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
11/22/2023	0-0-0	0.00%	+0	Detail
11/21/2023	34-33-3	50.71%	-1150	Detail
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 !

11/21/2023........................22 - 21 - 1...................51.16%...........................- 5.50
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...............................378 - 355......................51.56%............................- 56.50

 

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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Interesting NFL spreads for this week:
— Packers @ Detroit (-7.5)
— Commanders @ Dallas (-11)
— 49ers (-7) @ Seattle
— Dolphins (-9.5) @ NJ Jets
— Jaguars (-1.5) @ Houston
— Buccaneers @ Indianapolis (-2.5)

Quote of the Day
“My intent is never to go viral, and honestly, if I say something in jest that nobody laughs at, sometimes that’s the funniest outcome for me. So I pay it no mind. I’m not trying to be anything but myself. I’m very aware that sometimes myself doesn’t come off hilarious to everybody, and it is what it is.”
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel

Wednesday’s quiz
Who was head coach of the Miami Dolphins before Mike McDaniel?

Tuesday’s quiz #1
The last time the Angels made the baseball playoffs was 2014; they got swept by the KC Royals in the divisional round.

Tuesday’s quiz #2
Jim Everett is the all-time leading in passing yardage for the Rams.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— Maui Classic:
Purdue 71, Tennessee 67- Purdue was 29-48 on foul line in a very physical game.
Marquette 73, Kansas 59- Marquette shot 59% inside arc.
championship game is 5:00 Wednesday.

— Florida State 77, Colorado 71 OT
Seminoles have won their last 14 overtime games, which apparently is a record.
Colorado had 20 turnovers, shot 38.5% inside arc.
— James Madison 82, Southern Illinois 76- JMU is 5-0 for the first time since 1982.

— So far this season, teams from the WCC (Gonzaga/Saint Mary’s league) are 2-10 against the spread as a favorite. It is possible the league is a little bit down this season.

— This is modern college basketball- UNLV has 14 guys on its basketball team; three freshmen, and 11 guys who transferred into UNLV. Handicapping early season basketball is a crapshoot.
November is about coaches figuring out who/what they have, and what they want to do with it. Teams with excellent continuity have a big advantage right now.

— Teams with most continuity right now:
Florida Atlantic
Columbia
Marquette
Drexel
Cal-Davis
North Dakota State

— Teams with least continuity right now:
New Mexico State
Iona
Utah State
Idaho
Notre Dane
Southern Utah

— Jackson State doesn’t have a home game until January 6th; they play 11 road games, two more on neutral floors before that. After an 0-5 start, they upset Missouri Sunday.
All the road games pay the tab for their program: trips to San Diego, Memphis, Mizzou, Los Angeles, Houston, Georgetown, Northwestern- lot of guarantee games. Winning is a bonus.

— Pretty sure I watched Bill Vinovich officiate an NFL game Sunday, then late Monday night, he was a ref at the Cal-UTEP basketball game, somewhere near Los Angeles. Vinovich turns 63 years old next week; he is officiating on back/back days, but lot of guys in the NBA who are half his age and are making a boatload of $$$ can’t play on back/back nights. Go figure.

— Good to see former Memphis/Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner working on ESPN; long time ago, I crossed paths with coach Pastner on the AAU circuit couple of times, once in Florida, once in Las Vegas. We were watching games, and I was asking him lot of questions, picking his brain.
He had no reason to be nice to me, but he was, both times. Hope he enjoys his time in the TV studio, and then gets himself another coaching job next season.

— Word of the Day: Rejuvenate- giving new energy or vigor to something.

— St Louis Cardinals signed two starting pitchers this week:
Lance Lynn was 7-2, 4.36 in 11 starts for the Dodgers LY, after they acquired him from the White Sox, where he was 6-9, 6.47 in 21 starts. Lynn started his career in St Louis (2011-17).
Kyle Gibson was 15-9, 4.73 in 33 starts for Baltimore LY.
Cardinals are rebuilding after a dismal 71-91 season this past year.

— San Diego Padres hired Mike Shildt as their new manager; he went 252-199 managing the Cardinals, was surprisingly fired after a 90-72 season in 2021.

— Odd stat: the last 12 years, Dallas Cowboys are 5-7 SU/1-11 ATS on Thanksgiving Day.

— Pittsburgh Steelers fired offensive coordinator Matt Canada, despite their 6-4 record; this is the first time the Steelers have made a midseason change at head coach or coordinator since 1941- they’ve only had three head coaches since 1969.
Steelers missed the playoffs three of last five years; they haven’t won a playoff game since 2016.

— Over their last three games, Denver Broncos are +9 in turnovers; they were minus-4 in their first seven games.

— Carolina Panthers are 1-9 this season, playing a rookie QB on a team that has an offensive coordinator in his first year in that job. I’m not sure what the point of playing QB Bryce Young is right now; maybe sitting back and watching veteran Andy Dalton would be beneficial, in the long run.
Dalton started one game this year; Carolina lost 37-27 in Seattle, but they scored 27 points. In their last four games, they scored 15-13-13-10 points.
Patrick Mahomes didn’t start a game until the last game of his rookie year; sometimes the old way of doing things is still the better way.

— Random NBA trends:
Golden State is 0-6 ATS as a home favorite
Minnesota is 6-0 ATS at home.
Over is 12-1 in Indiana Pacer games.
Speaking of which……….

— Indiana 157, Atlanta 152
Hawks led 86-73 at halftime, this was like an old ABA game.
Atlanta led by 20 points in the first half.
Tyrese Haliburton scored 37 points, dished out 16 assists.

— Happy 79th birthday to Earl (the Pearl) Monroe, one of the best basketball players ever; he was a great player for the Baltimore Bullets, then got traded to the Knicks, where he helped them win the 1973 NBA title, their second (and last) NBA title.
Happy birthday, sir.

 

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[indiana]

C/Notes....just want to say thank you for all the time
and info you provide us each day (all sports).....indy

 

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
NAU at HAW		NAU +14.0 O 139.5	+500 +500
APP at MURR	12:00 PM	MURR +2.5 O 145.0	+500 +500
UNI at UNC	12:00 PM	UNC -11.5 U 149.5	+500 +500
MORG at CHS	12:30 PM	CHS +1.5 U 143.0	+500 +500
GSU at UALR	01:00 PM	GSU -1.5 O 156.5	+500 +500
SUU at TXST	01:00 PM	TXST -2.0 U 137.0	+500 +500
LBSU at ULL	01:30 PM	LBSU -5.5 O 151.5	+500 +500
BC at CSU	01:30 PM	CSU -5.5 U 144.5	+500 +500
CCSU at MASS	02:00 PM	MASS -14.0 O 147.5	+500 +500
HARV at COLG	02:00 PM	HARV +5.5 O 137.0	+500 +500
TNTC at PRE	02:00 PM	PRE -5.0 U 136.5	+500 +500
TENN at KU	02:30 PM	TENN +1.0 O 140.5	+500 +500
TTU at VILL	02:30 PM	TTU +4.0 U 128.0	+500 +500
SHSU at GRAM	02:30 PM	SHSU -8.5 U 136.0	+500 +500
RAD at UNCO	03:00 PM	UNCO +4.5 U 142.0	+500 +500
PEAY at CSUS	03:00 PM	PEAY -1.5 U 132.5	+500 +500
NORAL at UTM	03:00 PM	UTM -2.5 O 154.0	+500 +500
MW at NCAT	03:30 PM	MW -5.0 O 133.5	+500 +500
MISS at TEM	03:30 PM	MISS -4.0 U 136.0	+500 +500
PRIN at ODU	04:00 PM	PRIN -3.0 U 134.5	+500 +500
CREI at L-IL	04:00 PM	CREI -18.5 O 147.0	+500 +500
MCNS at LT	04:00 PM	LT -6.0 U 135.5	+500 +500
MSM at AMER	04:30 PM	AMER -5.0 U 135.0	+500 +500
ILST at WRST	05:00 PM	WRST -2.0 U 149.5	+500 +500
PUR at MARQ	05:00 PM	MARQ +3.5 U 141.5	+500 +500
CIT at CAMP	05:00 PM	CAMP -1.0 U 129.5	+500 +500
VMI at AFA	05:00 PM	AFA -14.0 U 138.5	+500 +500
CSB at TST	05:00 PM	TST -4.0 U 135.0	+500 +500
MEM at MICH	05:00 PM	MEM -1.5 U 153.0	+500 +500
WVU at UVA	06:00 PM	UVA -9.5 O 119.5	+500 +500
AMCC at NKU	06:00 PM	NKU -8.0 O 142.0	+500 +500
SIU at NMSU	06:00 PM	SIU -4.0 U 134.5	+500 +500
BUCK at SBON	07:00 PM	BUCK +15.0 O 134.0	+500 +500
SCST at MIZZ	07:00 PM	MIZZ -24.5 U 155.5	+500 +500
ETSU at CLEVST	07:00 PM	CLEVST -6.0 O 143.5	+500 +500
INST at PEPP	07:00 PM	INST -7.5 U 157.5	+500 +500
BAY at ORST	07:00 PM	ORST +16.0 O 139.0	+500 +500
UMES at ND	07:00 PM	ND -11.5 U 133.5	+500 +500
ME at USF	07:00 PM	USF -8.5 U 135.5	+500 +500
FDU at QNC	07:00 PM	FDU +4.5 O 157.0	+500 +500
GT at CIN	07:00 PM	GT +10.0 O 147.5	+500 +500
HP at HOF	07:30 PM	HP +5.0 O 152.5	+500 +500
ALST at SAM	07:30 PM	SAM -14.5 O 151.0	+500 +500
STAN at ARK	07:30 PM	ARK -6.5 U 152.5	+500 +500
DUQ at NEB	08:00 PM	NEB -7.0 U 149.5	+500 +500
CARK at KSU	08:00 PM	KSU -27.0 U 154.5	+500 +500
JVST at IW	08:00 PM	JVST -2.5 U 140.0	+500 +500
IDHO at SEA	08:00 PM	IDHO +16.0 O 137.5	+500 +500
ALCN at UTA	08:00 PM	UTA -9.5 O 144.0	+500 +500
SDST at USM	08:00 PM	SDST -2.5 U 141.0	+500 +500
JMU at FRES	08:30 PM	JMU -4.5 U 147.5	+500 +500
SMU at WIS	08:30 PM	WIS -8.0 U 138.0	+500 +500
PFW at SF	09:00 PM	SF -13.5 U 148.5	+500 +500
UCRV at MTST	09:00 PM	MTST -2.0 U 132.0	+500 +500
FLA at PITT	09:30 PM	FLA -5.0 U 156.5	+500 +500
UNM at RICE	09:45 PM	UNM -7.5 O 163.5	+500 +500
BRAD at UTEP	10:30 PM	BRAD -4.5 U 137.5	+500 +500
TOL at UCI	11:45 PM	UCI -3.0 U 150.0	+500 +500
GONZ at UCLA	11:59 PM	GONZ -5.0 U 139.0	+500 +500

 

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Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
11/23/2023	0-0-0	0.00%	+0	Detail
11/22/2023	66-49-3	57.39%	+6050	Detail
11/21/2023	34-33-3	50.71%	-1150	Detail
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 !

11/22/2023........................35 - 26 - 2...................57.37%..........................+ 32.00
11/21/2023........................22 - 21 - 1...................51.16%...........................- 5.50
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.......................413 - 381 - 11......................52.01%............................- 24.50

 

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Thursday’s 6-pack:
Interesting NFL spreads for this week:
— Jaguars (-2) @ Houston
— Browns @ Denver (-1.5)
— Chiefs (-8.5) @ Las Vegas
— Bills @ Philadelphia (-3.5)
— Ravens (-3.5) @ LA Chargers
— Bears @ Minnesota (-3.5)

Quote of the Day
“Coach Smith and I have had ongoing conversations for more than a month regarding his future at Oregon State and our path forward for football specifically and our athletic department generally. He has embraced our short and long term plans……..
……..Coach Smith and I have also discussed our commitment to extending assistant coaches’ contracts and increasing the salary pool for his staff to retain the continuity of what they have all built together for Beaver Nation.”
Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes

Thursday’s quiz
When he was a rookie in 2016, Jared Goff started seven games for the Rams; what QB started the other nine games for the Rams that year?
Hint: He is still in the NFL, but he isn’t a starter

Wednesday’s quiz
Brian Flores was head coach of the Miami Dolphins before Mike McDaniel.

Tuesday’s quiz
The last time the Angels made the baseball playoffs was 2014; they got swept by the KC Royals in the divisional round.

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Thursday’s Den: Happy Thanksgiving, everyone…….​

— Purdue 78, Marquette 75- Big guy Zach Edey had 28 points, 15 rebounds as Purdue wins a very tough Maui Classic. Boilermakers hit 10-21 on the arc.
Tyler Kolek had 22 points, 6 assists for Marquette, which leaves Hawai’i with wins over UCLA and Kansas, so it was a good week for them, even though they lost this game.

— Kansas 69, Tennessee 60- Rough couple of days for the Vols, who scored 0.91/0.87 points per possession in losses to Purdue/Kansas— they shot 17-63 on the arc in those two games, but they have a good defensive team and figure to make the NCAA’s in March.
Hunter Dickinson scored 17 points, grabbed 20 rebounds for Kansas, which shot 57.5% inside the arc, after trailed by 7 early on.

— Gonzaga, 69, UCLA 65
Zags rebound from loss to Purdue with wins over Syracuse, UCLA
Antone Watson scored 32 points for the Zags.
Gonzaga has won its last four games with the Bruins.

— Arkansas 77, Stanford 74, 2OT
Brickfest: teams combined to shoot 14-49 on the arc.
Stanford led by 9 with 14:21 left in game.
Arkansas shot 30.3% from floor, 26-33 on foul line.

— Southern Illinois 81, New Mexico State 54- You don’t see this often; Aggies shot 31.9% from the floor, 0-9 on the arc. In this day and age, you almost never see a team go a whole game without making a 3-pointer.

— In the Horizon League, Oakland Grizzlies have a player Jack Gohlke; so far this season, he’s shooting 24-72 on the arc, 1-2 inside the arc. All the freakin’ guy does is shoot 3’s. Seems like a fun job to have.

— Word of the Day— Gratitude- the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.

— Movie of the Day- Class Action (1991)- An attorney representing a traumatized accident victim finds that his opponent is a very familiar defense attorney – his own daughter.
Gene Hackman is the lawyer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is his daughter. Laurence Fishburne, Fred Thompson, Jonathan Silverman, Joan McMurtrey and the guy who was the coroner on CSI are all in this movie- very good cast.

— In baseball, Seattle Mariners traded 3B Eugenio Suárez to Arizona, for C Seby Zavala and P Carlos Vargas; the move frees up $11,285,715 that Suarez will be paid next year. Luis Urias is expected to be the Mariners’ 3B next season.

— Bowling Green 34, Western Michigan 10
Falcons clinch their first winning season since 2015.
Bowling Green led 31-3 at halftime; they had a pick-6 to make score 17-0.
Falcons averaged 8.1 yards/pass attempt.

— Eastern Michigan 24, Buffalo 11
Underdog Eagles led 24-0 at halftime; they’re bowl eligible now.
EMU ran ball 46 times for 226 yards (4.9 yards/carry).
3-9 Buffalo lost three fumbles, completed only 12-28 passes.

— NFL stuff:
Jets are starting 3rd-string QB Tim Boyle against the Dolphins Friday; Boyle started three games for Detroit in 2021, lost ‘em all. He played college ball at UConn/Eastern Kentucky.
Falcons are going back to QB Desmond Ridder for their game against the Saints this week; they’re 4-6 overall this season, 4-4 in Ridder’s starts.

— Nebraska 89, Duquesne 79
Cornhuskers scored on their first 16 possessions of the second half; I can’t remember seeing a team do that before.

— Last 17 years, favorites are 15-2 ATS in Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving Day games.

 

[indiana]

C/Notes.....BOl with your action buddy.....
enjoy your time with the family and be safe....indy

 

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