X-MAS HOOPS 151

well I really like How Oakland played Oregon st, I mean some people thinking Oregon st may win this tourney, some friends out west like them, so if they are that good, Oakland had a very good chance at beating them,and Oakland did beat Loyola chicago, a team that actually led for most of the game vs Charleston and then with 6 mins to go they had a 4-5 possession collapse which really gave Charleston the game, Loyola is a really good team and I was impressed with how they played with 3 starters out vs Charleston, if they do not miss the front end of 1-1 ft's and 2 turnovers in a 2 minute spurt which gave Charleston a 8 pt lead that game could have went in a totally diff way...... so Oakland is not a bad team, they have adjusted to the time change by now, line has went to 3.5 i'll let it go up or grab 4, actually looking at this tournament Oakland had had a 1 pt wins and a OT loss, easily they could be playing in the final today..... Hawaii has not really impressed me, they have a slow down game, but Oakland actually likes that style also,    just do not see Hawaii shooting 54% like they did in their win vs Charlotte , Oakland shot 46% vs Oregon st and held Oregon st to 42% the reason that game went to OT is because Oregon st shot 46% from 3, and Oakland just 19% which actually impresses me more, Oregon st took 10 more shots in that game, each team  rebounded well, Oregon st had 18 offensive reb's and Oajkland had 13 offensive reb's , 

I do favor Charleston over Charlotte, but also do like I higher scoring game here too , andi like Loyola in their game -2, as I said in other write up, except for a few minutes in last game they could have won that game , imagine if they had all their players, they would have been favored to win this thing I think

Loyola -2   Charleston -6  and I will be on Oakland I think, the Oregon st/Nebraska game is the one I think will be harder to decided on 

Loyola Chicago -2  1 unit  

Over 69.5 TT Loyola 1 unit 

Charleston -6  1.5 units  

Over 69.5 TT Charleston  1 unit 

going to wait and see if this Hawaii line goes up or I'll just settle on +4  

Oregon st line is dropping, not sure why people are on Oregon st, they needed OT to get here, Nebraska is only team to win all their games easily, I could see taking them today, and this line is dropping its 3.5 now    so I will wait   , 

well if I go with Oakland  its looking like a Me against the world game as everyone is on Hawaii today   and  that's ok ...and Oakland has maybe had the 2 toughest teams to play in this tourney and have really shown a lot 

I see Charleston TT over 76.5. I wonder why the big discrepancy

 GL Mah Man

@RUM151

 Like oakland as well...maybe 1st half....

@RUM151

 No you’re right, Oak is the right pick given the value of getting 3.5 points. They should be in the final as they were owning oreg st. but it was a lucky OT and it slipped away. Oak plays much tougher teams in league play opposed to Hawaii so they’re the better team. It is a tourney is in Hawaii and the oddsmakers are predicting a ‘bounce back’ for Haw game after losing to Neb. And ya have to go Neb -3.5 in final, it’s the right pick.

Oakland +4  1 unit  

Oregon st +4  1.5 units  

in nfl I took Pitt+3  then while driving  Pitt was moving the ball in 1st qtr down 13-0  so I took Pitt+7 live play  then they scored but had it called back, live line went to 12.5  so I bet it again  then he throws a pick...lol  I was like wtf???  but not bad at half  we will see 

friggin Loyola shooting 76% in 1st half ???  and Murray shooting 57%  yet just 36-34  Loyola up 8 now  I need them to get to 70  they should got 45 with 17 mins left 

this is like Dejavu  Loyola last game same thing  had the lead and with 5 mins to go, they go on a slump  they had 61 pts with 5 mins left and they cannot even get to 70  , which with 5 mins should be easy  they did not score a basket in 4 minutes  and still have not scored   same thing last game  leading the whole game, 5 mins left the other team takes the lead and then they cannot score  fucking stupid  , I swear 

Of course I grabbed them at +2.5 like fkin clockwork

man you can tell Loyola is missing 3 points guards  they have no one to bring the ball up, guy dribbles off his foot, 20 seconds and you get 1 shot at the Buzzer how stupid  that ball should be shot with 12 sec's left 

@OneADayJ

 That's understandable

nothing worse than getting 4 pts and having OT  and talk about ref's  the only scored that Hawaii has gotten in the last 2 minutes are ft's  all foul shots, and its crazy  you see a guy going over the back of someone and the guy underneath gets the foul on him    they want Hawaii to win  , going to get a back door cover maybe by Hawaii  , I swear Oakland was the play for sure  and they have guys that have fouled out

hawaii is 21/25 at the foul line  and Oakland is 10/12  you got 64 pts and a 3rd are from the foul line  wtf????

sometimes I think some of these people are playing with Monopoly money I swear...to sit and lose game after game and then just keep pressing till ya win one and then when you win one its worth all the losers of the day...lol  sometimes I do not believe that, been a bookie for 35 years,  1st of all ya have limits  and of course I am sure these people got 50 grand in their account....I mean think about it   suppsedly theres 20 grand of wagering going on on 4 sports   would love to see some tickets copied and pasted 

@Docfergie

 because as I looked it bet Charlotte over TT by accident...lol  I wondered that too  till I seen the winner  that was a pure mistake , Charlotte was 69.5  I also bet the other one at 69.5 Loyola that lost   I did not want to bet Charlotte over...lol