{"id":16798,"date":"2020-01-28T10:06:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=16798"},"modified":"2020-01-28T10:06:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:06:11","slug":"jan-27-free-pick-nba-injuries-who-public-is-betting-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2020\/01\/jan-27-free-pick-nba-injuries-who-public-is-betting-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 27 Free Pick, NBA Injuries, Who Public is Betting On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grandmaster Sports Handicapper Joe Duffy of OffshoreInsiders.com has four free picks in college basketball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nova (-2,143) at St John\u2019s&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nova 19<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in the nation on offensive efficiency, while St. Johns 38<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;on defense&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nova 46<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;on defense. St. John\u2019s 100<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;on offensive efficiency&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Red Storm has won 2-of-3 SU in series&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Villanova Jermaine Samuels (11.1 points, 5.0 rebounds) is questionable&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Home teams that have won three or less of previous 8 yet at least 8 games over .500 463-374-20 (Red Storm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>432-337-16 if not getting more than four points<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer projections from three independent sources: Villanova 72-70; 73-71; 72-69<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pick: St. John\u2019s +2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FSU at UVA (Virginia -1, 115)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia needs signature win as on bubble&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Underdogs ranked 7<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;or higher yet underdogs to unranked team are 157-110-4 (FSU) and 21-5 last two years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First meeting many turnovers Virginia 18, FSU 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Points tough to come by for both<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia 4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in defensive efficiency, while FSU 31<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;on offense&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FSU 37<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in defensive efficiency, Virginia 236 on offense&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia slowest pace in nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer projections from three independent sources: FSU 55-54; 57-56; 57-55<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pick: Florida State<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Purdue at Rutgers (-3, 123)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rutgers No. 6 defense, Purdue 51<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;offense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;on defense, Rutgers 72<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;on offense&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hunted rather than hunter, top 25 for first time since 1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big home court edge&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer projections from three independent sources: Rutgers 58-55; 61-59; 63-58<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pick: UNDER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pitt at Duke (-16, 137)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duke 5<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;on defense, Pitt 115<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;on offense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duke 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;offense, Pitt 56<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;defense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inconsistent freshman Matthew Hurt, 6-9 big man getting into groove for Duke&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pittsburgh little depth in front court and Duke will attack inside<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Devils wear them down&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer projections from three independent sources: Duke 80-57; 77-60; 75-59<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pick: Duke -16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You get 150% in bonuses from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtbets.eu\/lp-baseball-betting?refer=137\">GTBets<\/a>, which also is one of the great online casinos off all-time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBA injuries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joel Embiid, PHI vs GS, Questionable&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jayson Tatum, BOS @ MIA, Doubtful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ricky Rubio, PHX @ DAL, Questionable&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jae Crowder, MEM vs DEN, Questionable&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biggest public consensus in term of percentage of bets: New Orleans; Villanova, Florida, Virginia Tech, Rutgers&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most lopsided bets in term of percentage of money and biggest sportsbook liabilities: Golden State, Atlanta, Cleveland UNDER; Virginia Tech, Villanova, George Mason<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharp versus square metrics AKA pros versus Joes: Memphis Grizzlies; Georgetown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biggest line moves with opening odds followed by current odds: none<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top expert pick on today\u2019s card is from Joe Duffy. JDP is 10-3 NBA. It is about to get better.&nbsp;<strong>Five NBA winners, led by two Wise Guys.<\/strong>&nbsp;Promises made, promises delivered. &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Get the picks now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandmaster Sports Handicapper Joe Duffy of OffshoreInsiders.com has four free picks in college basketball. Nova (-2,143) at St John\u2019s&nbsp; Nova 19th&nbsp;in the nation on offensive efficiency, while St. Johns 38th&nbsp;on defense&nbsp; Nova 46th&nbsp;on defense. St. John\u2019s 100th&nbsp;on offensive efficiency&nbsp; Red Storm has won 2-of-3 SU in series&nbsp; Villanova Jermaine Samuels (11.1 points, 5.0 rebounds) is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2020\/01\/jan-27-free-pick-nba-injuries-who-public-is-betting-on\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jan 27 Free Pick, NBA Injuries, Who Public is Betting On<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2072,2071,2074,2073],"class_list":["post-16798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-against-the-spread-ncaab-picks","tag-free-picks-college-basketball","tag-top-college-basketball-handicapper","tag-winning-free-bet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16799,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16798\/revisions\/16799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}