Expert Picks for High-Scoring Maryland vs. Colorado Game

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00:00Now would be a good time for us to dive into our Sports Millions Pick'Em.

00:06You and I, I believe, 2-0 yesterday with those, and I'm going to let you kick it off again.

00:12We got some interesting games and players to focus on here coming up tonight.

00:17What did you circle for us?

00:19Yeah, you know, generally when I do the Sports Millions, anytime you play anything along

00:24these lines, you look for higher scoring games.

00:27This way, the numbers that they average, which is what basically a lot of these numbers

00:31that they give you really are, they're not breaking down all the assignments and this

00:36and that.

00:37No, they just give you the averages, right?

00:38So look for a higher scoring game, and this way you get generally a half a point to a

00:43point, maybe two points more than what they really average.

00:45So with that in mind, I think we talked about this game, Maryland and Colorado State, Joe.

00:50I just think Maryland is the much better team.

00:53I don't think they're going to slow it down any.

00:55I don't think Colorado State is going to prevent them from scoring.

00:58So I'm thinking Maryland is going to put 80-plus on the board.

01:02So instead of going with points, I'm going to look for assists, just because I got better

01:06value.

01:07I hate that phrase, but better value.

01:09So how about Jacobin Gillespie for Maryland?

01:12He's their point guard, averages close to five points, or five assists rather, 4.9.

01:19The number they're giving you on Sports Millions is 4.5.

01:22He actually averages slightly more on the road where this game is, 5.2 assists.

01:28How's he doing recently?

01:29In a blowout win against Grand Canyon, he only had three.

01:33Throw that out.

01:34They win by 30-plus points, so you can't use those numbers.

01:38But still, that said, 4-2, getting five assists or more his last six games, and then 8-5,

01:45getting five assists in his last, check that, 9-6, getting five assists his last 15 games.

01:51So he does get more than 4.5, and there's no two ways about it.

01:55Like I said, then you throw in, it's going to be a higher-scoring game.

01:58You throw in that they're the better team, Maryland is.

02:02So rather than go with points or even points, rebounds, assists, or any of those lines we

02:08hit yesterday, let's make this two in a row.

02:10Let's go Jacobin Gillespie, Maryland, higher, 4.5 assists.

02:15Hopefully he gets this by halftime.

02:18I love it, and I love this game too for this, and I'm going to focus also on a Maryland

02:26player, and I'm going to look at the big man, Derrick Queen.

02:31And I saw his points, 16-1⁄2, and I was all over the higher end of this one here.

02:38He averages 18 points, 11 boards over his last 10 games alone, and the other one that

02:45I was looking at, Scottie, quite honestly, was the points plus rebounds, because here's

02:51a guy that is coming off a game where a blowout game, in fact, the 81-49 victory over Grand

02:58Canyon, he had 12 points, but he had 15 boards to go along with three assists and two blocks,

03:05and he still played 33 minutes in that game.

03:09So he's going to have the minutes.

03:12He's also going to be a big, big advantage for Maryland.

03:16Colorado State is not going to be able to bang around in the interior with him there.

03:22He is going to get what he wants when he wants.

03:26That's going to include, I think, rebounds.

03:29It's going to include points in the paint.

03:32They're going to feed him here all day.

03:34Again, I'm not asking for more than what he pretty much averages on the season, which

03:40is about 18 points.

03:43So for me, 16 and a half points, I am going way higher than that with Derrick Queen here

03:49tonight because, I mean, and the boards too.

03:52That would be the other one I'd look at, honestly, 26 and a half points plus rebounds.

03:57I can see a game and a plan in which he is the center of getting double-digit rebounds,

04:04not to mention double-digit points.

04:06We could easily go higher on that one as well, Scottie, in this game.

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