Jack’s Free Sports Picks: 1/12

Written January 12, 2009 by Jack Jones

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Free Picks for Monday

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Notre Dame +6.5 over Louisville at BetUS

The Fighting Irish will have the best player on the floor tonight, if not the better team overall. They’ll need everything that Luke Harandody has if they want to walk out of Louisville with a Big East victory. Harangody is the defending Big East Player of the Year, and he’s making his case to win the award yet against his season. He’s averaging 24.5 points and 12.7 rebounds per game while shooting 50.2 percent from the floor. Harangody should get help from Keyle McAlarney (16.5 ppg), Tory Jackson (11.8 ppg), and Ryan Ayers (11.5 ppg), but it’s obvious that the Irish will rely mostly on their big man to pour in points and grab rebounds. Other than Harangody, these teams are fairly evenly matched. Give a slight bump for Louisville playing on their home court, but give the Irish the betting edge with one of the elite players in the nation on the court.

Utah Jazz -10.5 at Bookmaker

Utah boasts one of the best home records in the NBA at 15-4 this season, but what’s impressive to me is that, despite being heavily favored on their home court, they are 12-7 against the spread in their 19 home games this year. The Pacers are on the 5th game of a five-game road trip, so expect them to be worn out after consecutive games against the Nuggets, Suns, Lakers, and Warriors. On the trip, Indiana is just 1-3 so far, increasing their road loss total to 15 on the season compared to just 6 wins. The Jazz have won 3 of the last 4 in the series and their last two meetings with the Pacers have been dominating wins by 22 points in each contest. Indiana just doesn’t have it together this year, especially on the defensive end of the court where they are allowing 106.7 points per game. They do have a viable scoring threat in Danny Granger, but their poor play on the defensive end pretty much negates anything he’s able to accomplish. Jazz roll tonight in Salt Lake City.

Free Pick Records:

CBB: 14-9
NBA: 2-3
NHL: 1-0
CFB: 3-1
NFL: 4-0

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