12/8 Three Ball Write-Up

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I will do my best to provide a daily three ball of picks for all of you snipers out there. The goal is a 2-1 night, with some 3-0’s sprinkled occasionally. I recommend you play them individually .. however, never be scared of a little three ball parlay!

12/8 Three Ball:

Creighton +4

Iowa -4

Memphis / MVSU over 155

Creighton +4 : To be honest, I think Creighton wins this game. Take the 17k fans Rock Chalk’ing away.. and Kansas does not bring much to the table so far early in this season. Marcus Garrett is dealing with some type of illness (don’t want to speculate), and he is clearly not himself. There is not really a bucket anywhere down that line-up outside of Agbaji, and he tends to disappear at times. They play solid defense in spirts, but also allowed an undersized NDSU team to essentially even them in attempts at the stripe in their most recent outing. Creighton has the guard play to take a lead in this game, and quite frankly never look back. Expect big nights from Marcus Zagarowski, Mitch Ballock and Damien Jefferson .. to go along with the always strong post play of Chris Bishop. X-Factor is the 7′ Freshman for Creighton – Ryan Kalbrenner. He is giving the Bluejays 10 and 5 off of the bench in 13.7 mins per contest to start the season. A great crutch if Bishop were to get in foul trouble.

Score Prediction: Creighton 78 – Kansas 71

Iowa -4 : As a lifelong Tar Heel, I will put my bias aside to acknowledge what will go down in Iowa City on Tuesday night. Luka Garza is the best player in the country, and that should not shock anyone at this point. UNC has the bodies down low to challenge him, but his class will still shine through for a 20 and 10 type of performance. With that said, the Hawkeyes will win this game in the backcourt instead of the frontcourt. Look for the experienced Bohannan, Wieskamp, Fredrick and McCaffery to exploit the freshmen Carolina backcourt of Caleb Love and RJ Davis.

Score Predition: Iowa 85 – UNC 75

Memphis / MVSU over 155: Listen, Mississippi Valley State sucks. Especially against teams that will get out and run with them. The Mus Bus hung 142 on their heads. What do you love in an over? Pace. MVSU led D1 in pace last year, and come in at 26th this year. Memphis were top 30 last year, and check in at 60th this year. This number will rise for Memphis. They experienced a tough early schedule through the Bad Boy Mowers Classic, and that has this number lower than the standard for Penny Hardaway. In their two games after, they have averaged 84 points. They will go over the century mark tomorrow against a MVSU team that plays no defense. Another nugget, MVSU hit 12 threes in their last outing against a good WKU team. No defense + three pointers – We easily go over the total here.

Score Prediction: Memphis 105 – MVSU 62

Best of luck! Let’s snipe this one y’all!!