dog lines from betcom.
very big play -- depaul demons (+12)
marshall thundering herd (+6)
gonzaga bulldogs (-15.5)
youngstown state penguins (+12)
hawaii warriors (-2)
add: hawaii warriors 2nd half (+2)
no real statistical data to support a depaul play. going purely fundamental on this one, and definitely confident with it. demons have been erratic, but theyve got a lot of experience and a good core group of leaders. notre dame will always be a better dog than chalk. im counting on depaul to keep this game within 5 or 6.
marshall is 1-4, but its a really deceptive 1-4. theyve played a respectable schedule up to this point. wilmington on the road. etsu at home. oregon at home. on the road against a very improved eastern michigan team. and then home to uab. im still stickin by what i said one day one: this team should be competitive and a darkhorse in the mac east. good athletes, veteran point guard, and some size on the interior. illinois state has played one good team (uic) and lost to 'em at home. no reason marshall cant win this one.
gonzaga tradin one injury for another. doudney done for the year, but that injury is mitigated by the return of knight to the lineup, which is huge. after allowing wsu to take the air out of the ball on 'em, i think zags will make a concerted effort to up the tempo here against another slow-down team. st.louis has major scoring issues. theyve been in every game this year....but have scored 60 pts just once. thats not gonna cut it. zags are a different team at home. one big run and its curtains for the billikens.
ugly play on the penguins, but just cant justify bg as a double-digit chalk on the road. over the years, ysu has done a good job of raising their play when they get some mac teams to come and play em in their own gym. this is more of an anti-bg play, since i really feel theyre playing way over their heads right now. falcons wont be more than a .500 mac team at best this year. nothing pretty about this game. but im expecting ysu to compete. theyve been off since getting routed last saturday. this one should be closer than expected
waiting/considering cleveland state over kent state. need to confirm availability of moss for csu, who sprained his ankle against akron 2 minutes into the game. hate to go to the well twice in a row with csu, but theyre still a little undervalued and im sure they havent forgotten the 116-66 ass-beating they took from kent last year. no way i play 'em though if moss doesnt go. ask spang how happy i was after raheem left the akron game a minute in.
going back and forth with stanford. youd think they would bring a very solid effort to the palace since theyve had forever to prepare (been off for 2 weeks now -- last game was loss to santa clara on 11/28) but some of their efforts have been really lame this year. looks like its gonna be a slow transition to the new system.
still tossing buffalo back and forth too. niagara is garbage on the road -- they give up way too many points. but buffalo struggled with friggin elon, and that was with buffalo coming off an embarrassing loss to wmu. no consistency from them. nonetheless, bulls should win by 7-10 points. would be interested in knowing which way the new york consensus on this board is leaning. think its gonna be bulls for me.
very big play -- depaul demons (+12)
marshall thundering herd (+6)
gonzaga bulldogs (-15.5)
youngstown state penguins (+12)
hawaii warriors (-2)
add: hawaii warriors 2nd half (+2)
no real statistical data to support a depaul play. going purely fundamental on this one, and definitely confident with it. demons have been erratic, but theyve got a lot of experience and a good core group of leaders. notre dame will always be a better dog than chalk. im counting on depaul to keep this game within 5 or 6.
marshall is 1-4, but its a really deceptive 1-4. theyve played a respectable schedule up to this point. wilmington on the road. etsu at home. oregon at home. on the road against a very improved eastern michigan team. and then home to uab. im still stickin by what i said one day one: this team should be competitive and a darkhorse in the mac east. good athletes, veteran point guard, and some size on the interior. illinois state has played one good team (uic) and lost to 'em at home. no reason marshall cant win this one.
gonzaga tradin one injury for another. doudney done for the year, but that injury is mitigated by the return of knight to the lineup, which is huge. after allowing wsu to take the air out of the ball on 'em, i think zags will make a concerted effort to up the tempo here against another slow-down team. st.louis has major scoring issues. theyve been in every game this year....but have scored 60 pts just once. thats not gonna cut it. zags are a different team at home. one big run and its curtains for the billikens.
ugly play on the penguins, but just cant justify bg as a double-digit chalk on the road. over the years, ysu has done a good job of raising their play when they get some mac teams to come and play em in their own gym. this is more of an anti-bg play, since i really feel theyre playing way over their heads right now. falcons wont be more than a .500 mac team at best this year. nothing pretty about this game. but im expecting ysu to compete. theyve been off since getting routed last saturday. this one should be closer than expected
waiting/considering cleveland state over kent state. need to confirm availability of moss for csu, who sprained his ankle against akron 2 minutes into the game. hate to go to the well twice in a row with csu, but theyre still a little undervalued and im sure they havent forgotten the 116-66 ass-beating they took from kent last year. no way i play 'em though if moss doesnt go. ask spang how happy i was after raheem left the akron game a minute in.
going back and forth with stanford. youd think they would bring a very solid effort to the palace since theyve had forever to prepare (been off for 2 weeks now -- last game was loss to santa clara on 11/28) but some of their efforts have been really lame this year. looks like its gonna be a slow transition to the new system.
still tossing buffalo back and forth too. niagara is garbage on the road -- they give up way too many points. but buffalo struggled with friggin elon, and that was with buffalo coming off an embarrassing loss to wmu. no consistency from them. nonetheless, bulls should win by 7-10 points. would be interested in knowing which way the new york consensus on this board is leaning. think its gonna be bulls for me.
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