Tuesday’s 6-pack
Odds to win the SEC basketball tournament:
-185— Florida
+600— Arkansas
+850— Alabama
+950— Tennessee
+1200— Vanderbilt
+3500— Georgia, Texas A&M
Quote of the Day
“My spring training start days were scripted out in January with the original plan being starting and then being done. And obviously when I got here my emotions kind of changed a little bit, my thought process changed a little bit and tried to make it work but just couldn’t. And I hate it, but it’s all right.”
Tarik Skubal
Tuesday’s quiz
Where did Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade play his college basketball?
Monday’s quiz
2008 was the last time a WCC team other than Gonzaga/Saint Mary’s won the conference tournament- it was San Diego that won the tournament that year.
Sunday’s quiz
In the movie A Few Good Men, Kevin Bacon played the losing lawyer in the climactic courtroom scene.
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— Southern Conference tournament
Furman 76, East Tennessee State 61
Furman wins tournament as the #6-seed.
Furman shot 63% inside arc, scored 1.23 ppp.
Paladins make NCAA’s for second time in four years.
— Sun Belt tournament
Troy 77, Georgia Southern 61
Trojans shot 73.5% inside the arc.
Troy wins Sun Belt tourney for second year in a row.
Trojans had 35-18 edge on the boards.
Georgia Southern was playing for the sixth night in a row
— CAA tournament
Monmouth 74, Campbell 64
Hawks win fifth game in a row, after 14-14 start.
Monmouth played four starters 34:00+.
Monmouth plays xxxx in CAA final Tuesday.
—Horizon tournament
Wright State 103, Northern Kentucky 90
Northern Kentucky led by 6 early in second half.
Raiders shot 63.2% inside arc, scored 1.31 ppp.
Wright State starts a freshman, three sophomores.
Detroit 70, Robert Morris 64
Detroit trailed by six early in second half.
Robert Morris was only 5-22 on arc, 9-16 on foul line.
Loss snaps Robert Morris’ eight-game winning streak.
— Big Sky tournament
Montana 95, Northern Colorado 89
Montana led 49-32 at halftime.
Money Williams scored 40 points (18-19 on foul line)
Northern Colorado’s whole team was 17-23 on the line.
Grizzlies play Portland State in semi-finals Tuesday.
— WCC tournament
Gonzaga 65, Oregon State 56
Gonzaga led 38-24 at halftime.
Teams combined to shoot 9-39 on the arc.
Tuesday is Gonzaga’s last-ever game in the WCC
— Famous birthdays, March 10th:
Chuck Norris, 86
Austin Carr, 78
Sharon Stone, 68
Rod Woodson, 61
Jon Hamm, 55
Olivia Wilde, 42
Luis Castillo, 31
Zach LaVine, 31
Justin Herbert, 28
Cole Kmet, 27
— USA 5, Mexico 3
Aaron Judge, Roman Anthony homered in third inning.
Paul Skenes allowed one hit in his four IP (60 PT)
— Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 0
Ronald Acuna went 3-3, homered, had two RBI
Venezuela is 3-0 in WBC, plays 3-0 Dominican Republic Wednesday.
— Puerto Rico 4, Cuba 1
9th-place hitter Maldonado had three RBI
Cuba had only two hits.
— Dominican Republic 10, Israel 1
Fernando Tatis Jr hit a grand slam, drove in six runs.
Oneil CruZ also homered.
Brayan Bello allowed only one hit in five IP.
— Phillies signed P Jesus Luzardo to a five-year contract worth $27M/year; last year, he was 15-7, 3.92 in 32 starts, despite an ugly two-start stretch in June where he gave up 20 runs in 5.2 IP. Word is he was tipping his pitches, but he did way better after that.
NFL happenings……..(there are a lot of them)
— Dolphins let QB Tua Tagovailoa walk, taking on a $99.2M salary cap hit, the biggest one ever. Tagovailoa is moving to Atlanta- they’ll pay him $1.3M in 2026.
— Dolphins signed QB Malik Willis for three years, $67.5M; Willis has started six NFL games, going 3-3. He was in Green Bay with new Dolphins’ coach Jeff Hafley the last two years.
— Raiders signed C Tyler Linderbaum for three years, $81M, with $60M of that guaranteed; he becomes the highest-paid interior lineman ever.
Last year, the Raiders averaged 0.5 yards before contact/rush, the worst mark by ANY team since 2013. Linderbaum is expected to help fix that problem.
— Patriots gave backup QB Tommy DeVito a two-year deal worth $7.4M; DeVito went 3-5 as a starter with the Giants, in 2023-24.
— Cardinals signed QB Gardner Minshew for one year, $8.25M; he is 17-30 as a starter for five different NFL teams, mostly with the Jaguars.
— Chiefs signed RB Kenneth Walker for three years, $45M, with $28.7M of that guaranteed.
— Jets added seven players for a total cost of $93.2M; six of the seven players play defense.
— Titans were very busy, adding eight players, including two offensive linemen, two corners.
Odds to win the SEC basketball tournament:
-185— Florida
+600— Arkansas
+850— Alabama
+950— Tennessee
+1200— Vanderbilt
+3500— Georgia, Texas A&M
Quote of the Day
“My spring training start days were scripted out in January with the original plan being starting and then being done. And obviously when I got here my emotions kind of changed a little bit, my thought process changed a little bit and tried to make it work but just couldn’t. And I hate it, but it’s all right.”
Tarik Skubal
Tuesday’s quiz
Where did Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade play his college basketball?
Monday’s quiz
2008 was the last time a WCC team other than Gonzaga/Saint Mary’s won the conference tournament- it was San Diego that won the tournament that year.
Sunday’s quiz
In the movie A Few Good Men, Kevin Bacon played the losing lawyer in the climactic courtroom scene.
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….
Very busy time of the year……..— Southern Conference tournament
Furman 76, East Tennessee State 61
Furman wins tournament as the #6-seed.
Furman shot 63% inside arc, scored 1.23 ppp.
Paladins make NCAA’s for second time in four years.
— Sun Belt tournament
Troy 77, Georgia Southern 61
Trojans shot 73.5% inside the arc.
Troy wins Sun Belt tourney for second year in a row.
Trojans had 35-18 edge on the boards.
Georgia Southern was playing for the sixth night in a row
— CAA tournament
Monmouth 74, Campbell 64
Hawks win fifth game in a row, after 14-14 start.
Monmouth played four starters 34:00+.
Monmouth plays xxxx in CAA final Tuesday.
—Horizon tournament
Wright State 103, Northern Kentucky 90
Northern Kentucky led by 6 early in second half.
Raiders shot 63.2% inside arc, scored 1.31 ppp.
Wright State starts a freshman, three sophomores.
Detroit 70, Robert Morris 64
Detroit trailed by six early in second half.
Robert Morris was only 5-22 on arc, 9-16 on foul line.
Loss snaps Robert Morris’ eight-game winning streak.
— Big Sky tournament
Montana 95, Northern Colorado 89
Montana led 49-32 at halftime.
Money Williams scored 40 points (18-19 on foul line)
Northern Colorado’s whole team was 17-23 on the line.
Grizzlies play Portland State in semi-finals Tuesday.
— WCC tournament
Gonzaga 65, Oregon State 56
Gonzaga led 38-24 at halftime.
Teams combined to shoot 9-39 on the arc.
Tuesday is Gonzaga’s last-ever game in the WCC
— Famous birthdays, March 10th:
Chuck Norris, 86
Austin Carr, 78
Sharon Stone, 68
Rod Woodson, 61
Jon Hamm, 55
Olivia Wilde, 42
Luis Castillo, 31
Zach LaVine, 31
Justin Herbert, 28
Cole Kmet, 27
— USA 5, Mexico 3
Aaron Judge, Roman Anthony homered in third inning.
Paul Skenes allowed one hit in his four IP (60 PT)
— Venezuela 4, Nicaragua 0
Ronald Acuna went 3-3, homered, had two RBI
Venezuela is 3-0 in WBC, plays 3-0 Dominican Republic Wednesday.
— Puerto Rico 4, Cuba 1
9th-place hitter Maldonado had three RBI
Cuba had only two hits.
— Dominican Republic 10, Israel 1
Fernando Tatis Jr hit a grand slam, drove in six runs.
Oneil CruZ also homered.
Brayan Bello allowed only one hit in five IP.
— Phillies signed P Jesus Luzardo to a five-year contract worth $27M/year; last year, he was 15-7, 3.92 in 32 starts, despite an ugly two-start stretch in June where he gave up 20 runs in 5.2 IP. Word is he was tipping his pitches, but he did way better after that.
NFL happenings……..(there are a lot of them)
— Dolphins let QB Tua Tagovailoa walk, taking on a $99.2M salary cap hit, the biggest one ever. Tagovailoa is moving to Atlanta- they’ll pay him $1.3M in 2026.
— Dolphins signed QB Malik Willis for three years, $67.5M; Willis has started six NFL games, going 3-3. He was in Green Bay with new Dolphins’ coach Jeff Hafley the last two years.
— Raiders signed C Tyler Linderbaum for three years, $81M, with $60M of that guaranteed; he becomes the highest-paid interior lineman ever.
Last year, the Raiders averaged 0.5 yards before contact/rush, the worst mark by ANY team since 2013. Linderbaum is expected to help fix that problem.
— Patriots gave backup QB Tommy DeVito a two-year deal worth $7.4M; DeVito went 3-5 as a starter with the Giants, in 2023-24.
— Cardinals signed QB Gardner Minshew for one year, $8.25M; he is 17-30 as a starter for five different NFL teams, mostly with the Jaguars.
— Chiefs signed RB Kenneth Walker for three years, $45M, with $28.7M of that guaranteed.
— Jets added seven players for a total cost of $93.2M; six of the seven players play defense.
— Titans were very busy, adding eight players, including two offensive linemen, two corners.
