Oklahoma (-5) @ Texas Tech
We get a pissed off Sooner squad, losers of 2 out of 3, heading into Lubbock to face a Red Raider team high on the hog after impressive wins over Iowa State and at Baylor. A week ago could we have gotten this at (-5)? No chance.
OU has been playing rather poorly since they peaked at #1 in the AP poll. They're 3-3 on the road in Big 12 play, so they aren't invincible. At the same time, Tech is only 3-3 defending their home court, so opportunity exists.
The Sooners drilled Tech by 24 a few weeks back and that domination has to be a factor...not a revenge factor, rather a "we're better than you" factor.
Both teams have motivation as OU needs some high RPI wins to get back to the #1 line while for the Red Raiders a win over the Sooners would go a long way to booking their ticket to the tourney.
A big factor in this game will be rebounding...Oklahoma is 1st while Tech is worst in the Big 12. Spangler, Lattin and Cousins should be able to control the boards for the Sooners. Oklahoma averages 6 boards/game more than Texas Tech and that's more chances for Hield to get loose.
If Texas Tech is going to win this game it could be due to a strong shooting night from downtown. That's not the Red Raiders strength either as OU shoots a full 11% better (44.3%-33%) from beyond the arc.
All in all, I think we are getting a line that is 3-4 points better than it would have been 7-10 days ago. I'll take the Sooners to get back on track and lay the wood...
Pick: Oklahoma (-5)
I jut saw this rf_dawg.....is this a "$$$$" or no?
by far my favorite $$$$ poster. Blindly tailed Delaware last time just purely because of the entertaining post. Liked Depaul coming in and will probably sprinkle something on them now if the line hasn't lost too much value. Nice job Dreamsicle, thanks for making it fun
Guys. If you want a play tracked as a "$$$$", you have to put it prominently in the post. If I don't see "$$$$", I am not tracking it. Also, no write-up, and I mean a decent write-up with some insight and knowledge included, then its not getting tracked either.
Please read the entire opening post if you want to be included in tracking.
Solid, easy, $$$$ winner here from gatorbear!
Correction: Josh Scott isn't wearing an ankle brace, but looks good to go in warmups. Being told he'll try to play, but will not start.
Honestly, since he is a back-to-the-basket, post-up guy, the added points he might score could be balanced out by how he would slow the game down. I think him playing or not playing would have little effect on the total.
today took tennesee Kentucky at tennesee plus 17 took the 80-68 given in macro and applied micro a plus 5% when 115 positions cindered its really a plus 12-15 kentucky.
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