CNOTES 2024 2025 NHL NEWS BEST BETS AND OPINION !

[Udog]

NHL

Tuesday, March 18

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Trend Report
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Ottawa vs Montreal
Ottawa is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Ottawa's last 8 games on the road
Montreal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Montreal is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

Calgary vs NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Calgary's last 5 games when playing NY Rangers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Calgary's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of NY Rangers's last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Rangers's last 5 games

NY Islanders vs Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Islanders's last 5 games on the road
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

Detroit vs Washington
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Detroit is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Washington
Washington is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
Washington is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

Anaheim vs Dallas
Anaheim is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Anaheim is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Dallas
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Dallas is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Anaheim

St. Louis vs Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing on the road against Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing St. Louis

Seattle vs Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Seattle's last 8 games when playing Chicago
Seattle is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games at home
Chicago is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home

Utah vs Edmonton
Utah is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Edmonton
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Utah's last 10 games when playing Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Edmonton's last 6 games
Edmonton is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Utah

Winnipeg vs Vancouver
Winnipeg is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Vancouver
Winnipeg is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Vancouver's last 12 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games when playing Winnipeg


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[CNOTES]

Tuesday, March 18​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
NYI at PIT	07:00 PM	PIT +106 U 6.0	+500 +500
CAL at NYR	07:00 PM	CAL +221 U 5.5	+500 +500
DET at WAS	07:00 PM	DET +146 O 6.0	+500 +500
OTT at MON	07:00 PM	MON +123 O 5.5	+500 +500
ANA at DAL	08:00 PM	ANA +296 U 6.0	+500 +500
STL at NAS	08:00 PM	STL -110 O 5.5	+500 +500
SEA at CHI	08:30 PM	SEA -147 O 6.0	+500 +500
UTAH at EDM	09:00 PM	EDM -136 U 6.0	+500 +500
WIN at VAN	10:00 PM	WIN -160 O 5.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS MARCH !

03/18/2025................6 - 7 - 1....................46.15%...............+ 0.20
03/17/2025................5 - 4 - 0....................55.55%...............+ 5.55
03/16/2025................5 - 5 - 0....................50.00%...............- 0.60
03/15/2025................9 - 5 - 1....................64.28%...............+ 28.65
03/14/2025................3 - 5 - 2....................37.50%...............- 13.85
03/13/2025................6 -7 - 0.....................46.15%...............- 8.35
03/12/2025...............4 - 4 - 0.....................50.00%...............+ 1.45
03/11/2025...............7 - 10 - 0...................41.17%................- 12.25
03/10/2025.................4 - 2 - 0...................66,66%................+ 12.50
03/09/3035.................5 - 6 - 1...................45.45%................- 2.20
03/08/2025.................5 - 9 - 1...................35.71%................- 14.65
03/07/2025.................5 - 6 - 0...................45.45%................- 6.00
03/06/2025.................5 - 7 - 1...................41.66%................- 11.50
03/05/2025.................4 - 5 - 0...................44.44%................- 3.60
03/04/2025.................6 - 9 - 0...................40.00%................- 9.45
03/03/2025.................7 - 5 - 0...................58.33%................+ 10.25
03/02/2025.................4 - 4 - 0...................50.00%................- 1.00
03/01/2025.................7 - 7 - 0...................50.00%.................+ 3.35

TOTALS...................97 -107 - 3...................47.54%.................- 19.50

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Favorites to win the NCAA Tournament:
+350— Florida
+360— Duke
+400— Auburn
+600— Houston
+1200— Alabama
+1400— Tennessee

Quote of the Day
“Either you want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler or you don’t. It’s that simple. That’s the pitch. If you want me to recruit, that’s the recruiting pitch. Pittsburgh Steelers. If you want to be part of it, so be it. If you don’t, no skin off my back.”
Steelers’ Cameron Heyward, talking about Aaron Rodgers possibly joining the Steelers

Wednesday’s quiz
Which two teams played a 6-overtlme game in the 2009 Big East tournament?

Tuesday’s quiz
Joe Maddon was the Chicago Cubs’ manager when they won the 2016 World Series.

Monday’s quiz
Michigan State has had only two basketball coaches since 1976.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..​

— Alabama State 70, Saint Francis 68
Hornets scored layup off a length-of-court pass with 0:01 left for the win.
Saint Francis led 39-34 at half; they were 10-14 on foul line, Alabama State 1-4.
Alabama State was +9 in turnovers (15-6); they play #1-seed Auburn Thursday.

— Dodgers 4, Cubs 1
Cubs led 1-0 after 4 innings, but Imanaga left after 4 scoreless IP (69 PT)
Dodgers scored three runs in the fifth inning.
Yamamoto allowed 4 baserunners, one run in five IP (72 PT).
Ohtani was 2-5 with two runs scored.
Mookie Betts (illness), Freddie Freeman (ribs) sat game out.

— Darian DeVries is the new basketball coach at Indiana; he leaves West Virginia after only one season at West Virginia, where his team was 19-13, 10-10 in Big X games. Before that, DeVries was 150-55 at Drake, 79-33 in conference games.
Tucker DeVries is the coach’s son, a very good player; he hurt his shoulder this year and played in only eight games. If he gets the extra year of eligibility from the NCAA, he figures to follow his father to Bloomington.
Next season, West Virginia will have its fourth coach in four years.

— Over the last four years, Cal-Irvine is 58-16 in Big West games during the regular season, but they’re only 2-4 in Big West tournament games, with the losses coming to four different teams.
For mid-majors, Champ Week is the big thing. Irvine has won 20+ games 10 of the last 13 years, but made the NCAA’s only twice- they upset Kansas State in a 2019 tournament game.

— Iona fired basketball coach Tobin Anderson after only two years on the job; Iona was 17-17 this year, 12-8 in MAAC games. Gaels didn’t make the NCAA’s in either of Anderson’s seasons with the Gaels; they made it in six of seven tournaments before that, but this seems like a very quick decision.
Three years ago, Anderson was coach at Fairleigh Dickinson when they upset Purdue in only the second-ever upset by a #16-seed in the NCAA Tournament.

— Famous birthdays, March 19:
Ursula Andress, 89
Glenn Close, 78
Pat Leahy, 74
Scott May, 71
Mike Norris, 70
Bruce Willis, 70
Rick Mirer, 55
Andre Miller, 49
Casey Jacobsen, 44
Clayton Kershaw, 37
EJ Manuel, 35
Nico Collins, 26

— Word of the Day– Democracy- a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
We’re lucky to live in a democracy; it needs to stay that way.

— Kansas Jayhawks are a 7-seed in this year’s tournament, the first time since 2000 that Kansas was seeded lower than 4th in the NCAA’s.

— Michigan Wolverines were 12-1 in conference games this season that were decided by 4 or fewer points. Coach Dusty May led Florida Atlantic to the Final Four two years ago; he appears to be a keeper for the Wolverines.

— Cincinnati Bengals signed WR’s Ja’Marr Chase to a 5-year, $161M contract, WR Tee Higgins to a 4-year, $115M deal.
Bengals are 40-27 the last four years, losing the Super Bowl after the 2021 season.

— Baltimore Ravens signed QB Cooper Rush to back up Lamar Jackson; Rush was 9-5 in 14 starts for Dallas, over his seven seasons there.

— Houston Texans/Washington Commanders made a pretty big trade:

Washington gets:
OT Laremy Tunsil
4th round pick in next month’s draft

Houston gets:
3rd and 7th round picks in next month’s draft.
2nd and 4th round picks in the 2026 draft.

— Texas Rangers signed P Patrick Corbin to replace Jon Gray, who broke his wrist when he was hit by a comebacker last week. 35-year old Corbin pitched for Washington the last six years, going 6-13, 5.62 in 32 starts last season.

— Marlins OF Jesus Sanchez hurt his oblique, is out for four weeks; he hit 18 homers, stole 16 bases for Miami last season.

— Looks like the ball-strike instant replay thing will become a rule in 2026; it will be fascinating to see how teams use the new rule.
During a Bronx-Toronto exhibition game Monday, someone challenged the first pitch of the game, and they lost that challenge. Teams only get two challenges a game and you lose the challenge if you’re wrong, so if this had been a regular season game, it would’ve been an awful mistake.
Why are you challenging the first freakin’ pitch of the game?
Once this season starts and then is no more challenge system (for this year), will umpires call more strikes? It’ll be interesting to follow.

 

[Udog]

NHL

Wednesday, March 19

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Trend Report
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Colorado vs Toronto
Colorado is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
Colorado is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games

Seattle vs Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Seattle is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Wednesday, March 19

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday, March 19​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
COL at TOR	07:00 PM	TOR +115 O 6.0	+500 +500
SEA at MIN	09:30 PM	SEA +138 U 5.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS MARCH !

03/19/2025................2 - 2 - 0....................50.00%...............+ 0.25
03/18/2025................6 - 7 - 1....................46.15%...............+ 0.20
03/17/2025................5 - 4 - 0....................55.55%...............+ 5.55
03/16/2025................5 - 5 - 0....................50.00%...............- 0.60
03/15/2025................9 - 5 - 1....................64.28%...............+ 28.65
03/14/2025................3 - 5 - 2....................37.50%...............- 13.85
03/13/2025................6 -7 - 0.....................46.15%...............- 8.35
03/12/2025...............4 - 4 - 0.....................50.00%...............+ 1.45
03/11/2025...............7 - 10 - 0...................41.17%................- 12.25
03/10/2025.................4 - 2 - 0...................66,66%................+ 12.50
03/09/3035.................5 - 6 - 1...................45.45%................- 2.20
03/08/2025.................5 - 9 - 1...................35.71%................- 14.65
03/07/2025.................5 - 6 - 0...................45.45%................- 6.00
03/06/2025.................5 - 7 - 1...................41.66%................- 11.50
03/05/2025.................4 - 5 - 0...................44.44%................- 3.60
03/04/2025.................6 - 9 - 0...................40.00%................- 9.45
03/03/2025.................7 - 5 - 0...................58.33%................+ 10.25
03/02/2025.................4 - 4 - 0...................50.00%................- 1.00
03/01/2025.................7 - 7 - 0...................50.00%.................+ 3.35

TOTALS...................99 -109 - 3...................47.59%.................- 19.25

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Thursday’s 6-pack:
NFL teams with most defensive holding/illegal contact penalties
(since 2023):
26— Lions
23— Jets, Titans
22— Falcons
19— Ravens, Cowboys, Dolphins
18— Texans, Giants, Buccaneers
17— Bills, Broncos, Colts

Quote of the Day
“It definitely is difficult. It obviously sucks because you feel like you’ve proven everything you’ve needed to. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like it’s quite enough….…It’s kind of a lose-lose going to Norfolk.”
Orioles IF Coby Mayo, after being sent to AAA this week

Thursday’s quiz
What team did Michael Jordan finish his NBA career with?

Wednesday’s quiz
Syracuse beat UConn 127-117 in a six-overtlme game in the 2009 Big East tournament; they won again the next night, also in overtime.

Tuesday’s quiz
Joe Maddon was the Chicago Cubs’ manager when they won the 2016 World Series.

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Thursday’s Den: Random stuff as we wait for March Madness today…….

— Xavier 85, Texas 80
Longhorns led by 10 with 12:31 left to play.
Xavier shot 12-25 on the arc.
Xavier had home crowd edge, with game in Ohio.
Musketeers advance to play Illinois next.

— Mt St Mary’s 83, American 72
Mt St Mary’s shot 70% inside the arc.
Mountaineers led 48-38 at halftime.
American was 13-35 on the arc, 14-22 inside arc.
Mt St Mary’s advances to play Duke Friday.

— Famous birthdays, March 20th:
Hal Linden, 95
Pat Riley, 80
Rick Langford, 73
Steve McCatty, 71
Amy Aquino, 69

Spike Lee, 68
Holly Hunter, 67
Mookie Blaylock, 58
Jose Tena, 24
Taj Bradley, 24

— I’m in a fantasy baseball league, a dynasty league, so you keep your players from year to year, if you want to. This is the 21st year of our league.

Been watching lot of YouTube shows about fantasy baseball; in one mock draft, out of the first 43 players drafted, only one of them was on my team. I’m like, good grief my team isn’t going to have a good year. The geniuses on this show hate my players.

Lot of those geniuses tend to overvalue younger players, and guys who had great years last year. We’ll see what happens; my team is usually pretty good, more wins than losses, would be nice to the championship one of these years. We’ll see what happens.

— 6am games baseball from Japan are a BAD IDEA; what about out in Las Vegas— what poor bastards have to work in the sportsbook at 2am-3am, taking bets on these games? Casinos are open 24/7, but sportsbooks aren’t, unless something is going on.

Obviously MLB somehow made a boatload of $$$ on those two games, or else they wouldn’t do it, but market the sport better in this country.

— When the NBA expands in the next few years, they need to put a team back in Seattle. NBA screwed Seattle when they pulled the SuperSonics out of there in 2008; the city supported the team very well, they just wouldn’t build a new arena that wasn’t needed.

17 years later, Seattle has a new arena; they have an NHL team now, and hopefully soon, the NBA will be back there. Las Vegas would probably get the other expansion team.

— The ball/strike instant replay challenge system continues to be interesting to follow; they’ve done it in AAA the last three years. It’ll probably become a major league rule next year.

Last year, there were an average of 3.9 pitches/game challenged, with 51% of the calls being overturned by instant replay.

Quick look at the first round of the NIT:

— Chattanooga 109, Middle Tennessee 103, 3OT
93-possession game; kid on MTSU scored 31 points and he didn’t start.
Both teams shot over 64% inside the arc; fun game to watch.

— Dayton 86, FAU 79
Dayton’s arena hosts the play-in games for the NCAA’s, so they can’t host NIT games.
Dayton shot 65.4% inside arc, scored 1.26 points/possession.
5-10 G Bennett scored 30 points, had one assist; his job was to shoot.

— UAB 69, St Joe’s 65
Blazers outscored St Joe’s 13-4 over the last 4:12 of this game.
UAB was 21-54 inside the arc, 4-14 on arc; unusual in this day and age.

— How do you handicap NIT games? I don’t; everyone is disappointed to be there, impossible to tell who is still motivated to play ball. After you see these first round games, you can evaluate and make decisions, but first round games, 48-72 hours after the NCAA brackets come out?

No thank you.

— Jacksonville State 81, Georgia Tech 64
Take this game; how does a team from Conference USA go to an ACC gym and crush their hosts? Gamecocks never trailed, shot 15-30 on the arc, won easily. Go figure.

— Arkansas State 103, Saint Louis 78
Red Wolves scored 1.36 points/possession against a team whose eFG% defense was still in the top 100, even after this debacle. Arkansas State had a week since they lost in Sun Belt tourney, Billkens had three days. Maybe that is something to keep track of.

— Cal-Irvine 82, Northern Colorado 72
Northern Colorado led this game by 9 early in second half.

Few years ago, I met Irvine coach Russell Turner at an AAU tournament in Las Vegas; he’s a good guy and a very good coach. Last three years, Anteaters are 76-28; would be fun to see them make a run and get to the NIT Final Four. Irvine has the #16 eFG% defense in country.

— Favorites went 11-5 ATS in the first round of the NIT

 

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NHL

Thursday, March 20

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Florida vs Columbus
Florida is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Columbus
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Florida's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Columbus's last 7 games when playing at home against Florida
Columbus is 11-2 ATS in its last 13 games at home

Calgary vs New Jersey
Calgary is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against New Jersey
Calgary is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
New Jersey is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of New Jersey's last 19 games at home

Toronto vs NY Rangers
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games on the road
Toronto is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of NY Rangers's last 11 games at home

Colorado vs Ottawa
Colorado is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing Ottawa
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Ottawa's last 5 games when playing Colorado
Ottawa is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

Philadelphia vs Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 7 games
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
Washington is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games

Montreal vs NY Islanders
Montreal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Montreal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing NY Islanders
NY Islanders is 11-1 ATS in its last 12 games at home
NY Islanders is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Montreal

Vancouver vs St. Louis
Vancouver is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games
St. Louis is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
St. Louis is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

Tampa Bay vs Dallas
Tampa Bay is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games
Tampa Bay is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Dallas's last 8 games at home

Anaheim vs Nashville
Anaheim is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Anaheim is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Nashville
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nashville's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Nashville's last 7 games at home

Los Angeles vs Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Los Angeles's last 7 games
Los Angeles is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games at home
Chicago is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Los Angeles

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

Buffalo vs Utah
Buffalo is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing on the road against Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Buffalo's last 11 games when playing on the road against Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Utah's last 10 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Utah's last 11 games when playing at home against Buffalo

Boston vs Vegas
Boston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games on the road
Vegas is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home

Carolina vs San Jose
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Jose
Carolina is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
San Jose is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Carolina
San Jose is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Carolina


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Thursday, March 20

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday, March 20​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CAL at NJ	07:00 PM	CAL +153 U 5.5	+500 +500
TOR at NYR	07:00 PM	TOR +115 U 5.5	+500 +500
FLA at CLB	07:00 PM	CLB +166 O 5.5	+500 +500
PHI at WAS	07:00 PM	WAS -241 U 5.5	+500 +500
COL at OTT	07:00 PM	COL -123 O 6.0	+500 +500
VAN at STL	07:30 PM	VAN +127 O 5.0	+500 +500
MON at NYI	07:30 PM	MON +108 U 6.0	+500 +500
ANA at NAS	08:00 PM	ANA +149 U 6.0	+500 +500
TB at DAL	08:00 PM	TB -100 O 6.0	+500 +500
LA at CHI	08:30 PM	CHI +228 U 5.5	+500 +500
BUF at UTAH	09:00 PM	BUF +157 U 6.0	+500 +500
WIN at EDM	09:00 PM	EDM -125 O 5.5	+500 +500
BOS at VEG	10:00 PM	BOS +241 U 5.5	+500 +500
CAR at SJ	10:30 PM	SJ +294 O 6.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS MARCH !

03/20/2025...............7 - 12 - 1....................38.84%..............- 21.65
03/19/2025................2 - 2 - 0....................50.00%...............+ 0.25
03/18/2025................6 - 7 - 1....................46.15%...............+ 0.20
03/17/2025................5 - 4 - 0....................55.55%...............+ 5.55
03/16/2025................5 - 5 - 0....................50.00%...............- 0.60
03/15/2025................9 - 5 - 1....................64.28%...............+ 28.65
03/14/2025................3 - 5 - 2....................37.50%...............- 13.85
03/13/2025................6 -7 - 0.....................46.15%...............- 8.35
03/12/2025...............4 - 4 - 0.....................50.00%...............+ 1.45
03/11/2025...............7 - 10 - 0...................41.17%................- 12.25
03/10/2025.................4 - 2 - 0...................66,66%................+ 12.50
03/09/3035.................5 - 6 - 1...................45.45%................- 2.20
03/08/2025.................5 - 9 - 1...................35.71%................- 14.65
03/07/2025.................5 - 6 - 0...................45.45%................- 6.00
03/06/2025.................5 - 7 - 1...................41.66%................- 11.50
03/05/2025.................4 - 5 - 0...................44.44%................- 3.60
03/04/2025.................6 - 9 - 0...................40.00%................- 9.45
03/03/2025.................7 - 5 - 0...................58.33%................+ 10.25
03/02/2025.................4 - 4 - 0...................50.00%................- 1.00
03/01/2025.................7 - 7 - 0...................50.00%.................+ 3.35

TOTALS..................106 -121 - 8...................46.69%.................- 40.90

 

[CNOTES]

Friday’s 6-pack:
How six best teams in continuity did this year:
1) Towson— 22-11, lost 2nd round CAA tournament
2) American— lost play-in game Wednesday
3) Fort Wayne— 19-13, lost 1st round Horizon tournament
4) Gonzaga— won first first round game Thursday
5) Texas A&M— won first first round game Thursday
6) Notre Dame— 15-18, lost 2nd round ACC tournament

Quote of the Day
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t expect this, I expected exactly this. I expected [my players] to compete. I brought winners with me. That’s what I brought. I guess my superpower is finding winners, finding tough kids and believing in them. So I kind of expected this. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t……..I know I try to be humble in other words. But man, I believe in these kids.”
Drake coach Ben McCollum

Friday’s quiz
In the movie The Natural, what famous actor played the manager of the New York Knights?

Thursday’s quiz
Michael Jordan finished his NBA career with the Washington Wizards.

Wednesday’s quiz
Syracuse beat UConn 127-117 in a six-overtlme game in the 2009 Big East tournament; they won again the next night, also in overtime.

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Friday’s Den: Wrapping up the first day of March Madness…..​

Thursday was March 20, 2025, which reminded me of something………
Back in 1978, Warren Beatty starred in a movie, Heaven Can Wait; he played a QB for the Rams (Joe Pendleton) who got hit by a truck while riding his bicycle. An over-anxious angel sent his body to heaven but he hadn’t died in the accident, but by the time they realized this, it was too late. His body had to stay in heaven.

Buck Henry played the angel; James Mason was his supervisor. When the supervisor asked the angel to research when Joe Pendleton was supposed to die, the angel looked it up and came back with a sheepish look on his face.

“March 20, 2025”

In real life, Warren Beatty turns 88 on March 30th.

— McNeese State 69, Clemson 67
McNeese led 40-16 early in the second half.
Brandon Murray scored 21 for McNeese; he didn’t start.
McNeese coach Will Wade was a student manager in college……at Clemson.
Last 5+ years, #12-seeds are 9-12 SU vs #5-seeds.

— Purdue 75, High Point 63
Purdue out-rebounded the Panthers, 45-24.
Junior G Smith scored 20 points, had 6 assists, played all 40:00.
Purdue-McNeese State should be fun to watch Saturday.
Purdue is 6-2 ATS in last eight first round games.

— BYU 80, VCU 71
VCU was 15-38 on arc, only 4-6 on foul line, a bad combination.
BYU shot 58.8% inside the arc
BYU has the #6 eFG% offense in the country.
Cougars have won 10 of their last 11 games.

— Wisconsin 85, Montana 66
Wisconsin shot 72.7% inside the arc.
Badgers out-rebounded Montana, 41-29.
Big Sky teams haven’t won an NCAA game since Montana, in 2006.
BYU-Wisconsin will be one of the better games Saturday.

— Creighton 89, Louisville 75
Bluejays shot 11-24 on arc, scored 1.27 points/possession.
Creighton was 14-21 on foul line, Louisville 7-8.
6-5 senior Neal scored 29 points, had 12 rebounds, 6 assists.
Creighton wins its fifth straight first round game.

— Auburn 83, Alabama State 63
Auburn led 32-31, ended first half on a 9-0 run.
Auburn was only 18-32 on foul line, Alabama State 11-19.
Tigers were 11-35 on the arc, 16-25 inside the arc.
Last five years, #1-seeds are 17-3 SU/10-10 ATS in 2nd round.

— Gonzaga 89, Georgia 68
Zags raced out to an early 27-3 lead.
Gonzaga shot 12-20 on the arc.
Zags are 24-0 in games decided by 9+ points, 2-8 in games decided by 8 or fewer points.
Georgia finished 20-13; this was their first NCAA Tournament since 2015.

— Houston 78, SIU-Edwardsville 40
#1-seed Houston led 52-24 at halftime.
Underdog SIU-E shot 2-24 on the arc.
Houston is 5-1 ATS in last six first round games.
Houston-Gonzaga is an interesting game on Saturday.

— Famous birthdays, March 21st
Tom Flores, 88
Manny Sanguillén, 81
Gary Oldman, 67
Matthew Broderick, 63
Shawon Dunston, 62
Scott Williams, 57
Tony Horne, 49
Carlos Carrasco, 38
Frankie Montas, 32
Sebastian Joseph-Day, 30
A’Shawn Robinson, 30
Nick Mullens, 30

— Drake 67, Missouri 57
Drake has four starters who were playing D2 basketball last year.
Drake has won 19 of its last 20 games.
Missouri shot only 33.3% from the floor.
Bulldogs had two starters play 40:00; no one else played more than 25:00.

— Michigan 68, Cal-San Diego 65
Michigan led 41-27 at halftime.
Tritons led 65-63, but didn’t score in last 2:29.
Michigan survived going 11-20 on foul line.
Wolverines play Texas A&M Saturday.

— Texas Tech 82, NC-Wilmington 72
Red Raiders led only 38-34 at halftime.
Tech shot 13-46 on arc, 14-23 inside arc.
First time in six years a CAA team covered in NCAA’s.
Texas Tech-Drake Sunday; the two head coaches are good friends.

— Arkansas 79, Kansas 72
Arkansas led by 11 early in second half.
Kansas led by 3 with 3:10 left in game.
Arkansas was +6 in turnovers (16-10)
Razorbacks have won six of their last eight games.

— Texas A&M 80, Yale 71
Just third win in last eight games for Texas A&M.
Aggies led 40-29 at halftime.
Texas A&M shot 71.4% inside the arc.
6-9 junior Payne had 25 points, 10 boards; he didn’t start.

— Tennessee 77, Wofford 62
Stress-free win for Vols, who shot 61.5% inside arc.
Senior G Lanier scored 29 points, shot 6-13 on arc.
Under Barnes, Tennessee is 3-2 in second round games.
SoCon teams are 1-3 SU/2-2 ATS so far this week.

— UCLA 72, Utah State 47
Stress-free win for Bruins, who led by 12 at halftime.
UCLA shot 10-24 on arc, scored 1.22 points/possession.
Mountain West is 2-17 ATS in its last 19 first round games.
UCLA-Tennessee Sunday should be quite the defensive struggle.

— St John’s 83, Omaha 53
St John’s shot 14-37 on arc, tied for most 3’s they made in a game this year.
3:07 into the game, Omaha led 7-0; Johnnies led 33-28 at halftime.
Omaha shot 5-36 on the arc.
St John’s-Arkansas should be the featured game Sunday.

 

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Friday, March 21

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Trend Report
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Columbus vs Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Columbus's last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Columbus's last 5 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 18-1 SU in its last 19 games when playing at home against Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing Columbus


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[CNOTES]

NHL BEST BETS MARCH !

03/21/2025...............2 - 0 - 0....................100.00%..............+ 10.00
03/20/2025...............7 - 12 - 1....................38.84%..............- 21.65
03/19/2025................2 - 2 - 0....................50.00%...............+ 0.25
03/18/2025................6 - 7 - 1....................46.15%...............+ 0.20
03/17/2025................5 - 4 - 0....................55.55%...............+ 5.55
03/16/2025................5 - 5 - 0....................50.00%...............- 0.60
03/15/2025................9 - 5 - 1....................64.28%...............+ 28.65
03/14/2025................3 - 5 - 2....................37.50%...............- 13.85
03/13/2025................6 -7 - 0.....................46.15%...............- 8.35
03/12/2025...............4 - 4 - 0.....................50.00%...............+ 1.45
03/11/2025...............7 - 10 - 0...................41.17%................- 12.25
03/10/2025.................4 - 2 - 0...................66,66%................+ 12.50
03/09/3035.................5 - 6 - 1...................45.45%................- 2.20
03/08/2025.................5 - 9 - 1...................35.71%................- 14.65
03/07/2025.................5 - 6 - 0...................45.45%................- 6.00
03/06/2025.................5 - 7 - 1...................41.66%................- 11.50
03/05/2025.................4 - 5 - 0...................44.44%................- 3.60
03/04/2025.................6 - 9 - 0...................40.00%................- 9.45
03/03/2025.................7 - 5 - 0...................58.33%................+ 10.25
03/02/2025.................4 - 4 - 0...................50.00%................- 1.00
03/01/2025.................7 - 7 - 0...................50.00%.................+ 3.35

TOTALS..................108 -121 - 8...................47.16%.................- 30.90

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Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
03/21/2025	2-0-0	100.00%	+1000	Detail

 

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Saturday’s 6-pack:
Teams shooting the highest %age inside the arc:
61.1%— Cornell 18-11
60.7%— Creighton 25-10
60.2%— Alabama 26-8
59.9%— Saint Louis 19-15
58.7%— BYU 25-9
58.2%— Duke 32-3

Quote of the Day
“It’s been crazy. Been getting death threats, people calling me racial slurs, all types of stuff because I’m missing free throws, missing shots………It’s hard, especially when it’s coming from your own fan base. … It does get challenging at times, but at the end of the day, I’m comfortable with who I am as a man, who I am as a basketball player.”
Texas A&M guard Jace Carter

Saturday’s quiz
Where did Jameis Winston play his college football?

Friday’s quiz
In the movie The Natural, Wilford Brimley played the manager of the New York Knights.

Thursday’s quiz
Michael Jordan finished his NBA career with the Washington Wizards.

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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up the 2nd day of March Madness…….

— Baylor 75, Mississippi State 72
Baylor shot 55.3% inside arc, had 16 offensive rebounds.
Miss State shot 72.7% inside arc, only 10-30 on arc.
Baylor has won its last seven first round games.
Miss State lost its last six NCAA Tournament games.

— Ole Miss 71, North Carolina 64
Ole Miss led 44-26 at halftime.
Coach Beard is 6-0 in first round games, for four different schools.
Tar Heels shot only 5-24 on the arc.
UNC was 2-6 this year in non-ACC games vs top 100 teams.

— Saint Mary’s 59, Vanderbilt 56
Vandy led 29-22 at half 0f a slow-paced (59 possessions) game.
Saint Mary’s out-rebounded the Commodores, 41-28
Vandy finished 20-13, making their first NCAA since 2016.
Saint Mary’s-Alabama Sunday will definitely be worlds colliding.

— Colorado State 78, Memphis 70
Rams outscored Memphis 47-34 in second half.
Colorado State was 11-30 on arc, Tigers 6-23
Memphis star Haggerty was only 7-23 from the floor.
Rams have now won 11 games in a row.

This was first time since 2017 that a #12-seed was favored over a #5-seed.

— Iowa State 82, Lipscomb 55
Cyclones shot 68.3% inside arc, led 40-24 at halftime.
Last six years, #3-seeds are 16-8 ATS in first round.
Lipscomb was 0-3 vs top 100 teams, losing by 16-29-27 points.
Iowa State-Ole Miss will be fun to watch Sunday.

— Alabama 90, Robert Morris 81
Most points a #2-seed allowed in a 1st round win since Arizona in 2017..
Underdog Colonials led by a point with 7:01 left to play.
Alabama shot 75.7% (28-37) inside the arc.
Horizon teams have now covered their last six NCAA Tourney games.

This was the most points a #2-seed was favored by Arizona in 2015.

— Maryland 81, Grand Canyon 49
Dismal performance by the Antelopes, who shot 32.1%
Could’ve been worse; Terps were 12-24 on foul line.
Maryland has won 13 of its last 16 games.
Maryland plays Colorado State in the 2nd round Sunday.

— Duke 93, Mt St Mary’s 49
Awful game; Duke led 54-28 at halftime.
Duke had only two turnovers in 70 possessions.
#1-seeds went 4-0/2-2 in first round (wins by 20-38-44-26 points)
Blue Devils play Baylor Sunday.

— Famous birthdays, March 22nd:
William Shatner, 94
Matthew Modine, 66
Jimbo Covert, 65
Brian Shaw, 59

Ramón Martínez, 57
Shawn Bradley, 53
Marcus Camby, 51
Reese Witherspoon, 49

Marques Tuiasosopo, 46
Dexter Fowler, 39
Ike Davis, 38
JJ Watt, 36

— New Mexico 75, Marquette 66
Marquette led by 3 with 12:29 left in the game.
Lobos were 18-21 on foul line, Marquette 7-12.
Mountain West is 2-2 SU in NCAA’s this week; previous three years, they were 3-16.
Lobos play Michigan State in second round Sunday.

— UConn 67, Oklahoma 59
Sooners led by a point with 9:03 left in the game.
UConn shot 58.1% inside arc, 6-25 on the arc.
Oklahoma shot 32.1% from the floor.
Huskies won 6 of last 7 games, after a 6-6 stretch.

— Kentucky 76, Troy 57
Kentucky led 35-27 at the half, pulled away in second half.
Amari Williams only had 5 points, but had 12 rebounds, 4 assists.
Troy took lot of 3’s, but made only 8-32.
Kentucky-Illinois should be a good game Sunday.

— Illinois 86, Xavier 73
Illini out-rebounded Xavier, 45-25.
Xavier was +9 in turnovers (14-5)
Illinois is in bottom 5 in country at forcing turnovers.
Illini shot 57.1% inside arc, scored 1.21 points/possession.
Last year was the first Sweet 16 for Illinois since 2005.

— Michigan State 87, Bryant 62
Bryant actually led 19-15 midway thru first half.
Spartans out-rebounded Bryant, 54-29.
Michigan State shot 10-26 on arc, scored 1.23 points/possession.
This was Bryant’s second trip to NCAA’s in last four years.

— Florida 95, Norfolk State 69
Gators won easily, led 53-32 at halftime.
Florida shot 67.9% inside arc, scored 1.44 points/possession.
Florida had 21 offensive rebounds, Norfolk 14 defensive rebounds.
Gators-UConn is an interesting matchup for Sunday.

— Arizona 93, Akron 65
Arizona out-rebounded the Zips, 53-22.
Wildcats outscored Akron 52-34 in second half.
Akron shot 33.3% from the floor.
Arizona shot 12-25 on the arc, scored 1.24 points/possession.

— Oregon 81, Liberty 52
Ducks sprinted out to 25-8 lead, jogged to an easy win. (do ducks jog?)
Oregon out-rebounded Liberty, 43-27
Liberty shot 8-37 on the arc.
Oregon won nine of last ten games; they play Arizona Sunday.

 

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