Friday Hoops

[Smitty]

on a great run... 8-1 and the 1 was butler. ok, yes, i'm still bitter over losing that game. not much time for write-ups... running late.

davidson (+5) 1 unit. if they were patient enough to come back from a 17-point deficit against georgetown, they can handle wisconsin. badgers not nearly as good as the hoyas.

michigan st (+5) 1 unit. memphis can't shoot... michigan st has neitzel and lucas (looks very poised for a freshman).

stanford (+2) 2 units. doesn't this line scream to take texas? if this is a legit line, then i'm screwed, because texas is much better than the cardinal. i'm going with the theory this is a trap, and i'm not gonna fall it in.

 

[Morris]

Keep it going!! GL!!

 

[ThrowinPicks]

gl smitty

 

[Smitty]

thanks, guys. turns out, that stanford/texas line was legit. it was just a bad, bad number. anybody who's watched any basketball knew texas was better (yes, including myself). i'm still a little shocked the line was that bad. you don't expect vegas to be that far off in a game like this. anyways... how 'bout those wildcats? curry is just sick.

counting on the spartans to get me even on the day. why doesn't that give me a warm fuzzy? hopefully neitzel shows up and remembers how to hit 3s tonight.

 

[gjn23]

like to follow your picks and was surprised to see you and niclebaclk on stanford

they have terrible guards and were going to lose to a team with quick good guards and mobile, outside shooting big men........like marquette......and then texas........thought this was a bunny and for most of the game it was.

stanford has the same problem almost every year come tourney time and usually struggle starting in round 2 when they are good (this year), and in round 1 when they are average (last year).

good luck the rest of the way.

 

[Ronnie]

Great job Smitty! Keep it up buddy

 

[Smitty]

gjn, nice to hear from you. i agree 100% re: stanford's guard play. and that's why i was all over marquette against them in round two. and i even said in my post that texas was the much better team. i truly felt that line was designed to get texas action. and they were getting it (76% was the last i saw), but the line barely moved. obviously the guys who make up the lines aren't stupid. turns out, on this game, they were. i gotta believe the books took a pretty decent hit on that game. that doesn't normally happen. i usually want/try to be on the side of the book.

thanks for the post... i always like to get feedback. that's the reason i try to post my reasoning for my plays. well, that and it helps me organize my thoughts.

best of luck to both of us.

thanks, ronnie. it's been a great run. hopefully sparty will come through for me and keep me in the black.