Saturday Trends and Indexes 3/28 (NBA, NCAAB, NHL, Misc.)

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NBA
Short Sheet


Saturday, March 28

INDIANA at CHICAGO, 2:05 PM ET
INDIANA: 15-32 ATS off BB ATS wins
CHICAGO: 10-2 ATS at home 2nd half of season

DETROIT at WASHINGTON, 7:05 PM ET
DETROIT: 2-8 ATS after scoring 80 pts or less
WASHINGTON: 5-2 ATS playing with 2 days rest

NEW YORK at CHARLOTTE, 7:05 PM ET
NEW YORK: 20-11 ATS as road underdog
CHARLOTTE: 28-19 Under if Underdog last game

MILWAUKEE at MIAMI, 7:35 PM ET
MILWAUKEE: 1-10 ATS in March
MIAMI: 7-0 Over at home on Saturday

LA CLIPPERS at HOUSTON, 8:35 PM ET
LA CLIPPERS: 13-5 Over playing on back-to-back days
HOUSTON: 25-11 ATS at home off ATS loss

GOLDEN STATE at DENVER, 9:05 PM ET
GOLDEN STATE: 5-1 ATS off loss by 20+ points
DENVER: 1-6 ATS off 3+ ATS wins

PHOENIX at UTAH, 9:05 PM ET
PHOENIX: 0-11 ATS after having won 4 of their last 5
UTAH: 10-2 Over after allowing 110+ points

MEMPHIS at PORTLAND, 10:05 PM ET NBA
MEMPHIS: 3-13 ATS vs. Northwest Division
PORTLAND: 18-8 ATS off DD home win

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NHL
Short Sheet


Saturday, March 28

NY RANGERS at PITTSBURGH, 1:05 PM ET
NY RANGERS: 9-1 SU revenging 2 straight losses
PITTSBURGH: 4-9 SU off a home win by 2+ goals

CAROLINA at NEW JERSEY, 7:05 PM ET
CAROLINA: 18-6 SU in March
NEW JERSEY: 1-5 SU coming off OT loss

PHILADELPHIA at NY ISLANDERS, 7:05 PM ET
PHILADELPHIA: 25-17 SU as a favorite
NY ISLANDERS: 7-21 SU revenging 2 consecutive losses

OTTAWA at ATLANTA, 7:05 PM ET
OTTAWA: 12-26 SU after 1 or more consecutive unders
ATLANTA: 9-4 SU after allowing 3+ in 5 straight

BUFFALO at MONTREAL, 7:05 PM ET
BUFFALO: N/A
MONTREAL: N/A

BOSTON at TORONTO, 7:05 PM ET NHL
BOSTON: 24-7 SU after a win by 2+ goals
TORONTO: 32-45 SU at home

LOS ANGELES at NASHVILLE, 8:05 PM ET
LOS ANGELES: 1-13 SU off a road division win
NASHVILLE: 9-2 SU at home off a home win

FLORIDA at DALLAS, 8:05 PM ET
FLORIDA: 8-1 SU off a road win by 2+ goals
DALLAS: 5-14 SU on Saturday

COLUMBUS at ST LOUIS, 8:35 PM ET
COLUMBUS: 8-3 SU after 3+ consecutive unders
ST LOUIS: 1-7 SU at home after having won 3 of their last 4

MINNESOTA at CALGARY, 10:05 PM ET
MINNESOTA: 12-4 SU AWAY after 2 consecutive non-conference games
CALGARY: 4-11 SU when playing their 3rd game in 4 days

PHOENIX at SAN JOSE, 10:35 PM ET
PHOENIX: 4-9 SU off a home win by 1 goal
SAN JOSE: 11-2 SU as a home favorite of -300 or higher

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NHL
Write-Up


Early Game

Saturday, March 28

Hot teams
-- Rangers are 4-0 in game following their last four losses. Penguins won four of their last five games overall.


Cold teams
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Totals
-- Last four Ranger road games all went over the total; last Pittsburgh tilts stayed under. .

Back-to-Back
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Series Records
-- Home side won last seven Ranger-Penguin games; New York lost last seven visits to western PA.

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[Kaptain]

Thanks fellows....gl ....appreciate all you guys do

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Good luck to you, too, Kaptain!

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NCAAB
Write-Up


Today's games

NCAA tournament
Villanova outscored Pitt 41-26 in second half of 67-57 home win Jan 28 in Philly (+4); Pitt turned ball over 17 times, was just 3-16 from arc and Blair got in foul trouble. Villanova is 15-3 in last 18 games, winning by 20-24 points in last two games, vs UCLA-Duke. Pitt is 12-2 since losing at Villanova; they're first #1 seed ever to win first three tourney games, all by 10 points or less. Last time two teams from same conference met in this round was 2002, when Oklahoma (-6.5) beat Missouri 81-75.

Thabeet is single-biggest force in college ball right now; UConn's three opponents in tournament shot 25.8/41.3/36.4% from floor, 14-63 from arc, as Husky perimeter players can pressure more with big fella behind them swatting shots. Missouri is 18-57 from arc in tourney so far; they will speed game up, try to get Thabeet in foul trouble, force turnovers to create transition opportunities. Tigers are 3-2 as an underdog this year. #1 seeds were 4-0 in this round LY, are favored to win all four games in regional finals this year. #3 seeds are 0-3 in this round last 2 yrs.

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NBA
Write-Up


Early Game

Saturday, March 28

Hot Teams
-- Bulls won three in row, six of last seven games.

Cold Teams
-- Pacers lost three of their last four home games.

Totals
-- Last seven Indiana games stayed under the total.

Back-to Back
-- Chicago is 2-4-2 vs spread last eight games when they had another game the next day.

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NBA
Write-up


Updated

Saturday, March 28

Hot Teams
-- Bulls won three in row, six of last seven games.
-- Bobcats won four of their last six games.
-- Rockets won four of their last five games.
-- Nuggets won seven of their last eight games.
-- Suns won six of their last seven games. Utah won three of last four.
-- Portland won 14 of its last 16 home games.

Cold Teams
-- Pacers lost three of their last four home games.
-- Pistons lost three in row, six of last seven games. Wizards lost five of their last six games.
-- Knicks lost six of their last seven games.
-- Bucks lost six of their last seven games. Minnesota lost its last seven games (1-4 vs spread in last five).
-- Clippers lost four of their last five games.
-- Warriors lost last three games, by 10-1-22 points.
-- Grizzlies lost five of their last six games.

Totals
-- Last seven Indiana games stayed under the total.
-- Five of last six Detroit games went over the total.
-- Three of last four Charlotte games stayed under the total.
-- Last three Milwaukee road games went over the total.
-- Eight of last ten Houston games stayed under the total; six of the last eight Clipper games went over.
-- Last three Denver games stayed under total; eight of Golden State's last ten games went over.
-- Eight of last twelve Phoenix games went over the total.
-- Three of last four Memphis games stayed under the total.

Back-to Back
-- Chicago is 2-4-2 vs spread last eight games when they had another game the next day.
-- Pistons are 0-3 vs spread if they play at home the next night.
-- Charlotte is 6-3 vs spread last nine times they played night before.
-- Bucks are 4-6 vs spread on road if they played the night before.
-- Clippers covered four of last five if they played the night before.
-- Nuggets are 5-7 vs spread if they played the night before.
-- Suns are 2-4-1 vs spread playing first of two straight ights on road.
-- Memphis is 3-0 vs spread playing second straight night on road.

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NHL
Write-up


Updated

Saturday, March 28

Hot teams
-- Rangers are 4-0 in game following their last four losses. Penguins won four of their last five games overall.
-- Flyers won three of their last four games.
-- Thrashers won eight of their last eleven games. Senators won five of their last six contests.
-- Carolina won last five games, allowing ten goals. Devils won their last eleven home games, but just lost three in row on road.
-- Sabres won last two games, both by 5-3 scores. Canadiens won their last two games, 6-3/3-2, after losing their previous five.
-- Toronto is 5-1 in game after its last six losses.
-- St Louis won last three games, allowing four goals. Blue Jackets won seven of their last nine games.

Cold teams
-- Bruins lost 12 of their last 18 games, but clinched division title in their last game.
-- Dallas lost last five games, outscored 17-7. Panthers lost seven of last nine games.
-- Kings lost six of their last eight games. Predators lost three of four.
-- Minnesota lost seven of last nine games. Flames lost three of last four games, got shut out in last two.
-- Coyotes are 1-6 in game after their last seven wins. Sharks are 7-9 in their last sixteen games.

Totals
-- Last four Ranger road games all went over the total; last Pittsburgh tilts stayed under.
-- Four of last five Islander games went over the total.
-- Seven of last eight Atlanta games went over the total.
-- Six of last nine Carolina games stayed under the total.
-- Last six Buffalo games all went over the total.
-- Over is 8-4-1 in last thirteen Boston games.
-- Five of last six Dallas home games stayed under the total.
-- Last five Los Angeles games stayed under the total.
-- Four of last five Columbus games stayed under the total.
-- Four of last five Calgary games stayed under the total.
-- Three of last four Phoenix road games went over the total.

Back-to-Back
-- Islanders are 4-1 at home if they played the night before.
-- Devils are 6-8 if they played the night before.
-- Sabres are 3-8 if they played the night before.
-- Toronto won last three times they played the night before.

Series Records
-- Home side won last seven Ranger-Penguin games; New York lost last seven visits to western PA.
-- Philadelphia is 12-2 in last fourteen games against the Islanders.
-- Senators won five of their last seven games against Atlanta.
-- Carolina won three in row against the Devils: 2-1/3-2/4-2.
-- Predators won five of last six games against the Kings.
-- Boston won six of its last seven games against Toronto.
-- Home side won last five Buffalo-Montreal games.
-- Columbus lost five games in a row at St Louis.
-- Flames won nine of last ten against Minnesota.
-- Coyotes lost five of last six visits to San Jose.

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Weekend's six-pack

Today we conclude our look at the top prospects of all 30 teams in the major leagues by looking at Toronto Blue Jay prospects.

-- Travis Snider, OF-- 5-10, 245, hit .344 in brief visit to AAA.

-- JP Arencibia, C-- Has never played above AA; hit .282 in AA.

-- Brett Cecil, P-- Starter in pros; was a reliever in college.

-- Justin Jackson, SS-- Has only hit .224 as a pro so far.

-- David Cooper, 1B-- Not a great athlete, but a great hitter.

-- Kevin Ahrens, 3B-- Switch-hitter struggled at plate last year.

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Saturday's list of 13: Nobody asked me, but.........

13) Kentucky paid Billy Gillispie $6M to go away after two years in Lexington; other than UK alumni, why would anyone think this is a goob job? Gillispie won 22 games this year, won Coach of the Year in the SEC last year, and he got fired already? Good lord...... its become like the baseball job in the Bronx-- if you win it all, you break even.

12) Then there's Boston U, which canned Dennis Wolff after fifteen years, despite Wolff's winning record, including a 17-13 record this season. The coaching world has gone freakin' crazy.

11) Oregon hired Paul Westhead as its new women's coach, which means the Lady Ducks will be doing lot of running. Westhead won an NBA title in 1980 and was Loyola Marymount's coach during a 1990 run to the Elite Eight. His teams always play fast.

10) CBS/ESPN announcer Bill Raftery likes to mock his career as a coach, but fact is, he was 154-141 in his career at Seton Hall.

9) Is it a good idea that all three Duke assistamt coaches are guys who played for Coach K? Which one stands up and says if they think the head coach is wrong about something? Wouldn't it be better to have at least one outsider on the staff, to provide fresh ideas?

8) Such as, "Coach K, we should recruit some athletic big men."

7) Do we really need two movies abourt **** cops in the same year?

6) The average ticket to a major league baseball game cost $25.43 last year; only 1/3 of teams raised their prices this season.

5) On Monday nights, some tickets to Twin games cost whatever the stock market closed at that day; for instance, if market were to close at 7,500, those tickets would be $7.50 apiece.

4) If I sat here last year and told you the Tampa Bay Rays would be the defending American League champs, you would have sent me for a drug test, which is why sports is so much fun. You never know.

3) I'm thinking an 18-game NFL schedule is better than 17. The more the better, as far as I'm concerned; what might happen is once NFL's schedule expands, President's Day Weekend will have Daytona 500 and the Super Bowl on the same weekend, which would be fun.

2) Is it me, or does it seem like spring training has lasted forever this spring? Next week will be one of the slowest the whole sports year.

1) Would be nice if the NFL bailed us out and released its schedule for 2009 this week., but they usually do it after baseball starts.

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