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Wednesday, February 14

Wednesday’s 5 interesting games
Michigan State (-3.5) @ Penn State
Michigan State (15-9, 7-6)
KenPom rating: 15
Tempo: 297
Experience: 66
Continuity: 20
MSU won six of its last eight games (5-3 ATS).
Spartans are 1-5 SU/1-3 ATS as a Big 14 road favorite.
MSU has #35 eFG% defense in country.
Spartans are 9-9 vs top 100 teams.


Penn State (12-12, 6-7)
KenPom rating: 90
Tempo: 65
Experience: 68
Continuity: 352
Penn State won three of its last four games.
Nittany Lions are 9-3 ATS as Big 14 underdogs.
PSU is forcing turnovers 21.7% of time (#19)
Nittany Lions are 5-10 vs teams in the top 100.


Spartans (-13) pounded Penn State 92-61 January 4th.
Michigan State won five of last six series games.
Spartans won six of last seven visits to Happy Valley.
Big 14 road favorites of 4 or less points are 6-12 ATS.


Miami @ Clemson (-7.5)
Miami (15-9, 6-7)
KenPom rating: 73
Tempo: 94
Experience: 90
Continuity: 75
Miami lost three of its last four games.
Hurricanes are 2-4 SU/3-2 ATS as ACC road underdogs.
Hurricanes have #40 eFG% in country.
Miami is 7-9 against teams ranked in top 100.


Clemson (16-7, 6-6)
KenPom rating: 31
Tempo: 232
Experience: 30
Continuity: 61
Clemson won three of its last four games.
Tigers are 2-3 SU/1-4 ATS as ACC home favorites.
Tigers are shooting 54.4% inside arc (#40)
Clemson is 9-6 vs top 100 teams.


Clemson (-1.5) lost 95-82 at Miami January 3.
Miami scored 60 points in second half of that game.
Hurricanes won last four series games.
Teams split their last four meetings at Littlejohn.
ACC home favorites of 7 or less points are 22-21 ATS.


Xavier @ Seton Hall (-2.5)
Xavier (13-11, 7-6)
KenPom rating: 40
Tempo: 45
Experience: 114
Continuity: 344
Xavier won three of its last four games.
Musketeers are 2-4 SU/3-2 ATS as Big East road dogs.
Musketeers are 3-8 in games decided by 7 or less points.
Xavier is 7-9 vs top 100 teams.


Seton Hall (15-9, 8-5)
KenPom rating: 70
Tempo: 292
Experience: 11
Continuity: 194
Seton Hall lost four of its last six games.
Pirates are 1-7 ATS as a favorite this season.
Pirates are #9 team in country on defensive boards.
Seton Hall is 5-8 vs top 100 teams.


Xavier (-2.5) beat Seton Hall 74-54 at home December 23.
Xavier won last three series games, by 3-22-20 points.
Musketeers won four of last five visits to Seton Hall.
Big East favorites of 3 or less points are 5-3 ATS.


South Carolina @ Auburn (-11.5)
South Carolina (21-3, 9-2)
KenPom rating: 44
Tempo: 355
Experience: 22
Continuity: 178
South Carolina won its last seven games (6-1 ATS)
Gamecocks are 4-1 SU/ ATS as a MW road underdog.
Carolina has only one loss by more than 7 points.
Opponents are shooting 45.6% inside arc (#31)
South Carolina is 7-3 vs top 100 teams.


Auburn (19-5, 8-3)
KenPom rating: 5
Tempo: 71
Experience: 116
Continuity: 77
Auburn won three of its last four games.
Tigers are 5-0 SU/ATS as an SEC home favorite.
Auburn has #2 eFG% defense in the country.
Auburn is 8-5 vs teams ranked in top 100.


Auburn won last six series games.
Carolina lost last four visits to Auburn (9-9-11-13 points)
SEC double digit home favorites are 12-4 ATS


Western Carolina @ Samford (-6.5)
Western Carolina (18-7, 7-5)
KenPom rating: 120
Tempo: 181
Experience: 60
Continuity: 10
WCU lost 5 of its last 8 games, after an 15-2 start.
Catamounts are 2-2 SU/1-0 ATS as SoCon road dogs.
WCU is 4-0 ATS as an underdog this season.
Opponents are shooting 45.2% inside arc (#23)
WCU is 1-4 in games vs top 150 opponents.


Samford (22-3, 11-1)
KenPom rating: 72
Tempo: 10
Experience: 112
Continuity: 175
Samford won 20 of its last 21 games.
Bulldogs are 5-0 SU/3-2 ATS as SoCon home favorites.
Bulldogs have #5 eFG% in country.
Samford is 5-3 vs teams ranked in top 150.


Samford (+1) won 75-71 at WCU January 16.
Samford won last six series games.
WCU lost last three visits to Samford, by 4-25-9 points.
SoCon home favorites of 7 or less points are 7-14 ATS

 

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
OAK at PFW	07:00 PM	OAK -1.0 O 149.5	+500 +500
SBON at FOR	07:00 PM	SBON -3.5 O 139.5	+500 +500
NKU at WIGB	07:00 PM	WIGB -4.0 O 137.5	+500 +500
XAV at HALL	07:00 PM	XAV +2.5 O 145.5	+500 +500
MIA at CLEM	07:00 PM	CLEM -7.0 O 152.5	+500 +500
ETSU at CHAT	07:00 PM	CHAT -7.5 O 138.5	+500 +500
SCUS at HP	07:00 PM	HP -13.0 O 150.5	+500 +500
AMER at NAVY	07:00 PM	AMER -1.5 U 129.5	+500 +500
TLSA at USF	07:00 PM	USF -7.5 O 148.5	+500 +500
WEBB at CHSO	07:00 PM	WEBB -5.0 O 144.0	+500 +500
JAC at KENN	07:00 PM	KENN -5.5 O 150.5	+500 +500
INDPU at DETU	07:00 PM	INDPU +5.5 O 143.5	+500 +500
CHS at EKY	07:00 PM	EKY -11.5 O 144.0	+500 +500
WOF at MER	07:00 PM	MER -2.0 O 138.5	+500 +500
UNF at QNC	07:00 PM	UNF +3.5 O 164.0	+500 +500
MILW at CLEVST	07:00 PM	MILW +4.0 O 157.5	+500 +500
L-MD at LAF	07:00 PM	LAF -9.5 O 127.5	+500 +500
UNCG at CIT	07:00 PM	CIT +6.5 O 135.5	+500 +500
MASS at RICH	07:00 PM	MASS +6.5 U 144.5	+500 +500
GT at ND	07:00 PM	GT +3.5 O 133.5	+500 +500
HC at COLG	07:00 PM	COLG -18.5 O 140.0	+500 +500
VMI at FUR	07:00 PM	VMI +23.5 O 165.5	+500 +500
SIU at BEL	07:30 PM	SIU +3.0 O 145.5	+500 +500
MOSU at MURR	08:00 PM	MURR -3.5 O 137.5	+500 +500
UNI at VALP	08:00 PM	VALP +7.5 O 145.0	+500 +500
STJOE at L-IL	08:00 PM	L-IL -3.0 O 149.5	+500 +500
UIC at BRAD	08:00 PM	UIC +14.5 O 141.0	+500 +500
IOWA at MD	08:30 PM	IOWA +5.5 O 147.5	+500 +500
SCAR at AUB	08:30 PM	SCAR +11.5 O 136.0	+500 +500
ORST at ASU	09:00 PM	ASU -7.5 O 137.0	+500 +500
CONN at DEP	09:00 PM	CONN -24.5 O 142.0	+500 +500
TENN at ARK	09:00 PM	TENN -8.5 O 151.0	+500 +500
WCU at SAM	09:00 PM	SAM -8.0 O 154.5	+500 +500
USU at WYO	10:00 PM	USU -8.0 O 148.5	+500 +500
UNLV at FRES	11:00 PM	UNLV -4.5 O 137.5	+500 +500

 

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Thursday’s 6-pack:
Six of the Boston Red Sox’ best prospects:
1- Marcelo Mayer, SS
2- Roman Anthony, OF
3- Kyle Teel, C
4- Ceddanne Rafaela, OF/SS
5- Miguel Bleis, OF
6- Wilyer Abreu, OF

Quote of the Day
“It is just unconscionable that we have allowed guns to have this much power — and inflict this much death — in our beautiful, freedom-loving country.”
Claire McCaskill, former US Senator from Missouri, and a Chiefs’ fan

Thursday’s quiz
Where did Kevin Durant play his college basketball?

Wednesday’s quiz
Patrick Ewing is the all-time leading scorer for the New York Knicks.

Tuesday’s quiz
George Seifert was the 49ers’ coach, last time they won a Super Bowl, 30 years ago.

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

— San Francisco 49ers fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks Wednesday, three days after the 49ers lost the Super Bowl in overtime. Shanahan had said Tuesday that he expected all of his coaches to be back next year, which tells you it wasn’t his decision to fire Wilks.
49ers were #8 in NFL in yardage allowed this year, #3 in points allowed; obviously they won a lot of games, damn near won the Super Bowl. Surprising to see a coordinator from a very good team get fired.

— Ohio State is 9-25 in its last 34 conference games; they fired basketball coach Chris Holtmann Wednesday. Holtmann was in his 7th year at Ohio State; his team made four of last five NCAA Tournaments, but only went 4-5 in those events.
Buckeyes have to pay Holtmann $12.5M to go away.

— One of the quirks of the college basketball season is that bubble teams need the teams they beat to do really well, so their wins look better to the Selection Committee.
For example, Gonzaga is a bubble team right now; they beat Kentucky, so they need the Wildcats to finish strong, so that win impresses people next month.

— Why are Central Florida and BYU in the same league? Teams played Tuesday night in Provo; according to MapQuest, the schools are 2,324 miles apart. It is nonsensical for these schools to be in the same league, not to mention very expensive.

— JJ Redick is replacing Doc Rivers on ESPN’s NBA broadcast team, after Rivers left three months into his first season of a 3-year contract to return to coaching with the Milwaukee Bucks.

— Retired P Adam Wainwright is going to work games for both MLB Network and FS1 this coming season, after an excellent 18-year career on the mound.

— Baseball Note of the Day: Michael Wacha is pitching for Kansas City this season, his 6th team in the last six seasons; he’s done really well the last two years, but he keeps moving around.

— Word of the Day: Prognosticate- predicting the outcome of a future event.

— Detroit 81, IUPUI 66
Detroit was favored by 5.5 points, despite being 0-26 coming into the game.
Detroit only played seven guys; four of them are seniors. Not much hope for the future.

— Auburn 101, South Carolina 61
Auburn shot 61% inside arc, 12-20 on the arc.
Auburn is 6-0 SU/ATS in SEC home games.
Loss ends South Carolina’s 7-game winning streak.

— Michigan State 80, Penn State 72
Malik Hall scored 29 points, had 10 rebounds.
Penn State made 12-23 on the arc, still got beat at home.

— Milwaukee 71, Cleveland State 68
Panthers won despite being minus-11 (19-8) in turnovers.
Cleveland State led by 11 points late in first half.

— UMass 69, Richmond 59
UMass held Richmond to 33.3% from the floor.
Only second loss in last 14 games for the Spiders.

— Northern Kentucky 58, Green Bay 57
Loss ends Green Bay’s 5-game winning streak.
Teams combined to shoot 13-54 on the arc.
Green Bay is 12-4 in the Horizon, but NKU swept their two meetings.

— Wednesday was supposed to be a really happy day in Kansas City, with a parade to honor the Super Bowl champion Chiefs. Instead, a person was murdered, and 21 others injured, 11 of them children, in this country’s 48th mass shooting in the first 45 days of 2024.
The people who make the laws in this country suck at their jobs, to allow things like this to keep happening. 11 kids got shot Wednesday!!! at a freakin’ parade……..horrendous.

 

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Thursday, February 15

Thursday’s 5 interesting games
Memphis @ North Texas (-1.5)
Memphis (18-6, 7-4)
KenPom rating: 77
Tempo: 22
Experience: 57
Continuity: 342
Memphis won its last three games, scoring 79.7 ppg.
Tigers are 3-2 SU on AAC road this season.
Memphis is 4-1 ATS as an underdog, all non-AAC games.
Tigers are 5-2 vs top 100 teams.


North Texas (13-10, 6-5)
KenPom rating: 73
Tempo: 361
Experience: 119
Continuity: 221
North Texas lost five of its last seven games.
Mean Green is 3-2 SU/2-2 ATS as AAC home faves.
UNT has #19 eFG% defense in country.
Mean Green is 1-6 vs teams in the top 100.


This is teams’ first meeting as AAC rivals.
AAC home favorites of 4 or less points are 5-7 ATS.


Morehead State (-2.5) @ Little Rock
Morehead State (20-5, 11-1)
KenPom rating: 110
Tempo: 322
Experience: 164
Continuity: 249
Morehead won its last seven games, giving up 60 ppg.
Eagles are 5-1 SU/4-2 ATS as OVC road favorites.
Eagles are shooting 55.9% inside arc (#22)
Morehead is 15-1 against teams ranked outside top 200.


Little Rock (14-11, 8-4)
KenPom rating: 241
Tempo: 75
Experience: 256
Continuity: 290
Little Rock won six of its last seven games.
Trojans are 4-1 SU in OVC home games.
Little Rock is 5-6 ATS as an underdog this year.
Little Rock is 3-5 vs top 200 teams.


Teams split two games LY, their first year as OVC rivals.
OVC home underdogs of 4 or less points are 7-12 ATS.


Colorado (-1.5) @ UCLA
Colorado (16-8, 7-6)
KenPom rating: 35
Tempo: 102
Experience: 191
Continuity: 59
Colorado lost three of its last four games.
Buffs are 1-5 SU/1-3 ATS as Pac-12 road favorites.
Buffs have #26 eFG% in the country.
Colorado is 6-6 vs top 100 teams.


UCLA (13-11, 8-5)
KenPom rating: 92
Tempo: 340
Experience: 319
Continuity: 294
UCLA won five in row, 7 of its last 8 games.
Bruins are 3-2 SU/2-0 ATS as Pac-12 home dogs.
Underdogs are 5-0 ATS in UCLA’s Pac-12 home tilts.
Bruins are 3-9 vs top 100 teams.


UCLA won five in row, 7 of last 8 series games.
Colorado lost its last four visits to Westwood.
Pac-12 home underdogs of 4 or less points are 6-12 ATS.


Long Beach State @ Cal-Davis (-3.5)
Long Beach State (15-9, 7-5)
KenPom rating: 161
Tempo: 19
Experience: 66
Continuity: 7
Long Beach won three of its last four games.
Long Beach is 3-3 SU/0-2 ATS as a Big West road dog.
Long Beach is #62 team on offensive boards.
Long Beach is 5-6 vs top 200 teams.


Cal-Davis (15-9, 10-3)
KenPom rating: 163
Tempo: 135
Experience: 41
Continuity: 4
Cal-Davis won seven of its last nine games.
Aggies are 6-1 SU/3-2 ATS as a Big West home favorite.
Cal-Davis is forcing turnovers 21.3% of time (#24)
Aggies are 3-7 vs teams ranked in top 200.


Long Beach won three of last four series games.
Long Beach lost seven of last eight visits to Davis.
Big West home favorites of 4 or less points are 6-7 ATS


Cal-Santa Barbara @ Cal-San Diego (-5.5)
Cal-Santa Barbara (13-10, 6-7)
KenPom rating: 164
Tempo: 216
Experience: 235
Continuity: 157
UCSB lost four of its last six games.
Gauchos are 4-2 SU/2-0 ATS as Big West road dogs.
Gauchos have #34 eFG% in the country.
UCSB is 4-6 in games vs top 200 opponents.


Cal-San Diego (15-9, 9-3)
KenPom rating: 109
Tempo: 310
Experience: 217
Continuity: 120
San Diego lost last two games, giving up 85-94 points.
Tritons are 5-0 SU/4-1 ATS as Big West home favorites.
Tritons are 4-5 in games decided by 7 or less points.
San Diego is 4-7 vs teams ranked in top 200.


Tritons (+4.5) won 79-72 at Santa Barbara January 4.
UCSB won five of seven series games.
Teams split their two meetings in San Diego.
Big West home favorites of 6 or less points are 10-11 ATS

 

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
UMBC at BING	06:07 PM	UMBC +5.0 O 155.0	+500 +500
HAMP at STON	06:30 PM	STON -11.5 U 148.0	+500 +500
NW at RUTG	06:30 PM	NW +4.5 U 130.0	+500 +500
MRSH at APP	06:30 PM	MRSH +10.5 O 148.5	+500 +500
ULL at ODU	07:00 PM	ULL -3.5 U 148.5	+500 +500
HOF at DREX	07:00 PM	DREX -3.5 U 133.0	+500 +500
TOWS at CWM	07:00 PM	TOWS -7.5 U 128.5	+500 +500
COFC at NE	07:00 PM	COFC -4.5 O 153.5	+500 +500
NCAT at UNCW	07:00 PM	UNCW -22.0 U 139.5	+500 +500
DEL at ELON	07:00 PM	DEL -7.0 O 148.0	+500 +500
UTSA at CHAR	07:00 PM	CHAR -13.0 U 147.5	+500 +500
TEM at FAU	07:00 PM	TEM +20.0 U 149.0	+500 +500
WAG at SFPA	07:00 PM	WAG -3.5 U 125.0	+500 +500
FDU at LIU	07:00 PM	FDU -4.5 U 156.0	+500 +500
CAMP at MONM	07:00 PM	MONM -6.0 U 146.0	+500 +500
JVST at LT	07:00 PM	LT -11.0 U 130.5	+500 +500
GASO at CCU	07:00 PM	GASO +1.0 U 152.5	+500 +500
UTEP at WKU	07:00 PM	WKU -6.5 O 152.5	+500 +500
WICH at ECU	07:00 PM	ECU -2.0 O 138.5	+500 +500
SMU at TULN	07:00 PM	SMU -2.5 U 159.0	+500 +500
ME at BRY	07:00 PM	BRY -6.0 U 145.5	+500 +500
NJIT at ALBY	07:00 PM	ALBY -4.0 U 152.0	+500 +500
UNH at UVM	07:00 PM	UNH +10.0 O 139.5	+500 +500
MW at STONE	07:00 PM	MW -10.0 U 130.5	+500 +500
NMSU at MTU	07:30 PM	NMSU +4.0 O 134.0	+500 +500
FIU at SHSU	07:30 PM	SHSU -7.0 U 149.0	+500 +500
ACU at UTRGV	07:30 PM	UTRGV +3.0 O 150.5	+500 +500
GSU at JMU	08:00 PM	GSU +14.0 U 154.0	+500 +500
MORE at UALR	08:00 PM	MORE -2.5 O 141.0	+500 +500
WIN at RAD	08:00 PM	WIN -1.0 U 140.0	+500 +500
TXST at USA	08:00 PM	TXST +2.0 O 137.5	+500 +500
MEM at UNT	08:00 PM	UNT -1.0 U 134.5	+500 +500
NDSU at ORU	08:00 PM	NDSU +4.5 O 147.0	+500 +500
SDST at KC	08:00 PM	KC +3.5 O 141.0	+500 +500
TST at UTA	08:00 PM	TST +4.5 O 142.5	+500 +500
SDAK at NEOM	08:00 PM	NEOM -8.5 O 151.5	+500 +500
SEMO at EIU	08:30 PM	EIU -5.5 U 135.5	+500 +500
PEAY at CARK	08:30 PM	PEAY -3.0 O 141.0	+500 +500
USI at UTM	08:30 PM	UTM -8.0 O 154.5	+500 +500
WIU at TNTC	08:30 PM	WIU -3.0 U 128.0	+500 +500
ARST at TROY	08:30 PM	TROY -6.5 U 153.0	+500 +500
ULM at USM	08:30 PM	ULM +8.5 O 141.0	+500 +500
MINN at PUR	08:30 PM	MINN +16.5 O 145.0	+500 +500
SEA at SUU	08:30 PM	SUU +4.5 U 149.0	+500 +500
LNDNWD at SIUE	08:30 PM	SIUE -10.5 O 132.5	+500 +500
LIP at NORAL	08:45 PM	NORAL +2.0 O 157.0	+500 +500
GONZ at LMU	09:00 PM	GONZ -15.5 O 151.0	+500 +500
COLO at UCLA	09:00 PM	COLO -1.5 U 137.0	+500 +500
LBSU at UCD	09:00 PM	UCD -4.0 U 153.0	+500 +500
UND at DEN	09:00 PM	DEN -3.5 U 158.0	+500 +500
STAN at WASH	09:00 PM	STAN +4.5 O 159.5	+500 +500
NAU at CSUS	09:00 PM	CSUS -3.0 O 131.0	+500 +500
IDST at EWU	09:00 PM	EWU -9.5 U 145.0	+500 +500
WEB at IDHO	09:00 PM	WEB -8.0 U 140.5	+500 +500
UTECH at GRC	09:00 PM	UTECH +20.0 O 151.0	+500 +500
PORT at USD	10:00 PM	USD -6.5 U 156.5	+500 +500
PAC at SCU	10:00 PM	SCU -16.0 O 147.5	+500 +500
UCRV at CSF	10:00 PM	UCRV -1.5 U 132.5	+500 +500
UCSB at UCSD	10:00 PM	UCSD -5.5 U 142.5	+500 +500
CSN at CSB	10:00 PM	CSB +1.5 U 143.5	+500 +500
HAW at CP	10:00 PM	HAW -8.5 O 130.5	+500 +500
CAL at WSU	10:00 PM	WSU -9.0 O 138.5	+500 +500
UNCO at PRST	10:00 PM	UNCO -2.5 U 153.5	+500 +500
UVU at CALBA	10:00 PM	CALBA -2.5 U 134.5	+500 +500
PEPP at SMC	11:00 PM	SMC -19.5 O 132.5	+500 +500
UTAH at USC	11:00 PM	UTAH +2.0 U 148.5	+500 +500

 

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Friday’s 6-pack:
Six of the Oakland A’s best prospects:
1- Mason Miller, P
2- Tyler Soderstrom, C/1B
3- Jacob Wilson, SS
4- Luis Morales, P
5- Denzel Clarke, OF
6- Lawrence Butler, OF

Quote of the Day
“It seemed like I was going to get traded, but here we are. That’s why I try not to get too caught up in it until something happens. I wasn’t overly concerned or paranoid about anything. I was focusing on getting my body ready. Wherever I was going to be sent to was second to that.”
White Sox P Dylan Cease, who was rumored to be traded, but so far, he hasn’t been

Friday’s quiz
What is the last team to win consecutive national titles in college basketball?

Thursday’s quiz
Kevin Durant played his college basketball at Texas.

Wednesday’s quiz
Patrick Ewing is the all-time leading scorer for the New York Knicks.

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

— So far this offseason, 30 college football teams have changed head coaches, the most in the last 12 years.
Georgia State coach Shawn Elliott quit this week to become the tight ends’ coach at South Carolina, on the surface an odd move; he led the Panthers to five bowl games in seven seasons, winning four of them.
This situation seems to be unique; Elliott’s family still lives in Columbia, SC from his previous job with the Gamecocks (2010-16), and apparently he promised his daughter that he would be there for her senior year of high school, which is this coming year.

— In the NBA, Memphis Grizzlies-Houston Rockets have made 16 trades with each other over the last 29 years, making them the most frequent trade partners in the league.

— Wednesday night in San Francisco, Detroit Pistons F Isaiah Stewart was arrested after a scuffle with Phoenix Suns’ Drew Eubanks that happened before the game. The two men were separated by police; the investigation is ongoing as to what actually happened.

— So far this season, BYU’s basketball team has taken 774 3-point shots (36%), 762 2-point shots (58.4%). Very unusual for a team to take more 3’s than 2’s for a whole season, but BYU has the #13 eFG% in the country, plus they’re 18-6, 6-5 in the Big X, so it is working for them.

— The last four years, DePaul’s basketball team is a combined 33-84, 11-53 in Big East games; last time the Blue Demons had a winning season in conference play?
Try 2007, when Jerry Wainwright was the coach; DePaul hasn’t made the NCAA’s since 2004. Isn’t Chicago supposed to be a high school basketball hotbed? Why are they always so bad?

— Thursday night in Brooklyn, Fairleigh Dickinson’s basketball team got stuck in an elevator before their game at LIU; FDU wound up winning 84-82 in overtime, but not before they were stuck in the elevator for 10 minutes, with the lights out.

— Baseball Note of the Day: Baltimore Orioles already have injury issues:
P Kyle Bradish (elbow strain) is on the IL
3B Gunnar Henderson (oblique)
P John Means (elbow) is behind in his recovery from a previous injury
Rookie C Samuel Basallo (stress fracture in elbow) is also going to the IL

— 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.
Excellent cast: John Cusack is a corrupt juror, Gene Hackman works for the plaintiff’s lawyers as a consultant, Dustin Hoffman is the winning lawyer, Bruce McGill is the lawyer.
John Grisham wrote the book this movie is based on; Brian Koppelman/David Levien wrote the screenplay- they’ve also written Rounders, Billions.

— North Texas 76, Memphis 66
Mean Green made 16 of 28 shots on the arc.
Jason Edwards was 1-7 inside the arc, 7-9 outside the arc.
Memphis is 3-5 in last eight games, after a 15-2 start.

— Purdue 84, Minnesota 76
Zach Edey had 24 points, 15 rebounds.
Golden Gophers led 43-35 at halftime.
Minnesota covered its last seven games, is 11-2 ATS in Big 14 games.

— UCLA 64, Colorado 60
UCLA was +9 in turnovers (14-5).
Bruins have won 8 of last 9 games, after a 6-10 start.

— Drexel 79, Hofstra 77
Hofstra led by 13 in first half, scored 1.20 points/possession, but still lost.
Drexel starts four seniors; they’re 9-4 in the CAA.

— Middle Tennessee 76, New Mexico State 69
Aggies led 44-27 early in second half.
Blue Raiders were 19-23 on foul line, New Mexico State 6-11.

— Tarleton State 80, Texas-Arlington 78
Tarleton shot 61.3% inside the arc.
Texans have won six in row, are 11-3 in the WAC.

— It is February 16, and already, three guys on my fantasy baseball team are on the injured list. Season doesn’t start for six weeks!!! No bueno.