CNOTES 2023 2024 NHL NEWS BEST BETS AND OPINONS !

[Udog]

PHILADELPHIA is 7-2 ATS (4.8 Units) after playing a game where 4 or fewer total goals were scored in the current season.

WASHINGTON is 8-3 ATS (4.7 Units) revenging a loss where opponent scored 5 or more goals in the current season.

EDMONTON is 18-4 Over (13.6 Units) in home games off a home blowout win by 3 goals or more in the last 3 seasons.

BUFFALO is 48-45 ATS (-1.5 Units) on the road when the total is >=6 in the last 3 seasons.

ARIZONA is 16-14 ATS (0.6 Units) when playing 6 or more games in 10 days in the last 3 seasons.

NY RANGERS are 7-0 ATS (7 Units) revenging a blowout loss vs opponent of 3 goals or more in the current season.

TAMPA BAY is 10-0 ATS (10 Units) in home games in January games over the last 2 seasons.

MONTREAL is 62-39 Over (19.1 Units) second half of the season in the last 3 seasons.

WINNIPEG is 13-4 Over (8.6 Units) after losing their previous game in overtime in the last 3 seasons.

FLORIDA is 47-29 Over (15.1 Units) after 5 straight games with 30 or more shots on goal in the last 3 seasons.

VEGAS are 49-29 Over (17.1 Units) after covering 5 or 6 of their last 7 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.

ANAHEIM is 11-2 Over (8.8 Units) in road games in January games over the last 2 seasons.

VANCOUVER is 9-0 ATS (9 Units) after a close loss by 1 goal in their previous game in the current season.

CHICAGO is 15-6 Over (8.4 Units) after getting shutout in their previous game in the last 3 seasons.

 

[Udog]

NHL

Saturday, January 27

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Trend Report
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Boston @ Philadelphia
Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Boston is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing at home against Boston
Philadelphia is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home

Washington @ Dallas
Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Dallas
Washington is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Dallas's last 16 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dallas's last 6 games when playing Washington

Buffalo @ San Jose
Buffalo
Buffalo is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing San Jose
Buffalo is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing San Jose
San Jose
San Jose is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Jose's last 10 games at home

Nashville @ Edmonton
Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nashville's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Arizona @ Carolina
Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Arizona is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Carolina
Carolina is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Arizona
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona

NY Rangers @ Ottawa
NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Rangers's last 7 games when playing on the road against Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of NY Rangers's last 13 games when playing Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Ottawa's last 7 games when playing at home against NY Rangers

Montreal @ Pittsburgh
Montreal
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Montreal's last 7 games when playing Pittsburgh
Montreal is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 7 games when playing Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games

Toronto @ Winnipeg
Toronto
Toronto is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Toronto is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 7 games

New Jersey @ Tampa Bay
New Jersey
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 6 games when playing on the road against Tampa Bay
New Jersey is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Tampa Bay is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games

Florida @ NY Islanders
Florida
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Florida's last 13 games when playing on the road against NY Islanders
NY Islanders
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of NY Islanders's last 13 games when playing at home against Florida
NY Islanders is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Florida

Vegas @ Detroit
Vegas
Vegas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Detroit is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games

Anaheim @ Minnesota
Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Anaheim is 11-1 ATS in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing at home against Anaheim

Columbus @ Vancouver
Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games on the road
Columbus is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Vancouver
Vancouver is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home
Vancouver is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games

Chicago @ Calgary
Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Chicago's last 8 games when playing Calgary
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chicago's last 8 games on the road
Calgary
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Calgary's last 8 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Calgary's last 8 games when playing Chicago


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Saturday, January 27

 

[Udog]

 

[CNOTES]

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
BOS at PHI		BOS -155 O 5.5	+500 +500
WAS at DAL		DAL -223 U 6.5	+500 +500
BUF at SJ	04:00 PM	SJ +166 O 6.5	+500 +500
NAS at EDM	04:00 PM	EDM -204 U 6.5	+500 +500
MON at PIT	07:00 PM	MON +188 U 6.5	+500 +500
NYR at OTT	07:00 PM	OTT -107 O 6.5	+500 +500
TOR at WIN	07:00 PM	TOR +111 O 6.0	+500 +500
NJ at TB	07:00 PM	NJ +135 U 6.5	+500 +500
ARI at CAR	07:00 PM	CAR -244 O 6.0	+500 +500
FLA at NYI	07:30 PM	NYI +130 O 6.5	+500 +500
VEG at DET	08:00 PM	VEG +123 O 6.0	+500 +500
ANA at MIN	09:00 PM	ANA +185 O 6.0	+500 +500
CHI at CAL	10:00 PM	CAL -296 O 6.0	+500 +500
CLB at VAN	10:00 PM	VAN -289 O 6.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

Sunday’s 6-pack:
Last six Super Bowl champs:
2023— Kansas City Chiefs
2022— Los Angeles Rams
2021— Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2020— Kansas City Chiefs
2019— New England Patriots
2018— Philadelphia Eagles

Quote of the Day
“I think we’ve had some history with that official. There was a lot of emotion from our bench because we’re a passionate group that fought their tails off and feel like the game was maybe taken from us a little bit. It shouldn’t be decided like that.”
Clemson coach Brad Brownell, after a 72-71 loss at Duke

Sunday’s quiz
In the baseball movie For Love of the Game, what well known character plays the manager of the Detroit Tigers?

Saturday’s quiz
Michael Jordan was the #3 pick in 1984 NBA Draft; Hakeem Olajuwon was the first pick.

Friday’s quiz
Brett Favre is career leader in passing yards for the Packers, with 61,655 yards.
Aaron Rodgers threw for 59,055 yards with Green Bay.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday…….​

— Big X
TCU 105, Baylor 102, 3OT’s
TCU was down 9 with 9:19 left in regulation.
Nelson scored 30 points for TCU; he didn’t start.

Iowa State 79, Kansas 75
Iowa State shot 14-30 on the arc.
Jayhawks’ bench played total of only 25:00, scored 2 points.
Kansas split its last six games, after a 13-1 start.

— ACC
Duke 72, Clemson 71
Duke hit couple foul shots with 0:01 left for the win.
Clemson led by 4 with 1:54 left in game.
Clemson has lost 21 in a row at Duke; their last win there was in 1995.

North Carolina 75, Florida State 68
Tar Heels are 9-0 SU/8-1 ATS in ACC games.
UNC was 19-24 on foul line, Seminoles 5-11- at home.

— SEC
Florida 102, Georgia 98 OT
Gators blew a 21-point 2nd half lead, but won in overtime.
Florida was minus-10 in turnovers (19-9).
RJ Melendez scored 35 points for Georgia; he didn’t start.

Mississippi State 64, Auburn 58
Auburn shot 6-24 on arc; they went 0-2 on road this week.

South Carolina 72, Missouri 64
Gamecocks are 17-3, 5-2 in SEC games.
Last three years, South Carolina was 35-49, 17-35 in SEC.

— Big East
Butler 88, Villanova 81 2OT
Butler was down 11 with 4:45 left in regulation.
Villanova only took 9 foul shots (6-9) in a 50:00 game.
Third straight loss for the 11-9 Wildcats.
Friars shot 76.7% (23-30) inside the arc.
Hoyas have lost five in row, are 1-8 in Big East.

— Mountain West
Wyoming 79, Colorado State 76 OT
Colorado State led by 11 with 1:11 left in regulation. Yikes.
Rams are 2-4 in last six games, after a 13-1 start.

Utah State 90, Boise State 84
Aggies shot 62.2% inside arc, 26-31 on foul line.
Utah State has won 17 of its last 18 games.

— Atlantic 15
Richmond 69, Dayton 64
Spiders won 10 games in row, are 7-0 in A-15 games.
This loss ended Dayton’s 13-game winning streak.

VCU 63, Davidson 58
Davidson has lost five of its last seven games.
Fifth straight win for VCU, after an 8-7 start.

— Upsets of the Day:
Idaho State (+11.5) 74, Weber State 64
Mercer (+11.5) 70, NC-Greensboro 64
Wm & Mary (+8.5) 72, Northeastern 68
Wyoming (+8.5) 79, Colorado State 76, OT
North Dakota (+8.5) 74, St Thomas 64
Ole Miss (+7.5) 71, Texas A&M 68
Miami OH (+7.5) 70, Akron 68
Southern Utah (+6.5) 82, Abilene Christian 67
LaSalle (+5.5) 80, George Washington 70
Jacksonville State (+5.5) 73, Liberty 62
Wofford (+5.5) 77, Furman 67

— Movie of the Day: Autumn in New York (2000)- An aging playboy falls for a much younger woman, who turns out to be terminally ill.
Richard Gere is the star, Winona Ryder is the younger woman. Excellent supporting cast, with Anthony LaPaglia, Jill Hennessy, JK Simmons, Sherry Stringfield, Vera Farmiga.

— Bad Beat of the Day???: Bradley (+7.5) lost 95-86 in overtime at Indiana State. Braves led by 2 with 0:53 left in regulation.

— Cornell 83, Princeton 68
First Ivy League loss for the 15-2 Tigers; they dropped 13 spots in KenPom’s rankings.
Cornell shot 73.5% (25-34) inside the arc.

— Oakland 91, Milwaukee 87, 2OT
Milwaukee scored 95-87 points vs Oakland this year, but lost both games.
Oakland’s Jack Gohlke was 8-18 on arc, 3-3 on line. He didn’t take a 2-point shot.
Oakland was 15-41 on the arc, 13-33 inside the arc.

— Cal-San Diego 92, Cal-Davis 59
UCSD was 15-32 on the arc, Cal-Davis 4-20
Tritons are 14-7, 8-1 in Big West, but they’re not eligible for NCAA Tournament.
That was just second loss in last nine games for Cal-Davis.

— Arizona 87, Oregon 78
Arizona never trailed; they made 10-19 shots on the arc.
Caleb Love scored 36 points for the Wildcats.

— Miami OH 70, Akron 68
First loss for the Zips in eight MAC games.
Akron led this game by 11 early on, but shot only 34.6% inside arc.

 

[Udog]

ST LOUIS are 8-0 Over (8 Units) in home games when playing their 3rd game in 5 days in the current season.

COLUMBUS are 10-1 Over (8.9 Units) revenging a loss vs opponent as a home favorite in the current season.




NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, January 28

NHL

Sunday, January 28

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Los Angeles @ St. Louis
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing St. Louis
Los Angeles is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games at home
St. Louis is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Columbus @ Seattle
Columbus
Columbus is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 16 of Columbus's last 24 games on the road
Seattle
Seattle is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Seattle's last 7 games at home


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[CNOTES]

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LA at STL	02:00 PM	LA -141 U 6.5	+500 +500
CLB at SEA	09:00 PM	SEA -245 U 6.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

Monday’s 6-pack:
— Pistons 120, Thunder 104: 6-40 Detroit is 3-4 in its last seven games.
— Pacers 116, Grizzlies 110: Mathurin had 24 points, 7 rebounds off bench.
— Hawks 126, Raptors 125: Atlanta scored game-winning hoop with 0:01 left.
— Magic 113, Suns 98: Orlando was +20 in 23:00 sub big man Wagner played.
— Bulls 104, Trailblazers 96: Chicago was +9 in turnovers (13-4)
— Cleveland State 66, Robert Morris 64: Vikings trailed by 10 in second half.

Quote of the Day
“You never know how many (Super Bowls) you’re going to get to or if you’re going to get to any. So it truly is special just to do it with these guys after what we’ve been through all season long. Guys coming together, it really is special. But I told them, ‘The job’s not done.’ Our job now is to prepare ourselves to play a good football team in the Super Bowl and try to get that ring.”
Patrick Mahomes

Monday’s quiz
Where did Patrick Mahomes play his college football?

Sunday’s quiz
In the baseball movie For Love of the Game, JK Simmons plays the manager of the Detroit Tigers.

Saturday’s quiz
Michael Jordan was the #3 pick in 1984 NBA Draft; Hakeem Olajuwon was the first pick.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Sunday…….​

— Chiefs 17, Ravens 10
Ravens lost a fumble on 1-yard line, threw an INT in end zone.
Chiefs have won their last five games, giving up 14 ppg.
Since 2019, Chiefs are 13-2 in playoff games, winning two Super Bowls.
Baltimore’s only TD was a 30-yard TD pass late in first quarter.
Chiefs had their first plus turnover game since Week 6.
Mahomes is 88-25 SU as an NFL starter, 14-3 in playoffs.
coach Reid is 25-16 in playoff games, 15-7 with KC.
Lamar Jackson is 60-23 as an NFL starter, only 2-4 in playoff games

— Mahomes is on track to wind up as the NFL’s all-time best QB.
Seriously, if we were starting a football league right now, with every player ever eligible in his prime, which QB would you take first? I’d either take Mahomes or John Elway.

— 49ers 34, Lions 31
Lions in 1st half: 44 plays, 280 yards, 24 points.
Detroit led 24-7 at halftime.
Leading 24-10 in 3rd quarter, Lions went for it on 4th down, instead of trying a 45-yard FG that would’ve made score 27-10- they didn’t make the first down, and the game swung.
49ers in 2nd half: 36 plays, 281 yards, 27 points.
QB Purdy threw for 267 yards, ran for 48 more.
McCaffrey had 13 touches for 132 yards and 2 TD’s.
49ers are 13-0 when they score 21+ points.
Detroit scored a TD with 0:56 left for the back-door cover.

— Early spread on the Super Bowl: San Francisco, -1

— Football coaching stuff:
Buffalo Bills named Joe Brady offensive coordinator, taking the interim tag away.
Philadelphia Eagles naned Kellen Moore offensive coordinator.
Atlanta Falcons named Zac Robinson offensive coordinator.
Sean McVay has been an NFL head coach for seven years; six of his former assistants have become head coaches (5 in NFL, Jedd Fisch in college), another seven have become NFL coordinators.

— Michigan Wolverines named Sherrone Moore their new football coach; he was the interim head coach for four games this season, while Jim Harbaugh was suspended.

— CBS pays Tony Romo $18M a year, which is staggering. Basically works out to $1M a week, maybe a little less. Thats a lot of cabbage, for sure. He’s a good analyst, not really sure anyone is $1M a week good, though.

— Baseball Note of the Day: Japanese baseball teams get a boatload of $$$ if a player comes to America before he has nine years of service time in Japan; the team receives a release fee: 20% of the first $25M of a major league contract, 17.5% of the next $25M and 15% of any amount over $50M.

— Word of the Day: Eschew- Deliberately avoiding something.
Lions eschewed three field goal tries Sunday, and went for it on 4th down all three times; they failed on two of the three tries.

— Baseball stuff:
Royals gave 2B/OF Adam Frazier a 2-year deal, with a guarantee of $4.5M.
Cubs gave P Hector Neris a one-year deal for $9M
Diamondbacks signed OF Joc Pederson for one year, $9.5M.
Rangers gave P David Robertson a one-year deal for $11.5M; they also signed OF Travis Jankowski to a minor league deal.
Detroit Tigers gave 22-year-old prospect Colt Keith a six-year, $28M extension that has the chance to be much more lucrative, if Keith turns out to be as good as the Tigers think he is. Keith is a 3B who hit .287 in 67 AAA games last summer, with 51 RBI.

— FAU 66, North Texas 63
Owls outscored North Texas 13-6 over final 5:23.
FAU is 7-1 SU/2-6 ATS in the AAC.

— Couple of teams snapped long losing streaks Sunday:
Wichita State (1-6 in AAC, +4.5) upset SMU 77-72.
Manhattan (2-7 in MAAC, +9.5) beat Niagara 84-78 in overtime.

— UAB 97, Memphis 88
Memphis lost its last three games, after a 15-2 start.
Both teams had 20+ turnovers.
Yaxel Lendeborg scored 29 points, had 16 rebounds, 4 assists.

— Ohio State lost five of its last six basketball games SU; they’re 1-8 ATS in their conference games this season.

— Gonzaga’s league, the WCC, is ranked 11th so far this year; the last five years, the WCC finished either #8 or #9 in rankings. You wonder if the league will get more than one bid in the NCAA’s this year, if either Gonzaga/Saint Mary’s stumbles down the stretch.

— Happy birthdays this week to two of the greats: Wayne Gretzky (63) and Bob Uecker (90)- they’re greats for very different reasons, but both Hall of Famers, no doubt.

 

[Udog]

OTTAWA is 8-1 ATS (6.9 Units) in home games after scoring 2 goals or less in 2 straight games over the last 2 seasons.




NHL
Dunkel

Monday, January 29

NHL

Monday, January 29

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Nashville @ Ottawa
Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nashville's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nashville's last 5 games on the road
Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa's last 5 games when playing Nashville
Ottawa is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games


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[CNOTES]

MONDAY, JANUARY 29​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
NAS at OTT	07:00 PM	OTT -101 U 6.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday’s 6-pack:
— Cavaliers 118, Clippers 108- Cleveland won 10 of its last 11 games.
— Celtics 118, Pelicans 112- New Orleans led by 10 at halftime.
— Suns 118, Heat 105- Miami lost its last seven games.
— Rockets 135, Lakers 119- Alperen Sengun had 31 points, 12 boards, 7 assists.
— Timberwolves 107, Thunder 101- Minnesota is 33-14, #1-seed in the West.
— Nuggets 113, Bucks 107- Milwaukee loses 1st game with Doc Rivers as coach.

Quote of the Day
“The one stat that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet is heart and poise and togetherness and just fight.”

Ole Miss basketball coach Chris Beard
Tuesday’s quiz
When was the last time a Big Ten team won the college basketball national title?

Monday’s quiz
Patrick Mahomes played his college football at Texas Tech.

Sunday’s quiz
In the baseball movie For Love of the Game, JK Simmons plays the manager of the Detroit Tigers.

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Tuesday’s Den: College basketball stat leaders…….​

College basketball trends (team’s record):
Teams that play the fastest tempos:
1- Western Kentucky (14-6)
3- VMI (4-17)
7- Samford (18-3)
8- New Mexico (18-3)

Teams that play the slowest tempos:
362- North Texas (12-7)
361- Virginia (15-5)
359- Towson (13-8)
358- Charlotte (13-7)

Teams that force highest % of turnovers:
1- Texas-El Paso (11-10)
2- Iowa State (16-4)
3- Houston (18-2)
4- Florida International (7-14)

Teams that turn ball over the most:
24.5%- Siena (3-17)
23%- Sacramento State (6-15)
22.9%- Texas-Arlington (9-11)
22.8%- Stephen F Austin (12-8)

Best teams on offensive boards:
43.8%- Texas A&M (12-8)
40.7%- Florida (14-6)
40.6%- Towson (13-8)
40.1%- St John’s (13-7)

Worst teams on defensive boards:
63.3%- Cleveland State (13-9)
64.1%- North Carolina A&T (6-15)
64.3%- Florida International (7-14)
64.5%- Rio Grande Valley (6-14)

Teams with highest FG %age on 2-point shots:
64%- Cornell (15-3)
60.8%- Indiana State (18-3)
60%- BYU (15-5)
59.8%- Creighton (16-5)

Teams with highest FG %age on 3-point shots:
41.1%- Indiana State (18-3)
41%- Baylor (14-5)
40.2%- Kentucky (15-4)
40.2%- Samford (18-3)

Defenses with best FG %age on 2-point shots:
40.3%- Houston (18-2)
42%- Loyola Chi (13-7)
42.6%- Cal-Irvine (15-6)
42.6%- UConn (18-2)

Defenses with best FG %age on 3-point shots:
27.4%- SMU (13-7)
27.6%- Louisiana (13-8)
27.7%- Mississippi State (14-6)
27.8%- Seattle (12-8)

Teams who get highest %age of points on 3’s:
43%- BYU (15-5)
41.4%- Georgia Southern (5-16)
41%- Liberty (13-8)
41%- St Joe’s (13-7)

Teams who get highest %age of points on 2’s:
63.7%- IUPUI (6-17)
63.4%- Cal-Bakersfield (8-12)
60%- Tarleton State (13-7)
59.9%- Wright State (12-10)

Teams who get highest %age of points on foul shots:
26.2%- Texas-El Paso (11-10)
25.5%- Grand Canyon (19-2)
25.5%- Rio Grande Valley (6-14)
24.7%- Arkansas (10-10)

Teams whose subs play the most:
46.7%- Stephen F Austin (12-8)
44.2%- Samford (18-3)
44.1%- Auburn (16-4)
44%- Vanderbilt (5-14)

Teams whose subs play the least:
14.5%- Princeton (15-2)
17.8%- Tulane (12-8)
17.9%- Ball State (11-9)
18.5%- Michigan (7-13)

Most experienced teams:
St Bonaventure (12-7)
Washington (12-9)
TCU (15-5)
Nevada (16-5)

Least experienced teams:
Idaho (7-13)
Siena (3-17)
North Carolina A&T (6-15)
Notre Dame (7-13)

Teams with most continuity:
Florida Atlantic (17-4)
Columbia (10-7)
Marquette (15-5)
Cal-Davis (12-8)

 

[Udog]

ST LOUIS are 7-1 ATS (5.9 Units) revenging a same season loss vs opponent in the current season.

SAN JOSE is 5-1 ATS (3.9 Units) in home games after failing to cover 16 or more of their last 20 against the spread in the last 3 seasons.




NHL
Dunkel

Tuesday, January 30

NHL

Tuesday, January 30

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Trend Report
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Columbus @ St. Louis
Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Columbus's last 5 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Seattle @ San Jose
Seattle
Seattle is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Seattle's last 8 games when playing San Jose
San Jose
San Jose is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Jose's last 8 games when playing Seattle


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[CNOTES]

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CLB at STL	08:00 PM	STL -155 O 6.5	+500 +500
SEA at SJ	10:30 PM	SJ +208 U 6.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
NFL teams with most room under the 2024 salary cap:
$73.6M— Washington
$71.8M— Tennessee
$69.9M— Houston
$66.1M— New England
$62.7M— Indianapolis
$59.4M— Cincinnati

Quote of the Day
“The world hangs by a thin thread.”
Carl Jung

Wednesday’s quiz
Which current NBA head coach was once an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs when Jerry Tarkanian was their head coach?

Tuesday’s quiz
2000 was the last time a Big Ten team won the college basketball national title, when Michigan State beat Florida 89-76 in the national championship game.

Monday’s quiz
Patrick Mahomes played his college football at Texas Tech.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— Surprise of the Day: Detroit Lions’ offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is staying with Detroit, which is really surprising- thought for sure he would fill one of the eight job openings for head coaches (there are only two left now). Apparently he wanted a boatload of $$$, which scared teams off.

— Can’t let January 30 pass without remembering January 30, 2000, one of my favorite days as a sports fan. Can’t believe its been 24 years since the Rams beat Tennessee 23-16, winning Super Bowl XXXIV, their first Super Bowl title.
Quite a game; Rams tackled a Tennessee receiver on the 1-yard line on the last play of the game to preserve the win, after they had blown a 16-0 third quarter lead. When NFL Network shows the highlights of that game every year, I still get queasy during the 4th quarter.

— The Angelos family is selling the Baltimore Orioles to a couple of really rich guys for $1.725B; Steve Cohen bought the Mets for $2.42B four years ago.

— Underdogs are 8-4 ATS in the last 12 Super Bowls, covering the last three.

— Georgia Tech 74, North Carolina 73
Loss ends North Carolina’s 10-game win streak.
Tar Heels were only 9-17 on the foul line.
Tech has beaten UNC/Duke; they’re 1-7 against the rest of the ACC.

— Marquette 85, Villanova 80
Marquette blew a 20-point lead, trailed by 4 with 13:11 left.
Kolek had 32 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds for the Golden Eagles.
Villanova lost its fifth game in a row.

— TCU 85, Texas Tech 78
TCU is #3 experience team that played non-conference schedule #345.
Horned Frogs are 16-5; all those wins in Nov/Dec built their confidence.
Texas Tech was 14-28 on arc; TCU was 11-20.

— St Bonaventure 67, VCU 62
VCU led this game 39-19 late in first half.
Bonnies out-rebounded VCU, 43-28.
Bonnies were 20-23 on foul line, Rams 9-11.

— Colorado State 79, San Diego State 71
Colorado State outscored Aztecs 19-10 over final 7:29.
Rams shot 67.7% inside the arc.
San Diego State lost 3 of last 5 games, after a 14-2 start.

— South Carolina 63, Tennessee 59
Gamecocks have won four in row, 11 of last 13 games.
Last four games, South Carolina gave up only 62.3 ppg.
Dalton Knecht scored 31 of Tennessee’s 59 points.

— Central Michigan 84, Northern Illinois 77, 2OT
Chippewas are 7-2 in MAC, Northern Illinois 0-8.
NIU led by 13 with 12:05 left in the game.
CMU was 26-37 on foul line, Huskies 16-25.

— Baseball Note of the Day: Seattle Mariners acquired 2B Jorge Polanco from the Twins, for four players, one of whom is P Anthony DeSclafani- another is OF Gabriel Gonzalez, who was Seattle’s #3 prospect.

— Word of the Day: Relentless- Being determined to do something, refusing to give up, to the point of sometimes being harsh or inflexible.

— If you have ESPN+, I recommend a 30-for-30 they did a while back, The Guru of Go, about former Lakers/LMU coach Paul Westhead.
If you saw HBO’s Winning Time last year, that show did a hatchet job of sorts on both Westhead and Jerry West; this show is a little bit more of an accurate appraisal of Westhead and what he did in a very interesting coaching career, a career that included him winning a WNBA title, 27 years after his NBA title with the Lakers.

— Was watching The Firm the other night, the 1993 movie adapted from one of John Grisham’s books; really good movie with an excellent cast- Gene Hackman, Tom Cruise, Wilford Brimley.
Two actors with smaller parts in the movie were Terry Kinney/David Strathairn; 30 years later, those two actors also worked in Showtime’s series Billions, which ran for seven years.
One of the things I got interested in during the pandemic was watching a ton of movies, and seeing how certain actors worked together a lot (John Cusack/Jeremy Piven come to mind).

— NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks have lost their last 18 road games; their last road win was back on November 9th, at Tampa Bay.

— Nick Dunlap, the 20-year-old golfer who won the American Express golf tournament as an amateur couple weeks ago, has turned pro. He was the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson in 1991.
Bad week for the golf coach at Alabama; Dunlap was on his team.

— James Harden has never played on a losing team in the NBA; he played on a 41-41 team once, the 2016 Rockets, but every other team he’s played on finished above .500.

Harden’s teams have a combined playoff record of 80-73; his 2012 Thunder team lost in the NBA Finals to Miami.
— Mobile sports betting is coming to North Carolina on March 11, just in time for people to bet on the ACC Tournament. North Carolina will be the 30th state to have mobile sports betting.

— Let’s compare the coaching resumes of two former NFL coaches:
Coach A: 125-106 in regular season, 0-6 in playoffs.
Coach B: 131-122-3 in regular season, 0-7 in playoffs.
Both coaches turned around losing programs, but couldn’t get over the hump in the playoffs. Any idea who they are? (Hint: they’re both retired)
I’ll let you know tomorrow.

 

[Udog]

DETROIT is 6-1 ATS (4.9 Units) in home games revenging a loss where team scored 1 or less goals in the current season.

NASHVILLE is 11-2 Over (8.8 Units) in home games off a close road loss by 1 goal in the last 3 seasons.

SAN JOSE is 8-29 ATS (-23.9 Units) after playing 3 consecutive home games in the last 3 seasons.




NHL

Wednesday, January 31

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Trend Report
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Ottawa @ Detroit
Ottawa
Ottawa is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Ottawa is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing Detroit
Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Detroit is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games

Los Angeles @ Nashville
Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Los Angeles's last 14 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Los Angeles's last 6 games when playing Nashville
Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Nashville's last 8 games
Nashville is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Los Angeles

San Jose @ Anaheim
San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing Anaheim
San Jose is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Anaheim
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Anaheim's last 7 games when playing San Jose
Anaheim is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Jose


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, January 31

 

[CNOTES]

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
OTT at DET	07:00 PM	DET -109 O 7.0	+500 +500
LA at NAS	07:30 PM	NAS +104 U 6.0	+500 +500
SJ at ANA	10:30 PM	SJ +159 O 6.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday’s 6-pack:
College hoop teams making the highest %age of foul shots:
82.1%— Villanova
80.1%— Virginia Tech
79.9%— Wake Forest
79.1%— Montana
79%— Indiana State
78.8%— Columbia

Quote of the Day
“Life is too short to be anything but happy………
Falling down is part of life, getting back up is living.”
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Thursday’s quiz
Who was New England’s quarterback before Tom Brady?

Wednesday’s quiz
Knicks’ coach Tom Thibodeau was once an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs when Jerry Tarkanian was their head coach.

Tuesday’s quiz
2000 was the last time a Big Ten team won the college basketball national title, when Michigan State beat Florida 89-76 in the national championship game.

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

— Green Bay Packers hired Boston College coach Jeff Hafley as defensive coordinator, one more signal that coaching college football ain’t as much fun anymore. Hafley was 22-26 in four years at BC, getting to three bowl games- they beat SMU 23-14 in this season’s Fenway Bowl.
College recruiting is now a 24/7/365 deal, with NIL deals encouraging players to bolt like free agents in the pros. NFL coaches actually have more down time than college coaches do in the offseason.

— Seattle Seahawks named Baltimore Ravens’ DC Mike Macdonald as their new coach; he is now the youngest head coach in the NFL. Ravens led the NFL in points allowed, sacks and takeaways this year, in Macdonald’s second year on the job.
Since 2013, Ravens are now 0-24 when they trail by 10+ points at halftime; they’re the only NFL team that, over the last 11 years, hasn’t won a game like that.

— Further evidence that players win games, moreso than coaches, although a combination of both is obviously ideal; the 2013 Washington Redskins had these coaches on staff:
Offensive coordinator- Kyle Shanahan (HC of 49ers now)
QB coach- Matt Lafleur (HC of Packers)
TE coach- Sean McVay (HC of Rams)
WR coach- Mike McDaniel (HC of Dolphins)
DB coach- Raheem Morris (HC of Falcons)
Pretty good coaching staff under Mike Shanahan, right?
Washington went 3-13 that season, and Shanahan got fired.

— Pittsburgh Steelers named former Falcons’ coach Arthur Smith as their new offensive coordinator; Smith went 7-10 three years in a row coaching in Atlanta.

— Totally useless statistic; in the last 19 Super Bowls, the team that wore white jerseys were 16-3. This means absolutely nothing, but it is true. By the way, the 49ers are wearing white jerseys next week.

— San Antonio Brahmas of the UFL signed QB Tommy Flacco from Towson State, the younger brother of Browns’ QB Joe Flacco.

— Happy 69th birthday to former Rams’ safety Nolan Cromwell; he played 11 years as a DB for the Rams, after having been a wishbone QB in college at Kansas. Cromwell also held for kicks; he once scored a TD on a fake field goal in overtime, to win a game.

— Baseball Notes of the Day:
Blue Jays signed Justin Turner for one year, $13M.
Angels signed OF Aaron Hicks for $740K; Bronx Bombers still owe Hicks $19,260,000 over the next two years. Kind of like David Justice in Moneyball: “They’re paying you to play against them.”

— NBA salary cap is $136M this year; it will be $141M next season.

— In his Hall of Fame career, the great Wilt Chamberlain had 27 games where he scored 30+ points, grabbed 20+ rebounds, had 10+ assists; no one else in NBA history has more than eight 30-20-10 games (Oscar Robertson). Denver’s Nikola Jokic has seven.

— Movie of the Day: Runaway Jury (2003)- A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
John Cusack is the influential juror; Dustin Hoffman is one of the lawyers, Gene Hackman is a guy who advises the plaintiff’s lawyers. Bruce McGill, Jennifer Beals are also in this movie, which was written by the same two guys who wrote Billions and Rounders.
By the way, happy 94th birthday to the great actor Gene Hackman.

— Purdue 105, Northwestern 96 OT
Northwestern coach Collins got ejected with 0:01.7 left in OT.
Why? Purdue was 29-46 on foul line; Northwestern was 6-8.
Wildcats were 14-27 on the arc; Purdue was 10-21.

— Alabama 85, Georgia 76
Georgia led this game 17-2 out of the gate.
Alabama shot 64.9% inside the arc.
Crimson Tide was +10 in turnovers (19-9)

— Florida 94, Kentucky 91 OT
Florida hit a 3-pointer with 0:03 left to force overtime.
Kentucky split its last six games, after a 12-2 start.
Kentucky’s eFG% defense is #94; Final 4 teams are usually top 25 in eFG% defense.

— Xavier 88, St John’s 77
Olivari had 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals.
St John’s has lost four of its last five games.
Both teams are now 5-5 in the Big East.

— Rice 74, Memphis 71
4th straight loss for Memphis, after a 15-2 start.
Rice had lost seven of its previous eight games.
Owls were 10-21 on the arc, Memphis 3-18.

— UAB 82, North Texas 79 OT
Blazers never led in regulation.
North Texas led by 17 late in first half.
Third loss in four games for the Mean Green.

— Samford 81, Wofford 79
Samford is 19-3, 8-1 in SoCon; their last four wins were by 4-7-3-2 points.

— Boise State 86, New Mexico 78
Rough night for the Pitino family, with Lobos/St John’s both losing.
Loss snaps New Mexico’s five-game winning streak.
Max Rice scored 35 points; he had 30 in his last game vs New Mexico.

— Let’s compare the coaching resumes of two former NFL coaches:
Coach A: 125-106 in regular season, 0-6 in playoffs.
Coach B: 131-122-3 in regular season, 0-7 in playoffs.
Both coaches turned around losing programs, but couldn’t get over the hump in the playoffs. Any idea who they are? (Hint: they’re both retired)
Coach A is Jim Mora Sr, who led the Saints to their first four playoff spots ever, but he went 0-4 in those games.
Mora had previously gone 41-12-1 coaching the Philadelphia Stars in the USFL (1983-85) winning the championship in two of that league’s three seasons.
Coach B is Marvin Lewis; the Bengals were 19-61 in the five years before he got there; they went 6-25-1 in the first two years after he left, but then they drafted Joe Burrow and things have been good in Cincinnati since then.
But Lewis went 131-122-3 in the regular season, no small feat.

— You can bet on the Super Bowl at the SouthPoint Casino in Las Vegas, with -105 instead of the usual -110 (or worse) vigorish. Makes it a little better for gamblers; plus, the SouthPoint has a hot dog cart right near the sportsbook, and it is very good.

 

[Udog]

All-Star Break

All-Star game is Saturday.

Season play resumes Monday.