Speaker 1: All right, welcome in everybody. It is Wednesday. It is
time for full court press. I was just telling Brian
Power off air, I typically typically don't go out for
beers on a Tuesday night.
Speaker 2: Haven't done that in a very long time.
Speaker 1: But that was a nice win for Syracuse last night,
and ye know we had to go get one after
the game. So but we're here and we're ready to
talk another great slate of college basketball. Brian Power gonna
go right to you, and then we'll bring in Rob.
How is your night and kick us off. We've got
more big games, more ACC SEC challenge Louisville, Arkansas.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you mentioned it was a fun night out for you, Trig.
Fun night for a good night for the QS upsetting Tennessee.
Obviously good night for the ACC. I bring that up
because obviously the ACC SEC challenge carries over to today.
Speaker 2: The ACC.
Speaker 3: If I have my tally correct, Trig and Rob went
six and three head to head last night. I think
it's a little surprising considering where most people have those
two respective conferences pegged. Everyone you know believes right, wrong
or otherwise. The SEC is the elite in college sports,
at least football basketball. But last night the ACC got
the upper end. Not just qs'es win impressed me, Trig.
But how about North Carolina going to Kentucky. That was
pretty impressive as well. But tonight the headliner as far
as last night for me, I split my two college plays. Guys.
I'm sorry. I don't know what's going on. Obviously, I
have no late you know, I would rather have no
luck at all than the late game luck I've been
having in college hoops. Sometimes Fairleigh Dickinson getting twenty eight,
they're down twenty seven in the last thirty seconds, Trig,
I think you can write the rest of that story there.
I mean, really, Providence, did you need to shoot the three?
Was that necessary? At least Eastern Michigan got something back
for me. But let's get to and then thank you
for ever who joined five hour Tuesday for the NBA
play with Celtics. That was good. So two and one
for me overall. Enough about me Rambling, I'm so sorry.
Let's talk about Louisville in Arkansas. Louisville better team here.
So you talk about the ACC going six and three
yesterday head to head against the SEC ACC team's better
team here. In my opinions, I think I don't think
we're gonna get any disagreement from you guys or the chat.
I'm right in line with the market again. I think
we've kind of reached that part of the season where
with these marquee matchups, I'm pretty we're pretty much gonna
come out and say, yep, this number seems about right.
So it's all about breaking down the matchup trag. We
caught Arkansas in person at the Breslin Center earlier in
the year. It was a close game. They could not
hit a three to save their life in East Lansing.
That is why they lost. Interesting, I know that you
and I were talking in the arena that day that
we thought as the year progressed, Arkansas would only get better.
I'm interested to hear if you still feel that way
now with more data points under our belt. But I
will be kind of sitting on the sidelines at you know,
you've got the coach cal against Louisville angle here as well.
I think that you know they'll talk about that on
the broadcast a lot, but you know, Louisville's a better
team at both ends of the floor, guys, and the
deserved favorite going in fayfil.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna ask Rob to convince me one way
or another, because we left that game and I said, man, like,
you know, I left East Lansing more impressed with Arkansas
than I was in Michigan State. And Brian and I
talked and we said, you know, it was probably the
East Lansing crowd. Like a cuff took a couple of
very ill advised shots in that game where I think
he just got caught up in the moment of having
like fa I mean, when you're at East Lansing like
the fans are on top of you. I think they
just made some bad decisions to end up losing a
game by three that now looks like not that not
such a bad loss.
Speaker 2: At this point, Michigan State looks awesome.
Speaker 3: They keep going up the ratings. Michigan State, Yeah, they're
top ten team now.
Speaker 1: So Rob, on Thanksgiving night, Arkansas played Duke pretty close,
and I think by with all other than that one
game against Winthrop where you know, maybe they had a
little bit of a mental lapse and didn't take them seriously,
Arkansas has impressed me without being said. I can't buy
him any faults with Louisville, and that's what's making this
a very tough handicap here.
Speaker 2: Were you're muted, Rob, You're meaning.
Speaker 4: I'm gonna kind of thumbs up the Arkansas sentiment, guys,
what they did against Duke. They're sixty to fifty one
with about six minutes left, winning the game, and I
think coach cal said that they just haven't quite finished
or they haven't figured out how to finish. When you
have a lead, how can you extend? How can you
put people away? They're not quite there yet. He's juggling
lineups this morning, guys. I read an article where he's
used four different lineups already, trying to find the right mix.
Outside of the two freshmen, they're not really getting a
ton of contribution. A couple of areas here. First of all,
I think you know, Arkansas's obviously got the strength of
schedule on their side with those two games, neither one
at home, and Louisville's played Kentucky whatever we want to
make of Kentucky at this point in time, but they
beat him. The rest of the schedule. I guess is
Louisville should have dominated, but the rebounding numbers don't lie,
and Louisville's been on the boards like crazy. Now, Arkansas,
when I went over, you know, they didn't get destroyed.
They lost the rebound battle to Michigan State, but didn't
get destroyed. They got beat pretty soundly by Duke. I
think there were minus ten on the boards in that game,
and Boozer went crazy, right. Boozer had like thirty five
in that one. So the interior part of this kind
of bothers me if you like Arkansas. The other thing
I think that, you know, if it won, Louisville's home
floor would bother me more. But Pat Kelsey's teams they're
gonna push, They're gonna push, They're gonna push, and Arkansas
is gonna push back tempo wise, because they were at home.
So we're gonna get a fast paced game here. It's
the separation I think Brian, maybe it was Brian who
talked about how they missed a bunch of threes against
Michigan State. Arkansas. Did you got to make a few
shots to disallow Louisville from getting off to one of
those you know, twelve to two, one of those spurts
which are difficult to recover from. But I think, you know, sidewise,
I don't really have a great opinion, but I do
think that this total is still too low. Guys, sixty
one bet up to sixty five, and how does this
game not get to one seventy? In reality, I think
that Louisville has all the components to score points here,
even second chance points with the lack of Arkansas rebounding.
And I think that Arkansas as well in the race
back down the floor will score there. So for me,
at this point in time, it hasn't been bet up
high enough to stop me from playing this game up
and over. One sixty five wins sixty five and a half.
Speaker 3: Yeah, circus at one sixty six too, which I thought
was that just lasts while you were talking, So Louisville
fourth in the country and scoring for those keeping score at.
Speaker 2: Home, Brian, both of you like the I think I
have the answer to.
Speaker 1: So I think the only way this game doesn't go
over it is probably the only way Arkansas wins, and
that would be Louisville just having a poor shooting night.
So you go back to the Cincinnati game. I believe
they're only a road game so far this year. They
shot thirty seven point five percent from the field and
eight for twenty eight from three, and like, if they
don't have an off shooting night here, they're probably not
going to lose this game because of what Rob said,
rebound probably have the rebounding edge they run.
Speaker 2: Pat Kelsey is just I mean, he's a god.
Speaker 1: Like he's in my top like probably five coaches in
college basketball.
Speaker 2: I really don't like banging against him.
Speaker 1: Offensive sets are phenomenal, like they The way Louisville would
lose this game is if they come out they get
a little bit caught up in I mean Fayetteville place
I've never been, still have to get down there, but
by all accounts say a tremendous atmosphere for a basketball game.
If gets caught up, they start to shoot a little
bit too much and suddenly they throw up a stat
line like they did at Cincinnati eight for twenty eight
from three. That's probably where you get your Arkansas win.
And if that's the case, it's probably getting nowhere near
that one sixty. But if Louisville is executing, probably going
over and I think they win, and if they win
against this number, they're probably going to cover.
Speaker 3: Correct me if I'm wrong, Guys, I don't know how
glued to the odd screen you were earlier today, I
thought this line got I thought I saw as low
as two, and then I think there's been some buyback
on Louisville. Am I am? I missed it? Was I
in a morning fog, perhaps there or I thought I
saw Circa down to two already, and now it's three.
It's painted three and a half across the board.
Speaker 4: Circa did make it down to two, Brian, just looking
at the line history earlier this morning, as of you know,
eight o'clock east, you could have gotten two and then
it pushed up a little bit. Guys. One last question here,
just based on situational angle. How much stock do you
put too? Because I Adam when he's talked about off
shooting being the only reason why Louisville wouldn't score it,
jog this memory in my head. How much how much
stock do you put into six days off and seven
days off? Pat Kelsey said it was a good thing
for his team. They needed this time seven days off.
I read his quotes. John Caliperry didn't really speak upon it,
but college basketball teams that are used to playing, you know,
especially at this time of year, more than once a
week and then taking six seven days off affect the ship.
I mean, it's twenty twenty hindsight. Obviously we'll know the
answer after the game's over. But do you treat it
any differently?
Speaker 3: I mean, I think it plays into what tricks. I
mean it could. I again, like you said, we're not
going to know till the game starts. I mean there
is a world I guess where the layoff it's it's Russ,
not Rest, and that that is what causes Louisville low
have an off shooting night. We obviously don't know what
they've been doing in their free time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I I it's so hard to quantify. It's it's
so hard to quantify.
Speaker 1: Like I mean, Cincinnati has actually been pretty solid defensively
this year, like from a number state point, but that again,
they just lost the Eastern Michigan.
Speaker 2: So what do you what? Do you you know what
I mean? Like, was that good defense? Was it off shooting?
Speaker 4: Uh?
Speaker 1: I guess, But it won't move this along like I
guess Like for me, I don't want to The reason
I probably won't get involved with Arkansas is I don't
want to have to bank on Louisville having a bad
shooting night to hit my bet. Whereas the reason I
probably won't get involved with Louisville is I left that
game in East Lansing thinking like, this Arkansas team, as
the season goes along, is probably going to continue to
get better, and all they've, like, all they've done since
then is win every game aside for the Michigan State game,
which now doesn't look like a bad loss at all,
and give a very good Duke team all they could handle,
in my opinion, So I don't really want to bet
against Arkansas either in Fayetteville, where it's going to be
a tremendous atmosphere, so that not anything real actionable there.
Speaker 2: But I do hope that we uh that.
Speaker 1: That we you know, at least got you some different
you know, thinking in a couple of different ways for
that game.
Speaker 2: Let's move it along. Uh, we have a hold on
my track pad? Is that what you call?
Speaker 3: I don't know, but you just tracked yourself right on out, Trigg.
That was unfortunate. Guy was working with a hard He
just went right on out of there. Oh we're live, everybody.
I wonder if he was going to go to Garth.
I see Garth. Thank you again, Garth. We can't thank
you enough for your tremendous donations. He's asking about the
team in my neck of the woods here. I'm gonna
wait till Trig gets back in because I don't want to.
Speaker 2: Like I assume you were gonna you know what I
gotta get.
Speaker 1: You talked to me the other day, I gotta get
a wireless mouse. Excusable, I should have a wire I know,
I gotta.
Speaker 2: Have a wireless mouse. Insane.
Speaker 3: Were you gonna go to the Garth's question about.
Speaker 1: I was, I was gonna go there, and yeah, I
was actually gonna, you know, being a being a a
Cleveland guy that like you know, has the Wallstein Center
in his backyard and has been a little bit of it. Yeah,
has been a little bit critical of this iteration of
Cleveland State basketball.
Speaker 2: I was gonna throw it to you.
Speaker 1: But I also he's specifically asking about the under in
that game, and I got a little bit less of
an opinion on the total. Does anyone want to kick
off that the total side? Rob, you have anything on
the total side of Northern Kentucky Cleveland State.
Speaker 4: I'll say real quick for the total under, the case
against it is the pace. The case for it is
the pace isn't doing anything for Cleveland State as far
as scoreboard is concerned, right, I mean, you can run
up and down all you want. If you can't put
the ball in the bucket, or you can't get to
the free throw line and make free throws or whatever,
you can't get a game over. So Northern Kentucky to
me is a team that can, you know, get it
to moderate pace and defensively maybe frustrate Cleveland State a
little bit. Like I said, this is a tough call
because you'll probably get the requisite number of possessions to
get this thing over. The problem is Cleveland State comes
up probably too empty too many times. If I could
put it that way, to bank on it getting to
this price tag, you know, one fifty seven, seventy nine
to seventy eight final, it's hard to It's hard to
argue either way. I'm not on the game.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Rob took the words right out of my mouth.
Is in terms of the total you're going to get
the pace. The problem is Cleveland State again, it's a
lot of empty possessions. Now the counter to that, Cleveland
State terms, why are they getting somebody empty possessions? Well,
it's a bad basketball team. We understand that, guys, but
they also turn the ball over a lot, and that
could that's compounded here. What's gonna be a real issue
is Northern Kentucky tends to force a lot of turnovers,
so a fast those empty possessions rob a lot of
it if it's coming early. If Northern Kentucky's turning them
over quick on the possess, if the turnovers are occurring
early in the possession, then okay, they might be able
to score on the fast break and counteract the fact
that Cleveland State is having those empty Their usual empty
possess counteracts Cleveland State's empty possessions. So this sounds great
in my head, guys, I assure you so. I mean,
I think that's the question is you know, is Cleveland
State turning it over late in the shot clock? Are
they turning it over early in the shot clock leading
to fast break points for Northern Kentucky. I think that's
the difference in terms of this game staying under or
going over and real.
Speaker 4: Quick, guys. Just so we can clarify this, when we
talk about turning the ball over and a team forcing turnovers,
all turnovers aren't the same. They don't all lead to
fast break coops. Some are passes that go out of
bounds and then Northern Kentucky can inbounds and take their
time and run time off the clock, et cetera, et cetera.
So I think, generally speaking, when we talk about turnovers,
we automatically correlate that to a fast break in a bucket,
and it's not always the case. The turnover can lead
to play getting the game played even slower if you
throw it out of bounds, et cetera, et cetera.
Speaker 3: See by you saying I should go to the game
to security under Unfortunately I cannot do that. I cannot
do that. I am on ice skating practice duty tonight.
I apologize for everyone I am not I. I will
not be on the ice, of course, I'll just be
sitting looking at.
Speaker 1: My phone as I'll just touch on the side very
very quickly and we can move it on.
Speaker 3: Like.
Speaker 1: I don't know that you're gonna find me back in
Cleveland State maybe ever this year. Like so obviously their
head coach goes to North Texas. The any anything that
was redeeming about last year's team is pretty much left.
Speaker 3: At this point, so it's a they never have back
to back good years anymore. It has been like, I mean,
you'd have to go back to the like you know,
the Norris Cole era to find the last time Cleveland
State has strung together consecutive good seasons.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you just talk about like, you know,
barely getting by a non board team, like struggling to
score in that game, like they they have put up
some like random decent offensive performances, but this being on
the road, nor Northern Kentucky can defend, Like I just
wouldn't want to have to rely on Cleveland State scoring
any points. And then you talk about a game that's
lined like whatever it is ten to eleven.
Speaker 2: I haven't looked at where it is right.
Speaker 1: Now where you're not probably not going to get extension
at the end of a game like that, like especially
if Northern.
Speaker 2: Kentucky is up big good point.
Speaker 1: I think maybe I think, you know what, Garth, I
think I'd probably lean toward the under with you, because
I just don't want to rely on Cleveland State to
have to do anything. And it's not like I'm like
over the moon high on like Northern Kentucky just being
like this great team that's gonna run it up either,
So I'll lean your way, garth under under the full
game total sounds sounds decent, Jay buff.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 1: If I don't, I should have probably hit jabup up
and asked if he was at the game last night.
I usually run into him at Syracuse games, but he
wants to know he likes Virginia tonight, he said he's
been impressed with them so far. Texas lost some key
pieces to their offense and might take some time. Wrong
team favored. Well, let's let's get robin here first. Virginia Texas. Virginia, Like,
I gotta wonder could they just not shoot in that
like ballroom or whatever they were in, because that was
like the thing with them. I was very I really
like this Virginia team coming into this year. I like
Ryan Odum, I loved everything about what they were doing.
And then they got into like the Greenbrier playing in
a ballroom and just couldn't hit a shot, and so
like these are goes back to what we were talking
about earlier this week, taking all the MT stuff with
a grain of salt.
Speaker 2: Three games in three days, having.
Speaker 1: A rough shooting performance, you know, playing at a casino
like or whatever they like the place is a golf course.
Now it's back to normal. I tended to count stuff
like that a little bit. And then of course Texas
on the Maui Rims, guys pulling up from the parking lot.
Everything's going in fifteen sixteen threes against NT State, So
it's like, now you've got both of those worlds gliding here.
Speaker 2: Rob talk to Jay Buff Virginia, Texas. I already see
in the swing.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, let me just give you what Ryan
Odams said. Okay, first we'll go to the head coach himself,
Ryan Odam. We've got to play harder and it's got
to mean a little bit more to us. The guys
understand that, because the competition is going to continue to
increase as we go about our season. Guys understand it
and are excited about where they're headed. But certainly I'm
not satisfied with where we are right now. You know,
maybe Sean Miller could say the same thing, but guys,
I'll just turn to the Texas side of this. Maybe
I'm in a small boat here, Jay Buff, I'm not sure,
but I was impressed with Texas third and three days
running a track meet with NC State and winning at
one O two to ninety, I mean third and three days.
You're supposed to be a little bit fatigued, and then
you get hit with Will Wade's team, and as Adam said,
they shot lights out, played extremely well. I like Sean
Miller as a head coach. I think he brings his
teams along in a manner somewhat like John Calipari. Whereas
the season goes on, they get better. The opening game
against Duke didn't look so good, but I think it's
looked good since then. It's a difficult game for me
to handicap it. It'll be played with pace. I would
probably look at it more from a totals perspective then
a side perspective here, and you know where totals concerned. Again,
you do have to shoot it really well, but I
think you're going to get the number of possessions to
get this thing over potentially, So I wouldn't want to
be on under I'm probably a little more impressed with
Texas than you are. You're impressed with the Virginia side,
so I guess that puts us in a neutralizing place here.
Don't let me talk off of anything. Let me say
that right away don't let me talk you off of anything,
but I will say that I am impressed with what
Sean Miller is doing with Texas right now. Tremaine Mac
very good basketball player. I like the way that team's going.
Speaker 3: I'll wave the Swiss flag over here too, in between
trigger and say that I make these teams. I would
make this a true pick them on a neutral court.
These two game. I see, I see there's some argument
in the chat about, you know, all Virginia should be
a road favorite. I'll point this out. This is Virginia's
first true road game. Texas is four for four in Austin. Uh,
you know that they've won every game, So I don't know.
I didn't see a ton of value on this one.
Speaker 1: Now, Triggs muted, I do think if Virginia shoots the ball, well,
they probably win this game. Like I think, I I
so for me, like you look at Texas and you
try to evaluate the MAUI games. So you know, I
was on NC State in the game that they won
one oh two to ninety seven. My big takeaway from
that game, and this is another conversation. I suppose maybe
a good segue into a different game. We'll just we'll
just go right into it. Like NC State might have
some issues defensively, I mean, in addition to Texas maybe
benefiting from some soft rims at Maui, which I guess
are a thing. I mean, it's been going on for
years where every shot goes in sixteen for thirty two
from three.
Speaker 2: They were in that.
Speaker 1: Game, like NC State looked lost on every defensive possession,
and you know what ends up losing the game one
oh two tonight it scores ninety seven points lost, right, Like, well,
we'll wag team scoring ninety seven should not be losing
a game.
Speaker 2: Yet they lost to Texas.
Speaker 1: In that game you want to look at you can't
really draw anything from the Shamanad game whatever, like, so
we throw that out. But they you know, they lost
to Arizona State, and that's kind of a game where
like I felt like they're you know, mo otam on.
Arizona State had thirty six points and really sort of
just torched their defense, which Virginia is equipped to do.
That's the other thing, Like Virginia is equipped to attack
Texas similar to how Arizona attack attacked them through their
guards and shot making. In that game, Odum hit six
threes you know, and they win that game as an underdog.
So like I like Virginia, I'll have to I'll have
to probably think about this one a little bit more,
but I'm buffed to wrap it up.
Speaker 2: I guess I'll I'll agree with you.
Speaker 1: I don't know if the wrong team is favored, but
I agree with you liking Virginia at the at the
number there, I'm gonna just segue this and we already
started talking about I already alluded to us. Let's just
go into NC State in Auburn. Probably downgraded NC State
as much as any team from the MAUI, and I
think for two reasons. And I'll go to Rob because
I know he had a pretty strong opinion on NC
State for pre MAUI, which I did as I just
think they have some stuff to work out on the
defensive end. I think they got out tough by Seaton Hall,
which hey, you know, I remember Shaheen Holloway in the
mac and those good there was very good Sienna teams
that he would punch in the mouth. And you know
out his teams are tough and when he's got a
little talent, they can go a long way. So I
think NC State got out tough by Seaton Hall, but
the the just the way they got just destroyed on
like every possession by Texas where Texas got open three
after open three, both the Titus got everything he wanted
inside and like the Ress bailed them out with a
couple of calls they and NC State could even couldn't
take advantage of. That gives up one hundred and two points.
I had to downgrade him quite a bit.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna score on Auburn, but I think
Auburn might score on them. So a rare Trigg total rob.
I kind of liked the over talk to me about
this game.
Speaker 4: I could see it. I'm going to speak to your
first point though, Adam, about toughness. You know, after that
Bethune Cookman game, I know you shake you. I shook
my head as Stephen Pearl, this is not gonna go well.
Bruce Pearl in the wings wait waiting to come down
and take the bench back. Guys, they've played Houston, Saint
John's and Michigan. Who's on a roll right now? I mean,
if you want to just say today who the best
team to the eye test is, I would say Michigan
right now, is the best team in the country just
with my eyes. But the toughness angle of that Adam
is Houston. They lose by one. Auburn does Saint John's
as tenacious as Patino comes at you. They beat them
by eleven. Michigan, I don't think there's any shame and
losing by the third, that game got out of control.
That was like an avalanche snowball, bigger snowball, bigger snowball.
Speaker 2: You're buried.
Speaker 4: And like I say, I don't put any shame in
that loss because Michigan's playing so well. So on the
toughness angle, Auburn definitely all arrows point their way. I
am totally with you in that. I I think when
you watch NC State, they're caught up in way too,
caught up in scoring points right now, and the other
end of the floor suffers. You laid it out pretty
well the Auburn. The matchup in Maui against Texas, so Auburt.
You know, Pettiford is tough, Hall, the lefty Hall is tough.
These guys are when push comes to shove. They came
through in big ways in that tournament. I like what
I've seen out of Auburn I think their team total
might be the play here if you just wanted to isolate,
because I don't know what Will Wade can do in
one game against an opponent of this magnitude to straighten
things out defensively. So for me, I can't argue anybody
off full game total, but I do think Auburn team
total may be worth a look here.
Speaker 3: I well, first off, this numbers got hit as you
guys were talking. Auburn is up to eight minus eight. Now,
yet that's worth the over predictably is taking money. I
the insane person that I am, I was entertaining the
notion believe or not, you guys are sort of talking
me out of looking at an under here, and I'm
gonna tell you why. I don't think NC State continues
to shoot as well from three. They're shooting forty two
percent from three or that. Is that going to continue
in a true road environment. I don't believe it will. Now.
I think the whole key, the whole crux of this total,
what these guys have been talking about is Auburn's not
a particularly great three point shooting team. NC State is
either is willing to let you shoot a lot of
them if Auburn's knocking down their threes. This game probably
does go over, and Auburn probably wins in a runaway.
I actually believe it or not. Rob kind of like
NC State team total under, I think, as crazy as
it is, I just I look at that three point
percentage that's not sustainable over the long haul, shooting over
forty two percent from downtop, I just don't think it
is in a true road environment.
Speaker 4: And that number, for what it's worth everybody out there,
I guess as low as seventy eight and a half,
as high as seventy nine and a half for the
NC State team total under. And you know, I didn't
really speak on side, but that's probably my strongest lean
in this game is I just think Auburn does win
this game by ten plus from what I've seen so far.
If NC State can bully you offensively, they're going to
bully you offensively. If they can't, they probably get hurt,
and then they might get hurt here in Auburn in
this game.
Speaker 1: I gotta go to my guy by you buy you
BET's Keith Landry texted me this morning, but I was
busy trying to get ready for the show and I
didn't respond to him, so I'm gonna respond to him.
Speaker 2: Live right here on air.
Speaker 1: He said, Trigg, why are our nau Lumberjacks getting points
at home again tonight? So that is a little joke
that goes back to last season, because him and I
bet Northern Arizona quite a bit last year, and you know,
probably did okay. But but the I think the overwhelming
point was last year was there should have been their year.
They had all the talent in the world, best scorer
in the conference, best rebounder, and managed to essentially underachieve
with a roster that really should have we expected far
more from Now I believe, how I think is at
Notre Dame. Now that the other the scorer finally graduated,
I believe he's like a super senior. And so to
answer your question, Keith, like they're getting points at home
because this team is not good. And the thing is,
like I've been I am dying to play against Northern Arizona,
but they keep kind of popping up in these like
what ends up being a tough spot for the other team.
So they just won two games against teams that I
know for a like, they're not better than cal Poly
or Southeast Missouri State.
Speaker 2: But I believe they.
Speaker 1: Caught Polly on like a back to back where they
didn't have to play a back to back, So they
hosted an MTE in flag Staff, and they set it
up very nicely for themselves, so they had to play
Monday and Wednesday, and I believe they caught teams playing
back to back days. I know cal Poly was on
a back to back going into that game, and then
Southeast Missouri also was on a back to back. So
the way they set it up for themselves, it was
they played cal Poly after they played a game and
they and then I believe they played Southeast Missouri State
after they played cal Poly. So it was a very
like friendly home setup in this MTE for Northern Arizona.
Speaker 2: Northern Arizona won both of those games.
Speaker 1: Now coming to flag Staff is no, you know, that's
a that's a trip like it's it's a They actually
play in a dome as well, I think one of
the only other teams currently playing basketball in their football stadium,
not you know, a little bit of a different setup
than Syracuse, but nonetheless they play at the walk up SkyDome.
Tends to be a tricky trip. For some teams. That
being said, like South Dakota State. I was a little
bit disappointed with them in their MTE.
Speaker 2: I I thought they completely just no show.
Speaker 1: They played Utah Valley and you see Irvine and were
really bad in those games.
Speaker 2: But those two teams are very good. Those are good
basketball teams. Utah Valley's really good.
Speaker 1: Irvine is still probably pretty good, even though they've been
underwhelming to start the season. I kind of think Northern
Arizona gets smashed here just from a quality standpoint. That
is just I will find a spot to fade this
Lumberjacks team. They're one of the most the most poorly
coached teams in the Big Sky, and they have far
less talent than they did last year. And now they're
coming in off back to back wins in like this
MTE where they manufactured themselves two really good home spots.
Very overrated team could only could only fade the Lumberjacks.
Speaker 2: Here went off on a little tangent there. Does anyone
have anything to add I don't have.
Speaker 3: I'm glad you did, because I don't have anything that
went on. Keith bet I think you made Keith sad.
I think I think I think he's said. I think
he really I think he wanted to take him an.
Speaker 2: He just loves killer Man.
Speaker 1: He just wants to cash chickens. He has no he
has no allegiance there at all. If if he thinks
that the right play is South Dakota State, he'll play it.
I'm looking at the board right now. I think if
you could have gotten South Dakota State minus three, probably
a pretty good bet.
Speaker 2: I see some places three and a half up to four.
Speaker 1: Tricky trip. No matter what he says, damn it. Maybe
he did like the the Jacks there, but Treg doesn't.
Speaker 2: I can't. I will, I will look for spots to
play against that team.
Speaker 4: Real quick on that guys. The you know they hired
from within, right Eric Henderson left and went to Drake
and uh Peterson got the job. And I don't know
right now what to make of this team under Brian Peterson.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 4: I feel like South Dakota State doesn't have some of
the characteristics that they've had in the past. Maybe they'll
develop as we go along here. So I don't know
that you were placing South Dakota State in any realm
of high esteem. Adam just better than Northern Arizona, and
maybe they are better than Arizona tonight, but interesting when
the Summit League comes along, I'd like to see how
they fare inside that Leagueuse generally they're upper echelon, and
right now they don't resemble upperlan to me.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just want to make it clear that, like
I so, I got caught up on a South Dakota
State in their MT I played them, I think against
Utah Valley and it was, without a doubt, the wrong side.
Like it's one of those where it's like you gotta
be honest with yourself, this was just a bad pick.
Speaker 2: Like it was like it was just the wrong side.
Speaker 1: And I think, I think, Rob, going back to your
to your point, I maybe have like South Dakota State,
you know, they've they've been so good for so long
that like you get you have that ingrained even though
it's a different coach and whatever, like they've been so
good in that sort of use my term weight class
for so long that you see them on a neutral
catching a couple of points and that was obviously enough
to get me to the window there so oftentimes, and
then they got smashed in their next game. Like normally
i'd be stubborn and be like, oh, well, this is
this is the spot to do it. I'm just gonna
lay the three points against a team I don't particularly like.
Speaker 2: But it really isn't that simple.
Speaker 1: And just to speak to probably the reason I didn't
jump at that, like, they are still going on the road.
It is still a tough place to play, and to
what you're saying this, there might be like a precipitous
drop off for them from Henderson to the to the
new coach that maybe we didn't have priced in accordingly
to start the season. So yeah, it's interesting game. Yeah,
interesting game. I wish, I wish I had more, but
Brian Power, I was gonna go to you for a
promo and yeah, I don't know if you want to.
We got to address the elephant in the room too.
We cannot hit a parlay since the first week.
Speaker 3: It's unbelievable. I saw somebody yelling at me about FD Look, okay,
after you played probably one of the first half's worst
first halfs in recorded human history. Okay, but again I
said it at the open of the show. They were
right there. They were down by twenties, they were covering
with thirty seconds left and Providence had shot of three,
so that that was that was not fun. So there
you go again. Most days, most days we've hit two
of three straight. So if you've been doing that, even
up a lot of money. And we are, but we
are in the black with the parlay now trag after
one of the most unreal starts.
Speaker 2: We knew it was.
Speaker 3: That was it. That was it. That was a more
of a curse not a blessing. I think by hitting
the parlay to day three of the first four days
on the show, because yeah, it's it's never that easy.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and we're gonna keep doing it. And we had
a similar lull. We had a similar lull during the
baseball season where we gave back all our profit and
then and then what happened. We hit like a couple
back to back and we were right back in business.
So don't don't bail on us. We're we're we got
one right around the corner. I personally have turned it
around a little bit. Three and one on college basketball
since Sunday after a dreadful feast week, so we were
at least going back in the right direction, and we've
got the full court all access pass up on our page.
You know that's basically any handicapper all the basketball.
Speaker 2: Includes.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and you can get all three of us for
that price, and don't forget guys over the weekend, we
don't do the show Saturday and Sunday. You can get
all three of us college just college basketball for seventy
nine dollars. With that not to be confused with the
forty nine dollars full court all access that's currently available. Again,
I split my college oops last night. I did lose
the one I gave out for free the parlay like
after you didn't win, but we had some close game
positive variance with Eastern Michigan against Butler. Butler otis that
one I thought trig after the way they right staying
game over the weekend, and then five dollars Tuesday was good,
like I mentioned with the Celtics. So again and I
you know I mentioned I bring up the Celtics with
my five dollars were on Tuesday because the full court
the forty nine dollars deal, which is just for an
individual handicapper, it includes not just college hoops, guys NBA,
which I know Rob does as well.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to get Rob back in here because
we have a couple of people in the chat asking
and he's he's.
Speaker 2: Kind of our our Belmont Bruins expert.
Speaker 1: So Curb Events Center tonight, we got the Richmond Spiders
going in rob this is I would say this qualifies
as kind of a big home game for Belmont. I mean,
a ten opponent coming in, Belmont is favored, they're expected
to win, but Richmond Belmont an interesting one down in
Nashville tonight.
Speaker 2: Your thoughts.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and even with the proximity of the two Adam
Virginia and Tennessee, two states, they just don't get a
game like this. I have to say when I first
saw the line, I was a little bit and again
this is my bias speaking, I was a little bit nervous.
I don't know that six and a half is a
is a number that Belmont can handle here. However, you know,
you look at what they've done the last couple of games.
They destroyed to lead in College of Charleston. College of Charleston.
They've really destroyed wire to wire, scoring at an incredible rate.
Normally you associate Belmont with the beyond the arc, but
it's been inside the arc where they've been even more
dominant this year. And defensively, Casey Alexander. Belmont does not
come with any defensive pedigree any year, and yet this
year they're playing pretty good defense. Product of the schedule maybe,
but I don't know. The last two teams are in
we use the term weight class around here. The last
two teams they played are in their weight class, Toledo
and College of Charleston, and the victories were pretty impressive.
On the Belmont side, Richmond has the ability to score.
Speaker 2: Guys.
Speaker 4: I'm not sold on Belmont as a defensive team as
of yet. We're gonna find out that. I mean, if
they put three of these efforts together in a row
against three teams of this caliber, I would say, you know,
Missouri Valley Conference, I thought they were going to be
top four to be with, but top two, look out
if they get through this Richmond game tonight. I don't
have a good feel for the side. If I had to,
I think I would lean toward the underdog plus six
and a half. And I do think that this total
maybe just a shade too high, which is crazy to
say for a Belmont game one fifty seven, but I
think this will take on a little more of you know,
in football, we call it like a playoff nature playoff atmosphere.
I do think that these two will come in and
be highly competitive defensively against one another. So we'll see
I think maybe under maybe Richmond, but I haven't played either.
I'd rather sit back and watch and root for Belmont
tonight and you know, see bruiser come down down the
old pole from a center court.
Speaker 3: I'm kind of thinking Richmond for my parlay, like I'll
be on Belmont, one of twenty teams still undefeated in
the country that's not probably going to continue for too
much longer. I think Richmond. You know, you take a
look at a Richmond team. I belie, leave correct me
if I'm wrong. This is the first time all season
that the Spiders are getting points and they're only lost
this year, but was by one to Furman. So this
is this is I'll get back to you on this.
This is on my short list for for the parlay
leg here. It depends. There's something I want to give out,
just to continue the gimmick and just make people pull
their hair out. But I think they would like Richmond better.
They want to hear me give out Richmond. But there's
another one I was considering as well, another side that
probably no one's considering and everyone will not like. So
let me, let me, let me internalize here what decision
I want to make. But I definitely like the it's
it's dogg or pass here, no doubt about it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, real quick here, let me just add one thing
that's intriguing about this game, guys, is you have a
Chris Mooney offense, Princeton type offense. Belmont doesn't really see
it an awful lot against Belmont's offense, which is unique
in its own right. I wonder how quick the defenses
adapt here? Is I think this thing through? But I
do think that uh you know, I thought the points
bed was a little too high, Like you, Brian, I
thought six and a half might be a little too
much for Belmont to chew off here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll lock my parlay leg in by you.
Speaker 1: I see you in the chat, and I agree with you,
and I haven't I haven't bet, I haven't bet anything yet.
It's also by by design, I've I've someone pointed out
my horrific uh losing stretch on Feast week for like
that all happened within a couple of days, and so
for me, like I really tightened some parameters up. I
stopped locking certain things in super early, which may cost
you some client plays on this show on certain days
like today where I haven't bet anything for clients just yet,
but I'm also three on one for clients since Sunday,
so I feel like it's working and I'll probably continue
to lean into that. But by you brings up a
game that that definitely is on my radar, and so
we'll talk about it now. At Central Connecticut State, they
are going to go to seat in a Hall tonight.
I believe they're playing in the small gym. I believe
this is on campus for Seaton Hall.
Speaker 2: I don't so.
Speaker 1: Back in the n i T a couple of years ago,
Seaton Hall played a played a game or they played
the n i T games on campus and it got
rave reviews. Because of course, Seaton Hall is another one
of those teams that goes to like the big local
arena to play. Believe they play most of their home
games in Newark where the New Jersey Devils play the
Prudential Center. So after the n I T, I think
Seaton Hall decided to bring back some of these like
campus like during the lull when they when kids are.
You know, when it's like November December, i'll quote unquote
lesser opponent, they will play one or two of these
on campus, and that's what they're gonna do tonight against
Central Connecticut State. So they come back from Maui. I
think Seaton Hall probably was pretty happy with their trip
to Maui. They get the big upset win over NC State,
they blow out Washington State. But this is the Shaheen
Holloway is really not the type of team like he
doesn't coach like the type his teams you typically don't
want to lay huge numbers with. They're the type of
team that you are fine with backing as an underdog
where they can muck it up and frustrate you.
Speaker 2: Go ask NC State about that.
Speaker 1: But then, like Shaheen Holloway's teams have also the lesser
Seaton Hall teams have lost to teams like Wagner right
or just like I think last year maybe they even
lost to Wagner. So I don't typically like them as
big favorites. Central Connecticut State is very good basketball team.
Pat Sellers is a very good coach. This team last
year really should have been an NCAA tournament team I
was at the NEC final last year where Saint Francis
went into their gym and somehow emerged victorious.
Speaker 2: Like you'll never see a building more stunned.
Speaker 1: I mean, they were an eleven and a half point
Davord in that game and to have lost that. Now,
they don't have Jordan Jones back Player of the Year
in the NC.
Speaker 2: Last year, they.
Speaker 1: Lost a couple of their really good players. But Pat
Sellers still has a lot of guys. He's a tremendous coach.
I think he probably has a team that that's comparable
to last year's team. But the kicker here is they
haven't quite got priced like last year's team used to.
Like that was the the It was known last year
that Central Connecticut State was was really really good and
this year, like they didn't even get picked to win
their league, LU got picked to win the NC. So
you know, but already this year, what is all Central
Connecticut State has done? They went beat Rutgers right, go
out and win at the rack. Uh, they went into
conte Form and beat Boston College. So to think that
they can't go into Saint Seaton Hall's little campus gym,
which is what they're used to playing with in the NYC.
By the way, the NC they don't play in arenas.
They play in these little gyms, right like you know,
couple thousand people, Max, I think this game sets up
for Central Connecticut State to at least be competitive, Like
I don't think they're losing by seventeen. So that'll be
my parlay leg Central Connecticut State, Blue Devils. Great call
by you. I'm with you on that. I may actually
add this for clients as the day goes along. Plus
sixteen and a half parlay lea.
Speaker 2: I think it's close.
Speaker 3: Just two things. I laughed, not because I think Trigg said,
but somebody in the chat as you were going off
their Trigg was noted, Central Connects State is quote the
real Blue Devils.
Speaker 2: Well maybe that.
Speaker 4: Made me laugh.
Speaker 3: And then number two of this game is being played
in Waltsh Gymnasium, which yes I did. I did my
quick google, so I bet on campus.
Speaker 1: Yes, I bet Veno knows a thing or two about
hard hit in New Britain, though I do.
Speaker 4: In fact, my brother in law, I've got a buddy
that was in my wedding party and my brother in
law both graduated CCSU. So oh wow, congratulations to them
and the real Blue Devils.
Speaker 3: Hard New Britain. I gotta go to hard hitting New
Britain and just start yelling hard hitting with It's.
Speaker 4: Not Hartford or New Haven, so I don't know hard
hitting it is, but or Bridgeport, but it's it's hard
hitting New Britain.
Speaker 2: You know that's where George Springer is from. I think
that's where he's from.
Speaker 4: Yeah, which always breaks my heart as a Dodger fan
when George Springer wrecks Dodger dreams and I'm like, damn,
you have to come from Connecticut. Come from somewhere else. Please.
Speaker 3: You know I'm gonna piggyback off trick. I'm gonna go
to the uh extra board as well for my pick.
I'm not gonna give Richmond. As a matter of fact,
I'm gonna keep I'm gonna keep going rolling with the gimmick.
I'm gonna give out a double digit underdog on the
extra wars. Weall, we're gonna go with the Colonials of
Eastern Kentucky. They've not covered the spread all year, trick.
They're all for six against the spread. They're one of
three teams that haven't covered spread. I think they're gonna
cover the spread tonight. Why do I think that, Well,
you look at the games they've lost, Okay, he's Kentucky.
Only one has been by a greater margin than what
they're getting tonight. Fifteen and a half at Illinois State.
That one game that they lost by more than fifteen,
well that was at Vanderbilt, a team that we should
probably talk about before the show ends, because Vanderbilt is
in a battle of unbeatens with SMU. I like so
Illinois State. We're getting them that. This has always been
a big talking point off an MT where they played well.
They beat both Charlotte and Furman covered. They've covered the
spread three over three in a row. Over All, I
think Illinois State the Redbirds a little fat and happy.
This is the biggest number they will have laid to
anybody this year. It is an ultimate by low cell high,
hold your nose, EKU by you you can have some
KFC after this fun game will be over by nine o'clock.
It's on ESPN Plus, so you can get some late
night KFC. I see he's refusing to eat it until
ek you cover the spread. EKU plus fifteen and a half.
Speaker 2: My of the Parlay, Brian, you managed to find it.
Speaker 1: This is really interesting, Like you managed to find a
team that hasn't covered a point spread, but that's like
one of the better teams in their conference. So like
a lot of times we get to this point in
the year and teams are really bad, Like you take
like a Loyoli for example, right, Like teams are really
bad against the spread, but like some of it has
to do with them just being really bad. Eastern Kentucky
I would argue them having not covered does not have
anything to do with them not being like a good
basketball team or rated where they should be. It's the
fact that all six of their line games, so they
had that weird opener or at home that was a
non board game, all six of their line games Western Kentucky,
They're just Western Kentucky is just better than Eastern, than EKU, Vanderbilt,
kent State teams that are just better. Mercer is very
good this year. Northern Kentucky on the road, Like that's
just a team. We talked tout that one on this show.
I think Northern Kentucky four or five point favorite in
that game. And then Wafford again is another quality team.
So while they maybe should have got like stolen one
of those games somewhere. I think they're probably like you know,
it's harsh that they haven't covered a number and that
they're won and six. So I would agree with you
buying Eastern Kentucky now because I think it's you're buying
a good team at a low point that like hasn't
even really played bad, they just played better teams.
Speaker 3: Harsh like Judd Nelson. Rob, there you go?
Speaker 4: Is he that harsh?
Speaker 3: He's that harsh?
Speaker 1: Yes, all right, let's give Rob the floor here. I
don't know if you've got your parlay le figured out.
If you don't, I'm just gonna let you throw a
game out that you want to talk about.
Speaker 4: Now, I'm gonna go, you know, like yesterday, I'm in
a dispute here with my I have inner conflicts going
on between these tears guys of what to use this today.
I picked the wrong one. I would have loved to
use Texas A and M and Bucky McMillan's team, and
instead I chose the you side. But I'm gonna as
much as I want to say LSU Boston College over
and I'll just rattle these to everybody. So you know
where I'm at here as much as I want it
to be on Dandy, because next to Michigan, I'm so
highly impressed with what Dandy's done. But eleven points puts
me out of the running for in that game. I'm
going to go back to where we a game we've
already talked about, guys, and I just don't see from
what I've seen of Auburn with Pettiford and Hall and
what I'm seeing out of Will Wade's team, we described
it really well. There's no reason for me to lay
it out again. Go back in the podcast and find it.
But I think Auburn ninety seven and a half is
definitely my parlay leg here tonight. I just can't see
them at home in that environment. Will Wade still, I
don't think you can teach a team defense in one
game and they just don't really care all that much
about that end of the floor, and Auburn does. And
Stephen Pearl has that team fired up. You saw the
end of that game where they won the third game
of that attorney. I mean, the kids were all over
Steven Pearl, So obviously there's good report there. Give me
Auburn minus seven and a half is our parlay leg.
Speaker 3: All right, we needed one marketing match up in there.
I think I think after every hit with Central Connecticut
State Eastern Kentucky back to back, we needed a game that, uh,
you know was odd that you didn't need, you know,
some premium streaming service to watch. Even if those are
those games, even on ESPN plus trick that.
Speaker 1: We gave them, Oh yeah, they will be I think,
uh C and Hall might be on. No, they'll go
be on ESPN Plus somewhere that that game will be on.
And you said Auburn minus seven and a half, right, I.
Speaker 4: Just want to make sure that's what I'm seeing. Yep.
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, I'm gonna I'm gonna you know, I'm
gonna propose a game just because this is this is
a real this is real, this is the Degenerate Special.
And and when there's a standalone eleven PM game, uh,
it has to be talked about. Now after going to
Orange Crate after the game, and and you know, being
out for a little bit well before the game, and
you know, staying out after the game a little bit,
do I want to be up at eleven o'clock watching
a bet?
Speaker 2: Not really, but Hey, you gotta.
Speaker 1: Do what you gotta do, and what I may have
to do is bet Ucla today.
Speaker 2: I'm really tempted to do so.
Speaker 1: I feel like this is kind of the spot where
they typically get right, really ugly loss to cal Donovan
dent Or probably probably wishes he never left Richard Patino
because I just don't know that he.
Speaker 2: It just he hasn't looked like the.
Speaker 1: Guy that I became a massive fan of at New
Mexico last year.
Speaker 2: But like I've watched McK cronin forever.
Speaker 1: It's like this typically is the game where he turns
around and just like smashes a team like Washington, who
I don't think is particularly great.
Speaker 2: Now he's got to.
Speaker 1: Go up to the Pacific Northwest here, Brian Power, Rob,
you know, someone talked me off of UCLA, so I
don't have to stay up to one in the morning tonight.
Speaker 2: Can anyone do that?
Speaker 3: Washington's injured right now, which is it's kind of the
opposite of what you want, Greg. That's all the thing.
I will say this to pat myself on the back here,
But I just did first week of the show, second
week of the show. It was early on and the
show's run. I said, the one team that I see
in the top twenty five that should not be in
the top twenty five was UCLA. They're not top twenty
five anymore. So that was good, by the way. I'm
good to Georgia. Look yesterday just blowing the doors off
Florida State. So I can't talk you off this one.
I mean all I guess I would just say, conceptually, Drigg,
I'm not as you know, and generally you I know,
are the same, not big into playing a road favorite
even I mean, you can maybe squeeze out a money
line price on this one here. But Washington really banged up.
And you know, Danny Sprinkle, maybe Rob has his quotes,
he didn't seem very enthusiastic about this matchup tonight.
Speaker 4: Well you know who seems less enthusiastic about his team
mc cronin, And we've talked about I was trying as
you were talking, Brian, to look up the coach I
quoted yesterday, because I feel like it's three tad Boyle.
I know I've done and I think I got to
somebody else too, who generally preaches about the ineffectiveness of
his team. How about mc cronin though, let's roll with this.
I think our team struggles to take a punch. We've
got a glass jaw. If you were to describe us
as a fighter, will tough en up or it's going
to be a long year. And McK cronin does that frequently, right,
He's always after you. And that goes back to your point, Adam,
I don't know what down of indent would want to
come play for this guy for and the style that
he was in, and you want to come play mc
cronin's style, which is definitely his way or the highway,
and that could cause a little bit of friction. I
think Brian talked about injury to the Washington side, right,
but UCLA's got the key injury as well to Bill though,
who didn't.
Speaker 1: I think he's playing though, I think he's gonna play it, yeah.
Speaker 4: Because I'm seeing unlikely right now. But if he plays,
it's a different story.
Speaker 2: Yes.
Speaker 4: If he doesn't play, it's like we said last night
with Nate Biddle, right, Nate Biddle was such a difference
maker in the Oregon u USC game not playing, so
you know, for me, normally Mick cronan quotes turned the
tide of his team in a positive way. I just
don't know how receptive this group is. I think this
is our first chance to find out, because it won't
be our last negative Mick cronan quote about his team.
If they, you know, lose another game, he's going to
say something bad about him. And I don't have an
interest in it for that reason. But I do notice
one thing, guys. I think I texted you Adam about
a week and a half ago. I'm watching UCLA eleven
o'clock at night like you're describing. I'm like, man, these
guys have a lot of three point shooters. It's not
like UCLA to be at the perimeter as much as
I've seen them be at the perimeters. So maybe a
different style team. Maybe that's what mccronin refers to as
softer glass jaw. We'll see. I just don't have a
good read on this one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no one throws their team under the bus like Cronin.
Speaker 1: He's I mean, he's like the poster child for like
like just going and right into the media.
Speaker 3: First thing in the press comments, not that Kelly's unemployed.
Speaker 1: I mean there was a time last year where he
went on a I mean he had a meltdown, and
uh they and they responded, they won a couple of
big games and and for me, like he he's listen,
Cronin's been around for a long time.
Speaker 2: He is a very good coach.
Speaker 1: At some point he's got to look at Donovan Dent
and be like why why is he? Like why why
am I having him passed the ball so much? Like
why why is he become like a pass first guy
on this team? This dude for New Mexico last year,
I like, would just straight up win games on his own.
He can hit tough shot, Like if I'm Cronan, like,
I'm just like, hey, just go do your thing. The
guy averaged twenty points a game at New Mexico. He
shouldn't be just allowed to do whatever he wants like that.
That's really what what should happen. And it's counterintuitive to
what like Cronan likes to do, which is I think
part of the problem.
Speaker 2: I'll be I'll have my eye on Billadeo's status.
Speaker 1: If he's in your boy might be it might be
another late night for your boy.
Speaker 2: I might be up bet.
Speaker 1: I might be bet in UCLNA, maybe up to one
one Eastern. I really just think, think there's they're just
better team than Washington. Washington banged up. Cronin has had
success in this spot where he like calls his team
out after a terrible loss. And that was a bat
cal is bad. Like that was a bad loss. So yeah,
I'm giving it's.
Speaker 3: Kind of crazy Washington was favored against Colorado. This is
a team that books may just have overvalued right now.
You know, you look at that line. I mean, obviously
you can say anything after the fact, but you know,
I don't know that kind of seemed like a suspect line.
Speaker 1: Is by you still in the chat Adam somewhere, Probably, Yeah,
he said, Brian Kelly throws his players under.
Speaker 4: Without without question, without question. But what I'd like to
know real quick. I know we're supposed to be the
guy's giving advice here, but the New Orleans Memphis game
just intrigues me quite a bit. Master p and his
crew Penny's been bitting down two points down to fourteen.
I got a good mind to play New Orleans plus
fourteen tonight against that team, but I don't want to
step in where I shouldn't stand.
Speaker 1: No, well, let's let's talk about that game, because I
can tell you right now I can tell you right
now that a that a very tuned in a sharp
friend of mine played the under in that game, and
so so do what you will with that. Memphis New
Orleans under played it at one fifty four and a half.
And this is a gentleman that knows totals and is
typically beating prices on totals.
Speaker 2: So Rob, do you like it? Would that line up with?
Speaker 1: Like, I guess your your reasoning for the game, but
by you says I always play penny as a dog
never is a big favorite.
Speaker 2: Ojo says, let's go under.
Speaker 1: I would probably lean toward the under just based off
of like who I know is making that play, And
that's all I got right there.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's crazy because I didn't even as a totals guy.
They didn't even really look at the total. The number
was what caught my eye to begin with. I just
didn't think hard Away is that big of a price
favorite that gets a team that's been feisty all season
long and trying to make a name for themselves. So
you know, little brother syndrome so to speak, in that game,
and how.
Speaker 1: About BP, Yeah right, yeah, you're dying to get that
in there. How about New Orleans in there bo in
these big by games. So they beat TCU, they should
have beat Mississippi State. They had them pretty much dead
to rights in that game. So I mean, if you can,
if you subscribe to like them being up for these
like big type games, then I would almost don't know
how you wouldn't. It would have to be like New
Orleans or pass I think. And then when some money
on there, that suggests that each point is a little
bit more of a premium. So I think you can
make a pretty good case for New Orleans. Plus the
points here.
Speaker 3: Pretty decent look ahead too for Memphis they're playing but
Baylor on Saturday.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's a great point. Great point, guys. Listen,
we wish we could get to every game on this show.
If we just can't, there's an hour, so we do
as did, we get as many in as we can.
If we miss your game, we're sorry, but great way
to get other opinions from us. Heading over to the
wager Talk site, we put plays out. I do full
analysis for my plays every day, and all the other
guys do as well. You're gonna oftentimes almost every time
we'll likely get plays or analysis that wasn't part of
the show. If we just gave all the analysis out
on the show, none of us would be employed. So yeah,
great way to get great way to get more info.
And I'll wrap it up by recapping the parlay that
is gonna set us off.
Speaker 2: We're gonna this is gonna be the one.
Speaker 1: We're gonna hit it, and then we're gonna rattle off
probably three in next week or so.
Speaker 2: You heard it here.
Speaker 1: First, Brian Power is on Eastern Kentucky plus fifteen and
a half.
Speaker 2: That's what it is, BP fifteen.
Speaker 3: And a half, fifteen and a half, finally.
Speaker 2: Getting their first cover of the season. I'm going with
the giant killer Central Connecticut State.
Speaker 1: They continue to knock off Power Conference teams plus sixteen
and a half, and then Rob Vino Auburn minus seven
and a half. So you've got the Auburn Tigers for
Veno minus seven and a half, Eastern Kentucky minus fifth
plus fifteen and a half. Sorry, Eastern Kentucky plus fifteen
and a half, Central Connecticut State plus sixteen and a half.
Speaker 2: Three sides three and zero.
Speaker 1: We're gonna hit the parlay that's plus six hundred right there,
and we're gonna We're gonna get it. It's gonna propel
us to new heights, like just like the first week
of the season. So appreciate you guys tuning in today.
We'll be back tomorrow ten am Eastern, more full court press.
I'll see you guys then