Posts Tagged ‘West Coast Conference’

Gonzaga’s doing a demo job on St. Mary’s, as they’re up 68-45 on the Gaels with a bit more than seven minutes left to play in Vegas. The Gaels have shot so poorly, I doubt that could throw the rock into a casino. It’s too bad since this was a game that lots [...]

Patty Mills looks pretty good in his first action since breaking a couple wrist bones while having one of the best first halves of the entire season against Gonzaga on January 29th. While he’s come up short on a couple of a threes, he’s been attacking the Portland goal at warp speed, and has [...]

St. Mary’s emphatic 75-64 win over 23rd-ranked Utah State could very well be the win that gets them off the bubble and securely into the field of 65. Mickey McConnell, subbing in for the injured Patty Mills, nailed 6-of-8 shots and the Gaels ‘Omar Samhan got the best of Aggies’ big Gary Wilkinson — [...]

At the risk of sounding like ESPN’s Stephen Bardo, who actually is my favorite ESPN-employed announcer since he actually knows and respects Mid-Major teams, St. Mary’s was tougher than a hockey goalie from the pre-facemask-era playing without injured star point guard Patty Mills in the second half of their showdown with Gonzaga, but toughness alone [...]

Has San Diego every shit the bed in tonights highly anticipated — by me at least — West Coast Conference scrap with 22nd-ranked St. Mary’s. Judged by their identical 4-0 records in WCC play, the Toreros versus Gaels seemed like it would be a heavyweight tilt. Especially since San Diego won the last [...]

Thanks to Appalachian State’s monumental second half collapse yesterday, which resulted in a 108-101 overtime loss by the Mountaineers to UNC-Wilmington, we’re sitting it a not so impressive 1-2 this season on Picks of the Day. But that’s okay because thanks to the San Diego Toreros, we’re about to get our mojo back. [...]

People may scoff at the Toreros’ chances of winning a game in the NCAA Tourney but they do so at their own peril. San Diego may have a handful of bad losses — an 80-72 loss at the JC to a terrible Cal-State Bakersfield being chief among them — but that’s to be expected with a young team and a new coach. Their uneven start behind them, the Toreros have won 13 of their last 15, the two losses being to Gonzaga and St. Mary’s and avenged in the WCC tourney and will roll into the Big Dance with a heap of confidence.

Should the Toreros draw a BCS side that has trouble defending deep into the shot clock and can be pushed around on the boards then Brandon Johnson & Co. have a better than average shot at the upset.

Behind the second-half sharpshooting of dynamic junior guard Brandon Johnson, San Diego’s making a late run at St. Mary’s in the West Coast Conference semis. The Gaels are up 52-50 with a bit less than two minutes to play but big mo’ is on the side of the Toreros

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I’ve only bet on Mid-Major college hoops this season so I can’t speak to how the oddsmakers have done setting lines when it comes to the BCS leagues or the NBA. Based on my experience this season, it seems like when it comes to the Mid-Majors, the lines are totally random. Just take our record of 13-6 in POTD this season.

We’re new to this whole betting on college hoops things and, while we are trying to build a system that increases one’s chances of getting it right when it comes to betting on Mid-Major hoops, the fact is don’t do any quantitative analytics when we make our picks. We just look at the lines, wonder what the fuck is up, and place the bet. And it works.

Live from Moraga, Cali, 23rd-ranked St. Mary’s is trailing Gonzaga 25-23 with 7:12 left in the first half. From the fired up students in the jam-packed rafters to the action on the hardwood, where the Gaels and ‘Zags have went at each other possession after possession, this could easily be one of the best [...]