(photo: UAB Blazers)
I will do my best to provide *at least* 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! 20/21 Season: 58%
Season Record: 19-19-1
11/18 Starting Five:
Davidson Pick’Em
St. Bonaventure -4
UAB -1.5
ECU +13
FIU Pick’Em
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Davidson Pick’Em : Davidson has a history of excelling in tournament play. Bob McKillop is always able to get the best out of his players in this setting. I really love the outside shooting from Davidson this season. 19 of 37 from distance on the year. Foster Loyer is going to be a key contributor to the Wildcats. The Michigan State transfer brings a calming presence to any offense, and is a deadly shooter from distance. Also, he brings clutch free throw making to the fold – which you love to have in tournament play. I really love the defense we have seen early on from Davidson as well. San Francisco is a high-level offense, and Davidson held them to 65 points and forced 18 turnovers. Davidson has size in the interior that New Mexico cannot match as well. If Davidson wins the glass and the three point line, they pull out a W here.
Score Prediction: Davidson 68 – New Mexico 64
Bonnies -4 : There are reports that Osun Osunniyi will miss the opener of the Charleston Classic. The line has dropped from -6.5 to -4. This moved from not a play for me, to a play. Yes, they will greatly miss the shot blocking extraordinaire, but this is a veteran Bonnies team that is used to Osun playing limited minutes. He tends to get in foul trouble quite often. Pitt transfer, Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, is a huge difference maker this year. He is a serviceable fill-in for when Osun is injured or in foul trouble. Bonnies squeak out a close one.
Score Prediction: Bonnies 69 – Boise State 63
UAB -1.5 : Play of the Night. Put your mortgage on this. You can see where the line is heading after this opened last night. Luckily, we got it in when we did. Andy Kennedy will come into Columbia and give old friend, Frank Martin, a beat down. This is guaranteed to be a double digit win for the Blazers. I don’t even need to dive into the reasons why. Would take forever. Just trust me. Book it.
Score Prediction: UAB 77 – South Carolina 68
ECU +13 : Too many points for me. ECU is bringing everyone back this season other than Jaylen Gardner. To supplement his loss, the Pirates added two SEC bigs to the fold that I really love. Alonzo Frink from my Gamecocks, and Vance Jackson from Arkansas. Jackson should have gotten more minutes for the Razorbacks last season in my opinion. I think he has a big year in C-USA. Too much turnover on the Oklahoma roster for them to be laying this number in their first decent test of the season. This game stays tight in a tournament setting down in Myrtle Beach.
Score Prediction: OU 75 – ECU 68
FIU Pick’Em : Noticed sharp movement on this one this morning. Line opened up at +2 last night, and was at a Pick’Em when we locked in this morning. It appears it is still running. I am seeing -1.5 on my book. This young and athletic team will cause a ton of problems for Ball State. Love this match-up for the Panthers, but love the sharp money and line movement more.
Score Prediction: FIU 73 – Ball State 69
Best of luck! Let’s snipe this one y’all!!
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