CNOTES 2024 2025 NHL NEWS BEST BETS AND OPINION !

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS FOR JANUARY !!

01/08/2025..................4 - 1 - 0...................80.00%..................+ 19.60
01/07/2025..................8 - 6 - 0...................57.14%..................+ 8.35
01/06/2025..................4 - 2 - 0...................66.66%..................+ 10.15
01/05/2025..................4 - 3 - 0...................57.14%..................- 0.40
01/04/2025..................9 - 8 - 0...................52.94%..................+ 18.50
01/03/2025..................2 - 4 - 1...................33.33%..................- 11.00
01/02/2025..................9 - 5 - 1...................64.28%..................+ 8.85
01/01/2025..................1 - 1 - 0...................50.00%..................- 0.15

TOTALS.....................41 - 30 - 2...................57.74%.................+ 53.90

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DECEMBER TOTALS ....... 128 - 166 - 13,,,,,,,,,,,,,43.53%.....................- 248.95

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday’s 6-pack:
— Texas A&M 80, Oklahoma 78- Sooners lose despite shooting 14-24 on arc.
— Villanova 68, UConn 66- Down 67-66, UConn missed 2 FT’s with 0:03.1 left.
— NC State 66, Notre Dame 65- Wolfpack trailed 63-56 with 3:29 left.
— Furman 67, Citadel 63 OT- Paladins narrowly avoid a big upset.
— Seton Hall 85, DePaul 80 OT- DePaul led by 19 early in second half.
— Providence 84, Butler 65- Bulldogs have lost eight games in a row.

Quote of the Day
“The hungry dog gets the bone. We got guys that think they’re way better than they are. They’re nice kids. They’re completely delusional about who they are. And the team that’s mind is on the the right stuff and hungry to get a win in conference play is the team that’s probably going to win.”
UCLA coach Mick Cronin, after Tuesday’s loss to Michigan

Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Forget Paris, what was Billy Crystal’s job?

Wednesday’s quiz
Rick Pitino has coached the Celtics and Knicks in the NBA.

Tuesday’s quiz
Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley was Indiana’s point guard in the movie Blue Chips.

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Thursday’s Den: We’re talking game shows today…….​

I love game shows; grew up watching them when I was a kid and think more of them should be on TV now, instead of the mindless talk shows with obnoxious people yelling at each other.

Thursday night, CBS is bringing back Hollywood Squares, a great game show that was always on at 11:30 in the morning when I was a kid, just before Jeopardy!

Here are my favorite game shows of all-time……….

First of all, The Gong Show wasn’t really a game show; it was American Idol long before that show was on TV, but it was great fun to watch.

People came on to sing/play music; very few of them were any good. Three celebrity judges were on the stage; any of them could hit the big gong and send the performer packing. The ones who survived thru their song got scores and at the end of the show, someone won a prize.

Chuck Barris was the host; he invented The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, and as a host, he was…….different, possibly stoned half the time.

Anyway, if The Gong Show classified as a game show, it would be #1 on this list, but it doesn’t.

13) Newlywed Game- Hosted by the sarcastic Bob Eubanks, who was very good. Married couples competed with each other to see how much they really know about each other.

All the wives would go off-stage and Eubanks would ask the husbands questions,, then the wives came back and were supposed to provide the same answer as their spouse. Then the husbands left and the same thing happened; whoever won usually got a stove or some other household appliance, “picked specially for you……”

There was a lot of unintentional comedy on this show.

12) Family Feud- Think this one is still on with Steve Harvey as host, but when Richard Dawson was the host back in the day, it was at its peak.
Two families compete by trying to outguess the other about survey results; someone would give a terrible answer, and they’d get dirty looks from their teammates.

11) Let’s Make a Deal- This show is still on with Wayne Brady as host; when I was a kid, Monte Hall was host. His daughter is the actress Joanna Gleason (Kevin Kline’s wife in Last Vegas)

Audience contestants picked at random, often dressed in ridiculous costumes, try to win cash or prizes by choosing curtain number #1, 2 or 3. When they picked the curtain, before they saw what was behind the curtain, the host would offer them $$$ or prizes to trade for what was a behind the curtain.

“You can take this $200, or take whatever is behind curtain #2, where Carol Merrill is standing”
Sometimes the contestant cleaned up; sometimes, they traded a car for a case of canned squid.

Seriously.

10) The Price Is Right- This show has been on TV for over 50 years; contestants compete for prizes and cash, including cars and vacations, in games that test their knowledge of consumer pricing. Bob Barker was the host for over 40 years; Drew Carey is the host now.

The showcase is at the end; contestants guess the price of their prizes; their guess can’t go over the actual price, or they lose. Your guess could miss by only $1, but if it was over, you lost.

9) Joker’s Wild- Jack Barry and later Bill Cullen hosted this show for 20 years; contestants answered questions on a wide variety of topics, with the prize money determined by a slot machine-style device.

When they hit the button the slot machine started; if the host said…..”Joker, joker….and a triple!!!” that was going to be a really big prize.

8) Jeopardy!- First Art Fleming, then Alex Trebek hosted the smartest of all game shows, with actual difficult questions and smart people competing for $$$. If a person won five days in a row, they went into the Tournament of Champions at the end of the year.

When I was a kid this show wasn’t my favorite; I didn’t know the right questions.

In the movie Airplane 2, the plane is in trouble and one of the passengers says out loud “We’re in real jeopardy now!!!!”
They show Art Fleming at the front of the plane with the Jeopardy! board and he says “Airplane Disasters for $100” and they say the name of the airplane. Very funny scene.

— Famous birthdays, January 10th:
JK Simmons, 69
Stan Javier, 61
Muggsy Bogues, 60
Joely Richardson, 60
David Costabile, 58
Chad Johnson, 47
Marcus Peters, 32
Kerris Dorsey, 27
Alek Manoah, 27

7) $100,000 Pyramid- Dick Clark was the original host; two contestants, each with a celebrity partner, must guess words from their partners’ clues; then the roles are reversed. Winners face the pyramid, where they to cash in the big prize.

This is an excellent game; Michael Strahan is the host now. People giving the clues would get flustered when their partner couldn’t get the right word. They’d try to use voice inflections as a hint.

6) Gambit- Two married couples played blackjack against each other; host Wink Martindale asked a series of toss-up questions, usually multiple-choice or true-false.

The first couple who buzzed-in and correctly answered the question won control of the top card from a deck of playing cards. An incorrect answer awarded control of the card to the other couple.

The first card of the game was revealed before the question was asked. Every other card was presented face-down and was turned up once the couple in control decided who should get it.

If a couple went over 21 and lost, Martindale would say something like: “Too much!!! and the game goes to the Ostranders!!!”

5) Match Game- When I was in high school, Match Game came on every afternoon, just after The Price Is Right. Match Game was a simpler game, a lot more laughter involved.

Six celebrities were on the panel, with Gene Rayburn as host; he would say a sentence with one word left out- the contestant would fill in the blank, and so would the celebrities. Then the other contestant got a different sentence; whoever got the most points won.

Regulars were Richard Dawson, Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly; the other three people usually didn’t give very good answers. I’m not sure I ever saw Joyce Bulifant match an answer.
Very good game.

4) Wheel of Fortune- The longest-running syndicated game show in America, with over 8,000 episodes taped. Wheel of Fortune is based on hangman; in each round, three players compete to be the first to guess the answer to a word puzzle- they spin the wheel to determine how much $$$ they’d get for each letter they could could uncover.

You didn’t want to spin the wheel and have it land on “bankrupt” Not good.

Pat Sajak hosted this show for over 40 years, taking over for Chuck Woolery; Vanna White is still the letter-turned on the show, with Ryan Seacrest the new host.

There was a time when Sajak left to host a talk-show; former Chargers kicker Rolf Benirschke was the host during that time.

3) Password- Two teams, each composed of a celebrity and contestant, attempt to convey mystery words to each other using only single-word clues, in order to win cash prizes.

There is a great episode of The Odd Couple, where Oscar/Felix are a team on Password, playing against Betty White— her husband was Allen Ludden, the host of Password.

Felix winds up screwing it up because…..well, he was Felix, but it was a very funny episode.

2) Concentration- Contestants matched prizes hidden behind squares on a 30-square game board, which would then reveal portions of a puzzle underneath for the contestants to solve.

If a contestant matched which prize was under two squares, they would get the prize and those parts of the puzzle would be exposed. Whoever solved the puzzle won the game.

This was an unusual gameshow; the contestants had to really think and remember stuff.
Hugh Downs was the host, before he moved on to the Today Show.

1) Hollywood Squares- Contestants played tic-tac-toe with a celebrity in each other nine squares; the celebrities would be asked questions, and the contestant had to agree/disagree with the answer given. If they were right, they get ether their letter; if not, the opponent got a letter.

Best part of the show were the snappy responses celebrities would give before they gave their real answers. Paul Lynde in the center square was especially good at this.

Peter Marshall was the host, maybe the best game show host ever; he just died last summer, at age 98.

Am looking forward to the new edition of Hollywood Squares tonight.

Also, in addition to Chuck Barris, the team of Mark Goodson/Bill Todman created a lot of these shows; would be remiss not to mention their names, to thank them for their work.

 

[Udog]

NHL

Thursday, January 9

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Trend Report
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Seattle vs Columbus
Seattle is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Columbus
Seattle is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Columbus's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Columbus's last 8 games

New Jersey vs NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of New Jersey's last 16 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of New Jersey's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Rangers's last 5 games when playing New Jersey

Buffalo vs Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 6 games when playing on the road against Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Buffalo's last 11 games
Ottawa is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa's last 6 games when playing at home against Buffalo

Dallas vs Philadelphia
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Dallas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games when playing at home against Dallas
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

Edmonton vs Pittsburgh
Edmonton is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Edmonton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing at home against Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Pittsburgh's last 10 games at home

Boston vs Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Boston's last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games

Toronto vs Carolina
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Carolina is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto

Colorado vs Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games on the road
Colorado is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Minnesota
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

Anaheim vs St. Louis
Anaheim is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Anaheim's last 13 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Anaheim
St. Louis is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Anaheim

NY Islanders vs Vegas
NY Islanders is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Vegas
NY Islanders is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Vegas
Vegas is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games
Vegas is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games


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[Udog]

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, January 9

 

[CNOTES]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
EDM at PIT	07:00 PM	EDM -217 O 6.5	+500 +500
BOS at TB	07:00 PM	TB -167 U 5.5	+500 +500
DAL at PHI	07:00 PM	PHI +134 U 6.5	+500 +500
BUF at OTT	07:00 PM	OTT -155 O 6.0	+500 +500
SEA at CLB	07:00 PM	CLB +115 O 6.0	+500 +500
NJ at NYR	07:00 PM	NJ -154 U 6.5	+500 +500
TOR at CAR	07:30 PM	CAR -168 U 5.5	+500 +500
ANA at STL	08:00 PM	STL -193 U 6.0	+500 +500
COL at MIN	08:00 PM	MIN +122 U 6.0	+500 +500
NYI at VEG	10:00 PM	VEG -164 U 6.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS FOR JANUARY !!

01/09/2025..................7 - 8 - 0...................46.66%..................- 12.15
01/08/2025..................4 - 1 - 0...................80.00%..................+ 19.60
01/07/2025..................8 - 6 - 0...................57.14%..................+ 8.35
01/06/2025..................4 - 2 - 0...................66.66%..................+ 10.15
01/05/2025..................4 - 3 - 0...................57.14%..................- 0.40
01/04/2025..................9 - 8 - 0...................52.94%..................+ 18.50
01/03/2025..................2 - 4 - 1...................33.33%..................- 11.00
01/02/2025..................9 - 5 - 1...................64.28%..................+ 8.85
01/01/2025..................1 - 1 - 0...................50.00%..................- 0.15

TOTALS.....................48 - 38 - 2...................55.81%.................+ 41.75

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DECEMBER TOTALS ....... 128 - 166 - 13,,,,,,,,,,,,,43.53%.....................- 248.95

 

[CNOTES]

Friday’s 6-pack:
Baseball payrolls, by division:
$1.063B— NL West
$945M— NL East
$886M— AL East
$852M— AL West
$626M— NL Central
$549M— AL Central

Quote of the Day
“That’s my hometown, and all my friends who are from there, pretty much, they’ve all lost their homes, their family homes, childhood homes, our whole high school’s gone. The town looks like it’s just been completely wiped out. It’s surreal and devastating, but fortunately, most, almost everyone escaped.”
Steve Kerr, whose childhood home was destroyed by the fires in Palisades, CA

Friday’s quiz
Who replaced Joe Paterno as Penn State’s football coach?
Hint: He is still coaching

Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Forget Paris, Billy Crystal was an NBA referee.

Wednesday’s quiz
Rick Pitino has coached the Celtics and Knicks in the NBA.

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

— Prayers go out to all the people in Los Angeles, with the fires destroying a lot of homes. They said it was the worst wild fires Los Angeles has ever seen.
Rams-Vikings playoff game Monday night was moved to Arizona.
LA Kings’ hockey game, Lakers’ NBA game were both postponed.
As many as 10,000 structures have been destroyed. Very sad.

— CBS decided to postpone the debut of Hollywood Squares for a week, saying it wouldn’t be appropriate to air a lighthearted program with a lot of jokes, while the Los Angeles area is in such an emergency situation.

— Notre Dame 27, Penn State 24
Notre Dame kicked a 41-yard FG with 0:09 left for the win.
Penn State led 10-0 in the first quarter.
Notre Dame was 11-17 on third down, Penn State 3-11
Notre Dame advances to the national title game January 20.

— Random trivia:
Only one NHL player was a teammate of both Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin; that would be Mike Knuble, a winger who played for 16 years in the NHL, for five different teams.

— Pittsburgh Steelers enter the NFL playoffs on a four-game losing streak. Other teams who have entered the playoffs on a 4+ game skid:
1986 Jets, W35-15 vs Chiefs, L23-20 vs Browns
1999 Lions, L27-13 vs Washington

— Speaking of the Steelers; they became great in the early 70’s, when Terry Bradshaw became their QB; he was the first pick in the 1970 draft, out of Louisiana Tech.
The fifth player taken in the 1970 draft also became famous, but for a different reason. Buffalo drafted Al Cowlings, a defensive end from USC who played nine years in the NFL, for five different teams; he became famous in 1994, after driving OJ Simpson all over Los Angeles during a police chase, after Simpson’s wife was murdered.

— This season, the NFL had the fewest pass plays of 40+ yards in any year since 1991.

— Two days after they fired coach Antonio Pierce, the Las Vegas Raiders also fired general manager Tom Telesco, after only one year on the job. It is becoming apparent that Raiders owner Mark Davis runs a dysfunctional franchise.

— Famous birthdays, January 10th:
Richard Dotson, 66
Janet Jones, 64
Steve Jordan, 64
Glenn Robinson, 52
Jake Delhomme, 50
Sarah Shahi, 45
DeShaun Foster, 45
Ryon Healy, 33

— Baseball stuff:
San Francisco Giants signed P Justin Verlander for one year, $15M. Verlander will be 42 next month; the future Hall of Famer was 5-6, ,5.48 in 17 starts for Houston last year.

Chicago White Sox signed P Martin Perez for one year, $5M; last year, Perez 5-6 with a 4.53 ERA in 26 starts, for the Pirates/Padres.

Washington Nationals signed IF Amed Rosario for one year, $2M. Last year, Rosario hit .280, with a .686 OPS while playing for three different teams.

— Santa Clara 82, Oregon State 81 OT
Broncos put in a rebound with 0:02 left for the win.
Santa Clara survived going 13-27 on foul line.
Michael Rataj scored 16 points, had 17 rebounds for the Beavers.

— Oregon 73, Ohio State 71
Buckeyes led by 8 with 6:17 left in the game.
Oregon is off to 14-2 start, vs schedule #16.

— Pacific 95, Washington State 94 OT
Tigers break an 0-9 skid; they were a 17-point underdog.
Lamar Washington scored 40 points, with 6 assists, 5 steals.

— NC-Greensboro 78, Chattanooga 75
Moccasins tied game on a 3 with 0:03 left.
Greensboro’s Ronald Polite drained a 3 at the buzzer for the walk-off win.
Spartans are 3-0 in SoCon; they were 11-23 on the arc.

— Texas State 74, Troy 73
Texas State hit the winning foul shot with 0:01.1 left.
Pope had 27 points, 10 rebounds (8 offensive boards)
Trojans led by 11 early on, 41-32 at halftime.

— I was reminded of this story the other day…….
First time I went to a public school was in 9th grade; everything was a lot different. I had never ridden a school bus, we didn’t wear uniforms, we changed classes, just a lot different.

The first day, I’m sitting in a shop class, metal shop. No idea why I was signed up for it— I am inept with tools, I’m lucky I never lost a finger.

The teacher was Mr Brunn, a stern guy with a beard; he is taking attendance, and a kid sitting a few seats to my right keeps talking. Mr Brunn wasn’t happy.

“Son, you need to stop talking, You have diarrrhea of the mouth!!!”

Most of the kids laughed; my eyes bugged out of my head, never heard a teacher talk like that, never heard anyone talk like that.

51 years ago…….damn I’m old…….lolol

 

[Udog]

NHL

Friday, January 10

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Trend Report
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Vancouver vs Carolina
Vancouver is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Carolina
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vancouver's last 7 games on the road
Carolina is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Carolina is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Vancouver

Chicago vs Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chicago's last 13 games on the road
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Montreal vs Washington
Montreal is 9-1 ATS in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Montreal's last 7 games when playing on the road against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games when playing at home against Montreal
Washington is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home

Los Angeles vs Winnipeg
Los Angeles is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Winnipeg
Los Angeles is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Winnipeg
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 5 games
Winnipeg is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home

San Jose vs Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Jose's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing Utah
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah's last 6 games when playing San Jose
Utah is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Jose


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Friday, January 10

 

[CNOTES]

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
VAN at CAR	07:00 PM	VAN +157 U 6.0	+500 +500
CHI at DET	07:00 PM	DET -175 O 6.0	+500 +500
MON at WAS	07:00 PM	MON +191 O 6.5	+500 +500
LA at WIN	08:00 PM	WIN -107 O 5.5	+500 +500
SJ at UTAH	09:00 PM	SJ +241 O 6.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS FOR JANUARY !!

01/10/2025..................3 - 5 - 0...................37.50%..................- 6.45
01/09/2025..................7 - 8 - 0...................46.66%..................- 12.15
01/08/2025..................4 - 1 - 0...................80.00%..................+ 19.60
01/07/2025..................8 - 6 - 0...................57.14%..................+ 8.35
01/06/2025..................4 - 2 - 0...................66.66%..................+ 10.15
01/05/2025..................4 - 3 - 0...................57.14%..................- 0.40
01/04/2025..................9 - 8 - 0...................52.94%..................+ 18.50
01/03/2025..................2 - 4 - 1...................33.33%..................- 11.00
01/02/2025..................9 - 5 - 1...................64.28%..................+ 8.85
01/01/2025..................1 - 1 - 0...................50.00%..................- 0.15

TOTALS.....................51 - 43 - 2...................54,25%.................+ 35.30

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DECEMBER TOTALS ....... 128 - 166 - 13,,,,,,,,,,,,,43.53%.....................- 248.95

 

[CNOTES]

Saturday’s 6-pack:
Nevada casinos’ net winnings in November:
$156.7M— penny slots
$146.4M— baccarat
$125.8M— blackjack
$67.5M— sports
$49.1M— roulette
$34.1M— craps

Quote of the Day
“Our home is gone. Look, we were renting for the year to try to figure out where we wanted to be long-term.…….I was not prepared for what I saw. It’s complete devastation and destruction. I had to go kind of a different way to the house, but I went through most of the village and it’s all gone. I don’t think you can ever prepare yourself for something like that. ”
JJ Redick, whose home was destroyed by the fires in Los Angeles

Saturday’s quiz
Who was Ohio State’s football coach, the last time they won a national championship?

Friday’s quiz
Bill O’Brien replaced Joe Paterno as Penn State’s football coach.

Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Forget Paris, Billy Crystal was an NBA referee.

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Saturday’s Den: NBA trends……

NBA trends (thru Thursday, January 9th)

Hawks (19-19):
— 1-4 SU/0-5 ATS in their last five games.
— 1-5 ATS as a road favorite, 1-6 last seven as a road dog.
— Over 8-2 last ten home games

Celtics (27-10):
— 4-1 last five games SU.
— 5-12 ATS last seventeen home games.
— under 7-1 last eight road games.

Nets (13-24):
— lost 14 of their last 18 games SU.
— 5-13 ATS last 18 games.
— under 7-4 last eleven games

Hornets (8-27):
— lost 18 of last 20 games SU.
— 4-1 ATS last five games.
— under 8-0 last eight games.

Bulls (17-20)
— 4-2 SU in last six games.
— 3-0 ATS last three as a home underdog.
— under 5-1 last six games
— 1-5 ATS if they played the night before.

Cavaliers (33-4):
— 16-1 SU last 17 games.
— 5-0 ATS last five as a road favorite, 4-0 as a road underdog.
— over 10-3 last 13 games.
— 5-2 ATS if they played the night before.

Mavericks (22-16):
— 2-5 SU/1-6 ATS last seven games.
— under 8-4 last 12 games
— 5-1 ATS if they played the night before.

Nuggets (21-15):
— 5-2 SU last seven games
— 5-2 ATS as a road underdog.
— over 11-3 last 14 home games.
— 6-1 ATS if they played the night before.

Pistons (19-19):
— 5-1 last six games SU.
— 11-7 ATS on the road.
— 1-6 ATS as home favorite
— over 4-2 last six games

Warriors (19-18):
— 5-9 last fourteen games SU.
— 6-8 ATS as a home favorite
— under 10-0 last ten road games
— 1-4 ATS if they played the night before.

Rockets (25-12):
— 4-1 last five games SU
— 2-5 ATS last seven as a home favorite
— 6-4 ATS as an underdog.
— over 7-4 last eleven road games

Pacers (20-18):
— won/covered five of their last six games.
— 2-6 ATS as a road favorite.
— over 8-3 last eleven road games.

Clippers (20-17):
— 2-4 last six games SU
— 7-2 ATS as a home favorite
— under 9-2 last eleven road games.
— 2-5 ATS if they played the night before

Lakers (20-16):
— 2-3 SU last five games
— 2-5 ATS as a road favorite
— 8-3 ATS last eleven games overall.
— under 3-1 last four games.

Grizzlies (24-14):
— 2-4 last six games SU.
— 12-6 ATS as a home favorite.
— 5-1 ATS if they played the night before.
— over 9-3 last 12 road games

Heat (19-17):
— 6-7 SU last thirteen games.
— 0-6 ATS last six games as a road favorite
— 7-5 ATS as a road underdog.
— over 4-2 last six games.

Famous birthdays, January 11th:
Ali Haji-Sheikh, 64
Marc Blucas, 53
Damien Wilkins, 45
Tony Allen, 43
JP Crawford, 30
Elly De La Cruz, 23

Bucks (19-16):
— 3-4 last seven games SU.
— 3-7 ATS last 10 as a home favorite.
— under 5-1 last six home games.
— 1-4-1 ATS if they played the night before

Timberwolves (20-17)
— 6-3 SU last nine games.
— 4-12 ATS as a home favorite.
— under 3-0 last three games.

Pelicans (7-31):
— 5-31 last 36 games SU
— 4-13 ATS on the road (10-10 at home).
— over 5-2 last seven home games.

Knicks (25-13):
— 1-3 SU/ATS their last four games.
— 8-4 ATS last 12 games as a home favorite.
— under 4-1 last five games.

Thunder (23-5):
— 12-1 last thirteen games SU
— 9-5 ATS on road.
— under 4-1 last five games

Magic (22-17):
— 3-5 last eight games SU.
— 0-5 ATS last five home games
— under 10-2 last 12 games.

76ers (15-20):
— 8-4 SU last dozen games
— 4-12 ATS at home
— 6-3 ATS as a road favorite
— over 5-1 last six road games

Suns (17-19):
— 3-8 SU last eleven games.
— 4-10 ATS as home favorite.
— 2-5 ATS if they played the night before
— under 11-1 last 12 games

Trailblazers (13-24):
— 4-4 SU last eight games (4-0 ATS last four).
— 9-5 ATS as a home underdog.
— 4-2 ATS if they played the night before
— over 7-0 last seven home games

Kings (18-19):
— 5-0 SU/4-1 ATS last five games
— 8-15 ATS at home
— 4-6 ATS as a road favorite
— over 3-0 last three games

Spurs (18-19):
— lost last three games, by 11-4-16 points
— 1-5 ATS last six as a road favorite.
— under 5-0 last five games

Raptors (8-30):
— 1-15 last 16 games SU (6-9-1 ATS)
— 1-4 ATS last five as road underdog.
— over 4-1 last five home games

Jazz (9-27):
— 5-15 SU last 20 games.
— 9-2 ATS last eleven games.
— over 12-4 last sixteen games.

Wizards (6-29):
— 4-27 SU/11-18-2 ATS last 31 games
— 6-4 ATS last 10 as a home underdog
— under 8-4 last 12 home games.

 

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
BOS at FLA	01:00 PM	FLA -193 O 5.5	+500 +500
OTT at PIT	04:00 PM	PIT +103 U 6.0	+500 +500
SEA at BUF	04:00 PM	BUF -133 U 5.5	+500 +500
TB at NJ	07:00 PM	TB +128 O 6.0	+500 +500
VAN at TOR	07:00 PM	TOR -178 U 5.5	+500 +500
COL at WIN	07:00 PM	WIN -100 O 6.0	+500 +500
EDM at CHI	07:00 PM	EDM -350 O 6.5	+500 +500
CLB at STL	07:00 PM	STL -171 U 6.0	+500 +500
DAL at MON	07:00 PM	MON +179 U 6.0	+500 +500
ANA at PHI	07:00 PM	PHI -201 O 6.0	+500 +500
WAS at NAS	08:00 PM	WAS +122 U 6.0	+500 +500
NYI at UTAH	09:00 PM	NYI -103 O 6.0	+500 +500
NYR at VEG	10:00 PM	VEG -170 O 6.0	+500 +500
MIN at SJ	10:00 PM	SJ +167 U 6.0	+500 +500
LA at CAL	10:00 PM	LA -115 U 5.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS FOR JANUARY !!

01/11/2025................9 - 13 - 0....................40.90%.................- 34.00
01/10/2025..................3 - 5 - 0...................37.50%..................- 6.45
01/09/2025..................7 - 8 - 0...................46.66%..................- 12.15
01/08/2025..................4 - 1 - 0...................80.00%..................+ 19.60
01/07/2025..................8 - 6 - 0...................57.14%..................+ 8.35
01/06/2025..................4 - 2 - 0...................66.66%..................+ 10.15
01/05/2025..................4 - 3 - 0...................57.14%..................- 0.40
01/04/2025..................9 - 8 - 0...................52.94%..................+ 18.50
01/03/2025..................2 - 4 - 1...................33.33%..................- 11.00
01/02/2025..................9 - 5 - 1...................64.28%..................+ 8.85
01/01/2025..................1 - 1 - 0...................50.00%..................- 0.15

TOTALS.....................60 - 56 - 2...................51.72%.................+ 1.30

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DECEMBER TOTALS ....... 128 - 166 - 13,,,,,,,,,,,,,43.53%.....................- 248.95

 

[CNOTES]

Sunday’s 6-pack:
Highest NBA payrolls……..
$226,240,856— Suns
$205,682,233— Timberwolves
$199,024,037— Celtics
$197,336,387— Bucks
$191,340,746— Knicks
$187,136,723— Lakers

Quote of the Day
“After a thorough evaluation of the season, and with careful consideration for our team’s future, we deemed these moves necessary. These decisions are never easy from the human side of things…….”
Falcons coach Raheem Morris, after firing his DC after only one season

Sunday’s quiz
Who was the Falcons’ coach the last time they played in the Super Bowl?

Saturday’s quiz
Urban Meyer was Ohio State’s football coach, the last time they won a national championship.

Friday’s quiz
Bill O’Brien replaced Joe Paterno as Penn State’s football coach.

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

— Big X
Iowa State 85, Texas Tech 84 OT
Tech led by 13 points in first half.
Cyclones have won 11 games in a row.
Iowa State shot 59.5% inside the arc.

Baylor 72, Arizona State 66, OT
Baylor led 32-20 at halftime.
Sun Devils shot only 36.7% from floor, 7-24 on arc.
ASU is 2-4 in its last six games, after an 8-1 start.
Houston/Iowa State/Arizona tied for first with 4-0 Big X records.

— SEC
Auburn 66, South Carolina 63
Broome, Auburn’s best player, sprained his ankle, will miss some time.
Auburn outscored Gamecocks 4-0 over last 2:42 of this game.
Teams combined to make only 15-28 foul shots.
Auburn has won eight in a row, is 15-1 this season.

Kentucky 95, Mississippi State 90
Kentucky shot 16-32 on arc, 62.1% inside arc.
Bulldogs were 12-40 on arc, 20-31 (64.5%) inside arc.
Loss snaps Miss State’s 8-game winning streak.
Auburn, Alabama, Ole Miss are all tied for first in SEC, with 3-0 records.
10 of the 16 SEC squads are in KenPom’s top 40 teams.

— Big West
Cal-Irvine 60, Cal-San Diego 52
Anteaters ended the game on a 22-6 run.
Tritons were only 6-35 on the arc.
Cal-San Diego had won ten in a row vs D-I teams.
These are the two best teams in the Big West, by a decent amount.

— American
Underdogs were 4-0 ATS in AAC games Saturday.

Memphis 74, East Carolina 70
Game was 68-68 with 1:11 left to play.
PJ Haggerty scored 25 points, was 10-10 on foul line.
Tigers are shooting 40% on the arc (#5 in country)

Tulane 73, South Florida 70
USF led by nine points with 10:43 left in game.
Green Wave was 14-30 on the arc.
Tulane is 5-2 in last seven games, after a 4-6 start.
Memphis is 3-0 early in conference play; six teams have one AAC loss.

— Big East
Creighton 80, Butler 76
Ashworth had 22 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists.
Bluejays led by 12 with 5:02 left, hung on for the win.
Butler has lost nine games in a row; they’re 0-6 SU/3-3 ATS in Big East.

St John’s 80, Villanova 68
St John’s was 29-39 on foul line, Wildcats 14-17.
RJ Luis was 16-20 by himself on the charity stripe.
Red Storm has won nine of its last ten games.
Just second loss in last ten games for Villanova.

Xavier 77, DePaul 63
DePaul is 9-8 this year; last two years, they were 13-52.
That said, DePaul is 0-6 in Big East this year, 4-45 in last 49 conference games.
Marquette is 5-0 in Big East; St John’s/UConn are both 5-1.

— Upsets of the Day:
Old Dominion (+14.5) 71, South Alabama 63, OT
USC (+13.5) 82, Illinois 72
LaSalle (+12.5) 83, St Bonaventure 82, OT
Virginia Tech (+6.5) 71, California 68
Monmouth (+6.5) 84, Charleston 73
Kentucky (+5.5) 95, Mississippi State 90
Tex-San Antonio (+5.5) 88, Wichita State 75

—Big 18
USC 82, Illinois 72
Eric Musselman was an NBA head coach; he is a dangerous underdog.
Trojans outscored Illinois 47-34 in second half.
Illini was only 7-32 on the arc.

Iowa 85, Indiana 60
Iowa shot 60% inside arc, were 11-24 on arc.
Hawkeyes have won five of their last six games.
Just second loss in last 11 games for Indiana.
Michigan/Michigan State are 4-0 in league games; Purdue is 4-1

— Missouri Valley
Bradley 61, Ill-Chicago 60
UIC led this game 58-50 with 1:50 left to play.
Bradley then outscored them 11-2 in final 1:50.
Braves won 13 of their last 15 games.
Bradley is shooting 41.4% on the arc (#3 in country)
Bradley leads the MVC with a 5-1 record; four teams are 4-2.

— CAA
Monmouth 84, Charleston 73
Favored Cougars were 13-41 on arc, 12-33 inside arc.
Monmouth split its last six games, after a 1-10 start.
Three Monmouth starters played 36:00+.
William & Mary leads CAA with a 4-0 record: last three years, they were a combined 15-39 in CAA games.

— WCC
Gonzaga 88, Washington State 75
Zags are 5-0 in WCC, after a 9-4 non-league record
Gonzaga played the #20 non-conference schedule in country.

Saint Mary’s 103, San Diego 56
Gaels are also 5-0 in WCC, after a 10-3 non-league record
Saint Mary’s is #2 team in country on offensive boards.

Santa Clara 77, San Francisco 54
Santa Clara outscored USF 56-26 in second half.
Santa Clara shot 60% inside the arc.
Broncos have won nine of their last ten games.
Right now, Santa Clara is just behind those two, at 4-1 in WCC.

— Famous birthdays, January 12:
Drew Pearson, 74
Bill Madlock, 74
Dominique Wilkins, 65
Oliver Platt, 65
Mike Marshall, 65
Cade McNown, 48
Bobby Crosby, 45
Dontrelle Willis, 43
Sam LaPorta, 24

 

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Seattle vs Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle's last 5 games on the road
Seattle is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Anaheim vs Carolina
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Anaheim's last 5 games when playing Carolina
Anaheim is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Carolina
Carolina is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games when playing Anaheim

Dallas vs Ottawa
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Ottawa is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas
Ottawa is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas

Tampa Bay vs Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Tampa Bay
Pittsburgh is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

Minnesota vs Vegas
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vegas's last 7 games
Vegas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Minnesota


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