thursday

inventa kursk women +7 -120 (euro cup)

bourges basket women -3.5 -120 (euroleague)

san jose ldb -3.5 -150 (brazil ldb)

good luck everybody 

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well everybody that wasn't the best day 1-2. the game that was won with bourges basket wasn't that good even though they covered because I usually like to play some inplay also. the inventa kursk game was just bad I know usually they tend to fault a bit in the first half and then come on stronger but the fourth quarter was disappointing. the last game even though it lost by half a point on a last second three was pretty good for the inplay as sao jose got down by ten early they were offering +6.5 -120 at half and up to +400 to win the half which they did and again they got off to a slow start in the third quarter and were offering + odds to win. on the whole didn't really gain or lose but trying to take my time as I really don't like giving bad advice. I guess things just a work in progress but slow and steady trying to find good values. basketball is my favourite sport to gamble on although sometimes I will foray into soccer strictly by the half or hockey or football the odd time. anyways good luck with everybodys picks. I gotta go to work

From what I have seen Shugow, you know your basketball very well. When do the leagues usually start and finish? I am very interested in womens basketball, I find that the women (people might laugh) play harder than men most times and actually still play defense. Was looking into the Euro Leagues because plenty of the college and WNBA girls head to Europe during the off-season. I know the Russian League is very one-sided, with big money teams ruining that league but Turkey seems to be the next place the WNBA stars go to. Do you know much about these leagues?

almost all leagues run from october to march with saturday usually being the busiest day. you're right russian womens basketball dominated by two teams ummc ekateringburg and dynamo kursk. it has been this way for at least three years. I would say ekateringburg this year is the best team in europe bar none. turkish league from the way I see it has an upper and lower tier of about four or five each. fenerbahce and hatay are up there. botas and besiktas and galatasaray are good. it is a very competitive league between the teams. only istanbul universities gets dominated. strangly one of the best teams both in turkey and within europe disbanded and their players scattered (that being yakin dogu universities) smh cause they were good. a lot of these teams compete well outside their league. france I find interesting as they usually compete well outside their league as well. three teams that have been developing nicely within their leagues are napoli in italy and gernika bizkaia in spain and lyon in france going good. not the best overall but making steady strides. it still early is the seasons so it will be interesting. for a lot of players from north america these leagues provide an opportunity not available so much in america or canada especially on the womens side. but I can also appreciate developing local talent as well. 

Shugow and Aussie...i appreciate both of you guys when it comes to your international hoops capping...i humbly invite you to join my ongoing thread here:

https://www.covers.com/forum/ViewThread/103274169/international-hoops-season-long-chat---hosted-by-the-peoples-champ-featuring-experts-bigd-and-drudowns-with-many-ongoing-guest-stars

I mainly look for ingame wagering opportunites, but having your pregame reads on certain games which catch your eyes can always help point me and many others who lurk my thread towards profitting on daytime basketball.

Hope to see you guys more often...these lines are sometimes as soft as possible when compared to the major north american leagues of nba and ncaam.