This here NCAAB November!

[akatdrake]

One play on Monday:

William & Mary +8 vs St. Johns... SJU loses a TON of experience and with three out of his nine recruits not making the academic cut, that leaves him with just eight scholarship players. One junior, Malik Stith played 12 mpg last year and the other "veteran" played just two minutes last year. St. John’s lost 96.3 percent of last year’s scoring and 97.8 percent of the rebounding from the 2010-11 squad. They should be an early fade this year. They have a chance to get two recruits mid-season when declared eligible, but until then, watch out. Steve Lavin was also diagnosed with prostate cancer, and was absent for the majority of practice early on...
Meanwhile, W&M one of the better 3pt shooting teams last year and SJU plays a zone... W&M have some health issues themselves, but if McDowell is a go - I might bump this to a two-unit play.

Best of luck guys!! Let's see if I can pick my nose better here this year.

[TheBeholdah]

McDowell is playing but may not play as much as normally would. They lost a G - Galliard for the year and a big man Rusthoven is out, but still see this as a competitive game. They have a couple really fast guards and i read that F- Ludwick (only 3.5 ppg ly) can drain shots and will step up. lets cash this :thumbs:

[akatdrake]

Had to work last night, so I slept in a lot today... missed the game and happily so considering they were up at half and ended up blowing it in the second half. Glad this wasn't a two-unit bet!

[akatdrake]

Going with another fade of the Johnnies...

Lehigh +12.5

TAMU o132.5...

Also like Akron tonight, but not going to play it. Heard TAMU going with a very up-tempo offense

[akatdrake]

2-0 yesterday, and it feels good. Boy if there were any on Lehigh ML last night, that would have been a huge moose. Again only seven players played for St. Johns and they took the lead very late. Down again at half, they rally back. Was right about TAMU's up-tempo offense, at least enough to cover by 8 pts... and was right about Akron as they won straight up.

Did any of you sign up for Kenpom this year?

[CBXU]

2-0 yesterday, and it feels good. Boy if there were any on Lehigh ML last night, that would have been a huge moose. Again only seven players played for St. Johns and they took the lead very late. Down again at half, they rally back. Was right about TAMU's up-tempo offense, at least enough to cover by 8 pts... and was right about Akron as they won straight up.

Did any of you sign up for Kenpom this year?

Great job last night Drake

I haven't signed up for KenPom yet but it will definitely happen soon, I'm too much of a numbers guy to not do it.

[TheBeholdah]

nice job drake, wish i stuck with the johnny fade myself

[akatdrake]

Thanks Fellas. I just signed up the other day with Kenpom but haven't been granted access yet... wondering if it was instantaneous for you or not?

Lots of games tomorrow, will be doing capping tomorrow morning instead.

Locked in:

North Carolina -10.5.. thought spread would be around 15... North Carolina has the best team in the country, and though Izzo will have his team playing a typical Big Ten defense, look for the Tarheels to make a statement this year instead of struggling early.

Tulsa -12.5.. Little Rock lost Bozeman and top three scorers from last year, big advantage up front and rebounding will be key here because of the inexperience of UALR.

VMI -10.5.. VMI will score a ton, and not play much defense, but they're playing a team that doesn't have any talent, and will struggle.

Gosh, three huge spreads on a Friday. That will be it, probably tomorrow. I'm going to force myself to not play anything else! :beerbang:

[bluedevil12]

Nice hits on UNC and Tulsa Drake!

[akatdrake]

Thanks Bluedevil... missed Saturday due to NCAAF, looking at Sunday games now.

[akatdrake]

Sunday:

Only play that sticks out to me is Vanderbilt -15.5

[joepa66]

With ya on the Jim Morrisons today, I mean The 'Dores! GL AK let's grab ourselves some! :thumbs:

[akatdrake]

lmao at the only play that stuck out at me was the only big upset of the day. oops :P

[akatdrake]

Monday:

Davidson -4 over Richmond... Rich graduated a bunch of players from last year, Davidson brings back... going with experience here.

Detroit +7.5 at Notre Dame... Again the experience factor bites Notre Dame early; both teams not healthy - going to take the points here.

[akatdrake]

Adding:

USC -2 vs Nebraska