Jan 10 Games

Cal at Oregon (-5)
Pick: Oregon
Cal on the road...not a pretty idea.

Illinois at (#?) Wisconsin (-10.5)
O/U: 123

I'm taking the over here, although I'm tempted to also take Wisconsin and give the points. You know what? I' m doing it. 2-team parlay.
Pick: Wisconsin
Pick: Over
Pick: Parlay - Wisconsin AND the Over

#4 Washington State (+2) at USC
Obviously some major news story broke that I'm not seeing. Otherwise, how does the #4 team in the country go into this game as an underdog against USC, who just got swept by Cal and Stanfurd? I don't get it. Sure, it's a road game, but...
Pick: Washington State

Final Scores
Oregon - 79 , Cal - 70 (win)
Wisconsin - 70, Illinois 60 (lost the pick, won the over, lost the parlay)
Washington State - 73, USC - 58 (win)

Comment - the two Pac-10 games were on the obvious side. Cal played a little over their head against USC last week for their win - they got scoring from guys who just aren't going to do that the whole season. Going into Oregon is tough. No one was/is really sure what to make of Oregon this year, considering they have almost all of their guys back except for Aaron Brooks. But so far out of the gate, they look pretty good. They lost at ASU (who might be better than people thought?) but beat Arizona AT Arizona, which is tough.

USC appears to be incredibly overrated. No surprise there. Unfortunately, they have a lot of talent on the roster. They could be a team that turns it on in the second half of conference play and does well in the conference tournament. With Arizona faltering, there might be more room at the top of the conference than people originally thought.

As for Wisconsin...goddamit. I lost on the spread by a lousy 0.5 point. That hurts. The over seemed like an easier call given both teams scoring and points allowed average thus far. But man...one more free throw and I've got a perfect day.

Also, I should have picked the Lousiville/West Virginia game. I must have jumped over it on the schedule. Louisville is an interesting team. Very talented, very physical, very aggressive...but also very sporadic. Not sure about those guys.

No appealing games on the 11th. We'll see what the lines are for some games on the 12th, when, amongst other games, UNC plays NC State.

Jan 10th record: 3-2
Overall: 9-6