Sunday Trends and Indexes 1/18 (NBA, NCAAB, NHL, Misc.)

[Udog]

NBA
Write-Up


Sunday, January 18

Hot Teams
-- Thunder won three of last four games, are 15-3 vs spread in their last 18 games.

Cold Teams
-- Suns lost last two games, are 1-6 vs spread in last seven. Raptors lost last four games, all by seven or less points.
-- Miami is 2-9 vs spread in last 11 games as a favorite.

Totals
-- Eight of last nine Phoenix road games went over the total.
-- Five of last six Miami games went over the total.

Back-to Back
-- Suns are 3-5 vs spread if they play again the next night.
-- Miami is 2-6 vs spread if it played the night before.

[Udog]

NCAAB
Write-Up


Sunday, January 18

Notes on today's games.............

Villanova won last four games vs St John's, winning by 11-13-18 points in games played here. Red Storm is 1-3 in Big East, losing road games by 21 at Providence, 23 at Pitt- they were 6-36 from arc in the losses, 5-11 in their win. Wildcats are 1-2, losing by point to Louisville in last game, winning at Seton Hall in OT. Big East home faves are 13-11 vs spread.

Purdue won last three games vs Iowa, by 19-1-5 points; favorites are 5-1 vs spread in last six series games. Boilers were down at Northwestern by 13 at half in last game, rallied to win by hoop- they're 2-2 in Big 11, 1-3 vs spread as favorite. Iowa scored 49 points in each of last two games, losing by 3-15 points. Big 11 home favorites are 10-11 vs spread.

Georgia upset Kentucky in SEC tourney LY (60-56 in OT) after losing twice to UK during regular season, by 5-6 points; Kentucky won three of last four visits here, winning by 21-14-5 points. Dawgs lost first two SEC games by 9-10 points. SEC favorites are 11-4 vs spread this season, 1-0 on road. Wildcats are 2-0 in SEC, winning by 10-18 points.

Underdog covered six of last seven Fordham-Rhode Island games, with Fordham splitting last four visits here. URI's last four series wins are by five or less points. Fordham is 0-3 in A-14, but only lost by a point last game, at Dayton. URI lost first two games, one in triple OT, other by a hoop to Xavier. Atlantic 14 home favorites are 3-7 vs spread this year.

Home side won nine of last ten Loyola-Marist games; Red Foxes are 1-4 in last five visits here, losing by 6-3-8-12 points. MAAC home favorites are 7-10 vs spread this season. Marist blew 15-point lead in last game, an OT loss to Siena- they're 0-3 as road dog, losing by 17-11-6 on road. Loyola lost three of last four games, is 0-2 as a MAAC favorite.

[Udog]

NHL
Write-Up


Sunday, January 18

Hot teams
-- Rangers won last three games: 2-0/2-1/3-2OT.
-- Blue Jackets won three of their last four games.
-- Oilers won three of last four games. Coyotes won four of last five.
-- Flames won four of their last five games.

Cold teams
-- Penguins are 0-11 in game following their last eleven wins.
-- Canucks four in row, six of last seven games.
-- Avalanche lost last three games,4-3/5-2/3-2.

Totals
-- Six of last seven Ranger games stayed under the total.
-- Under is 5-2 in last seven Columbus road games.
-- Five of last six Edmonton home games stayed under the total.
-- Three of last four Colorado games went over the total.

Back-to-Back
-- Coyotes are 0-5 when playing second straight night on road.
-- Flames are 1-5 when they played the night before.

Series Records
-- Rangers won four of last five vs Penguins, with home side winning all five of those games.
-- Columbus won last four games vs Vancouver: 3-2/3-2/4-2/3-2.
-- Oilers won last five games vs Wayne Gretzky's Phoenix team.
-- Flames are 4-0 vs Colorado this season: 5-4/3-0/4-1/1-0.

[Udog]

NCAAB
Short Sheet



Sunday, 1/18/2009


SETON HALL at CONNECTICUT, 2:00 PM - * Played at XL Center (Hartford, CT) ET
SETON HALL: 1-10 ATS after playing a game as a road underdog
CONNECTICUT: 13-3 ATS after 1+ consecutive unders

FORDHAM at RHODE ISLAND, 2:00 PM ET
FORDHAM: 8-1 OVER after an AST win
RHODE ISLAND: 4-14 ATS against conference opponents

MINNESOTA at NORTHWESTERN, 2:00 PM ET BIG 10
MINNESOTA: 7-1 ATS after an ATS win
NORTHWESTERN: 2-9 ATS at home in conference play

MISSOURI ST at ILLINOIS ST, 3:05 PM ET
MISSOURI ST: 1-10 AST AWAY after 3 consecutive conference games
ILLINOIS ST: 18-8 ATS at home after 1+ consecutive wins

BRADLEY at S ILLINOIS, 7:05 PM ET ESPNU
BRADLEY: 19-35 ATS in BB road games
S ILLINOIS: 12-4 ATS after 3 consecutive conference games

ADDED GAMES

PORTLAND ST at N COLORADO, 4:05 PM ET
PORTLAND ST: 22-38 ATS after having won 2 of their last 3
N COLORADO: 25-15 AST in all games

N ARIZONA at SACRAMENTO ST, 6:00 PM ET
N ARIZONA: 44-26 OVER against conference opponents
SACRAMENTO ST: 4-13 ATS after 7+ consecutive losses

** (TC) Denotes Time Change

[pm530]

Six-pack for Sunday

Six proposition bets for Raven-Steeler game Sunday afternoon....

-- Steelers are -$165 to score first; Baltimore is +$135.

-- Over/under for points for each team: Steelers 20.5, Ravens 15.5

-- Over/under for completed passes: Steelers, 17, Ravens 15.5.

-- O/U for passing yardage: Roethlisberger, 200.5, Flacco 177.5.

-- Over/under for receiving yards: Ward, 62.5, Mason 60.5.

-- Over/under for total field goals: 4. Total sacks, 4.5.

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[pm530]

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

13) Tremendous move by the Rams, signing up Steve Spagnuolo as head coach; hopefully, this era of dysfunctional BS at Rams' Park is now over. Curious to see who he'll get as coordinators.........

12) Last unbeaten team in college basketball was 33 years ago, so we know that everyone loses eventually; Pitt, Clemson got their first on Saturday, leaving Wake Forest as the last unbeaten. Deacons pass the ball really well, have some depth, are athletic-- very nice team.

11) Pitt-Louisville game was excellent, hard-fought game; Cardinals have played lot of close games already in league play. Panthers were +7 when Blair was in game, -13 when he was out, so his foul trouble was the deciding factor in the game.

10) I'm not big fan of noon games; I know they're done for TV, but kids seem to have hard time getting started. Florida State got behind 5-0 to Maryland after just 0:50, so Leonard Hamilton used time-out before some of the other noon games had even started.

9) Wright State's Troy Tabler, a freshman playing 13 minutes/game for the Raiders, is the son of former major leaguer Pat Tabler.

8) Orlando swept season series from Lakers and Spurs this year, both for first time ever.

7) If you want to win a bet, the average club speed for a PGA pro is 112 mph.

6) Butler took 54 shots at Illinois-Chicago Saturday, 39 behind arc, 15 inside it; this is a team thats unbeaten in their league.......top three scorers for Bulldogs are two freshmen and a sophomore.

5) Solid weekend for Washington Huskies, who crushed Oregon and Oregon State, after losing in triple OT to Cal in their previous game.

4) Iona also had terrific weekend, sweeping Buffalo schools, winning in double OT at Canisius Saturday; Gaels are now 4-4 in MAAC.

3) Tennessee beat South Carolina 82-79, almost blowing 17-pt lead to gritty Gamecocks. Vols just aren't very good on defense.

2) So Clemson lost their first game Saturday, no big deal, but up next for Tigers is a trip to their personal hell, Chapel Hill, where Clemson is 0-53........yes, 0-53. Its hard to be 0-53 at anything.

1) How about UCLA not scoring for last 8:09 of regulation in their OT loss to Arizona State? Big win for the Sun Devils, who trailed at one point by 11- they snapped a 5-game skid in Westwood.

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