Dear RAS Subscriber,

Welcome to the 2006-07 RAS College Basketball Service!

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RAS Official Plays

(Recommended as 1 or 2 UNIT plays) *Two plays Friday: Cal-State Northridge (+2.5) vs Portland State - 4:30pm Pacific - Game #563-564 CSUN is coming off a disappointing 11-17 season and their leading scorer Mike Efevberha left school early which has this team flying under the radar to start the season. Efevberha was talented but dominated the ball too much (14 shots per game) and by midseason was clashing with head coach Braswell. His departure opens the door for no less than nine key contributors returning from last year to step up, namely talented juniors G/F Jonathan Heard & F Calvin Chitwood. Braswell also added three JC transfers, two to shore up suspect point guard play, and another being a dead eye shooter who hit six 3's in last exhibition game. The Matadors are not only fast (led league in steals last 5 seasons), deep (can play 11-13 players), and experienced (10 players averaged double digit minutes last year), but will also have much better team chemistry this year. Portland State took a hit before the season when starting center Anthony Washington left school for personal reasons. He was their best low post option and leaves the team with only one other player taller than 6-7. In the backcourt PSU only has one player available who saw meaningful action last year. Shooting guard Jake Schroeder, the team's leading scorer, graduated, sophomore guard Anthony Locke left the team, and shooting guard Paul Hafford is currently sidelined with an ankle injury. JC transfers and freshman will be trying to fill the void in their Division 1 debuts. PSU head coach Ken Bone says 8 different players have had injuries in the preseason making it difficult to practice. After losing center Washington, the Vikings will attempt to be more of an uptempo team. That not only requires time to master and depth that they do not currently have, but also plays right into the hands of a very athletic CSUN team who's record is signifcantly better when scoring over 70 points. PSU's only advantage here is playing two hours from campus but I believe the Matadors are good enough to overcome it. Take the points. RAS Official Play: Cal State Northridge +2.5   1 UNIT Portland at Oregon State (-8) - 7:00pm Pacific - Game #569-570 The Beavers have lost three key seniors from last year's team, but two of them missed significant time due to injury during the season, and there are seven returning players who saw significant minutes last year. There is reason to believe they will be just as good if not better than they were last season. Oregon State features one of the most experienced frontlines in the Pac-10 that goes 6-8, 6-9, and 6-10. Forward Sasa Cuic led the team in scoring last year and can do a bit of everything. Well touted redshirt freshman Josh Tarver will start at point guard. Before getting injured there was some talk that he would have earned the starting job by the middle of last season. Tarver is one of several freshman who are expected to contribute as head coach Jay John expects to have at least a 10 man rotation. The youth on this team will be served well by playing at home to start the season. Players have gone hard in preseason practice as they battle for playing time and say they are more mentally prepared for this season than they were last year. Portland comes into this game a mess. Four of their best five players from last season have departed, a potential starter (PG Jeremiah Dominguez) has transfered, another potential starter (F Alex Tiefenthaler) has been suspended for at least this weekend's games, and a projected key reserve (F Robin Smeulders) was denied eligibility by the NCAA. Meanwhile, by far the teams best player, senior guard Darren Cooper is still not fully recovered from offseason knee surgery. He only played three minutes in the last exhibition game and is officially listed as day-to-day. On Tuesday he described his health at 65-70% with the expectation of being at full strength by the end of the month. With the team playing three games in three days it is unlikely he will see much action here. Among other things, Portland is breaking in a new head coach and is struggling to find a point guard. They committed 27 turnovers in their exhibition game. Oregon State lost at Portland by 14 last season but the game was tied with four minutes left. Oregon State will be looking to avenge that loss tonight. For these two young teams, home court advantage is critical. Give the points. RAS Official Play: Oregon State -8   1 UNIT

Cordially,

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