COLLEGE BASKETBALL – FEB. 21st, 2023
GARY’S UPDATED CBB TOP 10 TEAMS:
1). HOUSTON
2). UCLA
3). ALABAMA
4). ARIZONA
5). PURDUE
T6). XAVIER
T6). MARQUETTE
8). KANSAS
9). GONZAGA
10). CREIGHTON
Just missed cut: ST MARY’S, UCONN, BAYLOR
STOCK UP:
1). NORTHWESTERN: This team by far hottest team as HC Collins has kids playing loose and it’s showing.
2). TEXAS A+M: Very under rated club with one of most never talked about great HC’s Buzz Williams. This team does not get rattled and has some grown men who fully grasp Buzz’s system. I love this team. VALUE CITY!
STOCK DOWN:
1). FLORIDA: This team has never played to par all year but now with stud/best player by far Castleton out….it’s DEAD CITY…never bet this team rest of way.
2). NORTH CAROLINA: I am only adding them here because many of you novice CBB fans out there may think it’s a small slide. It’s not. They have played awful all season. I never once said “oh this is the game they snap out of their funk”. No team takes worse shots.
JEKYLL/HYDE TEAMS
1). MICHIGAN STATE: Forrest Gump box of chocolates…you never know what you are gonna get.
2). MICHIGAN: Read line above.
3). MARYLAND: World beaters at Home… on Road can’t shoot straight.
4). INDIANA: Either fantastic or awful….head scratcher.
5). IOWA: Veteran team with a superstar in Murray but roller coaster city.
Note: interesting how all 5 are in Big 10.
SNEAKY GOOD TEAMS TO WATCH (USUALLY GET VALUE ON THESE TEAMS TOO)!
1). PROVIDENCE
2). FLORIDA ATLANTIC
3). NORTH TEXAS: (In a class playing Defense with UCLA, HOUSTON and RUTGERS … books still missing on them).
4). CINCINNATI
5). DRAKE
6). EASTERN WASHINGTON
7). COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
8). BRADLEY
9). SANTA CLARA
10). TULANE
TEAMS I AM NOT HIGH ON (NOT SOLD) – MANY ARE BIG NAME BLUE BLOOD SCHOOLS (THIS YEAR I CALL THEM BAD BLOODS)
1). AUBURN: Don’t have the dogs to run the style HC Pearl wants to run.
2). ARKANSAS: Talent is there but no chemistry like last year.
3). SYRACUSE: No real scoring threats….work so hard to get hoops.
4). TENNESSEE: One of worst coached teams in nation.
5). WEST VIRGINIA: Bob Huggins team simply no real identity on either side of ball.
6). MICHIGAN STATE: Getting bit better of late but too streaky for me…they take wildest bombs ever too.
7). NORTH CAROLINA: The season still hasn’t started for the National Runner Ups. LOL
8). VILLANOVA: I hate to pile on but after 2 games I could see this new HC Neptune was in way over his head. Terrible out of timeouts with X’s and O’s and ball movement is brutal….worst part is he has some solid players and a Diaper Dandy.
9). DAYTON: Nice D but pace kills Offense mesh.
10). USC: Only play well at Home and one of the poorest coached teams in CBB.
11). WISCONSIN: This team has 3 solid players but the slow pace never allows anyone to get into a nice rythmn.
12). MISSISSIPPI STATE: Nobody implodes more in second halves….ouch!
|FINALLY COMING ON” – AND AT THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR TO START CLICKING NICELY:
1). IONA
2). DUKE
DEAD TEAMS TO AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE
1). FLORIDA
2). TULSA
3). OHIO STATE
4). CALIFORNIA
5). WASHINGTON
MOST UNDERATED CONFERENCE IN CBB = MOUNTAIN WEST
SAN DIEGO ST, NEVADA, UTAH STATE, NEW MEXICO AND BOISE STATE CALL ALL BALL OUT…ALL HAVE 3 SOLID PLAYERS AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS “NOBODY” WANTS TO PLAY ANY OF THESE IN THE DANCE.
JOE LUNARDI BRACKETS SEEDINGS THAT ARE SIMPLY BRUTAL! I DOUBT HE WATCHES CBB….HE USES A COMPUTER AND IT LOOKS LIKE STEVIE WONDER PICKED A TON OF THESE SEEDS HE MADE.
FIRST LET’S LOOK AT HIS TERRIBLE SEEDINGS:
TEXAS #2, TENNESSEE #3, IOWA STATE #3, KANSAS STATE #3 = NONE SHOULD BE ABOVE MARQUETTE #4, XAVIER #4 , GONZAGA #4, CREIGHTON #5, MIAMI #5
MEMPHIS IS WAY BETTER THAN #9
TEXAS A+M LUNARDI HAS AS AN #8, THIS TEAM IS A #5 AT WORST
LUNARDI HAS NORTH CAROLINA FIRST TEAM OUT….I HAVE 20 TEAMS HIGHER…THEY ARE (0-9) vs. QUAD 1 TEAMS….USING THIS BUFFOON’S THINKING THEY WERE IN BEFORE SEASON WITHOUT EVER WINNING A GOOD GAME ALL SEASON.
NEXT HE HAS WISCONSIN LAST TEAM IN….THIS TEAM STINKS….WORST WISKY TEAM IN YEARS.
HE HAS UTAH STATE AND NEW MEXICO BOTH OUT RIGHT NOW…BOTH THESE TEAMS CAN BALL OUT AND HAVE SUPER STUDS WHO CAN LIFT BOTH OVER ANY TOP 10 TEAM ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
FUTURES TO SCORE BIG PAYDAYS STILL:
1). HOUSTON: PART OF MY FINAL 4 RIGHT NOW (+700)
2). UCLA: PART OF MY FINAL 4 RIGHT NOW (+1400)
3). ARIZONA: PART OF MY FINAL 4 RIGHT NOW (+1400)
4). XAVIER: PART OF MY FINAL 4 RIGHT NOW (+4000)
REST:
5). MARQUETTE (+3500)
6). SAN DIEGO STATE (+8000)
7). MIAMI (+5500)
8). NEVADA (+20000)
9). NEW MEXICO (+30000)
10). CINCINNATI (+30000)
FINAL NOTE FOR THIS WEEK:
This is by far the worst overall season of College Teams I’ve seen in years. It’s a wide open race and for many fans of big name schools it’s going to be MARCH SADNESS more then MARCH MADNESS. Every single team is beatable and they all have flaws. Cinderella may hoist Title Trophy come Final 4 Monday this year as this year it’s wide open and out there for 40 different teams to take it.
Have a great week gals and guys and may all your wagers be WINNING ones!
GARY GREENE