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00:00to college basketball. It is feast week, which means we get
00:06some top 25 tilts and we've got a couple of dandies on this
00:11Friday. Top 20 tilt for both Duke and Arizona. Both teams
00:17suffering a defeat last week. Zona on the road in Madison
00:21against Wisconsin. Duke, of course, in the Champions
00:24Classic in Atlanta against Kentucky. They square off
00:29tonight. Arizona, a very, very slight favorite in Tucson,
00:33laying a point and a half.
00:36Yeah, and I like Duke in this one here. I like, I like the
00:40scoring opportunities that they have. I do think this thing
00:43will fly over the total as well, Ben, as we know, the pace will
00:47certainly and the possessions will be there for both these
00:51teams. But I do think Duke when it comes down to it, will will
00:55make a few more important shots in this one. I'll take the over
00:59160 and a half, but I'll definitely take Duke on the
01:02money line.
01:03Yeah, I would agree with that as well. Joe, we've got a matchup
01:07with the two teams that won in Baja Mars Classic yesterday,
01:11Tennessee hammering Virginia by 22 and a cover, of course, Baylor
01:15out of nowhere down by five in the final 10 seconds of dope
01:19double overtime, Jeremy Roach, that game winning three as time
01:23expired. The ball's now a four and a half point favorite. Well,
01:27Rick Pitino have the Johnnies up and ready to go against UVA to
01:31bounce back I 80 rivalry, Creighton and Nebraska. Bad day
01:35to be a J skirt in the corn Husker State, Wisconsin and UCF
01:40who already has a win against power conference foes this year
01:43that be an A&M on opening night, the Joe Ranieri Bowl, Miami and
01:49home state, Ranieri. What do you like in that one?
01:53Well, yeah, they both blew yesterday and cost me nothing
01:56but money. Oklahoma State can't play defense. And Miami looked
02:01about as uninterested as I've seen them. I do think they'll
02:05turn that around. Do not be shocked at this game goes flying
02:08band and I mean flying over the total there. Oklahoma State
02:13Miami.
02:14How about those Drake Bulldogs Ben McCollum know the name
02:18Northwest Missouri State Division two four time national
02:22champ. Now a perfect four no with a great Drake team that is
02:26always a mid major to pay attention to in the Missouri
02:29Valley. I'll tell you another game. I like some points. Iowa
02:33Utah State tonight in KC over 168 and a half NBA Cup into the
02:39NFL week 12 pick six. We do it all on a Friday on the early
02:42line. Before we get back fully into a football Friday just some
02:47NBA Cup action you need to know on night number four of group
02:51play in the end season competition. We've got five
02:54games or excuse me four games out in the Eastern Conference
02:57for in the Western Conference. The oddsmakers still expecting
03:01Philadelphia to show something despite having the NBA's worst
03:05record at two and 12 and only three covers to show for it this
03:10year. The Sixers a six point favorite against a really good
03:13cover team in the Brooklyn Nets. Milwaukee is one four to five.
03:17They're a five point favorite against the Pacers. Washington
03:20also at the bottom of the Eastern Conference alongside
03:24Philadelphia, Boston, huge win in East Group C handed the Cavs
03:29their first loss of the season. On Tuesday, the C's a 15 and a
03:33half point road favorite in the nation's capital, the Atlanta
03:36Hawks and the Chicago Bulls about a point and a half spread
03:40in favor of the Hawks in the Windy City.
03:43Yeah, I forget Philadelphia, how they are even a favorite of six
03:48is great on me, Ben. This is a team that obviously doesn't like
03:54one another. They have no experience playing with one
03:56another. That was the first time the big three actually played
03:59with one another. And what did they do against the depleted
04:02Memphis team? They got absolutely boat raced here.
04:05They're one in five at home. I have no idea why they'd be
04:09laying more than two buckets against anybody. Yeah, I'm good.
04:13I'll I'll take the points with Brooklyn tonight.
04:17The Nets have been a sensational underdog this year, eight, two
04:20and one against the spread. When you look at that number as
04:25well, Joe, it is dropping, reflecting what we are saying
04:28four and a half point spread now only in favor of Philadelphia,
04:32the Hawks and the Bulls playing in an NBA Cup game, by the way,
04:36with a total of 246. Now let's head out to the Western
04:41Conference. The Rockets have been a really good team this
04:43year. 12 point favorite against the Blazers team, often an
04:47underdog who has not been bad against the number as a dog this
04:51year, Portland nine, five and one against the spread. That's
04:5515 games as a dog. I believe Portland has played all 15 games
05:00as the underdog. Indeed, the Clippers at home, they've won
05:04six straight, a couple outright as an underdog. The Pelicans
05:08are really struggling this year. It's been a disastrous season
05:11in a big easy Golden State lay in double digits on the road in
05:15NOLA. The Nuggets three point home favorite against the Mavs
05:19NBA Cup action where I believe Denver won on Tuesday without
05:24Nicola Jokic for a third consecutive game.
05:27Yeah, they did. They ended up beating Memphis who had beaten
05:31them the game prior without them as well. But they got back in a
05:35big way there. Now we've got some issues with Donchik. It
05:39appears in Dallas might be missing a few games. So boy, oh
05:44boy, that's going to be interesting. I believe the birth
05:46of his of his child is why the Joker is missed. I believe he
05:50might be back for this one here tonight.
05:53A game time decision. Great program. And that is the status
05:57for Nicola Jokic who has missed three straight games. Of course,
06:01the Joker doing what he does better than anybody that is
06:04averaging a triple double at this moment nearly 30 points 14
06:08boards and 12 dimes per game leads the NBA by the way in both
06:11rebounds and assists so far this season.