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**crswir** · 11-10-2005, 11:08 AM

College Basketball Trend Report
BOWLING GREEN (18 - 11) at W CAROLINA (8 - 22) - 11/10/2005, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
BOWLING GREEN is 6-0 ATS (+6.0 Units) in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
W CAROLINA is 7-17 ATS (-11.7 Units) in all games over the last 2 seasons.
W CAROLINA is 7-17 ATS (-11.7 Units) in all lined games over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

UC-IRVINE (16 - 13) vs. GEORGE MASON (16 - 13) - 11/10/2005, 5:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
GEORGE MASON is 25-13 ATS (+10.7 Units) as a favorite over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

MISS VALLEY ST (13 - 15) at WAKE FOREST (27 - 6) - 11/10/2005, 7:15 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WAKE FOREST is 12-25 ATS (-15.5 Units) in all tournament games since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

GA SOUTHERN (18 - 13) vs. PORTLAND (15 - 16) - 11/10/2005, 5:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
GA SOUTHERN is 0-6 ATS (-6.6 Units) in road games in non-conference games over the last 2 seasons.
PORTLAND is 17-4 ATS (+12.6 Units) in November games since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
PORTLAND is 1-0 against the spread versus GA SOUTHERN over the last 3 seasons
PORTLAND is 1-0 straight up against GA SOUTHERN over the last 3 seasons

SAN JOSE ST (6 - 23) at TEXAS TECH (22 - 11) - 11/10/2005, 7:45 PM
Top Trends for this game.
TEXAS TECH is 12-2 ATS (+9.8 Units) in all tournament games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

ALBANY (13 - 15) at FLORIDA (24 - 8) - 11/10/2005, 8:00 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
There were no past matchups in this series during this time period.

**crswir** · 11-10-2005, 11:09 AM

Pro Hockey Trend Report
NY ISLANDERS (7-8-0-0, 14 pts.) at PHILADELPHIA (9-3-0-1, 19 pts.) - 11/10/2005, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHILADELPHIA is 33-11 ATS (+33.0 Units) in home games after 3 or more consecutive overs since 1996.
PHILADELPHIA is 15-2 ATS (+15.0 Units) as a home underdog of a half goal or even on the puck line over the last 3 seasons.
PHILADELPHIA is 10-0 ATS (+10.0 Units) in home games in November games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHILADELPHIA is 4-3 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
PHILADELPHIA is 4-2-1 straight up against NY ISLANDERS over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+0.6 Units)

OTTAWA (11-2-0-0, 22 pts.) at BOSTON (7-5-0-5, 19 pts.) - 11/10/2005, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OTTAWA is 8-0 ATS (+8.0 Units) vs. division opponents this season.
BOSTON is 30-40 ATS (+72.3 Units) as a favorite or even on the puck line over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
OTTAWA is 4-3 (+0.2 Units) against the spread versus BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
OTTAWA is 4-2-1 straight up against BOSTON over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+3.1 Units)

NY RANGERS (9-5-0-3, 21 pts.) at TAMPA BAY (7-7-0-2, 16 pts.) - 11/10/2005, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
NY RANGERS are 3-14 ATS (+17.4 Units) when playing on back-to-back days over the last 3 seasons.
TAMPA BAY is 4-12 ATS (-21.0 Units) in November games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
TAMPA BAY is 3-1 (+1.7 Units) against the spread versus NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
TAMPA BAY is 3-1-0 straight up against NY RANGERS over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.1 Units)

MONTREAL (12-3-0-1, 25 pts.) at PITTSBURGH (4-7-0-5, 13 pts.) - 11/10/2005, 7:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
MONTREAL is 12-4 ATS (+7.0 Units) in all games this season.
MONTREAL is 12-4 ATS (+7.0 Units) as an underdog or pick on the puck line this season.
MONTREAL is 12-4 ATS (+7.0 Units) as a favorite or even on the puck line this season.
MONTREAL is 6-1 ATS (+7.0 Units) as a road underdog of a half goal or even on the puck line this season.
MONTREAL is 6-1 ATS (+7.0 Units) as a road favorite of a half goal or even on the puck line this season.
MONTREAL is 6-1 ATS (+7.0 Units) in road games against the puck line this season.
MONTREAL is 6-1 ATS (+7.0 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more this season.
MONTREAL is 12-4 ATS (+7.0 Units) first half of the season this season.
PITTSBURGH is 95-144 ATS (+95.0 Units) after allowing 4 goals or more since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 4-0 (+4.0 Units) against the spread versus PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 4-0-0 straight up against PITTSBURGH over the last 3 seasons
2 of 2 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+2.0 Units)

DALLAS (9-5-0-1, 19 pts.) at NASHVILLE (9-3-0-2, 20 pts.) - 11/10/2005, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
DALLAS is 16-6 ATS (+22.0 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
DALLAS is 3-1 (+1.9 Units) against the spread versus NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
DALLAS is 3-0-1 straight up against NASHVILLE over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.1 Units)

CHICAGO (5-10-0-0, 10 pts.) at ST LOUIS (2-10-0-3, 7 pts.) - 11/10/2005, 8:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO is 13-28 ATS (-16.1 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 63-87 ATS (-40.7 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record in the first half of the season since 1996.
ST LOUIS is 2-13 ATS (+21.4 Units) in all games this season.
ST LOUIS is 2-13 ATS (+19.9 Units) as an underdog or pick on the puck line this season.
ST LOUIS is 12-24 ATS (-18.3 Units) after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game over the last 3 seasons.
ST LOUIS is 2-13 ATS (+16.2 Units) as a favorite or even on the puck line this season.
ST LOUIS is 2-13 ATS (+17.4 Units) first half of the season this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
CHICAGO is 4-4 (+0.4 Units) against the spread versus ST LOUIS over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 4-4-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
3 of 6 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.7 Units, Under=-0.1 Units)

CALGARY (8-7-0-2, 18 pts.) at PHOENIX (8-8-0-2, 18 pts.) - 11/10/2005, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
PHOENIX is 9-3 ATS (+9.0 Units) after a win by 2 goals or more over the last 3 seasons.
PHOENIX is 106-76 ATS (+20.0 Units) after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game since 1996.
CALGARY is 69-56 ATS (+12.5 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
CALGARY is 33-27 ATS (+64.7 Units) as a road underdog of a half goal or even on the puck line over the last 3 seasons.
CALGARY is 36-28 ATS (+68.1 Units) in road games against the puck line over the last 3 seasons.
CALGARY is 30-23 ATS (+58.3 Units) in road games when playing with 2 days rest since 1996.
PHOENIX is 9-20 ATS (+9.0 Units) as a home favorite of a half goal or even on the puck line over the last 3 seasons.
PHOENIX is 16-32 ATS (+16.0 Units) in home games against the puck line over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
PHOENIX is 3-3 (+0.6 Units) against the spread versus CALGARY over the last 3 seasons
CALGARY is 4-2-0 straight up against PHOENIX over the last 3 seasons
5 of 6 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+4.0 Units)

COLORADO (8-4-0-2, 18 pts.) at VANCOUVER (10-4-0-2, 22 pts.) - 11/10/2005, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 39-62 ATS (-56.2 Units) in home games vs. division opponents since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
COLORADO is 5-4 (+0.7 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
COLORADO is 4-3-2 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
5 of 7 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=+3.1 Units)

**Spark** · 11-10-2005, 05:30 PM

Thursday's Game
Boise State won last seven games since opening with losses at Georgia, Oregon State; they won last four games vs Fresno St, with wins at this site, 35-30/31-17. Broncos outrushed Fresno 164-17 last year, and outrushed last two opponents this year by 567-178. Average total in last four in series games is 62.5. FSU is 7-1; they covered five of last six games and are 3-0 at home vs
I-A teams, winning by 30-32-38 points. In last five games, Pat Hill's team has outscored foes 105-24 in second half. Under is
6-2 in last eight Boise State games, 5-1 in last six Fresno games. Bulldogs play USC next week, but this is for WAC title, so not a lookahead situation here.

**Spark** · 11-10-2005, 05:31 PM

Favorites are 29-37 so far this season (15-21 last four nites). Over is 30-37 so far this season.

Hot Teams
-- Clippers off to 4-1 start, 2-1 on road; they held Wiz to 37% from floor in win at Washington last night.
-- Pistons are 4-0 (3-1 vs spread) winning by 20-1-33 and 14 points; they're 2-0 on road.

Cold Teams
-- Hawks are 0-4, 1-3 vs spread, losing by 25-15-1-6.
-- Miami is 1-3 since Shaq got hurt; their two home tilts were decided by total of just four points. Houston lost its last two games, scoring 79 ppg. McGrady is injured.
-- Suns are 0-2 at home, as home team won all four of their games so far this season.

Totals
-- Last three Atlanta games stayed under the total; last year, the average Clipper-Hawk total was 208.5.
-- Under is 3-0 in Houston games this season; average total in Heat-Magic games last year was 182.5.
-- Three of four Detroit games went over; average Sun-Piston total last year was 185.5.

**Spark** · 11-10-2005, 05:31 PM

This season, favorites are 120-84 (14-6 last 3 nights).
Under is 103-88-3 (13-6-1 last three nights)

Hot teams
-- Flyers won last four games, scoring 21 goals.
-- Ottawa won five of last six games, scoring 35 goals.
-- Rangers won five of last seven games, with last two wins in OT,SO.
-- Canadiens won five games in row, last three all by 3-2 scores.
-- Dallas won last three games, outscoring foes 16-3.
-- Flames won last four games, allowing four goals; they are 0-2 vs Phoenix this season (0-2/2-3). Coyotes won three of their last four games.
-- Avalanche won five of their last six games. Canucks are 7-0 at home; home side won all three of their games vs Avalanche so far this season.

Cold teams
-- Islanders lost three of last four road games; they lost 5-1 on this rink Oct 15.
-- Bruins are 3-5 in last eight games, with all five losses either in OT or shootout; they lost 5-1 at Ottawa 10/15.
-- Lightning lost last four games, allowing 18 goals.
-- Penguins are 1-5 at home this season.
-- Nashville is 6-1 at home, but won for first time in last six games Tuesday night.
-- Blackhawks are 4-9 in last thirteen games, with last two Chicago wins in overtime; they're 1-1 in two games on this rink this season. Blues lost last nine games, with just four goals in last three contests.

Totals
-- Over is 4-0-2 in last six Philadelphia games.
-- Over is 8-2-1 in last eleven Boston games.
-- Under is 10-4-2 in last sixteen Ranger games.
-- Under is 4-1 in last five Montreal games.
-- Under is 5-0-1 in last six Predator games.
-- Over is 5-2 in last seven St Louis games.
-- Under is 12-1 in last thirteen Calgary games, 4-1 in last five Coyote games.
-- Over is 8-3-1 in last dozen Colorado games.

**Spark** · 11-10-2005, 05:34 PM

Western Carolina has just 10 scholarship players, as new coach Hunter got late start in recruiting; he will be familiar with this foe as he coached a while in MAC, but he is shorthanded this year. Will Hunter run Princeton offense he used as assistant while at NC State? His returning shooters shot just 31.6% behind the arc last year. Bowling Green lost six of top nine scorers from 18-11 squad; this is also a rebuilding year for them, as they will have seven new players on their roster.

Georgia Southern was 18-13 last year and has 39 wins in last two seasons; they have 5-9 guard who scored 20.9 ppg last year and is explosive scorer. Eagles are deeper this year, but need to play some better defense. Portland was 15-15 last year, best mark in last nine years, even though they lost eight games by five or less points; Pilots have senior backcourt and return their top 5 scorers from last year, as well as a 6-11 transfer from Oregon St.

Cal-Irvine was supposed to have four starters back from a 16-13 team, but best guard Gloger blew out his ACL then got mono, which postponed the surgery until July, so he is out here. UCI still has decent talent; they won their tuneup game 94-56 over D-II Pomona. George Mason has all five starters back from 16-13 team that went 10-8 in CAA- they're more of offensive team. This game is at Wake Forest, so Mason figures to have some fans, while Anteaters flew cross country to play.

Mississippi Valley State is now coached by James Green,. the former Southern Miss coach who will have Delta Devils playing more defense, with less chuck-and-duck. Eight of MVSU's top 10 scorers return, so they have talent. Remember that Green was 123-109 at Southern Miss, so he can coach. Wake Forest is the #22 preseason team, but they lost four key guys from last year, and move Gray to PG to replace Chris Paul, no easy task. Wake's starters are older players, but their subs will be young.

San Jose State was 6-23 last year and has just 12 wins the last two years; they have new coach who is trying to recruit high school kids instead of JC guys. Spartans have three returning senior starters, but they were 303rd in nation in scoring last yr, so they have long way to go. Bob Knight teams often oppose themselves as much as the enemy, especially early in a season, as Knight imposes his will on them; Texas Tech has talent, but no seniors; they have lightning quick PG and two other starters back from l;ast year's 22-11 team. This should be an easy game.

Albany beat Oakland 90-73 yesterday, now they move way up in class and face mighty Gators in Gainesville, after Florida won 80-51 over St Peter's. Great Danes made 13 of 19 treys last night, but got outrebounded by Oakland, and now face Gator squad that is improved defensively- they held St Peter's star Clark to 11 points on 4-17 shooting. Albany played only seven guys 10+ minutes yesterday. This is gravy game for them, but America East dogs (Vermont, BU) have fared well in past few seasons.

**Spark** · 11-10-2005, 05:34 PM

Thursday's List of 13, random thoughts on a rainy day
13) One of the disturbing trends in modern sports is that teams own the media outlets their games are shown on, which allows them to control what is said on their airwaves. This curtails free speech, and is a sad development. Dallas Maverick announcers are not allowed to talk about player salaries, which, in a salary cap world, is highly relevant information. That's too bad.

12) What would happen if starting lineups were announced at an NBA game without music, spotlights and other theatrics? What if a team had a throwback night, and the game was actually the show, instead of an intrusion on the production the PR department puts on? Would this be a bad thing?

11) Basketball and baseball players have it made, with all their guaranteed money; very few NFL players have guaranteed contracts, and they play the most dangerous sport. You have to feel for Priest Holmes if his career has indeed ended.

10) Instead of firing the two cheerleaders from Restroomgate, what if Carolina just traded them to the Vikings? Who would object to this? Don't these women have rights? Think of how they would fit in with the Vikings.........on second thought.....

9) In 11 seasons as head coach at Michigan State, six of Tom Izzo's assistant coaches have become D-I head coaches, which increases his chances of other well-qualified coaches wanting to join his staff.

8) Larry Brown, despite being an odd, little man who wouldn't play Wade, Lebron or Amare in the Olympics, has had 29 winning seasons in his 33 years as a head coach, a superior coaching record. In eight of his 23 seasons as an NBA head man, Coach Brown has started 0-3 eight times, which is really an odd stat, even for an quirky guy like Brown.

7) If you want to see the final table from last July's World Series of Poker, ESPN has it next Tuesday. Nine guys are left from the original 5,600+ entrants, with all nine earning at least a million bucks; the winner took home $5M.

6) How mainstream is poker? Pepsi will be running an ad campaign around ****** Chan, Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth, who combined have won 29 WSOP bracelets.

5) The rising popularity of golf, NASCAR and poker all trace back to the nightmare job that baseball has done of policing/ marketing its product, allowing these challengers to chip away at their audience. Once undisputed king of American sports, baseball is now like the rich old aunt who gets drunk at family gatherings; you show her respect for her age, but really are kind of glad when she goes home.

4) Speaking of cars, how come no one has opened a service station where the help runs out and works on your car like a NASCAR pit crew? Wouldn't it be awesome to have your car serviced in 19 seconds?

3) In last six Louisiana-Lafayette football games, five were decided by exactly three points.

2) Denver Nuggets were once the Denver Rockets; Houston Rockets were once the San Diego Rockets; LA Clippers were once the Buffalo Braves, Sacramento Kings were once the Cincinnati Royals, Atlanta Hawks were once St Louis Hawks, Washington Wizards were once the Bullets. San Antonio Spurs were once the Dallas Chapparals. And those are just basketball franchises.

1) Flex TV scheduling begins in NFL in Week 11 next year, when league will be able to move games around to create more attractive primetime matchups. Final details have not been resolved, but it appears as if FOX and CBS will be able to protect five games from being moved, over the course of seven weeks. For instance, if NBC wants a Patriot-Colt afternoon game moved to their airwaves at night, CBS could block it, but could only do that five times a season. Will be interesting to see how this works out.

**BettorsChat** · 11-10-2005, 08:10 PM

Wednesday's List of 13: NFL by the numbers........
13) Colts, at 8-0, seem to be legit threat to run table in regular season, with road tests at Cincinnati, Seattle their hardest games left. Indy has converted 38 of last 56 (67.9%) third down plays, so their offense is cranking up. Best way to attack their defense is with the long pass, as Rams did before Bulger was injured.

12) Want an underrated stat? Incomplete pass margin. The combined record of the top six teams in IP margin is 32-17, combined record of six lowest teams is 16-32. Every IP is play that gains no yards. if you have a lot less than the other side, only logical that you would benefit from it.

11) In their last four games, 49ers have totaled 234 passing yards, or 58.5 yards per game. Not very good. Then again, they've started four different QB's this season.

10) 12 of the 14 Baltimore-Jacksonville games have been decided by seven or less points.

9) Not only are Vikings 0-4 on road, all four losses are by 20+ points.

8) Tampa opponents respected Brian Griese's passing, which helped the running game. With Greise out, that respect is gone, and Bucs ran ball 38 times for 87 yards in two games since Greise got hurt.

7) In their last two games, Carolina averaged 11.0/11.3 yards per pass attempt. Not yards per completion, yards per pass attempt.

6) Good news for Detroit is that their defense has stopped opponents on 28 of last 34 third down plays, and Lions are
+ 7 in turnovers last six games, but bad news is, despite those important numbers, Detroit is still 3-5 and sinking fast, with very little competent play at QB position. Lions have four TD's on their last 48 drives.

5) In last 2:00 of each half in their eight games, Seattle has outscored opponents, 54-3.

4) Patriots' defense is ranked 29th in third down defense, 31st in red zone defense and has allowed 28+ points in four of last five games. Their lack of running game exposes the defense even more.

3) Surprising that teams QB'd by Plummer (6) and Collins (7) have fewest giveaways of any NFL teams. Less surprising that Arron Brooks' Saints lead NFL with 27 turnovers.

2) Eagles are 15-6 vs spread in games that immediately came after their last 21 losses.

1) In six games Ben Roethlisberger started, Steelers are 24 for 67 (35.8%) on third down, not a great number, but eons better than what they are (1 for 20) in two games he missed.

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