Shooter's 1/31 CBB

Shooter's 1/31 CBB 50-32-2 yesterday. 820 Ohio State (-4) (-108) 1st H OSU starts out quick at home. All 3 Big 10 home games had the Buckeyes leading by 12 or more going into the break. The game in Minny was Turner's second game back. 822 Miami (-2) Miami has lost 3 in a row and Va Tech won 4 in a row. Is the wrong team favored here? Hmmm. 825/826 Florida/Tennessee OV 141 I expect Tenn's offense to be better now that the suspended Tatum is playing in his 2nd game.

828 UW Milwaukee (+8) (-102) This is Butler's true final road test of the Horizon League. They beat Wright St, Detroit, the Chicago schools, Green Bay. UW Milwaukee will be up for this. 829/830 Ball St/Ohio OV 126' 831/832 Valpo/UWGB UN 140 832 UWGB (-5) 833/834 Fordham/Xavier OV 145 849 Manhattan (+5) (-104)

835/836 Indiana State/Evansville OV 132 ISU without another starting guard Dwayne Lathan for this game. I think ISU steps up the scoring without him. Plus, Evansville is one of, if not the worst, defensive teams in the Valley. 837 Penn State (+8') (-105) 1stH 837 Penn State (+15') (-106) Game Penn State is still winless in the Big 10, but they aren't getting blown out by any means. Purdue off revenge win over Wisconsin. I think PSU keeps this close. 840 Arizona (+1) 1st H 851/852 Niagara/Loyola MD OV 134'

854 Northern Colorado (-9') (-106) Northern Colorado lost by 24 at Montana St on 12/4. At that time, UNC was 7-0 and off a win over rival Colorado St. They are also off a home loss to Montana. Focused fav here.

860 Austin Peay (+2) (-114) Morehead and Murray are the 2 best in the OVC and both have DD + win streaks. Austin Peay has been the top program or at least shared that title for many years. No one talking about Peay, who took Morehead to OT and covered earlier this year. I think the one game delay favors the home team. 864 William & Mary (-3') (-109) Drexel has won 3 in a row and just swept Northeastern. W & M crushed Drexel by 25 earlier this month. Drexel struggles to score especially on the road.

862 Tennessee State (+5)

Horrible beat in 1st H of Arizona. Up 4 with a min 30 left. Give up 3 straight baskets. Stupid ass street baller Momo Jones tries to take it up over the 7-3 Chinese player. Then, Arizona has a chance to tie w/ :20 left. Nic Wise dribbles until about 5 secs and then has to make a move. Cal doubles him and he gets off a terrible shot. These guys don't teach the game properly anymore. Bob Knight had it right regarding his assessment of today's game when he said it features athletes playing basketball instead of basketball players playing basketball. These AAU scumbag coaches are ruining the game. They don't teach these kids at all.

857 Arkansas (+6') (-106) 1st H 857 Arkansas (+12) Game Arkansas is finally healthy and playing a little better. The extra day actually helps the road team here. Both teams played on Thurs night. 845/846 Virginia/N Carolina OV 145 847 Wichita St (-1) (-112)

Shooter good to see your in a better frame of mind today always look forward to seeing your picks. You got a point about coaching and teaching smart b-ball couldnt have said it better. Could you tell the forum which system do find more reliable the kenpom numbers or espn accuscore numbers? Maybe you dont use either one if not not how do you come up with your numbers? Thankx

I don't use any type of #'s. I look at Kenpom strictly for pace of play. I go more off of feel and fundamentals as well. I try to think like the oddsmaker would think.