NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL NOTES, NEWS OPINIONS AND BEST BETS THRU MARCH MADNESS !

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Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
11/15/2023	30-27-1	52.59%	+150	Detail
11/14/2023	57-56-1	50.44%	-2300	Detail
11/13/2023	30-24-0	55.56%	+1800	Detail
11/12/2023	23-28-1	45.19%	-3900	Detail
11/11/2023	43-50-1	46.28%	-6000	Detail
11/10/2023	74-65-1	53.21%	+1250	Detail
11/09/2023	28-28-2	50.00%	-1400	Detail
11/08/2023	9-15-0	37.50%	-3750	Detail
11/07/2023	13-14-0	48.15%	-1200	Detail
11/06/2023	122-94-0	56.48%	+9300	Detail

 

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COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BEST AND OPINIONS FOR NOVEMBER !

11/15/2023........................16 - 14 - 1...................53.33%...........................+ 3.00
11/14/2023........................27 - 36 - 1...................42.85%...........................- 63.00
11/13/2023........................10 - 12 - 0...................45.45%...........................- 10.00
11/12/2023........................17 - 18 - 0...................48.57%...........................- 14.00
11/11/2023........................24 - 22 - 1....................52.17%...........................- 1.00
11/10/2023........................38 - 32..........................54.28%...........................+ 14.00
11/09/2023........................16 - 13..........................55.17%...........................+ 8.50
11/08/2023............................6 - 8...........................42.85%...........................- 14.00
11/07/2023..........................11 - 7..........................61.11%...........................+ 16.50
11/06/2023..........................46 - 36.......................56.09%...........................+ 32.00

TOTALS...............................211 - 198......................51.58%............................- 28.00

 

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Thursday’s 6-pack:
Pitchers who have won a Cy Young in each league:
— Roger Clemens
— Roy Halladay
— Randy Johnson
— Pedro Martinez
— Gaylord Perry
— Max Scherzer
— Blake Snell

Quote of the Day
“Anyone who is great at anything does it for their own approval, not someone else’s.”

Gil Grissom, from the TV show CSI
Thursday’s quiz
In the Showtime series Ray Donovan, what famous actor played Ray’s father?

Wednesday’s quiz
In the classic movie Major League, Charlie Sheen’s character (Wild Thing Vaughn) wore number 99.

Tuesday’s quiz
Ray Malavasi coached the Rams, the first time they played in a Super Bowl (XIV)

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

— Browns’ QB Deshaun Watson is having shoulder surgery, is out for the year; Cleveland is starting rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson this week against the Steelers, instead of PJ Walker, which is kind of a surprise. Walker played better than DTR when Watson was hurt before.
Watson has now missed 39 games the last three years, for on/off field reasons; Cleveland owes him $138M on his deal from 2024-26, with Watson moving forward with a surgically repaired shoulder. Not ideal.

— Chicago Bears are starting QB Justin Fields this week against Detroit:
Fields has been sacked on 12.9% of his drop-backs (32nd)
Tyson Bagent has been sacked on only 3.4% of his drop-backs (1st)

— QB Justin Herbert has started 59 games for the Chargers; in those games……..
Chargers scored 1,502 points
Chargers gave up 1,502 points

— Blake Snell became the 7th pitcher to win a Cy Young Award in both leagues.

— 76ers traded James Harden to the Clippers November 1st; since then, Philadelphia is 6-2, while the Clippers are 0-6, which doesn’t make much sense, but it is what it is.

— Milwaukee Bucks are off to a 7-4 start this season; they’re only 1-9-1 against the spread.

— Word of the Day: Consultant- a person who provides expert advice professionally.

— Princeton 70, Duquesne 67- Tigers shot 67% inside the arc; they’re 3-0, with two road wins and two top 100 wins.

— Boston College 68, Richmond 61- Spiders led 28-14 early on, 34-30 at the half, but BC out-rebounded Richmond 44-31, outscored them 17-8 on foul line.

— Toledo 32, Bowling Green 31
Underdog Falcons led 28-10 at halftime.
Toledo threw a 59-yard TD pass with 1:45 left for the win.
Rockets are 10-1 this year, 7-0 in the MAC.

— Northern Illinois 24, Western Michigan 0
NIU scored on a 66-yard run, a 55-yard punt return.
Huskies were 11-16 on third down, WMU 4-13.
NIU ran ball 50 times for 287 yards.

— Eastern Michigan 30, Akron 27 OT
EMU drove 66 yards, tied game on FG with 0:10 left in regulation.
Akron was 12-19 on third down, EMU 6-14.
Eagles are 5-6; need win next week to be bowl eligible.

— Ohio 34, Central Michigan 20
Ohio took 10-0 lead on a 21-yard pick-6.
Chippewas threw TD passes of 50, 62 yards.
Bobcats averaged 9.5 yards/pass attempt.

— Miami OH 23, Buffalo 10
Miami is 9-2, 6-1 in MAC.
Buffalo completed only 7-17 passes.
Miami outrushed the Bulls, 180-131.

— Found out this week that Showtime Anytime is shutting down December 14; this isn’t good, I watched lot of shows/movies on there, shows like Billions, Ray Donovan, The Circus. Will have to do some research and find a better alternative to Showtime.

 

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Thursday, November 16

 

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
DAY at LSU	04:00 PM	DAY -1.0 U 133.0	+500 +500
ME at NWST	04:00 PM	NWST +6.5 O 143.5	+500 +500
WICH at CCU	04:30 PM	WICH -9.0 U 146.5	+500 +500
DEN at SIUE	06:00 PM	DEN +2.5 O 152.5	+500 +500
LNDNWD at AFA	06:30 PM	AFA -16.0 U 131.5	+500 +500
OKST at SBON	06:30 PM	OKST -3.0 U 135.5	+500 +500
HOU at TOWS	06:30 PM	HOU -20.5 U 123.5	+500 +500
CSF at UCF	07:00 PM	UCF -9.5 U 138.0	+500 +500
PRE at UNF	07:00 PM	PRE +2.0 O 146.0	+500 +500
TXSO at UVA	07:00 PM	UVA -22.5 O 128.0	+500 +500
FUR at LIB	07:00 PM	FUR +2.0 O 142.5	+500 +500
NJIT at AMER	07:00 PM	AMER -10.5 U 136.5	+500 +500
WRST at IND	07:00 PM	IND -15.0 U 147.5	+500 +500
BRY at BU	07:00 PM	BRY -7.0 U 139.5	+500 +500
LT at ULM	07:30 PM	ULM +9.5 O 139.0	+500 +500
AMCC at TTU	08:00 PM	AMCC +24.5 O 140.0	+500 +500
JKST at TLSA	08:00 PM	TLSA -10.0 U 147.0	+500 +500
ALCN at UAB	08:00 PM	UAB -16.0 U 152.0	+500 +500
NICH at USA	08:00 PM	USA -6.0 U 137.5	+500 +500
CHS at SIU	08:00 PM	SIU -12.5 U 130.5	+500 +500
NEOM at CWM	09:00 PM	CWM +1.0 O 146.0	+500 +500
UMASS at ASU	09:00 PM	UMASS +7.5 O 147.0	+500 +500
MIZZ at MINN	09:00 PM	MIZZ -2.0 O 148.0	+500 +500
UTA at UNM	09:00 PM	UNM -14.0 U 147.5	+500 +500
AUB at ND	09:00 PM	ND +14.5 O 143.5	+500 +500
UTAH at WAKE	09:00 PM	UTAH -6.0 U 148.0	+500 +500
NDSU at MONT	10:00 PM	MONT -8.0 U 138.0	+500 +500
MTST at CAL	11:00 PM	MTST +13.5 O 144.0	+500 +500
NIAG at HAW	11:59 PM	HAW -13.5 O 125.5	+500 +500

 

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Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
11/16/2023	22-33-2	40.00%	-7150	Detail
11/15/2023	30-27-1	52.59%	+150	Detail
11/14/2023	57-56-1	50.44%	-2300	Detail
11/13/2023	30-24-0	55.56%	+1800	Detail
11/12/2023	23-28-1	45.19%	-3900	Detail
11/11/2023	43-50-1	46.28%	-6000	Detail
11/10/2023	74-65-1	53.21%	+1250	Detail
11/09/2023	28-28-2	50.00%	-1400	Detail
11/08/2023	9-15-0	37.50%	-3750	Detail
11/07/2023	13-14-0	48.15%	-1200	Detail
11/06/2023	122-94-0	56.48%	+9300	Detail

 

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COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BEST AND OPINIONS FOR NOVEMBER !

11/16/2023........................22 - 33 - 2...................40.00%...........................- 71.50
11/15/2023........................16 - 14 - 1...................53.33%...........................+ 3.00
11/14/2023........................27 - 36 - 1...................42.85%...........................- 63.00
11/13/2023........................10 - 12 - 0...................45.45%...........................- 10.00
11/12/2023........................17 - 18 - 0...................48.57%...........................- 14.00
11/11/2023........................24 - 22 - 1....................52.17%...........................- 1.00
11/10/2023........................38 - 32..........................54.28%...........................+ 14.00
11/09/2023........................16 - 13..........................55.17%...........................+ 8.50
11/08/2023............................6 - 8...........................42.85%...........................- 14.00
11/07/2023..........................11 - 7..........................61.11%...........................+ 16.50
11/06/2023..........................46 - 36.......................56.09%...........................+ 32.00

TOTALS...............................233 - 231......................50.21%............................- 99.50

 

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Friday’s 6-pack:
Leading scorers in the NBA early this season:
31.9— Joel Embiid, Phil
30.7— Steph Curry GSt/Luka Doncic Dal
30.1— Kevin Durant, Phx
30.0— Nikola Jokic, Den
29.5— Giannis Anteokounmpo, Milw
29.3— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC

Quote of the Day
“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.”
Socrates

Friday’s quiz
In 1996, Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore and re-branded as the Ravens; who was the Ravens’ QB that first season in Baltimore?

Thursday’s quiz
In the Showtime series Ray Donovan, Jon Voight played Ray’s father.

Wednesday’s quiz
In the classic movie Major League, Charlie Sheen’s character (Wild Thing Vaughn) wore number 99.

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

— Ravens 34, Bengals 20
Bengals led 10-7 when Burrow left with an injured right hand/wrist.
Bengals rest of game: 6 drives- 32 plays, 162 yards, 10 points.
Backup QB Browning was 8-14/68 passing; he also ran for 40 yards.
Last six games, Cincy scored 45 points on their first drive of game.
Ravens won five of their last six games (4-2 ATS).
Baltimore is 7-1 when it scores 20+ points, 0-2 if they do not.
Ravens have led all 11 games after the 3rd quarter this year.
Ravens’ team total: over 8-3

— This year, NFL teams are 1-6 SU, 0-7 ATS the week after playing the Cowboys.

— So far this season, the NFL team that was bet the most each week at BetMGM is 3-6-1 against the spread in that game.

— Carolina Panthers’ coach Frank Reich will resume his play-calling duties this week, with the Panthers wallowing at 1-8. Reich had given play-calling duties to OC Thomas Brown for four weeks, with Carolina going 1-3 in those games.
Panthers have a rookie QB, and two rookie coordinators, not a recipe for success.

— Pitt 24, Boston College 16- Pitt QB Yarnell threw for 207 yards and a TD, ran for another score in his second career start. Panthers ran ball 33 times for 197 yards.

— When NBA teams play 2nd game of back/back nights this year:
home first night, on road 2nd night- 2-8 ATS
on road both nights- 9-4 ATS
at home both nights- 3-8-1 ATS
road first night, at home 2nd night- 4-7 ATS

— Thunder 128, Warriors 109
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 24 points, dished out seven assists.
Isaiah Joe scored 23 points in 25:00 off the bench.
Golden State lost five of its six home games.
Draymond Green’s 5-game suspension is going to cost him $769,970 in salary; in his career, he’s been fined a total of roughly $1.4M by the NBA.

— Heat 122, Nets 115
Jimmy Butler scored 36 points, was +9 in 35:00.
Miami was +16 in the 16:00 Kevin Love played off the bench.
Brooklyn’s five subs were a combined minus-46.

— Word of the Day: Consensus- general agreement among a group of people.

— Quarterbacks/wide receivers should get stat credit for pass interference penalties- it amounts to the same as a completed pass, doesn’t it?

— Average starting field position has been a telling stat in the NFC West this year:
6-3 49ers, 6-3 Seahawks have both won field position in every game but one.
3-6 Rams have lost field position in every game but one.
2-8 Cardinals have lost field position every game this season.

— Atlanta was awarded the 2025 major league All-Star Game, four years after MLB moved the event from Truist Park to Denver’s Coors Field over objections to changes in Georgia’s voting rights laws.

— Dayton 70, LSU 67— Bayou Bengals led 60-45 with 9:07 left to play; bad loss for a team that started out 12-1 last year, but wound up 14-19.

— St Bonaventure 66, Oklahoma State 64
Bonnies only played seven guys; all of them played 20:00+.
Oklahoma State led by 10 with 12:58 left in game.
Cowboys shot 55% inside the arc, but still lost.

— Utah 77, Wake Forest 70
Deacons led by 10 at halftime.
Utah shot 55% inside arc, scored 1.17 points/possession.
7-foot senior Carlson scored 31 points, blocked five shots.

— Missouri 70, Minnesota 68
Gophers led 59-39 with 11:25 left in game.
Minnesota was +14 on boards (44-38), minus-8 in turnovers (16-8)

— Nicholls State 102, South Alabama 97, 3OT’s
Favored Jaguars led 48-31 with 17:03 left in game.
As a team, South Alabama was 17-21 on the foul line.
6-6 West scored 31 points, was 15-22 on foul line.

— St John’s 53, North Texas 52
Rick Pitino’s Red Storm led by 14 early, led 30-20 at halftime, then hung on.

 

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Friday, November 17

 

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Friday, November 17

 

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
ND at OKST	04:30 PM	OKST -7.5 U 134.0	+500 +500
PFW at NAU	04:30 PM	PFW -5.0 O 147.0	+500 +500
HOU at UTAH	04:30 PM	UTAH +9.0 O 133.5	+500 +500
QUIN at ARMY	05:00 PM	QUIN -6.5 U 142.0	+500 +500
HC at WIN	05:00 PM	WIN -8.5 U 147.5	+500 +500
HAMP at KENT	05:45 PM	HAMP +16.0 O 154.5	+500 +500
YALE at COLG	06:00 PM	YALE -3.5 U 148.0	+500 +500
KSU at PROV	06:00 PM	KSU +1.5 U 145.0	+500 +500
BUCK at DUKE	06:00 PM	DUKE -35.0 O 140.5	+500 +500
DSU at GRAM	06:00 PM	GRAM -8.5 U 137.0	+500 +500
CWM at AFA	06:30 PM	AFA -8.5 U 130.5	+500 +500
UTECH at YSU	06:30 PM	YSU -5.0 U 153.0	+500 +500
BUT at MSU	06:30 PM	BUT +10.0 U 138.0	+500 +500
CCU at FUR	06:30 PM	CCU +11.0 O 162.0	+500 +500
RID at DUQ	07:00 PM	RID +13.5 U 144.0	+500 +500
TOWS at WAKE	07:00 PM	WAKE -4.5 U 138.0	+500 +500
RAD at JMU	07:00 PM	JMU -7.0 U 149.0	+500 +500
HARV at MASS	07:00 PM	MASS -3.5 O 151.5	+500 +500
AUB at SBON	07:00 PM	SBON +10.0 O 142.5	+500 +500
COPP at M-OH	07:00 PM	M-OH -13.0 U 138.0	+500 +500
BELL at BGSU	07:00 PM	BELL +3.5 O 142.0	+500 +500
LBSU at MICH	07:00 PM	MICH -15.0 U 157.5	+500 +500
TAMCOM at STJOE	07:00 PM	STJOE -18.0 U 146.0	+500 +500
RMU at WIS	07:00 PM	WIS -19.5 U 134.5	+500 +500
JAC at PITT	07:00 PM	PITT -14.5 U 141.0	+500 +500
MORE at PSU	07:00 PM	PSU -12.5 U 136.0	+500 +500
UTM at EKY	07:00 PM	UTM +8.5 O 165.0	+500 +500
CHSO at NCST	07:00 PM	NCST -23.5 U 145.0	+500 +500
STONE at UK	07:00 PM	UK -37.5 O 146.5	+500 +500
FSU at FLA	07:00 PM	FSU +9.0 O 156.0	+500 +500
CARK at VAN	07:00 PM	VAN -19.5 U 146.0	+500 +500
CSUS at TULN	07:00 PM	TULN -11.0 U 153.5	+500 +500
NICH at SIUE	07:00 PM	NICH +4.0 O 141.5	+500 +500
NWST at UNF	07:00 PM	UNF -6.5 U 155.5	+500 +500
DAV at ETSU	07:00 PM	DAV -6.5 O 137.0	+500 +500
FAIR at DREX	07:00 PM	FAIR +9.0 O 139.5	+500 +500
SCST at SAM	07:30 PM	SCST +20.5 O 157.0	+500 +500
CP at STT	07:30 PM	STT -7.0 U 132.5	+500 +500
ELON at INDPU	07:30 PM	ELON -3.0 O 143.5	+500 +500
UTRGV at OKLA	08:00 PM	OKLA -27.0 O 153.0	+500 +500
ORU at TAM	08:00 PM	ORU +20.0 O 149.5	+500 +500
ARST at IOWA	08:00 PM	IOWA -20.5 U 173.0	+500 +500
UCRV at UNC	08:00 PM	UCRV +23.5 O 147.5	+500 +500
MER at ALA	08:00 PM	ALA -29.0 U 151.0	+500 +500
UNCG at ARK	08:00 PM	ARK -15.0 U 145.0	+500 +500
SOU at WIU	08:00 PM	WIU -1.5 U 144.0	+500 +500
MVSU at TCU	08:00 PM	MVSU +40.0 O 145.5	+500 +500
VALP at ILL	08:00 PM	VALP +29.5 O 138.5	+500 +500
MOSU at FGCU	08:00 PM	FGCU -1.5 U 138.5	+500 +500
ALST at MEM	08:00 PM	MEM -30.0 O 154.0	+500 +500
UTSA at TXST	08:15 PM	TXST -7.5 U 145.5	+500 +500
MD at VILL	08:30 PM	VILL -6.5 U 133.0	+500 +500
GRC at SF	09:00 PM	GRC -2.0 U 142.5	+500 +500
TNST at ORE	09:00 PM	ORE -18.5 U 149.0	+500 +500
WICH at LIB	09:00 PM	LIB -3.5 U 136.5	+500 +500
EWU at STAN	09:00 PM	STAN -14.5 U 160.0	+500 +500
PEAY at UTEP	09:00 PM	UTEP -10.0 U 139.0	+500 +500
KC at CSU	09:00 PM	CSU -17.0 U 145.0	+500 +500
SHSU at MISS	09:00 PM	MISS -10.0 U 132.0	+500 +500
SMC at SDSU	09:30 PM	SDSU +1.0 U 130.0	+500 +500
UNLV at PEPP	10:00 PM	UNLV -2.5 U 151.0	+500 +500
PRST at CALBA	10:00 PM	CALBA -4.5 U 144.5	+500 +500
BEL at ARIZ	11:00 PM	BEL +24.5 O 170.0	+500 +500
DEP at SCAR	11:30 PM	SCAR -4.5 U 139.0	+500 +500
WASH at XAV	11:59 PM	XAV -3.0 U 154.0	+500 +500