Valentine Day with a hoop flavor..

[Box and one]

Have been capping all nite.Wife is home today.No 12 hour shift .Box cannot play on computer.
Valentine Day is special in the box house hold.One daughter was born on it and another daughter was concieved on it.Remember both nites in 1979 and 1987.Had big b-ball games the next day and won both.Ironically the same team and both times I was a big underdog.Both times was down with under 15 seconds left and won by jumpers.
Someday will tell the Valentines story.Pasting ats record so some could glance at them.If you like Central Mich you might have some second thoughts.There are a few top teams I do like today.Will be back later.....thanks for all the nice comments yest.

NCAA Basketball ATS Standings 2003-2004



Team ATS W/L O/U
1 Texas-El Paso 14-3-1 18-4 2-3
2 No. Carolina St. 13-3-0 15-5 6-7
3 Mississippi St. 13-3-3 20-1 3-3
4 Western Michigan 14-4-0 18-2 1-2
5 Fairfield 15-5-1 15-8 2-1
6 Louisiana-Lafayette 10-1-2 14-5 3-0
7 Tennessee St. 14-5-0 5-17 1-2
8 Wis.-Green Bay 11-3-0 15-7 2-2
9 Utah St. 13-5-2 20-1 1-4
10 Pacific 13-5-1 16-7 2-3
11 Georgia Southern 10-3-1 18-4 1-1
12 Furman 11-4-0 12-10 2-1
13 Wichita St. 12-5-1 16-7 1-4
14 Gonzaga 13-6-2 20-2 6-4
15 George Washington 13-6-1 14-8 5-2
16 Southern Illinois 14-7-0 19-2 2-2
17 Seton Hall 10-4-1 16-5 3-3
18 UAB 11-5-1 14-6 0-3
19 Stanford 12-6-1 20-0 4-6
20 Rutgers 12-6-0 13-8 6-2
21 New Mexico 12-6-0 13-8 3-3
22 Wright St. 13-7-0 12-11 2-1
23 Old Dominion 10-5-2 14-8 2-2
24 Louisiana Tech 10-5-0 12-10 1-3
25 Cincinnati 10-5-2 17-3 5-3
26 Villanova 12-7-1 13-9 6-5
27 St. Mary's-California 12-7-0 15-9 2-2
28 Georgia Tech 13-8-0 18-5 8-5
29 Columbia 7-3-0 6-14 2-1
30 Air Force 8-4-0 17-3 3-3
31 Towson St. 10-6-0 6-16 2-2
32 St. Peter's 10-6-1 14-8 1-1
33 Florida 10-6-0 14-6 6-6
34 East Tennessee St. 10-6-1 20-4 1-2
35 St. Joseph's 11-7-1 21-0 5-2
36 Santa Barbara 11-7-0 12-8 1-5
37 Nevada 11-7-2 15-7 4-3
38 Montana St. 11-7-0 13-10 2-3
39 Boston College 11-7-0 16-7 4-3
40 Boise St. 11-7-0 14-8 2-1
41 Eastern Washington 12-8-1 13-10 2-2
42 Duke 13-9-0 21-1 8-9
43 Princeton 8-5-0 12-7 2-4
44 Louisiana State 8-5-0 16-4 1-4
45 Ohio U. 9-6-1 8-14 2-1
46 Nebraska 9-6-0 13-7 2-2
47 UNLV 10-7-0 12-8 8-6
48 Texas 10-7-0 17-3 5-7
49 Davidson 10-7-0 12-11 4-1
50 Utah 11-8-0 18-5 4-8
51 Providence 11-8-1 16-5 3-5
52 Northern Iowa 11-8-0 13-8 1-3
53 North Carolina 11-8-1 14-7 12-3
54 Indiana St. 11-8-0 8-13 2-2
55 San Diego St. 12-9-0 12-11 7-2
56 Bradley 12-9-0 10-14 1-4
57 Oakland (Mich.) 2-0-0 10-15 0-1
58 Coastal Carolina 2-0-0 11-12 0-0
59 Dartmouth 5-3-0 3-18 0-3
60 Kansas St. 6-4-2 11-9 3-4
61 Murray St. 8-6-2 20-4 1-1
62 Youngstown St. 9-7-0 7-15 2-2
63 South Carolina 9-7-1 19-5 4-2
64 Rice 9-7-0 15-7 4-0
65 Pittsburgh 9-7-2 22-2 4-5
66 Oregon 9-7-1 11-7 4-6
67 North Texas 9-7-0 11-11 3-2
68 Maryland 9-7-0 13-7 5-6
69 Elon College 9-7-0 9-14 0-3
70 Bowling Green 9-7-1 10-12 3-1
71 Alabama 9-7-2 11-9 5-3
72 UCLA 10-8-0 10-10 3-8
73 Richmond 10-8-2 13-10 3-2
74 Iowa 10-8-2 12-9 8-4
75 Hawaii 10-8-0 16-5 3-4
76 Delaware 10-8-0 14-8 1-0
77 Dayton 10-8-0 19-4 4-3
78 Temple 11-9-0 10-10 2-6
79 Southern Methodist 11-9-0 10-12 3-2
80 Sacramento State 11-9-0 10-12 3-0
81 New Orleans 11-9-0 12-11 3-0
82 Indiana 11-9-0 12-9 5-8
83 DePaul 11-9-0 14-7 2-2
84 Winthrop 1-0-0 14-10 0-0
85 UMKC 1-0-0 12-10 0-0
86 Texas-Arlington 1-0-0 10-11 0-0
87 Prairie View A&M 1-0-0 4-15 0-0
88 Monmouth-NJ 1-0-0 15-8 0-0
89 Liberty 1-0-0 12-12 0-0
90 Lamar 1-0-0 10-12 0-0
91 Holy Cross 1-0-0 10-12 0-0
92 Georgia St. 1-0-0 14-8 0-0
93 Birmingham Southern 1-0-0 17-5 0-0
94 Indiana - Purdue 2-1-0 16-7 0-0
95 Cornell 5-4-0 10-10 2-1
96 Yale 7-6-2 9-11 1-4
97 Marquette 7-6-0 13-7 4-4
98 Jacksonville St. 7-6-1 11-12 3-2
99 Western Carolina 8-7-1 12-11 0-4
100 St. Louis 8-7-1 11-9 1-2
101 Oklahoma St. 8-7-0 18-2 7-2
102 Northwestern 8-7-0 10-11 2-4
103 Florida St. 8-7-0 16-8 8-4
104 Drexel 8-7-2 15-7 4-2
105 Charlotte 8-7-0 15-5 2-1
106 Vanderbilt 9-8-0 15-5 2-3
107 Tennessee 9-8-0 12-8 2-4
108 Niagara 9-8-0 14-7 0-0
109 Kent St. 9-8-0 17-3 1-3
110 Illinois 9-8-1 16-5 7-8
111 Buffalo 9-8-0 9-11 2-1
112 Brigham Young 9-8-0 14-7 5-4
113 Washington 10-9-0 11-9 4-2
114 San Diego 10-9-0 4-20 3-0
115 Marshall 10-9-0 8-12 1-1
116 Manhattan 10-9-1 18-4 1-0
117 Purdue 11-10-0 15-8 4-8
118 IUPU - Ft. Wayne 1-1-0 3-20 0-0
119 Harvard 5-5-1 2-18 2-1
120 Baylor 7-7-0 7-15 4-1
121 Arkansas St. 7-7-0 14-7 0-1
122 Samford 8-8-0 10-12 2-1
123 Pennsylvania 8-8-1 11-8 4-1
124 Northern Illinois 8-8-1 7-15 1-3
125 Memphis 8-8-1 17-4 2-9
126 Georgia 8-8-0 11-10 0-6
127 Chattanooga 8-8-0 13-9 1-2
128 Canisius 8-8-2 8-15 2-1
129 Arkansas 8-8-1 11-10 1-2
130 William & Mary 9-9-1 6-17 3-1
131 Va. Commonwealth 9-9-1 15-7 1-2
132 UC Riverside 9-9-0 7-12 3-1
133 Northern Arizona 9-9-0 12-10 1-1
134 Louisville 9-9-1 17-4 2-7
135 Idaho 9-9-1 9-13 0-3
136 Hofstra 9-9-1 10-13 2-1
137 George Mason 9-9-1 15-7 0-4
138 Detroit 9-9-1 12-10 3-2
139 Creighton 9-9-0 18-3 1-3
140 Austin Peay 9-9-1 15-7 2-2
141 Evansville 10-10-0 5-16 2-2
142 Vermont 0-1-0 16-5 0-0
143 Troy St. 0-1-0 17-5 0-0
144 Texas-San Antonio 0-1-0 11-12 0-0
145 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 0-1-1 12-8 0-0
146 So. Carolina St. 0-1-0 12-9 0-0
147 Santa Clara 11-11-1 13-12 4-2
148 Northwestern State 0-1-0 10-11 0-0
149 Miss. Valley St. 0-1-0 15-6 0-0
150 Jackson St. 0-1-0 10-10 0-0
151 Hampton 0-1-0 9-14 0-0
152 American U. 0-1-0 12-12 0-0
153 St. Francis-NY 1-2-0 12-9 0-0
154 Texas A&M 5-6-0 7-13 2-3
155 Massachusetts 6-7-1 9-12 2-4
156 Brown 6-7-0 9-11 3-0
157 Ark.-Little Rock 6-7-1 12-10 2-0
158 West Virginia 7-8-0 13-8 3-2
159 Virginia Tech 7-8-0 10-10 3-1
160 NC-Greensboro 7-8-0 8-13 1-1
161 Mississippi 7-8-0 11-9 3-2
162 Michigan 7-8-1 13-7 6-4
163 Miami-Ohio 7-8-0 12-8 1-2
164 Virginia 8-9-0 12-9 7-3
165 Penn St. 8-9-0 9-11 5-4
166 Oregon St. 8-9-0 9-12 2-2
167 Long Beach St. 8-9-1 6-15 1-4
168 James Madison 8-9-1 7-15 1-2
169 Iowa St. 8-9-0 13-7 5-4
170 Houston 8-9-0 8-13 3-3
171 Denver 8-9-0 13-9 3-2
172 Clemson 8-9-0 9-12 6-3
173 Ball St. 8-9-0 9-11 2-2
174 Wisconsin 9-10-0 16-4 6-6
175 Western Kentucky 9-10-0 12-10 1-2
176 Wake Forest 9-10-0 14-6 9-3
177 Toledo 9-10-0 16-5 0-2
178 Illinois-Chicago 9-10-2 17-7 2-3
179 Fresno St. 9-10-0 11-10 2-1
180 Portland 10-11-2 10-13 2-2
181 Mercer 0-2-0 10-14 0-1
182 Tulane 5-7-0 9-11 2-1
183 Wis.-Milwaukee 7-9-1 17-6 1-1
184 SE Missouri St. 7-9-2 10-12 2-1
185 Notre Dame 7-9-1 11-9 4-7
186 Middle Tennessee 7-9-0 12-10 1-2
187 Kentucky 7-9-2 17-3 2-11
188 Eastern Michigan 7-9-0 9-11 1-3
189 Charleston 7-9-0 17-5 2-1
190 Wofford 8-10-0 8-15 2-2
191 Northridge 8-10-0 9-11 1-3
192 LaSalle 8-10-0 9-13 2-3
193 Eastern Illinois 8-10-0 5-17 4-1
194 Connecticut 8-10-1 19-4 8-6
195 Cal St. Fullerton 8-10-1 8-12 2-1
196 Arizona 9-11-0 15-6 7-4
197 South Alabama 5-8-1 9-13 2-1
198 Morehead St. 5-8-4 12-10 1-3
199 Washington St. 6-9-0 11-11 1-2
200 Tenn.-Martin 6-9-0 8-15 2-1
201 Oklahoma 6-9-0 15-5 5-7
202 Miami-Florida 6-9-0 13-11 6-1
203 Drake 6-9-2 9-12 3-2
204 Portland St. 7-10-1 10-13 2-2
205 Michigan St. 7-10-0 12-9 10-4
206 Loyola-Maryland 7-10-0 1-22 0-1
207 Kansas 7-10-1 15-5 5-11
208 Illinois St. 7-10-1 6-15 1-3
209 Cal Poly SLO 7-10-1 8-11 2-1
210 Auburn 7-10-0 12-8 1-4
211 SW Missouri St. 8-11-0 15-9 2-2
212 Southern California 8-11-0 9-12 3-3
213 San Jose St. 8-11-0 5-16 1-2
214 Loyola Marymount 8-11-0 12-11 1-4
215 Duquesne 8-11-0 9-12 2-2
216 Colorado 8-11-0 13-8 5-2
217 Siena 9-12-0 9-14 2-2
218 Missouri 5-9-3 10-10 4-9
219 Eastern Kentucky 5-9-0 10-12 0-3
220 Texas Christian 6-10-1 9-11 2-2
221 New Mexico St. 6-10-1 10-11 2-4
222 Colorado St. 6-10-1 11-10 2-4
223 South Florida 7-11-0 7-14 3-4
224 Rider 7-11-0 14-10 1-2
225 Rhode Island 7-11-1 14-10 3-3
226 Xavier 8-12-1 13-9 2-5
227 California 8-12-0 11-9 3-3
228 Appalachian St. 8-12-2 8-17 0-4
229 Pepperdine 10-14-0 11-14 4-1
230 UC Irvine 6-11-1 9-12 1-3
231 NC-Wilmington 6-11-1 11-11 2-3
232 Iona 6-11-2 7-15 2-1
233 Akron 6-11-2 11-10 2-3
234 St. Bonaventure 7-12-0 6-14 1-2
235 Montana 7-12-0 6-16 1-3
236 East Carolina 3-9-1 9-11 3-1
237 Georgetown 4-10-0 13-7 4-2
238 Fordham 4-10-2 4-16 1-0
239 Tulsa 5-11-1 7-14 2-2
240 Tennessee Tech 5-11-1 12-10 2-1
241 Syracuse 5-11-0 15-5 2-8
242 Southern Mississippi 5-11-0 11-10 2-4
243 Cleveland St. 6-12-0 4-20 1-3
244 Texas Tech 7-13-1 17-6 8-4
245 St. John's 5-12-0 5-16 6-6
246 Idaho St. 5-12-1 10-14 3-0
247 Marist 6-13-0 5-17 1-0
248 San Francisco 7-14-0 14-12 1-3
249 Weber St. 3-11-0 10-12 1-1
250 Loyola-Chicago 5-13-1 7-16 4-1
251 Butler 6-14-0 11-11 2-3
252 Arizona St. 6-14-0 9-12 3-4
253 Fla. International 3-12-0 4-17 0-2
254 Wyoming 4-13-1 9-12 5-2
255 Minnesota 5-15-0 9-13 9-3
256 Citadel 1-12-0 4-18 0-1
257 Ohio St. 5-16-0 11-11 7-5
258 Central Michigan 5-16-0 4-18 1-4

 

[GOAT]

Thanks Box saved me some time Good Luck Wish you could of made the party you. I would of made your eyes red. No time to sleep out there.

 

[Box and one]

Not in any order..
big east

Prov -2 over BC.*****
Prov zone will cause BC problems.BC doesn't have penetrating pt gd.If they do get it in they have Douth and Gomes to deal with.Prov is hot.Hitting 3's,getting inside,etc. BC doesn't have the defense either to stop them.

Seton Hall -2 over ND ***
I know they just beat Conn.Heads are still swollen.ND before beating Conn had lost 3 str and 6 of last 8.Thomas had career nite.But the Hall who has lost on the road to WV and BC who are below in the BE standings need this game.Hall has more greyhounds and speed then Conn.I'm not saying there better but different styles.Hall has all 6'5,6'6 shooters and slashers.Whitnet in the middle is tough and they have the 2nd or 3 rd best pt gd in the country.Again he neuralizes the home crowd advantage.Think Hall can win this outright.Francis status,not sure.Hall is 4-2 away and ND 3-6 ats home.

Nova +1.5 over WV **
think they get a small rd win.Nova on the road is 9-1 despite WV good record too.Nova overall has more talent and speed.

MAAC
Fairfield -11.over Canisius *****
Stags are the hottest team in the country.They are 7-0 ats in last 7.Injuries,scandal,etc.no matter.They beat Rider and Niagara by 25 aad 10 on the road.Todd and Gai are out.so what.Maxwell steps up and the Stags are rolling.

St Peter pk Niagara ***
what a game to watch.NU is better,beat them by 7 last week upstate.But Peter is a team of destiny.NU plays no defense.NU has dominated this series but Peter has done nothing but beaten every team that has killed them in the past.And peters rebounding has improved with Sowers and co.Clark will have a huge day.

Temple -7 over georgetown **
Miami's Rice is 14-68 in last couple of games.That 20%.And he is MU's top player.Chaney's zone defense is tough.So if your top shooter is at 20%,what are the other 4 guys shooting.Miami has lost 6 in a row.

La tech -4.5 over San Jose St ******** best game today
They rebound better,shoot better,rebound better,more athletic,quicker,rebound better.La tech will own the bds.SJ can't play any defense.Already beat them 85-64 a month ago.Have beat them the last 6 times by 11,5,13,24 and 7.I have the line at -9 so its my best play today.La is 8-2 ats away.SJ is 4-7 home ats.

will be back...

 

[sportspicks]

Box-
You nailed the Seton Hall synopisis in my opinion. Good luck!

SP

 

[ndlarryj]

box - love reading your posts... am i missing something in your Temple analysis? (miami?)

 

[Jackanape]

Lookin' Good, Box! Like the Fairfield look!

Cheers!

 

[bej0101]

gl2day

 

[Box and one]

ndlarry,just checking to see if you were paying attention.
Cuse pk over Miami.My bad,looked at wrong index cards

Cuse ** pk over Canes
La Tech number dropped to -4 over San Jose.throw another ** boxes

Brown -5 over Dartmouth ********** strong play.
Can someone kick me in the head and explain this to me.I have it -11 to 13.Brown is so much quicker,has Forte,Powers,Kilborn,Martin,etc.Dartmouth is terrible.No defense,no offense just got hammered last nite by Yale.

Yale -9.5 over Harvard. ****
The flip side of the above game.Yale has the talent to get its act together.Harvard has better rebounders but Yale can shoot the ball.

Princeton -7.5 over columbia..***
Tigers overall to much.Close game for awhile but Tigers pull away at the end.

No time to explain.
SIU -3 over SW Mizzou **
Northwestern -11 over penn St **
Miss St -6 over Arkansas **
Vandy +5 over So car **
Drexal +4 over G. mason **
Utah St -1 over Pacific **
Marquette -1.5 over memphis **** love the line..Mars wins this by 8 pts.
Smoo +8.5 over Hawaii *****
will come back tonite and explain that one
Zona -16.5 over UCLA.. ***spanking is in order
DePaul -4 over the Coogs **

way to many games.Everyone has a line or two off.
Brown is my strongest play.La tech right behind.
Playing some of these in some parlays.
GL

 

[jmizeus]

gl box, i was al over la tech until that line dropped, was my biggest play .then just decided to lay off. i'll root for u gl

 

[Grizape]

I am with you on Brown, do not understand the line. Had them last night, lets get the Brown weekend sweep............

 

[Eagleflyer16]

Box- Long time watcher first time caller......
great work and great write ups.

Just a question any worries about La Tech coming in from Hawaii on thursday?

Thanks

 

[ajoytoy]

thx for the info!


gl on your plays and have a great V-Day

 

[DoubleDown]

Have to pass on LA Tech coming back acroos the pond 2 days ago. Listened to a coach speak on ESPN radio the other day, and he said it takes a COUPLE of games to get your legs back after that roadii. Good luck BOX!!

 

[countinguy]

GL Box!!

 

[TJBELL]

Best of luck today Box!!!!!

 

[Box and one]

DD,last yr La Tech did lose to Nevada after their visit to the islands.
But 2 yrs ago La Tech played in hawaii and had San jose next.La Tech beat them 78-61.Just about the score they should win by today. GL

 

[Another Steve]

Thanks

Thanks

Had a CoatTail Winner on Prov. , Hall let me down, ND is coming on.

Had snow on the ground here in FW, TX. Looking out the window now, we now have snirt.

Be looking in for some more Plays.

 

[ndlarryj]

ya'll-

i see LaTech at -3 now.. what's up?

 

[ndlarryj]

ya'll-

i see LaTech at -3 now.. what's up?

 

[Scotty H]

Box great hit on brown tonight, also played it for my largest wager of the day. You were absolutly right about them being a 11-13 point fav. Again just wanted to say congrats.