Bracketbuster Saturday

[Box and one]

Early game....
Butler -7.5 over Siena *
small play
This game is probaly the Saints biggest game of the yr regarding NCAA bid,RPI,etc.saints haven't beat anyone big time on the rd in a long time.All their losses have been vs good teams except Niagara who upset two weeks ago.Way back Siena went to No Iowa and got spanked by 15.Siena has dominated in conf but lost to the Johnnies,Temple,GT . Butler who has the longest winning streak at home is tough{not with ATS}.Haywood is a big time scorer and the saints defense could have a tough time matching up.Howard at 6'8 will cause more problems.Missing Veasley will hurt because Butler ranks in the bottom of the country in subs playing minutes.They have little depth.With 3 MAAC officials doing the game some Bulldogs could get into foul trouble.Butler has just as much offense,plays better defense and is home.Butler needs this win just as bad because if they lose the horizon league tourney again like last yr they may not get an automatic bid again..small lean to Butler but my heart is with the saints...

Back later with some more games...this is a 11.00 am start

 

[ninosaturnino]

gl box!

 

[big brown]

GL BOX

 

[betterman]

:00hour i have been following you for 5yrs.and have alot of respect for your opinion,just wanted you to know i think you're awesome !:00hour :00hour box is #1:00hour :00hour :00hour

 

[OAKAS]

This should be the best Bracket Buster game of them all.

Good luck my friend.

 

[Lumi]

Box Rox !:00hour :toast:

 

[Box and one]

So Florida -5 over Johnnies ***
To much Jones....
North Texas -11.5 over Ark LR ****
My boys scored 100 last week....who cares about defense...Mean Green on a roll.They beat NO,FAU,So bama and denver at home.

URI -23 over Fordham **
Rhodies get a easy blowout win...

Marshall -8 over Tulane ***
Herd win by double d's.
So Miss -6 over UCF ***
Northeastern -9 over La tech **

MAAC games

Loy Md -9 over New Hampshire **
Greyhounds need some more offense but NH is stepping up in class.NH can't score,FG% terrible,3 pt FG% worse.Greyhounds are 0-8 ats at home..think harvey wakes up his team.

Fairfield +4 over Vermont ***
Cats are a solid team.But again Stags have one of the best freshman gds in the country.Johnson inside gives Stags big time inside rebounding.Ver did lose to Loy Md by 13 early on in the season. I think Stags can win outright.

Buffalo +1.5 over St Peter *****
Like the bulls here with their 3 gds,Pierce,Betts and Smiley.Betts is a swingman-gd who peter will have all sorts of problems stopping.Bulls have 6'8 Boudreau inside with 6'7 robinson and 6'10 Watts off the bench.Peter hasn't played as well recently and with Leon and jenkins going against the quicker and better built gds Bulls should win this.Peter's gym will be half empty because they don't get any support...Like bulls big .

Hofstra -7 over Rider ****
Hof has Jenkins who should be able to penetrate,score vs Bronco defense.Scabo,Washington and super frosh Kanacevik are all 6'8 and more.Lester and 3 pt shooter Vines will cause matchup problems for thompson and co...Hof wins this by 10-15 pts

Manhattan -8 over Towson **
Pickett and crawford should be able to dominate the gd spot.

Canisius -4 over JMU **
JMU just going up to Buffalo loses 3 pts.Griffs are so up and down.But Turner is tough on home court with Coles and Loggins around him..one of them might not play..will try to update

UC Irvine -12.5 over Marist ..will be back later to break that one down..I know this one could be a cliffhanger..Don't know west coast geography but if Irvine is near a beach and the water is at least above 60 degrees the foxes will probley go swimming...because the Hudson River which is right on there campus is iced over...we can't swim until mid july....
a lot of games..have a few more..

 

[highendlowlife]

Funny shit box with that irvine write up The irvine campus is about 15 mins from the beach give or take 5 minutes depending on traffic

 

[Woodson]

Buffalo is the play?

 

[hoosier guy]

they allready won on a lst second shot

 

[Woodson]

they allready won on a lst second shot

Fuck... money lost.. as I waited to plat late...

Nice hit Box...

 

[IowaDonk]

Good call on Buffalo, Box!! Thanks for the winner!

 

[Box and one]

Drake -1 over Cal North **
Utah St -7 over Wichita **
Cal Irv -12.5 over Marist *
{thanks highend for the info}
Cornell -19 over Dartmouth **
Troy -5 over FAU **
Wisky Mil -4 over Niagara **
NU has played better beating Siena but these guys have no post attack,rely on 3 pt shooting from all over.Think wisky has more discipline.

 

[thadchr]

Excellent call on Buffalo. Thanks as usual Box.

Now, due to some ridiculous parlays, I currently have about $2500 riding of Hofstra -6. I'm getting some terrible, slow updates on the game, but I know they were up 9 at half, up 7 with like 5 to go, up 4 with 1 minute to go, and now all of a sudden it's in OT. My fucking god do I need this one... sweating some balls here.

Anyone have some real score updates??

 

[LDB]

Excellent call on Buffalo. Thanks as usual Box.

Now, due to some ridiculous parlays, I currently have about $2500 riding of Hofstra -6. I'm getting some terrible, slow updates on the game, but I know they were up 9 at half, up 7 with like 5 to go, up 4 with 1 minute to go, and now all of a sudden it's in OT. My fucking god do I need this one... sweating some balls here.

Anyone have some real score updates??

hope you hit it thad

 

[thadchr]

I have 79-77 Hofstra with 3:20 remaining...
:talk:

 

[thadchr]

Shitting my pants right now. Obviously, covering 6 isn't likely, but they had it ALL game.

Every little nuance is going to mean the world at this point. The different between 5 and 7 points with fouls at the end, etc. etc. is unreal. *pukes on self* :SIB

 

[thadchr]

I have 83-79 with 1:55 left. Fucking-A I can see this ending in a heartbreaker.

 

[thadchr]

I bet around $100 on games man, not thousands. $2500 is college money. :director: kurby *pukes again* :00hour

 

[thadchr]

Sorry for hi-jacking your thread by the way Box. If I don't keep typing I'm afraid I'm going to go into cardiac arrest. If I could at least see the game it would be a whole different story, but little score updates with no expiation...! :scared :scared :scared

I'm glad I'm the only one in the room. :142smilie