Final Thoughts on January 31st....
1. Texas looks to be the real deal. A beat down on the road on Big Monday is no small task. They might be looking at a one seed come tourney time with Duke, Ohio State, and Pittsburgh. That is as of right now though. Who knows who could get hot in the Big East, win the tourney, and get a one seed.
2. 21 straight losses for the Cavs, wow. They were 5-5 at one time also. Now a good 8-40. They haven't won since December 18th. They really could be looking at 70 losses, that would be an amazing turn around.
3. Ohio State has all 96 first place votes in the combined AP Poll and Coaches Poll, and they should. They are clearly the best team right now. Starting Saturday they have at Minny, at Wisconsin, MSU at home, then at Purdue, and home vs. Illinois. Not great teams but I have to imagine they'll slip up in one those.
- Michigan State is finally kicked out of the polls, thank God.
- Somehow though Illinois is still ranked 24th with a 14-7 record.
- Syracuse has lost four straight and has only fallen to 17th.
- Louisville is the big mover this week, all the way up to 13th. Although they lost tonight to Georgetown.
- Right now 7 of the top 17 teams are out of the Big East, that is crazy.
- Three teams are ranked from "non power conferences".
Don't get caught out in the weather guys. Haley and I laid out by the pool Sunday and Tuesday it is suppose to be a high of 78. Good luck.
Curt
Monday, January 31, 2011
A10 Update
Not a big week this week in the A10. No marquee matchups. Here are a few matchups that at least could be good and will shake up the standings for the tourney...
Wednesday Games...
Temple at LaSalle
Big five game so it'll be a close one. Temple needs to continue to take care of the bottom of the league. Should win.
George Washington at Xavier
GW is decent this could be a trap game for Xavier. I see Xavier winning but wouldn't be surprised if this is one they slipped up in.
UMASS at St. Louis
UMASS is out to a 5-2 start and need to beat these kind of teams to keep it going. I see them losing this one.
St. Bonaventure at Dayton
Dayton should roll but who knows. Both teams are 3-4 and games like this could help in seeding later on.
Saturdays Games...
Rhode Island at Temple
Big game for both teams. Temple has won 17 straight at home and it is Hooters Birthday so look for Temple to win. Rhode should be 5-3 coming into this game so they are no pushover.
Duquesne at St. Bonaventure
Duquesne shoots poorly in this one and the Bonnies could capitalize. I see this being a close one but Duquesne probably pulling it out.
Dayton at LaSalle
Again, Dayton is probably the better team but they can NOT win on the road. Who knows what happens in this one. Another one where it will matter in seeding. Remember, as of last year, teams 5-8 get a home game in the first round of the A10 tourney.
Standings as of today....
Xavier, Duquesne 7-0
Richmond, Temple, UMASS 5-2
Rhode Island, George Washington 4-3
Dayton, St. Bonaventure, LaSalle 3-4
St. Louis 2-5
Charlotte 1-6
Fordham, St. Joseph's 0-7
St. Joes fall is epic. They are terrible. No doubt them and Fordham will be left out of the tourney this year. Right now Xavier, Duquesne, Temple, and Richmond would receive the byes.
In today's bracketology's Temple was a 7 seed in one bracket, and an 8 seed in the other. Xavier was a 10 seed in one and a six in the other. Richmond was an 11 seed in one bracket. Still no love at all for Duquesne. They will have a chance if they keep taking care of business.
Will check in next week. February is a boring month for college basketball. Wake me up when March gets here, which will be soon.
Wednesday Games...
Temple at LaSalle
Big five game so it'll be a close one. Temple needs to continue to take care of the bottom of the league. Should win.
George Washington at Xavier
GW is decent this could be a trap game for Xavier. I see Xavier winning but wouldn't be surprised if this is one they slipped up in.
UMASS at St. Louis
UMASS is out to a 5-2 start and need to beat these kind of teams to keep it going. I see them losing this one.
St. Bonaventure at Dayton
Dayton should roll but who knows. Both teams are 3-4 and games like this could help in seeding later on.
Saturdays Games...
Rhode Island at Temple
Big game for both teams. Temple has won 17 straight at home and it is Hooters Birthday so look for Temple to win. Rhode should be 5-3 coming into this game so they are no pushover.
Duquesne at St. Bonaventure
Duquesne shoots poorly in this one and the Bonnies could capitalize. I see this being a close one but Duquesne probably pulling it out.
Dayton at LaSalle
Again, Dayton is probably the better team but they can NOT win on the road. Who knows what happens in this one. Another one where it will matter in seeding. Remember, as of last year, teams 5-8 get a home game in the first round of the A10 tourney.
Standings as of today....
Xavier, Duquesne 7-0
Richmond, Temple, UMASS 5-2
Rhode Island, George Washington 4-3
Dayton, St. Bonaventure, LaSalle 3-4
St. Louis 2-5
Charlotte 1-6
Fordham, St. Joseph's 0-7
St. Joes fall is epic. They are terrible. No doubt them and Fordham will be left out of the tourney this year. Right now Xavier, Duquesne, Temple, and Richmond would receive the byes.
In today's bracketology's Temple was a 7 seed in one bracket, and an 8 seed in the other. Xavier was a 10 seed in one and a six in the other. Richmond was an 11 seed in one bracket. Still no love at all for Duquesne. They will have a chance if they keep taking care of business.
Will check in next week. February is a boring month for college basketball. Wake me up when March gets here, which will be soon.
Spreads for Tonight
Louisville at Georgetown (-4.5)
Well let's see. Georgetown had a big win last week and Louisville was actually ESPN's team of the week. Tough game. My guess is you would have to go with the points and take Louisville to cover in a good game like this. So my official prediction will be Georgetown to cover, Im just going with the opposite of what I think.
Texas at Texas A&M (+2)
Texas is hot, plays great D and they are definitely the better team. So, I'm going to not only take A&M to cover, I'm taking them for the outright win.
No other good games tonight. Like really, look at the schedule, nothing. After I take the dog to the field and eat some dinner I'll post the weekly A10 update and breakdown the new rankings, which have a couple laughers on there. Late.
Curt
Well let's see. Georgetown had a big win last week and Louisville was actually ESPN's team of the week. Tough game. My guess is you would have to go with the points and take Louisville to cover in a good game like this. So my official prediction will be Georgetown to cover, Im just going with the opposite of what I think.
Texas at Texas A&M (+2)
Texas is hot, plays great D and they are definitely the better team. So, I'm going to not only take A&M to cover, I'm taking them for the outright win.
No other good games tonight. Like really, look at the schedule, nothing. After I take the dog to the field and eat some dinner I'll post the weekly A10 update and breakdown the new rankings, which have a couple laughers on there. Late.
Curt
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Quick Spreads Update
Standings through Sunday's games, we'll do some more this week....
Fiser (5-3), 63%
Klose (9-10), 47%
Thobe (2-3), 40%
Neil (9-14), 39%
Curt (8-15), 35%
Nagel (4-9), 31%
Fiser (5-3), 63%
Klose (9-10), 47%
Thobe (2-3), 40%
Neil (9-14), 39%
Curt (8-15), 35%
Nagel (4-9), 31%
Three 2 End It
Final thoughts on January 30th.....
1. Nice finish to the Farmers Insurance Championship. Phil needed to dunk one from 80 yards to tie and dropped it about a foot short and almost spun it back. Funniest thing was that he walked all the way to the green, picked out where he wanted to land it and even had his caddy go up and tend the flag. Pulled it out when the ball was in the air, awesome.
2. The Pro Bowl is a joke. Tried to watch it but couldn't. Best part was when Rivers threw one deep to Lloyd and Lloyd didn't even go up to get it and it got picked off. I hope he did that on purpose, fuck Rivers.
3. Duke gets dominated. They were 1 for 21 from three point range at one point. They don't have any low post presence to counteract their shooting when it goes south. This will hurt them in the tourney, or they could get super hot and ride it to the title again. I'm betting against it, but Im an awful bettor so who knows.
A10 Update coming tomorrow along with a rankings breakdown.
Curt
1. Nice finish to the Farmers Insurance Championship. Phil needed to dunk one from 80 yards to tie and dropped it about a foot short and almost spun it back. Funniest thing was that he walked all the way to the green, picked out where he wanted to land it and even had his caddy go up and tend the flag. Pulled it out when the ball was in the air, awesome.
2. The Pro Bowl is a joke. Tried to watch it but couldn't. Best part was when Rivers threw one deep to Lloyd and Lloyd didn't even go up to get it and it got picked off. I hope he did that on purpose, fuck Rivers.
3. Duke gets dominated. They were 1 for 21 from three point range at one point. They don't have any low post presence to counteract their shooting when it goes south. This will hurt them in the tourney, or they could get super hot and ride it to the title again. I'm betting against it, but Im an awful bettor so who knows.
A10 Update coming tomorrow along with a rankings breakdown.
Curt
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Three 2 End It
Final Thoughts on January 29th......
1. 11 top 25 teams lose on one day. Crazy. Xavier demolishes Richmond, weird. We sucked on our picks again, starting to get super embarrassing.
2. Tiger fades, he sux. Ha, clearly not true but that is what the media is going to say.
3. Gasparilla was a success. Saw one kid passed out puking everywhere with his high school friends looking around in complete shock, knowing that they were all going to get arrested. So many smashed people, awesome event. People that live around here that don't go make me feel really bad for them, you know who you are.
More tomorrow, maybe some updates and previews, need to get some rest. Later.
Curt
1. 11 top 25 teams lose on one day. Crazy. Xavier demolishes Richmond, weird. We sucked on our picks again, starting to get super embarrassing.
2. Tiger fades, he sux. Ha, clearly not true but that is what the media is going to say.
3. Gasparilla was a success. Saw one kid passed out puking everywhere with his high school friends looking around in complete shock, knowing that they were all going to get arrested. So many smashed people, awesome event. People that live around here that don't go make me feel really bad for them, you know who you are.
More tomorrow, maybe some updates and previews, need to get some rest. Later.
Curt
Friday, January 28, 2011
Three 2 End It
Three thoughts on January 28th....
1. Great weekend coming for golf. Top 15 includes: Kim, Mahan, Daly, Watson, Mickelson, Fowler, Woods, and Dustin Johnson. Going to be good, hopefully Sunday is sweet.
2. NHL going with the recess kickball picking teams plan for the All Star game. Pretty sweet really. At least they are trying. No one likes the Pro Bowl at all and they don't care, at least the NHL is trying to get attention and get people to notice, good for them.
3. Gasparilla on Saturday. Beads, floats, chics, drinking, pirates, and more. Should be sweet.
- Curt
1. Great weekend coming for golf. Top 15 includes: Kim, Mahan, Daly, Watson, Mickelson, Fowler, Woods, and Dustin Johnson. Going to be good, hopefully Sunday is sweet.
2. NHL going with the recess kickball picking teams plan for the All Star game. Pretty sweet really. At least they are trying. No one likes the Pro Bowl at all and they don't care, at least the NHL is trying to get attention and get people to notice, good for them.
3. Gasparilla on Saturday. Beads, floats, chics, drinking, pirates, and more. Should be sweet.
- Curt
Spreading for Saturday
Eight games for Saturday and my predictions....and random alumni comparisons from the past....
Ohio State at Northwestern (+11.5)
Ohio State to cover. They are rolling and Northwestern is weak, like the rest of the Big Ten. Zero NCAA appearances Ever? That's tied with New Bremen state appearances in 35 years. Who was better? Evan Eschmeyer or Lawrence Funderburke?
Louisville at UCONN (-3)
I like UCONN, they are pretty good. Kemba can take over games, and he probably will again. Who was better? Francisco Garcia or Ben Gordon?
Kansas State at Kansas (-11)
I'll take Kansas State to cover. They suck but it's a rivalry game and Kansas has struggled lately. Who was better? Michael Beasley or Greg Ostertag?
Georgetown at Villanova (-4.5)
Villanova to cover, they just had a bad game last time. Who was better? Allen Iverson or Kerry Kittles?
Missouri at Texas (-7)
I think Texas is getting hot at the right time, probably too early actually. But they should cover this at home. Who was better? Kareem Rush or Daniel Gibson? Both can only do one thing.
Syracuse at Marquette (-2)
Marquette in a romp. Syracuse sux, im convinced they are overrated like most years. They play every game at home early and then struggle down the stretch. Who was better? Gerry McNamara or Steve Novak? Both could only do one thing also.
Minnesota at Purdue (-9)
Minnesota to cover. And who cares, Big Ten is boring and a waste of my time. Who was better? Voshon Leonard or Glenn Robinson?
Xavier at Richmond (-4)
Big game. Xavier to cover but I think Richmond wins. I don't know any past players from Richmond. And whoever the player you want to name from Xavier is, I guarantee you he is a thug.
Ohio State at Northwestern (+11.5)
Ohio State to cover. They are rolling and Northwestern is weak, like the rest of the Big Ten. Zero NCAA appearances Ever? That's tied with New Bremen state appearances in 35 years. Who was better? Evan Eschmeyer or Lawrence Funderburke?
Louisville at UCONN (-3)
I like UCONN, they are pretty good. Kemba can take over games, and he probably will again. Who was better? Francisco Garcia or Ben Gordon?
Kansas State at Kansas (-11)
I'll take Kansas State to cover. They suck but it's a rivalry game and Kansas has struggled lately. Who was better? Michael Beasley or Greg Ostertag?
Georgetown at Villanova (-4.5)
Villanova to cover, they just had a bad game last time. Who was better? Allen Iverson or Kerry Kittles?
Missouri at Texas (-7)
I think Texas is getting hot at the right time, probably too early actually. But they should cover this at home. Who was better? Kareem Rush or Daniel Gibson? Both can only do one thing.
Syracuse at Marquette (-2)
Marquette in a romp. Syracuse sux, im convinced they are overrated like most years. They play every game at home early and then struggle down the stretch. Who was better? Gerry McNamara or Steve Novak? Both could only do one thing also.
Minnesota at Purdue (-9)
Minnesota to cover. And who cares, Big Ten is boring and a waste of my time. Who was better? Voshon Leonard or Glenn Robinson?
Xavier at Richmond (-4)
Big game. Xavier to cover but I think Richmond wins. I don't know any past players from Richmond. And whoever the player you want to name from Xavier is, I guarantee you he is a thug.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Three 2 End It
Thoughts on January 27th....
1. Knicks played really well. I know they aren't that great and they aren't in the top 4 of the East but I like them. They have quickness, size, and shooters. Dwayne Wade is a beast, made 13 straight shots at one point. Lebron just stood around and slowed the game to a halt. I don't like him. Klose's pick for the over wasnt, well, close.
2. Big Ten makes me laugh. A true Big Ten honk would tell you that they look great because even the bottom of the league can beat the best in the league. Well, sorry, but you're wrong. When two of your preseason top 5 are losing to Michigan and Indiana, that just shows that your conference is super weak. Ohio State, Wisconsin, and on certain nights, Purdue, are the only good teams in that conference.
3. As Klose pointed out earlier, the South Course at Torrey Pines is ridiculous. 7569 yards. Shortest par four is 387 and six par fours are over 450. One hole is 613. Mickelson -5, Tiger -3, some Japanese guy leads at -8.
Curt
1. Knicks played really well. I know they aren't that great and they aren't in the top 4 of the East but I like them. They have quickness, size, and shooters. Dwayne Wade is a beast, made 13 straight shots at one point. Lebron just stood around and slowed the game to a halt. I don't like him. Klose's pick for the over wasnt, well, close.
2. Big Ten makes me laugh. A true Big Ten honk would tell you that they look great because even the bottom of the league can beat the best in the league. Well, sorry, but you're wrong. When two of your preseason top 5 are losing to Michigan and Indiana, that just shows that your conference is super weak. Ohio State, Wisconsin, and on certain nights, Purdue, are the only good teams in that conference.
3. As Klose pointed out earlier, the South Course at Torrey Pines is ridiculous. 7569 yards. Shortest par four is 387 and six par fours are over 450. One hole is 613. Mickelson -5, Tiger -3, some Japanese guy leads at -8.
Curt
Spreads Update
Michigan wins.
Duke only wins by 16 and doesnt cover by a point. That would have been a sweet one to watch in Vegas.
Heat get beat.
Illinois loses at Indiana, ha. Big Ten is pathetic.
UCLA gets beat pretty badly by Arizona. Arizona might be ready to join the big picture again.
Looks like I was the only one that won more than half. We suck, but we can only get better.
Standings....
Neil (7-8) 47%
Thobe (2-3) 40%
Nagel (2-3) 40%
Klose (4-7) 36%
Curt (5-10) 33%
Duke only wins by 16 and doesnt cover by a point. That would have been a sweet one to watch in Vegas.
Heat get beat.
Illinois loses at Indiana, ha. Big Ten is pathetic.
UCLA gets beat pretty badly by Arizona. Arizona might be ready to join the big picture again.
Looks like I was the only one that won more than half. We suck, but we can only get better.
Standings....
Neil (7-8) 47%
Thobe (2-3) 40%
Nagel (2-3) 40%
Klose (4-7) 36%
Curt (5-10) 33%
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