Saturday's Plays--They're Both Day Games !!

Keith · #1 03-07-2009, 09:08 AM

first the re-cap. Won a close one yesterday with College of Charleston, making me 8-3 for my last 11 posted plays. For Saturday, I've got 2 that I really like.

First, I think the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes are going to smash the Rice Owls. I will lay the 8.5 on the road. Tulsa is 21-9 with an RPI of 61 and a record of 11-4 in Conference USA. They need a win here to ensure 2nd place in the conference, and a bye in the first round of the conference tourney. Fact is, they know they may not get to the Big Dance unless they beat Memphis in the conference tourney finals, so they need as many impressive wins as they can get. Rice sucks. Plain and simple. 9-20 on the year and 4-11 in the conference. They have an RPI of 222 and they've lost 5 of their last 6. Rice gets cooked by Tulsa today.

For my second play, I am going to come right back with the College of Charleston again today, and lay the 2.5 to Western Carolina. As I explained yesterday, Charleston is a good team. 24-7 on the year with an RPI of 109. Unfortunately for them, they are in the southern division of the Southern Conference, so they finished second to Davidson. That is why they played yesterday against NC Greensboro, while Western Carolina did not play (they won the northern division of the Southern Conference). So why would I play the team that played yesterday against the rested team ? Well, don't let the fact that W. Carolina had a bye yesterday fool you. They are not as good as Charleston. Record of 16-14 with an RPI of 191. Charleston coasted yesterday once the game with Greensboro was in hand, so they are not going to be too tired. The team that played yesterday is made a 2.5 point favorite by Vegas over the team that got the bye ?? Tells me all I need to know. Charleston wins and covers today.

There are other games I like today, but these two are the best plays in my opinion. I like 'em alot.

Saturday's plays are Tulsa -8.5 and College of Charleston -2.5.