WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMU at SFPA | 07:00 PM | RMU -5.0 U 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| OAK at DAY | 07:00 PM | DAY -12.0 U 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| DSU at ECU | 07:00 PM | ECU -12.0 O 139.0 | +500 +500 |
| BAY at DUKE | 07:00 PM | BAY +3.5 O 152.5 | +500 +500 |
| RID at DEL | 07:00 PM | DEL -10.0 U 141.5 | +500 +500 |
| CONN at HALL | 07:00 PM | CONN -8.0 O 139.5 | +500 +500 |
| RAD at WVU | 07:00 PM | WVU -6.5 U 141.0 | +500 +500 |
| SLU at NCST | 07:00 PM | SLU +11.5 O 148.0 | +500 +500 |
| MSM at UGA | 07:00 PM | UGA -12.0 U 142.5 | +500 +500 |
| XAV at SJU | 07:00 PM | XAV +6.0 U 158.5 | +500 +500 |
| PFW at PITT | 07:00 PM | PITT -14.5 U 157.5 | +500 +500 |
| GRAM at SELA | 07:00 PM | SELA -5.5 U 137.0 | +500 +500 |
| SDST at WYO | 07:00 PM | WYO +4.0 O 146.5 | +500 +500 |
| UVM at TOL | 07:00 PM | UVM +5.0 O 147.5 | +500 +500 |
| ARST at BEL | 07:30 PM | BEL -5.0 O 159.0 | +500 +500 |
| UND at NEB | 07:30 PM | NEB -18.5 U 147.0 | +500 +500 |
| KC at ETSU | 07:30 PM | ETSU -5.0 O 139.0 | +500 +500 |
| COOK at CHS | 08:00 PM | CHS -7.5 U 141.5 | +500 +500 |
| TNTC at EVAN | 08:00 PM | TNTC +9.0 O 143.5 | +500 +500 |
| UMBC at IOWA | 08:00 PM | IOWA -26.0 U 177.0 | +500 +500 |
| LIB at UVU | 08:00 PM | LIB -3.5 U 130.0 | +500 +500 |
| PV at RICE | 08:00 PM | RICE -9.5 O 147.5 | +500 +500 |
| SHSU at GRC | 08:00 PM | GRC -15.5 U 144.5 | +500 +500 |
| NW at ASU | 08:30 PM | NW -4.0 U 137.0 | +500 +500 |
| UNC at OKLA | 09:00 PM | OKLA +3.5 O 155.0 | +500 +500 |
| NORF at UTEP | 09:00 PM | UTEP -6.5 U 136.0 | +500 +500 |
| JKST at GONZ | 09:00 PM | GONZ -26.5 U 155.5 | +500 +500 |
| VILL at CREI | 09:00 PM | CREI -9.5 U 143.0 | +500 +500 |
| UCI at UNM | 09:00 PM | UNM -9.5 O 156.0 | +500 +500 |
| BELL at UTAH | 09:00 PM | UTAH -20.5 U 142.5 | +500 +500 |
| NAU at SF | 10:00 PM | SF -17.0 U 137.0 | +500 +500 |
| HOW at UCSB | 10:00 PM | UCSB -9.5 U 151.5 | +500 +500 |
| SCU at SJSU | 10:00 PM | SCU -4.5 U 146.5 | +500 +500 |
| PAC at CSF | 10:00 PM | CSF -12.5 U 138.5 | +500 +500 |
| LT at SEA | 10:00 PM | LT +1.0 O 134.0 | +500 +500 |
| ALA at ARIZ | 11:00 PM | ALA +7.5 O 176.5 | +500 +500 |
Completed Picks
Past Completed Picks| Date | W-L-T | % | Units | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/20/2023 | 25-46-1 | 35.21% | -12800 | Detail |
| 12/19/2023 | 43-37-0 | 53.75% | +1150 | Detail |
| 12/18/2023 | 13-18-1 | 42.19% | -3400 | Detail |
| 12/17/2023 | 25-24-3 | 50.96% | -700 | Detail |
| 12/16/2023 | 87-81-5 | 51.73% | -1050 | Detail |
| 12/15/2023 | 11-6-1 | 63.89% | +2200 | Detail |
| 12/14/2023 | 5-9-0 | 35.71% | -2450 | Detail |
| 12/13/2023 | 19-12-0 | 61.29% | +2900 | Detail |
| 12/12/2023 | 21-23-0 | 47.73% | -2150 | Detail |
| 12/11/2023 | 11-7-0 | 61.11% | +1650 | Detail |
| 12/10/2023 | 22-28-1 | 44.12% | -4400 | Detail |
| 12/09/2023 | 87-109-6 | 44.55% | -16450 | Detail |
| 12/08/2023 | 6-10-0 | 37.50% | -2500 | Detail |
| 12/07/2023 | 7-3-0 | 70.00% | +1850 | Detail |
| 12/06/2023 | 27-39-0 | 40.91% | -7950 | Detail |
| 12/05/2023 | 29-15-0 | 65.91% | +6250 | Detail |
| 12/04/2023 | 7-3-0 | 70.00% | +1850 | Detail |
| 12/03/2023 | 18-7-0 | 72.00% | +5150 | Detail |
| 12/02/2023 | 31-26-1 | 54.31% | +1200 | Detail |
| 12/01/2023 | 25-26-0 | 49.02% | -1800 | Detail |
DECEMBER'S COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS !
12/20/2023.......................14 - 27.............................34.14%........................- 78.50
12/19/2023.......................26 - 22.............................54.16%.........................+ 9.00
12/18/2023.........................7 - 15..............................31.81%.........................- 47.50
12/17/2023........................19 - 14 ...........................57.57%..........................+ 18.00
12/16/2023........................56 - 46............................54.90.............................+ 27.00
12/15/2023.........................10 - 5..............................66.66%.........................+ 22.50
12/14/2023..........................3 - 8................................27.27%.........................- 29.00
12/13/2023.......................14 - 8.................................63.63%.........................+ 26.00
12/12/2023.......................11 - 15..............................42.30%..........................- 27.50
12/11/2023......................... 9 - 5................................64.28%..........................+ 18.50
12/10/2023.........................14 - 20..............................41.17%..........................- 40.00
12/09/2023.........................49 - 60..............................44.95%..........................- 85.00
12/08/2023..............................6 - 8..............................42.85%...........................- 14.00
12/07/2023..............................6 - 3..............................66.66%..........................+ 13.50
12/06/2023............................23 - 27...........................46.00%...........................-20.00
12/05/2023............................16 -11............................59.25%...........................+ 19.50
12/04/2023................................6 - 2............................75.00%...........................+ 19.00
12/03/2023..............................18 - 7...........................72.00%............................+ 51.50
12/02/2023.............................24 - 12.........................66.66%.............................+ 54.00
12/01/2023.................................9 - 7..........................56.25%..............................+ 6.50
TOTALS...............................340 - 322.........................51.35%.............................. - 57.00
12/20/2023.......................14 - 27.............................34.14%........................- 78.50
12/19/2023.......................26 - 22.............................54.16%.........................+ 9.00
12/18/2023.........................7 - 15..............................31.81%.........................- 47.50
12/17/2023........................19 - 14 ...........................57.57%..........................+ 18.00
12/16/2023........................56 - 46............................54.90.............................+ 27.00
12/15/2023.........................10 - 5..............................66.66%.........................+ 22.50
12/14/2023..........................3 - 8................................27.27%.........................- 29.00
12/13/2023.......................14 - 8.................................63.63%.........................+ 26.00
12/12/2023.......................11 - 15..............................42.30%..........................- 27.50
12/11/2023......................... 9 - 5................................64.28%..........................+ 18.50
12/10/2023.........................14 - 20..............................41.17%..........................- 40.00
12/09/2023.........................49 - 60..............................44.95%..........................- 85.00
12/08/2023..............................6 - 8..............................42.85%...........................- 14.00
12/07/2023..............................6 - 3..............................66.66%..........................+ 13.50
12/06/2023............................23 - 27...........................46.00%...........................-20.00
12/05/2023............................16 -11............................59.25%...........................+ 19.50
12/04/2023................................6 - 2............................75.00%...........................+ 19.00
12/03/2023..............................18 - 7...........................72.00%............................+ 51.50
12/02/2023.............................24 - 12.........................66.66%.............................+ 54.00
12/01/2023.................................9 - 7..........................56.25%..............................+ 6.50
TOTALS...............................340 - 322.........................51.35%.............................. - 57.00
Thursday’s 6-pack:
— 76ers 127, Minnesota 113- Joel Embiid had 51 points, 12 rebounds.
— Knicks 121, Nets 102- 16-11 Knicks are off to their best start since 2013.
— Nuggets 113, Raptors 104- Jokic had 31 points, 15 rebounds.
— Bulls 124, Lakers 108- Lakers are 1-4 since they won the IST.
— Cavaliers 124, Utah 116- Utah State alum Merrill scored 27 off bench.
— Heat 115, Orlando 106- Miami made 15 of 29 shots behind the arc.
Quote of the Day
“We feel a little disrespected by that. I feel like we are the best team in the league, and we have an opportunity in front of the country to show it.”
Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton, on the 49ers being favored over Baltimore this week
Thursday’s quiz
Who is the all-time leader in passing yardage for the Washington Redskins/Commanders?
Wednesday’s quiz
2006/2007 was last time a college basketball team won consecutive national titles, when Billy Donovan’s Florida team won both tournaments.
Tuesday’s quiz
The Sun Bowl college football game is played in El Paso, TX every year.
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— Big X
6 of 14 teams are in kenpom.com Top 20
Houston/BYU, newcomers to the Big X, are highest-rated teams right now.
Houston has the best eFG% defense in the country.
Oklahoma State (6-5), West Virginia (4-6) have regressed.
— SEC
5 of 14 teams are in the top 25.
Tennessee is 8-3, but they’ve played the #12 schedule, a tough schedule.
Ole Miss is 11-0, but they’ve played schedule #262.
Vanderbilt is 4-7; they’re 65-76 in 4+ years under Jerry Stackhouse, 24-46 in SEC games. Five years ago, Vandy was off to a 4-0 start under Bryce Drew, but their best player (Darius Garland) got hurt, missed the rest of the season, and the Commodores went in the ashcan, going 9-23- they fired Drew.
Garland is now a productive player in the NBA, while Drew has moved on to Grand Canyon in the WAC, where he has a 73-28 record coaching the Antelopes. I’m thinking the administration at Vanderbilt screwed up- they should’ve kept Drew as coach.
— Big 14
Only have three teams rated in top 20.
Michigan State is struggling at 6-5.
Zach Edey must have a great NIL deal for him to return to Purdue this season. Boilers have five top 20 wins, but lost conference opener at Northwestern. Purdue is shooting 40.3% on the arc; what will they shoot in March, when the heat is on?
— Pac-12
In its last season, Pac-12 is 0-5 SU against the Mountain West; no bueno.
Arizona/Colorado are only Pac-12 teams rated in top 30.
UCLA is 5-5, losing five of last six D-I games; there are rumors about Mick Cronin’s interest in the Louisville job, when that opens up.
Arizona has eight foreign players on its roster, UCLA has seven.
Meanwhile, Oregon State/Washington State are joining the WCC in basketball for the next two seasons.
— ACC
Duke, Clemson, North Carolina are only teams rated in top 25.
Duke had a quality neutral court win over Baylor Wednesday.
Syracuse is 8-3 with a 20-point win over Oregon, but all three Orange losses were by 17+ points; they’re forcing turnovers 21.7% of time, a marked improvement over recent years.
— Teams in country with best continuity:
Columbia- Ivy League
Drexel- CAA
Florida Atlantic- AAC
Marquette- Big East
Cal-Davis- Big West
— Teams in country with most experience:
St Bonaventure- A-15
Washington- Pac-12
TCU- Big X
North Carolina- ACC
St John’s- Big East
— OVC
Morehead State is 8-4, the only OVC team in the top 200; Tuesday night at Indiana, they led the Hoosiers by 15 with 8:58 left, but lost 69-68. Morehead looks like one of those dangerous 14-seeds we’ll be talking about in March.
— Word of the Day- Grinch- a person who is unfriendly, a killjoy.
— Big East
Seton Hall upset UConn Wednesday, Providence upset Marquette Tuesday.
Villanova just beat Creighton in overtime, another upset.
Rick Pitino is going to make waves with St John’s, just not sure it’ll be this year.
Jay Wright retired in the spring of 2022, after a 30-8 season. In his last nine years at Villanova, Wildcats went 265-53, 130-31 in Big East games.
Since Wright left, Villanova is 25-21, 11-10 in Big East games.
— Mountain West
Three best teams appear to be Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State.
Rams/Lobos both have one loss; both losses were against Saint Mary’s.
Like we said before, Mountain West is 5-0 SU against the Pac-12 this season.
Right now, MW is ranked as the #7 league; this would be the third year in a row Mountain West is in the top 7- 2013 was the last time before that.
— Atlantic 15
9-2 Dayton is the only team rated in the top 70.
Duquesne is 9-2; their coach is Keith Dambrot, who was Lebron James’ high school coach.
St Joe’s is 9-2, but against schedule #325; they lost to Texas A&M-Commerce.
A-15 got only one team in NCAA’s LY (VCU), could be headed that way again.
— AAC
14 teams in this league now; they’ve reshuffled more than any league this year.
FAU is legit good; they were in Final Four last year, have whole team back, are 9-2 now.
Memphis is 9-2, with seven top 100 wins (schedule #10)
Other than FAU/Memphis, SMU, North Texas, Tulane appear to be AAC contenders.
— Missouri Valley
Indiana State/Drake are both 11-1, the Valley’s only top 100 teams.
Drake has played schedule #301, Indiana State #264. Sycamores are shooting 61.2% inside the arc, 41.4% on the arc- they have the best eFG% in the whole country.
Evansville is 10-2 against schedule #318; the last five years, Evanaville was 40-111, so a great rebuilding job being done by David Ragland. They did lose their only top 100 game by 41 at BYU, but 10-2 is 10-2.
Murray State is 3-8; they’ve had only one losing season since 1997.
— WCC
Right now, WCC is 5-14 against the Mountain West
7-6 against the Pac-12
0-5 against the WAC
3-4 against the Big Sky,
In other words, the WCC is down; losing BYU hurt, especially this year, because BYU is really good. Saint Mary’s is a disappointing 7-5, but they’ve played better recently. Gonzaga is 8-3, 3-3 against top 100 teams.
It’ll be interesting next year, when Oregon State/Washington State join the WCC.
— Ivy League
Princeton is 10-1, with three top 100 wins; KenPom has them at #44.
Yale, Cornell appear to be the teams best poised to upset Princeton in the Ivy tournament.
— Conference USA
League looks like a 3-way battle between Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Western Kentucky.
This league has teams in Virginia, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico; lot of travel.
— Other mid-majors we’ve got our eye on:
Grand Canyon, WAC- Antelopes are 9-1, with wins over San Diego State, Liberty
James Madison, Sun Belt- 11-0 Dukes opened season with OT wins at Michigan State/Kent State and they still haven’t lost. JMU has #27 eFG% in country; they’re forcing turnovers 21.8% of the time (#29).
Western Carolina, SoCon- Catamounts have Power 5 wins at Notre Dame, Vandy; WCU has been in the NCAA’s one time- they were a 16-seed in 1996, lost 73-71 to #1-seed Purdue.
Western Carolina also made the first 3-point shot in NCAA history, on November 29, 1980. Ronnie Carr made the shot.
Cal-Irvine, Big West- Anteaters haven’t been in NCAAs since 2019, when they upset Kansas State in a 4-13 game. Irvine always defends well; their subs are playing 8th most minutes in country, so they’ve got good depth.
Vermont, America East- Catamounts have been in four of last six NCAA Tournaments; they have wins over Charleston, Yale this season.
McNeese State, Southland- Will Wade has never had a losing season as a coach, whether at VCU, LSU or Chattanooga; his first team at McNeese is 10-2, shooting 41% on the arc, while playing a slow (#348) pace.
Joe Dumars’ alma mater hasn’t been to the NCAA’s since 2002; could this be their year?
— 76ers 127, Minnesota 113- Joel Embiid had 51 points, 12 rebounds.
— Knicks 121, Nets 102- 16-11 Knicks are off to their best start since 2013.
— Nuggets 113, Raptors 104- Jokic had 31 points, 15 rebounds.
— Bulls 124, Lakers 108- Lakers are 1-4 since they won the IST.
— Cavaliers 124, Utah 116- Utah State alum Merrill scored 27 off bench.
— Heat 115, Orlando 106- Miami made 15 of 29 shots behind the arc.
Quote of the Day
“We feel a little disrespected by that. I feel like we are the best team in the league, and we have an opportunity in front of the country to show it.”
Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton, on the 49ers being favored over Baltimore this week
Thursday’s quiz
Who is the all-time leader in passing yardage for the Washington Redskins/Commanders?
Wednesday’s quiz
2006/2007 was last time a college basketball team won consecutive national titles, when Billy Donovan’s Florida team won both tournaments.
Tuesday’s quiz
The Sun Bowl college football game is played in El Paso, TX every year.
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Thursday’s Den: College basketball info……..
The way college basketball is now, with so many transfers happening, it is still kind of early, but here is some of what we’ve learned so far this season.— Big X
6 of 14 teams are in kenpom.com Top 20
Houston/BYU, newcomers to the Big X, are highest-rated teams right now.
Houston has the best eFG% defense in the country.
Oklahoma State (6-5), West Virginia (4-6) have regressed.
— SEC
5 of 14 teams are in the top 25.
Tennessee is 8-3, but they’ve played the #12 schedule, a tough schedule.
Ole Miss is 11-0, but they’ve played schedule #262.
Vanderbilt is 4-7; they’re 65-76 in 4+ years under Jerry Stackhouse, 24-46 in SEC games. Five years ago, Vandy was off to a 4-0 start under Bryce Drew, but their best player (Darius Garland) got hurt, missed the rest of the season, and the Commodores went in the ashcan, going 9-23- they fired Drew.
Garland is now a productive player in the NBA, while Drew has moved on to Grand Canyon in the WAC, where he has a 73-28 record coaching the Antelopes. I’m thinking the administration at Vanderbilt screwed up- they should’ve kept Drew as coach.
— Big 14
Only have three teams rated in top 20.
Michigan State is struggling at 6-5.
Zach Edey must have a great NIL deal for him to return to Purdue this season. Boilers have five top 20 wins, but lost conference opener at Northwestern. Purdue is shooting 40.3% on the arc; what will they shoot in March, when the heat is on?
— Pac-12
In its last season, Pac-12 is 0-5 SU against the Mountain West; no bueno.
Arizona/Colorado are only Pac-12 teams rated in top 30.
UCLA is 5-5, losing five of last six D-I games; there are rumors about Mick Cronin’s interest in the Louisville job, when that opens up.
Arizona has eight foreign players on its roster, UCLA has seven.
Meanwhile, Oregon State/Washington State are joining the WCC in basketball for the next two seasons.
— ACC
Duke, Clemson, North Carolina are only teams rated in top 25.
Duke had a quality neutral court win over Baylor Wednesday.
Syracuse is 8-3 with a 20-point win over Oregon, but all three Orange losses were by 17+ points; they’re forcing turnovers 21.7% of time, a marked improvement over recent years.
— Teams in country with best continuity:
Columbia- Ivy League
Drexel- CAA
Florida Atlantic- AAC
Marquette- Big East
Cal-Davis- Big West
— Teams in country with most experience:
St Bonaventure- A-15
Washington- Pac-12
TCU- Big X
North Carolina- ACC
St John’s- Big East
— OVC
Morehead State is 8-4, the only OVC team in the top 200; Tuesday night at Indiana, they led the Hoosiers by 15 with 8:58 left, but lost 69-68. Morehead looks like one of those dangerous 14-seeds we’ll be talking about in March.
— Word of the Day- Grinch- a person who is unfriendly, a killjoy.
— Big East
Seton Hall upset UConn Wednesday, Providence upset Marquette Tuesday.
Villanova just beat Creighton in overtime, another upset.
Rick Pitino is going to make waves with St John’s, just not sure it’ll be this year.
Jay Wright retired in the spring of 2022, after a 30-8 season. In his last nine years at Villanova, Wildcats went 265-53, 130-31 in Big East games.
Since Wright left, Villanova is 25-21, 11-10 in Big East games.
— Mountain West
Three best teams appear to be Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State.
Rams/Lobos both have one loss; both losses were against Saint Mary’s.
Like we said before, Mountain West is 5-0 SU against the Pac-12 this season.
Right now, MW is ranked as the #7 league; this would be the third year in a row Mountain West is in the top 7- 2013 was the last time before that.
— Atlantic 15
9-2 Dayton is the only team rated in the top 70.
Duquesne is 9-2; their coach is Keith Dambrot, who was Lebron James’ high school coach.
St Joe’s is 9-2, but against schedule #325; they lost to Texas A&M-Commerce.
A-15 got only one team in NCAA’s LY (VCU), could be headed that way again.
— AAC
14 teams in this league now; they’ve reshuffled more than any league this year.
FAU is legit good; they were in Final Four last year, have whole team back, are 9-2 now.
Memphis is 9-2, with seven top 100 wins (schedule #10)
Other than FAU/Memphis, SMU, North Texas, Tulane appear to be AAC contenders.
— Missouri Valley
Indiana State/Drake are both 11-1, the Valley’s only top 100 teams.
Drake has played schedule #301, Indiana State #264. Sycamores are shooting 61.2% inside the arc, 41.4% on the arc- they have the best eFG% in the whole country.
Evansville is 10-2 against schedule #318; the last five years, Evanaville was 40-111, so a great rebuilding job being done by David Ragland. They did lose their only top 100 game by 41 at BYU, but 10-2 is 10-2.
Murray State is 3-8; they’ve had only one losing season since 1997.
— WCC
Right now, WCC is 5-14 against the Mountain West
7-6 against the Pac-12
0-5 against the WAC
3-4 against the Big Sky,
In other words, the WCC is down; losing BYU hurt, especially this year, because BYU is really good. Saint Mary’s is a disappointing 7-5, but they’ve played better recently. Gonzaga is 8-3, 3-3 against top 100 teams.
It’ll be interesting next year, when Oregon State/Washington State join the WCC.
— Ivy League
Princeton is 10-1, with three top 100 wins; KenPom has them at #44.
Yale, Cornell appear to be the teams best poised to upset Princeton in the Ivy tournament.
— Conference USA
League looks like a 3-way battle between Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Western Kentucky.
This league has teams in Virginia, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico; lot of travel.
— Other mid-majors we’ve got our eye on:
Grand Canyon, WAC- Antelopes are 9-1, with wins over San Diego State, Liberty
James Madison, Sun Belt- 11-0 Dukes opened season with OT wins at Michigan State/Kent State and they still haven’t lost. JMU has #27 eFG% in country; they’re forcing turnovers 21.8% of the time (#29).
Western Carolina, SoCon- Catamounts have Power 5 wins at Notre Dame, Vandy; WCU has been in the NCAA’s one time- they were a 16-seed in 1996, lost 73-71 to #1-seed Purdue.
Western Carolina also made the first 3-point shot in NCAA history, on November 29, 1980. Ronnie Carr made the shot.
Cal-Irvine, Big West- Anteaters haven’t been in NCAAs since 2019, when they upset Kansas State in a 4-13 game. Irvine always defends well; their subs are playing 8th most minutes in country, so they’ve got good depth.
Vermont, America East- Catamounts have been in four of last six NCAA Tournaments; they have wins over Charleston, Yale this season.
McNeese State, Southland- Will Wade has never had a losing season as a coach, whether at VCU, LSU or Chattanooga; his first team at McNeese is 10-2, shooting 41% on the arc, while playing a slow (#348) pace.
Joe Dumars’ alma mater hasn’t been to the NCAA’s since 2002; could this be their year?
NCAAB
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMP at EMU | 01:00 PM | EMU -4.0 O 148.0 | +500 +500 |
| ALCN at GW | 02:00 PM | GW -16.0 O 159.0 | +500 +500 |
| MAN at MONM | 02:00 PM | MONM -8.5 U 140.0 | +500 +500 |
| HC at HARV | 02:00 PM | HARV -15.5 U 142.5 | +500 +500 |
| QUIN at LAF | 02:00 PM | QUIN -3.5 U 140.0 | +500 +500 |
| NAVY at YSU | 02:00 PM | YSU -10.0 O 139.5 | +500 +500 |
| IW at UIC | 02:00 PM | UIC -14.5 O 146.5 | +500 +500 |
| UTA at TTU | 02:00 PM | TTU -13.5 U 141.5 | +500 +500 |
| NEV at TEM | 03:00 PM | NEV -8.5 O 147.5 | +500 +500 |
| JVST at UALR | 03:00 PM | UALR -2.5 U 141.0 | +500 +500 |
| PRE at WAKE | 03:00 PM | PRE +22.0 O 145.0 | +500 +500 |
| UNCO at AFA | 04:00 PM | UNCO +7.5 U 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| NIAG at SYR | 05:00 PM | SYR -17.0 U 146.5 | +500 +500 |
| NCAT at CCU | 05:00 PM | NCAT +10.0 O 153.0 | +500 +500 |
| TCU at ODU | 05:00 PM | ODU +14.0 U 147.5 | +500 +500 |
| AMER at VT | 05:00 PM | VT -18.5 U 141.5 | +500 +500 |
| UNH at URI | 06:00 PM | URI -5.5 U 150.0 | +500 +500 |
| UNO at OSU | 06:00 PM | UNO +25.0 O 155.0 | +500 +500 |
| UK at LOU | 06:00 PM | UK -13.5 U 156.0 | +500 +500 |
| WMU at CLEVST | 06:00 PM | CLEVST -9.5 U 144.0 | +500 +500 |
| LEH at BC | 06:00 PM | BC -17.5 U 149.5 | +500 +500 |
| WEBB at AKR | 06:30 PM | AKR -10.0 O 141.0 | +500 +500 |
| JAC at PUR | 06:30 PM | PUR -33.5 O 147.0 | +500 +500 |
| STON at MSU | 06:30 PM | MSU -22.5 U 138.0 | +500 +500 |
| TST at TENN | 06:30 PM | TST +22.5 O 138.5 | +500 +500 |
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21
| FAIR at FDU | 07:00 PM | FDU +2.5 O 155.0 | +500 +500 |
| UTECH at COLO | 07:00 PM | COLO -23.5 U 147.5 | +500 +500 |
| DETU at CMU | 07:00 PM | CMU -7.0 O 138.5 | +500 +500 |
| UNCW at MRSH | 07:00 PM | UNCW +1.5 O 151.5 | +500 +500 |
| CWM at PEPP | 07:00 PM | CWM +8.5 O 150.0 | +500 +500 |
| SDST at NORF | 07:00 PM | SDST -4.5 O 141.5 | +500 +500 |
| COLG at IONA | 07:00 PM | COLG -1.0 U 140.0 | +500 +500 |
| SAM at TXSO | 07:00 PM | SAM -5.5 O 154.0 | +500 +500 |
| BUFF at RICH | 07:00 PM | RICH -15.5 U 141.5 | +500 +500 |
| FAMU at UCF | 07:00 PM | UCF -24.5 U 135.5 | +500 +500 |
| STJOE at COFC | 07:00 PM | STJOE +2.5 O 152.0 | +500 +500 |
| UNCA at APP | 07:00 PM | APP -8.5 U 140.0 | +500 +500 |
| ME at FIU | 07:00 PM | ME +3.5 U 138.0 | +500 +500 |
| EKY at TROY | 07:00 PM | TROY -2.0 U 153.0 | +500 +500 |
| SCUS at DAV | 07:00 PM | DAV -15.5 U 139.5 | +500 +500 |
| IDST at ORST | 07:00 PM | ORST -7.0 U 131.0 | +500 +500 |
| ACU at ARK | 07:00 PM | ARK -15.0 O 151.0 | +500 +500 |
| BALL at MINN | 08:00 PM | BALL +12.0 O 140.5 | +500 +500 |
| EIU at ISU | 08:00 PM | EIU +32.0 O 139.0 | +500 +500 |
| UNI at NIU | 08:00 PM | UNI -3.5 U 156.0 | +500 +500 |
| ARMY at UTSA | 08:00 PM | UTSA -6.5 U 142.5 | +500 +500 |
| AAMU at USA | 08:00 PM | USA -13.5 U 148.5 | +500 +500 |
| TXST at HOU | 08:00 PM | HOU -28.0 O 126.0 | +500 +500 |
| SEMO at ILST | 08:00 PM | SEMO +14.0 O 140.0 | +500 +500 |
| STONE at MIA | 08:00 PM | MIA -30.0 O 153.5 | +500 +500 |
| SIUE at BRAD | 08:00 PM | SIUE +11.0 O 135.0 | +500 +500 |
| IDHO at UCRV | 08:00 PM | UCRV -6.0 U 133.0 | +500 +500 |
| WICH at KSU | 08:30 PM | WICH +5.5 O 146.0 | +500 +500 |
| NORAL at IND | 08:30 PM | NORAL +14.0 O 148.5 | +500 +500 |
| GT at MASS | 09:00 PM | MASS -2.5 U 151.0 | +500 +500 |
| KENT at ORE | 09:00 PM | KENT +6.5 O 147.0 | +500 +500 |
| EWU at WASH | 09:00 PM | EWU +15.0 O 159.0 | +500 +500 |
| WYO at UTEP | 09:00 PM | UTEP -2.0 U 140.5 | +500 +500 |
| LAM at LSU | 09:00 PM | LAM +17.0 O 152.0 | +500 +500 |
| STAN at SDSU | 09:00 PM | SDSU -8.5 U 143.5 | +500 +500 |
| NKU at SMC | 10:00 PM | NKU +16.0 O 131.5 | +500 +500 |
| HOF at UNLV | 10:00 PM | HOF +4.0 O 140.5 | +500 +500 |
| SDAK at USD | 10:00 PM | SDAK +8.5 O 159.0 | +500 +500 |
| NEOM at CP | 10:00 PM | NEOM +1.0 O 137.0 | +500 +500 |
| PORT at HAW | 11:00 PM | HAW -8.5 O 149.5 | +500 +500 |
| BSU at WSU | 11:00 PM | WSU -2.0 U 136.5 | +500 +500 |
Completed Picks
Past Completed Picks| Date | W-L-T | % | Units | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/21/2023 | 55-74-3 | 42.63% | -13200 | Detail |
| 12/20/2023 | 25-46-1 | 35.42% | -12800 | Detail |
| 12/19/2023 | 43-37-0 | 53.75% | +1150 | Detail |
| 12/18/2023 | 13-18-1 | 42.19% | -3400 | Detail |
| 12/17/2023 | 25-24-3 | 50.96% | -700 | Detail |
| 12/16/2023 | 87-81-5 | 51.73% | -1050 | Detail |
| 12/15/2023 | 11-6-1 | 63.89% | +2200 | Detail |
| 12/14/2023 | 5-9-0 | 35.71% | -2450 | Detail |
| 12/13/2023 | 19-12-0 | 61.29% | +2900 | Detail |
| 12/12/2023 | 21-23-0 | 47.73% | -2150 | Detail |
| 12/11/2023 | 11-7-0 | 61.11% | +1650 | Detail |
| 12/10/2023 | 22-28-1 | 44.12% | -4400 | Detail |
| 12/09/2023 | 87-109-6 | 44.55% | -16450 | Detail |
| 12/08/2023 | 6-10-0 | 37.50% | -2500 | Detail |
| 12/07/2023 | 7-3-0 | 70.00% | +1850 | Detail |
| 12/06/2023 | 27-39-0 | 40.91% | -7950 | Detail |
| 12/05/2023 | 29-15-0 | 65.91% | +6250 | Detail |
| 12/04/2023 | 7-3-0 | 70.00% | +1850 | Detail |
| 12/03/2023 | 18-7-0 | 72.00% | +5150 | Detail |
| 12/02/2023 | 31-26-1 | 54.31% | +1200 | Detail |
| 12/01/2023 | 25-26-0 | 49.02% | -1800 | Detail |
DECEMBER'S COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS !
12/21/2023.......................32 - 45.............................41.02%........................- 93.00
12/20/2023.......................14 - 27.............................34.14%........................- 78.50
12/19/2023.......................26 - 22.............................54.16%.........................+ 9.00
12/18/2023.........................7 - 15..............................31.81%.........................- 47.50
12/17/2023........................19 - 14 ...........................57.57%..........................+ 18.00
12/16/2023........................56 - 46............................54.90.............................+ 27.00
12/15/2023.........................10 - 5..............................66.66%.........................+ 22.50
12/14/2023..........................3 - 8................................27.27%.........................- 29.00
12/13/2023.......................14 - 8.................................63.63%.........................+ 26.00
12/12/2023.......................11 - 15..............................42.30%..........................- 27.50
12/11/2023......................... 9 - 5................................64.28%..........................+ 18.50
12/10/2023.........................14 - 20..............................41.17%..........................- 40.00
12/09/2023.........................49 - 60..............................44.95%..........................- 85.00
12/08/2023..............................6 - 8..............................42.85%...........................- 14.00
12/07/2023..............................6 - 3..............................66.66%..........................+ 13.50
12/06/2023............................23 - 27...........................46.00%...........................-20.00
12/05/2023............................16 -11............................59.25%...........................+ 19.50
12/04/2023................................6 - 2............................75.00%...........................+ 19.00
12/03/2023..............................18 - 7...........................72.00%............................+ 51.50
12/02/2023.............................24 - 12.........................66.66%.............................+ 54.00
12/01/2023.................................9 - 7..........................56.25%..............................+ 6.50
TOTALS...............................372 - 367.........................50.33%.............................. - 150.00
12/21/2023.......................32 - 45.............................41.02%........................- 93.00
12/20/2023.......................14 - 27.............................34.14%........................- 78.50
12/19/2023.......................26 - 22.............................54.16%.........................+ 9.00
12/18/2023.........................7 - 15..............................31.81%.........................- 47.50
12/17/2023........................19 - 14 ...........................57.57%..........................+ 18.00
12/16/2023........................56 - 46............................54.90.............................+ 27.00
12/15/2023.........................10 - 5..............................66.66%.........................+ 22.50
12/14/2023..........................3 - 8................................27.27%.........................- 29.00
12/13/2023.......................14 - 8.................................63.63%.........................+ 26.00
12/12/2023.......................11 - 15..............................42.30%..........................- 27.50
12/11/2023......................... 9 - 5................................64.28%..........................+ 18.50
12/10/2023.........................14 - 20..............................41.17%..........................- 40.00
12/09/2023.........................49 - 60..............................44.95%..........................- 85.00
12/08/2023..............................6 - 8..............................42.85%...........................- 14.00
12/07/2023..............................6 - 3..............................66.66%..........................+ 13.50
12/06/2023............................23 - 27...........................46.00%...........................-20.00
12/05/2023............................16 -11............................59.25%...........................+ 19.50
12/04/2023................................6 - 2............................75.00%...........................+ 19.00
12/03/2023..............................18 - 7...........................72.00%............................+ 51.50
12/02/2023.............................24 - 12.........................66.66%.............................+ 54.00
12/01/2023.................................9 - 7..........................56.25%..............................+ 6.50
TOTALS...............................372 - 367.........................50.33%.............................. - 150.00
Friday’s 6-pack:
NFL teams with the best records against the spread (all 9-5 ATS)
— Baltimore Ravens
— Dallas Cowboys
— Detroit Lions
— Indianapolis Colts
— Miami Dolphins
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quote of the Day
“I want to be careful with my words, because this one hurts more than most of them. A team that played last night got [50] points off turnovers and rebounds. It is unbelievably hard to understand how we can get outworked in those categories.”
Detroit Pistons coach Monty Williams; Pistons have lost 25 games in a row
Friday’s quiz
When Matthew Stafford was a high school QB in Texas, which current major league pitcher was the center on that team?
Thursday’s quiz
Joe Theismann is the all-time leader in passing yardage for the Washington Redskins/Commanders, with 25,206 yards. Sonny Jurgensen is next, with 22,585 yards.
Wednesday’s quiz
2006/2007 was last time a college basketball team won consecutive national titles, when Billy Donovan’s Florida team won both tournaments.
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Rams are 5-1 SU/ATS last six weeks, scoring 32.4 ppg in last five games.
Rams outgained New Orleans, 458-339
WR Demarcus Robinson has caught a TD pass in four consecutive games.
Rams are 7-3 when they run ball for 92+ yards, 1-4 when they don’t.
Rams have missed 11 field goals TY, the most of any team since 2015.
New Orleans didn’t give up a TD in its previous two games (Carolina/Giants).
Rams’ first drive: 14 plays, 95 yards, 7:56 and a TD.
Saints are 7-8, but have been favored in 12 of the 15 games.
New Orleans was 0-3 on 4th down conversions, all in LA territory.
South Florida 45, Syracuse 0
Bulls outgained Syracuse 407-159.
Orangemen were 1-16 on third down conversions.
Syracuse lost seven of its last nine games, after a 4-0 start.
— LA Dodgers signed Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto for $325M over 12 years; Dodger Dogs are going to be expensive next summer. Mets supposedly offered him the same amount of money, but Yamamoto opted to sign with the Dodgers.
Yamamoto is 25; he’s won the Japanese version of the Cy Young Award three times.
— Other baseball signings this week:
Detroit Tigers signed P Jack Flaherty for one year, $14M
Pittsburgh Pirates gave OF Andrew McCutchen a one year, $5M deal.
Mets acquired P Adrian Houser and OF Tyrone Taylor from Milwaukee for minor league outfielder Coleman Crow.
— They tweaked some baseball rules this week:
Teams will be allowed four mound visits per game, not five.
With a runner on base, the pitch clock will now be 0:18; it was 0:20 last year.
If a pitcher warms up before an inning, he has to face the first hitter.
— In case you were wondering, the only 0-0 tie in NFL history was back in 1943, a Giants-Lions game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.
— Bills-Chargers game Saturday night is exclusively on Peacock; apparently the 4th quarter will be commercial-free, the first time that’s happened on an NFL telecast.
— Word of the Day– Imbecile- a stupid person is one definition.
Another definition is someone who stays up until 2am watching the Portland-Hawaii basketball game, after watching the end of the South Dakota-San Diego game before that. Then that person will watch a movie after the Hawaii game, before they get to bed.
That person is me.
— Best wishes to Old Dominion basketball coach Jeff Jones, who had a heart attack Wednesday night; he is expected to make a full recovery. Old Dominion is playing in a holiday tournament in Hawai’i; they lost 111-87 to TCU Thursday.
63-year old Jones has led eight teams to the NCAA Tournament in his 31 years as a college coach; as a player, he was one of Ralph Sampson’s teammates at Virginia.
— Here is how stupid college sports have become:
49ers QB Brock Purdy is making $870,000 this year; he might be the NFL MVP, but he’s still on his rookie contract, and he was a 7th round draft pick.
Texas Longhorns backup QB Arch Manning, Peyton Manning’s nephew, made $2.8M on his NIL deal this season. He doesn’t even freakin’ play and he made $2.8M.
— There are three undefeated teams left in college basketball:
Houston, James Madison, Ole Miss.
— Jazz 119, Pistons 111- Detroit has now lost 25 games in a row; their last win was in October, but somehow they were a slight favorite in this game. Yikes.
Jazz sat out four players, which is why they were the underdog here, but Kelly Olynyk scored 27 points as Utah got a road win.
— Kentucky 95, Louisville 76- Wildcats made 12-25 on the arc. Louisville is 22-54 the last 2+ seasons; it is likely they’ll have a new coach next season.
— Georgia Tech 73, UMass 70- Tech outscored the Minutemen 18-6 over the last 5:03 of the game; they’re off to a 7-3 start.
— New Hampshire 81, Rhode Island 71- Oy. URI has lost five in row, seven of its last eight D-I games. Not good. Rams are shooting 59.6% on foul line (#358), turning ball over 20.2% of the time (#294).
— Happy 98th birthday to the great actor Dick Van Dyke; spent lot of my childhood watching re-runs of his TV show, with Mary Tyler Moore, Morey Amsterdam and Carl Reiner.
NFL teams with the best records against the spread (all 9-5 ATS)
— Baltimore Ravens
— Dallas Cowboys
— Detroit Lions
— Indianapolis Colts
— Miami Dolphins
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quote of the Day
“I want to be careful with my words, because this one hurts more than most of them. A team that played last night got [50] points off turnovers and rebounds. It is unbelievably hard to understand how we can get outworked in those categories.”
Detroit Pistons coach Monty Williams; Pistons have lost 25 games in a row
Friday’s quiz
When Matthew Stafford was a high school QB in Texas, which current major league pitcher was the center on that team?
Thursday’s quiz
Joe Theismann is the all-time leader in passing yardage for the Washington Redskins/Commanders, with 25,206 yards. Sonny Jurgensen is next, with 22,585 yards.
Wednesday’s quiz
2006/2007 was last time a college basketball team won consecutive national titles, when Billy Donovan’s Florida team won both tournaments.
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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here……..
Rams 30, Saints 22Rams are 5-1 SU/ATS last six weeks, scoring 32.4 ppg in last five games.
Rams outgained New Orleans, 458-339
WR Demarcus Robinson has caught a TD pass in four consecutive games.
Rams are 7-3 when they run ball for 92+ yards, 1-4 when they don’t.
Rams have missed 11 field goals TY, the most of any team since 2015.
New Orleans didn’t give up a TD in its previous two games (Carolina/Giants).
Rams’ first drive: 14 plays, 95 yards, 7:56 and a TD.
Saints are 7-8, but have been favored in 12 of the 15 games.
New Orleans was 0-3 on 4th down conversions, all in LA territory.
South Florida 45, Syracuse 0
Bulls outgained Syracuse 407-159.
Orangemen were 1-16 on third down conversions.
Syracuse lost seven of its last nine games, after a 4-0 start.
— LA Dodgers signed Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto for $325M over 12 years; Dodger Dogs are going to be expensive next summer. Mets supposedly offered him the same amount of money, but Yamamoto opted to sign with the Dodgers.
Yamamoto is 25; he’s won the Japanese version of the Cy Young Award three times.
— Other baseball signings this week:
Detroit Tigers signed P Jack Flaherty for one year, $14M
Pittsburgh Pirates gave OF Andrew McCutchen a one year, $5M deal.
Mets acquired P Adrian Houser and OF Tyrone Taylor from Milwaukee for minor league outfielder Coleman Crow.
— They tweaked some baseball rules this week:
Teams will be allowed four mound visits per game, not five.
With a runner on base, the pitch clock will now be 0:18; it was 0:20 last year.
If a pitcher warms up before an inning, he has to face the first hitter.
— In case you were wondering, the only 0-0 tie in NFL history was back in 1943, a Giants-Lions game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.
— Bills-Chargers game Saturday night is exclusively on Peacock; apparently the 4th quarter will be commercial-free, the first time that’s happened on an NFL telecast.
— Word of the Day– Imbecile- a stupid person is one definition.
Another definition is someone who stays up until 2am watching the Portland-Hawaii basketball game, after watching the end of the South Dakota-San Diego game before that. Then that person will watch a movie after the Hawaii game, before they get to bed.
That person is me.
— Best wishes to Old Dominion basketball coach Jeff Jones, who had a heart attack Wednesday night; he is expected to make a full recovery. Old Dominion is playing in a holiday tournament in Hawai’i; they lost 111-87 to TCU Thursday.
63-year old Jones has led eight teams to the NCAA Tournament in his 31 years as a college coach; as a player, he was one of Ralph Sampson’s teammates at Virginia.
— Here is how stupid college sports have become:
49ers QB Brock Purdy is making $870,000 this year; he might be the NFL MVP, but he’s still on his rookie contract, and he was a 7th round draft pick.
Texas Longhorns backup QB Arch Manning, Peyton Manning’s nephew, made $2.8M on his NIL deal this season. He doesn’t even freakin’ play and he made $2.8M.
— There are three undefeated teams left in college basketball:
Houston, James Madison, Ole Miss.
— Jazz 119, Pistons 111- Detroit has now lost 25 games in a row; their last win was in October, but somehow they were a slight favorite in this game. Yikes.
Jazz sat out four players, which is why they were the underdog here, but Kelly Olynyk scored 27 points as Utah got a road win.
— Kentucky 95, Louisville 76- Wildcats made 12-25 on the arc. Louisville is 22-54 the last 2+ seasons; it is likely they’ll have a new coach next season.
— Georgia Tech 73, UMass 70- Tech outscored the Minutemen 18-6 over the last 5:03 of the game; they’re off to a 7-3 start.
— New Hampshire 81, Rhode Island 71- Oy. URI has lost five in row, seven of its last eight D-I games. Not good. Rams are shooting 59.6% on foul line (#358), turning ball over 20.2% of the time (#294).
— Happy 98th birthday to the great actor Dick Van Dyke; spent lot of my childhood watching re-runs of his TV show, with Mary Tyler Moore, Morey Amsterdam and Carl Reiner.
