Terps get Colorado today at 6:30 down in Puerto Rico in the 2nd round of the Stay Thirsty My Friends Classic. I will be on the road most of the day so as of this post, there is no line yet. I will try hard to come back in from my phone once the lines are up to firm up my plays but wanted to start the thread and make some comments.
The Terps looked awful last night in getting manhandled by a Tide team that plays good defense but honestly looked pretty average offensively. That team will have to win alot of games playing nasty assed D. The Terps couldn't get anything going on the offensive end and Turgeon said they looked "very selfish" offensively. Selfish.....like "Fuck this, it's my turn to throw up some bricks?" Yes, that might have been the worst shit I have seen out of my boys in a long, long time and I go back to pre-Bias with Maryland basketball.
I think things were so bad offensively yesterday that they cannot get too much worse. Colorado won't play that level of defense and hopefully, the Terps won't shoot under .200 for the first half. I think there is a major storm brewing between the head coach and Stogs. The kid had a very good freshman year but he plays out of control often times and is very selfish. That isn't sitting well with Turgeon as evidenced by Stogs coming off the bench against UNCW. It will be interesting to see how long Stogs will be allowed to play so self centered as I know he has to be frustrated with Pe'Shon being hurt and having to play the 1 and the 2 off and on.
We are going to suck for a while on the offensive end, perhaps all year. We honestly don't have anyone who is a scorer outside of Stogs when he gets hot. Mosley is experienced but not a scorer. Faust is a freshman and may have games where he goes for 14 pts or something but outside of that, literally we don't have shot. So we will have to play good defense and that's not happening right now either. The other team playing ugly doesn't mean you played great defense. The rebounding was poor last light outside of Pankey who was a nice suprise. Colorado got beat to deatah on the baords by Witchita St so this should be about even on the boards tonight. I expect the Terps to come out more fired up with a game under their belt, a pissed off coach who AT LEAST wants them to rebound and defend and the fear of losing two in a row.
I think tonights line will be something like Colorado 3-5 and maybe 129-133 for a total. I'd lean under and the Terps if that is the case but we will just have to see the lines before I commit to any plays. My play on the Terps at the number would be based primarily on the motivational angle of playing a very mediocre opponent and needing to get past that shit of last night. We aren't deep at all with only 7 scholarship players so with this being our third game in about five nights, fatigue could become an issue in the second half and will defintely be an angle Sunday in the 3rd round. This Terp team may surprise some people this year and getting Len and Pe'Shon back in late December/early January will be a huge boost but for now, things are so out of sync and the season is so early that I don't see any suprises coming on the horizon. Best hope tonight is that they play energetic D, rebound much better and someone can actaully throw it in the ocean offensively.
Terps get Colorado today at 6:30 down in Puerto Rico in the 2nd round of the Stay Thirsty My Friends Classic. I will be on the road most of the day so as of this post, there is no line yet. I will try hard to come back in from my phone once the lines are up to firm up my plays but wanted to start the thread and make some comments.
The Terps looked awful last night in getting manhandled by a Tide team that plays good defense but honestly looked pretty average offensively. That team will have to win alot of games playing nasty assed D. The Terps couldn't get anything going on the offensive end and Turgeon said they looked "very selfish" offensively. Selfish.....like "Fuck this, it's my turn to throw up some bricks?" Yes, that might have been the worst shit I have seen out of my boys in a long, long time and I go back to pre-Bias with Maryland basketball.
I think things were so bad offensively yesterday that they cannot get too much worse. Colorado won't play that level of defense and hopefully, the Terps won't shoot under .200 for the first half. I think there is a major storm brewing between the head coach and Stogs. The kid had a very good freshman year but he plays out of control often times and is very selfish. That isn't sitting well with Turgeon as evidenced by Stogs coming off the bench against UNCW. It will be interesting to see how long Stogs will be allowed to play so self centered as I know he has to be frustrated with Pe'Shon being hurt and having to play the 1 and the 2 off and on.
We are going to suck for a while on the offensive end, perhaps all year. We honestly don't have anyone who is a scorer outside of Stogs when he gets hot. Mosley is experienced but not a scorer. Faust is a freshman and may have games where he goes for 14 pts or something but outside of that, literally we don't have shot. So we will have to play good defense and that's not happening right now either. The other team playing ugly doesn't mean you played great defense. The rebounding was poor last light outside of Pankey who was a nice suprise. Colorado got beat to deatah on the baords by Witchita St so this should be about even on the boards tonight. I expect the Terps to come out more fired up with a game under their belt, a pissed off coach who AT LEAST wants them to rebound and defend and the fear of losing two in a row.
I think tonights line will be something like Colorado 3-5 and maybe 129-133 for a total. I'd lean under and the Terps if that is the case but we will just have to see the lines before I commit to any plays. My play on the Terps at the number would be based primarily on the motivational angle of playing a very mediocre opponent and needing to get past that shit of last night. We aren't deep at all with only 7 scholarship players so with this being our third game in about five nights, fatigue could become an issue in the second half and will defintely be an angle Sunday in the 3rd round. This Terp team may surprise some people this year and getting Len and Pe'Shon back in late December/early January will be a huge boost but for now, things are so out of sync and the season is so early that I don't see any suprises coming on the horizon. Best hope tonight is that they play energetic D, rebound much better and someone can actaully throw it in the ocean offensively.
Th saving grace for the Terps could be that Colorado looked equally as bad in losing by like 9 to a lesser team than Bama. I think this game will be close and am curious to see the line on Shitfest Round 2.
Th saving grace for the Terps could be that Colorado looked equally as bad in losing by like 9 to a lesser team than Bama. I think this game will be close and am curious to see the line on Shitfest Round 2.
Nice write up, but i am a bit confused here. Let me get this straight. You are 'betting" Colorado to win, but u hope you "lose" your wager. ??? Did I get something wrong ??? GL bud.
Nice write up, but i am a bit confused here. Let me get this straight. You are 'betting" Colorado to win, but u hope you "lose" your wager. ??? Did I get something wrong ??? GL bud.
Nice write up, but i am a bit confused here. Let me get this straight. You are 'betting" Colorado to win, but u hope you "lose" your wager. ??? Did I get something wrong ??? GL bud.
The hope I am wrong is tongue in cheek as a huge Terp fan. The play is Colorado if I don't follow my heart.
Nice write up, but i am a bit confused here. Let me get this straight. You are 'betting" Colorado to win, but u hope you "lose" your wager. ??? Did I get something wrong ??? GL bud.
The hope I am wrong is tongue in cheek as a huge Terp fan. The play is Colorado if I don't follow my heart.
OK SO YOU SHOULD POUND BAMA AS A ONE POINT FAVORITE, WICHITA ST BEAT THEM IN MARCH LAST YEAR AND BAMA PLAYS 2 FROSH AND WICH HAS THERE TOP PLAYERS BACK SO HOW DO YOU FIGURE IS THERE SOME MAGICAL FORMULA YOU HAVE?
OK SO YOU SHOULD POUND BAMA AS A ONE POINT FAVORITE, WICHITA ST BEAT THEM IN MARCH LAST YEAR AND BAMA PLAYS 2 FROSH AND WICH HAS THERE TOP PLAYERS BACK SO HOW DO YOU FIGURE IS THERE SOME MAGICAL FORMULA YOU HAVE?
OK SO YOU SHOULD POUND BAMA AS A ONE POINT FAVORITE, WICHITA ST BEAT THEM IN MARCH LAST YEAR AND BAMA PLAYS 2 FROSH AND WICH HAS THERE TOP PLAYERS BACK SO HOW DO YOU FIGURE IS THERE SOME MAGICAL FORMULA YOU HAVE?
OK SO YOU SHOULD POUND BAMA AS A ONE POINT FAVORITE, WICHITA ST BEAT THEM IN MARCH LAST YEAR AND BAMA PLAYS 2 FROSH AND WICH HAS THERE TOP PLAYERS BACK SO HOW DO YOU FIGURE IS THERE SOME MAGICAL FORMULA YOU HAVE?
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