Traveling to play in Davidson, N.C will be the SUNY Fredonia Blue Devils. Hold on...lets have that sink in.........
Okay its not a lie...SUNY Fredonia Blue Devils vs Davidson Wildcats. This is not an exhibition game or a pre-season contest. Davidson has just destroyed their R.P.I ranking and Strength of Schedule. Not only have they decided to not play the worst DI team in the nation, they by passed any DII squads like the power house LeMoyne, and have gone to a DIII squad. A DIII squad in the SUNYAC league, that has a logo that may have been drawn by a 4th grader. The same team that yours truly once had a uniform and warmed up for, and cheered on the bench for.
Now FSU I have to imagine gets absolutely blown out, but I know nothing about the squad. Preliminary look at the roster shows some color and promise from years past. Is there going to be a spread for this game? Obviously Vegas will have to do some serious researching and trending for this game and set the line @ Davidson -20? Davidson -30? Davidson -40? Is there a high enough number that will shake you off.
Does Fredonia just play tough and get their moment in the sun taking down a D1 school of notoriety? You got to bet there will be some sport center clips of this game if its an upset, worst case scenario SUNY Fredonia gets a mention on the bottom line scroll, which is a victory in its self. And who does Coach Moore (Blue Devils Coach) know to get this game scheduled. Does he just make a random call to coach McKillop and say "Hey, wanna play my team at home."
Does Fredonia just play tough and get their moment in the sun taking down a D1 school of notoriety? You got to bet there will be some sport center clips of this game if its an upset, worst case scenario SUNY Fredonia gets a mention on the bottom line scroll, which is a victory in its self. And who does Coach Moore (Blue Devils Coach) know to get this game scheduled. Does he just make a random call to coach McKillop and say "Hey, wanna play my team at home."
Is SUNY Fredonia receiving some serious cash from Davidson for making the trip. Usually schools will pay smaller schools to come and get an whooping. Will this game even be able to be tracked on Yahoo or CBSsportsline? Will it actually have player names for Fredonia or will the box score just have player 1 (2 pts) player 2 (4 pts)?
As one of the two-three foremost experts on Fredonia St. basketball lines (and baseball and women's volleyball, etc etc) I would expect heavy action on the Davidson side regardless of the opener. Books could probably get away with setting a line over 50+. In fact, it would probably have to be 50+. Sharp action will be on the Fred St. side as they will slow the game down into a grinding 55-12 loss.
ReplyDeleteExcellent point on the state trackers. Definitely won't be any but the score will scroll through the bottomline. You see it throughout the year here and there, some ridiculous score usually Michigan 107 Pewch University 34...and everyone thinks, who the Hell is Pewch University? Now everyone will say, who the hell is this pewch Fred St squad that only hung 12 points on Davidson?
Wow I am laughing my ass off so hard right now. How does Fredonia get this game? This could call for a roadtrip over to Davidson to support the alma mater! hahahahhahahaha
ReplyDeleteTrue story this is a real contest? If so, hypothetically could u imagine the story-Davidson on the bubble, not getting into the dance because of this pewch hit in RPI and SOS from this game in November? And in all seriousness the play is Devils at anything greater than +39.5
ReplyDeleteBoth teams play at a relatively slow pace, Fred St painfully slow. Coop might be the best athlete on the floor in this game, the obvious trouble will be containing the brother of 2009 stiff of the yr award winner Ryan Rossiter, Steven Rossiter, with a frontline of birdman and valenta. Even with 25 extra possessions i think davidson lacks the firepower to blow away this sry fred st squad.
ReplyDeleteAs for every fred st gm, there must be a Saunders prop.
Total Pts vs Total Turnovers-both sides -120.
Total FT attempts vs Missed #pt FGs- both sides -120.
-120 Thats a lotta cheese dorian
ReplyDeleteI know who I want booking my action...
ReplyDeleteDavidson ranked 39th in the nation in average possessions per game last year...25th if you adjust...over 70 possessions per...
Unless they slow it way down without Steph..
Though I will say, Fred St might average the lowest amount of possessions per game in D 1, 2 or 3.
Saunders more turnovers at -120 would be the largest bet of my gambling career.
That free throw attempts vs. missed 3's is for action fiends only.
-120 is makin up for the juiceless lines i gave u last yr.
ReplyDeleteid love to take missed 3pt heaves at any price
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