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DECEMBER 12-18, 2014

NO. 8

COLLEGE HOOPS UPDATE: KEEP AN EYE ON THE IVIES! by Bruce Marshall, Goldsheet.com Editor

Look out for the ...Ivy League? While we are not expecting the Ivies to end what will almost surely become a 36-year drought of missing the Final Four, the 2014-15 campaign nonetheless looks like it could feature the best collection of Ivy reps in many moons. The latest indicator came on Wednesday night in Lexington, when all-powerful, topranked Kentucky found itself down 11-0 before it knew what hit it, and was still behind President Obama’s alma mater Columbia, 25-23, at halftime. Yes, the Wildcats would eventually gain control in the second half, and the Lions are still winless vs. SEC foes (against whom they are now 4-12 SU in their history) since the 1957-58 season, when they beat Auburn. But the UK margin of victory was only 10 points at 56-46. And the Wildcats were impressed. “They came in, played well and hit shots. We had to fight from behind for the majority of the game,” said UK’s frosh star F Trey Lyles. “You have got to give a lot of credit to Columbia,” Cat HC John Calipari said. “They were not afraid. They played Michigan State (a season ago) the same way they played us ... and they knew they could do this. They did a great job of spreading us out.” What has gotten the attention of college hoops observers, however, is that Columbia’s near-miss at Kentucky is not an isolated incident involving Ivy teams in the first month of this season. Yale recently shocked defending national champion UConn, 45-44, in Storrs. In a crosstown rivalry that has been slanted toward Big East Providence for many years, it was local Ivy rep Brown scoring a 77-67 stunner on Monday night at the Dunkin Donuts Center. Earlier, Cornell, considered an outsider in the league race, shocked George Mason in Fairfax, 68-60, and came within one point on the road at Big Ten Penn State. And we have yet to even talk about Ivy preseason favorite Harvard, which has won Big Dance games each of the past two years for HC Tommy Amaker. The Crimson have started fast once again at 8-1, and have an interesting upcoming test vs. sixth-ranked and unbeaten Virginia in their next game on December 21. Or perennial contender Princeton, which appears to have another typically functional and capable edition. Perhaps Yale’s HC James Jones was prophetic when he predicted prior to the season that as many as five Ivy teams could get to 20 wins this term. It’s still not the Big Ten or ACC, but there are a lot of leagues further down the D-I totem pole than the Ivy this season. Although the Final Four drought has endured for nearly four decades, the Ivies have never really disappeared from the college hoop scene. Over the past four decades, one or two reps per season have usually been formidable. For much of that period of time, it was Princeton and/or Penn waging wars for league supremacy. The legendary HC Pete Carril had several memorable Tiger editions, including the 1975 NIT champions led by future NBA G (and longtime NBA assistant coach, now with the Clippers) Armond Hill. Three years earlier, Carril’s 1972 Princeton version had drawn Bob Knight’s first Indiana team in an opening-round NIT clash (in the years when all of the NIT games were played at Madison Square Garden). In the excellent biography Knight, written by the legendary Bob Hammel, “The General” spoke of what happened in that game vs. the Tigers. “When I went into coaching, there was a prevailing belief that play in the Big Ten was rough–“no harm, no foul”–and the East was a finesse area,” said Knight. “Well, I had just spent a season in the Big Ten, and when we went back East to play in the NIT, Princeton manhandled us and won 68-60. “Pete Carril always did a great job with his players. He was an extraordinary teacher of basketball. And that day his team was far more physical than any team we played in the Big Ten. “We got off to a good start against Princeton—we were ahead 12-4. There was a time-out, they added a third guard named Reggie Bird, and they just throttled us.”

Of course, Carril’s best Princeton teams would make noise for the next couple of decades, counting several Big Dance qualifiers. Including a Tiger squad that came as close as possible to scoring the first No. 16 seed vs. No. 1 seed upset in Big Dance history when his 1989 team fell by only 50-49 against John Thompson’s Georgetown. Carril’s 1996 edition, as a No. 13 seed, dumped defending national champion UCLA, 43-41. Indeed, Princeton has often been the flagship Ivy program since we began to publish TGS in 1957. Prior to Carril, Butch Van Breda Kolff’s Tiger teams were often in the national discussion. Again we’ll leave it to Bob Knight, also from the biography Knight, written by the aformentioned Bob Hammel, to further describe the Princeton style. “When Butch Van Breda Kolff was there, Princeton was one of the bestcoached teams I ever saw,” said Knight. “Bill Bradley was playing then. Princeton’s players were obviously smart, they played well defensively, and they were very good offensively. They played with keys--if the passer went inside, that was one thing; if he cut to the bucket, it was another thing. They didn’t just run plays, they keyed off movement. Pete Carril, Van Breda Kolff’s replacement, carried that same approach to incredible success in his own career at Princeton. I tried to incorporate that into what I wanted to do at Indiana, but almost exclusively built on reading the defense.” Knight’s mention of Bill Bradley recalls one of only two Ivy teams to reach the Final Four in the TGS era. With “Dollar Bill” as the star, Princeton became the talk of the country as Van Breda Kolff’s team stormed into the Final Four at Portland. Where, unfortunately for the Tigers, they ran into the one hurdle they couldn’t overcome that season, Cazzie Russell-led Michigan. But those Van Breda Kolff Tigers were also the first Ivy team to reach a Final Four since 1944. The Ivies had de-emphasized their football programs in the mid 50s, but could still field on occasional basketball power, which, thanks to Bradley, the Tigers became in 1964-65. Bradley, a matchup nightmare as a 6’5 swingman with a vast array of shots who bypassed the Big Ten (where Purdue had seemed his likely college destination) and instead matriculated to the Ivies from the St. Louis area, had taken the entire East Coast by storm that season, too, as even normal Notre Dame “subway alums” in the New York area began to embrace Princeton and the Bradley storyline, packing the old Madison Square Garden for the annual Holiday Festival Tourney in late December to cheer the Tigers on against jazzy Cazzie and the highly-ranked Wolverines, who had reached the Final Four the previous spring, knocking off defending champion Loyola-Chicago along the way in the Mideast regional before losing to Jeff Mullins and Duke in the national semifinals in Kansas City. Before the anticipated matchup vs. Michigan, Bradley and Princeton had to get past Syracuse in a first-round matchup. The Tigers had made the short ride to Manhattan still with the stigma of their supposedly weak Ivy League affiliation detracting from their notices. But it took Bradley only a few minutes vs. the ‘Cuse to show that the Ivies could play as hard as they studied. Syracuse set up in a four-man box zone defense, with ace defender Sam Penceal assigned just to Bradley. Penceal literally clung to Bradley, clutching, grabbing, clawing. Suddenly, obviously furious, Bradley lashed back with an elbow that rocked the husky Penceal as hard as any elbow he had ever received on the Brooklyn playgrounds where he learned the game. The crowd gasped, then whooped in appreciation; the referee sent Penceal to the free-throw line. A minute later, Bradley finally broke away from Penceal and got the ball for the first time. Immediately, he sank a 20-foot jump shot. By the half he had 23 points, and eventually 36, and Princeton won 79-69 in this battle of orange-laced uniforms. Bradley’s aura grew even larger when scoring 41 in a narrow loss the next night to the Wolverines...even more so because he tallied all of those points before fouling out with 4:37 to play and his team, which was a 12-point (Continued on next page)

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THE GOLD SHEET underdog, actually ahead by 12 points! Without Bradley, however, the Tigers failed to hold on to their advantage and ended up an 80-78 loser. But by the time the Final Four had rolled around, Bradley had become a big storyline coast-tocoast. Bradley was still about as close to a one-man show as any college player we ever recall. In the East Regionals at Maryland’s Cole Field House, Bradley was mesmerizing. First, Princeton disposed of Press Maravich’s ACC title winners from NC State by a 66-48 scoreline, but Bradley was at his best in the regional final vs. Joe Mullaney’s fourth-ranked Providence side featuring future pros Jimmy Walker and Mike Riordan. Bradley was magnificent, making 14 of 20 shots, all 13 of his free throws, and scoring 41 points. Plus he added nine assists and ten rebounds. Final score: Princeton 109, Providence 69! And it was the whole team that everyone was cheering. The Tigers shot a staggering 68.3% from the floor against Providence (while Bradley shot 70%) and 72.7% in the second half. In one stretch the Tigers went 12 minutes without missing a shot—14 straight from the floor and the free-throw line. By his presence, Bradley seemed to make all of that possible, because the opposition was forced to concentrate on him, but never before had his teammates been so skillful at capitalizing on that advantage. Michigan, however, was the Kryptonite for that Princeton team, featuring the explosive Russell, like Bradley a 6’5 swingman with an extensive repertoire of shots, but the Wolverines were bigger and stronger than the Tigers, who would be their NCAA semifinal foe in a later rematch in Portland of the Holiday Festival classic at Madison Square Garden in December. Indeed, at times the Wolverines’ offense would appear crude, without much structure or finesse, instead emphasizing brute power, with the main “bread and butter” play simply calling for Russell to slide off 6’7 Bill Buntin at the high post, move underneath, and look for a pass. If Cazzie couldn’t shake his man, he’d usually break out for a quick little jumper behind a screen set by 6’7 F Oliver Darden. Otherwise, Dave Strack’s Wolverines would either crash the glass with the springy Buntin (who was also a 20 ppg scorer) and Darden or rugged 6’5 Larry Tregoning, or cast off long bombs from the perimeter, many of those by the prolific Russell, who scored a whopping 25.7 ppg that season. In the semifinals at Portland, Bradley, as was the case in the December meeting vs. the Wolverines at Madison Square Garden, found himself in foul trouble, and the Tigers could not compensate. Having problems controlling the bigger Wolverines off the glass, Princeton really got caught in the quicksand when Bradley picked up his fourth personal barely a minute into the second half. Van Breda Kolff was thus forced to employ an unfamiliar zone defense to protect Bradley, but Michigan was still able to navigate easily into the paint and score from close range. When Bradley, who scored 29 points, eventually fouled out with 5 minutes to play, Princeton’s last chances were extinguished with him. Thanks to a lopsided 56-34 rebound edge, Michigan won handily, 93-76, qualifying for the title game against the Wichita-UCLA winner. Meanwhile, Bradley would score 58 points in the old “consolation game” for third place against Wichita State, setting an NCAA Tourney single-game scoring mark that stands to this day. Princeton wasn’t the only Ivy Final Four qualifier of the TGS era, however. Bob Weinhauer’s Penn Quakers were the next, and most recent, Final Four Ivy rep during their wild ride in 1978-79 that, like Bill Bradley’s Princeton, also ended against a Big Ten foe from Michigan, this time Magic Johnson’s Michigan State, in the Final Four at Salt Lake City. That Penn side, which this writer saw lose a double-OT game in the old Cabrillo Classic in San Diego vs. Lute Olson’s Iowa just before New Year’s, remains one of the most unlikely Final Four qualifiers in memory. Though some longtime Ivy followers have always had mixed emotions about that Quakers team...which, much like Tommy Amaker’s current Harvard, didn’t much resemble a traditional Ivy entry. Thanks to a New York Times piece subsequent to the Final Four, some wondered if Penn had abandoned the core Ivy values—a healthy, wellrounded mixture of academics and athletics, with an added emphasis on the former. The Philly school, however, seemed to be emphasizing the latter...at least with its basketball team. Criticism of the Quakers had actually been building since the late 1960s, when Penn adopted a special admissions policy in which 15 percent of each freshman class was to be set aside for students who normally would not have been accepted. One-third of those “special-admit” spots were to be utilized specifically for athletes. Under HC Dick Harter, and then Chuck Daly, then Weinhauer, Penn would emerge as an Ivy powerhouse for most of the ‘70s. At one point in the decade, the Quakers strung together six 20-win seasons and four Ivy championships. But the dominance and the types of players Penn was suddenly unearthing did not go unnoticed by the rest of the Ivies. The whispering started to become more noticeable when the Quakers brought in Tony Price and Bobby Willis, both highly touted players from the The Bronx, who would eventually form the nucleus of the 1978-79 team. The NYT piece did acknowledge that the mean college board scores of the specially admitted Penn athletes were nearly the same as those for all of the special admit. And basketball might have been a byproduct of a school

admission policy that had been, as the Times said, “stretched to admit the children of old graduates...or a promising oboe player.” But even at Penn, there was a vocal anti-athletics constituency. One such faculty committee issued a report recommending financial cutbacks in the athletic program and modifications of the special admissions procedure. Dr. Robert Lucid, then an English professor and member of the committee, minced no words in summarizing the fact-finding report. “We want to keep the Ivy ideals,” said Lucid. “We don’t want to be dealing in big-time sports.” Former Yale athletic director Frank Ryan was another vocal critic of Penn’s policy. “We want to maintain that fair, competitive environment,” Ryan said in the NYT story. “We want a chance to win when we play. They’ll be getting kids we want, sure, but couldn’t get because of our standards. So it affects us directly on the playing field. “I would recommend that the league meet now and discuss a more balanced and uniform admissions policy.” In the NYT article, Martin Meyerson, Penn’s president at the time, expressed disappointment. “I get the feeling we are going to be persecuted for being this good,” he said. “They’re going to look at this (the Final Four appearance) closely, and suggest that we admit athletes just to play basketball, which is not the case.” By the early ’80s, Penn’s critics had their wish, as the Ivy League adopted an across-the-board, minimum qualifying standard known as the academic index. Phased in over several years, it was a formula that combined a student’s college board scores with his or her high school grades and other factors such as class rank. Almost without exception, students failing to qualify were not accepted. Eventually, those guidelines would be modified and relaxed, and the Penn-like “special admits” would become commonplace throughout the league (with Amaker and Harvard taking particualr advantage in recent years.) Penn’s thrill ride in 1978-79 included not only that classic matchup vs. Iowa in San Diego but also a pair of overtime wins over Carril’s Princeton during the regular season. The Quakers were experienced; key F Price, G Willis, C Matt White, and F Tim Smith, were all senior starters, and G James Salters was a junior. Weinhauer’s first five were not quite the “iron man five” of Ray Meyer’s DePaul that also qualified for the Final Four (and would beat the Quakers 96-93 in the second-to-last Final Four consolation game in history), as G Ken Hall provided consistent spark off the bench, and due to White’s recurring foul problems (he was disqualified on 15 different occasions that season!), reserve F Vincent Ross and frosh F Tom Leifsen would often be forced into action. For the most part, Weinhauer relied upon his starters, using the bench sparingly. But it was balance, a legit go-to threat in Price (who scored a team-best 19 ppg), and senior-influenced poise that would carry the Quakers into March and to Salt Lake City, where their presence, as well as that of the legendary Meyer with his DePaul team, would capture the imagination of nation. As much so, in fact, as the presence of Larry Bird’s unbeaten Indiana State and Magic Johnson’s Michigan State, which, contrary to popular belief, were not the only major storylines at the 1979 Final Four. Prior to the Final Four, Penn white-knuckled its way through the East Regional at a time when the NCAA Tourney consisted only of 40 teams. Which was an increase of eight teams over the 32-team field from 1975-78. As the 9th seed (of 10) in the East, Penn would open vs. 8th seed Iona, coached by none other than Jim Valvano and featuring rugged then-soph frontliner Jeff Ruland, who would eventually advance to the NBA. The subregional site would be Raleigh and Reynolds Coliseum, where Valvano would soon move to take over the program at NC State. Ruland would force the foulprone Matt White to the bench, requiring Weinhauer to call upon frosh Leifsen (1978-79 was the first Ivy season in which frosh were eligible for varsity play), who would make four clutch free throws in the final minutes as the Quakers, whose 41-29 halftime edge had been cut to one, would hold on for a 73-69 win behind Price’s 27 points. Not many gave Penn a chance in the second round vs. regional top seed North Carolina, which like the top six regional seeds had a bye in the first round. But Dean Smith’s Tar Heels could not shake the Quakers, who finally forged a lead at the 10:19 mark of the second half. Clutch baskets by Price, who finished with 25 points, and a late FT by Salters allowed Penn to hold off a late Tar Heel charge to emerge a shock 72-71 winner. When Lou Carnesecca’s St. John’s would also upset Duke, it created a “Black Sunday” in Carolina and would suppress the crowd counts for the following week’s regional down Tobacco Road in Greensboro. Next up for Penn was Syracuse, with its third-year HC Jim Boeheim. Daring to run with the Orangemen (as Syracuse was called in those days), who scored a whopping 90 ppg that season, the Quakers would play what Weinhauer called the team’s “best half of the season” when storming to a 50-37 lead at intermission. ’Cuse would make a second-half run, but the Quakers, who converted only one field goal in the final eight minutes, were still up to the task, nailing 22 of 26 FT attempts in the second half en route to an 84-76 win, with Price again leading the way with 20 points. 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THE GOLD SHEET In the midst of an Orange rally that shaved a 17-point deficit to five, the refs didn’t allow Penn to shoot what should have been a one-and-one free-throw opportunity. It was almost a minute later, when the Quakers were fouled again, that the officials realized their mistake and ruled it a “correctable error.” Penn was thus awarded four foul shots, all of which were made to throttle the Syracuse comeback. Asked after the game if he was e “embarrassed” at having lost to an Ivy League team, Boeheim gave the standard response regarding that season’s Quakers. “I‘ve said it before,” said a young Boeheim. “Penn is not an Ivy League team. They are a Big 5 school from Philadelphia that plays good basketball.” Now, all that stood in the way of a Final Four appearance for the Quakers would be St. John’s, a winner over Rutgers on the same card in which Penn topped Syracuse. But the invasion of the Yankee schools into the Carolinas did not excite the local fan base in Greensboro. After barely 9,000 had shown up for the pair Sweet 16 games, just over 7,000 would attend the regional final in a building with nearly 16,000 seats. Because the regional final was televised nationally, the Coliseum P.A. announcer made a request to the crowd for some noise, and what he got was the sound of one hand clapping. When the attendance of 7,216 was announced, the crowd booed itself. At least the Redmen (as they were then called) had Carnesecca to liven the atmosphere. Ever the quipster, the coach was in good form prior to tipoff. Acknowledging that Penn had the usual Ivy league intelligence, Carnesecca would then add a classic Looie line. “They’d better be smart,” said Carnesecca. “Someday they’ll be controlling our country.” St. John’s entered the Dance as an even longer shot than the Quakers, seeded 10th and last in the East, meaning the Redmen were one of the final teams to qualify for the Dance. St. John’s had to win nine of its last 11 games to get a surprise bid, then at various times looked ready to expire in the Dance before struggling back to beat Temple, Duke and Rutgers in the regional prior to the Elite Eight matchup, and a ticket to the Final Four, vs. Penn. There was not much space between these upstarts, who went back-and-forth all afternoon. Carnesecca was able to tempo the game in St. John’s favor, slowing the pace, though Penn would still hold a 29-26 lead at the break. The Redmen, with Ron Plair scoring 21 points and C Wayne McKoy proving a force on the blocks, nosed ahead on a few occasions in the second half, but never again after a Tim Smith jumper put the Quakers up 55-54 with 5:44 to play. St. John’s leveled the score at 62-62, but with 23 seconds to play fouled the cool and collected James Salters, who nailed a pair of free throws to put the Quakers up 64-62. The Johnnies took three shots at the Penn basket in the final seconds, including a good look by Plair, but none would fall. Penn would be on the way to the Final Four! The Quakers’ Cinderella ride would end in Salt Lake City when Magic Johnson, Greg Kelser and Michigan State cruised to a 101-67 romp, but the Quakers had been playing with house money ever since the Dance commenced. And, as the decades have passed, the fact that Penn made it all of the way to the Final Four might be a more enduring storyline than what Magic or Bird accomplished that March...no matter what Seth Davis and others might have to say. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Now, a quick update on the current Ivy reps and how they are progressing in the new 2013-15 campaign. Straight-up and pointspread records are thru December 10. BROWN (SUR 5-6, PSR 2-3)...Mike Martin’s Bears made it to the CIT last season and return four starters from that team, though the one who departed, G Sean McGonagill, was the team’s leading scorer at 17.4 ppg. An emerging force is 6’7 soph F Leland King, an Inglewood, CA product scoring at 16 ppg, while another soph, Dallas product 6-6 SG Steven Spieth, adds 10 ppg. The Bruins have a nice mix of athleticism and brute force, the latter exhibited by rugged frontliners 6’8 Cedric Kuakumensah and 6’9 Rafael Maia, both 235-lb. brutes. A problem in the early going has been an inverted assist-TO ratio (1117), though soph PG Tavon Blackmon played one of his better games of the season with an 11-point, 7-assist effort in the Monday win over Providence. Blackmon’s progress is likely to be a key for Brown’s hopes of making it back to a postseason event in March. COLUMBIA (5-3 SU, 1-0 PSR)...The Lions did not enter the season completely under the radar, having advanced to the third round of the CIT last spring. All five starters return for HC Kyle Smith, whose team hasn’t been shooting the ball as well yet as a year ago when canning 39% of its triples (thus far it’s only 32% beyond the arc), but the tempo-conscious Lions are allowing only 50.8 ppg, ranking fourth nationally, as Kentucky discovered on Wednesday. Columbia is lengthy in the backcourt, with a lot of 6’3 and 6’4types covering a lot of ground on the perimeter, and HC Smith has a legit big in 6’11 sr. Corey Ostrowski (9 ppg and 8 rpg). If there is a concern for Smith it is that he will be without 6’7 F Alex Rosenberg (16 ppg a year ago) for the season due to a foot injury, which has put a bit more scoring burden upon jr. G Madao Lo, who at 16.8 ppg is the only double-digit scorer through the first eight games.

PAGE 3 CORNELL (5-4 SU, PSR 4-1)...The consensus pick to finish last in the league after last year’s 2-26 SU mark, the Big Red has been much improved for 5th-year HC Bill Courtney, who served on Jim Larranaga’s Final Four staff at George Mason in 2006. The opening win over Mason set a much brighter tone in Ithaca, especially with 6’7 F Shonn Miller, Courtney’s best player who missed last season with a shoulder injury, healthy again and scoring a team-best 14 ppg. Miller is one of four DD scorers for Courtney, including soph G Robert “Mad” Hatter (13 ppg) and a scoring PG in 6’3 sr. Devin Cherry (10.2 ppg). Cornell has improved defensively with the return of Miller, and the Big Red has a 3-game SU win streak heading into its next game on Dec. 21 vs. Radford. DARTMOUTH (SUR 3-4, PSR 0-2)...We haven’t seen a lot of the Big Green, but do know that key 6’9 Lithuanian sr. C Gabas Maldunas has returned to active duty from the torn ACL he suffered last January. He’s one of four returning starters from HC Paul Cormier, now beginning his 12th season in Hanover. One of the Ivy’s better point guards, jr. Alex Mitola (15 ppg), came into his own in the second half of last season. Mitola, only 5’11, and 5’9 jr. Malik Gill cause some matchup issues for Cormier vs. bigger backcourts, but Gill is a Muggsy Bogues-like disruptor on the stop end, so Cormier is not hesitant to go with the smaller backcourt. Some regional reps believe this is the best chance for Laura Ingraham’s alma mater to get above .500 since the 1998-99 season. HARVARD (SUR 8-1, PSR 3-2)...Still the acknowledged favorite in the loop despite losing a key trio (Gs Brandyn Curry & Laurent Rivard and PF Kyle Casey) from last year’s 27-5 team that won a fourth straight Ivy crown and beat Cincinnati in the Big Dance after scoring another NCAA upset over New Mexico the previous year. Still around from those recent powerhouses, however, are 6’5 swingman Wesley Saunders (last year’s Ivy MVP when scoring 14.2 ppg) and jr. PG Siyani Chambers, two very key cogs for HC Tommy Amaker the past two seasons. Harvard is still shooting nearly 48% from the floor and an outstanding 77% from the charity stripe. Seniors Steve Moundou-Missi and Kenyatta Smith are angry frontline components, and Amaker is also not afraid to use his deep bench, though it appears from the early going as if Saunders (lone DD scorer at 20.1 ppg) might be carrying a bit too much of the offensive burden. PENN (SUR 3-5, PSR 2-1)...Here is one Ivy situation that is having a bit of trouble, as former Quaker star and now HC Jerome Allen is on the hot seat after just one winning record in his first five seasons in charge. Penn is hoping that three wins on the trot (after opening 0-5) might signify a turning of the corner, but the schedule also provided a few softer spots to get well (Navy, Binghamton, Marist). Note that Big Five dates vs. La Salle, Villanova, and St. Joe’s are still to come, as is a trip to SEC Vanderbilt. Allen has a decent 1-2 outside-inside scoring punch with jr. G Tony Hicks (15 ppg) and 6’11 jr. C Darien Nelson-Henry (10.4 ppg), but could use promising frosh F Mike Auger to return soon from a foot injury after an encouraging start in November. Soph Jamal Lewis, who was expected to take over PG duties, has missed all of the season thus far due to illness. Unless Allen gets his full complement of players by the time league play commences in January, his chances of surviving into 2015-16 (especially after last year’s 8-20 mark) could be problematic. PRINCETON (SUR 3-7, PSR 2-4)...As usual, the Tigers have had a fairly tough early slate, but their 3-7 SU mark is still rather disappointing. Pushed favored UTEP and San Diego in the recent Wooden Legacy Tourney in California, though a recent loss to Fairleigh-Dickinson has Tiger backers a bit anxious with HC Mitch Henderson, who still employs the old Princeton motion offense that dates to the Van Breda Kolff and Carril years but this season is minus prolific G T.J. Bray, who led the Tigers in scoring the past few years and tallied an Ivy-best 18 ppg a season ago. Soph F Spencer Weisz (14.9 ppg; 47% triples) was the Ivy Rookie of the Year last season and has taken on much of Bray’s scoring duties, but the Tigers are missing the contributions of graduated 6-10 F Will Barrett, and have left 6’8 jr. Hans Brase to handle too much of the rebounding load. The Tigers have thus been subpar on the boards, which its storied motion offense has yet to overcome on a consistent basis. YALE (SUR 8-3, PSR 4-2)...We’ll give the Eli a mulligan for their 85-47 loss at angry Florida on Monday, coming three days after Yale’s rousing win at UConn. But last year’s CIT finalist returns all five starters for 16th-year HC James Jones, led by 6’8 F Justin Sears (14.8 ppg) & 6’4 G Javier Duren (13.4 ppg). What Jones would probably like to see is a bit more consistency beyond the arc (Yale only 31.7% triples thus far), which could theoretically open more opportunities for punishing frontliners Matt Townsend and Sears to get better looks on the blocks. But either Duren or Sears could make a run at Ivy MVP honors, and the Eli believe they could be Big Dance-bound for the first time since 1962. A late November win over a tough field (including Southern Illinois and Kent State) at the Kent State Tourney was further confirmation that Yale is prepared to better last year’s 19-14 mark.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 Portland 98 - CHICAGO 92—Chicago C Joakim Noah a bit iffy with an ankle injury that kept him out of action Wednesday, and the Bulls have disappointed crowds at the United Center this season, winning just 3 of 8 SU at home. Portland has had little trouble with the Bulls the last few years, winning 7 straight facing Chicago, covering 6 of those. The Blazers are 7-1 SU last 8 on the road, and are holding foes to 92 ppg last 6 overall. 14-POR -8 105-87 (195); 13-POR -3' 98-95 (190), Por +4' 91-74 (187) TV—ESPN LA Clippers 108 - WASHINGTON 98—Los Angeles has looked like the best team in basketball not nicknamed the Warriors since just before Thanksgiving, winning 9 in a row SU and covering 8 of those. PF Blake Griffin has scored 28 ppg in his last 5, and G J.J. Redick has definitely found his stroke, shooting 57% and scoring 19.2 ppg in the same stretch. Clipper HC Doc Rivers still isn’t quite satisfied with his defense, but the Clips are outscoring foes by 8 ppg and outshooting them 50-45% in 10 road games this season. Washington is 10-2 SU at home this season, but LA is 20-12 L1+ as road chalk. 13-La -4' 113-97 (194), LA -8' 110-103 (206) BOSTON 113 - New York 100—New York situation not good, as conflicts among players, between the players and the coach, and general dissatisfaction with the fit of the triangle offense contributing to 10-game losing streak. Not to mention that Knick all-star F Carmelo Anthony has decided to sit until his sore knee feels better. Boston no bargain either, but the Celtics reversed early home losing trend by winning and covering last 3 at the TD Garden, as F Jeff Green scored 25 ppg in those wins. 13-Bos +6 114-73 (192), BOS -3 90-86 (190), NY -6 114-88 (192), NY -6 114-88 (192) ATLANTA 90 - Orlando 83—Streaking Atlanta has won 8 in a row SU and is 9-2 vs. the points in its last 11. These two play again tomorrow night in Orlando, and expect another concerted defensive effort from Hawk side that’s held last 5 opponents to 86 ppg, winning by an average of 15 points. Orlando overachieving the last few weeks as well, covering 5 of last 6 despite the continued absence of C Nikola Vucevic (19 ppg, 11.7 rpg). Vucevic returned to light practice Thursday, but it will be a gametime decision whether he plays. Magic have covered 3 of last 4 trips to Philips Arena, and Orlando is 11-4 this season as a road dog, so it could be closer than oddsmakers think. Magic 8-2 “under” last 10 overall, and Atlanta 4-1 L5 at home. 13-ATL -6' 104-94 (199), Orl +7' 109-92 (200), ORL -2' 109-102 (202), Atl -5' 112-109 (202) TORONTO 107 - Indiana 93—Slumping Indiana hasn’t won since the day after Thanksgiving, dropping 6 straight while shooting just 41.6% over the last 5 of those. PF David West has been way off his game since recovering from injury, as his marks of 11.6 ppg, 41% FGs, 5.9 rpg and 0.3 blocks are all his lowest numbers since becoming a regular starter 10 years ago. That being said, Toronto has been slumping at home, dropping 4 straight spread decisions at the Air Canada Centre. The continued absence of Raptor G DeMar DeRozan won’t hurt as much against injury-depleted Pacer backcourt, however. 13-IND -8' 9184 (187), TOR +5' 95-82 (191), IND -8' 86-79 (188), TOR +1 102-94 (180) BROOKLYN 93 - Philadelphia 91—Very difficult to make a case for Brooklyn side that’s been handicapped by injury to C Brook Lopez and illness of G Joe Johnson. Nets have dropped their last 3 SU and against the points, scoring just 81 ppg & shooting only 38% against Atlanta, Cleveland and Chicago. Philly has covered 7 of its last 9, and the Sixers have been much more effective on defense, holding foes to 97 ppg & 41.6% shooting in the last 5 outings, and return of 6-6 PG Alexy Shved (13 pts. in 16 mins. Wednesday) gives Philly another scorer. 14-Bro -7' 99-91 (199); 13-BRO -10 130-94 (207), PHI +5' 121-120 (OT-211), BRO -9' 108-102 (209), Bro -10' 105-101 (208) MEMPHIS 107 - Charlotte 93—Charlotte had dropped 10 in a row SU prior to squeaking by against New York and beating Boston in last two. Hornets are only 1-6 against the number in last 7 facing teams with a winning record, and Memphis is 17-4 and has made the FedEx Forum one of the toughest venues in the league. Grizzlies are 24-1 SU last 25 regular season games at home and have covered 5 of last 6 as host. Hornet Gs Walker & Stephenson shooting 33% & 39.5% respectively in the last 10 games, and not sure return of F Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (9 pts., 6 boards Wednesday) is enough to arrest Charlotte’s slide vs. good teams. 14-Mem +3' 71-69 (186); 13-CHA +2' 92-89 (180), MEM -9 11189 (186)

Oklahoma City 117 - MINNESOTA 99—OKC is 3-1 SU since MVP F Kevin Durant made his season debut, but the Thunder have covered just once with their star in the lineup, last Tuesday vs. Milwaukee. OKC played last night at home on TNT against Cleveland, but that hasn’t bothered the Thunder this season, as they’re 3-1 vs. the number when unrested. The Thunder are also an impressive 51-24 vs. the points the last few years following a SU loss, so if KD, Westbrook and Co. lost to LeBron and the Cavs, look for an OKC romp. 13-MIN -2 100-81 (202), OKC -8' 113-103 (208), Okc +2 115-111 (208), OKC -10 10697 (202) NEW ORLEANS 103 - Cleveland 98—Injury to G Ben Gordon has contributed to New Orleans’ 3-6 SU mark since he went down with a torn labrum, but the Pelicans have kept it together, covering 5 of the last 7. Cleveland was minus LeBron (sore knee) at OKC last night, and although Cavs had won 8 straight prior to that game, they are just 2-5 this season laying points on the road, with the covers coming against Denver in early November when the Nuggets were in the midst of a disastrous 1-6 start and Monday night against a Brooklyn team playing without two key starters. Intimidating Pelican PF Anthony Davis and C Omer Asik (13.2 rpg in Dec.) will make Cavs work for points in paint, especially if LeBron knee keeps him out for another game. 14CLE -5' 118-111 (202); 13-NO -6' 104-100 (196), No +2' 100-89 (194) Miami 97 - UTAH 92—Utah had dropped 9 straight before surprising the San Antonio’s “junior varsity” team on Tuesday. Trust Miami’s Bosh-Wade one-two punch (combined 42 ppg) facing Utah side that ranks 29th in defensive efficiency. Jazz are just 1-6 SU last 7 at home, and Miami is 3-0 as a road favorite this season, so don’t mind laying a few points with the Heat. Totals note: Heat “under” 7-1 last 8 on road. 13-MIA -12 117-94 (199), UTAH +9' 9489 (196) PHOENIX 112 - Detroit 96—Sinking Pistons seem to have embraced Philly’s “Let’s tank!” philosophy, as the Pistons have lost 13 in a row (including a setback vs. the 2-19 Sixers). Phoenix is in a much more forgiveable slide, dropping three straight against Houston, the Clippers and Miami, and expect that streak to end with an exclamation point. The Suns come to play hard every night, and G Goran Dragic is shooting 55% in his last 5, while Markieff Morris (15 ppg, 6.5 rpg) is getting frontline support from his twin Marcus (12 ppg, 5 rpg last 5). Pistons are just 3-6 as a road dog. 14-Pho -2' 88-86 (204); 13-DET -1 110108 (206), PHO -8' 98-92 (217) SAN ANTONIO 102 - LA Lakers 89—San Antonio has mostly controlled the series the last 2+ seasons against LA, winning 8 of last 10 meetings (6-4 vs. the points). The Lakers might be feeling good about themselves after rallying for a win Tuesday against Sacramento, but they had lost previous 3 games by double digits and haven’t covered since Dec. 2 (0-4). That being said, the Lakers are 3-3 SU and 4-2 vs. the number last 6 visits to the AT&T Center, and Kobe Bryant would pass Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list with 31 pts. vs. the Spurs. The “under” is 8-1 last 9 between these two in San Antonio. 14-San -8' 93-80 (205); 13-San -7' 91-85 (208), SAN -17' 119-85 (224), San -13' 125-109 (221), La +9 113-100 (218) TV—ESPN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 Day Game ★★★ ★★★Golden St. 111 - DALLAS 100—Dallas cooled off against the points the last 3 weeks, logging a 3-8 spread mark despite winning 7 of those 11 SU. The Mavs have some firepower of their own, as F Chandler Parsons has heated up (26 ppg, 64% last 3), G Monta Ellis is consistent (22 ppg L10), and F Dirk Nowitzki is still Dirk Nowitzki. However, Golden State backcourt duo of Steph Curry & Klay Thompson has led Warriors to NBA-best 19-2 SU mark and a 14game winning streak. Mavs have lost SU at home to Indiana and Phoenix and were forced to OT by the Knicks at the American Airlines Arena recently, so another Warrior win should be expected. 13-DAL -4' 103-99 (206), GS -5' 9593 (210), GS -5' 108-85 (209), Gs +5 122-120 (OT-206)

Night Games Atlanta 98 - ORLANDO 88—After covering 6 straight at the Amway Center, Atlanta has failed in that regard last 2 visits to Orlando. These two played last night in Atlanta. Would prefer streaking Hawks almost regardless of the result of that game. With Magic C Vucevic likely still shelved with injury, Hawks will have inside edge with PF Paul Millsap and C Al Horford, and Atlanta covered first two chances as a road favorite this season while Orlando dropped 3 of last 4 as a home dog. Orlando 8-2 “under” last 10, and this series was “under” 161 before going “over” the last 3. 14-Check 12/12 result; 13-ATL -6' 104-94 (199), Orl +7' 109-92 (200), ORL -2' 109-102 (202), Atl -5' 112-109 (202) Portland 96 - INDIANA 83—These two just met 9 days ago in Portland, when the Blazers overcame a 7-of-21 shooting night by star PF LaMarcus Aldridge and ground out an 88-82 win. The Blazers shot just 39.8% but were helped out by the Pacers equally poor shooting effort and 17 Indiana turnovers. Both teams playing the 2nd of back-to-back games. But despite trends that slightly favor Indiana in that scheduling situation, deeper Portland should be able to dominate this time around. 14-POR -8' 88-82 (194); 13-POR +1' 106-102 (192), IND -6 118-113 (OT-197) (Continued on next page)

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THE GOLD SHEET CHARLOTTE 102 - Brooklyn 93—Both of these sides played last night, and neither has had much pointspread success when unrested. Charlotte has a long history of underachieving in 2nd of back-to-backs (22-49 vs. the points L3+), while the Nets are 14-20 on the road the last 2+ without rest. The Hornets won and covered both meetings at the “Beehive” last season, coinciding with acquisition of C Al Jefferson, who scored 22 ppg & grabbed 12 rpg against the Nets LY. Brooklyn shooting only 40% and scoring 87 ppg L5 prior to Friday’s game. 13-CHA +2' 95-91 (186), BRO -7 105-89 (194), BRO -6' 104-99 (193), CHA -2 116-111 (OT-191) Memphis 110 - PHILADELPHIA 94—Both teams played last night, and Philly’s 3-10 mark vs. the points at the Wells Fargo Center last 1+ seasons when unrested stands out. Despite a recent uptick in pointspread fortunes, the Sixers are only 18-30 the last 1+ seasons as a home dog, and Memphis has enjoyed seeing Philly. Last season the Grizzlies pounded the Sixers twice, by 26 & 22 points, and Memphis is 9-2 against the number last 11 in series. 13-Mem -14 103-77 (200), MEM -15 117-95 (201) LA Clippers 113 - MILWAUKEE 101—Milwaukee has had 3 days off and catches the red-hot Clippers coming off a visit to Washington last night. Going against the Bucks as home dogs has been a percentage play the last 2+ seasons, cashing 30 of 43 chances. LA had won 9 straight prior to the game against the Wizards, and Clips have exploded on offense, scoring 117 ppg & shooting 50.5% in December. Milwaukee’s defense leaves much to be desired, as the Bucks are yielding 108 ppg & 50.4% in the last 5. LA 6-1 last 7 as a road favorite prior to visiting Washington. 13-La -10 114-86 (202), LA -16' 106-98 (213) ★★★ ★★★HOUSTON 114 - Denver 98—Return to action of PG Patrick Beverley a plus for Houston, as he contributed 15.5 ppg, 6 rpg & 4 apg in his first 2 games back. Rockets C Dwight Howard has targeted this game to return from a knee problem that’s kept him out for the team’s last 11 games. Houston continues to get quality production from star G James Harden (28.4 ppg, 50% last 5), and 70 Lithuanian Donatas Montiejunas has been a boon in Howard’s absence (14.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 56% last 10 games). Granted, Denver is 9-1 vs. the number last 10 against Houston, but Nuggets are also 3-6 as a road dog this season. Last 5 in series “over.” 13-HOU -8' 122-111 (213), HOU -11 130-125 (OT-222), DEN +2 123-116 (223) SACRAMENTO 103 - Detroit 92—Sacto C DeMarcus Cousins continues to be sidelined by a viral infection, and the Kings dropped 5 of the first 7 he missed. However, the Kings’ wins in the slide have come at the Sleep Train Arena against losing teams (Utah & Indiana) such as Detroit. The Pistons have been a poor road dog this season (3-6 first 9 in role) and are coming off what figures to be an uptempo game in Phoenix last night. The Pistons were 3-19 SU and 6-16 vs. the number through Dec. 11, so HC Stan Van Gundy might have picked the wrong horse to ride after getting bucked off his Orlando gig. 13-Det +2 9790 (198), DET -2' 99-89 (215) TV—NBA NETWORK

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Night Games WASHINGTON 100 - Utah 95—Utah hasn’t put up much of a fight on the road lately, dropping 7 of last 8 away from Salt Lake City. The teams split home wins-and-covers last year, as the Wizards snapped a 4-game series losing skid with their win last March 5. Wizards tough to trust as a big favorite, however, as Washington has dropped 7 of 8 chances laying more than 9 points over the last 1+ seasons. Jazz relatively healthy, and newbie HC Quinn Snyder is getting fair production out of his starters, in particular Fs Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors, who’ve combined for 35 ppg & 14 rpg this season. Gs Alec Burks and Trey Burke can keep it tight facing Washington’s backcourt pair of John Wall & Bradley Beal. 13-UTAH -1' 104-101 (195), WAS -8 104-91 (199) Chicago 103 - MIAMI 94—Chicago has been consistently good on the road this season, sporting a 10-3 SU mark, covering the last 3 as a visitor. Bull G Derrick Rose had his best game since sitting out a week in November when he scored 23 points on 8 of 15 shooting Wednesday against the Nets. Miami has proven of little pointspread value since mid-November, logging a 4-11 spread mark last 15 prior to visiting Utah Friday. Heat returning home from an extended road trip, and that can often proove distracting. 13-MIA -5 107-95 (188), CHI +4' 107-87 (188), MIA -5' 93-79 (186), CHI +4' 95-88 (OT-187) Golden St. 108 - NEW ORLEANS 98—New Oleans has covered 5 of last 7 games overall and has been a winning play at home the last 1+ seasons (29-20 vs. the points). But find it difficult to buck Golden State side that’s made a quantum leap forward this season (19-2 SU, 15-6 vs. the number through Dec. 12). Warriors played last night at Dallas, but it’s a short flight to New Orleans, and Golden State has covered 3 of first 4 when unrested. Pelican PF Anthony Davis’ 30 pts. & 15 boards weren’t nearly enough in Dec. 4 meeting, and the Warriors outrebounded and outshot the Pelicans in a 112-85 home triumph. 14GS -9' 112-85 (207); 13-Gs -1' 102-101 (207), GS -9 104-93 (207), Gs -4' 97-87 (204)

MINNESOTA 110 - LA Lakers 105—If Kobe Bryant didn’t get all of his 31 points last night in San Antonio, the Laker legend will likely pass Michael Jordan on the scoring chart sometime in the first half of this game. Minnesota got 28 pts. from ex-UCLA Bruin Zach LaVine to score a 120-119 road win at Staples Center on Nov. 28, when Bryant missed key free throws down that stretch that could’ve secured the win. Laker HC Byron Scott gave his team a tounguelashing after that loss, and L.A. is 3-3 SU since then, but is still giving up too many points (107 ppg last 6; league-worst 110 ppg this season). 14-Min +5' 120-119 (213); 13-Min -4' 113-90 (210), LA +6 104-91 (211), MIN -10' 109-99 (217), MIN -11' 143-107 (226) OKLAHOMA CITY 128 - Phoenix 113—OKC has continued it’s strong play at the Chesapeake Energy Arena despite injuries this season, covering 8 of 10, bringing the Thunder’s home pointspread record to 59-33 over the past 2+ seasons. Phoenix has lost 6 straight at OKC, and the Suns have covered only one of the last 4 visits. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combined for 65 ppg against the Suns last season, and both are healthy and back in gear again. Suns have gone “over” 9-1 last 10 at OKC. 13-OKC -12' 103-96 (198), PHO +6 128-122 (217), PHO +2' 122-115 (211) Toronto 106 - NEW YORK 94—Toronto has won and covered 6 of last 7 on the road, and that trend doesn’t figure to stop facing the problem-laden Knicks. Raptor G Kyle Lowry has stepped up his game, scoring 24.4 ppg while dishing out 10.6 assists in his last 7, and C Jonas Valanciunus and PF Amir Johnson are shooting 63.4% in the last 5, as the Raptors are scoring 109 ppg in December. New York is 3-9 SU and against the number at home this season, and F Carmelo Anthony’s absence no help. 13-Tor -3 95-83 (193), TOR -6' 115-100 (191), Ny +5 108-100 (194), NY +5' 95-92 (198) DENVER 102 - San Antonio 100—Denver has covered 5 straight at the Pepsi Center, and the Nuggets have been getting some bonus scoring from Wilson Chandler (20.4 ppg last 5 games). Additionally, C Timofey Mozgov has averaged 12 points and 9 boards while shooting 63% over his last 10 games. San Antonio has covered 9 of last 11 at this venue, but the Spurs are just 4-7 SU in those games, and HC Gregg Popovich might decide to rest some of his stars in the altitude of Denver. 13-San -5 102-94 (203), SAN -13' 108-103 (216), San -7' 133-102 (216) MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 CLEVELAND 101 - Charlotte 86—Cleveland’s recent 8-game SU win streak (thru Dec. 10) accomplished completely vs. somewhat suspect Eastern Conference foes. And while Charlotte yet to be victimized by LeBron & Co. this season, that probably changes tonight at The Q. Not convinced recent wins over sub-.500 Knicks and Celtics are a “buy” signal for Hornets, who had lost ten in a row SU previously. LeBron was feeling good enough to put his arm around Princess Kate for a recent photo when she joined Prince Will for recent Cavs romp past Nets, but his sore knee kept him out of Thursday game at Ok City, so proceed carefully. 13-CHA +3 90-84 (190), Cha +5' 86-80 (188), CHA -5 10192 (198), Cha +3' 96-94 (OT-196) TV—NBA NETWORK Boston 101 - PHILADELPHIA 93—Philly has picked up the pace with two recent wins as it looks to exceed the 9-73 all-time worst mark set by its 1972-73 predecessors. But no chance that visiting Boston overlooks an opportunity for a rare win, which was the case when Celtics prevailed handily by 11 in their last visit to Wells Fargo Center on Nov. 9. Boston didn’t even need much scoring from Rajon Rondo (only 9 points) that night, as its “D” held Philly to only 39.5% shooting. With five spread covers in last six thru Dec. 11, Celts playing well enough for Brad Stevens to be trusted laying a few points vs. this foe. 14-Bos -6' 101-90 (213); 13-Phi +3' 95-94 (204), Bos -3 114-108 (205), Phi +9' 111-102 (210), PHI +3 113-108 (212) INDIANA 101 - LA Lakers 99—Byron Scott trying all sorts of different combinations (Carlos Boozer and Jeremy Lin now coming off the bench) in hopes of igniting Lakers, who could be further motivated by Magic Johnson’s recent comments that he hopes the team “loses every game” (in order to improve position in draft). It would be easy for the Lake Show to take Magic’s comment out of context. Lakers have not been able to put together anything close to an extended win streak because of their ongoing defensive issues, still allowing an NBA-worst 110.1 ppg. Indiana would seem a bit better able to capitalize on LA “D” problems since David West’s return to active duty (offense has perked up as a result), though West has endured a few poor games lately. Tough scheduling stretch mostly responsible for the 6-game SU losing streak Pacers carried into last Friday’s game vs. Raptors, but not sure we want to lay points with Frank Vogel’s team. 13-Ind -10 104-92 (205), IND -13' 118-98 (206) TORONTO 102 - Orlando 97—Toronto has already beaten Orlando twice this season, but both of those wins came with now-hurting DeMar DeRozan in the lineup. And Magic was able to slip inside of 11-point price at Air Canada Centre on Nov. 11. Raptors only 3-4 SU and vs. line last seven thru Dec. 11, and with DeRozan return date still uncertain, not sure we want to lay points vs. competitive Orlando bunch that has shown signs of life in recent 3-3 SU stretch (5-1 vs. line in those games) against a tough stretch of foes, mostly on the road to boot. Defensive progress partly responsible for recent combative efforts as well as 7-2 “under” mark last line thru Dec. 11. Key Magic frontliner Nikola Vucevic (out since Nov. 30 with back problems) also due back at any time for HC Jacque Vaughn. 14-Tor -6 108-95 (196), TOR -11 104-100 (199); 13-TOR -10 98-83 (195), TOR -11 105-90 (195), Tor -5 98-93 (195) (Continued on next page)

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THE GOLD SHEET ATLANTA 97 - Chicago 88—Between these two teams, most NBA insiders would have expected Chicago to be the side in contention for best record in the East. Instead, into mid-December at least, it’s Atlanta, which has parlayed 8game SU win streak (7-1 vs. line) thru Dec. 11 into the conference’s secondbest record. Recent upgrades on stop end (allowing only 82 ppg last four prior to facing Magic Dec. 12) have further solidified Hawks, and improved shot selection (partly courtesy of PG Jeff Teague) reflected in a healthy Al Horford hitting 54% from floor and Kyle Korver bombing away at a 56% clip beyond arc, as Atlanta more and more resembling an East version of the Spurs, as HC and former Coach Pop aide Mike Budenholzer envisioned. Still can’t be sure of what Tom Thibodeau’s Chicago lineup will look like, with status of Joakim Noah (ankle) the latest Bulls question mark. 13-CHI -5 91-84 (190), CHI -1' 100-85 (187), Chi -2 107-103 (189), Chi -2 105-92 (184) PHOENIX 118 - Milwaukee 103—The “Jason Kidd Revolution” in Milwaukee seems to be losing some steam, as Bucks have dropped 5 of last 6 SU thru Dec. 12. Noteworthy has been a defensive downturn, as Bucks have allowed 100 or more in 9 of last 13 prior to facing Clippers last Saturday. Which has also resulted in a hard-to-ignore recent “over” pattern (10-3 last 13 thru Dec. 12) in Bucks games. All the better for Phoenix and its go-go offense that torched preKidd Milwaukee for 121 ppg in a pair of handy wins and covers vs. Bucks last season. Kidd’s team suffering some attrition lately, with F Ersan Ilyasova (face) and C John Henson (foot) out until further notice, negatively impacting Milwaukee’s depth. 13-PHO -8' 116-100 (198), Pho -8' 126-117 (201) PORTLAND 104 - San Antonio 97—First chance for Portland to get a crack at San Antonio since the West semifinals last May, when Spurs cruised in five games. All San Antonio wins were by 15 or more, as Blazers met a hurdle they could not overcome. When it comes to the playoffs, not sure that will change next spring, though must note that Portland split the four reg.-season meetings vs. eventual champs a year ago. And though it’s unlikely Coach Pop rests any of his big guns for this showdown, Spurs did play on Sunday against Denver, so who knows? Kawhi Leonard (hand) and Tony Parker (hamstring) have been less than 100% recently, and S.A. has dropped three of last five vs. line on road thru Dec. 13, including a shocking loss at Utah (when Spurs were nearly at full strength) last Tuesday. This might be Portland’s chance to gain some satisfying revenge before things could get much more serious between these West heavyweights next spring. 13-POR +2' 115-105 (198), Por +5' 109-100 (213), San +2 111-109 (210), SAN -7' 103-90 (211), SAN -6' 116-92 (206), SAN -7 11497 (207), San -1 118-103 (208), POR +4' 103-92 (211), SAN -8' 104-82 (209) LA CLIPPERS 116 - Detroit 92—One of the few numbers the Clips didn’t cover in their recent 9-3 spread surge (thru Dec. 11) was 104-98 win at Auburn Hills on Nov. 26. Detroit hung around that night thanks to balanced scoring (four starters between 17-19 points). But not much else has gone right lately at the Palace, as Stan Van Gundy’s team had lost a Sixers-like 13 in a row SU (and 2-7 vs. number last nine) thru Dec. 11. Which has prompted talk of a personnel clear-out before the trade deadline, with 6-11 FA -to-be Greg Monroe one of the likely pawns. Clips firing on all cylinders, scoring 117 ppg in 9-game SU win streak prior to facing Wizards last Friday. 14-La -9 104-98 (199); 13-La -3' 112103 (209), LA -13 112-103 (216) TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 WASHINGTON 113 - Minnesota 95—Minnesota an awfully hard sell as long as key cogs Ricky Rubio, Kevin Martin, and Nikola Pekovic remain in dry dock. T-wolves have only won 3 of last 17 SU (4-12-1 vs. line in those games) thru Dec. 11, so not even the occasional good effort (such as recent 90-82 win over Portland) alters the fact that we need a lot of help from oddsmakers before considering a recommendation on Flip Saunders’ crew. Still, a bit tricky, because Washington is winning SU without covering numbers lately (Wiz only 3-6 vs. line last nine prior to facing Clips last Friday), but Washington has no injury issues (knock on wood) as of last Thursday and has extended the margin in some recent Verizon Center victories (such as 16 over Lakers and 30 over Nuggets). 13-WAS +3' 104-100 (206), MIN -6 120-98 (207) ★★★ ★★★”UNDER” the TOTAL Miami 90 - BROOKLYN 87—Not especially excited about either of these alternatives. Word from NBA sources is that underachieving Brooklyn might be in housecleaning mode well before the trade deadline, with high-profile pieces such as Joe Johnson, K-G and Brook Lopez (all sick, as in Joe’s case, or hurting, with Lopez out indefinitely due to back issues) likely to be “in play” very soon. Meanwhile, though D-Wade has returned to active duty for Miami, Heat only 5-10 SU (and 4-10-1 vs. line) last 15 prior to facing Jazz last Friday. The better alternative might be “under” (Miami “under” last four thru Dec. 11; Nets “under” 11-2 last 13 thru Dec. 11). 14-Mia +7' 95-83 (196); 13-BRO +3' 101-100 (194), BRO +5' 104-95 (2OT), Bro +9 9695 (201), Bro +7 88-87 (191), MIA -8 107-86 (192), MIA -7' 94-82 (192), BRO +1' 104-90 (189), Mia -2 102-96 (187), MIA -7 96-94 (189) Dallas 103 - NEW YORK 90—Mavs had some unexpected trouble with Knicks at AA Center on Nov. 26, forced into OT before finally winning by 7. And New York also covered the number in both meetings last season. But hard to find many other reasons these days to go with Knicks, with rumors of internal discord now bubbling at MSG as the experiment with Derek Fisher as a rookie HC and the implementation of the Phil Jackson triangle resulting in 10 SU losses on the trot thru Dec. 11. And then Carmelo hurting with knee problems (plus J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert also bothered by nagging injuries).

Besides series trends, can we make any sort of case for New York? 14-DAL 13' 109-102 (OT-200); 13-Ny +6' 92-80 (202), Dal -2' 110-108 (206) TV—ESPN NEW ORLEANS 103 - Utah 91—Apparently the matchup vs. Anthony Davis is going to be a very awkward one for Utah this season, as the “Unibrow” scored 43 and cleared 14 caroms in Pelicans’ 12-point win at Salt Lake City on Nov. 22. Gordon Hayward tried to keep pace for Utah with 31 that night, but it wasn’t enough. Jazz losing a lot lately (9 in a row SU, in fact, prior to upset of champ Spurs on Dec. 9, avoiding longest Utah losing streak in 33 years) as Quin Snyder’s young squad finding it harder to stay competitive on many nights. As long as Davis not slowed by minor toe injury, matchup problems for Jazz and New Orleans’ 5-2 spread mark its last seven (thru Dec. 11) point to Pelicans again. 14-No -2' 106-94 (200); 13-UTAH +2' 111-105 (191), NO -10' 105-98 (195), NO -6' 102-95 (196), UTAH -3' 100-96 (195) MEMPHIS 100 - Golden St. 95—This matchup figures to provide another indicator of just how much better Golden State might be this season under new HC Steve Kerr, because a healthy Memphis, with its punishing frontline, has been a tricky matchup in recent years for the Warriors. On a franchise-record 14-game SU win streak after last Wednesday’s victory over Rockets, Golden State is hard to look against, though a possible fly in the ointment in this matchup vs. Griz is status of C Andrew Bogut, whose status is iffy with knee problems. If Bogut is out, or compromised, it’s bad news vs. Marc Gasol and Z-Bo (Zach Randolph), so this could be the night when the Warrior win streak ends. Memphis has lost only to defending champ Spurs at FedEx Forum this season (thru Dec. 11). 13-MEM -2 108-90 (191), Mem +5 88-81 (OT-190), Gs -1' 108-82 (193), GS -2' 100-93 (187) Oklahoma City 101 - SACRAMENTO 93—Forecasting Sacto is a bit tricky with status of DeMarcus Cousins up in the air as he continues to deal with recent viral infection that has kept him out of the lineup for the past week. Without Cousins, Kings lack a serious interior presence, and Sacto has been wobbling anyway (2-6 last 8 thru Dec. 10) the past couple of weeks. Thunder beat Kings back on Nov. 9 even when Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant were sidelined, and Thunder (5-1 SU last six prior to Cavs last Thursday) starting to climb back up the West playoff ladder with both of its stars now back to active duty. 14OKC +2 101-93 (191); 13-Okc -7 97-95 (202), OKC -8' 108-93 (213), OKC -12' 94-81 (208), Okc -9 107-92 (200) TV—ESPN

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17 CLEVELAND 102 - Atlanta 100—Atlanta might hesitate to get off of the plane at Cleveland Hopkins International after being blown to smithereens in its last visit to the “The Q” on Nov. 15. That night, LeBron & Co. did almost anything they wanted in 127-94 romp, as Cavs jumped to 71-43 halftime lead and never looked back. But we think it unlikely the normally accurate-shooting Hawks go 3 for 22 beyond the arc as they did in first meeting, a night when chief Atlanta dagger thrower Kyle Korver didn’t even attempt a triple. But Hawks (eight SU wins in a row thru Dec. 11) playing just as good lately as Cleveland (8 SU wins in a row thru Dec. 10), and prior to trip to Orlando on Dec. 13, Atlanta had not lost SU on road since the mid-November debacle in Cleveland. Status of LeBron’s knee also a question at moment. 14-CLE -7 127-94 (208); 13-ATL -6' 108-89 (196), Atl -3 127-125 (2OT-205), ATL -1' 117-98 (203) Phoenix 110 - CHARLOTTE 103—Payback time for Phoenix after it was stunned 103-95 by Charlotte at US Airways Center on Nov. 14. Suns blew a 14point lead after 1st Q that night when they were without key G Goran Dragic. Since then, things have gone mostly pear-shaped for the Hornets, who recently snapped a 10-game SU losing streak. Suns look interesting in revenge role, although we might want to take a harder look at the “over” with Charlotte trending that way the past few weeks (7-2 last nine thru Dec. 11), partly due to suspect defense. And Phoenix is always willing to run. i4-Cha +7 103-95 (200); 13-Pho +3 98-91 (190), PHO -8' 105-95 (205) MIAMI 97 - Utah 93—Quick turnaround from last Friday’s game at Salt Lake City. Utah entered that one having just broken a 9-game SU losing streak. But Miami not faring much better the past few weeks, standing 5-10 SU and 4-101 vs. line last 15 thru Dec. 11. Heat only 3-7 vs. spread at AA Arena thru Dec. 13, so a bit reluctant to lay a potentially enhanced price with Miami. 14-Check 12/12 result; 13-MIA -12 117-94 (199), UTAH +9' 94-89 (196) Dallas 114 - DETROIT 99—Detroit’s 13-game SU losing streak thru Dec. 11 was the franchise’s longest since the 1979-80 season, when Dickie V. was coaching the Pistons (Vitale lasted only 12 games that term and was replaced by Richie Adubato, under whom Detroit would lose its final 14 games of the campaign). So obviously the Pistons are a pretty hard sell at the moment, as indicators are that new HC Stan Van Gundy’s answer to the losing culture of the organization will be to clean house before the trade deadline. Under such circumstances, have no interest in backing the Pistons against a Mavs side that won and covered both meetings last season by handy double-digit margins. “Totals” alert-–Dallas “over” 7 straight thru Dec. 12. 13-DAL -6' 116-106 (212), Dal -3' 113-102 (213)

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THE GOLD SHEET BOSTON 101 - Orlando 92—Home team won and covered all three meetings last season. Orlando’s slightly-improved recent form (3-3 SU, 5-1 vs. line last six thru Dec. 11) and chance that key frontliner Nikola Vucevic will have returned to active duty by tipoff are reasons to suggest that host-oriented series trend might not endure. But Boston offense has found another gear since Ok State rookie Marcus Smart returned from injury, giving Brad Stevens a full bench for the first time since early November, and Celtics did win their last three SU at TD Garden prior to Knicks’ visit on Dec. 12, so we’ll slightly shade the recent home trend between these sides. Note “unders” 8-2 last 10 Magic games thru Dec. 11. 13-BOS -1' 120-105 (191), ORL +2' 93-91 (196), BOS -6 96-89 (191) TORONTO 97 - Brooklyn 87—Rematch of pulsating East first-round playoff matchup last spring that literally went down to the last second, when Brooklyn prevailed by one point in Game Seven at Air Canada Centre. What a difference eight months can make, as since then HC Jason Kidd has abandoned the Nets for Milwaukee, and Brooklyn now looks ready to do some housecleaning before the trade deadline. Meanwhile, Toronto has maintained the best record in the East even with star G DeMar DeRozan sidelined the past couple of weeks with a groin strain. So we like Raptors...but might prefer the recent Brooklyn “under” trend (11-2 last 13 thru Dec. 11) a little bit more. 13-Bro +7 102-100 (191), TOR -9' 96-80 (189), Tor +4 104-103 (190), BRO -2' 101-97 (197), Bro +3' 94-87 (193), TOR -4' 100-95 (189), BRO -5 102-98 (191), Tor +4 87-79 (193), TOR 3 115-113 (190), BRO -5 97-83 (192), Bro +3 104-103 (189) TV—ESPN SAN ANTONIO 104 - Memphis 94—San Antonio suggested that it still has Memphis’ number in 107-101 win at FedEx Forum on Dec. 5, which was Spurs’ ninth SU win in a row over the Griz. Proving age is no obstacle, the 38-year-old Tim Duncan registered the fourth triple-double of his career in that game, merely the latest example of methodical San Antonio execution. The question in the rematch will be a spread that could likely inflate to reflect recent series dominance, and the chance that Kawhi Leonard (hand) and Tony Parker (hamstring) might not be at 100% for champs. But Coach Pop has won tactical battle vs. Memphis coaches Lionel Hollins and Dave Joerger the past couple of years, with Marc Gasol and Z-Bo not likely to erupt in tandem vs. the S.A. team defense. So, we shade series trends. 14-San +1 107-101 (191); 13-SAN 6 101-94 (189), San -1 102-86 (184), San -5' 110-108 (OT-196), SAN -7 112-92 (191) PORTLAND 113 - Milwaukee 98—Injuries starting to mount for Milwaukee, limiting some of the options Jason Kidd had with his deep bench the first couple of weeks of the season. Which has led to a notable change in defensive intensity, as Bucks have lacked much of it in recent weeks, with scorelines expanding. That’s one reason Milwaukee is “over” 10-3 last 13 thru Dec. 12. Portland has expanded many margins at home en route to 7-3 spread mark at Moda Center thru Dec. 14. Take your pick between recommendations on the “over” and Blazers. 13-Por -5' 91-82 (195), POR -12' 120-115 (OT-207) DENVER 100 - Houston 91—Quick turnaround from last Saturday’s game at Toyota Center. Dwight Howard is likely to have returned to the Houston lineup by this time, though Rockets had held together nicely in his absence, winning 7 of 8 SU prior to last Wednesday’s honorable loss at red-hot Golden State. Meanwhile, recent tough scheduling stretch help cause Denver to lose four in a row before it blew out Miami by 20 at Pepsi Center on Dec. 10. Brian Shaw trying to address the slow starts that have hurt Nuggets on occasion in recent weeks, but Nuggets still balancing the offense nicely and have been more apt to compete with playoff-caliber foes since Shaw slowed down the offense, shortened bench, and insisted upon better defense in early November. 14Check 12/13 result; 13-HOU -8' 122-111 (213), HOU -11 130-125 (OT-222), DEN +2 123-116 (223) TV—ESPN ★★★ ★★★LA CLIPPERS 113 - Indiana 91—Rematch of recent Dec. 10 game at Indy, won and covered by Clips 103-96, which was also LA’s ninth win in a row. Everything clicking better for Clips the past few weeks, scoring 117 ppg last five of the win streak thanks in part to better work on the offensive glass, which was almost non-existent when LA was sputtering during the first couple of weeks of the season. With no Paul George or George Hill, hard to see Pacers keeping pace with surging LA after giving it a shot last week at Bankers Life Fieldhouse when making late rally after Clips stretched margin into the teens in 3rd Q. No interest bucking LA (10-3 vs. line last 13 thru Dec. 11) as long as it continues to surge. 14-La -6’ 103-96 (200); 13-Ind -1 105-100 (191), IND -9 106-92 (197)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 CHICAGO 101 - New York 84—Rematch of opening-night mismatch at MSG where Chicago rolled by 24. Things have not gotten much better since for the Knicks or Derek Fisher’s triangle, as New York took a 10-game SU losing streak into last Friday’s game vs. Celtics. And with status of Carmelo Anthony, Iman Shumpert, and J.R. Smith all up in the air, this hardly seems a time for New York to begin a turnaround. Current injury concern for Bulls is Joakim Noah’s ankle, but at least Derrick Rose is on the floor, and Bulls just pounded another troubled team (the Nets) by 25 at United Center on Dec. 10. 14-Chi -4' 104-80 (185); 13CHI -7' 82-81 (188), NY -4 83-78 (182), CHI -6' 109-90 (186), NY +3' 100-89 (184) TV—TNT HOUSTON 95 - New Orleans 94—The likely return of Dwight Howard will give Houston an important piece to counter the emerging Anthony Davis. But ex-Rocket C Omer Asik figures into the equation in this matchup against his old team, as he and Davis together present an imposing blockade in the paint, and Howard is likely to find this one of his toughest matchups in the Southwest Division, if not the entire league. As long as the toe injury suffered last week by Davis is not too serious, don’t mind backing the Pelicans, who have seemingly found a second wind with three straight covers thru Dec. 11. 13-HOU -9 10798 (211), Hou -5' 103-100 (204), HOU -14' 111-104 (213), NO -3' 105-100 (210) SACRAMENTO 111 - Milwaukee 101—Assuming Sacto’s “Boogie” Cousins is back in the lineup by this point after his bout with a viral infection, can be more comfy bucking Milwaukee, which appears to be a go-against candidate. Injuries have thinned Jason Kidd’s bench, and defense has been out to lunch the past few weeks, as Bucks allowing a succession of foes to crack the century mark, and “overs” (10-3 last 13 thru Dec. 12) beginning to pile up. 13Sac -3' 116-102 (206), SAC -8 124-107 (206) GOLDEN ST. 99 - Oklahoma City 98—This is really the first representative preview of possible playoff matchup next spring that already has the TNT crew getting excited. First meeting at the Peake on Nov. 23 was not likely a look at coming attractions, as Ok City was still without Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant in 91-86 home loss. Surprising about the first meeting was not Thunder’s 35.6% FG shooting (which often suffered in the absence of the biog two), but the fact shorthanded Thunder held Warriors to a similar 35.5% from floor. Warriors were on franchise-record 14-game win streak thru Dec. 11, but not sure we want to lay points against now-full strength Thunder, especially if Andrew Bogut (knee) not able to make defensive and rebound contributions for Steve Kerr’s crew. 14-Gs -8 91-86 (196); 13-GS -5 116-115 (207), OKC -7' 113112 (OT-204), OKC -1 127-121 (206) TV—TNT

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THE GOLD SHEET COLLEGE DAY-BY-DAY FORECAST

COLLEGE DAY-BY-DAY FORECAST - Dec. 12-18

iii iii iiiKEY RELEASESiii FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 IOWA 78 - Iowa St. 72—First game as a true visitor for ISU (which played a couple of earlier games in friendly Kansas City at the Sprint Center). But host Iowa served notice with its recent win at North Carolina, and Fran McCaffery’s deep bench (ten players average DD minutes) is allowing him terrific lineup flexibility, with rugged 6-9 PF Aaron White (15.6 ppg) a reliable option on the blocks. Fred Hoiberg still in the process of effectively slotting shot-happy UNLV transfer Bryce Dejean-Jones into the offensive flow. 13-ISU -4 85-82 TV— BIG10

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 Day Games Wichita St. 82 - DETROIT 66—Since nationally-ranked WSU owns the nation’s best record as a visitor over the last four seasons, willing to lay fair price (six hoops or fewer) vs. Detroit, which lacks the inside muscle and size to successfully battle the defensively-sticky Shockers (58.8 ppg) in the paint. WSU’s clever and demanding HC Gregg Marshall was a bit displeased with the way his squad eased up in the Shockers’ 77-68 victory over talented Seton Hall on Tuesday after building a 40-25 lead at halftime. Money-making WSU 10-1 vs. spread last 11 on board. 13-DNP TV—ESPNU KENTUCKY over North Carolina by 7 to 10—13-UNC -3 82-77 TV—CBS ★★★ ★★★La Salle 69 - DREXEL 60—Special opportunity for Drexel to get a shot at a real Big Five foe (credit La Salle for putting the Philly-based Dragons on its schedule). A recent tough lineup of foes has contributed to four straight Explorer losses, and HC John Ghiannini still not happy with his offense still adjusting to graduation loss of linchpins Tyreek Dunn and Tyrone Garland, and hitting only 39.2% from floor. But Drexel’s issues run deeper (Dragons only 37% FGs), and HC Bruiser Flint starting to hear the war drums in the background after recent loss to another local foe...Philadelphia Sciences! 13-DNP GREEN BAY over Drake by 19 to 22—13-DNP Saint Mary’s over CREIGHTON by 1 to 3—13-DNP TV—FOX1 ARKANSAS 82 - Dayton 66—In its first truly tough test to date, rebuilding UD (only 2 starters back) failed in its 75-64 non-covering setback vs. defending national champ UConn in the Puerto Rico Tip Off November 21st. Odds are the still-developing Flyers will have trouble keeping pace with high-octane Arkansas (85.3 ppg) playing in energizing Bud Walton Arena, where the revvedup Razorbacks are 20-10 as chalk since 2011-2012. U of A still fuming about squandering a six-pt. lead in the in the final minute of regulation in its 68-65 OT setback at Clemson last Sunday. 13-DNP TV—ESPN2 PITTSBURGH 68 - St. Bonaventure 67—Pitt has had a bumpy ride in the first month, causing some ACC observers to wonder whether the Panthers might miss the Big Dance for just the second time in 14 seasons. Absence of explosive wing Durand Johnson (suspension) has removed some bite from the Pitt attack, which has functioned in fits and spurts thus far. Meanwhile, A-10 sources alerting to watch out for on Bona. Mark Schmidt’s latest creation features several new components, including sweet-stroking juco SG Marcus Posley (team-leading 15 ppg) and whippet-like 5-11 frosh G Jaylen Adams, while another juco, Iskeem Alston, is making an impression at the point. With enough of Schmidt’s holdovers (such as jr. F Dion Wright and last year’s highprofile juco, 6-4 G Andell Cumberbatch) stepping into more-prominent roles, the Bonnies carry a 5-game win streak into the Steel City. 13-DNP TV— ESPNU ARIZONA ST. over Pepperdine by 5 to 7—13-DNP ★★★ ★★★Oklahoma 83 - TULSA 74—With seven full prep days, must strongly support veteran Big 12 contender OU, which looked sharp on both ends of its 82-63 romp over Missouri on Dec. 5. The Sooners’ aggressive defense (36.2% FGs) should frustrate the choppy Tulsa halfcourt attack, averaging only 10.8 apg (ranking 288th). OU’s terrific G trio of 6-4 Buddy Hield (17.7 ppg, 6 rpg), 64 jr. Isaiah Cousins (12.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg) & 6-0 soph playmaker Jordan Woodard (8.1 ppg, 4.1 apg) will dictate the tempo. Meanwhile, the Sooners’ bruising 68 frontline duo of Ryan Spangler (10.0 ppg, 8.9 rpg) & TaShawn Thomas (8.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg) will bottle up the Hurricanes’ top “big,” 6-9 jr. D’Andre Wright (9.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg). Plus, Tulsa’s self-confidence took a big hit in its shocking 69-66 home upset loss to SE Oklahoma State, the Hurricane’s first loss to a non-Div. I school since 1977! 13-OKLA -11' 101-91 KANSAS 69 - Utah 67—Good enough to beat Wichita State and win at hostile BYU, Utah is looking like a force to be reckoned with in the Pac-12. Kansas will provide another test. But the Kansas City Sprint Center venue is not “The Phog,” and Bill Self’s Jayhawks (only 41.4% from floor) are not yet hitting on all cylinders. Can get very interested in the Utes plus a couple of baskets. (at Kansas City, MO) 13-DNP TV—ESPN

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Night Games ★★★ ★★★Oklahoma State 79 - MEMPHIS 71—Big 12 challenger OSU will be in a nasty mood following its head-burying 72-49 blowout loss at rising South Carolina last Saturday. And, with the Cowboys’ usually-reliable duo of G Phil Forte (17.5 ppg) & 6-7 wing Le’Bryan Nash (17.6 ppg) itching to rebound with more typical efforts after combining for a ghastly 5 of 29 from the field vs. the Gamecocks, the Cowboys regain their mojo vs. vulnerable Memphis (only 1 starter back), still searching for greater stability in the backcourt after losing four key Gs LY. 13-OSU -9 101-80, Mem +6 73-68 (neut.). Tigers have trouble in anticipated catchup-mode with only player nailing better than 34% from the arc. TV—ESPN2 ILLINOIS over Oregon by 7 to 10—(at Chicago, IL) 13-ORE -6' 71-64 TV— BIG10 Northern Iowa 65 - VA. COMMONWEALTH 64—”Shaka Ball” is less likely to disrupt competent foes who have dealt with VCU’s “havoc” tactics in the past. Such as still-unbeaten UNI, which won handily by 9 over the Rams in Cedar Falls last term and returns all starters from that team. As long as the Panthers can operate their halfcourt sets, a repeat result is possible, especially with slithery sr. F Seth Tuttle (16 ppg) in top form. 13-NIA +5 77-68 TOLEDO over Arkansas St. by 13 to 16—13-Tol -2' 78-65 AKRON over Middle Tenn. St. by 4 to 6—13-MTS -6 80-73 NEW MEXICO over La.-Monroe by 13 to 16—13-DNP TEXAS A&M over Youngstown St. by 14 to 17—13-DNP TV—SEC TEXAS over Texas St. by 20 to 23—13-TEX -14' 85-53 VALPARAISO over Ball St. by 8 to 11—13-Val -3 69-50 NOTRE DAME 81 - Florida St. 67—Since FSU so far has shown no resemblance to its recent hard-nosed defensive units under HC Leonard Hamilton, must buck the unfinished Seminoles, who’re playing their first game of the season as a visitor. ND HC Mike Bray is thrilled with the increasing contributions of 6-5 soph G Steve Vasturia & 6-10 jr. F Zach Auguste, who combined for 38 points in the 93-67 Irish home romp over Mt. St. Mary’s on Tuesday. With ND’s dynamic 6-5 sr. PG Jerian Grant (19.0 ppg, 6.1 apg) scoring and dishing as needed, the Irish climb to 85-3 last 88 in non-conference home tilts. Payback works. 13-FSU -10 76-74 TV—ESPN2 UCF over Florida Atlantic by 7 to 10—13-FAU +7 75-64 CALIFORNIA over Princeton by 5 to 7—13-DNP TV—PAC12 NEBRASKA 74 - Cincinnati 61—The pointspread figures to drop like a rock following NU’s mortifying and mystifying 74-73 Wednesday defeat vs. Incarnate Word, a San Antonio-based school in its second year of transitioning from Division II to Division I. Therefore, must lay the reduced price vs. unsettled Cincy, in its initial game on an opponents’ home floor TY. The Bearcats’ 9th-year HC Mick Cronin, who recently benched starting soph PG Troy Caupin for his unassertive play, has been forced to resort to more zone defense to “hide” his youth. Look for “monster” games from the the Huskers’ top-flight tandem of 66 F Terran Petteway (20.6 ppg) & 6-7 Shavon Shields (18.3 ppg), who figure to get more production from a supporting cast taking great a great deal of heat for its recent non-contributions. 13-CIN -12 74-59 TV—BIG10 (Continued on next page)

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THE GOLD SHEET Purdue 70 - VANDERBILT 63—Big Ten sources are taking note of improved efforts by Purdue, with that development needed to continue in order to keep the heat off HC Matt Painter. But the Boilermakers now have their own version of the Houston Rockets’ old “Twin Towers,” with 7-0 frosh Isaac Haas (11.4 ppg) teaming with fellow 7-footer A.J. Hammons (10.1 ppg) to form an imposing blockade in the paint that is well-suited to slow main Vandy threat C Damian Jones. Let’s also see how the frosh-laced Dore backcourt deals with a physical Big Ten defense. 13-DNP TV—SEC NEVADA over CS Fullerton by 5 to 7—13-DNP ★★★ ★★★Gonzaga 85 - UCLA 71—UCLA has some deficiencies that will likely prove its undoing vs. what many on the west coast believe is the best Gonzaga team of the Mark Few era. Bruin coach Steve Alford could use another shooter in his lineup, which is still reeling from the departure of three NBA draftees from LY’s Sweet 16 team. There’s more octane in this year’s Zag offense, thanks to transfers Kyle Wiltjer (ex-Kentucky; 16.4 ppg) and Byron Wesley (ex-So Cal; 12.1 ppg), while true frosh 7-footer Domantas Sabonis (Arvydis’ son; 11.2 ppg and 75% from floor) has been providing instant offense whenever summoned from the bench. 13-DNP TV—ESPN2 FRESNO ST. over Cal Poly SLO by 5 to 7—13-FSU -3' 63-46 SANTA CLARA over Washington St. by 1 to 3—13-DNP UC IRVINE over Texas-Arlington by 14 to 17—13-DNP

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14

Day Games PENN ST. over George Washington by 1 to 3—13-DNP ST. JOHN’S over Fordham by 20 to 24—13-STJ -11' 104-58 VILLANOVA 84 - Temple 57—Jay Wright knows that a lot of the “Main Line” Nova boosters take these Big Five matchups seriously, which is why the Wildcats usually don’t pull any punches vs. their Philly rivals (note the recent blowout win over St. Joe’s). Wright stretched the margin on Temple last season, and not sure Fran Dunphy’s Owls (only 36% FGs) are prepared to play Nova any closer this season at the Pavilion, especially with eligibility issues still keeping touted transfers Jesse Morgan (ex-UMass) and Devin Coleman (exClemson) on the sidelines. 13-Vil -11' 90-74 TV—FOX1 Butler over TENNESSEE by 3 to 5—13-DNP TV—ESPNU ARKANSAS-L.R. over Kent St. by 1 to 3—13-DNP DEPAUL over Illinois St. by 7 to 10—13-ISU -2 69-64 TV—FOX1 SYRACUSE 64 - Louisiana Tech 61—La Tech a very mild disappointment in the early going, as the Bulldogs still getting beaten on the boards and sagging on the stop end, as demonstrated in their midweek loss at ULL when the Ragin’ Cajuns hit better than 52% from the floor. But improved long-range shooting (now an acceptable 36.3% beyond arc) suggests the Bulldogs can deal with Jim Boeheim’s zone and not lose contact in the Carrier Dome against an Orange squad that is laboring badly behind the arc (just 9 of 39 combined triples in recent losses to John Beilein’s Michigan & Steve Lavin’s St. John’s). 13-DNP TV—ESPNU CLEMSON over Auburn by 3 to 5—13-AUB +6 66-64

Night Games LOUISVILLE over NC Wilmington by 30 or more—13-DNP TV—ESPNU WRIGHT ST. over Miami-Ohio by 5 to 7—13-MIA +3' 59-56 West Virginia 85 - Marshall 57—With floundering 3-5 MU sorely missing the service of second-leading scorer 6-6 sr. F Shawn Smith (12.2 ppg), must lay the high price with improved instate rival West Virginia, which has only this clash vs. the Herd over an extended two-week period. The Mountaineers’ now-mellower 8th-year HC Bob Huggins says he loves the work ethic of this bunch. And Huggins’ full-court pressure should fuel his transition game vs. disjointed and undermanned MU. WV’s shooters likely regain their touch after some fatigue creeped in as a result of playing five games over a two-week period. (at Charleston, WV) 13-Wva -9' 74-64 (neut.) MICHIGAN ST. over Oakland by 11 to 14—13-Msu -16' 67-63 (neut.) TV— ESPNU Western Michigan 77 - PACIFIC 68—Having already spent considerable time in the Pacific Time Zone, WMU should not have any problems with the Spanos Center venue in Stockton. Especially since Don Verlin’s rebuilt UOP team still working five new starters into the mix. The Tigers have also been formful in the early going, losing to formidable foes UCI, Washington, and Colorado State, and the vet Broncos (four starters back from LY’s MAC winners) have four components scoring 13 ppg or better, led by emerging jr. F Connor Tava (16 ppg). WMU is also shooting a very respectable 49% from floor against a challenging early slate. 13-DNP

MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 DUKE over Elon by 30 or more—13-DUKE -16' 86-48 TV—ESPN SOUTH FLORIDA over Georgia Southern by 5 to 7—13-DNP SAN FRANCISCO 73 - Cal Poly SLO 57—In the wake of leading scorer Chris Eversley’s departure following LY’s surprise run to the Big Dance, Cal Poly HC Joe Callero is having an awfully hard time identifying reliable new scoring sources, as the Mustangs are hitting just 37% from the floor (27% beyond the arc) in the first month of season. Points coming a lot easier for USF (75 ppg and 48% FGs), led by former juco 6-7 PF Kruze Pinkins (15.3 ppg and 55% from floor). 13-DNP PEPPERDINE over South Alabama by 5 to 7—13-DNP TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 Drexel over BUFFALO by 1 to 3—13-Buf +8 55-52 CHARLOTTE over Charleston by 8 to 11—13-CSTN -6' 83-82 OKLAHOMA ST. over Middle Tenn. St. by 9 to 12—13-DNP TV—ESPNU MARQUETTE over Arizona St. by 2 to 4—13-ASU -6' 79-77 TV—FOX1 WICHITA ST. 86 - Alabama 66—Although superior Wichita was “backdoored” by Seton Hall in last Tuesday’s 77-68 win (but non-cover) at Koch Arena, have no problem laying points with the smooth-functioning, win-oriented Shockers. SEC insiders have questions about a Tide defense that was torched in Bama’s two toughest games away from Tuscaloosa, when Iowa State and Xavier combined to shoot 57% from the floor in a pair of double-digit victories. That’s bad news for the Tide against a well-oiled Wichita attack, with vet Gs Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet pulling the strings as effectively as ever. 13-Wsu -1' 72-67 TV—ESPN2 ARIZONA over Oakland by 14 to 17—13-DNP TV—PAC12 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17 James Madison 74 - BALL ST. 70—With JMU’s No. 1 scorer 6-5 jr. G Andre Nation (12 ppg, 3 apg) fully integrated back in the lineup after serving a 5-game suspension to start the campaign, must “invest” against MAC bottom feeder BSU, which is a lowly 8-28 SU over the L1+Ys (thru Dec.12). The tenacious Dukes, who outrebounded gritty Richmond 39-27 in their grinding 51-46 upset win last Sunday, should limit the Cards to mostly one shot per possession. Expect JMU to shoot more accurately from distance than udnerachieving Indiana State, which converted only 4 of 20 from tripleville in BSU’s 70-63 home win last Saturday. 13-JMU -7 73-68 ★★★ ★★★NORTH CAROLINA ST. 79 - Tennessee 62—It looks as if new HC Donnie Tyndall is at least getting rebuilt UT competitive for the upcoming SEC wars. But Tyndall is still not getting much consistent scoring from anyone other than lone returning starter G Josh Richardson (16 ppg), as Vols remain a work in progress. Mark Gottfried’s NCS appears to be further along, with its chemistry improved in wake of “gunner” T.J. Warren’s early departure to the NBA (Phoenix Suns). Addition of former Bama G Trevor Lacey (17 ppg) with exLSU G Ralston Turner (13 pg) in SEC transfer-flavored backcourt is working out swimmingly for the Wolfpack, whose roles have looked well-defined in encouraging 7-1 break from gate (thru Dec. 11). 13-Ncs +8 65-58 TV—ESPN2 MISSISSIPPI ST. over Arkansas St. by 14 to 17—13-DNP TV—SEC Detroit 77 - UCF 70—Since restructured UCF showing few signs it’s ready to bounce back from LY’s disappointing 13-18 campaign, will give the nod to athletic UD quintet, which covered vs. Michigan and upset Toledo in its past two tilts as a visitor. Titans’ star, 6-6 sr. F Juwan Howard (18.7 ppg), is benefiting from steady DD scoring supplied by deadeye 6-5 jr. Anton Wilson (12.7 ppg; nearly 3 treys pg at 54%!) and quick-adapting 6-7 frosh F Paris Bass (12.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg). Resilient UD washes away the bad taste from its anticipated home setback vs. powerful Wichita State on Saturday. 13-DNP OLD DOMINION 75 - Georgia St. 74—After an early bumpy stretch in November, Ron Hunter’s GSU has steadied itself and enters Norfolk with five straight wins, including a home romp past Horizon contender Green Bay (just before the Fighting Phoenix won impressively at Miami-Fla.). Potent backcourt combo of Ron’s son R.J. (23 ppg) and former Kentucky transfer Ryan Harrow (20 ppg) provide lots of electricity for the Panthers, who are shooting better than 50% from the floor. ODU doing a lot of things right in its 6-12 SU start, but the Monarchs (only 42% FGs) often go cold from the floor. Points work in this battle of former CAA foes. 13-GSU -9' 79-73 NORTHWESTERN over Central Michigan by 3 to 5—13-DNP SMU over Ill.-Chicago by 20 to 23—13-Smu -9' 73-65 TULSA over Missouri St. by 1 to 3—13-MSU -4' 96-93 CINCINNATI 51 - San Diego St. 46—Recent offensive struggles at SDSU enduring too long to assume they are just a blip on the radar screen. The Aztecs’ attack-end issues include only 40% FGs and are further reflected in awful FT shooting (54.5% last three games) that prevented SDSU from extending margins over recent underdogs University of San Diego and Long Beach. Baskets are not coming easily with no intermediate-range jump shooters on Steve Fisher’s roster. Cincy very willing to engage SDSU in handto-hand combat. Although Mick Cronin has yet to identify go-to a scoring threat in the wake of G Sean Kilpatrick’s graduation (no Bearcat scoring in DDs!), 610 juco Octavius Ellis (9.7 ppg) has added a decent scoring threat in the post. 13-DNP TV—ESPN2 (Continued on next page)

THE GOLD SHEET MICHIGAN ST. 69 - Eastern Michigan 63—Sure, MSU has been duly alerted by EMU’s headline-grabbing 45-42 shocker vs. Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday. But, still interested in grabbing DDs vs. Spartans, who will get their toughest test to date in East Lansing after dispatching Loyola-Chicago, Santa Clara and Arkansas-Pine Bluff in their first 3 home affairs. The Eagles’ perplexing 2-3 matchup zone (55.9 ppg, 35.5% FGs), which annoyed the usually-capable Wolverine marksmen, could pose similar problems again. EMU boosted by the “dirty work” provided by George Mason graduate transfer 6-8 sr. F Anali Okoloji (Brooklyn native; 8.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.3 spg). 13-DNP TV—BIG10 STANFORD over Loyola-Marymount by 12 t 15—13-DNP TV—PAC12 Portland 71 - UNLV 68—MW sources report very slow progress being made by Dave Rice’s restructured UNLV side that looked helpless in recent loss at Arizona State, as the Sun Devils closed the game on a 71-34 run. Though USF transfer PG Cody Doolin is adding some badly-needed structure to the Rebel offense, Rice is still struggling to define roles for many of his other newcomers, and now touted frosh F Rashad Vaughn is dealing with back issues. Functional Portland is monitoring the status of top scorer G Kevin Bailey, who missed the recent loss to Oregon State with foot problems. But Eric Reveno’s roster still has a veteran look, and frosh G D’Marques Tyson (10 ppg, 42% treys) has added a sharper edge to the Pilot attack, 13-DNP Northeastern over CAL POLY SLO by 1 to 3—(at Santa Clara, CA) 13-DNP OREGON over CS Northridge by 13 to 16—13-DNP TV—PAC12

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PAGE 9 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 VIRGINIA over Cleveland St. by 13 to 16—13-DNP TV—ESPNU RICHMOND over South Alabama by 12 to 15—13-DNP Seton Hall over SOUTH FLORIDA by 5 to 7—13-DNP Temple over DELAWARE by 4 to 6—13-DNP Duke 79 - Connecticut 64—It’s not like last spring for defending champ UConn, which no longer has clutch G Shabazz Napier to bail it out, as in the most-recent Big Dance. Kevin Ollie’s new edition has already lost to Yale and will be hard-pressed to deal with re-fortified Duke and Coach K’s newest star, frosh C Jahlil Okafor (17.1 ppg). (at E. Rutherford, NJ) 13-DNP TV—ESPN CHARLOTTE over Appalachian St. by 12 to 15—13-Cha -8 77-59 EVANSVILLE 78 - Ohio 62—Payback should work for E’ville side that returns all five starters from LY’s team that was whipped by 22 at Athens. Since then, Ohio HC Jim Christian has moved to Boston College, and the Bobcats have also lost LY’s top scorer, Nick Kellogg, to graduation. The current edition is not spreading floor effectively for new HC Saul Phillips, shooting a subpar 27%. The Aces really clicking on attack end (54% FGs!), led by prolific G D.J. Balentine (21 ppg). 13-OHIO -6' 81-59 Lsu 76 - UAB 64—Though UAB might be fighting hard for its recently disbanded football team, that intangible won’t be enough vs. more skillful and taller LSU, which proved its roadability with its stunning 74-73 upset win at West Virginia on Dec. 4. The Blazers’ predominantly frosh/soph forecourt will eventually succumb to the Tigers’ formidable inside soph duo of 6-8 F Jordan Mickey (15.6 ppg, 9.4 rpg) & 6-10 Jarell Martin (16.1 ppg, 9.4 rpg). Payback doesn’t work. 13-LSU -10' 86-63 PACIFIC over Nevada by 3 to 5—13-Pac +6' 80-78 DePaul 74 - OREGON ST. 63—Credit new HC Wayne Tinkle (ex-Montana) for plugging the expected gaps in OSU’s “Beaver dam” and keeping the rebuilt Corvallis bunch a lot more competitive than most expected in the early going. But DePaul finally seems to have the personnel mix that fifth-year HC Oliver Purnell has long desired, with Illinois transfer F Myke Henry (17 ppg) leading a re-energized offense featuring four DD scorers and hitting an eye-opening 50% from the floor in the first month of new season. Blue Demons had romped to four straight wins prior to last week’s Hawaiian Airlines Tourney in Honolulu. 13DEP -3 93-81 TV—PAC12 Idaho St. vs. South Dakota St.—No Prediction UTAH ST. vs. CS Bakersfield—No Prediction

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NBA SPREAD CATEGORY ANALYSIS 2014-15 SEASON 1-3' 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 1-3' 2-1 1-2 0-1 1-3' 0-2 1-0 2-2 1-3' 3-2 0-1 0-1 3-0 1-3' 0-1 0-1 3-2 1-1 1-3' 0-2 0-2 1-3' 3-1 3-2 1-3' 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-3' 0-4 1-0 1-1 1-3' 1-0 2-1 1-3' 0-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-3' 1-3 0-2 1-0 1-3' 0-1 0-1 1-3' 0-1 1-2 1-1 1-3' 2-1 3-0

ATLANTA 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 2-0 3-3 1-1 2-1 1-1 BOSTON 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 2-2 2-0 BROOKLYN 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 1-1 1-3 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-2 CHARLOTTE 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 0-1 0-1 0-3 1-0 0-1 2-1 0-1 CHICAGO 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 0-1 0-1 2-2 2-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 CLEVELAND 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 1-0 2-1 2-3 1-2 1-1 2-0 DALLAS 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 0-1 2-2 4-3 1-1 0-1 DENVER 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 2-0 1-2 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-2 2-0 DETROIT 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 0-3 0-1 1-2 1-0 0-2 1-2 1-1 GOLDEN STATE 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 1-0 1-1 4-2 1-0 4-2 1-0 HOUSTON 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 1-0 2-1 0-2 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 INDIANA 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 3-0 4-1 L.A. CLIPPERS 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 0-1 2-2 2-3 5-0 1-1 0-1 0-1 L.A. LAKERS 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 0-1 3-3 1-0 1-1 3-3 MEMPHIS 4-6 6'-9 9'+ 2-1 2-1 0-2 2-2 0-2 1-0 -

TOTAL 7-4 0-1 2-0 4-3

HOME FAVORITE HOME DOG ROAD FAVORITE ROAD DOG

1-3' 1-2 2-0 0-2

TOTAL 3-3 2-4 1-0 4-3

HOME FAVORITE HOME DOG ROAD FAVORITE ROAD DOG

1-3' 4-1 0-1 1-0 1-1

TOTAL 2-4 1-3 2-0 3-5

HOME FAVORITE HOME DOG ROAD FAVORITE ROAD DOG

1-3' 1-0 1-1 -

TOTAL 3-4 1-4 0-1 5-3

HOME FAVORITE HOME DOG ROAD FAVORITE ROAD DOG

1-3' 1-1 2-1 1-2

TOTAL 2-5 0-1 5-3 2-3

HOME FAVORITE HOME DOG ROAD FAVORITE ROAD DOG

1-3' 1-1 0-4 0-2

TOTAL 5-6 0-0 2-5 2-0

HOME FAVORITE HOME DOG ROAD FAVORITE ROAD DOG

1-3' 0-2 1-0 0-1 0-2

TOTAL 6-6 0-0 4-3 3-2

HOME FAVORITE HOME DOG ROAD FAVORITE ROAD DOG

1-3' 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0

TOTAL 4-3 2-1 1-2 3-6

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1-3' 1-0 -

TOTAL 0-8 3-2 0-0 3-6

HOME FAVORITE HOME DOG ROAD FAVORITE ROAD DOG

1-3' 1-1 1-0 2-3 0-1

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1-3' 3-2 1-0 0-1 1-0

TOTAL 3-4 3-1 3-2 2-2

HOME FAVORITE HOME DOG ROAD FAVORITE ROAD DOG

1-3' 1-3 1-0 0-1 1-0

TOTAL 3-4 0-4 0-0 9-2

HOME FAVORITE HOME DOG ROAD FAVORITE ROAD DOG

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TOTAL 4-7 0-0 6-2 0-2

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TOTAL 0-2 5-5 0-0 5-5

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TOTAL 6-5 0-0 2-4 4-0

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TOTAL 6-3 0-0 7-2 2-1

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25-33 18-23 23-18 33-25

TOTAL 4-6 6'-9 23-25 10-17 17-10 25-23

9'+ TOTAL

29-30 26-27 12-14 8-4 14-12 4-8 30-29 27-26

103-115 48-58 58-48 115-103

MIAMI 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 1-2 1-1 3-5 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 3-0 1-3 2-1 3-6 MILWAUKEE 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 1-0 5-1 2-1 2-2 1-0 3-0 2-3 1-1 7-5 MINNESOTA 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 1-0 0-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 3-4 0-1 0-1 2-0 1-2 0-4 3-6 NEW ORLEANS 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 1-1 2-0 1-1 4-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 2-1 0-1 4-6 NEW YORK 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-4 0-1 2-0 2-5 0-0 2-1 1-3 2-1 5-7 OKLAHOMA CITY 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-2 2-0 2-0 5-0 0-2 0-3 2-2 1-1 3-5 ORLANDO 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 1-0 2-3 0-1 2-5 0-1 3-1 2-0 5-3 11-4 PHILADELPHIA 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 0-0 0-3 5-2 6-5 0-0 1-2 3-4 4-6 PHOENIX 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 2-2 1-1 1-1 5-5 1-0 0-1 1-0 3-4 2-0 1-1 3-2 PORTLAND 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 3-2 1-0 7-4 1-0 2-1 1-1 0-2 3-5 1-0 2-0 SACRAMENTO 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 2-1 3-4 1-2 2-2 1-0 1-1 3-1 1-1 2-0 7-2 SAN ANTONIO 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 0-2 4-2 4-5 0-0 2-2 1-1 3-5 1-1 4-1 TORONTO 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 1-3 1-0 3-2 6-7 0-0 2-0 0-1 3-1 1-0 4-1 UTAH 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-0 5-5 0-0 1-2 1-0 1-3 4-6 WASHINGTON 4-6 6'-9 9'+ TOTAL 2-2 2-2 0-2 4-6 1-1 1-1 4-2 0-1 0-1 0-3

KEY: HCV—Home Court Value. R—Current 2014-15 Rating. HOME FAV—Pointspread record as home favorite. HOME DOG—Pointspread record as home dog. AWAY FAV-Pointspread record as road favorite. AWAY DOG—Pointspread record as road dog. PF—Average points For. PA—Average points Against. Average scores do not contain points scored during overtime periods. ALL TEAMS MEASURED FROM A TOP RATING OF ZERO. Team with an R of 4 would be a 7-point favorite over team with an 11 R on a neutral floor. Give allotted points for HCV to home team. Teams with a bold + or - have had their rating moved 2 or more points for the better (+) or worse (-), since last week. Allow one extra point for a rested team facing an unrested team. Records & avg. scores through Wednesday, December 10, 2014. HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HCV/TEAM R FAV DOG FAV DOG PICK PF-PA PF-PA Atlanta 7-4 0-1 2-0 4-3 0-0 104-96 100-98 3 Atlanta+ 9 Boston 3-3 2-4 1-0 4-3 0-0 103-104 102-106 3 Boston 14 Brooklyn 1-3 2-0 3-5 0-0 93-97 96-101 3 Brooklyn 12/15* 2-4 Charlotte 3-4 1-4 0-1 5-3 0-0 94-99 91-100 3 Charlotte 13 Chicago 2-5 0-1 5-3 2-3 0-0 101-98 102-97 3 Chicago 7/9* Cleveland 5-6 0-0 2-5 2-0 0-0 105-98 99-98 3 Cleveland 6/11* Dallas 6-6 0-0 4-3 3-2 0-0 114-104 103-100 2 Dallas 7 Denver 4-3 2-1 1-2 3-6 0-0 107-102 99-106 3 Denver 11 Detroit 0-8 3-2 0-0 3-6 0-0 94-100 89-95 2 Detroit 16 Golden St. St. 6-3 0-0 7-2 2-1 0-0 109-97 105-95 3 Golden 4 Houston 3-4 3-1 3-2 2-2 0-0 95-92 100-96 3 Houston 7/12* Indiana 3-4 0-4 0-0 9-2 0-0 91-96 94-97 3 Indiana 13 LALA Clippers 4-7 0-0 6-2 0-2 0-0 106-99 107-99 3 Clippers+ 4 LALA Lakers 0-2 5-5 0-0 5-5 0-0 100-106 102-112 3 Lakers 17 Memphis 6-5 0-0 2-4 4-0 0-0 107-97 95-91 3 Memphis 7 Miami 3-5 0-2 3-0 3-6 0-0 95-100 95-98 3 Miami 12 Milwaukee 5-1 2-2 1-0 7-5 0-0 99-97 96-101 3 Milwaukee 14 Minnesota 2-1 3-4 0-1 3-6 0-0 95-101 101-114 3 Minnesota 20 New 4-2 1-1 2-1 4-6 0-0 107-97 97-103 3 N. Orleans Orleans 11 New York 2-5 0-0 5-7 0-0 91-95 96-103 1 New York 16/20* 1-4 Oklahoma City 3-2 5-0 0-3 3-5 0-0 93-87 93-100 4 Okla. City 6 Orlando 2-5 0-1 11-4 0-0 94-101 94-99 2 Orlando 13/17* 1-0 Philadelphia 0-0 6-5 0-0 4-6 0-0 97-108 84-99 1 Philadelphia 19 Phoenix 5-5 1-0 3-4 3-2 0-0 104-100 106-106 3 Phoenix 9 Portland 7-4 1-0 3-5 2-0 0-0 102-92 103-99 2 Portland 7 Sacramento 3-4 2-2 1-1 7-2 0-0 100-99 101-101 3 Sacramento 9/14* San Antonio 4-5 0-0 3-5 4-1 0-0 105-95 98-93 3 San Antonio 6 Toronto 6-7 0-0 3-1 4-1 0-0 105-96 112-105 4 Toronto 9 Utah 1-1 5-5 0-0 4-6 0-0 98-101 94-103 3 Utah 16 Washington 4-6 1-1 4-2 0-3 0-0 102-94 96-98 3 Washington 12 *-Adjust for availability of Bro G Johnson & C Lopez, Chi C Noah, Cle F James, Hou C Howard, NY F Anthony, Orl C Vucevic, and Sac C Cousins. NBA OVER-UNDER RESULTS, STRAIGHT-UP HOME & AWAY RECORDS AND SPREAD RECORDS AFTER A WIN OR LOSS & IN 2ND OF BACK-TO-BACK GAMES The following are each team's totals (over-under) results at home and away, straight-up records home and away, and each team's pointspread mark in the game immediately following a straight-up win or loss. Key: SUR-Straight-Up Record, PSRPointspread Record. BACK-TO-BACK-Spread Record in 2nd night of back-to-back games. Through Wednesday, December 10, 2014.

Atlanta Boston Brooklyn Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Golden St. Houston Indiana LA Clippers LA Lakers Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minnesota New Orleans New York Okla. City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Portland Sacramento San Antonio Toronto Utah Washington TOTALS

OVER-UNDER HOME AWAY

SUR SUR HOME ROAD

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6-5 8-4 5-5 8-4 6-2 4-6 9-3 6-3 5-6 3-6 1-10 4-7 6-5 5-7 8-3 6-4 4-6 5-5 6-2 3-8 2-7 4-3 6-5 5-5 3-9 5-6 5-4 6-7 4-6 7-4

10-2 5-7 4-6 5-7 3-5 7-4 9-3 6-4 2-11 8-1 8-3 4-7 8-3 3-9 10-1 4-6 6-4 3-7 6-2 3-9 5-5 2-6 0-11 6-5 10-2 6-5 8-1 10-3 4-8 10-2

10-4 4-3 2-6 2-3 3-9 6-6 8-8 4-5 1-2 14-4 8-8 2-5 7-8 3-2 10-6 3-7 5-6 1-3 4-6 1-3 2-5 7-2 1-1 6-6 9-8 7-4 7-8 9-7 1-4 6-8

3-3 5-7 6-5 7-8 5-3 3-4 4-3 5-7 5-13 0-2 3-1 9-5 3-2 7-9 2-2 5-6 9-2 6-10 6-4 7-12 9-4 7-7 9-9 5-5 3-1 6-4 4-2 3-2 9-7 3-3

6-3 5-3 2-8 4-5 5-7 3-5 6-6 4-6 3-6 5-7 3-6 9-2 7-2 6-4 3-6 3-9 8-4 7-3 6-6 9-3 4-7 5-10 3-7 8-4 5-5 6-5 5-8 7-1 4-4 4-5

5-4 2-6 4-6 1-8 10-3 6-3 8-4 4-8 1-8 11-1 7-2 3-8 8-2 3-7 7-3 6-6 5-8 2-8 4-9 1-11 3-8 7-9 2-8 6-6 7-3 5-6 8-5 6-3 2-8 5-4

155-157 155-157 175-149 149-175 153-157 158-152

BACK-TO-BACK HOME ROAD TOTAL

2-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 1-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2-3 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 3-0 0-0 1-1 0-2

2-1 2-0 1-1 1-2 2-3 2-1 1-3 2-1 1-3 3-1 3-1 4-1 3-1 2-3 1-1 2-3 2-1 0-4 5-0 3-3 3-1 3-2 3-0 1-3 1-2 2-1 1-3 4-1 0-3 3-1

4-2 3-0 2-1 2-3 2-4 3-3 1-4 3-1 3-3 3-1 4-1 4-2 3-2 2-3 1-1 3-4 4-4 1-5 6-0 3-3 3-1 3-3 3-1 1-5 2-2 2-2 4-3 4-1 1-4 3-3

20-21

63-51

83-72

2014-15 HOOP RATINGS AND POINTSPREAD RECORDS HCV TEAM

4AirAir Force Force 5Akron Akron 5Alabama Alabama 3Appalach. Appalach. St.St.5Arizona Arizona 5Arizona Arizona St. State 7Arkansas Arkansas 5Arkansas-L.R. Ark.-Little Rock 4Arkansas ArkansasSt. State 4Auburn Auburn 4Ball Ball St.State 5Baylor Baylor 5Boise Boise St.State 4Boston Boston College College 5Bowling Bowl. Green Green 5Bradley Bradley 4Brown Brown+ 5Buffalo Buffalo 5Butler Butler 6BYU BYU 5California California 5Cal Cal Poly PolySLO SLO 3CS CS Fullerton Fullerton4CS CS Northridge Northridge 5C.Cent. Michigan Michigan 4Charleston Charleston 4Charlotte Charlotte 5Cincinnati Cincinnati 5Clemson Clemson 4Cleveland Cleveland St. St. 5Colorado Colorado 5Colorado Colorado St. St. 3Columbia Columbia 4Connecticut Connecticut 3Cornell Cornell 4Creighton Creighton 4Dartmouth Dartmouth 4Davidson Davidson 5Dayton Dayton 2Delaware Delaware 5DePaul DePaul 4Detroit Detroit 4Drake Drake 5Drexel Drexel 4Duke Duke 5Duquesne Duquesne5E.East Carolina Carolina 5E.E. Michigan Michigan 3Elon Elon 5Evansville Evansville 5Florida Florida 5Florida Fla. Atlantic Atl. 4Florida Florida Intl. Intl. 5Florida Florida St.State+ 4Fordham Fordham 4Fresno Fresno St. State 4George George Mason Mason 5George George Washington Wash. 5Georgetown Georgetown 5Georgia Georgia 4Georgia Georgia South. South. 5Georgia Georgia St. State 5Georgia Georgia Tech Tech 5Gonzaga Gonzaga 5Green Green Bay Bay 5Harvard Harvard 5Hawaii Hawaii 4Hofstra Hofstra+ 5Houston Houston 5Illinois Illinois 3Illinois-Chi. Ill.-Chicago5Illinois Illinois St. State 5Indiana Indiana 4Indiana Indiana St. State 5Iowa Iowa 6Iowa Iowa St.State 5James James Madison Madison 5Kansas Kansas 5Kansas Kansas St.State 3Kent Kent St.State 5Kentucky Kentucky 5LaLa Salle Salle 5Long Long Beach BeachSt. St. 5La.-Lafayette La.-Lafayette 4La.-Monroe La.-Monroe 6Louisiana Louisiana Tech Tech 6Louisville Louisville 4Loyola-Chi. Loyola-Chi. 4Loyola-Mary. Loy.-M'mount 5LSU LSU 5Marquette Marquette 5Marshall Marshall 5Maryland Maryland 4Massachusetts Massachusetts 5Memphis Memphis 5Miami-Florida Miami-Florida 4Miami-Ohio Miami-Ohio 5Michigan Michigan 6Michigan Michigan St. State 6Middle M. Tenn. Tenn. St.St. 4Milwaukee Milwaukee5Minnesota Minnesota

CR

17 15 13 28 1 12 7 20 24 17 24 10 11 15 14 20 21 18 11 8 9 20 24 22 20 20 16 14 14 16 11 11 17 8 25 11 22 15 11 29 14 16 26 20 0 19 23 14 22 12 6 21 24 13 25 18 20 11 10 11 18 12 12 0 11 9 18 18 19 10 28 16 13 24 7 5 21 4 12 16 -3 19 16 15 19 10 1 19 22 9 13 26 13 11 12 7 24 8 7 18 21 8

PSR SUH* PF-PA* SUA* PF-PA*

3-2 4-1 3-4 1-3 4-5 4-4 3-4 3-1 0-2 2-4 3-1 4-1 4-3 4-2 4-1 3-3 3-4 3-2 5-2 4-5 5-3 1-3 3-5 1-7 2-1 2-4 5-2 1-3 3-2 4-1 4-4 3-6 1-0 1-4 4-1 5-4 0-2 4-1 3-4 0-3 4-2 4-3 1-6 1-5 6-2 1-1 1-4 4-2 3-1 6-1 3-4 2-2 2-1 2-5 3-1 2-6 3-4 1-3 2-2 4-3 2-0 3-4 3-2 4-3 3-3 3-2 3-3 3-0 1-1 4-3 1-6 4-3 4-5 2-6 3-4 3-3 2-1 5-3 5-3 3-2 5-5 3-3 6-3 2-3 2-2 1-5 3-3 3-2 1-5 3-4 5-3 3-3 3-4 6-2 2-3 5-3 1-6 2-5 5-4 2-4 3-4 4-2

1-0 1-0 4-0 0-1 6-0 5-0 4-0 2-1 0-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 3-0 3-1 5-0 1-0 1-1 1-2 2-0 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 2-1 5-1 5-0 0-2 1-0 5-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 4-1 2-1 1-2 1-1 4-0 4-0 1-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 3-2 2-0 1-1 2-2 1-0 1-1 4-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 4-0 4-1 1-1 3-0 1-1 1-2 7-1 2-2 4-0 4-0 1-1 3-0 3-0 2-2 9-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 4-0 5-0 0-1 2-2 3-0 2-2 1-4 4-1 3-0 1-1 2-1 1-3 3-2 3-0 1-1 0-2 3-0

77-61 73-49 81-67 51-68 80-60 72-52 91-71 80-78 73-75 94-77 70-63 76-56 72-67 74-61 66-55 80-80 63-64 69-67 76-52 84-73 76-57 78-60 66-70 64-65 85-62 59-55 74-77 62-55 66-67 63-53 73-59 74-64 49-50 67-60 76-63 68-67 82-68 68-52 80-70 65-58 64-67 54-44 102-58 77-62 62-66 88-70 70-54 72-63 76-68 69-63 65-64 64-67 78-70 74-61 75-62 78-72 72-48 79-71 88-56 69-58 64-66 92-68 67-71 67-66 88-69 62-67 74-53 86-68 51-63 76-61 77-60 68-62 76-46 65-67 69-59 94-86 72-55 73-50 70-83 71-71 81-69 67-67 66-70 71-63 84-70 63-55 71-68 64-67 66-59 84-52 57-61 61-82 84-58

0-3 64-72 1-1 70-71 0-1 84-97 1-2 59-73 0-1 71-72 1-2 73-78 0-2 65-82 0-1 46-87 0-2 52-68 0-3 65-74 2-0 68-64 2-2 67-70 2-2 61-60 0-3 47-60 1-2 70-78 1-2 63-70 1-0 77-54 2-0 106-83 2-0 64-57 0-3 52-73 0-5 58-72 0-4 68-81 0-1 73-84 1-1 66-63 2-2 74-73 1-2 58-61 0-2 45-60 1-0 62-60 0-1 46-56 1-1 57-65 1-1 65-66 0-1 57-77 2-0 103-84 1-0 66-62 0-3 51-80 1-2 70-78 0-2 69-86 0-1 48-65 1-0 80-70 0-1 62-64 0-2 64-90 1-1 55-58 1-1 69-68 2-0 67-56 0-1 65-71 0-3 56-70 0-3 61-76 0-2 52-70 0-3 61-78 0-1 65-71 1-2 55-57 1-1 80-68 0-2 65-71 2-2 69-76 1-0 66-58 1-1 68-66 2-2 59-64 1-2 67-66 1-1 70-79 0-1 61-70 0-2 51-77 1-0 78-74 1-1 71-68 1-0 60-55 0-1 56-73 1-0 75-70 0-2 62-67 1-0 69-61 1-0 60-58 0-4 72-82 0-2 67-85 1-1 65-63 0-2 81-88 3-1 67-68 0-2 53-73 1-0 74-73 0-1 63-74 0-1 67-85 0-2 67-79 2-0 73-71 0-1 78-86 1-1 71-69 1-1 64-65 0-3 67-83 1-1 73-70

HOME ROAD FAV DOG FAV DOG

1-0 1-0 2-2 0-0 3-3 3-2 2-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-1 1-3 3-2 1-0 0-1 0-3 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-1 1-1 4-2 1-4 0-0 0-2 0-0 2-2 0-1 2-0 1-2 0-0 3-1 2-1 1-2 1-1 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 2-0 2-2 1-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 2-2 0-0 1-0 1-0 3-1 0-0 3-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-1 0-2 3-4 1-2 2-2 2-2 0-0 1-2 2-1 2-2 4-5 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 1-3 0-1 1-1 1-2 0-3 1-1 1-3 3-0 1-1 1-2 0-2 1-4 3-0 1-0 0-1 3-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0

1-2 2-0 0-1 1-2 0-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 3-1 2-1 1-2 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 2-3 1-3 0-1 0-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-0 0-0 0-3 0-0 2-1 0-2 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-2 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 2-0 0-2 1-0 1-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-2 0-2 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 0-1

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HCV TEAM

CR

PSR SUH* PF-PA* SUA* PF-PA*

5Mississippi Mississippi Air Force 5Miss. Mississippi St. St.Akron 5Missouri Missouri Alabama 5Missouri Missouri Appalach. St. S St. 5Nebraska Nebraska Arizona 4Nevada Nevada Arizona St. 4New NewArkansas Mexico Mexico 5North North Arkansas-L. Carolina Carolina 5N. N. Arkansas Carolina St. Car. St. St 4NC NCWilmington Wilmington Auburn 4North NorthTexas Texas Ball St. 4Northeastern Northeastern Baylor 5Northern Northern Boise Illinois St. Illinois 5Northern Northern BostonIowa Iowa Coll 4Northwestern Northwestern Bowling Gre 5Notre NotreDame Bradley Dame 4Oakland Oakland Brown 4Ohio Ohio Buffalo 5Ohio OhioSt. State Butler 6Oklahoma Oklahoma BYU 6Oklahoma Oklahoma California State St. 5Old Old Cal Dominion Poly SL Dominion 5Oregon Oregon CS Fullerto 5Oregon Oregon CS Northrid State St. 4Pacific Pacific C. Michigan 4Penn Penn Charleston 5Penn PennCharlotte State St. 5Pepperdine Pepperdine Cincinnati 5Pittsburgh Pittsburgh+ Clemson 5Portland Portland Cleveland S 5Princeton Princeton Colorado 5Providence Providence Colorado St 5Purdue Purdue Columbia 5Rhode Rhode Connecticut Island Island 3Rice Rice Cornell 4Richmond Richmond Creighton 4Rutgers Rutgers Dartmouth 5St. St.Bonaventure Bonaventure+ Davidson 4St. St.John’s John's Dayton 4Saint Saint Delaware Joseph's Joseph’s 4Saint SaintLouis Louis DePaul 5Saint SaintMary’s Mary's Detroit 4San SanDiego Diego Drake 4San SanDiego Diego Drexel St. St. 5San SanFrancisco Francisco Duke 3San SanDuquesne JoseSt. State Jose 5Santa Santa E. Carolina Clara+ Clara 5Seton Seton E. Michigan Hall+ Hall 5SMU SMU Elon 5South South Evansville Alabama Alabama 5South SouthCarolina Carolina Florida 5South South Florida Florida Atl Florida 4Southern Southern Florida Cal Int Cal 6S. Southern FloridaIllinois St. Illinois 5Southern Southern Fordham Miss Miss 5Stanford Stanford Fresno St. 5Syracuse George Syracuse Maso 5TCU George TCU Wash 5Temple Temple Georgetown 5Tennessee Tennessee+ Georgia 5Texas Texas Georgia Sou 5Texas Texas Georgia A&MSt. A&M 4Texas-Arlington Texas-Arlington Georgia Tec 4Texas Texas Gonzaga St. St. 5Texas Texas Green Tech Bay Tech 5Toledo Toledo Harvard 4Towson Towson Hawaii 4Troy Troy Hofstra 4Tulane Tulane Houston 5Tulsa Tulsa Illinois 5UAB UAB Illinois-Ch 4UC UCDavis Davis Illinois St 4UCF UCF- Indiana 5UC UCIndiana Irvine St. Irvine 5UCLA UCLA Iowa 4UC UCRiverside Riverside Iowa St. 6UC James UCSanta Santa Madis Barb. Barbara 5UNLV UNLVKansas 6Utah Utah Kansas St. 5Utah UtahSt. State Kent St. 5UTEP UTEP Kentucky 4UTSA UTSALa Salle 4Valparaiso Valparaiso Long Beach 5Vanderbilt Vanderbilt La.-Lafayet 5Villanova Villanova La.-Monroe 5Virginia Virginia Louisiana T 5Va. Va.Commonwealth Common. Louisville 4Virginia Virginia Loyola-Chi. Tech Tech 4Wake Wake Loyola-Mary Forest Forest 5Washington Washington LSU 5Washington Washington Marquette St.+ St. 6West WestMarshall Virginia Virginia 5W. W.Kentucky Kentucky Maryland 5W. W. Massachuset Michigan Michigan 5Wichita Wichita Memphis State St. 4Wm. William Miami-Flori & Mary & Mary 5Wisconsin Wisconsin Miami-Ohio 4Wright Wright Michigan State St. 5Wyoming Wyoming+ Michigan St 6Xavier Xavier Middle Tenn 5Yale Yale Milwaukee 3Youngstown Youngstown Minnesota St. St.

12 18 16 20 9 22 16 5 12 25 22 14 19 12 16 11 19 18 5 8 9 13 13 19 22 24 16 16 11 18 17 12 10 15 26 14 18 14 9 21 17 14 16 7 14 29 21 9 10 22 11 18 17 18 20 9 10 12 17 14 3 13 21 25 14 13 22 26 19 12 21 25 22 13 10 22 13 16 6 19 12 27 16 16 3 -1 8 18 18 11 18 8 17 19 0 18 -1 19 10 9 14 20

4-3 2-4 3-5 0-6 1-4 1-5 4-4 5-3 2-3 2-2 1-2 4-4 1-2 4-3 3-3 1-2 4-4 1-2 2-4 3-2 3-2 6-1 4-3 5-1 6-1 2-1 1-7 5-0 3-5 4-3 2-4 5-3 5-2 3-3 3-2 1-4 2-5 4-2 4-1 2-3 2-4 3-2 5-3 4-4 2-3 2-6 3-4 7-0 1-5 3-1 5-3 3-2 5-4 6-2 1-5 3-3 2-3 3-2 2-5 1-5 6-1 3-4 3-3 0-1 3-2 3-4 3-3 1-2 2-2 3-4 3-4 4-2 0-3 3-3 4-6 3-2 3-1 2-4 6-2 4-3 3-4 2-3 5-2 2-1 7-1 6-1 2-5 2-2 1-4 4-2 3-6 4-3 2-4 4-3 5-1 3-2 7-3 2-4 3-3 5-3 4-3 5-2

1-2 3-0 3-1 2-0 2-1 1-1 3-1 3-1 5-0 0-1 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 2-3 1-2 6-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 4-1 3-0 1-1 4-0 2-0 2-0 2-1 1-0 3-1 5-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-2 3-1 3-1 1-0 1-1 4-1 1-0 4-0 1-0 0-3 1-0 3-0 4-1 0-1 4-3 1-0 4-1 1-0 3-1 3-0 1-1 3-0 3-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 1-1 4-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 2-0 1-3 3-0 1-1 2-0 7-0 1-1 3-0 6-0 2-1 2-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 4-0 2-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 3-0 2-1 3-1 2-1 1-0 4-0 2-0 4-1 1-0 4-0 5-0 0-1

66-69 75-62 65-59 69-61 70-65 61-56 66-57 86-61 73-64 58-78 70-61 78-67 63-56 63-67 79-78 76-78 75-70 85-54 82-63 85-65 71-60 84-67 65-49 58-58 69-62 78-65 71-51 72-63 64-58 68-62 75-49 66-62 65-69 68-67 54-65 70-62 70-61 58-56 59-61 77-68 77-70 62-54 76-57 54-66 90-72 67-52 72-65 67-68 72-61 71-70 71-66 71-49 65-67 81-60 61-58 73-57 78-69 68-61 78-52 89-68 66-65 66-58 81-68 64-74 60-64 71-59 67-68 76-65 65-77 71-56 87-66 79-66 65-58 86-58 71-69 71-64 76-77 68-70 71-56 76-51 69-39 72-76 63-65 75-85 67-55 81-72 82-64 67-62 91-75 76-57 75-56 77-54 73-70 70-55 88-65 61-69

2-0 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 2-2 0-2 1-2 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 3-2 0-1 1-0 2-1 1-2 1-0 0-2 0-2 1-1 0-2 0-4 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-2 1-2 0-1 0-2 0-3 1-0 1-3 1-0 2-3 0-2 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-3 0-1 0-1 1-3 1-3 0-2 1-0 1-2 2-1 0-1 1-3 0-3 0-2 0-1 1-1 1-3 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-0 3-0 1-1 0-1 1-2 0-3 0-2 1-2 0-1 1-2 2-0 1-2 0-2 2-3 1-3

77-69 54-59 69-71 62-66 66-66 56-73 63-46 61-66 75-78 67-88 59-71 58-74 72-66 63-61 76-83 55-64 63-65 49-75 75-69 65-58 66-68 67-76 73-69 66-59 73-74 73-68 53-62 49-64 68-56 54-66 56-63 62-73 80-70 69-57 47-72 61-69 58-66 36-49 51-67 61-70 56-63 68-77 62-73 62-74 77-59 67-72 66-54 65-65 52-70 72-87 65-68 66-54 56-58 53-59 63-77 66-84 67-80 64-69 71-75 61-78 65-77 83-70 67-75 64-65 73-96 67-72 57-77 66-75 55-77 57-57 69-73 63-68 80-87 57-61 84-70 76-58 67-68 58-61 63-70 57-76 68-85 74-76 68-69 60-67 71-46 63-69 48-56 62-70 71-78

HOME ROAD FAV DOG FAV DOG

0-3 1-2 2-2 0-2 0-3 1-0 1-2 2-2 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-0 0-3 0-2 0-1 0-3 1-1 2-4 1-0 1-1 2-0 4-1 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-3 1-0 1-1 2-1 0-1 2-2 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 2-2 2-1 0-0 0-2 3-2 1-0 1-3 1-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 1-3 0-0 3-3 0-1 2-3 1-0 1-2 2-1 0-2 1-2 1-1 0-2 2-1 1-2 1-1 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-0 1-2 3-0 0-2 1-1 4-3 1-0 0-0 1-2 4-2 2-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-0 3-1 2-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-2 2-2 1-2 1-0 3-1 2-0 4-1 0-0 1-2 4-1 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-1 2-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 0-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-1 1-2 0-2 1-0 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 1-2 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-2 1-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 2-1 0-0 3-1 1-0 2-1 0-2 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 2-1 1-3 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 2-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-2 1-2 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 2-3 3-1

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