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Wednesday News and Notes

Wednesday, January
31, 2007

 

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Xavier-Duquesne

Post Gazette

Duquesne coach Ron Everhart opened up the court to give
his players an opportunity to utilize their quickness and athletic skills to
overcome their lack of height. It was a gamble that quickly has hit the jackpot
for the Dukes, who wore down Dayton,
93-89, and Temple, 96-92, after a
101-87 loss at Massachusetts that
would have been a lot closer had they made their free throws in the final
minutes. Duquesne hadn’t scored 90 or more points in consecutive games since
1992-93 and had its highest points total against a Temple
team. The Dukes had scored more than 80 points only once in 47 previous games
against the Owls. Everhart’s biggest concern about Xavier is the little point
guard who runs the show, 5-7 Drew Lavender, who is in his first season with the
Musketeers after transferring from Oklahoma.
He is a one-man press-breaker who will put Duquesne’s defense to its toughest
test yet. Neither Dayton nor Temple
had a true playmaker to direct traffic against Duquesne’s relentless pressure,
which created a total of 53 turnovers in those two games. The Musketeers are
living up to their preseason billing as the team to beat in the A-10. The
Dukes, meanwhile, are inching up in the standings and find themselves in the
middle of the pack rather than near the bottom as was predicted before the
season.

Wisconsin-Indiana

Appleton Post
Crescent

Wisconsin is
the only Big Ten team without a conference loss. Wisconsin
leads the Big Ten in scoring defense at 56.6 points per conference game.
Overall, UW is 13th in the nation in scoring defense at 57.5 points.
The Badgers are 5-0 in true road games this season. Indiana
is 27-4 all-time against the Badgers at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers have won 13 straight games at
Assembly Hall.

George Washington-Dayton

Rivals

The Dayton Flyers finally return home after what seems
like a 25-game road trip, when in all actuality it was just two games. Dayton
dropped both road games last week, but return home to face streaking George
Washington on Wednesday evening at UD Arena. While
the two teams may be headed in opposite directions, the Flyers have yet to lose
on their home floor all season long.

Vanderbilt-Tennessean

Tennessean

Asking if it’s tough to play at the O’Connell Center, home
of the top-ranked defending national champion Florida Gators, is about like
asking if it’s tough to play in The Swamp — the school’s football counterpart.“There are a lot of tough places in our league,
but it’s as difficult as any,” Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings said of his
team’s next destination, as the 24th-ranked Commodores Wednesday
night go looking for their third straight Southeastern Conference road win
against a Top 25 opponent. Riding a four-game winning streak, including
victories at Kentucky and Louisiana
State
, the Commodores have every
reason to feel good about themselves.

Stats Inc.

The Commodores started the season 1-3, but have since won
14 of 17. They are 5-0 against ranked opponents during that stretch, with wins
over Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Alabama,
Kentucky and LSU.

Memphis-Central Florida

Stats Inc.

Since a 79-71 loss on Dec. 20 to
then-No.
9 Arizona, Memphis
(17-3, 7-0) has won nine in a row while building a 2 ½-game conference lead
over second-place teams Central Florida (15-5, 4-2),
Houston and Rice. For the third straight game, Memphis
was held below 40 percent from the field and failed to record more than 10 assists.Despite his team nearly getting upset,
Calipari thought the game was important for the
development of his team, which starts three sophomores and a freshman. Chris
Douglas-Roberts returned to the lineup Saturday after missing the two previous
games because of a high ankle sprain. The sophomore guard, who leads the team
with 14.8 points per game, was only 3-of-7 from the field but got to the
free-throw line 12 times and made nine to finish with 15 points. Memphis
has won by double digits in all three of its league games on the road after losing
its only two true road games in non-conference play at Tennessee
and Arizona. This will be Memphis
first game at Central Florida, which has won 12 straight
home games since a Feb. 15 loss to Houston.
All four previous meetings were in Memphis
and the Tigers won them all, including a 94-61 victory last season. The only
other time a ranked team played at UCF Arena came on Dec. 12, 2002, and the Golden
Knights upset then-No. 25 College of Charleston 82-64.
Central Florida is 0-15 in all other games against
ranked teams.The Golden Knights are returning home to
play in front of a sellout crowd after playing six of its eight games this
month, including the last two, on the road.

Minnesota-Northwestern

Press Notes

Minnesota
takes to the road hoping to snap an eight-game road losing streak in Evanston,
Ill.
Minnesota
junior center Spencer Tollackson has missed the past
five games due to a broken left (non-shooting) hand. Tollackson
is listed as questionable for tonight’s game. Minnesota
holds a 82-56 all-time lead in the series (not
including vacated games). The Wildcats lead the series in Evanston
36-33. Northwestern has won the last six
meetings including a, 55-40 win in Minneapolis
on January 20. The Gophers snapped their five-game losing streak Saturday with
a 65-60 victory over Penn State.
Northwestern had the weekend off after battling Ohio
State
to the final minutes before
losing 59-50 in Evanston on
Wednesday.

 


Vegas Expected $100 Million Super Bowl

Like most of America, Robert Walker stared at the TV in February 2002 and watched as Adam Vinatieri’s 48-yard field goal won the Patriots Super Bowl XXXVI. Unlike most of America, Walker figures the kick saved his job.
Walker is the director of the race and sports book at MGM Mirage in Las Vegas. He sets the lines for 14 different properties in Vegas, and on this day he was sweating out the largest bet he’d ever taken on the big game.
Someone bet $4.6 million on the Rams to beat the Patriots on that day. When Vinatieri’s kick cleared the crossbar, Walker may have been the happiest man in America.
“I’ve always had a soft spot for the Patriots and Adam Vinatieri since then,” Walker said. “If he doesn’t make that field goal, you might be talking to someone else right now.”
Next Sunday is the biggest holiday of the year in Las Vegas. Last year, a record $94 million was bet legally on the Super Bowl. This year, Vegas hopes to reach $100 million. The men in charge of bringing in all that money spent last weekend trying to figure out the best point spread to make the most amount of money.
Set the number too high and the underdog takes in too much money. Set it too low and everyone jumps on the favorite.
For Walker and his brethren, these are the two biggest weeks of the year. From the regular betting line to prop bets, they have to make placing a bet on the big game as tempting as possible.
This year’s matchup between the Colts and Bears has them thinking big bucks.
“I think it’s a phenomenal matchup,” said Chuck Esposito, the assistant VP of the race and sports book at Caesars Palace. “The Bears are one of the most popular teams with the public. The Colts have arguably the most popular player in Peyton Manning. You have the Colts offense vs. the Bears defense.”
Each of the sports-book directors interviewed said they entered last weekend with an idea of what the line would be for each potential matchup. Walker even posted lines at the Mirage for each scenario to gauge the public’s feelings. They all felt the Colts would be around 61/2- or 7-point favorites if they wound up matched with the Bears. When watching the games, they paid attention for any injuries or performances that might affect the way the public would bet.
John Avello, the director at race and sports operations at Wynn Las Vegas, thought the line would be Colts minus-61/2, but then decided on 7 after watching the Colts’ performance in the second half against the Patriots.
“In the third and fourth quarter, all cylinders were firing,” Avello said. “That was the last impression left in watchers’ or bettors’ minds. I’m thinking we have Peyton Manning, one of the best passers, against the Bears, who have a quarterback [Rex Grossman] that people are unsure of. But the Bears do have a great following. Instead of 61/2, I’m going to use 7.”
The line was posted immediately after the Colts-Patriots game ended last Sunday. Walker, who posted the Colts minus-61/2, saw the first seven or eight bets come in on the Colts and moved it to 7.
Most directors rely on staffs of handicappers to help them come up with the number. Once the line is posted, plenty of other people also offer up opinions.
“When I post that number, I get people running back telling me I made a mistake,” Walker said. “If some think it’s too high and some think it’s too low, I know I have it right.”
After the line and over/under are set, the sports book staffs try to finalize their prop bets, which have increased in popularity in recent years. Esposito said his staff has been working on them for the last six weeks. Caesars is credited with staring the prop bet when it posted odds on William “Refrigerator” Perry scoring a touchdown in Super Bowl XX.
“We’ll have 200 to 250 different prop bets on the board,” Esposito said. “You name it, we’ve got it on the board.”
Source: NY Post

Tuesday News and Notes

Tuesday, January 30,
2007

 

There has been some good news in the personal
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NBA

Warriors-Cavaliers

Akron Beacon Journal

LeBron James has been trying to play through the sprained
toe for 10 days, twice reinjuring it despite skipping
a game Friday against the 76ers in Philadelphia
to rest it. Resting would make a difference. Long term, it would be smart if I
took some games off and took some practices off, being a team guy and not
liking that feeling,” he said, all in the same thought. “I’ve got to be smart.”
James said it would be easier if the coaching staff came to him and told him
not to play. That’s what coach Mike Brown did in Philadelphia,
but James still couldn’t keep himself out of the lineup Sunday against the
Phoenix Suns. Brown, of course, wants him in the lineup. “He should play
(tonight),” Brown said. “But with him, it’s a day-to-day thing.”

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·       
Baylor 12-1 after a game in which they made 78%
or more of their free throws

·       
Notre Dame is 17-3 as road underdogs or pick

·       
UNLV is 11-1 road off
consecutive home game

 

NBA

·       
Seattle
over 16-4 off loss as a favorite

·       
Dallas
under 13-2 home favorites of 12.5 or more

·       
Dallas
20-7 on 2 days rest

·       
Cleveland
12-2 off a home game in which they scored and gave up 100 or more points

 

 


Update: European Union May Take on US Anti-Personal Responsibility Laws

US restrictions on online gambling may be challenged by the European Union, the bloc’s top financial regulator said today.
The legality of Internet gambling in the United States was ambiguous for many years, but it was effectively banned last October when President Bush signed legislation outlawing financial transactions for gaming.
Several British online gambling firms were forced out of the US market as a result.
“In my view it is probably a restrictive practice, and we might take it up in another fora,” EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy told the European Parliament.
The United States was protecting its own gambling industry by stopping foreign companies from entering the online betting sector, Mr McCreevy said.
However, Mr McCreevy said: “It’s not my intention to bring forward a harmonised piece of legislation on gambling in the European Union.”
Mr McCreevy had declared that the US rules were a “prima facie” case of protectionism and that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was a possible venue for tackling them. However, due to the WTO’s protracted negotiations to secure a new world trade agreement, he would not rush to file a complaint.
“It’s not something of major momentum,” Mr McCreevy said. There have been no face-to-face talks about the issue with Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner, he added.
US pressure on the industry continues. The US Justice Department recently demanded information from some of the world’s biggest investment banks as part of the investigation into online gambling companies such as Britain’s Partygaming.
Source: Ireland.com

Western Conference Report

NHL Western Conference Report

By Dan The Man Leach
WagerWeb.com Contributing Writer

It has been a truly exciting season in the NHL so far, and as we enter the second half of the season, let’s take a look top 5 teams in the Western Conference. These are the teams I feel will be there in the end fighting for Lord Stanley’s Cup, as well as couple of sleepers that could make a lot of noise come playoff
time.

1. Nashville (71 points, 1st place Central Division): Could this be the Predators’ year? Many people thinks so as the former late-1990s expansion team is fast becoming a power in the Western Conference. The leadership of Paul Kariya has been key as he has 53 points, most on the team heading into the second half. WagerWeb.com lists the Preds as +800 to win the Stanley Cup.

2. Anaheim Ducks (68 points, 1st place, Pacific Division): With some of the best goaltending in the league, the Ducks are a team that can shut an opponent down and in a hurry. The play of the forwards will be a key come playoff time. The Ducks know they can stay in games with their defense and goaltending, and that is truly dangerous in today’s NHL. WagerWeb.com lists the Ducks as the favorites to win the Cup at
+350.

3. Calgary Flames (Co-1st place, 56 points, Northwest Division): The Stanley Cup finalists from a few years ago are catching fire, no pun intended, and have been playing great defense heading into the break. The second half will be key for the Flames to dominate more as a balanced team instead of one-dimensional at times. WagerWeb.com lists the Flames as +1500 to win the Cup.

4. Detroit Red Wings (65 points, 2nd place, Central Division): The Wings no longer have Steve Yzerman, but they have Nick Lidstrom and some of the best young talent in the league in Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg. Dominik Hasek is capable of winning a Cup by standing on his head, but has been inconsistent at times this year and will need to go into the second half confident and, most important,
healthy. WagerWeb.com lists the Wings as +900 to win the Cup.

5. San Jose Sharks (64 points, 2nd place, Pacific Division): The Sharks have been too up and down for their liking, but when they are up they are a team that can control the blue line and shut the other team down with great defense. WagerWeb.com lists the Sharks as +800 to win the Cup.

SLEEPERS

Dallas Stars: This team has the depth and leadership to make a run.

Vancouver Canucks: One of the NHL’s best offensive teams can be very dangerous when it gets hot, plus the Canucks have
Roberto Luongo in net.

Washinton State Making Step in the Right Direction?

Washington State Representative Chris Strow and his House Bill 1243, believe that online gambling in the United States should be legal in the privacy of your own home.
In 2006, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was signed into law by President George Bush, which makes online gambling conducted in the United States a Class C Felony.
Chris Strow plans to change this law after introducing House Bill 1243 to correct what he considers an inappropriate penalty for an activity responsible adults should be allowed to do in the privacy of their own home.
Strow said, “While I do see the need for protecting our citizens from online gambling that may be scamming innocent victims, I do think that there is also a level of accountability, as an adult, to do as he or she chooses in his or her own home.”
“Most certainly choosing to gamble, or play a game of skill such as poker, should not have been made a crime equivalent to possessing child pornography or threatening the Governor,” he added.
Strow made a plea for state residents to call and write to the Chairman of the House Commerce and Labor Committee, Representative Steve Conway, to ask him to schedule a hearing for House Bill 1243.
Source: Online Casino

Monday Computer Trends

Monday, January 29, 2007

Computer trends from the various databases used by the OffshoreInsiders.com elite
handicappers.

NBA

·       
Denver
over 14-4 on non-conference games this year

·       
Memphis
over 17-5 if they lost at least 15 of their last 20 games

·       
Minnesota
over 12-2 in January

·       
Philadelphia
8-0 road with a total in the 180s this year

·       
Sacramento
2-11 after 2 straight games giving up 10 or less offensive rebounds

·       
New Orleans
8-1 their last nine games

 

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Hawaii
1-11 off consecutive unders

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Pittsburgh
9-3 to Big East


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Sunday, January 28, 2007

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Ohio-Ball State

Press Notes

The Ohio men’s
basketball squad (13-6, 4-2 MAC) will travel to take on Ball
State
(6-13, 2-4 MAC). This is the
only meeting this year between Ohio
and Ball State.
All-Time: Ohio holds a 36-29 edge
in the all-time series between the two programs.

Wisconsin-Iowa

Press Notes

Iowa (11-9,
3-3) plays the first of three games in seven days when it hosts #2/3 Wisconsin
(20-1, 6-0). With the 79-63 win over Penn State,
Iowa
improved its home winning streak in
Big Ten Conference games to 12 straight. Iowa
has won 28 of its last 29 home games in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Wisconsin
is ranked second by the Associated Press and third in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. This marks Wisconsin’s
highest ranking of the season. Iowa
has posted a 1-2 record while facing three ranked opponents this season. Iowa
lost to 10th-ranked Alabama 72-60 in the semi-finals of the Paradise
Jam, defeated 24th-ranked Michigan State 62-60 Jan. 4 in Iowa City
and lost to seventh-ranked Ohio State 82-63 Jan. 20 in Columbus. Under Steve
Alford, Iowa is 2-5 when playing
teams ranked among the top three in the nation. That includes a 1-3 mark vs.
No. 1, a 1-1 record vs. No. 2 and a 0-1 record vs. No. 3.

Tennessee-Kentucky

Press Notes

The Vols are looking to bounce
back from a 83-69 loss at Ole Miss Wednesday night. UT
held a 10-point halftime lead but the Rebels shot 59.4 percent from the field
in the second half to take the win. The Vols
finishing are a stretch where they have played five of six games on the road.
The stretch began with three consecutive road games (at Vanderbilt, at Ohio
State
and at Auburn)
before UT returned home to play South Carolina
on Jan. 20. Tennessee returned to
the road Wednesday, Jan. 24, when they visited Ole Miss and now travel to Kentucky.
UT will return home Jan. 31 to host Georgia
before hitting the road again when the Vols visit
top-ranked Florida Feb. 3. UT has
dropped four of its last five games. Each of those four losses has come on the
road and three of them were decided by three points or less. Tennessee
is leading the SEC and ranks eighth in the nation with 82.4 points per game.
Chris Lofton, the SEC’s leading scorer with 21.5 points per game, is out
indefinitely after suffering an ankle injury Jan. 20 against South
Carolina
. The All-America guard missed his first
career game Wednesday, Jan. 24, when he did not play against Ole Miss.

Massachusetts-Charlotte

Charlotte Observer

Maybe the comforts of home will give the 49ers some
assistance in Sunday’s showdown with the Minutemen. Charlotte
is 5-2 at home this season with losses to North Texas
and Saint Joseph’s.

Virginia-Clemson

Daily Progress

UVa fans have been getting a real
show out of the Cavaliers’ starting backcourt of senior shooting guard J.R. Reynolds and junior point guard Sean Singletary. Since
returning from a disastrous road trip to San Juan
before Christmas, Reynolds and Singletary have combined to average 46 points
per game over the last eight contests. Singletary has averaged 23.9 per game,
Reynolds 22.1 over that span. That’s what it may require for the Cavaliers to
tame the Tigers, coming off a heart-wrenching, last-second loss at Duke on
Thursday night. Clemson bounced back strong from its earlier loss to North
Carolina
with an impressive home performance,
something the Cavaliers will have to contend with on Sunday afternoon at
Littlejohn Coliseum. Considering that Clemson ranks ninth in the ACC in both
field-goal percentage defense and 3-point percentage defense, it at least
leaves the notion that it could be another one of those 40-plus point nights
for the Cavalier backcourt.

DePaul-West Virginia

Scout.com

When viewing the Blue Demons schedule before this season
began it was plain to see that this week would be the toughest for the DePaul
Blue Demons. With back-to-back road games at Georgetown
and West Virginia, it was obvious
that the Blue Demons would be in for a tough challenge this week. At the WVU Coliseum, the Mountaineers are undefeated at 10-0 this
season and are 23-2 over the last two years. While WVU
has struggled on the road in Big East play, they are awfully tough to beat at
home.

LSU-Georgia

RedandBlack.com

With a win against the Wildcats, Georgia
(12-6, 4-2 SEC) has to get ready for a Sunday battle with No. 21 LSU (13-6, 2-3). The team is now in a tie with Kentucky
and Vanderbilt for second place in the SEC East. Wednesday’s home sell-out was Georgia’s
first since last February’s Tennessee
game. An SEC opponent such as LSU (the Tigers played
in last season’s Final Four) should bring the fans back in droves on Sunday.
The Tigers are coming off a 64-53 loss at home Wednesday to a resurgent
Vanderbilt squad. This is almost the same LSU team
that gave Georgia
their worst loss last season, an 81-52 drubbing in Baton
Rouge
, La.


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Saturday News and Notes

Saturday, January 27, 2007

The latest industry
news including the War of Gambling at
CasinoBettingNews.com Here are news and
notes from
OffshoreInsiders.com private clipboard. They are compiled from hometown newspapers
and the team’s own press releases.

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Texas Tech-Missouri

Press
Notes

Texas Tech (15-5,
4-1) and
Missouri (12-6, 1-4) are meeting for the fifteenth time
since the series began on
December 5, 1955. Each team has won seven games. Texas Tech
holds a 5-1 edge when the teams have played in
Lubbock. Missouri has a 4-2 margin in Columbia and has a 2-0 lead on neutral courts. Last
season, the Red Raiders won in
Lubbock 73-55.

George Washington-Rhode Island

Press
Notes

It’s a match-up of
first- and second-place teams as second-place GW
(5-1) faces first-place URI (6-1) today in the only regular-season meeting this
season and the 25th time in series history. GW
is coming off a 74-65 victory over
Saint Joseph’s Wednesday at Smith Center for its 24th straight home victory. The Colonials have
won 22 of their last 23 A-10 games. GW also has won 32 of its last 36 regular-season games and
its 24-game home winning streak at
Charles E. Smith Athletic
Center
ranks behind only three teams nationally. (We
point up their home streak as many top cappers consider home/road “splits” or
dichotomy).
Rhode
Island

(13-8, 6-1) is coming off a 75-72 victory over UMass
Wednesday at home.

St.
John’s-Pittsburgh

Press
Notes

Winning eight of its
last nine games, Pitt enters the contest ranked No. 9 in both the Associated
Press and ESPN/USA Today coaches polls. The Panthers
are 12-1 at home on the season. Pitt has won 35 of its last 41 Big East home
games and is 30-6 against Big East opponents in the
Petersen Events
Center
. Pitt owns a 16-33 all-time record vs. St. John’s. It has won three consecutive games vs. the Red
Storm at home including a 2-0 record in the
Petersen Events
Center
. Pitt has limited six of seven Big East opponents,
eight of its last nine opponents and 18 of its 21 total opponents under 70
points. Under Jamie Dixon, Pitt has held opponents to 70 points or less in 99
of his 119 career games.

Temple-Duquesne

Press
Notes

Duquesne (6-11, 2-4),
which snapped a five-game home losing streak and doubled last season’s win
total with a 93-89 victory over Dayton on Wednesday, returns to action to host
Temple (7-11, 1-4).
Temple leads the overall series 35-12, including a
13-7 advantage in games played at
Pittsburgh. Duquesne snapped an eight-game series losing
streak with a 61-54 win over the Owls in
Pittsburgh on Jan. 8, 2003. Temple has won the past three meetings. Duquesne,
which began the season with seven scholarship players, is currently competing
with eight. of the 10 total players on the current
active roster, just one is over 6-6.

Mississippi-Vanderbilt

Press
Notes

The Commodores also
recorded back-to-back road wins over ranked opponents for the first time in
school history when they topped
Kentucky and LSU in the past
week. The Commodores (14-6, 4-2 Southeastern
Conference) have won three consecutive games—all against ranked opponents—to
find themselves in a three-way tie for second place in the SEC’s Eastern
Division heading into the weekend. Vanderbilt leads the overall series 68-38
overall, including a 45-7 advantage in
Nashville. The Commodores won last year’s meeting 77-62
in
Oxford on March 1.

Southern Miss-Memphis

Press Notes

Southern Miss looks to snap a six-game losing streak to Memphis
when they travel north to take on the No. 11-ranked Tigers. The Golden Eagles
(13-5, 3-2) enter the game having won two straight games, including an 83-72
decision at home over East Carolina, Wednesday. Southern
Miss, though, looks to snap a five-game losing streak in Memphis.
The last Golden Eagle victory in Memphis
came on Dec. 27, 2000, in
a 75-67 triumph over the Tigers. UM (16-3, 6-0), C-USA’s league leader, won
this season’s earlier meeting this season between the two teams, 75-62, in
Hattiesburg two weeks ago. The Tigers currently are riding an eight-game
winning streak, which includes a 72-59 home win over Tulsa,
Wednesday. Chris Douglas-Roberts, who led the Tigers in Hattiesburg
with 19 points, has been out with a high ankle sprain and has not played in the
last two games. Douglas-Roberts leads UM in scoring at
14.8 points per contest.

TCU-Wyoming

Press Notes

Wyoming
leads the all-time series 4 games to 3 and has won two straight meetings. The
Cowboys won the two games last year by a total of just six points. Five of the
seven contests have been decided by five points or less. TCU
is 0-2 in Laramie, as the Cowboys
have a two-point win and a three-point overtime victory over the Frogs in their
arena. TCU currently is in a season-long four-game
losing streak after matching a season best with three consecutive victories.
After holding 10 consecutive opponents to 70 points or less, three of TCU’s last four foes have surpassed the 70-point mark.
Opponents have averaged 74.0 points per game over the last five games after
scoring just 53.5 over the previous six games.
From Nov. 24 through Jan. 6, the Horned Frogs limited 10 consecutive
teams to 70 or under. It was the first time a Frog team accomplished that feat
since the 1986-87 season, when TCU held 13 opponents
in a row under that total (Jan. 7-Feb. 21, 1987). TCU shot 48.2
percent (41-of-85) from the floor during the team’s 2-0 start to league play,
but has made just 36.7 percent (79-of-215) of its shots in its four consecutive
losses.