CNOTES 2024-2025 NBA TRENDS, NEWS, BEST BETS AND OPINIONS THRU THE PLAYOFFS !

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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
College basketball teams playing the slowest tempo:
— Wagner
— Virginia
— Air Force
— Minnesota
— North Texas
— Seton Hall

Quote of the Day
“I mean, they’ve been kicking everybody’s ass. So I’m fortunate enough to, again, just to be on a team that’s rolling like that. And whatever I can do to help, that’s what I’m here for.”
Jamal Adams, on why he signed recently with the Detroit Lions

Wednesday’s quiz
Who was coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers before Mike Tomlin?

Tuesday’s quiz
John Calipari led UMass to the Final Four in 1996.

Monday’s quiz
Bills’ QB Josh Allen played his college football at Wyoming

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Wednesday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy night of basketball…….​

— Rough night for the ACC; their teams went 1-8 against the SEC in their annual challenge, with Clemson’s win over Kentucky the only bright spot.

— Clemson 70, Kentucky 66
Clemson F Schieffelin was 4-20 from floor, also had 20 rebounds.
Clemson is 8-1, with three top 100 wins.
Kentucky is 7-1, splitting two top 100 games.

— Arkansas 76, Miami 73
Miami led this game by 7 with 6:51 left to play.
Arkansas was 11-23 on arc, Miami 9-29.
I’m still a little amazed that Kentucky didn’t want Calipari to coach anymore.

— Missouri 98, California 93
Cal Bears led 51-33 at halftime.
Mizzou was 32-44 inside arc, 3-9 outside arc, 25-38 on foul line.
Cal is an ACC team, by the way. No idea why, but they are.
Mizzou is off to a 7-1 start, after going 0-18 in SEC last year.

— Ole Miss 86, Louisville 63
7-1 Rebels shot 65% inside the arc.
Ole Miss was 8-20 on arc, Louisville 5-30
This was Louisville’s 4th top 60 game in the last seven days.

— Oklahoma 72, Georgia Tech 61
Tech led this game 34-30 at halftime.
Oklahoma was 26-30 on foul line, Tech 12-18.
Sooners are 8-0, with three top 100 wins, plus this win.

— South Carolina 73, Boston College 51
Gamecocks were 10-19 on the arc, BC was 2-15.
Opponents are shooting 44.6% inside arc vs Carolina (#39)
Eagles are shooting 46.3% inside arc (#298) vs schedule #284.

— Famous birthdays, December 4th:
Jeff Bridges, 75
Bernard King, 68
Lee Smith, 67
Frank Reich, 63
Marisa Tomei, 60
Jeff Blake, 54
Blake Snell, 32
Paul Blackburn, 31
Jackson Holliday, 21

— Clemson won the last eight times they played in the ACC football championship game; last time they lost was in 2009, 39-34 to Georgia Tech.

— Michigan 67, Wisconsin 64
Wolverines are off to a 7-1 start, after going 8-24 LY.
Michigan is forcing turnovers 23.3% of time (#14 in country).

— Iowa 80, Northwestern 79
Hawkeyes outscored Northwestern 12-5 over the final 1:43
Iowa led 38-21 late in the first half.

— Villanova 68, Cincinnati 60
Wildcats get their first top 100 win in four tries.
Villanova was 14-17 on foul line, Bearcats 6-11.
Cincinnati is 6-1, but they’ve played schedule #308.

— Army 103, LeMoyne 100 3OT
Army led by 14 with 5:07 left in regulation.
Teams combined to shoot 18-70 on the arc; no bueno.
LeMoyne’s subs outscored Army’s bench, 35-5.

— Murray State 63, Evansville 61
Purple Aces shot 55% inside arc, but never led this game.
Murray State starts five seniors; three of them played 38:00+.
Evansville is 3-5; this was their first loss by less than 11 points.

— Cavaliers 118, Wizards 87
Washington is 2-17; they’ve lost 15 games in a row.
Wizards are 2-6-1 ATS in their last nine games.
Washington’s last win was October 30th. Oy.

 

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Detroit vs Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games when playing Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Detroit
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit

Indiana vs Brooklyn
Indiana is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Brooklyn
Indiana is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Brooklyn
Brooklyn is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Brooklyn's last 7 games when playing at home against Indiana

LA Lakers vs Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 5 games on the road
Miami is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against LA Lakers
Miami is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing LA Lakers

Orlando vs Philadelphia
Orlando is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Orlando is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Philadelphia is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Orlando
Philadelphia is 14-2 SU in its last 16 games when playing Orlando

Atlanta vs Milwaukee
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 17 of Atlanta's last 24 games
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Milwaukee is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Minnesota vs LA Clippers
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing LA Clippers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games
LA Clippers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
LA Clippers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home


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Wednesday, December 4

 

[CNOTES]

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LAL at MIA	07:30 PM	MIA -3.0 U 216.5	+500 +500
IND at BK	07:30 PM	IND -2.5 U 225.0	+500 +500
DET at BOS	07:30 PM	DET +14.0 O 221.5	+500 +500
ORL at PHI	07:30 PM	ORL -5.0 U 208.5	+500 +500
ATL at MIL	08:00 PM	MIL -4.0 O 236.5	+500 +500
MIN at LAC	10:30 PM	MIN -3.5 U 213.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NBA BEST BETS FOR DECEMBER !

12/04/2024............................6 - 3 - 0.............................66.66%........................+ 13.50
12/03/2024............................7 - 9 - 0.............................43.75%.........................- 14.50
12/02/2024............................4 - 4 - 0.............................50.00%.........................- 2.00
12/01/2024...........................11 - 2 - 0............................84.61%..........................+ 44.00

TOTALS.:...............................28 - 18 - 0.............................60.86%.........................+ 41.00

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NOV.TOTALS:...........154 - 137 - 0................52.92%...............+ 17.20
OCT.TOTALS:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,48 - 36 - 0.................57.14%...............+ 42.50

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Thursday’s 6-pack:
Most passes thrown in a game for the Cleveland Browns:
64— Bernie Kosar, 1987
61— Colt McCoy, 2011
58— Jameis Winston, 2024
57— Brian Sipe, 1981
56— Jason Campbell, 2013
54— Brian Hoyer 2013/Eric Zeier 1995

Quote of the Day
“When all is said and done, more is usually said than done.”
Unknown

Thursday’s quiz
What was the biggest upset in Super Bowl history? (pointspread-wise)

Wednesday’s quiz
Bill Cowher was coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers before Mike Tomlin.

Tuesday’s quiz
John Calipari led UMass to the Final Four in 1996.

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Thursday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..​

— SEC pounded on the ACC this week, going 14-2 in their challenge.
Chances are we’ll hear about this week on Selection Sunday, when most of the SEC gets in the Field of 68.

— Alabama 94, North Carolina 79
83-possession game, very fast pace. Alabama scored 1.13 points/possession.
North Carolina was 5-28 on the arc.
Alabama is #68 in bench minutes; they put six guys in double figures.

— Duke 84, Auburn 78
Auburn led 13-2 out of the gate, but Duke shot 55.6% inside the arc.
Duke had only four turnovers, in a 63-possession game.
Auburn started 5 seniors; Duke played one senior more than 5:00.

— Creighton 76, Kansas 63
Kansas never led; they shot 35.7% from the floor.
Creighton led 41-31 at halftime.
Bluejays are shooting 60.2% inside the arc (#11)

— UConn 76, Baylor 72
UConn was 26-33 on foul line, Baylor 12-19
Baylor led by 11 early on, led 37-36 at halftime.
Baylor is 5-3, 2-3 against top 50 teams (schedule #10).

— Oregon 68, USC 60
Oregon held the Trojans to 34.5% from the floor.
Ducks are 9-0, with four top 100 wins.
Trojans other than Claude (9-20) were 10-35 from the floor.

— Iowa State 81, Marquette 70
This game was 61-61 with 8:43 left.
Marquette star Jones was only 6-21 from the floor.
Cyclones are 3-1 vs top 100 teams, scoring 87.5 ppg

— Famous birthdays, December 5th:
Jeroen Krabbe, 80
Jim Plunkett, 77
Bill Simpson, 73
Cliff Floyd, 52
Charlie Batch, 50
Josh Smith, 39
AJ Pollock, 37
Christian Yelich, 33

— Maryland 83, Ohio State 59
Terps led this game 63-23 at one point; they shot 59.5% inside arc.

— Belmont 99, Illinois State 97 OT
Belmont led MVC opener 54-45 at the half.
Illinois State shot 18-33 on the arc and still lost.
Belmont is 7-2, playing schedule #285.

— New Mexico 83, San Jose State 77
San Jose led 17-4 early, 71-65 with 7:16 left in game.
Lobos had 16 offensive boards, out-rebounded San Jose 42-31.

— Upsets of the Night:
Coastal Carolina (+5.5) 58, Campbell 57
Creighton (+4.5) 76, Kansas 63
North Dakota State (+4.5) 77, Weber State 73
St Thomas (+4.5) 87, Northern Colorado 75
IU Indy (+4.5) 84, Green Bay 75

— Texas 63, NC State 59
59-possession game; very slow pace.
NC State lost last three games, scoring 61-61-59 points.
Wolfpack was 5-14 on arc, 6-14 on foul line.

— Summit League went 5-4 against the Big Sky in their challenge; underdogs were 5-4 ATS in the nine games.

— Jacksonville Jaguar QB Trevor Lawrence was put on IR, is most likely out for the year; he got a concussion Sunday after a late hit by a Houston defender.

— South Korean star 2B Hyeseong Kim was posted, will be available as a free agent starting Thursday at 5:00. KIm will be 26 next month; he hit .326 LY, with 11 homers, 75 RBIs while stealing 30 bases for the Kiwoom Heroes in the KBO.

— Red Sox signed reliever Aroldis Chapman for one year, $10.75M. In 61⅔ IP for Pittsburgh last year, Chapman struck out 98, walked 39, had a 3.79 ERA. He’ll be 37 years old soon; Boston will be his 7th major league team.

 

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Thursday, December 5

 

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Thursday, December 5

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Dallas vs Washington
Dallas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Washington is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games when playing Dallas

Denver vs Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Denver's last 5 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Denver's last 17 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing Denver
Cleveland is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games at home

Oklahoma City vs Toronto
Oklahoma City is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oklahoma City's last 6 games when playing Toronto
Toronto is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games at home
Toronto is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

Charlotte vs New York
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Charlotte's last 5 games
Charlotte is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games
New York is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
New York is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Charlotte

Sacramento vs Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Sacramento's last 8 games when playing on the road against Memphis
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Sacramento's last 7 games when playing Memphis
Memphis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Memphis's last 8 games when playing at home against Sacramento

Chicago vs San Antonio
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing on the road against San Antonio
Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing San Antonio
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Antonio's last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago
San Antonio is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago

Phoenix vs New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Phoenix's last 13 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Phoenix's last 8 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone OVER in 12 of New Orleans's last 13 games when playing at home against Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans's last 6 games

Houston vs Golden State
Houston is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Houston
Golden State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Houston


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[CNOTES]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
DAL at WAS	07:00 PM	WAS +14.0 O 232.0	+500 +500
DEN at CLE	07:00 PM	CLE -4.5 O 234.0	+500 +500
OKC at TOR	07:30 PM	TOR +9.5 O 226.5	+500 +500
CHA at NY	07:30 PM	CHA +14.5 U 218.0	+500 +500
CHI at SA	08:00 PM	SA -2.0 O 236.0	+500 +500
PHO at NO	08:00 PM	PHO -2.0 O 222.5	+500 +500
SAC at MEM	08:00 PM	MEM -3.5 U 242.0	+500 +500
HOU at GS	10:00 PM	HOU -4.0 U 219.0	+500 +500

 

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NBA BEST BETS FOR DECEMBER !

12/05/2024............................7 - 3 -0............................70.00%.......................+18.50
12/04/2024............................6 - 3 - 0............................66.66%.......................+ 13.50
12/03/2024............................7 - 9 - 0............................43.75%.......................- 14.50
12/02/2024............................4 - 4 - 0............................50.00%.......................- 2.00
12/01/2024...........................11 - 2 - 0............................84.61%......................+ 44.00

TOTALS.:.............................35 - 21 - 0............................62.50%.......................+ 59.50

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NOV.TOTALS:...........154 - 137 - 0................52.92%...............+ 17.20
OCT.TOTALS...............48 - 36 - 0.................57.14%...............+ 42.50

 

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Friday’s 6-pack:
Some teams who have played tough schedules so far…….
4) Auburn 7-1
5) San Diego State 5-2
6) Alabama 7-2
7) North Carolina 4-4
9) Baylor 5-3
10) Memphis 7-1

Quote of the Day
“It’s a really significant day for Las Vegas, for Nevada. There will be more of that. We’ll have the groundbreaking, we’re going to have a (stadium) topping off party and were going to have Opening Day. We’re going to have many years of Major League Baseball.”
Las Vegas Stadium Authority Chairman Steve Hill

Friday’s quiz
What year did the A’s move from Kansas City to Oakland?

Thursday’s quiz
Super Bowl III was the biggest upset in Super Bowl history, when the 18-point underdog Jets upset the Baltimore Colts, 16-7.

Wednesday’s quiz
Bill Cowher was coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers before Mike Tomlin.

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Friday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Thursday……..​

— Good day to be an A’s fan…….
A’s relocation to Las Vegas cleared a major hurdle Thursday with the approval of three long-anticipated agreements that were needed before ballpark construction can begin.
A’s will play in Sacramento the next three years, hope to begin playing in a new stadium on the Las Vegas Strip in 2028.
Damn near choked on my lunch Thursday when I got a text saying the A’s signed P Luis Severino to a 3-year, $67M contract, the biggest contract the A’s have given out since 2004, when Eric Chavez got paid.
This past year, Severino was 11-7, 3.91 in 31 starts for the Mets, after previously pitching for eight years in the Bronx. His career record is 65-44, 3.81 in 156 starts.

— Lions 34, Packers 31
Lions drove 63 yards, kicked 35-yard FG at the gun.
Detroit won its last eleven games (8-3 ATS).
Goff threw for 283 yards, three TD’s.
Detroit was 7-15 on third down, 4-5 on 4th down.
Only 5 of Packers’ 44 plays were on 3rd down (1-5).
Green Bay’s first three drives: 10 plays, 46 yards, no points.
Green Bay rest of the game: 34 plays, 249 yards, 31 points.
Detroit led 17-7 at halftime.
Packers scored two TD’s in first 3:45 of third quarter.
GB is 17-7 ATS in last 24 games as a road underdog

— North Carolina has interviewed 72-year old Bill Belichick about their coaching job; while Belichick has won six Super Bowls, he’s never coached in college.
Tar Heels just fired 73-year old Mack Brown as coach, after going 23-16 the last three years.
Belichick’s son is defensive coordinator for the Washington Huskies.

— If you like the NFL, Hard Knocks on HBO Max is great to watch; this year’s show is focusing on the entire AFC North. Get to see some behind-the-scenes stuff, which is educational.

— Quarterbacks/receivers should get stat credit for interference penalties.

— UCLA fired offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy after the Bruins ranked 126th in scoring this year, 118th in yardage. Bieniemy gets paid $1.2M to go away.
Bieniemy worked for the Washington Commanders LY, after working with the Chiefs for ten years before that. Rumor was he didn’t get along well with Patrick Mahomes, but Kansas City won two Super Bowls while he was there.
UCLA replaces Bieniemy with Indiana OC/QB coach Tino Sunseri.

— Oklahoma State fired both coordinators after their 3-9 season, where they were 0-9 in Big X games. Problem is, OSU had gone to bowl games the previous 18 years, going 12-6 in the bowl games and suddenly, this year the assistants aren’t good enough?
Offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn has worked for the Cowboys since 2011; that had to be a tense/awkward conversation when he was told to take a hike.

— Famous birthdays, December 6th:
Larry Bowa, 79
Steven Wright, 69
Bill Hanzlik, 67
Lance Blankenship, 61
Sarah Rafferty, 52
Judd Apotow, 57
Kevin Cash, 47
Johnny Manziel, 32
Giannis Antetokounmpo, 30

— Penn State 81, Purdue 70
Nittany Lions led by 27 midway thru second half.
Purdue turned ball over 24 times in their conference opener.

— TCU 76, Xavier 72
Xavier led by 6 with 7:28 left in the game.
Horned Frogs put five guys in double figures, including two subs.
Xavier shot 63% inside the arc, only 9-28 outside arc.

— Detroit 79, Fort Wayne 78
Mastodons led Detroit by 8 with 8:51 left in game.
Titans shot 11-25 on the arc.
Detroit is 5-5 under new coach Montgomery; they were 1-31 last year.

— Oakland 66, Wright State 64
Wright State shot 16-31 on arc, but 6-20 inside arc, only 4-5 on foul line.
Oakland starts four seniors; they played non-conference schedule #8.

— Drake 66, Valparaiso 60
Drake is 8-0, with four starters who used to play D-2 ball.
Bulldogs are forcing turnovers 22.4% of time (#27)
Drake already has three top 100 wins.

— Long Beach State 73, Fullerton 56
Long Beach gets its first win in nine D-I games.
Favored Titans were 1-13 on arc, 9-18 on foul line.

— Cal-Irvine 82, Bakersfield 66
Irvine was 33-40 on foul line, Bakersfield 17-19.
Anteaters are 9-0, with only two top 150 wins.
Six of Irvine’s eight I-A wins are by 12+ points.

 

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Orlando vs Philadelphia
Orlando is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Orlando is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Orlando
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Orlando

LA Lakers vs Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers's last 5 games when playing Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Lakers's last 7 games
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing LA Lakers

Milwaukee vs Boston
Milwaukee is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 6 games when playing Boston
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Milwaukee
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Indiana vs Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 6 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Indiana is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing at home against Indiana
Chicago is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Sacramento vs San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Sacramento's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Sacramento's last 6 games when playing San Antonio
San Antonio is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Sacramento
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games when playing Sacramento

Minnesota vs Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Golden State
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Golden State's last 9 games
Golden State is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Minnesota

Utah vs Portland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games on the road
Utah is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Portland
Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Portland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home


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[CNOTES]

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
ORL at PHI	07:00 PM	PHI +3.5 U 207.0	+500 +500
LAL at ATL	07:30 PM	ATL -5.5 O 232.0	+500 +500
MIL at BOS	07:30 PM	MIL +8.0 O 227.5	+500 +500
IND at CHI	08:00 PM	CHI +3.5 U 248.0	+500 +500
SAC at SA	08:00 PM	SA +6.5 U 228.5	+500 +500
UTA at POR	10:00 PM	POR -2.5 O 226.0	+500 +500
MIN at GS	10:00 PM	GS +1.0 U 218.5	+500 +500

 

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NBA BEST BETS FOR DECEMBER !

12/06/2024............................5 - 6 - 0...........................45.45%.......................- 8.00
12/05/2024............................7 - 3 -0............................70.00%.......................+18.50
12/04/2024............................6 - 3 - 0............................66.66%.......................+ 13.50
12/03/2024............................7 - 9 - 0............................43.75%.......................- 14.50
12/02/2024............................4 - 4 - 0............................50.00%.......................- 2.00
12/01/2024...........................11 - 2 - 0............................84.61%......................+ 44.00

TOTALS.:.............................40 - 27 - 0............................59.70%.......................+ 51.50

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NOV.TOTALS:...........154 - 137 - 0................52.92%...............+ 17.20
OCT.TOTALS...............48 - 36 - 0.................57.14%...............+ 42.50

 

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Saturday’s 6-pack:
Teams getting the highest % of their points on 3-pointers:
51%— North Dakota State
46.2%— North Florida
45.2%— Tennessee Tech
44.6%— Furman
44.2%— DePaul
44.1%— Akron

Quote of the Day
“We wanted to make something of a statement coming into a new city and coming into a new ballpark. But more than that, to improve on what we have. Signing someone with Luis’ experience to be a leader was important to us.”
A’s general manager David Forst, after signing P Luis Severino

Saturday’s quiz
What city hosts the Holiday Bowl every year?

Friday’s quiz
A’s moved from Kansas City to Oakland in 1968.

Thursday’s quiz
Super Bowl III was the biggest upset in Super Bowl history, when the 18-point underdog Jets upset the Baltimore Colts, 16-7.

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

— P Shane Bieber re-signed with the Cleveland Guardians, for one year, $10M, with a $4M buyout if they don’t keep him after 2025.

— P Clay Holmes signed with the Mets for three years, $38M; he’s going to start for the Mets, after making 300 relief appearances over the last six seasons. He did start four games for the Pirates in 2018.

— Dodgers star 1B Freddie Freeman had surgery on his right ankle Thursday, is expected to be ready for the start of spring training. Freeman hit .282 last year with 89 RBI and an .854 OPS; he hit .250 in LA’s postseason games, when he was hampered by the ankle injury.

— The St. Petersburg City Council voted to approve bonds necessary to finance a new $1.3B stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays, which could open in 2028.
The Rays have said it was impossible to play at the Trop next year and maybe not until 2026, because of the damage from a tropical storm in October.

— C Kyle Higashioka signed a 2-year deal with the Texas Rangers for $13.5M; the 34-year old catcher hit 17 homers in 263 plate appearances for San Diego last year.

— It turns out that referee Bill Vinovich worked four college basketball games in four nights in Palm Springs last week, then worked the Cardinals-Vikings game in Minnesota Sunday.
Thursday night, Vinovich worked the Cal-San Diego-Santa Barbara basketball game in the Thunderdome.

— Houston Rockets coach Ime Udoka was fined $50,000 by the NBA for his actions during Tuesday’s loss to Sacramento.
He was fined for confronting and directing profane language toward a game official, failing to leave the court in a timely manner after being ejected, and public criticism of the officiating.
“Missed calls, blatant missed calls right in front of you. You’re calling ticky-tack moving screens, little s— like that, but you don’t want to call the obvious ones right in front of you. That was it. Thought [Sengun] got fouled a few times on that drive and on the layup and they don’t want to call it. So I told him to get some f—ing glasses and open your eyes.”
Alrighty then.

— Famous birthdays, December 7th:
Ellen Burstyn, 92
Johnny Bench, 77
Larry Bird, 68
C Thomas Howell, 58
Eric Chavez, 47
Ryan Theriot, 45
Jake McQuaide, 37
Kyle Hendricks, 35
Yasiel Puig, 34
Pete Alonso, 30

— There were three college football conference title games Friday:

Jacksonville State 52, Western Kentucky 12
Gamecocks win C-USA in their second year as a I-A team.
Jax State won nine of last ten games, after an 0-3 start.
Gamecocks ran for 386 yards, outgained the Hilltoppers, 562-229.
Back in 1985, Rams won NFC West with QB Dieter Brock, who played most of his career in the CFL. Dieter Brock played his college ball at Jacksonville State.

— Boise State 21, UNLV 7
Last eight years, Broncos are 6-2 SU in MW title games.
UNLV ran for 217 yards; they had an 87-yard run, but didn’t score on that drive.

— Army 35, Tulane 14
Army wins the AAC in their first season in the league.
Cadets ran ball for 335 yards; they were 4-9 on 3rd down, 4-5 on 4th down.
Army scored 35 points while throwing two passes the whole game.

— Northwestern 70, Illinois 66 OT
Illinois loses its Big 18 opener, slips to 7-2, 1-2 against top 100 teams.
Wildcats’ last four games were all decided by 5 or fewer points.

— West Virginia 73, Georgetown 60
Hoyas led 30-28 at halftime.
Senior G Small scored 26 for West Virginia, which is 6-2, 3-2 vs top 100 teams.

— Niagara 69, Siena 68
Niagara outscored Saints 6-2 over the final 2:12
Purple Eagles were 17-20 on foul line, Siena 9-14.

— Oklahoma State wants football coach Mike Gundy to re-do his contract so that he makes less $$$, then use the money he gives back to help fund their NIL program.
There will be lawyers.

— In the movie Moneyball, when they make such a big thing about trading 1B Carlos Pena, Pena was hitting .218 when he got traded to Detroit. He wound up having a 14-year career with eight different teams, he hit 286 home runs with a career OPS of .808.
John Mabry hit .275 with 11 homers for the A’s that year, stepping in at 1B For Pena.