Saturday, April 4, 2009

April 4th - Pure Profets Play of the Day

We have been handicapping these Final Four match-ups all week for you and have the winner ready.

Michigan State Spartans vs. Connecticut Huskies

Somehow Michigan State is still being overlooked even after a great tournament run and another phenomenal coaching job of Tom Izzo. The Spartans defense has been strong all season and even stronger in the tourney holding 3 of 4 teams under 62 points, including holding the high powered Louisville offense to only 52! Coach Izzo has been even better against the Big East style of play winning his last 6 tournament games vs. the powerful conference. This team has been super motivated to get to the Final Four for the chance to play basically a home game at Ford Field in Detroit. With the crowd expected to be fired up for ‘their’ team we don’t see that motivation slowing down now.

Connecticut is a great team, no doubt. Future NBA players Hasheem Thabeet and A.J Price have played hard and looked great. The tournament has taken its toll on this team with Jerome Dyson out with a hurt knee, Thabeet playing with a bad finger, and Jeff Adrien nursing a knee injury as well. The UConn might not be able to keep up their usual style of play with these injuries as well as a staunch defense by Mich. St.

Here are a few Pure Profets Trends for you to live by:

Spartans are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 non-conference games.
Spartans are 23-8-1 ATS in their last 32 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
Huskies are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 Saturday games.

This should be a great game with defense leading the way. With those factors in place you have to take the points and the Michigan State Spartans.

PURE PROFETS PLAY OF THE DAY IS MICHIGAN STATE + 4 1/2

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

April 1 - Pure Profets Play of the Day

Another big win last night with Portland. Easy cover. Tonight’s card looks a little tough. Not many good games on the board. In times like this we have always been successful finding a line that is too big based on early season play and take the big points with a dog playing well lately.

Charlotte Bobcats @ Boston Celtics

Don’t look now but the Bobcats have been playing well as of late winning their last 3 including a big double digit win over the Lakers last night. The hungry Bobcats continue their drive to be in the postseason. Charlotte has won six of its last eight games and without doubt will give the Celtics a tough fight tonight. Charlotte has been an undervalued team in the linesmakers eyes all season posting an ATS record of 44-29-1 this year. Coach Larry Brown has a knack for getting his teams to play well at the end of the season especially when the team is viewed as a big dog. Charlotte upset Boston 114-106 as a 9.5-point home dog in January, and Charlotte is 11-2 ATS its last 13 vs. the Celtics since the 2005 season.

The Celtics have the Eastern Atlantic division and their playoff spot locked up already and has been playing a little lackadasical of late. Kevin Garnett is shut down for the season and the Celtics do not have that good a defense without him in the middle. Expect Boston to give their stars some rest as the season draws to a close.

This will be a tighter game than the bookmakers think and Charlotte will keep it close as they continue their end of the season surge. A good showing here would mean a lot to this team. We will take the big points and enjoy a close game.

Here are a couple of our famous Pure Profets trends for you to consider:

Underdog is 12-0 ATS in the last 12 meetings between these teams.
Bobcats are 11-3 ATS in their last 14 vs. Eastern Conference.
Bobcats are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games following a S.U. win.
Celtics are 2-9 ATS in their last 11 home games.


PURE PROFETS PLAY IS CHARLOTTE +9

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