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**StarDust Bum** · 01-22-2010, 12:12 PM

Date WLT Pct Net Units Record
01/21/10 30-24-0 55.56% +2190 Detail

Friday, January 22Game Score Status Pick Amount

St. Peter's - 7:00 PM ET St. Peter's +10 500
Niagara - Under 129 300

Rider - 7:00 PM ET Canisius -3 500
Canisius - Over 138.5 300

Yale - 7:00 PM ET Brown -2.5 200
Brown - Under 140.5 200

Wofford - 7:00 PM ET Charleston -3 500
Charleston - Over 138 500

Wis.-Milwaukee - 7:00 PM ET Youngstown St. +1 300
Youngstown St. - Over 138 300

Wis.-Green Bay - 7:30 PM ET Wis.-Green Bay +5.5 300
Cleveland St. - Over 136.5 500

Iona - 9:00 PM ET Iona -3 500
Manhattan - Under 126.5 500

Portland St. - 9:00 PM ET Weber St. -9.5 200
Weber St. - Under 159 500

Sacramento State - 9:05 PM ET Sacramento State +18.5 500
Northern Colorado - Under 137 500

Eastern Washington - 9:05 PM ET Idaho State -7 500
Idaho State - Over 138.5 500

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Televised Trio

During the college basketball season, there usually aren’t many wagering opportunities on Friday nights. Sometimes there are several Ivy League games, but rarely do bettors have 10 board games and it’s VERY RARE for there to be three televised games. But gamblers are in luck this Friday, so let’s break down your betting options.

**Wofford at College of Charleston**

--Pending Thursday’s results for both teams, this game was off the board as of Thursday night. Tip-off is slated for 7:00 p.m. Eastern on ESPN2.

--Wofford (12-7 straight up, 10-4 against the spread) has been a steady money maker this year. The Terriers have won five in a row, compiling a 4-1 spread record in the process. They are coming off Tuesday’s 68-62 win over Davidson as five-point home favorites. Noah Dahlman dropped 17 points on the Wildcats to pace the winners.

--Charleston (11-6 SU, 8-3-1 ATS) is the only unbeaten team remaining in Southern Conference play, as the Cougars have beaten their first six So-Con foes. They have covered the number in each of their last six lined games, including Tuesday’s 90-66 win at Chattanooga as one-point road underdogs. Andrew Goudelock had 22 points, six rebounds and four assists, while Tony White Jr. had 19 points, five boards and four assists.

--Bobby Cremins’ team is unbeaten in six home games, posting a 2-1 spread record.

--Mike Young’s squad has not been afraid of the big boys this year. The Terriers have a pair of wins over SEC teams, beating South Carolina and Georgia. They also covered the spread in losses at Pittsburgh (63-60), at Michigan St. (72-60) and at Illinois (78-64).

--Charleston beat North Carolina in overtime two weeks ago. Against other top-tier programs, we saw the Cougars lose 86-69 at Tennessee and 94-55 at Clemson. They covered as 26-point underdogs at UT, but obviously hurt their backers in the blowout defeat at Littlejohn Coliseum.

--When these teams met last year, Charleston won both encounters by two-point margins. However, the Terriers took the money as underdogs in both situations.

--The ‘over’ is 6-4 overall for Charleston, 1-1 in its home games. Meanwhile, totals have been a wash for Wofford (6-6 overall).

--The ‘under’ is 4-1 in the last five head-to-head meetings between these So-Con adversaries.

**Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Youngstown State**

--LVSC opened UW-Milwaukee (11-8 SU, 8-6-1 ATS) as a 1 ½-point road favorite.

--UW-Milwaukee has won three of its last four games, including Tuesday’s 67-61 win over Wright St. as a 3 ½-point home underdog. Deonte Roberts and Ricky Franklin scored 18 points apiece for the Penguins.

--Youngstown St. (7-10 SU, 4-6-2 ATS) is 5-3 SU and 2-2 ATS at home this season.

--For bettors unfamiliar with these squads, let’s take a look at how they’ve fared against quality foes in non-conference play. Youngstown St. lost 72-56 at Pitt and 83-57 at Xavier. As for UW-Milw., it lost 71-51 at Marquette and 68-58 at Wisconsin.

--The ‘under’ has been a money-making machine for the Panthers, cashing at a 9-2 clip overall. Meanwhile, the Penguins have watched the ‘over’ hit at a 5-3-1 overall pace.

--ESPNU will have television coverage at 7:00 p.m. Eastern.

**Iona at Manhattan**

--Las Vegas Sports Consultants opened Iona (13-6 SU, 8-5 ATS) as a two-point favorite.

--Manhattan (7-11 SU, 7-7 ATS) has lost three in a row and six of its last seven. However, the Gaels are 3-1 ATS in their last four games, including Tuesday’s 83-68 loss at Siena as 16-point underdogs.

--Iona has won four consecutive games both SU and ATS, including Tuesday’s 72-59 win over Rider as an eight-point home favorite. Scott Machado had a team-high 20 points for the winners.

--Manhattan is 4-3 SU and 3-3 ATS at home this year. The Jaspers are playing their first game as home underdogs. They are 4-3 ATS as underdogs on the road this season.

--Iona has been a road favorite once this year, losing 77-65 at Canisius as a one-point ‘chalk.’

--The ‘under’ has cashed in four straight Iona games and is 8-4-1 overall for the Gaels.

--The ‘under’ is 6-5 overall for Manhattan, 3-1 in its home games.

--Tip-off is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. Eastern on ESPNU.

**StarDust Bum** · 01-22-2010, 12:14 PM

Friday, January 22Game Score Status Pick Amount

Montreal - 7:00 PM ET Montreal +165 500 ( POD )
New Jersey - Under 5 500

Nashville - 9:00 PM ET Nashville +123 500
Colorado - Under 5.5 500

Dallas - 9:00 PM ET Dallas -110 500
Edmonton - Under 5.5 500

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Predators at Avalanche – Friday, 9:00 p.m. EST

Anyone out there think that a late January game between Nashville and the Avalanche would actually be meaningful? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

A home setback to Toronto should not take away from how strong the Predators have been on the road. The Preds went into Western Canada and walked out with three wins. In fact, Barry Trotz’s team has won 15 of their 22 road tests this season and are on a 5-1 run away from home. That certainly can’t hurt a team that is currently in fourth place in the Western Conference.

I personally thought that Colorado was going to end up being a fraud. However, you can’t argue against a team being good when they’re leading their division like the Avs are right now.

The Avalanche are rolling right now because of former Panthers backup netminder Craig Anderson. Colorado’s starting goalie has won his last four starts with a goals against average of 1.41, while stopping 96 percent of the shots he saw in that stretch. The only thing you can see being an issue with Anderson is that he is 2-3-3 with a 2.85 GAA against Florida for his career.

Good Luck Gang....Big day tomorrow......

**Chado1** · 01-22-2010, 12:38 PM

GL with the action tonight BUM!!!

**Tnbreakers** · 01-22-2010, 01:10 PM

Gl!

**Dat Boi E** · 01-22-2010, 04:37 PM

good luck with the POD's, Bum!

**StarDust Bum** · 01-22-2010, 04:39 PM

Time to jump on Bobcats?

Time to jump on the Bobcats’ bandwagon?

Don’t look now, but Michael Jordan the executive – the same Michael Jordan the executive who drafted colossal busts Kwame Brown (with Washington) and Adam Morrison (with Charlotte) – is building a winner in Charlotte under Coach Larry Brown and the Bobcats suddenly are great betting value in the NBA.

Thanks to Monday’s 105-103 win over Sacramento, the Bobcats have won five straight overall and eight in a row at home. Charlotte is 8-1 in 2010 (5-4 ATS; lone outright loss at the Knicks) with six of those wins coming over teams currently at .500 or better. The Bobcats are very solidly in the current playoff picture in the East and looking more and more like the best team outside the Big 4 of Cleveland, Boston, Orlando and Atlanta.

At 20-19 (24-15 ATS), Charlotte is above .500 this late in a season for the first time in team history. Much of the credit for this turnaround has been the acquisition of Stephen Jackson from Golden State. The Bobcats are 17-13 since Jackson arrived. He and the underrated Gerald Wallace have been terrific together. In addition, guard Raymond Felton, who nearly had a triple-double in Monday’s win over the Kings, is making 46 percent of his attempts this season, compared to a career average of 40 percent. Basically, the additions of the offensive-minded Jackson and sixth man Flip Murray have meant less pressure on Felton to rescue bad possessions with a bad shot.

Charlotte is doing all this without center Tyson Chandler, who hasn’t played since Dec. 22 because of a foot injury. Chandler was acquired for center Emeka Okafor in the offseason in what has been one of the NBA’s most lopsided trade (for New Orleans) as Chandler was averaging just 6.6 points and 7 rebounds per game before getting hurt again. Wallace has helped big time to make up for Chandler when it comes to rebounding as Wallace is fifth in the NBA in rebounding despite playing small forward.

It’s on defense where this team is shining – ranking third in the NBA in defensive efficiency. The Bobcats are second in the league in opponent turnover rate at 17.2 percent and are the second-hardest team to get a shot off against. The defense simply should get better when Chandler gets back – Nazr Mohammed is a nice backup center but is no Chandler on defense.

Certainly the Bobcats are far from perfect. While they have the second-best home record in the East (behind Cleveland), the Bobcats have just three road wins – only the Nets have fewer. But two of those wins came in their last three road games, where they beat Cleveland and Miami.

We’ll find out if this team is for real starting later this week. After ending a six-game homestand on Wednesday against the Heat, the Bobcats play seven of their next eight on the road, including a six-game trip out West. Watch and see how Charlotte fares in that first road game or two before betting on them as it as a road dog on the upcoming trip, but prepare to get some good value if they start out well because these are the Bobcats, after all, and they will remain under the radar.

**shoeman530** · 01-22-2010, 04:41 PM

Good luck bum

**tech fan** · 01-22-2010, 04:49 PM

Good luck buddy

**StarDust Bum** · 01-22-2010, 08:17 PM

Good Luck to you also guys........

**videoman** · 01-22-2010, 09:23 PM

Thanks for the great write-ups.. As always appreciate all the extra info.

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