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COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BEST AND OPINIONS FOR NOVEMBER !

11/17/2023........................42 - 31 - 1...................57.53%..........................+ 39.50
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...............................275 - 262......................51.21%............................- 60.00
 

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Saturday’s 6-pack:
NBA payrolls for this season:
$211,820,254— Warriors
$202,129,596— Clippers
$189,506,310— Bucks
$188,405,477— Suns
$185,232,476— Celtics
$181,922,992— Nuggets

Quote of the Day
“Certainly, the hire is important, and it needs to be somebody that understands the state of Texas, understands the history of Texas A&M and can communicate with young people and develop them. I think that’s where it starts. Strong leadership.”
Lions’ coach/Texas A&M alum Dan Campbell, after saying he wasn’t interested in becoming the Aggies’ next football coach

Saturday’s quiz
Which Las Vegas casino is shaped like a pyramid?

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

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

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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday of basketball

— There were lot of upsets Friday:
Long Beach State (+15) 94, Michigan 86
NC-Greensboro (+14.5) 78, Arkansas 72
Lindenwood (+9.5) 72, Neb-Omaha 70
Tenn-Martin (+8.5) 80, Eastern Kentucky 74
Notre Dame (+7.5) 66, Oklahoma State 64 OT
East Tennessee State (+6.5) 70, Davidson 68


— Myrtle Beach tournament:
Vermont 78, Saint Louis 68
Liberty 83, Wichita State 66

Sunday’s final is Vermont-Liberty, two solid mid-majors.

— Charleston Classic:
Dayton 88, St John’s 81
Houston 76, Utah 66

Sunday’s final is Dayton-Houston, which will feel like March.

— Bad Beat of the Night: Wm & Mary (+7.5) lost 80-71 in overtime to Air Force.

— Villanova 57, Maryland 40
Terps are off to a dismal 1-3 start, shooting 21.6% on the arc.
Villanova led this game 39-15 at halftime.
It is early in season, but Maryland is turning ball over 21.3% of time (#290).

— Statistical Oddity of the Day:
San Antonio Spurs lost 129-120 at home to Sacramento Friday, so obviously, they were minus-9 for the game.
When Zach Collins was on the floor, the Spurs were +19 (minus-28 without him)
When Victor Wembanyama was on the floor, the Spurs were minus-31 (+22 without him)
For two teammates to have a plus/minus 50 points different in the same game is really, really unusual.

— Word of the Day: continuity- something happening over a period of time without being changed or stopped.
Teams who have the same players over a period of time have an advantage over teams with a lot of new players, as long as the talent levels are similar.
On the college basketball page, I’ll mention continuity a lot; it is important in this era, where kids transfer at the drop of a hat.

— Bengals’ QB Joe Burrow tore ligaments in his thumb Thursday night, is out for the year, very bad news for 5-5 Cincinnati.

— Last three years, Rams are 0-9 in November; two years ago, they were 0-3 in November, then won the Super Bowl.

— NHL is playing some games in Sweden this week:
Ottawa 5, Detroit 4 OT- Senators blew a 4-0 lead, then won with 0:02 left in OT.
Toronto 3, Detroit 2- William Nylander has 25 points in Detroit’s 16 games.
They have two more games in Sweden this weekend.

— San Diego State 79, Saint Mary’s 54
Surprisingly one-sided game.
Aztecs led 34-33 at halftime.
Gaels also lost previous game, at home to Weber State; they were picked to win the WCC, but if they’re better than Gonzaga, WCC might be down a little this year, especially with BYU off to the Big X.

— Grand Canyon 76, San Francisco 72
Entertaining game between two good mid-majors.

— I’m watching the UNLV-Pepperdine game on ESPN+, and there is a commercial for a lawyer in Los Angeles, a younger guy who claims “I put the LIT in litigation!!!”
Very unusual commercial.

— UNLV 82, Pepperdine 68
UNLV has made at least one 3-point shot in their last 1,195 games, every game since the NCAA made the 3-point shot a real thing, 37 years ago. Princeton is the only other team to have a 3-pointer in every game since then; they’ve played fewer games than the Rebels.
 

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U 151.5
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WAG at HALL12:00 PMHALL -18.0
U 129.5
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MSM at GTWN12:00 PMGTWN -9.0
U 135.0
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MSST at WSU12:00 PMWSU +7.5
O 132.5
+500 +500
CLMB at TEM01:00 PMTEM -12.5
U 148.5
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CLEVST at EMU01:00 PMCLEVST -7.0
U 144.5
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AAMU at LIP01:00 PMLIP -12.5
U 148.0
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UNH at GW01:00 PMGW -9.5
U 151.5
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SIND at LAS02:00 PMLAS -14.0
U 143.5
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PRIN at MONM02:00 PMPRIN -8.0
U 139.0
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SEA at VCU02:00 PMSEA +8.0
O 137.0
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BALL at EVAN02:00 PMEVAN +1.0
O 144.5
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DETU at OHIO02:00 PMDETU +16.5
O 155.0
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VMI at NAU02:00 PMVMI +4.0
O 152.0
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NIU at UALR02:00 PMNIU -3.0
U 157.0
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NWST at PRE02:00 PMPRE -7.0
U 142.5
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SCUS at MINN02:00 PMMINN -12.0
U 142.5
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URI at NW02:30 PMURI +9.0
O 134.0
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NCCU at LONG03:00 PMLONG -9.5
U 134.5
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SJSU at NORF03:15 PMSJSU -4.5
U 137.5
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MRST at BING03:30 PMBING -2.5
U 131.0
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COPP at EIU03:30 PMEIU -6.0
U 135.5
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PENN at UMES04:00 PMPENN -10.5
U 140.0
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NEB at ORST04:00 PMORST +8.5
O 136.0
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WEBB at COLG04:00 PMCOLG -4.5
O 143.0
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UNO at L-IL04:00 PML-IL -14.5
O 151.0
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MCNS at WCU04:00 PMWCU -5.5
O 144.5
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PFW at SDAK04:30 PMPFW -3.0
U 156.0
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INDPU at WIN05:00 PMWIN -12.0
O 145.5
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HARV at BC05:00 PMHARV +6.0
O 138.5
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LAM at PAC05:00 PMLAM +11.0
O 149.0
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ME at UNF05:00 PMME -2.0
U 146.5
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CP at PRST05:30 PMPRST -10.0
U 141.0
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HAMP at FGCU05:45 PMHAMP +10.5
O 148.0
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FAIR at QNC06:00 PMFAIR +2.5
O 154.5
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YALE at WEB06:00 PMYALE -5.0
U 134.5
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HOW at RUTG06:00 PMRUTG -14.5
U 143.0
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BRY at FAU06:00 PMFAU -22.0
U 154.0
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NAVY at UCSD07:00 PMUCSD -7.5
U 135.5
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ELON at HC07:30 PMELON -1.5
U 144.5
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SELA at SCU08:00 PMSCU -16.0
O 156.0
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STT at CALBA08:00 PMCALBA -7.5
U 132.0
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JVST at NORAL08:15 PMJVST +2.0
O 142.5
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TXSO at CREI08:30 PMCREI -28.5
O 146.5
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IW at ARPB08:30 PMARPB -5.5
U 158.5
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MORG at BYU09:00 PMBYU -30.0
U 156.5
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UNCO at NMSU09:00 PMNMSU -7.5
O 145.0
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PORT at NEV10:00 PMNEV -13.5
O 148.5
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11/15/202330-27-152.59%+150Detail
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COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BEST AND OPINIONS FOR NOVEMBER !

11/18/2023........................18 - 18 - 0...................50.00%..........................- 9.00
11/17/2023........................42 - 31 - 1...................57.53%..........................+ 39.50
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...............................293 - 280......................51.13%............................- 69.00
 

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Sunday’s 6-pack:
All-time passing yards leaders for the Cincinnati Bengals:
32,838 yards— Ken Anderson
31,594— Andy Dalton
27,149— Boomer Esiason
22,694— Carson Palmer
15,134— Jeff Blake
14,083— Joe Burrow

Quote of the Day
“That does mean a lot to be quite honest with you. Being at Purdue, we worked hard to win games. Getting to the Big Ten championship was as good as any accomplishment I had there, and we had some big wins. So, we come here, Year 1, to find a way to get to this championship game means a whole lot.
It just shows that if you’re willing to put in the work, surround yourself with good people, allow others to buy in and work together, take the blame when things aren’t going well, good things can normally happen.”
Louisville coach Jeff Brohm

Sunday’s quiz
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was an NFL QB for 14 years, playing for four different teams; what team did he play the most games with?

Saturday’s quiz
Luxor Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas is shaped like a pyramid.

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

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a college football Saturday……..

Before we start, why the BLEEP is Alabama playing Chattanooga in football?
Why would one of the best programs in the country play a I-AA team?
Do they charge less for tickets to this game, which ended 66-10?
(I know, they probably don’t)
Seriously, play a Sun Belt team, play a MAC team, play a service academy team or some other stiff, but for Pete’s sake, DO NOT play a freakin’ I-AA team. It is spineless.

New Mexico State 31, Auburn 10
Boosters at Auburn ain’t going to be happy with this score.
From 2018-21, New Mexico State was 8-30 SU.
In two years under Jerry Kill, Aggies are 16-9- they’ve covered 9 in a row.
Auburn is 6-5; they play Alabama next. Oy.

UCLA 38, USC 20
Trojans lost five of last six games, after a 6-0 start.
USC allowed 34+ points in each of their last eight games.
UCLA is 7-4, will be favored next week; does this save Chip Kelly’s job?

UNLV 31, Air Force 27
UNLV trailed 27-14 at halftime; AF didn’t score in 2nd half.
Rebels averaged 11.7 yards/pass attempt.
UNLV plays San Jose State next week; they could go to MW title game.
No matter what, Rebels are going bowling for first time since 2013.

Louisville 38, Miami 31
Louisville threw 58-yard TD pass with 4:17 left for game-winning TD.
Cardinals will play in ACC title game for first time (vs Florida State)
Last year, Jeff Brohm led Purdue to their first Big 14 title game- good coach.
Miami is 6-5, 11-12 in two years under Mario Cristobal.

— Florida State also played a I-AA team this week, North Alabama; Seminoles’ QB Jordan Travis hurt his ankle and is done for the season. Big loss for Florida State.

Appalachian State 26, James Madison 23 OT
First loss of the season for James Madison.
JMU tied game on an 11-yard TD pass with 0:57 left.

— Upsets of the Week:
New Mexico State (+25.5) 31, Auburn 10
Appalachian State 26 (+9), James Madison 23 OT
UCLA (+6.5) 38, USC 20
Old Dominion (+6) 20, Georgia Southern 17
Michigan State (+4) 24, Indiana 21
Army (+4) 28, Coastal Carolina 21


— Word of the Day: Loyalty- a sense of duty or devoted attachment to something or someone.

SMU 38, Memphis 34
Mustangs threw for 286 yards (12.4 yards/attempt).
SMU is 9-2, 7-0 in the AAC.

Tulane 24, Florida Atlantic 8
Tulane has won nine games in a row, four of them by 7 or less points.
Green Wave is 10-1, 7-0 in the AAC

Iowa 15, Illinois 13
Sixth straight Iowa game to stay under the total.
Hawkeyes scored winning TD on a 30-yard run with 4:43 left.
First score of the game was a safety for Iowa.

Arizona 42, Utah 18
From 2018-22, Arizona was 15-38; this year? 8-3, with five straight wins.
Arizona blocked punt for TD, led 21-0 after first quarter.
Wildcats converted 7-11 third down plays.

Washington 22, Oregon State 20
11-0 Huskies led 22-10 at halftime, hung on for the win.
Neither team completed half their passes.
Beavers ran 73 plays, Washington 48, but OSU had three turnovers.

Texas Tech 24, UCF 23
Down 23-17, UCF scored TD with 5:30 left; the PAT was blocked.
Knights led 14-0 after the first quarter.
UCF was 8-14 on third down, Tech 3-9.
Red Raiders are bowl eligible; UCF needs another win.
 

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