Thursday's NCAA tournament games (group thread)

[NajdorfDefense]

Having said that, if Matt Shaw is out I certainly like Kansas chances a lot better.

[NajdorfDefense]

Tenn scored 121 last week and the total's only 144. duh.

[mark_foley]

Shaw practiced today and should play albeit not at 100%. Backup guard Josh Bone (3 or 4th of the bench) sprained his knee and is out.

[CrushinFelt]

Ok I've just now started to get ready for these games (was sweating a parlay tonight).

What is this "dome" theory you're talking about? The only way I see the over hitting in the tOSU/Tenn game is if Tennessee bombs 3s both halves.

KU/SIU

KU is hitting 80 PPG and giving up 61ppg this year. The salukis are at 63/56. Don't get me wrong, I think the Salukis know how to absolutely DEstroy a game's tempo, but might this 126 o/u be an over correction?

Vandy/G'Town

Vandy is not going to lose this game by 8 points lol.

[stickneymarc]

This is the lottery parlay I posted in my thread. I figure I'll run it here too.

03/22/2007 01:56:55 8 Play Parlay: Wagered $200.00 to win $35089.29 Unsettled
CB 61 3/22 TEXAS A&M VS MEMPHIS (NCAA SOUTH REGIONAL) MEMPHIS +3.5
CB 61 3/22 TEXAS A&M VS MEMPHIS (NCAA SOUTH REGIONAL) OVER 134.5
CB 63 3/22 TENNESSEE VS OHIO ST (NCAA SOUTH REGIONAL) OHIO ST -5.0
CB 63 3/22 TENNESSEE VS OHIO ST (NCAA SOUTH REGIONAL) OVER 144.5
CB 65 3/22 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VS KANSAS (NCAA WEST REGIONAL) KANSAS -9.0
CB 65 3/22 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VS KANSAS (NCAA WEST REGIONAL) OVER 126.0
CB 67 3/22 PITTSBURGH VS UCLA (NCAA TOURNAMENT) UCLA -3.5
CB 67 3/22 PITTSBURGH VS UCLA (NCAA TOURNAMENT) UNDER 123.0

[trickrider]

God. Every time I look at that I get a hard on.

[stickneymarc]

I'm a sicko. As the saying goes...put you money where your mouth is. Would make my trip to vegas Sunday a lot more fun.

[renodoc]

lottery teaser:

A&M +1
KU -4
tOSU -1
UCLA +1
G'town -3
USC +12
Florida -6

9-1 payout.

[trickrider]

I honestly can't believe how many people are still underestimating Memphis. These boys will come to play and if you dont like the +3 for the game take a look at the stats and Im sure you'll agree that Memphis +1.5 and ML are a good play for the first half. Aggies have started slow every game of the tourney while Memphis are notoriously fast starters.

GL to all tomorrow. I am personally trying to fade two picks tomorrow from a teaser which was started 2 days ago. Memphis +7.5 and Tennessee +9.5. A lot of points in both those match ups.

[iggymcfly]

Here's something to remember on Memphis. They're 2-3 this year vs. the Top 50 including an 0-2 mark on the road. Well, not only is the game against Texas A&M a virtual road game, it's the first time they've faced a top ten opponent all year. It's just hard to say how they'll respond taking such a big step up in class.

It's not that they're not a good squad; they'd be favored over Texas A&M on a neutral floor, but there's certainly not "unbelievable value" in Memphis +3 at San Antonio. That is an interesting angle on the first half line though. I'll have to look into it and consider taking Memphis +1.5.