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  • NCAA BASKETBALL Illinois vs Vanderbilt

    Illinois travels to Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
    11-20-08 to take on the Commodores

    Vandy opens a 6 point home chalk

    Vandy opens the season at 2-0 without
    3 top scorers from last year 26 win squad...

    They are young and brings in one of the best recruiting
    classes in school history ranked 15 by rivals
    and 25 by scout.

    A Look at Vandy

    The strength of this team is up front
    led by Ogilvy who is a monster to contain
    they also front that with 6-11 Festus Ezeli
    from Nigeria (coach says he has a wing span
    of 7-5)

    They are a very good free throw shooting
    team, put them on the line and you pay.

    The Guard play is the sore spot, starting
    guard has barely seen the floor in two
    years and so far he is not that good
    (expect Illinois man to man defense to cause problems)

    These are 2 Teams with exact opposites of
    Strength and Weakneses.

    Coach Weber of Illinois and Coach Stallings
    of Vandy spent 6 years together under Gene Keadey
    at Purdue

    I expect a low scoring affair with more floor
    burns than fouls......

    Illinois will counter with some young
    trees inside, they dont move well to the post
    inside but rebound alot better than the
    front court of Vandy

    Carpets Pick

    Take Illinois and the points, the only thing
    Vandy has got is inside play, control that
    and you got your self a game, and I think
    Illinois defense will cause Vandy some problems

    Carpet

  • #2
    Carpet,

    Would under 128 be a stronger play than ILLINI +6.5

    Take care,
    Taxman

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    • #3
      looks like a good call carpet, now if i can just get arkansas to pull away for my two teamer

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      • #4
        Great call on Illinois!

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        • #5
          Every once in a while I like to play a long shot for a few bucks. Tonight I put your Illinois with a few of my own.

          Parlay (8 Teams) 11/20/08 19:03 ET
          bet 5.00 to win 483.68 (paid 488.68) Result: Wager Won
          Lakers(LA) 105
          Suns(Phoenix) 92 11/20/08(22:55 ET)
          Under 207

          Lakers(LA) 105
          Suns(Phoenix) 92 11/20/08(22:55 ET)
          Lakers(LA) -220

          Pistons(Detroit) 80
          Celtics(Boston) 98 11/20/08(20:20 ET)
          Under 184

          Pistons(Detroit) 80
          Celtics(Boston) 98 11/20/08(20:20 ET)
          Celtics(Boston) -280

          Illinois 69
          Vanderbilt 63 11/20/08(20:00 ET)
          Illinois +6

          MiamiFla 23
          GaTech 41 11/20/08(19:50 ET)
          GaTech -3 (-105)

          Bengals(Cincinnati) 10
          Steelers(Pittsburgh) 27 11/20/08(20:25 ET)
          Steelers(Pittsburgh) -11.5

          Bengals(Cincinnati) 10
          Steelers(Pittsburgh) 27 11/20/08(20:25 ET)
          Over 34.5

          woodie's confirmation sealed it on the Illinois pick. I wouldn't have added them otherwise. Thanks guys and keep those basketball picks coming! First time I've ever hit anything over 6 teams.

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          • #6
            Nice call! I was right there with you on that one!

            On to the football game now. Hope the pound Nwestern!

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            • #7
              Nice hit Dragon.........Damn, that's nearly 100-1 odds !!...........Is that Bodog's odds or what ?.......You buyin' the beers ? .............C'mon man, I noticed you're using my "Favorite to the Under" strategy on those two BB picks and it paid off for you...........Didn't come out that way on the NFL game though........either way, you hit it.
              ;)

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              • #8
                Sure, I'll buy the beer....come on over
                Yeah, those NBA totals were a little high based on past match-ups. Boston and Detroit had already played to a 164 total this year. And the 3 match-ups last year were all under 177. And the last 10 games each for both LA and Phoenix combined this year had only reached that total 3 times.
                Those are pretty standard parlay lines though. Notice if I hadn't been such a chicken I could have taken both Boston and LA - the pts instead of ML and probably won close to 900.

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                • #9
                  Good thing you added Illinois to your final
                  8

                  Great job hitting the 8 teamer Dragon

                  Illinois shot 100 % from the FT line
                  going 11-for-11. Last year Illinois was one of
                  the worst in the Land at the line.

                  Those Brick Layers have graduated, and
                  it's a whole new better bunch of players
                  we will see this year. AND THEY CAN SHOOT FREE
                  THROWS....

                  Illinois snapped a 20 game home winning streak
                  for the Commodores...

                  Next up Jackson State 23 Nov

                  Carpet

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