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I will do my best to provide college basketball winners for you on a nightly basis. The majority of the nights we will try to keep it to three plays, but some days may ask for more. I recommend you play them individually .. however, never be scared of a little sniper parlay!
Season Record: 82-65
Season Best Bet Record: 32-18
1/6 Card:
Oakland/NKU o133
Quinnipiac/Rider u142.5
Penn/Cornell o154
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Oakland/NKU o133 : I am not sure how fast the pace will get tonight, but I still love the over nonetheless. The Norse certainly do not play with a high pace, but the disastrous defense of Oakland could entice them to just run and take advantage of easy buckets. Oakland loves to run and their only concern is on the offense end. Which has been pretty good to start conference play. They are averaging 75.3 ppg in the Horizon. Townsend and Moore are elite on that side of the floor. Now, back to the Golden Grizzlies’ defense. Oakland ranks 351st in the country in defensive efficiency. Northern Kentucky will have a free open lane to the basket many times tonight. I see a great opportunity for points here. Give me the over.
Score Prediction: Northern Kentucky 72 – Oakland 66
Quinnipiac/Rider u142.5 : Best Bet of the night! We are not dealing with efficient offenses tonight. Quinnipiac ranks 129th in the country, and Rider ranks 150th. The shooting percentages are pretty horrific. 44.3% from the floor for Quinnipiac, and Rider comes in at 43.3%. I think the free throw line could also be our favor tonight. Rider is 209th in the country in percentage of points from opponents at the line. However, Quinnipiac is 350th in the country in free throw percentage at 62.8%. If Rider isn’t allowing points at the line, they are actually a pretty decent defense. Quinnipiac is also trending higher on that end of the floor. They have moved into the Top 100 in defensive efficiency. Lastly, and most importantly .. I think we get a very slow pace tonight. Rider is the home team and will try to dictate their slow tempo. They rank 268th in the country in possessions per game. Quinnipiac will likely welcome that as they rank 150th pace. I think we see a tough and competitive mid 60s nail biter. We easily go under the total here.
Score Prediction: Rider 68 – Quinnipiac 65
Penn/Cornell o154 : All of the numbers are pointing to a shootout here. I will gladly jump on for the entertaining ride. Cornell comes into this game at 52nd in the country in pace, and the Quakers will 1000% run with them. The Big Red rank 19th in the country in offensive efficiency. Just incredible stuff this season. A big reason why is their unselfish offensive attack. They rank 3rd in the country in assists per game at 20 per. Penn is not too far behind them at 36th in the country with 15.6 assists per game. These are two elite mid major offenses. However, their defenses are not on the same level. Cornell ranks 184th in defensive efficiency, and Penn ranks 267th. Points, Points, Points tonight.
Score Prediction: Cornell 82 – Penn 78
Best of luck! Let’s snipe this one y’all!!
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