Two great choices—we use them—for line shopping! They both always pay on time
Yesterday was the perfect example of why we tell you we
try to release plays as early as possible, not worrying about shopping for
lines when we release plays but giving you the luxury of finding the best
line. Most of you got
push. With
most of you go 2-0 with Wise Guy plays Sunday.
With the tournament games we are waiting for some of our
commercial databases to be updated as well as more books to post lines so we
can get our sharp versus square info.
Hence during March Madness will update throughout the day. Please keep
checking JoeDuffy.net for info on late steam throughout March Madness.
We start out with two NBA winners for Monday with possible
updates forthcoming. The ENTIRE card is just $17 at www.godspicks.com. We now
take virtually every credit card, PayPal and eCheck. Also we now have yearly and other packages
available via
Union
play, every sport for a year is $2,450.
Email us at the contact form at Godspicks.com to make arrangements or
for Neteller payments. Updated and advance news and
notes FREE at JoeDuffy.net—a MUST for March Madness.
CBB
Ball State-Buffalo
Buffalo
If the University at
makes a run in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, it will be with a short
bench. The Bulls, who finished 18-12 following Saturday’s regular season
finale loss at Miami (Ohio), have 10 healthy players but only seven, maybe
eight if the stars are aligned properly, will receive significant minutes. So
the No. 8-seeded Bulls will drag their weary bodies into a first-round matchup
against No. 9 seed
(10-17) at
Arena. Because of injuries and waiting for several underclassmen to develop, UB coach Reggie Witherspoon has relied heavily on a 7-8 man
rotation but the Bulls found it difficult to keep pace once the MAC portion of
the schedule kicked in. Despite winning two of their last three games, the
Bulls were just 3-7 over their last 10 and finished fifth in the MAC East
Division with an 8-10 record. With that lean bench, seniors Calvin Cage, Mario
Jordan and Roderick Middleton and juniors Yassin Idbihi and Parnell Smith can expect to play 30-35 minutes a
game. Cage admits he’s a bit fatigued, but this is his final season at UB and he’ll run on fumes at this point. “This is my last
hurrah,” he said. “Once the ball goes up, I’m going to go 45 or 50 minutes if I
have to.” Cage may not have a choice. Freshmen Sean Smiley and Vadim Fedotov are out for the
season with ACL injuries, which leaves a bench of freshman Eric Moore, junior
walk-on Darwin Young (Hutch-Tech) and not much else. It hasn’t helped that
Smith is still recovering from a high-ankle sprain and that Middleton is
suffering from a case of asthma.
Bowling Green-Toledo
Press Notes
The Rockets enter postseason play riding a seven-game MAC
win streak following Saturday’s 66-64 victory over
The Rockets split their two meetings with
teams winning on their homecourt. UT has won seven straight games vs. the
Falcons in Savage Hall with its last defeat coming on
has won nine of its last 13 meetings with the Falcons, but the two teams have
split their season series the last three years.
advanced to
the six years it has been held at Quicken Loans Arena. However, the Falcons are
on a seven-game losing streak and have 20 losses for the first time in 20
years.
Central Michigan-Ohio
Scorephone.com
The fifth-seeded Bobcats begin their title defense by
hosting 12th-seeded
opening round on Monday. Last year,
was the fourth seed in the tournament, as it won its first postseason crown
since 1994. The Bobcats went 12-2 at home during the 2005-06 regular slate and
will have the luxury of hosting a Chippewa club that has dropped 11 of its last
12 outings.
in 2003, is a dreadful 1-13 on the road this year.
NBA
Heat-Bobcats
Charlotte Observer
Miami All-Star guard Dwyane Wade sat out Saturday’s close win against
with a sore right wrist, but the Heat listed him Sunday as a starter tonight.
Although its last game was surprisingly close (a two-point victory against a
struggling Hawks team), the Heat has won eight straight and is cruising to the
Southeast Division title. The Bobcats
are coming off a 12-day, six-game Western Conference trip, and coach Bernie
Bickerstaff isn’t sure how long it will take players to restore their energy.
The length of the trip—originally seven games, but a Saturday date against the
Hornets was moved to January—was needed to accommodate the circus and the CIAA tournament at the arena. Bickerstaff says he doesn’t
anticipate trips of similar length in future seasons. Upon reflection,
Bickerstaff wishes the Bobcats hadn’t made Monday available to the NBA for a
home game, since this requires such a quick turnaround.