Sloop Sunday

Certainly a valid point.

early ML parlay:

pays even

You could be right dude. Big East hoops is an enigma. But from what I've seen the past few weeks, it looks like these teams are moving in completely opposite directions. USF has been MONEY at home (9-1), with that lone loss coming in a 1 possession game to UConn. USF is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games, 4-1 ATS following a game in which they didn't cover, and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games. Providence has been bad ATS this year, and has been 1-5 ATS in their last 6, and 2-5 ATS on the road.

I actually think the pace will work in USF's favor. I was worried about them when they played DePaul, cause USF turns the ball over a lot...(but DePaul is obviously much faster than Providence)...DePaul forces a lot of turnovers, and they score easily in transition, so I thought they would catch an early lead like you said. But USF has been limiting the turnovers, and Providence won't be able to get those transition buckets considering they're #313 in the country at forcing turnovers.

Providence has been bothered against good defenses...USF's gonna give them hell. And they're really balanced on offense also...everyone chips in on this team, so even if Gilchrist has a bad day, Poland will be there to pick up the slack, and vice versa..there is going to be a TON of offensive rebounds converted to points...USF is fucking huge...Providence is #257 at defensive rebounding....in that DePaul game USF outrebounded them 38-20...DePaul's def worse at rebounding and is real sloppy/undisciplined...but Providence is still pretty bad..

not saying they cover but im expecting a SU win

whichever name i use today? are you talking about jfen? he's a different person lol

fair enough. you might be right...here are my thoughts though

miami's one of the teams that i root for, for no particular reason. i guess it's because i just see a shit load of untapped potential in this team, kinda like memphis/xavier/peay etc.....but i'm going to give miami a pardon for their recent play. watched every second of that NC State game...the first half was the ugliest half of basketball ive seen this entire year from a major conference team...it was absolutely pathetic...but NC State's so much better this year, they have 5 DD scorers, they were just so so effective at perimeter defense. i totally agree that miami gets flustered and makes bad mistakes and plays bad basketball against good teams. they have a long way to go, and larranaga knows it. but i really, really, really think that miami is going to be the type of team that has no problem rolling over the bad teams. this game is a gift for miami. dont be fooled into thinking that BC is good. that VT win was only because their leading scorer Erick Green was out. ill give them credit for clemson. but i refuse to believe clemson is a good team lol

still going to give miami a pardon for the season for having johnson out for so long and playing injured for a while, malcolm grant's brother's death last month clearly bothered him, and since miami has gotten healthy they again got fucked over by starting out conference play with arguably the 2 best ACC teams on the road. BC is the 2nd youngest in terms of Kenpom "experience"...their offense is dreadful...they're #344 in the country at offensive rebounding...they are #288 in overall offense...#292 at turnovers...they miss free throws and have poor fundamentals...and they're #314 in PPG, #318 in rebounds per game, #273 in FG %....

if miami's offense clicks today, there will be no looking back. and i think it will. BC is the worst team in the acc. asking BC not to lose by DD is a lot to ask for. big reggie's going to have some fun today down low. they'll throw it down low and spread the love today....this is a great confidence builder for miami i think they get these 2 DD road wins

again, what to do i know. just some thoughts. good luck

good luck to you as well. under looks great so far.

take a look at NRopp's write-up on Niagara if you haven't already. he offers some great points for the other side.

I think you should have more faith in Oregon's home court here.

Also, quick question do you still like Montana -4??

Thanks man and BOL to you

nope. wouldnt take it over 3. portland state is dangerous offensively. not willing to give to lay too many points here, but it was still an automatic play for me.

i would parlay the ML with iona (0% chance of losing) and either indiana or cal, whichever you think is better

UConn/USF/Miami