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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!
Season Record: 26-16-2
12/22 Three Ball:
Kansas ML -120
Iowa -7
San Diego State -2
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Kansas ML: Kansas is one of the few programs in the country with a decent home court advantage this year. They are allowing roughly 3k fans per game. That doesn’t sound like much, but the crazed Jayhawk fans make plenty of noise. This is definitely an advantage in a season where the kids have been playing in mostly empty gyms. This crowd energy can get players like Christian Braun going. He had his best performance of the season against Creighton at Phog Allen, and I think the big game hype + crowd energy will lead to a big night for him. Kansas has better guard play, and better ways to find a bucket than West Virginia. They just need to make sure they hold their own on the glass. Bill Self is nails at home. We ride with the Jayhawks
Score Prediction: Kansas 74 – West Virginia 71
Iowa -7: The Hawkeyes will be rolling into this match-up with two things on their mind. To start, Iowa wants to prove they are better than their showing vs Gonzaga on Saturday. This team is built with shooters around the best post-player in the country. On Saturday, the shooting was ice cold. 4-22 from 3, and 14-26 from the line. Iowa played well in all other aspects of the game, and I would believe that the sharp shooting returns as the come home to Carver-Hawkeye. Secondly, this team was just simply embarrassed by Purdue last season. Blowout losses in both match-ups. The teams are returning almost identical rosters to last season, and this will have the Hawkeyes fired up to pour it on the Boilermakers. Iowa big.
Score Prediction: Iowa 87 – Purdue 73
San Diego State -2: This is my favorite play of the night. San Diego State is coming into this match fired up after an out-of-character performance at home vs BYU in their last outing. They came out flat, and found themselves down 15 at the half. Matt Mitchell went scorched earth in the second half and brought the Aztecs all of the way back to tie it with a minute left, but it was too little too late. San Diego State had the longest non-conference winning streak in the nation until that game. They will be fired up tonight to get back on the right foot. Also, Saint Mary’s can really struggle in the half-court against teams that are elite defensively. The Aztecs are just that.
Score Prediction: San Diego State 70 – Saint Mary’s 59
Best of luck! Let’s snipe this one y’all!!
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