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We wen't 1-1 last night. Easy win with Washington, close loss with the under. The way it goes sometimes. At the halfway mark we are 37-13 (74%).
After day 25:
NBA Record: 17-8 (68%)
CBK Record: 20-5 (80%)
Overall Record: 37-13 (74%)
Days [1-5]: 9-1 (90%)
Days [6-10]: 7-3 (70%)
Days [11-15]: 9-1 (90%)
Days [16-20]: 7-3 (70%)
Days [21-25]: 5-5 (50%)
Days [26-30]: 0-0
Day 26 (day 1 of the second half):
CBK: South Florida Bulls +8
NBA: Toronto Raptors -8
My Superbowl pick which is not a part of the quest, and will not be reflected in my record win or lose is what I posted days ago: New Orleans Saints +6.
NBA: Toronto -8
My predicted line: Toronto -10
Prediction: This game will be a 15 to 25 point blowout.
Two teams going in opposite directions.
Sacramento is a California team therefore play in the west coast timezone so this is technically a 9:00am game for them, in Toronto. Toronto is a well rested team. I like to check Chris Bosh's twitter page because sometimes he gives his thoughts on his last game, or he mentions certain players on certain teams and you can pick up that he has a bit of a rivalry with the player .. like Dwyane Wade for example. The other day he wrote, loving the day off. Chris Bosh is a very dedicated, enthusiastic player who loves the game of basketball and is the poster child for Toronto. Whenever in Toronto he likes to put on a show, and with only two games before the All-Star break where he will be playing as well as coaching the rookie all-star game, and he will be looking to show everybody today why he will he is an all-star. With two more home games, and no more road games before the break Toronto is well rested and pumped up to be doing so well. Brian Burke, the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs son the other night, and due respect to him, but this could lead to a more inspired performance from the Toronto Raptors players as it did the Toronto Maple Leafs players last night.
Sacramento have won one of their past 10 games, a three point win over Golden State on January 26th. Their luck isn't going to change this afternoon. This is their fourth game in the past week and like I said this feels like a 9 AM game for them because of the west coast swing. Their last game started at 10:00pm EST on January 5th and finished close to 1:00AM est. They then slept, and flew to Toronto on the 26th, got in less practice then they wished, becasuse of the time swing, and now play at 9:am their time the next day. It is needless to say, that they are tired. Sacramento is 3-21 on the road, 6-13 in games against teams in the Eastern Conference and have lost five games in a row, putting them 14 games out of 8th playoff spot in the Western Conference, making it almost impossible for them to make the playoffs. This team is now in upset mode (meaning their only goal is to upset teams), and more likely of situations are that they upset teams at home, divisional and conference games and todays game is none of those. This team honestly has nobody to lead them, and this has become a rebuilding year for Sacramento. Sacramento's offense can put up good numbers at home on occasion but, they have the 26th ranked defense in the league (of 30 teams). Sacramento has a 6 and 23 record against teams currently in playoff position (like the Raptors) which is only 20%. Sacramento has lost on the road by an average 8 points this season and in their past 10 games they have lost by double digits four times in their past nine games.
Toronto is a very good home team, and have the 5th best home advantage in the league of just under six points. Toronto is 18-6 at home this season, are 9-4 ATS in their past 10 home games and have the 4th best offense in the league averaging over 104 points per game. Toronto always gets a very good turnout at their games on Sunday afternoons and that could be a reason why they are 7-1 ATS on Sundaysthis season. I don't use that kind of information to make a decision normally, but it actually holds weight in this certain situation. Toronto loves to put on for a show, so it makes sense that they tend to play better when more people are able to attend their game, as they have more people to put on a show, for. haha. Toronto will be getting back three important players to their line-up on Sunday. Rookie Guard Remar DeRozan will return after missing five games with an ankle injury. Demar is a big lift to Toronto, and fills the shoes of Jemario Moon from last, as a high-flying dunker/ star ball handler, who can provide 10 points per game and a fast-paced tempo. Toronto will also get back Forward Hedo Turkoglu who wen't out with a face injury missing the past three games. Hedo has been a big impact since coming over to Toronto this season. He is averaging over 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game to go along with 13 points per game. Hedo had 26 points and 11 rebounds in the last game he played, and I am sure he would like to continue from there. The third player returning to the line-up is fan favourite Jose Calderon, who looks identical to Borat, from the movie. haha. Borat is a great player to bring off the bench to carry the ball and change the tempo. The spaniard is full of heart and leaves everything on the court, with only one more game after this left before the all star break I expect all three of these players to be giving everything that they've got. Toronto is 7-3 in their past ten,and frankly I am going to stop this write-up because San Antonio is just outmatched in every category for this game, most importantly including in stamina, and situation. Toronto is 20-6 against non-playoff teams, and I like them to run Sacramento out of their home this afternoon.
Toronto to score 110+, winning the fans a slice of pizza for Pizza Pizza, in what will be the Chris Bosh Show with his sideshows all having great games as well.
CBK: South Florida +8
My predicted line: South Florida +3.5
My prediction: South Florida to win straight up by 3-7 points.
The South Florida Bulls head to Indiana to take on Notre Dame.
This game is a clash between a 15-7 team @ a 16-7 team, whom are both 5-5 in Big East Divisional play; and at the middle of conference standings.
South Florida, is led by by Junior sensation Dominique Jones, who is averaging 22.4 points per game, 6.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2 steals, and 50% FG shooting on the year. Jones is the countrys highest scorer since Jan 1st, averaging 29.5 points per game, with his worst game scoring 20 points in only 33 minutes. Jones plays almost the entire game, usually 39 minutes, and sometimes is on the court for every minute of the game. When asked about his current hot streak Jones claimed "I'm not on a roll. I just feel a lot more comfortable on the court. I feel I've got Coach Heath's trust. I feel like he trusts me 100 percent. Earlier in the season, I felt like it was only 80 or 90." South Florida is 3-3 in road play, and just defeated #7 ranked Georgetown on the road by eight points, after beating #17 Pittsburgh by 11. They have a four game winning streak, in which Jones is averaging 35 points per game. South Florida will not be looking ahead as their next game is not for another week. To go along with Dominique Jones, South Florida has two guys averaging 10 pts per game or higher with Jarrid Famous and Chris Howard, and Mike Mercer averaging 9 points per game. Although these numbers seem better then average with Jones's numbers added in the mix, their real strength however is their defense which they are 60th ranked in the country. I had money on Notre Dame the other night when they destroyed Cincinnati, and I don't see the same happening tonight, against a team who can play much better basketball then Cincinnati. Notre Dame coach called an 8:30 practice before the Notre Dame game, to send a message to the players on their poor performance of late; this seemed to fire them up, and they fought hard all game against Cincinnati. They will face a very tough challenge in the Bulls, and DeMarcus Jones. Jones is very fast and slick, but also aggressive .. a Kobe type of player. I expect them to put senior Guard Tory Jackson on him most of the night because he is a senior, and is most likely the only one who can keep up with Jones; being only 5-11, 195 pounds. He is inches shorter then Jones and should have his hands full all night. They will likely slide Hansbrough and Harangody over to help for size, but Jones is a playmaker and if Notre Dame does this too much Jones will start making plays for open three point shots from the unguarded players. Luke Harangody is averaging 24.8 points per game this season for Notre Dame and had 37 points against Cincinnati shooting 60% from the field. Cincinnati was a small team, but South Florida has players like Jarrid Famous who stands 6'11 and averages 8 rebounds, and 11 points for South Florida. South Florida has had an extra day to prepare for this game, and I am sure their coaches watched the Notre Dame's game, which was a day after South Floridas most recent game. I don't expect Notre Dame to have the magic that they did in their last game, and they will be contested on every shot by this Bulls team who are looking for the win, not the cover. Notre Dame is fresh in the publics mind as contenders again with that big win over Cincinnati, but don't forget Notre Dame has lost four of their past six games, and are coming off of only two games of rest. If their confidence is high, and they don't watch out South Florida could have a double digit lead as quick as that. Notre Dame has the 250th ranked defense and I believe they will all have a very difficult time covering Jones, who will also look to get Famous involved down low when nothing else is open. Famous has height over all of Notre Dames players and hopefully that will draw some fouls out of Notre Dame early. DeMarcus Jones has a beautiful shot though and I am excited to watch him play again tonight. He is trying to take a South Florida team to their first NCAA tournament in 16 years.
When asked about the upcoming schedule Jones, full of confidence after winning two straight games vs. top 25 teams, said to reporters "Call it whatever you want to, but I don't see a team on the upcoming schedule that we can't beat." South Florida will be overlooking nobody. They are confident they can win every game from here on out, and next week will be getting back Gus Gilchrist, who suffered a knee injury two months ago. Gus was their leading scorer at the time with 19 points per game through eight games, and will be on the bench for this road trip and could get some minutes in todays game, which would only lift this Bulls team more, in their run.
I agree with Jones .. South Florida wins this game straight up by 3-7 points, as they continue to prove that their team is not a fluke. Watch out for them in the March Madness tourney as well. I believe they continue this run they are on for a while.
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