Thursday's Plays--Crazy...Toys In The Attic He Is Crazy

Keith · #1 03-05-2009, 06:39 AM

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first the re-cap. Split last night, winning with Central Florida but losing with Houston. That makes me 6-2 for my last 8 "crazy" plays. I like 2 more for Thursday night.

First, I like St. Joseph's +7 points from Temple. St. Joes is 15-13 on the year and 8-6 in the Atlantic 10. Their RPI is 93. Temple is 17-11 on the year and 9-5 in the A 10. Their RPI is 43. Temple beat St. Joe's by 2 at St. Joe's on 2/12. That sent them into a slide where they lost 5 in a row. But here's the thing--St. Joe's is still alive for the valuable 4 seed in the A 10 tournament (which gets a bye). They need to win tonight and then their last game against Fordham to have a shot at it. This will be a close game my friends. I want the team that shoots 73.5% from the stripe. That would be St. Joseph's.

Second, I like the Wichita State Shockers -3 to Missouri State. These 2 teams split their meetings this year, with each team winning at home. Tonight is on a neutral court. Wichita is 15-15 on the year, with an RPI of 165. They need this one to even be eligible for the NIT. Meanwhile, Missouri State is 11-19 on the year, with an RPI of 209. They are 4-12 ATS against conference opponents this year, and they are 3-6 ATS this year when revenging a road loss (they lost at Wichita on 2/10). The Shockers win this one by double digits.

Thursday's plays are St. Joseph's +7 and Wichita State -3.

Keith · #2 03-05-2009, 06:46 AM

BTW--I am a very big fan of Dayton, and I think that, depending on their bracket, they could go far in the Big Dance. They beat Xavier earlier this year and they even have a better record than Xavier. But Dayton has a few injuries right now, and this line being at 10 tells me to stay away, as I think Xavier will probably cover that.

Windy City Irish · #3 03-05-2009, 07:51 AM

gl buddy. cash it in!!!

mickey · #4 03-05-2009, 07:56 AM

gl to ya Keith.

RanPicks · #5 03-05-2009, 07:56 AM

GL Buddy

packers51089 · #6 03-05-2009, 08:06 AM

GL. tonight, just surprised to see Wichita as the shocker play. I was strongly considering Missouri St. here. My view is that Witchita was making a push to hopeful get a decent seed in the Valley and make a run at it but their hopes were pretty much crushed after they were put in the play in game. No team has ever won it all from this position. The team admitted that this was sort of a let down. From missouri st. point of view they should be thinking of this one as a clean slate. I feel like the line is begging people to take Wichita. Thoughts apreaciated...

Keith · #7 03-05-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by packers51089

GL. tonight, just surprised to see Wichita as the shocker play. I was strongly considering Missouri St. here. My view is that Witchita was making a push to hopeful get a decent seed in the Valley and make a run at it but their hopes were pretty much crushed after they were put in the play in game. No team has ever won it all from this position. The team admitted that this was sort of a let down. From missouri st. point of view they should be thinking of this one as a clean slate. I feel like the line is begging people to take Wichita. Thoughts apreaciated...

Your point is well taken. But, realistically, on a neutral court, how much bigger did you think the line would be. It opened at 2.5 and then went to 3.

Mark's Moneymakers · #8 03-05-2009, 10:26 AM

Already have them both.

Keith · #9 03-05-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith

Your point is well taken. But, realistically, on a neutral court, how much bigger did you think the line would be. It opened at 2.5 and then went to 3.

line is now up to 4 !