Ok, Got my ass kicked hard on Saturday going 1-6 bringing me to 17-14 YTD. Like Homedawg, I am sick of these 1-3 point heartbreakers in the 2nd half of games. I took 2 days off to gather myself, cap some games with no plays and get some mojo back. Sucks for me, because I could’ve went 4-1 in the past 2 days. With that said, I’m jumping back in because I see some value tonight. Here goes:

***South Carolina +9 2 units. This would be a 3 unit play (my max) if USC shot better from the line but I like their 2nd chance point opportunities to offset that. Great ML opportunity but I’m taking the points. This gamecock team is playing inspired and I will keep riding them. I had this line at -4. I felt the same way about UConn last night but remained disciplined. Bad move:icon_conf.

Akron -9.5 2 units. This is my hometown team & alma mater and I’ve been following them closely. My only concern for this game was a sandwich trap and there is none. Eastern Michigan is down and just wants to get this season over with. They are bad! And Akron is coming alive at the right time and seems to be on a mission lately. EM only has one player (Bowdry) that can score and Akron will double him and dare EM players to shoot 3’s (where they shoot 28%). I had this line at -15. EM only gets about 1000 fans on avg. at home so it’s not a real HC advantage. If the Zips are covering at the half (which I think they might), I will be keeping a close eye on the 2nd half line to protect from the backdoor cover and maybe a middle. Coach Dambrot has the Zips focused on the prize and I don’t think he let’s them sleep here.

G/L to all Gooch