18-9 overall the last 4 days, after going 5-4 last night. Let's keep it rolling tonight. BOL everyone.
TOP PLAYS
3 UNIT PLAYS
Kentucky/ Missouri Under 120: The Wildcats have been playing excellent defense this year, as they have allowed just 50.4 ppg overall, including 51.2 pg on the road. The Cats have allowed just 46.3 ppg in their last 4 games and that includes allowing just 37 points to this Missouri team back on January 13th. Kentucky did score 86 points in that game, but I wouldn;t expect them to come all that close to that here. This has been an inconsistent Kentucky offense that has struggled to score on the road, where they have averaged just 64.2 ppg on the year and they will be taking on a Missouri team that has allowed just 62.9 ppg at home. Kentucky shoots just 40.1% from the field on the road, while they allow just 31.1% shooting on the road. The Cats both teams are average from long range, while both are bad FT shooting teams. This should also be a slow paced game as that is the way both teams have liked to play this year. Hard to see more than 115 points in this one.
BYU/ San Francisco Under 158.5: Risking taking an Under in a BYU home game, but I believe this is a good spot to do so. Earlier in the year when these teams met BYU hung 99 points on the Dons and you can bet hat they remember that and will look to lock it down defensively. They won't stop the BYU offense, but should keep them from reaching the 80s. San Fran has allowed 73.7 ppg on the road, but Im sure they will really look to slow this game down on offense, which should also keep BYU from reaching the 80s. BYU home games have averaged 157 ppg, while San Fran road games have averaged 140 ppg. This one will be played at 150 or less.
BEST OF THE REST
UCLA/ Utah Over 132: These teams met earlier in the year and UCLA scored just 39 points in that game and scoring has been a problem for this team on the road, but at home it has not been as they have averaged 83.9 ppg on this floor this year. I know that Utah has played excellent defense this year, but they will not hold UCLA down like thy did in the first meeting. Utah has struggled to score on the road at times, but UCLA is not a very good defensive team as they have allowed 68.7 ppg at home and 69.8 ppg in their last 5 games overall. Pac-12 games have been higher scoring of late and I expect this one to follow suit, especially since the game is at Pauley Pavilion, where UCLA games have averaged 152.6 ppg on the year.
Cincinnati/ UConn Under 114.5: Anyone else see a 55-50 final here? I know I do. Both teams play at a very slow pace, neither offense is any good and both defenses have been very solid this year. Sounds like a recipe for a very low scoring game. The Bearcats have allowed just 54.5 ppg overall, including just 52.7 ppg on their home floor and the Huskies have been able to score just 59.5 ppg on the road. The Uconn defense has been very good this year allowing just 60.2 ppg overall and on the road and should be able to keep a below average Cincinnati offense in check here. I wouldn't expect either team to get to 57 points in this one.
Denver/ North Dakota State Under 120
Maryland/ Ohio State Under 137
MERCER -4 over Chattanooga
UAB/ UTEP Under 129
8 Point Teaser: UConn +13 & MTSU +7 & Long Beach State +1
USC/ Colorado Under 133
CBB 2014
Top Plays Overall 60-51-1 (+9.3 Units)... 4 Unit 0-2-0 (-8.8 Units)
Top Play Totals 56-45-0 (+19.9 Units)
Best Of The Rest Plays Overall 111-107-2 (-13.4 Units)
Best Of The Rest Totals 67-75-1 (-18.8 Units)