-60 in first meeting, at Madison Square Garden; Gaels lost last three games, are 4-4 as favorite at home, winning home games by 24-19-15-7. Jaspers are 0-6 as MAAC road dog, losing by 23-10-17-13-13-10-12 points.

-- St Peter's (+12) lost 79-56 at Siena Jan 6, shooting 34% from floor; Peacocks are 0-4-1 as home dog, losing by 5-20-9-8-8-11 points. Siena had big home win vs Niagara Friday; they're 3-2 as MAAC road favorite, winning by 13-10-28-13-9-3 points.

-- Niagara (-11) lost 70-62 at Canisius Jan 18, one of Griffs' two wins in MAAC this season. Canisius is 2-6 as MAAC dog on road, losing away games by 11-51-28-19-22-7-10-11. Niagara is 3-4 as home favorite, winning by 9-17-4-6-2-12 points.

-- Rider (-5) lost 88-76 at Fairfield Feb 16; Stags shot 60.7% on night, made 9-18 treys. Rider is 3-5 as MAAC home fave, 0-3 in last three- they're 1-5 vs spread in last six overall. Stags are on 7-game win streak; they're 6-1 as MAAC road underdog.

-- Marist (even) lost 83-71 at Loyola Jan 17; Foxes lost three in row, six of last seven- they are 4-3 as MAAC home fave, but lost last three home games. Loyola four in row, 10 of its last 12 games; they won four of their last five away games.

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Thanks Guys, good luck today!

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NBA
Write-Up


Early Game


Sunday, March 2

Hot Teams
-- Bulls covered seven of last nine as an underdog.

Cold Teams
-- Cavaliers covered one of last seven home games.

Previous meetings this season
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Totals
-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Chicago games.

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NHL
Write-Up


Early Game


Sunday, March 2

Hot Teams
-- Philly won last three games: 4-3/3-1/4-1. Rangers won five of last seven games.

Cold Teams
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Series Records
-- Rangers won seven of last eight vs Flyers, shutting them out in last two meetings (4-0/2-0).

Totals
-- Five of last six Flyer games stayed under the total.

[Udog]

Thanks Guys, good luck today!

Hey, Dennis!! Good Sunday morning to you! Thanks a million for the help the other day, buddy!

Who do you like today? I'm having a hard time finding anything to get excited about.

[Dennis14072]

Haven't looked at NBA yet, NCAA I like Notre, Indy, LSU, UCLA, and Fairfield.
Noticed no Dunkel for NBA, figured you wouldn't mind me throwing it on.

[Udog]

Haven't looked at NBA yet, NCAA I like Notre, Indy, LSU, UCLA, and Fairfield.
Noticed no Dunkel for NBA, figured you wouldn't mind me throwing it on.

Yep, we're thinking alike. I took ND over, Indiana and UCLA.

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NHL
Write-Up


Update


Sunday, March 2

Hot Teams
-- Philly won last three games: 4-3/3-1/4-1. Rangers won five of last seven games.
-- Chicago is 4-1 in last five home games, allowing three goals.
-- Wild won last two games, both by 3-2 scores.
-- Columbus won three of its last four games. Oilers won three in a row, all by a single goal.

Cold Teams
-- Penguins lost four of last five games. Thrashers lost last six games, the last two in OT/SO.
-- Panthers lost eight of last ten games. Islanders lost three of their last four games.
-- Canucks lost last two games, both in overtime.
-- Sabres lost three of last four games. Red Wings lost four in a row, 10 of last 11 games.
-- Kings lost five of their last six games.

Series Records
-- Thrashers won seven of last ten vs Pittsburgh.
-- Islanders lost three in row vs Florida, allowing fifteen goals.
-- Canucks won ten of last eleven against Chicago.
-- Rangers won seven of last eight vs Flyers, shutting them out in last two meetings (4-0/2-0).
-- Sabres won 3-2 in SO in Detroit LY, in last series meeting.
-- Kings are 2-0 vs Minnesota this season: 4-3/4-1.
-- Oilers won three of last four against Columbus.

Totals
-- Five of last six Pittsburgh games went over total.
-- Over is 6-2-1 in last nine Panther-Islander games.
-- Over is 6-3 in Chicago's last nine games.
-- Five of last six Flyer games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 5-0-1 in last six Buffalo games.
-- Over is 7-1 in last eight Los Angeles games.
-- Under is 3-1-1 in last five Columbus games; five of last six Edmonton games went over total.

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NBA
Write-Up


Update


Sunday, March 2

Hot Teams
-- Bulls covered seven of last nine as an underdog.
-- Mavericks won four of last five games. Lakers won nine of their last 10 games (4-2 vs spread in last six at home).
-- Celtics won last four games, but covered just two of 10.
-- Raptors won five of their last seven games.
-- Bucks covered five of last seven as an underdog.
-- Nets won six of last nine games. Spurs won eight in row, 12 of last 13- they won last two games by combined total of 5 pts.
-- Wizards won three of last four games. Hornets won last two games, against Suns, Jazz, by 17-12 points.
-- Minnesota covered five of last seven road games.
-- Rockets won last 14 games, covered last six.
-- Warriors won six of their last eight games. Blazers won two in row, beating Lakers Friday, after losing eight of previous nine.

Cold Teams
-- Cavaliers covered one of last seven home games.
-- Hawks lost nine of last 10 road tilts (3-6 vs spread last nine)
-- Bobcats are 3-10 vs spread in last thirteen games.
-- Pacers lost six of their last eight games.
-- Seattle lost last four games, by 10-6-42-10 points.
-- Nuggets lost three of their last four road games.
-- Kings lost last four games, by 19-21-6-9 pts. Miami is 3-26 in last 29 games, but won two of last three.

Previous meetings this season
-- Lakers (+7.5) lost 112-105 in Dallas Jan 25.
-- Hawks (+9.5) lost 106-83 in Boston way back on Nov 9.
-- Bobcats (+4) lost 98-79 in Toronto on Dec 3.
-- Pacers (+5) lost 104-92 in Milwaukee Jan 24.
-- Wizards (+10) won 95-92 in New Orleans Monday night.
-- Seattle beat Minnesota twice this season, by 19-11 points.
-- Home side won both Denver-Houston games this season.
-- Warriors lost twice in Portland this season, by 18-10 points.
-- Kings (-2) just lost 107-86 in Miami Tuesday night.

Totals
-- Over is 4-1-1 in last six Chicago games.
-- Three of last four Laker games stayed under the total.
-- Three of last four Atlanta games stayed under the total.
-- Over is 11-3-1 in last fifteen Charlotte games.
-- Under is 7-3 in Indiana's last ten games. Over is 9-2 in last 11 Milwaukee games.
-- Under is 5-2 in Nets' last seven home games.
-- Four of last five Washington games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 9-2 in Seattle's last eleven games.
-- Over is 9-3-1 in last thirteen Denver games.
-- Over is 14-4 in last eighteen Golden State games.
-- Under is 6-3 in last nine Miami games.

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Six-pack for Sunday

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-- People who drink green tea on regular basis have shown to be 50% less likely to suffer from hypertension.

-- Many studies show that drinking green tea reduces risk of contracting many different types of cancer.

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Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a college hoop Saturday

13) Syracuse shot 58.8% from floor, had 70-59 lead at home in game that could have put them back in position to get back on bubble, but they imploded down stretch and lost 82-77 to Pitt, a loss that likely sends them to the NIT.

12) Duke weaseled by NC State 87-86, snapping two-game skid on road; Blue Devils were 30-37 from foul line, 13-28 from arc in game they really should have lost. When Wolfpack get a point guard, they're going to be pretty good.

11) Sean Sutton has done terrific job reviving Oklahoma State team that is now 7-7 in Big 12 after winning fifth game in a row Saturday, beating a Nebraska team that had also been hot.

10) Halftime score: Oklahoma 28, Texas A&M 10. How does a top 25 team score ten points in a half? Mark Turgeon's team at Wichita fell apart late last year; now his Aggies are doing the same thing as postseason play apporoaches.

9) Marquette had 3-point led at home in last 0:10, but fouled a 3-point shooter, who made all three shots, and Hoyas went on for 70-68 OT win in Milwaukee, in one of day's better games. Marquette had been very hot coming in.

8) Tyrese Rice dropped 46 on North Carolina Saturday, as Tar Heels trailed at BC by as many as 18 points, before rallying to beat the Eagles by 10. Ty Lawson returned to play, but he is in obvious discomfort- no way could he guard Rice.

7) Texas Tech was 34-43 from foul line, Texas 9-13 in Raiders' 83-80 win over Longhorns. Game was in Lubbock, by the way.

6) Mississippi State won in Gainesville, dropping Gators to 8-6 in SEC, placing them squarely on bubble. Florida's didn't play a great non-conference schedule, so they're in jeopardy.

5) Stanford was down 11 at half at home vs Washington State, then realized that two 7-foot twins are on their team, so finally, they passed them the ball and Lopez twins dominated second half vs Coogs. Cardinal won 60-53- they're 13-3 in Pac-10.

4) Cornell is now 12-0 in Ivy League; they clinched first title in 20 years last night, pasting Harvard by 33. Randy Wittman's son is one of Cornell's best players.........Davidson finished its Southern Conferene schedule a perfect 20-0, hard to do. Now they might need three more wins in conference tournament just to get back into the NCAA's.

3) Cal-Irvine lists actor Jon Lovitz and diver Greg Louganis as its two most famous alumni. Anteaters looked good in beating first-place Northridge late Saturday night.

2) Game of day was Creighton's 111-110 double OT win vs the Bradley Braves, who are bolstered by return of PG Ruffin.

1) Gonzaga avenged earlier loss to St Mary's 88-76 in Spokane. Zags clinch top seed in WCC tourney if they win Monday at home against Santa Clara, who they beat in double overtime in first meeting. Broncos lost at lowly Portland Saturday.

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