Month: March 2014
Sunday Brunch Bets
NCAA:
Mercer +8 vs Tenn
Team full of seniors, high FG percentage, and Nancy Grace is an alumnus. Count me in!
NHL:
St.Louis v PIT Over 5.5 (+105)
St Louis clinched a playoff spot last night, so you *know* they were out drinking last night. Pittsburgh has scored 13 goals in its last 4 games. It’s a 1pm start and they might break the over themselves.
Saturday
Nothing doing yesterday, Tampa and Calgary are the best options today. Tampa is at Pittsburgh here in 30 minutes or so. I am passing but feel free to play. Calgary is at Edmonton late tonight so it’s far to early to pass or play that for now. Also Ottawa for those needing more action. Updates when necessary. Good luck today.
Friday
Split on hockey yesterday with both games being coinflips and finishing 3-2. Columbus was a bit better than that as they should have had the game wrapped up early but same/same nonetheless. Philly was a winner as well so good job Pat. Nothing doing today though there might be some NBA later. I say that a lot and it usually doesn’t amount to anything but three games popped up today so maybe I will get some action down or just pick NCAA games tonight at random.
NCAA Bloodbath
I went a whopping 2-for-9 yesterday (I also took Lou’s Anaheim suggestion in NHL). 3 of the games I bet on went into OT lol
Thankfully, I qualified for a bonus to set some MORE money on fire today.
The only games I hit after being stuck 0-2 in the hole early were Harvard second half (I should of taken them for the entire game; Cincinnati got a technical for not including a substitution in their pregame sheet!) and MSU+Over in a teaser (with a great “miracle cover” moment…although not so much for our bettor below who had Delaware +13.5):
We'll this call and free throw cost me msu https://t.co/w3Qv2te167
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) March 20, 2014
Here are my picks today:
Teaser: UMass +5 and Under 137 vs Tennessee
Stanford +3
Teaser: VCU -6.5 and Over 136 vs Stephen F Austin
Providence vs UNC Under 143 (-105)
Updates:
Took Mercer 2H vs Duke and that went well. There are a few times a yr I get that shit-eating grin on my face throughout the entire day – Duke losing in the NCAA Tourney is one of them.
UMass is currently shitting the bed so I now take the Stanford and Mercer money and put it on Wichita St -16.5
Off to Beer Fest!
NHL Play
Nothing doing on NCAAM plays just yet. It’s going to sound weird but the result that is most surprising to me so far very early is Syracuse winning easily. One of the first odds I looked up was on Syracuse not making the Sweet 16.
Dallas Stars @ Philadelphia Flyers ML -139 @ 14
Thursday
Nothing yesterday though Charlotte covered and Nashville lost for anyone who played. Hockey has Dallas, Columbus and Anaheim on the shortlist for today with Minnesota in NBA showing up as well. I have OSU to win the East at +1100 for my only NCAA action which is not looking very good at the moment.
Season update on NHL is 27-21 +15.31
UPDATE: Here’s a nominee for the I Don’t Give a Shit Award.
Bernard Tomic’s comeback from hip surgery did not last long.
In fact, it did not even last as long as the previous shortest completed match in ATP history.
Tomic lost to Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-0 in 28 minutes and 20 seconds during first-round action at the Sony Open Tennis tournament in Miami on Thursday afternoon. The 21-year-old Australian won one point in the first five games, three points in the first set, and 13 points in total.
We’ll refrain from pointing out the obvious things like how it’s no longer possible to “fix” a tennis match anymore via withdrawal so we’re left with this sort of “performance” which really could have been turned in by anyone with both a tennis racket and a drinking problem. If Tomic was injured or re-injured himself, why not just withdraw from the match? We make lots of jokes about failure here, but it’s really not anywhere near as much fun when the people involved don’t even pretend to try.
UPDATE 2: I am taking Pat’s action on Philly as I would be strongly considering taking Dallas tonight otherwise, despite them playing an out of conference game. One confirmed play tonight: Anaheim +145 @ Los Angeles. The other game we are watching as mentioned earlier is Columbus and it’s very, very close and will be a GTD.
UPDATE 3: Columbus +119
Early NCAA Day 1
Teaser: Ohio St -2 and Over 127 vs Dayton
St Joe’s +5 vs UConn
Western Michigan 1H +7.5
More degeneracy later. Hopefully I will get a miracle cover like this guy on Wheel of Fortune (I got one last night taking the under in the TN/IOWA game at 144…total finished at 143 in OT):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BobNg1-CSH4
Wednesday
Carolina was an easy winner yesterday and successfully played the NHL’s version of prevent defense in the 3rd, getting outshot 19-0. Shot totals tend to significantly skew toward the losing team in the 3rd period, but that’s kind of ridiculous. Not much doing tonight. Nashville at Vancouver is easily the best option, but Nashville played last night in Edmonton so they are excluded here. Charlotte at Brooklyn is the best of a typically garbage NBA end of season schedule.
First Bet of a Long Journey
Xavier -4 (and in teaser with Under 140) vs NC State
Well have our shining moments later in the week.
Cue the music (and sing to yourself, “Bad Decisions……Bad Decisions……Gambling Irresponsibly!!!):
BTW a PSA from Canada:
Tuesday
Phoenix was a winner yesterday, again failing to play three periods, this time taking the second off, but managed to come from behind to win 4-3. Single play today and it’s a very straightforward one, Carolina +150 @ Columbus
