What is a Gaucho??

30-33-1, +0.25 units YTD, 1-2 yesterday ...

I cannot answer that question but I am taking the UCSB Gauchos -9.5 over Portland Pilots.

Santa-Barbera has not had an especially great start, their best win by 3 over Seattle at a neutral, but this is a team returning a lot of key guys who are projected to battle Cal Irvine for the Big West title. They beat Portland by 41 last year ... for what that's worth.

Portland, projected to finish last in the 12-team WCC, has been non-competitive on the road. In their 3 road games, they lost by 37 to Wyoming, 22 to Stanford and 25 at Oregon last Wednesday. They did beat Kent State at home, but they will be back in enemy territory tonight and I don't see it going well. 0.5 units.

That's going to be it for today. Don't like this slate of games at all.

A cowboy of the South American pampas is what Google has on a Gaucho.

Ok then...

@rangersmets

 Yeh, I actually agree with this pick when it opened at -10.5, sticking with it though.

good luck.

Good luck rangersmets 

I did a little write up about when they played last year  40 pt win on the road by UCSB got some of their better players back too  both teams bad trends so , both teams shoot well. Portland a little better, UCSB better rebounding  UCSB mush better in assist  and assist to turnover ratio, and they do not turn it over a lot at home avg 10 a game and partland averaging 16 on the road, UCSB shooting the 3 at home at 40%, and they shoot much better at home averaging 88 a game, Portland 65 pts away  

@RUM151

 Appreciate it brother. It's not a slam-dunk play by any stretch, but I didn't see a lot else out there today. I just don't know how some of these teams are gonna play over the holidays. It's kind of hit and miss. We'll see what happens. 

 Best of luck 

RM......