1-8-14

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Dave Essler

2* Pepperdine +16

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Scott Spreitzer

Mercer +4

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SB Professor

System Play:
New York +12

Additional Play:
Charlotte +12.5

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Rooster
CBB
Tennesse Chatt -6
583 Canisius-7.5
607 Montana+5

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Dave Essler - CBB Dime Play

522 Missouri 3.0 (-120) SportsInterAction vs 521 LSU

Analysis: I am buying this to +3 simply because I don't like hooks, period. No pun intended. Missouri's record may not reflect it, but since Jakeenan Gant was cleared to play. He is a Freshman, but a very good one. Since he's been in the Tigers lost by three on a neutral site to Illinois (who may not suck that bad, see last night) and then lost in OT to Oklahoma State. His first game back was the Xavier loss, which was a bad loss, but how much chemistry and rotation could there have possibly been? IMO that's one of the biggest reasons the Tigers have seemingly under achieved this season is his suspension. It came at a very inopportune time and he didn't travel to Hawaii with the team. Missouri was very closed about discussing the issue, so there could be more we don't know (isn't there always!). I actually think this effected Missouri way back when and may well be an issue as to why they have seemingly under acheived. I do like the Senior leadership of Missouri's back court, and the Tigers of Missouri have played a much tougher schedule. I am not a Johnny Jones fan, and the LSU Tigers have not played a meaninful game in a month, since they beat WVU in Morgantown. Granted, that's a feat, but that was then and this is now. The more I think this through, the more I want to go 3* on this one, but from my perspective that would really be only to sell more, and that's not my goal here. With that in mind, I don't do it free, but.......and, not unlike our win on the Illini last night, the early and significant amount of tickets/bets seem to bear all this out.

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VegasButcher (NBA)

Toronto Raptors -12.5

Charlotte is on a 3-game winning streak while Raptors are coming off a 3-game losing one. Today I expect both streaks to end. While Toronto had 3-full days to rest/prepare for today’s game, Charlotte is on a b2b, 3in4, and a grueling 5in7 scenario here. After playing @ HOU on 12/31, Charlotte travelled home for a game vs CLE on 01/02, then went back on the road to Orlando and Boston, came back home for yesterday’s game against NO, and now back on the flight, to Canada last night. That’s a ton of travel in the last week. If ‘travel fatigue’ isn’t an issue, playing so many games in the last week should be. Yesterday’s game against the Hornets was very close and required a second-half comeback from the Hornets. They outscored the Pelicans by 11 in the 2nd half to win the game with Walker, MKG, and Henderson all logging 36 minutes each. Without Jefferson, these 3 guys are Charlotte’s primary scorers and I’d expect their efficiency level to be poor today in such a tough physical spot. Hornets already rank as the 3rd least efficient offensive team in the league and I don’t see them exceeding that expectation tonight. Toronto is well rested, they are at home, and they rank as the #1 offensive team in the league. They outscore the Hornets by 13.1 points per 100 possessions on average this season and as long as they do that tonight, this play should cover.

Houston Rockets -7 (1st half)

Rockets are on the road and playing on a b2b in their 3rd straight road-game, so not sure if the effort will be there for the full 48-minutes. But for at least the first half I expect them to dominate this undermanned Knicks squad. With Anthony, JR Smith, Amare Stoudemire, and Shumpert playing most of the minutes this season the Knicks have compiled a 5-33 record so far, the worst mark in the league. Now NY has guys like Acy, Aldrich, Prigioni, Claderon, and Hardaway Jr leading the charge with ‘no-names’ like Wear, Galloway, Larkin, Smith, and Early coming off the bench. Houston doesn’t just have a superior starting lineup, they have a very deep bench now with Brewer, Terry, Josh Smith, and Papanikolaou. Even if the starters are playing fewer minutes tonight than normal due to facing an inferior opponent AND being in a fatigue spot, Houston has enough firepower on the bench to dominate NY regardless. Even though Houston should blow out the Knicks in this game, “first-half only” is a safer play from my standpoint, as I would expect the starters to log most of their minutes during the first 24 minutes of the game.

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River City Sharps

Many people thought Dayton's promising season ended the day that starting and backup centers Devin Scott and Jalen Robinson were both kicked off the team and from the university. The Flyers were already thin on the front line and their absence meant that the tallest player for UD would come in at 6'6". Credit Archie Miller for understanding the need to change the way the Flyers play in order to make up for the size problems they are now faced with...and boy have those changes worked. The Flyers havewon four straight since the players were kicked off the team and many would argue the Flyers are playing their best basketball of the season. They opened up A10 play with a good win over Duquesne and now take their show on the road for a game with St. Bonaventure. We think this is going to be a pretty close game with the Flyers winning in the end. A big issue for the Bonnies is their inability to defend three-point shooters as they are surrendering over 40% at home this season. Dayton will take plenty of 3's, led by Jordan Sibert and Kyle Davis, and the Flyers new offensive gameplan has resulted in lots of open looks for these talented wing players. The Flyers have owned this series, going 14-5 straight up since 1997 and 2-0 SU and ATS in their last two meetings. This is a UD team that plays REALLY HARD and really shares the basketball...fun team to watch and Miller has them playing confident and at a high level. On a neutral floor, UD wins this game by 10-15, but we are calling for a 5-point win here in Olean tonight. The Sharps say...

3 UNITS - DAYTON (-1)

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James Jones
NCAAB-Nebraska University(-9.5)-104 3*
NBA-Portland Trailblazers(-8)-105 2*

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RAS

added Totals

George Mason vs Richmond – Under

Michigan St. vs Iowa – Under

Stanford vs UCLA – Under

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Topshelfpicks (CBB)

Carson K - UTEP

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Will Rogers NHL

Boston
Winnipeg

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Maddux Sports

Added

NHL

10*New Jersey Devils +155
10*Winnipeg Jets -110

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Greg Shaker

triple - Day/ST.Bon OVER 134.5... up to 137

double - STAN/UCLA OVER 131... up to 133

PLAY: BYU/Pepperdine UNDER
RATING: TRIPLE DIME PLAY

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HARRY BONDI

College Basketball Free Pick

ARIZONA (-6) over Oregon
10:30 p.m. ET
Seventh ranked Arizona will be fully focused tonight as they head to Oregon, a place they have lost the last 3 times they have visited. The Wildcats got their wake up call when they lost December 23rd to UNLV. They didn’t play defense against the Running Rebels and had 12 days to practice their defenive fundamentals and came back and annihilated Arizona State 73-49 last Sunday. We have been told by our people close to Arizona that they have had a good week of practice and expect them to handle the Ducks easily tonight

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spartan | CBB Sides

dime bet – 521 LSU -3.0 (-110) vs 522 Missouri