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OVERVALUED NOTRE DAME

Sunday, 19 January, 2014

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IT’S CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AND WITH THAT COMES THE NEED FOR FOLKS TO WAGER ON ANY OTHER BASKETBALL GAMES TO TRY TO MAKE A BIG PROFIT IN ONE DAY. OH DO THE BOOKS LOVE THESE TYPE OF DAYS. CHANCES ARE THE MAJORITY ARE GOING TO GET SUCKED IN ON TAKING TEAMS THEY HAVEN’T TRACKED AND JUMPING ON FAVORITES. HERE IS MY WARNING AND I’LL OFFER A FREE PLAY UNDERDOG TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT URGE.

TODAY’S FREE PLAY COMES IN COLLEGE HOOPS ON A LINE THAT I BELIEVE IS A TAD TOO HIGH. NOTRE DAME IS A TEAM THAT IS MOLDED TO HANG AROUND TEAMS. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY STANDOUT PLAYERS WHICH TOOK AN EVEN BIGGER DOWNGRADE WHEN JERIAN GRANT LEFT THE TEAM FOR ACADEMIC REASONS. LIKE I SAID THEY CAN STILL HANG AROUND WITH TEAMS(UPSET DUKE), BUT DON’T LET THAT DUKE WIN FOOL YOU. THEY’VE HAD THEIR STRUGGLES EVEN WITH GRANT IN THE LINEUP. LOSSES TO NORTH DAKOTA STATE AND A CLOSE WIN AGAINST BRYANT AND CANISIUS IN OVERTIME ATTEST TO THIS.

IN ACC CONFERENCE PLAY THEY HAVE LOST THREE STRAIGHT GAMES INCLUDING ONE TO A TEAM CONSIDERED TO BE THE ACC DOORMAT IN NC STATE AT HOME.

GOING UP AGAINST VIRGINIA TECH WOULD SEEM TO BE THE TYPE OF HOME GAME TO GET A TEAM OF NOTRE DAME’S EXPECTED CALIBER BACK TO FORM. I BEG TO DIFFER AS THE HOKIES SHOULD BE A VALUE PLAY HERE GETTING 10.5 POINTS. IT’S GOING TO BE A BATTLE FOR TECH BUT THERE ARE TWO REASONS WHY I LIKE THE POINTS HERE. ONE IS THAT NOTRE DAME TRIES TO BEAT TEAMS ON THE INSIDE WITH A PRESENCE THAT IS NOT LIKE WHAT IT USE TO BE. IN PRIOR YEARS THEY HAD LUKE HARANGODY AND JAKE COOLEY ON THE INSIDE. PAT CONNAUGHTON AND GARRICK SHERMAN ARE SERVICEABLE BIG MEN BUT NOT STRONG SUITS INSIDE LIKE NOTRE DAME HAS HAD THE PAST FEW SEASONS. INSIDE WILL BE A BIG MISMATCH BUT LOOK FOR THE HOKIES TO HAVE THE ADVANTAGE IN SPEED, QUICKNESS, AND IN THE BACKCOURT.

THE MAIN REASON THE HOKIES LOOK LIKE A GOOD SPOT IS THE FACT NOTRE DAME LETS TEAMS STAY IN GAMES. THEIR IS A HUGE SIZE DISADVANTAGE FAVORING NOTRE DAME, BUT IN MATCHUPS AS SUCH NOTRE DAME HAS NOT LOOKED GREAT. AS IN GAMES AGAINST NC STATE, BRYANT, CANISIUS, AND INDIANA STATE.

TAKE THE POINTS AND TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY’S PREMIUM PLAYS BEING OFFERED