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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: 194-143-6
3/5 Three Ball:
Colorado State -1
San Francisco -1
Morehead State -1
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Colorado State -1 : Colorado State is the better team, however there are also other factors pointing to the Rams tonight. Nevada’s Zane Meeks has been dealing with a knee injury over the last half of the season. The Wolfpack are 1-4 without Meeks in the lineup. With Nevada being locked into the 5 seed in the Mountain West tournament regardless of win/loss, I highly doubt that they will rush him back tonight in a meaningless game. Colorado State is still playing for a Mountain West title, and should be playing with a desire tonight. David Roddy and Isaiah Stevens are the real deal, and will carry the Rams to a victory.
Score Prediction: Colorado State 74 – Nevada 67
San Francisco -1 : Going with the Dayton logic from yesterday. Better coach, better star player. Todd Golden has had a tough task in getting this team refocused for this tournament after their end of the season slide, but he is one of the best up and coming coaches in the business and he certainly did that last night. Jamaree Bouyea led the Dons in scoring, and looks like he is in postseason form. The Dons lost the matchups earlier this season to LMU, but the Lions turned the ball over 20+ times in both affairs. That will likely happen again tonight, and you just cannot win three games against a quality opponent while turning over the ball that much. Bouyea and Shabazz should provide enough offense for the Dons to squeak this one out.
Score Prediction: San Francisco 70 – LMU 67
Morehead State -1 : Yep, back to the well against EKU! Ha .. We should have covered against them last night, but we will get our revenge with the Eagles. OVC Coach of the Year, Preston Spradlin, has this team rolling. They have only lost once since Christmas, and they recently avenged that loss to Belmont. They play the best defense in the conference, and Johni Broome has been superb on his way to Freshman of the Year in the conference honors. Last nugget, this is another game that will start around 11pm ET for an EKU team that resides in the eastern time zone. Going to bed around 3am-4am, and then playing a game the next night around the same time has to throw off their game in some sort of fashion. Maybe not, but I love having that in our pocket.
Score Prediction: Morehead State 74 – EKU 66
Best of luck! Let’s snipe this one y’all!!
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