Saturday 3/3 CBB Plays

Ga St is PK

Good luck today, sir. I hopped on that Delaware line ASAP as well. They have a really good shot to win it straight up. Also with you on LaSalle, and might join you on a couple others.

Points of interest Neb. Minny. I remember watching you early in the year before conference play playing alot of under Minny games. Today is a good opportunity to play again. Neb. Spenser is truely in pain trying to play through it. Watched them last game against Iowa who you and I both know is not a defensive juggernut score 8 points 3-14 and 2 assists for a team 53 points. Minny is hurting also as Jullian Welch who missed there last game isnt 100% and they have been playing some very physical games lately and other players are banged up as well. Minny will play good D and 120 points to me is to many. If you have time please let me know your thoughts.

Good luck JFen!

Thanks guys.

Updated Card
Memphis @ Tulsa +4 (1 unit)
American +9.5 @ Lehigh (1 unit)
St. Bonaventure @ La Salle -3 (1 unit)
Delaware +6 vs. Old Dominion (1 unit)
Temple @ Fordham +14 (1 unit)
Louisville +11 @ Syracuse (1 unit)
UTEP @ SMU Under 114 (1 unit)
Baylor @ Iowa State -2 (1 unit)
St. John's +8 @ Rutgers (1 unit)
Oregon State PK/Air Force +7 (1 unit) +105

Current Leans:
TCU +2, Georgia State PK, Maine +9.5

Hadn't noticed this one, but I do like it. Pace should be painfully slow and neither team can knock down jumpers with any consistency. My only concern would be if neither team is putting forth its customary effort on defense due to lack of effort. If the effort is there, though, the first one to 50 might end up winning. Definitely going to look into this further.

Thanks for pointing out LMU-San Fran last night, as well.

I nearly went 2 units on La Salle but talked myself out of it. Pretty much the best spot you could ever ask for with La Salle still in contention for a bye (isn't everyone in the A-10?) and playing on Senior Day against a Bonnies team coming off of a rather...ahem...interesting 2OT win on Wednesday that clinched a bye in Atlantic City. Major contrast in styles as La Salle will have no answers for Nicholson inside but likewise I don't expect the Bonnies guards to be able to do anything against the La Salle backcourt. I'll side with the guard-oriented team playing at home and controlling the tempo of the game.

Georgia State-Mason...Definitely a weird line. Did GSU's blowout of Hofstra really have that much of an impact? I've been down on Mason all year and just do not see a team nearly as good as its record indicates. Still, they have arguably the league's best player and plenty of tournament experience...On the down side, Paul Hewitt is the coach.
Good luck today man

Hah it's definitely not a lock but the line is very telling. Sharp money pushed UNC to the favorite's role shortly after the open and I suspect that UNC ultimately wins the game. No interest for me from a betting perspective.

JFen,

Best of luck today. Leaning WVU? Any thoughts? I think they match up well with USF and USF coming off the big win against Louisville.
WVU struggles with jump shooting teams, and USF is not that. I think WVU needs this game much more. I don't like going against a team on senior day, but just think there might be some letdown from USF.

Please give me a good reason to not take WVU.....

Also leaning under 120 in WVU game.....

Added:

Nebraska @ Minnesota Under 120.5 (1 unit)

Definitely lean WVU. Especially given USF coming off of the road win at Louisville.

Why St Johns?

That line BEGGING for Johnnies money. Plus this...

BY MATT SUGAM

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

PISCATAWAY – Long before the season even began, Mike Rice knew what the biggest issue for his young team would be: a lack of leadership.
Without a scholarship senior, Rutgers struggled to find a leader amongst a team that had six freshmen. Saying he had no seniors became a regular statement to come out of Rice’s mouth.
However, he does have two seniors in Mike Kuhn and Charlie Rigoglioso. The problem is they’re a pair of walk-ons that seldom see the court and when they do it is typically with the game in hand. And being at the end of the bench makes it hard to speak up and lead with your voice.
But when Rigoglioso reached his wits end with the callow team he stood up in the midst of a film session after Rutgers loss to Louisville and chewed everyone out.
“He talked about what boys do and what men do and he talked about it for about 10 minutes,” Rice said after practice this week. “It was a spontaneous outburst that he had had enough and so it resounded amongst our freshman because everything that boys do our freshmen did.”
“I started to get frustrated with what I saw on the film when we were watching the film and it wasn’t physical mistakes. It was guys getting down on themselves, guys getting tired, guys resorting to selfish ways so I just told them to man up,” Rigoglioso recalled. “You have to carry yourself as a man and as a player so I told them to stop acting like boys and start manning up as basketball players. It was just out of frustration and just something that had to be said.”
And something Rice had said to his team already on numerous occasions. But it’s different when it comes from a teammate.
“He just came at everybody and we had not had people come at individuals this whole year and he came out like ‘you do this,’” Rice said. “Everybody to a man respected what he had to say.”
It was the watershed moment for Rigoglioso in a career he will cap off with Kuhn on senior night.
It hasn’t been an easy journey for the two. It never is for a walk-on. They pay their way through school while all their teammates are on a free ride. They’re at practice everyday, dripping sweat and getting hollered at by coaches, all the while knowing they’re not going to play in the next game.
But they’re commodities that are needed for any team. Rigoglioso and Kuhn make up two fifths of what Rice calls the “bomb squad.” It’s his nickname for the scout team that prepares the team for the upcoming opponent. It’s thankless work that goes unseen.
“We’ve contributed a lot of ways that people don’t read about in the paper or don’t see in the box score,” Kuhn said.
And they’ve done it together. Well, for the most part.
Rigoglioso left Rutgers after his freshman year to play at Division III Moravian College for a year before deciding to return to Rutgers the following year. An act that had Kuhn label him the “Brett Farve” of Rutgers’ basketball. Although Rigoglioso says he’ll be calling it a career after this season and won’t flip-flop like the Hall of Fame quarterback.
“If they let me,” Rigoglioso quipped when asked if he was considering a sixth year. “I’m trying to hide in college as long as I can, but I think my dad’s like ‘alright, come on, let’s go.’”
And he and Kuhn will be going out together, ending their regular season at home against St. John’s on Saturday on Senior Day. Fitting, considering neither may not have made it without the other by their side.
“Coming to Rutgers and having a guy like Charlie — a brother figure so to speak — has been tremendous,” Kuhn said. “Charlie and I have had a great three years together. We’ve become best friends over that time, and it’s been a blessing.”
Sure, their collegiate careers didn’t turn out exactly how they had pictured it. It seldom does for a walk-on. But unlike many walk-ons, they can say they finished what they started.
“It’s not what I wanted — what I dreamed of — but I’m proud of myself, of what me and Mike did here,” Rigoglioso said. “So yeah, it’s been a good ride.”

Plus I don't think the young johnnies can withstand the pressure of playing at the RAC

Hush up Big Al or youll get Raped too!!

GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO COVERS YOUR THE REAL DEAL!

Tough start here ..not looking like the situational dogs are comming through lately.

JFen can u give me a little insight into America +9.5. I like the play as I have looked into it a little and have seen a few people saying they have a chance to with the tournament. I see they split 1-1 and +9.5 in a conference tournament setting seems like alot. any insight would be helpful.

Thanks as always and GL

i have NO idea how Tolsa won 17 games????  they are horrible!  too painfull to watch

Was there a full moon last nite or is this just who can have the most disgusting mouth here? Not the 1st half we were looking for as they are making jumpers from everywhere.

I am going to play over in N.W. Iowa for a few reasons. I have noticed the last month watching teams playing good defensive teams back to back and they are a good offensive team playing a good offensive team it turns into a track meet. Both teams coming off playing good defensive teams and now there shots wont be contested like they were the last few games. Also Iowa has been playing good basketball lately and you know N.W. is going to give it all they have. Iowa is also one of the worst in conference in points allowed. Over 143 any thoughts about what I wrote about playing tough defensive teams and then playing a weak defensive team ?

OMG JFEN! What's happening. Even my labby lines are screaming for air. You are one of the best cappers on this site. With that said there are only three things that I am aware of that would cause you to go so cold recently and they are:

1. Woman Problems, 2. Woman Problems and of course 3. Woman Problems.

With you til the end friend! Now focus grasshopper!

Updated Card
Memphis @ Tulsa +4 (1 unit)
American +9.5 @ Lehigh (1 unit)
St. Bonaventure @ La Salle -3 (1 unit)
Delaware +6 vs. Old Dominion (1 unit)
UTEP @ SMU Under 114 (1 unit)
Temple @ Fordham +14 (1 unit)
Louisville +11 @ Syracuse (1 unit)
Detroit +1 vs. Cleveland State (1 unit)
Maine +9 @ Vermont (1 unit)
San Diego State @ TCU +2 (1 unit)
Baylor @ Iowa State -2 (1 unit)
St. John's +8 @ Rutgers (1 unit)
Oregon State PK/Air Force +7 (1 unit) +105

Saturday streak of success bound to end eventually. Added Maine, TCU, Detroit. Only waiting on Georgia State.