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2-0 yesterday, trying to get some momentum after my usual slow start:
Kansas State +2.5
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K-State hasn't played near their potential so far this year, but I really think they're going to keep getting better and a return home is exactly what they need. First off, Oregon really doesn't have anyone that can play Beasley 1on1(not many teams do) and they will send 6-9 F Marty Luenen at him tonight which should open up the inside for guys like Bill Walker to get the ball on drive-and-dish type situations. Oregon has only gone on the road twice this year, to Portland and St. Mary's. They beat Portland(so has everybody else) and lost to St. Mary's, and allowed them to shoot 47% from the field. The other players on K-State almost just looked to Beasley to do it all early in the year and the other players are starting to step up, as shown by Andre Gilbert's first 20 point performance this year in their last game. If K-State holds on to the ball they should be able to get a SU win, but I'll take the 2.5 just in case.
Air Force -7
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Colorado goes on the road and beats up on Denver and all of a sudden they deserve the respect of a single digit fav? Not a chance. In Colorado's other road game they got an absolute beat down at the hands of Wisconsin. Air Force is one of the tougher places to play in that area, with the Flyboys going 36-1 there the last 3 years, I don't normally like that kind of "last number of years" stuff but a record like that is hard to over look when Colorado is such an inconsistent team. They turn the ball over too much to hang with a disciplined Air Force team that is allowing opponents to shoot only 36% on the season. The only thing that is somewhat scary is that Air Force isn't the best rebounding team, but neither is Colorado, so that isn't much of an issue here.
Still looking at a few others.
Kansas State +2.5
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K-State hasn't played near their potential so far this year, but I really think they're going to keep getting better and a return home is exactly what they need. First off, Oregon really doesn't have anyone that can play Beasley 1on1(not many teams do) and they will send 6-9 F Marty Luenen at him tonight which should open up the inside for guys like Bill Walker to get the ball on drive-and-dish type situations. Oregon has only gone on the road twice this year, to Portland and St. Mary's. They beat Portland(so has everybody else) and lost to St. Mary's, and allowed them to shoot 47% from the field. The other players on K-State almost just looked to Beasley to do it all early in the year and the other players are starting to step up, as shown by Andre Gilbert's first 20 point performance this year in their last game. If K-State holds on to the ball they should be able to get a SU win, but I'll take the 2.5 just in case.
Air Force -7
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Colorado goes on the road and beats up on Denver and all of a sudden they deserve the respect of a single digit fav? Not a chance. In Colorado's other road game they got an absolute beat down at the hands of Wisconsin. Air Force is one of the tougher places to play in that area, with the Flyboys going 36-1 there the last 3 years, I don't normally like that kind of "last number of years" stuff but a record like that is hard to over look when Colorado is such an inconsistent team. They turn the ball over too much to hang with a disciplined Air Force team that is allowing opponents to shoot only 36% on the season. The only thing that is somewhat scary is that Air Force isn't the best rebounding team, but neither is Colorado, so that isn't much of an issue here.
Still looking at a few others.
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