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

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
OAK at DRKE	11:00 AM	OAK +9.0 O 141.0	+500 +500
PV at UTM	12:00 PM	UTM -6.5 U 151.0	+500 +500
HC at INDPU	12:00 PM	INDPU +2.5 O 137.0	+500 +500
UVU at USM	12:00 PM	UVU +2.0 O 136.5	+500 +500
PROV at UGA	12:00 PM	PROV -5.0 U 141.5	+500 +500
UNT at TOWS	12:30 PM	UNT -5.0 U 116.5	+500 +500
GRAM at ISU	01:00 PM	ISU -28.0 U 133.0	+500 +500
EIU at M-OH	01:00 PM	M-OH -9.0 U 136.0	+500 +500
MAN at CCSU	01:00 PM	CCSU -4.5 U 138.0	+500 +500
L-MD at UMBC	01:00 PM	UMBC -3.5 U 148.0	+500 +500
WEB at COLG	01:00 PM	WEB +1.0 O 138.0	+500 +500
CONN at IND	01:00 PM	CONN -10.5 U 141.5	+500 +500
COFC at CCU	01:00 PM	COFC -9.0 U 156.5	+500 +500
SIUE at USA	01:00 PM	USA -3.5 U 132.0	+500 +500
MSST at NW	01:00 PM	NW +3.5 O 128.0	+500 +500
BSU at CLEM	01:00 PM	CLEM -6.5 U 136.0	+500 +500
LNDNWD at CWM	01:30 PM	CWM -8.5 U 144.5	+500 +500
LMU at SFA	01:30 PM	SFA +1.5 O 148.5	+500 +500
NE at ECU	02:00 PM	ECU -8.0 U 140.5	+500 +500
UALR at GSU	02:00 PM	UALR +8.0 O 154.5	+500 +500
QNC at DREX	02:00 PM	DREX -8.0 U 138.0	+500 +500
ALBY at QUIN	02:00 PM	QUIN -5.5 U 149.5	+500 +500
NKU at CIN	02:00 PM	NKU +12.5 O 138.5	+500 +500
TNTC at CHAT	02:00 PM	CHAT -12.0 O 148.5	+500 +500
CSF at COR	02:30 PM	COR -5.5 O 150.5	+500 +500
KSU at MIA	02:30 PM	MIA -3.0 O 156.0	+500 +500
ELON at WIN	02:30 PM	ELON +10.5 O 151.0	+500 +500
YALE at WEBB	03:00 PM	WEBB +8.0 O 133.5	+500 +500
LSU at WAKE	03:00 PM	WAKE +1.0 O 147.0	+500 +500
TEX at LOU	03:30 PM	LOU +18.0 O 144.5	+500 +500
URI at WSU	03:30 PM	WSU -6.5 U 142.0	+500 +500
WMU at OSU	04:00 PM	OSU -22.0 O 141.5	+500 +500
NEOM at AFA	04:00 PM	NEOM +8.5 O 135.0	+500 +500
DEP at SF	04:30 PM	DEP +8.0 O 142.5	+500 +500
AMER at GTWN	04:30 PM	GTWN -9.0 U 143.0	+500 +500
GASO at KENN	05:00 PM	KENN -4.5 O 150.5	+500 +500
UNI at USF	05:00 PM	USF -2.5 U 144.5	+500 +500
WOF at VT	05:00 PM	VT -18.0 U 145.5	+500 +500
MRSH at USU	05:00 PM	USU -4.5 U 154.0	+500 +500
FOR at ACU	05:15 PM	FOR -2.5 U 140.0	+500 +500
GMU at CHAR	05:30 PM	CHAR +2.0 U 126.0	+500 +500
STT at PRST	05:30 PM	PRST -5.0 O 138.0	+500 +500
SJU at UTAH	05:30 PM	UTAH -4.5 U 147.0	+500 +500
UVM at LIB	05:30 PM	UVM +4.5 O 135.0	+500 +500
JKST at MIZZ	06:00 PM	MIZZ -22.0 O 146.0	+500 +500
UTA at ARIZ	06:00 PM	ARIZ -27.5 O 153.5	+500 +500
ALCN at MSU	06:00 PM	MSU -24.5 U 142.5	+500 +500
GRC at SCAR	07:00 PM	SCAR +4.5 O 142.0	+500 +500
SMC at XAV	07:30 PM	XAV +6.0 U 136.0	+500 +500
FIU at AKR	07:30 PM	AKR -8.0 U 145.0	+500 +500
BRWN at USC	08:00 PM	USC -17.5 U 144.0	+500 +500
WICH at SLU	08:00 PM	WICH -4.0 U 151.0	+500 +500
KENT at MOSU	08:00 PM	MOSU +4.5 O 139.0	+500 +500
CP at CALBA	08:00 PM	CALBA -13.0 U 130.0	+500 +500
SOU at ILL	08:00 PM	ILL -26.0 U 147.5	+500 +500
SDST at UCF	08:00 PM	UCF -6.5 O 144.0	+500 +500
DAY at HOU	08:30 PM	HOU -12.5 U 127.0	+500 +500
SDSU at WASH	10:00 PM	SDSU -7.0 U 144.5	+500 +500

 

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Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
11/19/2023	63-53-0	54.31%	+2350	Detail
11/18/2023	44-50-2	46.88%	-5500	Detail
11/17/2023	72-55-3	56.54%	+5750	Detail
11/16/2023	23-33-2	41.38%	-6650	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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Monday’s 6-pack:
— Liberty 71, Vermont 61- Flames win Myrtle Beach tournament.
— Houston 69, Dayton 55- Cougars win the Charleston Classic.
— St John’s 91, Utah 82- Red Storm made 13-26 on the arc.
— Texas 81, Louisville 80- Surprisingly close game in NYC.
— Miami 91, Kansas State 83- Hurricanes led by 19 at the half.
— Providence 71, Georgia 64- Friars only played 7 guys; they shot 63% inside arc.

Quote of the Day
“We’re going to have a talk. I guess, I should say, as a team. That’s the best way I can say it. … There’s just a lot of stuff that just goes around that you guys don’t see. I’m just at a point where I’m just tired of this shit.”
Steelers’ RB Najee Harris

Monday’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.

Sunday’s quiz
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was an NFL QB for 14 years, playing for four different teams; he played the most games (89) with the Chicago Bears, 53 more with the Colts.

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

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a football Sunday…….​

Lions 31, Bears 26
— Bears led 26-14 with 4:00 left in the game.
— Lions then had TD drives of 75-73 yards to win the game.
— Detroit threw INT’s on first two drives of game.
— Fields is now 6-26 as an NFL starter; he ran ball for 104 yards.
— Lions are 8-2 for the first time since 1962.
— Detroit is 7-1 SU/6-2 ATS in last eight games.
— Lions converted 8-11 on third down, Chicago 5-13.
— Opponents converted only 19 of last 56 third down plays.

Packers 23, Chargers 20
— WR Allen caught 10 passes for 116 yards and a TD.
— He dropped two other TD passes, cost Chargers 8 points.
— Ekeler lost a fumble on the Green Bay 2-yard line.
— Chargers are 0-5 TY in games decided by 3 or fewer points.
— Packers drove 51 yards, scored game-winning TD with 2:33 left.
— Green Bay converted a 3rd-and-20 (PI penalty) on winning drive.
— Both teams converted 7-14 third down plays.
— Under is 6-2 in their last eight games.

Browns 13, Steelers 10
— Browns drove 43 yards, kicked game-winning FG with 0:05 left.
— Cleveland is 5-1 since its bye week.
— Browns are 5-0 giving up less than 24 points, 2-3 allowing 24+.
— Browns held Pittsburgh to only 2.5 yards/pass attempt.
— Pittsburgh’s only TD was a 74-yard run in third quarter.
— Pittsburgh has been outgained in every game this year.
— Steelers scored 26-23-17-24-20-23 points in wins, 7-6-10-10 in losses.
— Steelers lost four of last five visits to Cleveland.

Texans 21, Cardinals 16
— Cardinals had ball in Houston territory on last 3 drives, scored no points.
— Texans were 9-13 on third down, Arizona 3-10.
— Cardinals have lost 20 of last 24 games SU (10-11 ATS in last 21).
— Five of six Arizona road games stayed under the total.
— Texans in first half: 42 plays, 333 yards, 21 points.
— Texans in 2nd half: 26 plays, 87 yards, no points.
— Houston is 6-2 SU/5-3 ATS in its last eight games.
— Texans’ last four games were decided by 2-2-3-5 points.

Jaguars 34, Titans 14
— Jaguars ran 69 plays for 389 yards.
— Titans ran 38 plays for 235 yards.
— Tennessee is 0-6 SU in true road tilts (1-5 ATS)
— Titans are 3-0 scoring 27+ points, 0-7 scoring 16 or less.
— Jaguars’ 1st six drives: 51 plays, 330 yards, 27 points.
— Jacksonville is 7-0 when it scores 20+ points.
— Under Pederson, Jags are 16-13-1 ATS coming off a loss.
— Jaguars won/covered five of their last six games.

Giants 31, Commanders 19
— Rookie QB DeVito was 18-26/246 passing, with three TD’s.
— Washington turned ball over five times (minus-5)
— Barkley had 83 rushing yards, 57 receiving, with two TD’s.
— Giants beat Washington twice TY (1-8 vs everyone else)
— Commanders are 1-4 SU/0-5 ATS at home this year.
— Commanders ran for 174 yards, but they had five turnovers.
— Washington is 7-15-1 ATS in last 23 NFC North home games.
— Washington lost seven of its last nine games.

Dolphins 20, Raiders 13
— Raiders’ first three drives: 15 plays, 120 yards, 10 points.
— Raiders rest of game: 46 plays, 176 yards, 3 points.
— Last five games, Las Vegas is 18-61 on third down.
— Under is 9-2 in Raider games this season.
— WR Hill caught 10 passes for 146 yards and a TD.
— Miami outgained Raiders, 422-296, but had three turnovers.
— Last seven games, Miami is minus-6 in turnovers (7-13).
— Tagovailoa is 28-16 as an NFL starter.

Cowboys 33, Panthers 10
— Dallas outgained the Panthers, 311-187.
— Cowboys are 10-4 ATS in last 14 games as a road favorite (3-1 TY)
— Cowboys won/covered four of last five games.
— Seven Dallas wins were by combined score of 253-77 (36-11 average).
— Panthers averaged 2.1 yards/pass attempt.
— Last four games, Carolina was held to 224-275-213-187 total yards.
— In four post-bye games, Panthers scored 3 TD’s on 36 drives.
— Carolina is 1-4 SU/1-3-1 ATS at home, losing by 3-8-14-23 points.

49ers 27, Buccaneers 14
— Bucs lost five of last six games, but covered last four.
— Tampa Bay is 5-0 ATS as a road underdog this year.
— Bucs were 7-14 on third down, 49ers 4-10
— Under is 8-2 in Tampa Bay’s games this season.
— SF’s first six drives: 46 plays, 378 yards, 27 points.
— SF outgained the Buccaneers, 420-287.
— 49ers are 7-0 when they score more than 17 points.
— 49ers have outscored opponents 122-66 in 2nd half.

Rams 17, Seahawks 16
— Seattle’s first three drives: 35 plays, 205 yards, 13 points.
— Rams’ first three drives: 12 plays, 19 yards, no points.
— Rams outscored Seattle 10-0 in last 2:00 of each half.
— Seahawks are 0-4 when they score less than 20 points.
— Rams’ first eight drives: 36 plays, 120 yards, 7 points.
— Rams’ last two drives: 23 plays, 149 yards, 10 points.
— LA drove 75 yards, kicked game-winning FG with 1:34 left.
— Rams broke a 9-game losing streak in November games.

Bills 32, Jets 6
— Jets lost last three games, 27-6/16-12/32-6.
— In four post-bye games, Jets scored one TD on 48 drives.
— Jets are 9-14 ATS in last 23 games as a road underdog.
— Jets have been outscored 130-70 in first half of games.
— Bills’ first three drives: 27 plays, 124 yards, 3 FG’s.
— Bills’ first two drives of 2nd half: 10 plays, 146 yards, 2 TD’s.
— Buffalo is 15-11-1 ATS in last 27 games as a home favorite.
— Bills are 13-9 ATS in last 22 games coming off a loss.

Broncos 21, Vikings 20
— Broncos’ only TD (on their 10th drive) came with 1:09 left.
— Denver did kick five field goals on first nine drives.
— Denver won its last four games, giving up 17 ppg.
— Underdogs are 6-0 ATS in Denver’s home games this year
— Loss ends Minnesota’s five-game winning streak.
— Vikings led 17-9 after the third quarter.
— Vikings outgained Denver, 385-295.
— Last five Bronco games stayed under the total.

Grey Cup
Montreal 28, Winnipeg 24
Alouettes threw a 19-yard TD pass with 0:13 left for the win.
Blue Bombers led 17-7 at halftime.
Winnipeg lost last two Grey Cups by total of five points, after winning the previous two.
Montreal wins CFL title for first time since 2010.

 

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
IDST at CIT	04:00 PM	IDST +1.5 O 134.5	+500 +500
IND at LOU	04:30 PM	LOU +8.5 O 142.5	+500 +500
PUR at GONZ	05:00 PM	PUR -4.5 U 154.5	+500 +500
MRSH at FIU	05:00 PM	FIU +1.0 U 155.5	+500 +500
PEAY at TST	05:00 PM	TST -2.5 U 136.5	+500 +500
ULL at WRST	05:00 PM	WRST +1.5 O 156.5	+500 +500
FSU at UNLV	05:30 PM	UNLV +3.0 O 149.5	+500 +500
KENT at FOR	05:45 PM	KENT -7.0 U 132.5	+500 +500
GMU at SDST	06:00 PM	SDST +1.0 O 140.0	+500 +500
UVA at WIS	06:00 PM	UVA -3.0 U 125.0	+500 +500
GASO at ECU	06:00 PM	ECU -10.5 U 148.0	+500 +500
MORE at BELL	06:30 PM	BELL -4.5 U 133.0	+500 +500
RID at STON	06:31 PM	RID +2.0 O 138.5	+500 +500
UMASS at SPU	07:00 PM	UMASS -5.5 O 131.5	+500 +500
HOW at BRY	07:00 PM	BRY -4.5 U 157.0	+500 +500
CHSO at COOK	07:00 PM	COOK -2.0 U 143.0	+500 +500
CONN at TEX	07:00 PM	CONN -6.5 U 144.0	+500 +500
DSU at NJIT	07:00 PM	NJIT +1.0 U 141.5	+500 +500
SIND at BUCK	07:00 PM	SIND +2.5 O 141.0	+500 +500
STJOE at UK	07:00 PM	STJOE +15.5 O 154.0	+500 +500
SHSU at TROY	07:00 PM	TROY +2.0 O 140.5	+500 +500
NCCU at CAMP	07:00 PM	CAMP -3.5 U 128.0	+500 +500
HOF at BUFF	07:30 PM	BUFF +9.5 O 145.5	+500 +500
CARK at SEMO	07:30 PM	SEMO -5.5 U 159.0	+500 +500
USU at AKR	07:30 PM	AKR -1.0 U 142.5	+500 +500
COLO at RICH	08:00 PM	COLO -9.5 O 144.5	+500 +500
ORE at FAMU	08:00 PM	FAMU +19.5 O 139.0	+500 +500
SCST at TLSA	08:00 PM	TLSA -18.0 O 152.0	+500 +500
UNO at OKST	08:00 PM	UNO +14.5 O 145.5	+500 +500
UTSA at HCU	08:00 PM	UTSA -6.0 U 164.0	+500 +500
STONE at TAMCOM	08:00 PM	TAMCOM -7.0 U 141.5	+500 +500
ACU at MOSU	08:00 PM	MOSU -2.0 U 133.5	+500 +500
CHAR at UCF	08:30 PM	UCF -5.0 U 126.5	+500 +500
SMU at WVU	08:30 PM	WVU +3.5 O 143.0	+500 +500
KU at CHAMIN	09:00 PM	KU -42.0 U 152.0	+500 +500
WIGB at MTST	09:00 PM	MTST -11.5 O 134.5	+500 +500
MVSU at SCU	10:00 PM	MVSU +26.5 O 145.5	+500 +500
NAVY at USD	10:00 PM	USD -6.5 U 137.5	+500 +500
BRAD at TULN	10:30 PM	BRAD -1.5 U 146.0	+500 +500
UND at PAC	11:00 PM	UND +4.5 O 152.5	+500 +500
UCLA at MARQ	11:30 PM	MARQ -5.5 U 142.0	+500 +500

 

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Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
11/20/2023	39-41-2	48.78%	-3050	Detail
11/19/2023	63-53-0	54.31%	+2350	Detail
11/18/2023	44-50-2	46.88%	-5500	Detail
11/17/2023	72-55-3	56.54%	+5750	Detail
11/16/2023	23-33-2	41.38%	-6650	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 !

11/20/2023........................24 - 24 - 2...................50.00%...........................- 12.00
11/19/2023........................39 - 30 -0....................56.52%...........................+ 30.00
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...............................356 - 334......................51.59%............................- 51.00

 

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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Interesting college football spreads for this week:
— Missouri (-7) @ Arkansas
— Air Force @ Boise State (-4)
— Oregon State @ Oregon (-13)
— Florida State (-7) @ Florida
— Kentucky @ Louisville (-7)
— Clemson (-9) @ South Carolina

Quote of the Day
“I think he should go back to Division III football where he belongs. Look, this guy. Look at his resume, man. I mean, I’m sorry. He spent one year coordinating a team that my wife could coach with Aaron Donald and all those guys. Stop it. And trust me, she’d do a hell of a lot better job than this guy’s doing with his defense. They’re the second-highest payroll in the National Football League and they’re the second-worst. Like, this team is atrocious.”
ESPN’s Rex Ryan, talking about Chargers coach Brandon Staley

Tuesday’s quiz #1
The last time the Angels made the baseball playoffs was 2014; what team swept them in the divisional round?

Tuesday’s quiz #2
Who is the all-time leading in passing yardage for the Rams?

Sunday’s quiz
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was an NFL QB for 14 years, playing for four different teams; he played the most games (89) with the Chicago Bears, 53 more with the Colts.


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

— ESPN needs to bring Jon Gruden out of retirement to do the interviews he does with QB prospects for the NFL Draft. This is going to be a fascinating year for drafting QB’s, and Gruden is the best I’ve seen at grilling kids and learning what they’re about.

— Eagles 21, Chiefs 17
Kansas City led 17-7 at halftime.
Swift ran ball 12 times for 76 yards and a TD.
Eagles won nine of first ten games (6-2-2 ATS)
Hurts is 34-14 as an NFL starter.
Chiefs in first half: 38 plays, 200 yards, 17 points.
Chiefs in 2nd half: 37 plays, 137 yards, no points.
Last three games, KC was outscored 38-0 in second half.
Chiefs averaged only 3.8 yards/pass attempt.

— Next football season, I’m going to change the definition of turnover in my stats, to include teams who go for it on 4th down outside of field goal range and don’t get the first down. It is basically the same as a turnover, maybe worse.
Chargers-Packers game, both teams went for it in 4th down around midfield on their first series of the game, and both failed. I know it is 2023 and all, but field position is still important.

— 45 years ago Sunday was the infamous Joe Pisarcik fumble, when the Giants were going to beat the Eagles in a close game, but teams didn’t take a knee at the end back then, they just handed the ball off to a RB, but Pisarcik fumbled the handoff, and Herm Edwards ran the ball into the end zone for a very unlikely, disturbing loss for the Giants.
As a Rams fan, the game turned out to be oddly significant; Dick Vermeil was coaching the Eagles back then; 23 years later, he won a Super Bowl coaching the Rams.
Back then, John McVay was coaching the Giants, Sean McVay’s grandfather.

— Cleveland Browns signed QB Joe Flacco to be a backup for Dorian Thompson-Robinson; Flacco has played 15 years in the NFL— he started four games for the Jets last year.
From 2010-12, he went 40-16 as the Ravens’ QB, winning the Super Bowl 11 years ago, but since 2019, he is 3-14 as an NFL starter. Lot of experience, though.

— Jets are benching Zach Wilson, he won’t even be the backup this week. Tim Boyle (0-3 as an NFL starter) will get the start, with Trevor Siemian the backup.

— Falcons will start QB Desmond Ridder this week; Taylor Heinicke started Atlanta’s last couple games.

— Cowboys’ DB DaRon Bland has four pick-6 touchdowns this year, giving him as many TD’s this season as the Raiders’ star WR Davante Adams.

— We need an LSU-Iowa bowl matchup; under is 10-2 in Iowa games, over is 11-0 in LSU games.
Iowa played three games in a row that ended 15-6/12-10/10-7.
LSU lost a game 55-49, won other games 49-39/52-35.
Contrast of styles make for interesting bowls.

— USC’s football team the last two years:
2022- 11-3, they were +21 in turnovers
2023- 7-5, they’re minus-2 in turnovers.

— There are ten I-A college football coaches who are the head coach at their alma mater.

— Word of the Day: Doppelgänger- A double of a person; having a keen resemblance between two otherwise unrelated people.
Example: Lakers’ GM Rob Pelinka and the actor Rob Lowe.

— Happy birthday to the great actress Sally Field, who turned 77 last week; she was the star of The Flying Nun when I was a kid, kind of a weird show. She’s won two Academy Awards, and recently played the mother of Lakers’ owner Jerry Buss in HBO’s Winning Time.
Happy 79th birthday to Danny DeVito, who was Louis DePalma in Taxi and was great in Other People’s Money and The Rainmaker. Now we see him all the time in Jersey Mike’s commercials.

— Long Beach State 94, Michigan 86
This win helps raise the Big West’s profile.
Illinois State 61, Long Beach State 52
This loss doesn’t raise the Big West’s profile.

— San Diego State 100, Washington 97, OT
This game was played late Sunday night, after I had posted yesterday’s Den.
Aztecs led by 12 with 4:23 left in regulation; they blew that lead, but won in OT- they were 31-41 on the foul line. Washington was 18-21.

— Washington-Washington State won’t be in the same league anymore after this season, but the good news is, the schools agreed to play each other in football every year thru 2028, with next year’s Apple Cup game in Seattle, then the next four years at campus sites.

— Syracuse fired football coach Dino Babers, who went 41-55 coaching the Orange; he had gone 18-9 in two seasons at Bowling Green, but couldn’t parlay that success into winning in the ACC.

— Phillies signed P Aaron Nola to a 7-year deal worth around $24.5M a year.

— This is a great week for college basketball, lot of good tournaments, but I do miss the Great Alaskan Shootout, which used to always be this week. ESPN killed the event by hosting their tournaments in warm weather places, more appealing for players/fans to go to.
But the Alaskan Shootout was unique; the last first round game the first two nights would begin around 2am here in the east, so you could watch ball all night.
Dwyane Wade, Klay Thompson were both MVP’s of the Shootout; one year, Cincinnati beat Duke in the final— they attracted really good teams. It was fun to watch.

— Tennessee 73, Syracuse 56
Last time Jim Boeheim wasn’t the Syracuse coach, I was in 10th grade, long time ago; they play man-to-man defense now, and try to run more. Syracuse shot 35% in this game, which isn’t going to win many games, especially against good teams.

— Purdue 73, Gonzaga 63
Boilers outscored Gonzaga 43-28 in second half.
Zags were 6-32 behind the arc.
Purdue big guy Edey had 25 points, 14 rebounds.

— Kentucky 96, St Joe’s 88, OT
Underdog Hawks made 15-37 on the arc.
Kentucky outscored Hawks 18-9 on foul line.
Wildcats played eight guys, including five frosh and a sophomore.

 

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
COLO at FSU	04:00 PM	COLO -5.5 O 152.0	+500 +500
SUU at LT	04:00 PM	LT -13.0 U 146.0	+500 +500
NCCU at CIT	04:00 PM	NCCU +1.0 O 134.0	+500 +500
AKR at DRKE	05:00 PM	DRKE -2.0 U 141.0	+500 +500
UCLA at CHAMIN	05:00 PM	CHAMIN +27.5 O 134.5	+500 +500
ILST at HP	05:00 PM	ILST -1.0 O 143.0	+500 +500
JMU at SIU	06:00 PM	JMU -5.5 U 146.0	+500 +500
KENN at ECU	06:00 PM	KENN +7.5 O 158.5	+500 +500
INST at RICE	06:30 PM	INST -6.5 U 159.0	+500 +500
RICH at UNLV	06:30 PM	UNLV -2.5 U 137.0	+500 +500
LEH at MONM	07:00 PM	MONM -1.5 U 145.0	+500 +500
LAS at DUKE	07:00 PM	DUKE -25.5 O 144.0	+500 +500
MRST at UNH	07:00 PM	UNH -4.5 U 132.5	+500 +500
BU at DAV	07:00 PM	DAV -14.5 U 134.0	+500 +500
ARMY at ALBY	07:00 PM	ALBY -5.0 U 139.5	+500 +500
UMBC at MD	07:00 PM	UMBC +19.5 O 143.0	+500 +500
SCUS at BALL	07:00 PM	BALL -3.0 U 144.0	+500 +500
EMU at DETU	07:00 PM	DETU -2.5 O 141.5	+500 +500
IDST at CAMP	07:00 PM	IDST +3.5 O 124.0	+500 +500
LIU at CLMB	07:00 PM	CLMB -12.0 U 155.0	+500 +500
UAB at MTU	07:30 PM	MTU -1.0 U 140.5	+500 +500
USU at SFA	07:30 PM	SFA -1.0 U 143.5	+500 +500
HOF at WRST	07:30 PM	HOF -2.5 U 162.5	+500 +500
AAMU at AUB	08:00 PM	AAMU +34.0 O 154.5	+500 +500
TXSO at ORU	08:00 PM	ORU -10.0 O 146.5	+500 +500
WIU at VALP	08:00 PM	WIU +3.0 O 139.0	+500 +500
ALCN at TCU	08:00 PM	TCU -28.0 O 149.5	+500 +500
TENN at PUR	08:00 PM	PUR -4.0 U 133.5	+500 +500
SIE at MILW	08:30 PM	SIE +11.5 O 145.0	+500 +500
FRES at NMSU	08:30 PM	NMSU +6.5 O 137.0	+500 +500
PEPP at UCI	08:45 PM	UCI -5.5 O 148.5	+500 +500
ARPB at MINN	09:00 PM	MINN -18.5 U 150.0	+500 +500
WIGB at UCRV	09:00 PM	UCRV -6.5 U 126.0	+500 +500
KU at MARQ	10:30 PM	KU -4.0 U 157.5	+500 +500
UNM at TOL	11:15 PM	TOL +2.0 O 162.5	+500 +500

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
NAU at HAW	01:30 AM	NAU +14.0 O 139.5	+500 +500