Cnotes 2021-2022 nhl trends, news, best bets and opinions thru the playoffs !

[CNOTES]

FEBRUARY'S NHL OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

Date .................W-L-T..............%.................Unit

02/23/2022.........8-2-0........80.00%............+29.50
02/22/2022.........4-7-1........37.50%.............-35.85
02/20/2022.........7-7-0........50.00%.............-18.65
02/19/2022.........5-6-1........45.83%.............-14.95
02/18/2022.........5-2-0........71.43%............+11.60
02/17/2022.......5-15-0........25.00%.............-68.65
02/16/2022.........4-4-0........50.00%..............-3.15
02/15/2022.........9-8-0........52.94%.............-10.90
02/02/2022.........3-6-1........35.00%.............-22.55
02/01/2022.......13-9-0........59.09%............+35.10

TOTALS...........63-66-3.........48.83%............-98.50


BEST BETS:

02/23/2022........4-2-0..........66.66%...........+ 9.00
02/22/2022........2-7-0..........28.57%...........- 17.50
02/20/2022........3-4-0..........42.85%............- 7.00
02/19/2022........2-3-1..........40.00%.............-6.50
02/18/2022........3-1-0..........75.00%............+9.50
02/17/2022.......4-11-0.........26.66%............-40.50
02/16/2022.........2-3-0.........40.00%.............-5.50
02/15/2022.........4-4-0.........50.00%.............-2.00
01/02/2022.........0-6-0.........00.00%.............-33.00
02/01/2022.........7-8-0.........46.66%............+10.75

TOTALS............31-49-1.........38.75%.............-82.75


02/23/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Thursday’s 6-pack
Some teams that get highest %age of their points on 3-point shots:
46.6%— VMI
45.4%— Furman
44.2%— Detroit
42.7%— Citadel
42.6%— St Thomas
42.2%— Western Carolina

Quote of the Day
“I’m here to serve, and to be acknowledged for serving is very much appreciated.”
Michigan assistant coach Phil Martelli, who is filling in as head coach during Juwan Howard’s suspension

Thursday’s quiz
Lakers won the NBA title in Magic Johnson’s rookie season; who was the first coach Johnson played for in the NBA?

Wednesday’s quiz
When Michael Jordan played minor league baseball for the Birmingham Barons, Terry Francona was the Barons’ skipper.

Tuesday’s quiz
In the 1950’s, Detroit Lions won three NFL titles; they had a QB who wore number 22, Bobby Layne.

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud……..

13) If major league baseball cancels games because of the lockout, Mets pitcher Max Scherzer will lose $267,489.71 for every Mets game that is cancelled. Monday is apparently when they would start cancelling games. What a mess.

— Texas SS Corey Seager would lose $200,617.28 a game
— Players earning the major league minimum of $570,500 would lose $3,521.60/game.

Maybe this is part of the problem; Scherzer will make $267,489.71 a game, while rookies will earn $570,500 for the whole season.

Expensive work stoppage; my big question is this: Who are the decision makers on each side? If someone speaks up in a meeting and suggests a compromise, will they be listened to?

Someone is going to have to give in here, or they’ll kill their golden goose, and I’ll be doing my NFL handicapping in April/May, which is not ideal.

12) Chicago Cubs own their TV network, Marquee Sports; what the hell are they going to show if there are no games played? Both sides have a lot to lose; time to get a deal done.

11) Providence 99, Xavier 92, OT:
— Wild game; seven players played 44:00+.
— Providence made 14-29 on arc, needed three OT’s to win.
— Xavier has now lost five of last six games, is 7-9 in Big East.
— Friars are 23-3, but their last three wins were all in overtime.

If you were waiting to watch the Wyoming-Colorado State game, you were out of luck; when CBS Sports Network finally got to that game, Rams led 50-44 with 7:00 left to play. Colorado State wound up winning, 61-55.

10) ACC basketball tournament is in Brooklyn in couple weeks; in my humble opinion, the ACC tournament should always be in North Carolina. There aren’t any ACC teams in the New York City area; this is nonsensical.

9) Kentucky 71, LSU 66
— Kentucky wins another game without its two best guards.
— LSU led 31-23 at halftime.
— Tigers shot 38.7% inside the arc, Kentucky 56.8%

8) Middle Tennessee State is 20-7 this season; they’ve won 11 of their last 12 games, are ranked #97 by KenPom. Blue Raiders started this season ranked #285, so an excellent coaching job by Nick McDevitt and his staff. Middle Tennessee is 19-5-1 ATS this season.

7) Creighton G Ryan Nembhard will have surgery on his right wrist, is out for the year; he hurt the wrist at St John’s Wednesday. Nembhard started every game this year; this is a big loss for the 19-8 Bluejays, who won their last six games.

6) Minnesota Vikings’ coach Kevin O’Connell named Wes Phillips their new OC; he is Wade Phillips’ son, grandson of former Oilers coach Bum Phillips.

Super Bowl champ Rams have now lost at least three of their assistants from this past season; last spring, they lost seven assistants, so lot of turnover on Sean McVay’s staff.

5) Georgia Bulldogs won the college football national title; they’ve lost four assistant coaches since then, so Kirby Smart will be rebuilding his staff too.

There is a growing thing amongst coaches that college recruiting has become overwhelming, a 24/7/365 type thing, maybe more important than actual X’s/O’s coaching. You see a guy like Liam Coen go from OC at Kentucky to OC with the Rams, and that probably plays into it.

4) Oklahoma State’s baseball team has a couple of assistant coaches with impressive resumes, former big leaguers Matt Holliday/Robin Ventura. Holliday’s brother Josh is the head coach for the Cowboys.

There was a time when Holliday’s father was Oklahoma State’s coach, but he got fired and was replaced by Frank Anderson. At the time, Anderson’s son Brett Anderson was on the A’s, and so was Matt Holliday, which had to be a little awkward.

3) Watching Law and Order this afternoon and the judge is Morty from Meatballs, the old movie where Bill Murray is a camp counselor. Morty ran the camp; the counselors put his bed (with him in it) on a raft in the pond where the camp was. Somehow he graduated to being a judge. Go figure.

2) Enough with all the Bracketology guessing; every network has a guy who says, “If Team A wins this game, they’re a 6-seed, or Team B is off the bubble with a loss here”

These are all just educated guesses; let’s wait until March 13, and see the bracket for real.

1) Oregon swept their LA trip this season, beating USC/UCLA, two great wins, but at the time, there were no fans allowed in those arenas, so to me, those wins aren’t as impressive as road wins where there was crowd noise to deal with. To me, Oregon might be a little over-seeded when the brackets come out.

 

[Udog]

MINNESOTA is 15-3 ATS (11.7 Units) after a non-conference game in the current season.

NY RANGERS are 31-16 ATS (13.9 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

FLORIDA is 15-1 ATS (13.4 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the current season.

PITTSBURGH is 1-5 ATS (-10.4 Units) in home games against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the 2nd half of the season.

NASHVILLE is 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) after 2 consecutive non-conference games in the current season.

VANCOUVER is 4-17 ATS (-14.1 Units) against good starting goalies - saving >= 91.5% of shots against in the current season.

SEATTLE is 7-23 ATS (-16.3 Units) against excellent power play teams - scoring on > 19% of their chances in the current season.

NY ISLANDERS are 22-9 ATS (12.1 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent as a home favorite in the last 3 seasons.

 

[Udog]

NHL

Thursday, February 24

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Trend Report
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Columbus @ Florida
Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Columbus's last 8 games when playing Florida
Columbus is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Florida
Florida is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Columbus
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Columbus

Washington @ NY Rangers
Washington
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 6 games

Minnesota @ Toronto
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Minnesota's last 17 games when playing Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota

New Jersey @ Pittsburgh
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 14 of New Jersey's last 18 games on the road
New Jersey is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games at home

Dallas @ Nashville
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 5 games
Dallas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 6 games
Nashville is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas

Boston @ Seattle
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games
Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Seattle's last 7 games

Calgary @ Vancouver
Calgary
Calgary is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Calgary is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Vancouver
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Vancouver's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games at home

NY Islanders @ San Jose
NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 5 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games on the road
San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Jose's last 8 games when playing at home against NY Islanders


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, February 24

 

[CNOTES]

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

NJ at PIT 07:00 PM
PIT -265
U 6.5
+500 +500

WAS at NYR 07:00 PM
NYR -116
O 5.5
+500 +500

MIN at TOR 07:00 PM
TOR -141
O 6.5
+500 +500

CLB at FLA 07:00 PM
FLA -447
U 7.0
+500 +500

DAL at NAS 08:30 PM
NAS -152
O 5.5
+500 +500

BOS at SEA 10:00 PM
BOS -200
O 5.5
+500 +500

CAL at VAN 10:00 PM
CAL -156
O 5.5
+500 +500

NYI at SJ 10:30 PM
NYI -132
O 5.5
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

FEBRUARY'S NHL OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

Date .................W-L-T..............%.................Unit

02/24/2022.......6-10-0........37.50%.............-53.00
02/23/2022.........8-2-0........80.00%............+29.50
02/22/2022.........4-7-1........37.50%.............-35.85
02/20/2022.........7-7-0........50.00%.............-18.65
02/19/2022.........5-6-1........45.83%.............-14.95
02/18/2022.........5-2-0........71.43%............+11.60
02/17/2022.......5-15-0........25.00%.............-68.65
02/16/2022.........4-4-0........50.00%..............-3.15
02/15/2022.........9-8-0........52.94%.............-10.90
02/02/2022.........3-6-1........35.00%.............-22.55
02/01/2022.......13-9-0........59.09%............+35.10

TOTALS...........69-76-3.........47.58%............-151.50


BEST BETS:

02/24/2022........2-5-0..........28.57..............-17.50
02/23/2022........4-2-0..........66.66%...........+ 9.00
02/22/2022........2-7-0..........28.57%...........- 17.50
02/20/2022........3-4-0..........42.85%............- 7.00
02/19/2022........2-3-1..........40.00%.............-6.50
02/18/2022........3-1-0..........75.00%............+9.50
02/17/2022.......4-11-0.........26.66%............-40.50
02/16/2022.........2-3-0.........40.00%.............-5.50
02/15/2022.........4-4-0.........50.00%.............-2.00
01/02/2022.........0-6-0.........00.00%.............-33.00
02/01/2022.........7-8-0.........46.66%............+10.75

TOTALS............33-54-1.........37.93%.............-102.25


02/24/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Friday’s 6-pack
Teams that force turnovers the highest %gae of time:
3) VCU
4) LSU
5) Iowa State
7) Texas A&M
10) Texas
11) Tennessee

Quote of the Day
“It’s history. We’re witnessing history. What we are witnessing right now is something people are going to remember for a long time.”
Bulls’ F Ayo Dosunmu, talking about teammate DeMar DeRozan, who scored 35+ points for the 8th straight game Thursday. Only six other players have ever done that.

Friday’s quiz
When Syracuse won the NCAA Tournament in 2003, who did they beat in the final?

Thursday’s quiz
Lakers won the NBA title in Magic Johnson’s rookie season; Jack McKinney was the first coach Johnson played for in the NBA. McKinney got hurt riding a bike when the Lakers were 10-4; Paul Westhead took over the team after that.

Wednesday’s quiz
When Michael Jordan played minor league baseball for the Birmingham Barons, Terry Francona was the Barons’ skipper.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here…….

13) Conference tournaments start next week in the mid-majors; this will be the first time in three years we have a normal March Madness.

Should be an interesting three weeks coming up, one of my favorite times of the year. No dominant team; the #1 team is a mid-major (Gonzaga), Arizona is experience team #356 and Auburn is a football school with a great player (Jabari Smith)- they have two losses in OT, a third loss by one point. If you put “Kentucky” on their uniforms, they’d probably be the favorite.

12) Oregon 68, UCLA 63:
— Bruins star Johnny Juzang got hurt again, played only 11:00.
— UCLA split its last eight games.
— Oregon wins on Nike founder Phil Knight’s 85th birthday

11) USC 94, Oregon State 91, 2OT:
— Beavers are the best 3-23 team in the history of the world.
— Davis scored 31 for Oregon State, only 2nd time this year he scored 20+ points.
— Beavers were only 12-22 on the foul line.
— USC point guard Ellis sat this game out (ankle)

10) Murray State 76, Belmont 43:
— Two best teams in OVC; Belmont was 5-25 on arc, 2-4 on line.
— Murray sweeps season series by 22-33 points, but meeting #3 will probably be in OVC tourney and that’ll be the one that decides who goes to the NCAA Tournament (Murray could still get in with a loss)

9) South Dakota State 106, Oral Roberts 102 OT:
— Same situation here; two of three best teams in Summit League.
— Oral Roberts led by 13 in first half.
— Luke Appel scored 41 points; looks like he came off the bench.

8) There are rumors that Troy Aikman is bolting FOX for ESPN’s Monday Night Football, which would be interesting.
— Would Joe Buck go to ESPN with Aikman?
— If so, would Buck get a gig on Sunday Night Baseball?
— Who will replace Aikman on FOX?

7) Back in 1983, this was Virginia’s coaching staff; lot of good coaches.
— Head coach Terry Holland won 418 games
— Jeff Jones has 532 wins (and counting)
— Dave Odom won 406 games
— Jim Larranaga has 689 wins (and counting)
— Seth Greenberg won 383 games.

6) Falcons’ QB Matt Ryan has a cap number of $48,662,500 next year, highest in NFL history. Right now, Ryan takes up 23.4% of the Falcons’ salary cap space for 2022- if Atlanta were to release him, they would save $8,137,500 in cap space, but they wouldn’t have a QB, either.

5) Nebraska is 21-65 in basketball the last three years, 6-49 in conference games, but they’ll bring coach Fred Hoiberg back next season- they would’ve had to pay him $18.5M to go away.

Hoiberg went 115-56 in five years at Iowa State before trying his hand in the NBA with Chicago; he thrived at Iowa State by bringing in transfers, but now everyone does that.

4) Ohio State 86, Illinois 83:
— Ohio State led by 16 with 5:58 left, hung on for dear life.
— Buckeyes outscored Illinois 26-11 on foul line.
— Illinois led game 21-8 early on.

3) Gonzaga 89, San Francisco 73:
— USF beat Davidson, UAB, two solid mid-majors; Arizona State’s resurgence could help the Dons- they beat ASU 66-65 in December.
— Dons are 1-5 against BYU-Saint Mary’s-Gonzaga; they need a good WCC tournament.

2) Fullerton 66, Irvine 64— Anteaters’ loss puts Long Beach State atop Big West standings with three games left. Irvine led this game by 10 with 6:42 left.

1) Life has peaks and valleys, for sure; Rams win the Super Bowl 12 days ago, a great night for Sean McVay, but now this week all hell breaks loose in the Ukraine. McVay is getting married this summer to Veronika Khomyn, who is from the Ukraine— her family is still there.

Has to be horrible to turn the TV on and see your homeland invaded by hostile forces. My prayers are with the Ukranian people; hopefully this mess will come to a peaceful end soon.

 

[Udog]

COLUMBUS are 8-2 ATS (9 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the 2nd half of the year in the current season.

ST LOUIS are 10-15 ATS (-20.1 Units) in home games vs. losing teams over the last 2 seasons.

NEW JERSEY is 4-26 ATS (-24.8 Units) against poor power play killing teams - opp score on >17.5% of chances in the current season.

WINNIPEG is 7-1 ATS (5.9 Units) off a loss against a division rival in the current season.

VEGAS are 15-3 ATS (11.7 Units) at home when the total is >=6 over the last 2 seasons.

LOS ANGELES are 7-1 ATS (5.9 Units) in road games after scoring 3 goals or more in 2 straight games in the current season.




NHL
Dunkel

Friday, February 25

NHL

Friday, February 25

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Trend Report
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Columbus @ Carolina
Columbus
Columbus is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Columbus is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Carolina
Carolina is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Columbus

Buffalo @ St. Louis
Buffalo
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Buffalo's last 8 games
Buffalo is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Buffalo
St. Louis is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing Buffalo

New Jersey @ Chicago
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games when playing Chicago
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing at home against New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing New Jersey

Winnipeg @ Colorado
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 13-4 ATS in its last 17 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 8 games on the road
Colorado
Colorado is 19-2 SU in its last 21 games at home
Colorado is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Winnipeg

Vegas @ Arizona
Vegas
Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas's last 5 games on the road
Arizona
Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Vegas
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Los Angeles @ Anaheim
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Los Angeles's last 7 games
Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games
Anaheim is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Los Angeles


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[CNOTES]

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

CLB at CAR 07:00 PM
CAR -354
O 6.5
+500 +500

BUF at STL 08:00 PM
STL -311
U 6.0
+500 +500

NJ at CHI 08:30 PM
NJ +101
U 6.5
+500 +500

WIN at COL 09:00 PM
COL -295
O 6.5
+500 +500

VEG at ARI 09:30 PM
VEG -241
O 5.5
+500 +500

LA at ANA 10:00 PM
ANA -101
U 5.5
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

FEBRUARY'S NHL OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

Date .................W-L-T..............%.................Unit

02/25/2022.........5-7-0........41.67%.............-19.10
02/24/2022.......6-10-0........37.50%.............-53.00
02/23/2022.........8-2-0........80.00%............+29.50
02/22/2022.........4-7-1........37.50%.............-35.85
02/20/2022.........7-7-0........50.00%.............-18.65
02/19/2022.........5-6-1........45.83%.............-14.95
02/18/2022.........5-2-0........71.43%............+11.60
02/17/2022.......5-15-0........25.00%.............-68.65
02/16/2022.........4-4-0........50.00%..............-3.15
02/15/2022.........9-8-0........52.94%.............-10.90
02/02/2022.........3-6-1........35.00%.............-22.55
02/01/2022.......13-9-0........59.09%............+35.10

TOTALS...........74-83-3.........47.13%............-170.20


BEST BETS:

02/25/2022........2-6-0..........25.00%............-23.00
02/24/2022........2-5-0..........28.57%............-17.50
02/23/2022........4-2-0..........66.66%...........+ 9.00
02/22/2022........2-7-0..........28.57%...........- 17.50
02/20/2022........3-4-0..........42.85%............- 7.00
02/19/2022........2-3-1..........40.00%.............-6.50
02/18/2022........3-1-0..........75.00%............+9.50
02/17/2022.......4-11-0.........26.66%............-40.50
02/16/2022.........2-3-0.........40.00%.............-5.50
02/15/2022.........4-4-0.........50.00%.............-2.00
01/02/2022.........0-6-0.........00.00%.............-33.00
02/01/2022.........7-8-0.........46.66%............+10.75

TOTALS............35-60-1.........36.84%.............-125.25


02/25/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Saturday’s 6-pack
Since 2000, teams with most players drafted by the NFL:
151— Ohio State
137— Alabama
133— LSU
125— Florida
124— Georgia
123— Miami

Quote of the Day
“I feel like I’mone of the best teammates that the NBA has seen, on the court and off the court. Just because the current situation happened, whatever happened, happened, it doesn’t mean I’m a bad teammate. Me personally, I feel like I just needed to do what’s best for my career and help myself be happy.”
James Harden, after his first game with the 76ers

Saturday’s quiz
James Harden has played for four NBA teams; which four?

Friday’s quiz
When Syracuse won the NCAA Tournament in 2003, they beat Kansas in the final.

Thursday’s quiz
Lakers won the NBA title in Magic Johnson’s rookie season; Jack McKinney was the first coach Johnson played for in the NBA. McKinney got hurt riding a bike when the Lakers were 10-4; Paul Westhead took over the team after that.

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Saturday’s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind…….

13) If you like NBA basketball, I highly recommend going to the NBA Summer League, which this year will be July 7-17 in Las Vegas. Lot of reasons why:

— It is always good to be in Las Vegas
— For $30 or so, you can watch great basketball for 7-8 eight hours straight.
— July in Las Vegas and you’re in air conditioning all day. Good concession stands, too.
— Famous people are all over the place; few years ago, I’m walking to the concession stand and Jerry West is in a group of people walking the other way. Talked to Walt Frazier once, met Stan Kroenke, owner of the Nuggets/Rams.

Lot of active NBA players are there; just a good place to watch competitive basketball.

Every kid who has goals of playing pro ball should watch the summer league on TV for a while, then go outside and work on his game, because you have to be freakin’ great to make it to the NBA.

12) Atlanta Braves turned a profit of $104M last year, and that was with attendance limitations early in the season. Kind of hard for the baseball owners to cry poor when it comes out that a team is making a nine-figure profit.

11) Minimum salaries in the four major sports:
— NBA $925,258
— NHL $750,000
— NFL $660,000
— MLB $570,500

Baseball owners need to jack that figure up to $700,000 or $750,000.

10) Odd Stat of the Day: In the Super Bowl era (56 years) only one NFL QB has started 50+ games, without ever throwing a pick-6.

Don’t bother guessing; you would never, ever get it. He is still active; I’ll put the answer down lower in this space.

9) Last year, only four pitchers threw 200+ innings; in 2019, there were 14, the year before that, 13, so will be curious to see this year how many guys log 200+ IP.

8) Wisconsin Badgers have won their last 13 games that were decided by 6 or less points, the longest-such streak in the last 35 years, when the 3-point arc was put in.

7) Princeton 74, Harvard 67:
— There were only three fouls called in first half of this game.
— Princeton made 14-30 on arc; they’re tied with Yale for first place in ivy.

6) Iona 72, Canisius 65:
— Rick Pitino’s Gaels are 15-2 in the MAAC.

5) Texas State 66, Troy 61:
— Bobcats won nine in row, are top seed in the Sun Belt tourney next week.
— Caleb Asberry was 6-6 behind the arc, scored 26 points for 21-6 Texas State.

4) Richmond 68, Saint Louis 66:
— These teams are tied for fifth in A-14.
— Looks like A-14 is a one-big league; their conference tournament should be fun.

3) Spurs 157, Wizards 153, 2OT:
— Imagine scoring 153 points and losing?
— Keldon Johnson was +16 in 46:00, which means in the 12:00 he sat out, San Antonio was outscored by 12 points.

2) Kansas City Chiefs named former Bears’ coach Matt Nagy their new QB coach, which is a good gig, coaching Patrick Mahomes.

Mitch Trubisky is the only NFL QB in the last 56 years that has started 50+ games, without ever throwing a pick-6.

1) Tampa Bay Buccaneers will play a home game in Germany next fall, as the NFL tries once again to squeeze more money out of their schedule. 9:30 Sunday morning kickoffs aren’t a lot of fun. Imaging being in Las Vegas? 6:30am kickoffs are even worse.

 

[Udog]

FLORIDA is 15-2 ATS (8.9 Units) in home games against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game in the current season.

PHILADELPHIA is 1-12 ATS (-11.3 Units) in home games against good passing teams - averaging 5 or more assists per game in the current season.

PITTSBURGH is 1-6 ATS (-13.1 Units) in home games against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the 2nd half of the season.

MONTREAL is 4-25 ATS (-19.6 Units) against poor defensive teams - allowing 2.85+ goals/game in the current season.

TAMPA BAY is 72-51 ATS (31.6 Units) in road games against good starting goalies - (saving >= 91.5% of shots against) in the 2nd half of the season since.

COLORADO is 13-2 ATS (9.9 Units) against explosive offensive teams - scoring 3+ goals/game in the current season.

SAN JOSE is 11-4 ATS (6.6 Units) in home games after allowing 3 goals or more 3 straight games over the last 2 seasons.

CALGARY is 9-4 ATS (6.4 Units) when playing against a good team (Win Pct. 60% to 75%) in the current season.

NY ISLANDERS are 4-17 ATS (-14.6 Units) vs. winning teams in the current season.

 

[Udog]

NHL

Saturday, February 26

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Trend Report
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Edmonton @ Florida
Edmonton
Edmonton is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Florida
Edmonton is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Florida
Florida
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Florida's last 11 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Florida's last 8 games

Washington @ Philadelphia
Washington
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing at home against Washington

NY Rangers @ Pittsburgh
NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Rangers's last 7 games
NY Rangers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games at home
Pittsburgh is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against NY Rangers

Montreal @ Ottawa
Montreal
Montreal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Montreal is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Ottawa
Ottawa is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Ottawa's last 17 games

Tampa Bay @ Nashville
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Tampa Bay's last 8 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Nashville
Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 7 games
Nashville is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games at home

Toronto @ Detroit
Toronto
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games

Boston @ San Jose
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games on the road
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Jose
San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of San Jose's last 10 games when playing at home against Boston
San Jose is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games

Colorado @ Vegas
Colorado
Colorado is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Colorado is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games on the road
Vegas
Vegas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vegas's last 6 games at home

Minnesota @ Calgary
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Calgary is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games

NY Islanders @ Los Angeles
NY Islanders
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Islanders's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 7 games when playing on the road against Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Los Angeles is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Islanders


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Saturday, February 26

 

[CNOTES]

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

EDM at FLA 12:30 PM
FLA -203
O 7.0
+500 +500

WAS at PHI 12:30 PM
WAS -165
O 6.0
+500 +500

NYR at PIT 03:00 PM
NYR +141
O 6.0
+500 +500

MON at OTT 07:00 PM
OTT -159
U 6.0
+500 +500

TOR at DET 07:30 PM
TOR -199
O 6.5
+500 +500

TB at NAS 07:30 PM
TB -174
O 6.0
+500 +500

BOS at SJ 10:00 PM
SJ +170
O 5.5
+500 +500

MIN at CAL 10:00 PM
MIN +139
O 6.0
+500 +500

COL at VEG 10:00 PM
VEG +157
O 6.0
+500 +500

NYI at LA 10:30 PM
NYI +113
U 5.5
+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

FEBRUARY'S NHL OPINIONS AND BEST BETS !

Date .................W-L-T..............%.................Unit

02/26/2022.......5-14-1........26.31%.............-58.85
02/25/2022.........5-7-0........41.67%.............-19.10
02/24/2022.......6-10-0........37.50%.............-53.00
02/23/2022.........8-2-0........80.00%............+29.50
02/22/2022.........4-7-1........37.50%.............-35.85
02/20/2022.........7-7-0........50.00%.............-18.65
02/19/2022.........5-6-1........45.83%.............-14.95
02/18/2022.........5-2-0........71.43%............+11.60
02/17/2022.......5-15-0........25.00%.............-68.65
02/16/2022.........4-4-0........50.00%..............-3.15
02/15/2022.........9-8-0........52.94%.............-10.90
02/02/2022.........3-6-1........35.00%.............-22.55
02/01/2022.......13-9-0........59.09%............+35.10

TOTALS...........79-97-4.........44.88%............-229.05


BEST BETS:

02/26/2022......3-10-1..........23.07%............-40.00
02/25/2022........2-6-0..........25.00%............-23.00
02/24/2022........2-5-0..........28.57%............-17.50
02/23/2022........4-2-0..........66.66%...........+ 9.00
02/22/2022........2-7-0..........28.57%...........- 17.50
02/20/2022........3-4-0..........42.85%............- 7.00
02/19/2022........2-3-1..........40.00%.............-6.50
02/18/2022........3-1-0..........75.00%............+9.50
02/17/2022.......4-11-0.........26.66%............-40.50
02/16/2022.........2-3-0.........40.00%.............-5.50
02/15/2022.........4-4-0.........50.00%.............-2.00
01/02/2022.........0-6-0.........00.00%.............-33.00
02/01/2022.........7-8-0.........46.66%............+10.75

TOTALS............38-70-3.........35.18%.............-165.25


02/26/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Sunday’s 6-pack
Best free throw shooting teams:
82.7%— Villanova
81.5%— Portland
80.4%— Miami OH
80.2%— Incarnate Word
80.2%— Hofstra
79.9%— Montana

Quote of the Day
“……..imagine an NFL weekend in which every game ends in a tie. No team would lose or gain an inch in the standings. That’s what happened in college basketball on Saturday.”
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, saying top of his bracket stays mostly the same after Saturday’s chaos

Sunday’s quiz
Where did Ja Morant play his college basketball?

Saturday’s quiz
James Harden has played for four NBA teams; Thunder, Rockets, Nets, 76ers.

Friday’s quiz
When Syracuse won the NCAA Tournament in 2003, they beat Kansas in the final.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a Saturday full of upsets…….

13) Bad day to be in the top 10:
— #1 Gonzaga lost 67-57 at Saint Mary’s.
— #2 Arizona lost 79-63 at Colorado
— #3 Auburn lost 67-62 at Tennessee
— #4 Purdue lost 68-65 at Michigan State
— #5 Kansas lost 80-70 at Baylor
— #6 Kentucky lost 75-73 at Arkansas.
— #9 Texas Tech lost 69-66 at TCU

All seven losses were on road, but still, an unusual day.

12) SEC:
— Arkansas 75, Kentucky 73— Hogs won 13 of their last 14 games.
— Tennessee 67, Auburn 62— Auburn led by 11 early in second half.
— Auburn leads Kentucky-Tennessee-Arkansas by a game each.

11) Big X
— Four of five games Saturday were decided by 4 or less points.
— Baylor 80, Kansas 70— Bears shot 56.8% inside arc.
— TCU 69, Texas Tech 66— Tech led by 11 early in second half.
— Texas 82, West Virginia 81— WVU is 1-13 since January 15.
— Kansas leads Baylor by a game, Texas Tech by two games.

10) Big East
— Providence 72, Creighton 51— Friars will be #1-seed in Big East tourney.
— Seton Hall 82, Xavier 66— Xavier lost six of its last seven games.
— Looks like a six-bid league; Xavier appears to be falling off the bubble.

9) Pac-12:
— Colorado 79, Arizona 63— Cruddy day to be a top 10 team.
— USC 70, Oregon 69— Trojans won last three games, by 2-1-3 points.
— Arizona leads USC by two games, UCLA by three.

8) WCC:
— Saint Mary’s 67, Gonzaga 57— Zags’ first loss since December 4th.
— San Francisco 78, San Diego 62— Does Gonzaga’s loss hurt USF’s NCAA hopes?
— Gonzaga still leads Saint Mary’s by two games; is BYU sliding off the bubble?

7) Upsets of the Day:
— South Florida (+13) 56, Cincinnati 54
— Saint Mary’s (+11) 67, Gonzaga 57
— Colorado (+10.5) 79, Arizona 63
— LaSalle (+9) 62, Dayton 60
— SIU-Edwardsville (+9) 77, Morehead State 70
— Florida State (+7.5) 64, Virginia 63
— Western Michigan (+6.5) 78, Bowling Green 67
— South Dakota (+6) 92, Oral Roberts 87

6) Ohio Valley:
— Murray State 70, SE Missouri State 68— Racers trailed by 12 with 6:14 left.
— SIU-Edwardsville 77, Morehead State 70— Eagles lost four of last six games.
— Murray State finishes 18-0 in OVC regular season; they’re a bubble team if they lose in OVC tournament. No pressure.

5) Missouri Valley:
— Northern Iowa 102, Loyola 96, OT— Panthers went 3-2 in OT games since January 11.
— Drake 62, Southern Illinois 60— These teams meet in conference tourney Friday.
— Northern Iowa wins regular season title; Arch Madness should be fun.

4) Mountain West:
— Boise State 86, UNLV 76— Boise shot 59% from floor, had 13 offensive boards.
— Colorado State 66, Utah State 55— Rams won seven of last eight games.
— Boise leads Wyoming by a game, Colorado State/Aztecs by two games.

3) Horizon:
— Fort Wayne 81, Detroit 78— Mastodons won nine in row, after an 11-10 start.
— Oakland 65, Cleveland State 57— Vikings went 3-4 in their last seven games.
— Fort Wayne, Cleveland State are tied for first; this tournament will be good.

2) Summit:
— South Dakota 92, Oral Roberts 87—Eagles lost last two games, by 5-4 points.
— South Dakota State 86, UMKC 75— Jackrabbits went 18-0 in Summit League.
— Looks like South Dakota State needs to win conference tourney to make NCAAs.

1) ACC:
— Florida State 64, Virginia 63— Only second win in last ten games for FSU.
— Duke 97, Syracuse 72— Duke scored 1.59 points/possession, extremely high.
— Wake Forest 99, Louisville 77— Cardinals lost 12 of their last 14 games.
— Duke leads Notre Dame by a game, North Carolina by two games.

 

[Udog]

EDMONTON is 13-3 ATS (10.2 Units) in road games against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the 2nd half of the season.

DALLAS are 10-1 ATS (8.9 Units) in home games after a division game in the current season.

ST LOUIS are 26-28 ATS (-22.5 Units) vs. losing teams over the last 2 seasons.

WINNIPEG is 11-20 ATS (-14.2 Units) against poor power play killing teams - opp score on >17.5% of chances in the current season.

COLUMBUS are 8-1 ATS (11.5 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the 2nd half of the year.

NY RANGERS are 32-17 ATS (13.9 Units) against mistake free teams - opponents average <=4 power plays/game in the current season.

ANAHEIM is 12-39 ATS (-30.9 Units) after covering 2 of their last 3 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

SEATTLE is 11-30 ATS (-19.1 Units) against poor defensive teams - opponents average 29.5+ shots on goal in the current season.

 

[Udog]

NHL

Sunday, February 27

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Trend Report
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Edmonton @ Carolina
Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Edmonton is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Carolina
Carolina is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

Buffalo @ Dallas
Buffalo
Buffalo is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Buffalo's last 5 games on the road
Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 5 games
Dallas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Buffalo

St. Louis @ Chicago
St. Louis
St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Chicago
St. Louis is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
Chicago is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against St. Louis

Winnipeg @ Arizona
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 17-6 SU in its last 23 games when playing Arizona
Winnipeg is 13-5 ATS in its last 18 games on the road
Arizona
Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Pittsburgh @ Columbus
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Pittsburgh's last 8 games when playing on the road against Columbus
Pittsburgh is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Columbus's last 8 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Columbus is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Vancouver @ NY Rangers
Vancouver
Vancouver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 5 games when playing NY Rangers
NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 5 games when playing Vancouver

NY Islanders @ Anaheim
NY Islanders
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Islanders's last 6 games when playing on the road against Anaheim
Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Anaheim's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Anaheim's last 6 games when playing at home against NY Islanders

Seattle @ San Jose
Seattle
Seattle is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Seattle's last 8 games
San Jose
San Jose is 10-4 ATS in its last 14 games
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of San Jose's last 18 games


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