still holding the hot hand after saturday....
after a fawking lousy time the last two months we are almost out of the -27.00 unit hole:
YTD: 118 - 108 - 1 = - 5.00 units:clap: :canada1 kurby
i think i've learned something from this 2002 season.....play ALL home teams the first month of the season....then relax until conference play....
1) Missouri +4.5 -110 ( 1U)
everyone and their dad seems to be on this game...
write-up from website:
GAME NOTES: Taking a brief respite from conference play, a pair of traditional national heavyweights meet at the Carrier Dome this evening when the Syracuse Orangemen play host to the 13th-ranked Missouri Tigers. Missouri, out of the Big 12 Conference, is off to a sensational start, having won four straight and 10 of its first 11 games overall. Coach Quin Snyder's Tigers picked up their first league win with a 77-69 triumph over visiting Baylor on Saturday. The team is playing just its second true road contest of the season tonight, and will return to conference action when it travels to Stillwater for this Saturday's tussle with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. As for Syracuse, it has won an impressive 10 straight games since dropping its season opener to Memphis back on November 14th. The Orangemen's most recent victory was an 82-74 verdict over Boston College at home on Saturday. The win was the team's second in Big East action and improved SU's home record to an unblemished 9-0.
Missouri marks the Orangemen's first nationally-ranked foe this season, but certainly not their last as they jump right back into conference play with a difficult road game at No. 6 Pittsburgh this coming Saturday. There have been just four previous meetings between Missouri and Syracuse in men's basketball.
The Orangemen have won three of those, including an 84-62 triumph in the championship game of the 2000 Great Alaska Shootout in the most recent encounter.
Arthur Johnson enjoyed a career game in Missouri's 77-69 Big 12-opening win over Baylor on Saturday, as the junior center poured in 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to post his third straight double-double. Johnson, who averages 16.8 points and 9.5 caroms per contest for the season, hit 12-of-17 shots from the floor and 6-of-10 at the free-throw line to help the Tigers shoot 50 percent from the field overall in the contest. Rickey Paulding added 15 points and Ricky Clemons chipped in with 11 while handing out six assists to match backcourt mate Jimmy McKinney's half dozen helpers in the game. Mizzou easily won the rebounding battle, 43-34, despite losing out on the offensive glass, 15-13. Still, the Tigers did a masterful job in limiting the Bears to just 37.7 percent shooting for the game, including a 27 percent effort from three- point range. Joining Johnson in the ranks of double-digit scorers for Missouri is team leader Paulding, who nets 18.2 ppg on a solid 48.3 percent shooting performance thus far. Clemons produces 16.4 ppg and is the team's top playmaker with 5.5 apg. The team as a whole has seen its overall field goal percentage rise to .483, while its defensive stance yields just a .373 success rate to its enemies.
Syracuse got outstanding individual performances from a trio of players, as the team won for the 10th straight time and claimed its second Big East victory of the season in an 82-74 final over visiting Boston College on Saturday. Frontcourt battery mates Hakim Warrick and Carmelo Anthony each posted double-doubles, with Warrick scoring 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field, to go along with a career-high 15 rebounds. Anthony also tallied 24 points and grabbed 10 boards to record his eighth double-double of the season.
Gerry McNamara added 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting from his guard position, while also hitting all four of his free-throw attempts to extend his current streak to 30 consecutive free throws dating back to the team's December 3rd win over Colgate. The Orangemen shot a solid 49.2 percent in the game, while holding the Eagles to just 40 percent. Despite shooting a low percentage from the field, BC basically lost the game at the free-throw line where it converted just 21-of-37 chances. Anthony has been nothing short of amazing this season, as the freshman forward is averaging a league-leading 24.2 ppg in knocking down his field goals at a 47.9 percent clip, including 39.3 percent from three-point range. He has also been a monster on the glass for coach Jim Boeheim's squad, pulling down 9.5 rpg -- leading Warrick by just a tenth of a board in that category. Warrick also adds 16.5 ppg to the mix, McNamara generates 15.2 ppg and guard Kueth Duany pitches in with 13.2 ppg. As a team, the Orange are shooting 49.6 percent from the field in putting up an average of 86.6 ppg. Defensively, foes are allowed just 67.5 ppg on a typical shooting percentage of only .387.
Both teams have jumped out to sensational starts here in 2002-03, although one could certainly question the level of competition each has played in non- conference action. Both will find out what they're really made of now that league play has rolled around, although tonight's tilt offers a slew of challenges for both. Missouri is probably the better all-around team at the moment, while Syracuse possesses the sensational individual superstar in Anthony. While the Orange are tough to beat in their own building, give the edge to the Tigers here tonight, as they play solidly at both ends of the court in notching their 11th win of the season.
after a fawking lousy time the last two months we are almost out of the -27.00 unit hole:
YTD: 118 - 108 - 1 = - 5.00 units:clap: :canada1 kurby
i think i've learned something from this 2002 season.....play ALL home teams the first month of the season....then relax until conference play....
1) Missouri +4.5 -110 ( 1U)
everyone and their dad seems to be on this game...
write-up from website:
GAME NOTES: Taking a brief respite from conference play, a pair of traditional national heavyweights meet at the Carrier Dome this evening when the Syracuse Orangemen play host to the 13th-ranked Missouri Tigers. Missouri, out of the Big 12 Conference, is off to a sensational start, having won four straight and 10 of its first 11 games overall. Coach Quin Snyder's Tigers picked up their first league win with a 77-69 triumph over visiting Baylor on Saturday. The team is playing just its second true road contest of the season tonight, and will return to conference action when it travels to Stillwater for this Saturday's tussle with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. As for Syracuse, it has won an impressive 10 straight games since dropping its season opener to Memphis back on November 14th. The Orangemen's most recent victory was an 82-74 verdict over Boston College at home on Saturday. The win was the team's second in Big East action and improved SU's home record to an unblemished 9-0.
Missouri marks the Orangemen's first nationally-ranked foe this season, but certainly not their last as they jump right back into conference play with a difficult road game at No. 6 Pittsburgh this coming Saturday. There have been just four previous meetings between Missouri and Syracuse in men's basketball.
The Orangemen have won three of those, including an 84-62 triumph in the championship game of the 2000 Great Alaska Shootout in the most recent encounter.
Arthur Johnson enjoyed a career game in Missouri's 77-69 Big 12-opening win over Baylor on Saturday, as the junior center poured in 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to post his third straight double-double. Johnson, who averages 16.8 points and 9.5 caroms per contest for the season, hit 12-of-17 shots from the floor and 6-of-10 at the free-throw line to help the Tigers shoot 50 percent from the field overall in the contest. Rickey Paulding added 15 points and Ricky Clemons chipped in with 11 while handing out six assists to match backcourt mate Jimmy McKinney's half dozen helpers in the game. Mizzou easily won the rebounding battle, 43-34, despite losing out on the offensive glass, 15-13. Still, the Tigers did a masterful job in limiting the Bears to just 37.7 percent shooting for the game, including a 27 percent effort from three- point range. Joining Johnson in the ranks of double-digit scorers for Missouri is team leader Paulding, who nets 18.2 ppg on a solid 48.3 percent shooting performance thus far. Clemons produces 16.4 ppg and is the team's top playmaker with 5.5 apg. The team as a whole has seen its overall field goal percentage rise to .483, while its defensive stance yields just a .373 success rate to its enemies.
Syracuse got outstanding individual performances from a trio of players, as the team won for the 10th straight time and claimed its second Big East victory of the season in an 82-74 final over visiting Boston College on Saturday. Frontcourt battery mates Hakim Warrick and Carmelo Anthony each posted double-doubles, with Warrick scoring 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field, to go along with a career-high 15 rebounds. Anthony also tallied 24 points and grabbed 10 boards to record his eighth double-double of the season.
Gerry McNamara added 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting from his guard position, while also hitting all four of his free-throw attempts to extend his current streak to 30 consecutive free throws dating back to the team's December 3rd win over Colgate. The Orangemen shot a solid 49.2 percent in the game, while holding the Eagles to just 40 percent. Despite shooting a low percentage from the field, BC basically lost the game at the free-throw line where it converted just 21-of-37 chances. Anthony has been nothing short of amazing this season, as the freshman forward is averaging a league-leading 24.2 ppg in knocking down his field goals at a 47.9 percent clip, including 39.3 percent from three-point range. He has also been a monster on the glass for coach Jim Boeheim's squad, pulling down 9.5 rpg -- leading Warrick by just a tenth of a board in that category. Warrick also adds 16.5 ppg to the mix, McNamara generates 15.2 ppg and guard Kueth Duany pitches in with 13.2 ppg. As a team, the Orange are shooting 49.6 percent from the field in putting up an average of 86.6 ppg. Defensively, foes are allowed just 67.5 ppg on a typical shooting percentage of only .387.
Both teams have jumped out to sensational starts here in 2002-03, although one could certainly question the level of competition each has played in non- conference action. Both will find out what they're really made of now that league play has rolled around, although tonight's tilt offers a slew of challenges for both. Missouri is probably the better all-around team at the moment, while Syracuse possesses the sensational individual superstar in Anthony. While the Orange are tough to beat in their own building, give the edge to the Tigers here tonight, as they play solidly at both ends of the court in notching their 11th win of the season.
