CNOTES 2025-206 NBA TRENDS, NEWS, BEST BETS AND OPINIONS THRU THE PLAYOFFS !

[CNOTES]

Monday, November 17​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LAC at PHI	07:00 PM	PHI -5.5***** O 220.0*****	+500 +500
MIL at CLE	07:00 PM	U 235.0	+500
IND at DET	07:00 PM	DET -11.0 U 231.5*****	+500 +500
CHA at TOR	07:30 PM	TOR -8.5***** U 239.5*****	+500 +500
NY at MIA	07:30 PM	NY +1.5 O 244.5*****	+500 +500
OKC at NO	08:00 PM	O 225.0*****	+500
DAL at MIN	08:00 PM	DAL +14.0 O 231.5*****	+500 +500
CHI at DEN	09:00 PM	CHI +13.5***** O 241.0*****	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES NOVEMBER NBA BEST BETS !

11/17/2025.................4 - 6 - 0..............40.00%.............- 13.00
11/16/2025.................5 -4 - 0...............55.55%..............+ 3.00
11/15/2025.................1 - 5 - 0..............16.66%..............- 22.50
11/14/2025.................5 - 5 - 0.............50.00%..............- 2.50
11/13/2025.................5 - 1 - 0.............83.33%..............+ 19.50
11/12/2025.................4 - 5 - 1.............44.44%..............- 7.50
11/11/2025.................5 -2 - 1..............71.42%...............+ 14.00
11/10/2025.................5 - 3 - 1.............62.50%...............+ 8.50
11/09/2025.................4 - 3 - 0.............57.14%................+ 3.50
11/08/2025.................2 - 3 - 0.............40.00%................- 6.50
11/07/2025.................7 - 2 - 0.............77.77%................+ 24.00
11/06/2025.................1 - 1 - 0.............50.00%.................- 0.50
11/05/2025.................4 - 7 - 0.............36.36%.................- 18.50
11/04/2025.................3 - 5 - 0.............37.50%.................- 12.50
11/032025...................7 - 4 - 0.............63.53%.................+ 13.00
11/02/2025..................5 - 4 - 0.............55.55%................+ 3.00
11/01/2025..................4 - 1 - 0.............80.00%................+ 14.50

TOTALS.....................71 - 61 - 3.............53.78%.................+ 16.00

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday’s 6-pack:
College basketball teams playing the slowest pace:
— Charlotte, AAC
— Idaho State, Big Sky
— West Virginia, Big X
— Western Illinois, OVC
— Iowa, Big 18
— UCLA, Big 18

Quote of the Day
“Always end the day with a positive thought. No matter how hard things were, tomorrow is a fresh opportunity to make it better.”
Roy Bennett

Tuesday’s quiz
Where did Raiders’ QB Geno Smith play his college football?

Monday’s quiz
Jason Witten is the all-time leader in receiving yards for the Dallas Cowboys.

Sunday’s quiz
When John Calipari left Memphis for Kentucky in 2009, Josh Pastner replaced him as head coach.

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

— Bengals WR Ja’Maar Chase was suspended one game without pay for spitting on Steelers’ DB Jalen Ramsey Sunday. Chase has caught 79 passes for 861 passes this year, even with Bemgals’ QB Joe Burrow missing most of the season.
Chase is appealing the suspension, which would cost Chase his weekly paycheck of $448,333 along with a $58,823 per game active bonus.

— Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Penix hurt his knee Sunday, is expected to miss the rest of the season. Penix is 4-8 as an NFL starter; he has thrown for 1,982 yards this season, with nine TD’s, three INT’s.

— Eagles’ RT Lane Johnson hurt his foot/ankle Sunday night, is expected to miss 4-6 weeks for an 8-2 Eagles squad that leads the NFC East by 3.5 games.

— Jets are going back to Tyrod Taylor at QB this week, after throwing for a combined 147 yards in their last two games, with Justin Fields at QB.

— NFL divisional trends:

AFC East
17-10 ATS non-divisional games

AFC North
Home teams 5-0 ATS divisional games
8-19 ATS non-divisional games

AFC South
Home teams 4-1 ATS divisional games
9-7 ATS non-divisional underdog

AFC West
7-4 ATS non-divisional home favorite
1-7 ATS non-divisional road favorite

NFC East
5-10 ATS non-divisional underdog
Home teams 4-2 ATS divisional games

NFC North
3-6 ATS non-divisional underdog

NFC South
14-18 ATS non-divisional games
6-10 ATS non-divisional home games

NFC West
8-0 non-divisional road games
home teams 1-5 ATS divisional games

— College football trends, conference games:

American
Favorites 27-17 ATS

ACC
Road teams 19-11 ATS

Big 18
Home favorites 15-20 ATS
Home underdogs 10-12 ATS

Big X
Home favorites 18-20 ATS
Home underdogs 15-11 ATS

Conference USA
Home teams 23-13 ATS
Home favorites 11-8 ATS
Home underdogs 12-5 ATS

Mid-American
Home teams 28-12 ATS

Mountain West
Home favorites 12-11 ATS
Home underdogs 6-5 ATS

SEC
Home favorites 19-17 ATS
Home underdogs 8-8 ATS

Sun Belt
Home favorites 14-10 ATS
Home underdogs 11-9 ATS

— Famous birthdays, November 18th:
Kevin Nealon, 72
Warren Moon, 69
Elizabeth Perkins, 65
Jamie Moyer, 63
Dante Bichette, 62
Gary Sheffield, 57
Owen Wilson, 57
Romany Malco, 57
Sam Cassell, 56
David Ortiz, 50
Cory Littleton, 32
Logan Webb, 29
Shea Langliers, 28
Caleb Williams, 24

— 1B Josh Naylor re-signed with the Seattle Mariners, inking a five-year deal with $92.5M; Naylor hit .299 in 54 games with Seattle LY, with an OPS of .831, as he helped Seattle get to Game 7 of the ALCS. He also stole a career-high 30 bases last year.
He is a career. 269 hitter, with a .777 OPS.

— Virginia Tech hired James Franklin as its new football coach; Franklin was 104-45 as coach at Penn State, but was fired after starting this season 3-3. He was previously 24-15 in three years at Vanderbilt; he has a career record of 8-7 in bowl games.

— North Texas is ranked #22 in this week’s football top 25, only the second time the Mean Green has ever been ranked, the first time since 1959.

— Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup Sunday, 25-17 over Montreal, the fifth time they’ve won the CFL title, first time since 2013.

— New Orleans Pelicans fired coach Willie Green after starting the season 2-10; Pelicans were 49-33 two years ago, but got swept in first round of the playoffs, then went 21-61 last year.

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Tuesday, November 18

NBA

Tuesday, November 18

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Trend Report
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Golden State VS Orlando
Golden State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Golden State's last 7 games.
Golden State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Golden State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Orlando.
Orlando is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games.
Orlando is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 6 games at home.
Orlando is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Golden State.

Boston VS Brooklyn
Boston is 5-10 ATS in its last 15 games.
Boston is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
Boston is 8-0 SU in its last 8 games against Brooklyn.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games on the road.
Brooklyn is 5-11 ATS in its last 16 games.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Brooklyn's last 18 games.
Brooklyn is 2-14 SU in its last 16 games.
Brooklyn is 0-8 SU in its last 8 games at home.

Detroit VS Atlanta
Detroit is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Detroit's last 6 games.
Detroit is 10-0 SU in its last 10 games.
Detroit is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games against Atlanta.
Atlanta is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games.
Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Atlanta's last 7 games against Detroit.
Atlanta is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home.

Memphis VS San Antonio
Memphis is 2-9 ATS in its last 11 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Memphis' last 10 games.
Memphis is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games.
Memphis is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games against San Antonio.
San Antonio is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Antonio's last 8 games.
San Antonio is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games.
San Antonio is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home.

Utah VS Los Angeles
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games.
Utah is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games.
Utah is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games against LA Lakers.
Utah is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against LA Lakers.
LA Lakers is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Lakers' last 5 games.
LA Lakers is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Lakers' last 6 games against Utah.

Phoenix VS Portland
Phoenix is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 7 games.
Phoenix is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Phoenix is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games against Portland.
Portland is 0-4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Portland's last 7 games.
Portland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Portland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home.


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[CNOTES]

Tuesday, November 18​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
GS at ORL	07:00 PM	GS -3.0*****	+500
BOS at BK	07:30 PM	BOS -11.0*****	+500
DET at ATL	07:30 PM	ATL +1.5*****	+500
MEM at SA	08:00 PM	SA -6.0***** U 234.0	+500 +500
UTA at LAL	10:30 PM	LAL -13.0***** U 238.5	+500 +500
PHO at POR	11:00 PM	PHO +2.5 O 236.5*****	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES NOVEMBER NBA BEST BETS !

11/18/2025................4 - 2 - 0...............66.66%.............+ 9.00
11/17/2025.................4 - 6 - 0..............40.00%.............- 13.00
11/16/2025.................5 -4 - 0...............55.55%..............+ 3.00
11/15/2025.................1 - 5 - 0..............16.66%..............- 22.50
11/14/2025.................5 - 5 - 0.............50.00%..............- 2.50
11/13/2025.................5 - 1 - 0.............83.33%..............+ 19.50
11/12/2025.................4 - 5 - 1.............44.44%..............- 7.50
11/11/2025.................5 -2 - 1..............71.42%...............+ 14.00
11/10/2025.................5 - 3 - 1.............62.50%...............+ 8.50
11/09/2025.................4 - 3 - 0.............57.14%................+ 3.50
11/08/2025.................2 - 3 - 0.............40.00%................- 6.50
11/07/2025.................7 - 2 - 0.............77.77%................+ 24.00
11/06/2025.................1 - 1 - 0.............50.00%.................- 0.50
11/05/2025.................4 - 7 - 0.............36.36%.................- 18.50
11/04/2025.................3 - 5 - 0.............37.50%.................- 12.50
11/032025...................7 - 4 - 0.............63.53%.................+ 13.00
11/02/2025..................5 - 4 - 0.............55.55%................+ 3.00
11/01/2025..................4 - 1 - 0.............80.00%................+ 14.50

TOTALS.....................75 - 63 - 3.............54.34%.................+ 25.00

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
NFL spreads for Week 12:
— Bills (-6) @ Houston
— Colts @ Kansas City (-3.5)
— Steelers @ Chicago (-3)
— Patriots (-8) @ Cincinnati
— Jets @ Baltimore (-13.5)
— Seahawks (-13.5) @ Tennessee

Quote of the Day
“[The Warriors’ medical staff] believes that the wear and tear, the speed, the pace, the mileage is factoring into these injuries. Across the league, everyone understands that it’s easier to score if you beat the opponent down the floor, get out in transition. But when everybody’s doing that, the games are much higher-paced.”
Steve Kerr, talking about faster-paced games leading to more injuries

Wednesday’s quiz
When was the last time Kentucky’s basketball team made the Final Four?

Tuesday’s quiz
Raiders’ QB Geno Smith played his college football at West Virginia.

Monday’s quiz
Jason Witten is the all-time leader in receiving yards for the Dallas Cowboys.


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Wednesday’s Den: Looking at NFL head coach/QB combinations…….​

— Someone asked me this summer; “Who are more important, coaches or players?”
I thought about it for a minute, then said how I think that no team can be great without great players. Players make the train roll down the tracks, coaches keep the train on the track. It is the truly great teams that have both, but given my choice, I’d rather have great players.

— Bill Belichick is a polarizing figure, but no doubt he is a Hall of Fame coach, with six Super Bowl rings as a head coach (333-178 record), two more as an assistant coach with the Giants.
Upon further review, this is his record:
1991-95 Cleveland 37-45
2000-23 New England 296-133
In New England when Tom Brady started at QB, he was 249-75
In New England, when someone else started, he was 47-58.
Overall, his NFL record without Brady: 84-103 (also 4-6 in college this year)

— Other QB’s records when starting under Belichick:
Testaverde 16-15………Kosar 14-22………….Zeier 1-3
Cassel 10-5………………Mac Jones 18-24…..Hoyer 0-2
Garoppolo 2-0…………Bledsoe 5-13…………Brissett 1-1
Rypien 2-1………………Newton 7-8…………..Philcox 2-3
Tomczak 4-4…………..Zappe 4-4

— I posted those numbers on Twitter over the weekend; that post had 10 times more activity than anything else I ever posted there, so I decided to research a few more coaches.

— QB’s who started under Bill Walsh:
Joe Montana 88-40
Steve Young 4-2
DeBerg 6-18
Cavanaugh 2-0
Kemp 3-2-1
Gagliano 1-0

— QB’s who started under Chuck Noll:
Terry Bradshaw 121-56………Kruczek 6-0…….Bono 2-1
Bubby Brister 26-27………….Gilliam 4-2-1……Blackledge 2-3
Mark Malone 21-24…………..Woodley 7-6…….SCampbell 0-2
Hanratty 6-11…………………..O’Donnell 2-6…..Shiner 1-8
Stoudt 9-7

— QB’s who started under Joe Gibbs
Joe Theismann 53-23……..Brunell 16-19……..TCollins 3-0
Mark Rypien 47-22………..JCampbell 8-12…..Rutledge 0-1
Jay Schroder 24-7………….Ramsey 4-4………..Rubbert 3-0
Doug Williams 5-9…………Humphries 3-2

— QB’s who started under Don Coryell:
Dan Fouts 72-53…….Luther 2-7………..Harris 0-2
Jim Hart 41-28………Herrmann 1-4…..Keithley 1-1

Famous birthdays, November 19th:
Bob Boone, 78
Ahmad Rashad, 76
Allison Janney, 66
Meg Ryan, 64
Ryan Howard, 46
Adam Driver, 42
Framber Valdez, 32
Joey Gallo, 32
Poona Ford, 30
Zach Collins, 28

— Apparently Florida Gators have offered Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin a six-year deal worth $81M; had to be awkward over the weekend, when the Rebels beat Florida, 34-24.

— Best wishes to former NFL quarterback Bernie Kosar, who underwent a liver transplant a few years ago. He says he feels good after the surgery, which is excellent news.

— Dallas Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson is the grandson of longtime Wisconsin coach/AD Barry Alvarez; Ferguson has caught 60 passes for 400 yards so far this season.

— Michigan State 83, Kentucky 66
Spartans shot 11-22 on the arc, Kentucky 7-30.
Michigan State out-rebounded Kentucky, 42-28
Kentucky is 3-2, but 0-2 vs teams ranked in the top 250.

— Duke 78, Kansas 66
Duke shot 62.5% inside arc; they only played one senior.
Kansas PG Peterson (hamstring) didn’t play.
Teams combined to shoot 11-47 on the arc.
Kentucky

— Florida State 87, Tenn-Martin 73
Skyhawks turned ball over 26 times, FSU only six times.
Tenn-Martin has turned ball over 27.3% of time in its D-I games.
Tenn-Martin has also covered the spread in all three D-I games.

— Texas A&M 86, Montana 81
Aggies led by 14 at half, shot 71% inside the arc.
Montana made 16-31 on arc, covered after trailing by 19.
Montana has 59.3% inside arc in its four D-I games.

— Fresno State 80, Stephen F Austin 78
Lumberjacks led by 7 with 3:55 left to play.
Bulldogs were 11-19 on foul line, SF Austin 3-6.
Fresno State shot 64.3% inside the arc

 

[Udog]

NBA

Wednesday, November 19

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Trend Report
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Houston VS Cleveland
Houston is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 6 games.
Houston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games on the road.
Cleveland is 5-12 ATS in its last 17 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland's last 8 games.
Cleveland is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games.
Cleveland is 2-10 ATS in its last 12 games at home.

Charlotte VS Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Charlotte's last 10 games.
Charlotte is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
Charlotte is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Indiana.
Charlotte is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
Indiana is 0-7 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Indiana's last 13 games.
Indiana is 0-8 SU in its last 8 games.
Indiana is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home.

Toronto VS Philadelphia
Toronto is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 9 games.
Toronto is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games.
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 7 games against Toronto.
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home.

Golden State VS Miami
Golden State is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Golden State's last 5 games.
Golden State is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
Golden State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games against Miami.
Miami is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games.
Miami is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games against Golden State.

Washington VS Minnesota
Washington is 1-10 ATS in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games.
Washington is 0-10 SU in its last 10 games.
Washington is 10-1 ATS in its last 11 games against Minnesota.
Minnesota is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games.
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Minnesota's last 15 games against Washington.

Denver VS New Orleans
Denver is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games.
Denver is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games.
Denver is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games against New Orleans.
Denver is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games against New Orleans.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans' last 6 games.
New Orleans is 0-6 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of New Orleans' last 20 games against Denver.
New Orleans is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games at home.

Sacramento VS Oklahoma City
Sacramento is 0-6 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Sacramento's last 6 games.
Sacramento is 0-6 SU in its last 6 games.
Sacramento is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games against Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 6 games.
Oklahoma City is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oklahoma City's last 6 games against Sacramento.

New York VS Dallas
New York is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New York's last 6 games.
New York is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games.
New York is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games against Dallas.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas' last 5 games.
Dallas is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas' last 5 games against New York.
Dallas is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Chicago VS Portland
Chicago is 12-5 ATS in its last 17 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games.
Chicago is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
Chicago is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games against Portland.
Portland is 0-5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Portland's last 8 games.
Portland is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland's last 6 games at home.


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[Udog]

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Wednesday, November 19

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday, November 19​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
HOU at CLE	07:00 PM	HOU -1.5 U 234.0*****	+500 +500
TOR at PHI	07:00 PM	U 234.0*****	+500
CHA at IND	07:00 PM	O 238.0*****	+500
GS at MIA	07:30 PM	U 233.5*****	+500
DEN at NO	08:00 PM	O 234.0*****	+500
WAS at MIN	08:00 PM	U 239.0	+500
SAC at OKC	08:00 PM	SAC +18.5*****	+500
NY at DAL	09:30 PM	DAL +7.5	+500
CHI at POR	10:00 PM	CHI -4.0***** O 243.5*****	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES NOVEMBER NBA BEST BETS !

11/19/2025................6 - 2 - 0...............75.00%............+ 19.00
11/18/2025................4 - 2 - 0...............66.66%.............+ 9.00
11/17/2025.................4 - 6 - 0..............40.00%.............- 13.00
11/16/2025.................5 -4 - 0...............55.55%..............+ 3.00
11/15/2025.................1 - 5 - 0..............16.66%..............- 22.50
11/14/2025.................5 - 5 - 0.............50.00%..............- 2.50
11/13/2025.................5 - 1 - 0.............83.33%..............+ 19.50
11/12/2025.................4 - 5 - 1.............44.44%..............- 7.50
11/11/2025.................5 -2 - 1..............71.42%...............+ 14.00
11/10/2025.................5 - 3 - 1.............62.50%...............+ 8.50
11/09/2025.................4 - 3 - 0.............57.14%................+ 3.50
11/08/2025.................2 - 3 - 0.............40.00%................- 6.50
11/07/2025.................7 - 2 - 0.............77.77%................+ 24.00
11/06/2025.................1 - 1 - 0.............50.00%.................- 0.50
11/05/2025.................4 - 7 - 0.............36.36%.................- 18.50
11/04/2025.................3 - 5 - 0.............37.50%.................- 12.50
11/032025...................7 - 4 - 0.............63.53%.................+ 13.00
11/02/2025..................5 - 4 - 0.............55.55%................+ 3.00
11/01/2025..................4 - 1 - 0.............80.00%................+ 14.50

TOTALS.....................81 - 65 - 3.............55.47%.................+ 44.00

 

[Udog]

Thursday’s 6-pack:
NFL spreads for Week 12:
— Giants @ Detroit (-10)
— Jaguars (-3) @ Arizona
— Browns @ Las Vegas (-4)
— Falcons @ New Orleans (-1.5)
— Eagles (-3.5) @ Dallas
— Panthers @ San Francisco (-7)

Quote of the Day
“I’m not surprised by anything. This is kind of the nature of the position. But I put my energy and my focus on trying to go out there and do my best and trying to learn, trying to build, trying to take in the things that I can to try and improve.”
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts

Thursday’s quiz
Where did Shaquille O’Neal play his college basketball?

Wednesday’s quiz
2105 was the last time Kentucky’s basketball team made the Final Four.

Tuesday’s quiz
Raiders’ QB Geno Smith played his college football at West Virginia.

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….

— Arizona 71, UConn 67
Arizona out-rebounded the Huskies, 43-23.
Wildcats are rebounding 38.8% of their missed shots (#37)
UConn was 9-18 on foul line, 8-25 on the arc.
Arizona is 5-0, with three top 30 wins; none of those were in Tucson.

— Alabama 90, Illinois 86
Illinois led 19-10 early on, but that didn’t last.
Alabama was 13-36 on the arc, 17-30 inside arc; they scored 1.14 ppp.
So far this month, 52% of Alabama’s shots have been 3’s.
Alabama has already played three top 20 games (2-1); they’re playing the #5 pace in the country. Fun team to watch.

— Oklahoma State 103, South Florida 95
USF led by 13 points late in the first half.
Bulls shot 15-39 on the arc, 15-25 inside the arc.
OSU is 5-0 with two top 100 wins, playing #3 pace in country.

— Dayton 77, Marquette 71 OT
Dayton led by 12 with 8:27 left in regulation.
Flyers had 25 turnovers, Marquette 20.
Marquette is 0-3 vs top 70 teams; they need PG Jones to get healthy.

— Famous birthdays, November 20:
Veronica Hamel, 82
Louie Dampier, 81
Rick Monday, 80
Richard Masur, 77
Bo Derek, 69
Dwight Stephenson, 68
Sean Young, 66
Callie Thorne, 56
JD Drew, 50
Carlos Boozer, 44
David Fry, 30
Tarik Skubal, 29

— Miami OH 37, Buffalo 20
Freshman QB Gotkowski was 13-23/185 passing in his first college start.
Miami was +3 in turnovers; they’re bowl eligible for fifth year in a row.
Buffalo QB Roberson threw for 303 yards, two TD’s.

— Central Michigan 28, Akron 16
Chippewas led 14-3 at halftime.
CMU had an 18-play, 75-yard TD drive in the first quarter.
Kent State’s first TD came on a 59-yard punt return.

— Akron 19, Bowling Green 16
Matthew Schramm kicked four FG’s, including a career-long 48-yarder.
Game was tied 6-6 at halftime.
Akron QB Finley threw a 75-yard TD pass; he played for three schools in his six years as a college QB, also playing for NC State and California.

— Western Michigan 35, Northern Illinois 19
Huskies led 10-0 after the first quarter.
RB Buckley ran for 133 yards, two TD’s.
Western Michigan ran ball 59 times for 361 yards (6.1 yards/attempt).

— Ohio U 42, UMass 14
RB Bangura ran for 196 yards, two TD’s.
Bobcats ran for 363 yards, threw only 8 passes.
UMass finishes the season a dismal 0-11.

— Movie of the Day: Forget Paris (1995)- An NBA referee travels to France to bury his father; he meets and becomes friends with an airline employee. Their story gets told in flashbacks by their friends, as they wait for the couple to show up at a restaurant.
Great cast: Billy Crystal is the ref, Debra Winger his friend. Joe Mantegna, John Spencer, Cathy Moriarty, Richard Masur are also in this movie, as well as a lot of NBA stars.

— South Alabama 71, Jacksonville State 65
Gamecocks led 26-11 early in the game.
Jaguars were 15-24 on foul line; Jax State, playing at home, was 1-4.
South Alabama is 6-0; only one of their five D-I wins was at home. They’re #307 team in the country in experience.

— Arkansas 84, Winthrop 83
Red flag game; SEC teams should beat Winthrop by more than one point, especially since they won their previous game 79-75 over Samford.
Arkansas has games with Duke/Louisville coming up soon, which will be interesting.

— In baseball, Orioles traded P Grayson Rodriguez to the Angels, for veteran hitter Taylor Ward.
Rodriguez is 20-8, 4.11 in 43 big league starts, but he’s been hurt a lot; his last major league game was in July, 2024.
Ward hit 36 homers this year, knocked in 103 runs, but he’s a free agent after the ’26 season.

— RIP to former big league pitcher Randy Jones, who passed away at age 75.
Jones went 20-12/22-14 for the Padres in 1975-76, throwing 600 innings those two years, back when starting pitchers went deeper into games. Those Padre teams went 71-91/73-89, so he was ace for a cruddy team. He wasn’t a hard thrower, but he was very good.

RIP, sir.

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Thursday, November 20

NBA

Thursday, November 20

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Los Angeles VS Orlando
LA Clippers is 3-9 ATS in its last 12 games.
LA Clippers is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games.
LA Clippers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Orlando.
LA Clippers is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games against Orlando.
Orlando is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
Orlando is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Orlando's last 5 games against LA Clippers.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Orlando's last 7 games at home.

Atlanta VS San Antonio
Atlanta is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games.
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Atlanta is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
San Antonio is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Antonio's last 9 games.
San Antonio is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of San Antonio's last 11 games against Atlanta.

Sacramento VS Memphis
Sacramento is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Sacramento's last 5 games.
Sacramento is 0-7 SU in its last 7 games.
Sacramento is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games against Memphis.
Memphis is 2-10 ATS in its last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Memphis' last 6 games.
Memphis is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Memphis' last 10 games against Sacramento.

Philadelphia VS Milwaukee
Philadelphia is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games.
Philadelphia is 0-6 ATS in its last 6 games against Milwaukee.
Philadelphia is 0-8 SU in its last 8 games against Milwaukee.
Milwaukee is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Milwaukee's last 9 games.
Milwaukee is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games against Philadelphia.


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[CNOTES]

Thursday, November 20​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LAC at ORL	07:00 PM	ORL -5.5***** U 219.0*****	+500 +500
PHI at MIL	08:00 PM	PHI -1.5 O 223.5*****	+500 +500
ATL at SA	08:00 PM	ATL +1.0 O 233.0*****	+500 +500
SAC at MEM	08:00 PM	SAC +3.0***** O 234.5*****	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES NOVEMBER NBA BEST BETS !

11/20/2025................3 - 3 - 0...............50.00%............- 1.50
11/19/2025................6 - 2 - 0...............75.00%............+ 19.00
11/18/2025................4 - 2 - 0...............66.66%.............+ 9.00
11/17/2025.................4 - 6 - 0..............40.00%.............- 13.00
11/16/2025.................5 -4 - 0...............55.55%..............+ 3.00
11/15/2025.................1 - 5 - 0..............16.66%..............- 22.50
11/14/2025.................5 - 5 - 0.............50.00%..............- 2.50
11/13/2025.................5 - 1 - 0.............83.33%..............+ 19.50
11/12/2025.................4 - 5 - 1.............44.44%..............- 7.50
11/11/2025.................5 -2 - 1..............71.42%...............+ 14.00
11/10/2025.................5 - 3 - 1.............62.50%...............+ 8.50
11/09/2025.................4 - 3 - 0.............57.14%................+ 3.50
11/08/2025.................2 - 3 - 0.............40.00%................- 6.50
11/07/2025.................7 - 2 - 0.............77.77%................+ 24.00
11/06/2025.................1 - 1 - 0.............50.00%.................- 0.50
11/05/2025.................4 - 7 - 0.............36.36%.................- 18.50
11/04/2025.................3 - 5 - 0.............37.50%.................- 12.50
11/032025...................7 - 4 - 0.............63.53%.................+ 13.00
11/02/2025..................5 - 4 - 0.............55.55%................+ 3.00
11/01/2025..................4 - 1 - 0.............80.00%................+ 14.50

TOTALS.....................84 - 68 - 3.............55.26%.................+ 42.50

 

[CNOTES]

Friday’s 6-pack:
Teams shooting the most 3-pointers so far this month…….
57.1% of their shots are 3’s— New Mexico State
55.8%— Colorado State
55.2%— Army
54.3%— VMI
52.9%— Wisconsin
52.8%— Cornell, William & Mary

Quote of the Day
“It’s unacceptable. We understand as an offense, we have to be better, I have to be better, protecting the football. We’re doing everything that we can in practice and when the game comes to try to take care of the football a little bit better.”
Seahawks QB Sam Darnold

Friday’s quiz
Jared Goff was the first pick in the 2016 NFL Draft; who was the second pick?

Thursday’s quiz
Shaquille O’Neal played his college basketball at LSU

Wednesday’s quiz
2105 was the last time Kentucky’s basketball team made the Final Four.

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

— Texans 23, Bills 19
Bills had ball on Houston 22-yard line on last drive, but didn’t score.
Texans were outgained 326-261, but were +3 in turnovers.
Houston is 6-2 in last eight games, after an 0-3 start.
Texans are 5-0 when they score 20+ points.
Bills only scored one offensive TD on 10 drives; they kicked two FG’s.
Buffalo led 16-13 after a 97-yard kick return for a TD.
Buffalo scored 28+ points in wins, 20-14-13-19 in losses.
Bills are 0-6 SU/1-5 ATS in last six visits to Houston.

— Cal Poly 92, Utah 85
Mustangs were a 14-point underdog.
Cal Poly shot 14-25 on the arc in a fast (84 possessions) game.
Mustangs are playing the #2 pace in country so far this month.
Cal Poly is 3-3; they don’t play a D-I home game until December 6th.

— Kansas State 98, Mississippi State 77
Wildcats made 14-30 on the arc, scored 1.31 ppp.
PJ Haggerty scored 37 points, had 8 assists.
K-State is 5-0, with top 100 wins over Miss State, Cal.

— Central Florida 77, Pittsburgh 67
Knights shot 60.5% inside the arc.
UCF is 5-1, with top 100 wins over Pitt, Texas A&M
Pittsburgh is 0-2 vs teams ranked in the top 150.

Baha Mar tournament

— Purdue 80, Memphis 71
Boilermakers shot 54.3% inside the arc, scored 1.18 ppp.
Memphis was 17-25 on foul line, Purdue 9-11
Purdue- Texas Tech is final of this tournament Friday night.

— Texas Tech 84, Wake Forest 83
Wake led by 7 with 13:16 left inn the game.
Deacons were only 13-22 on the foul line.
Tech is 4-1, with an 81-77 loss at Illinois.
Tech had 16 offensive boards, out-rebounded Wake 44-33.

— One of the quirks of the NIL era, especially in basketball, has to be team chemistry; Player A transferred in and got $2M to play, will Player B resent that money? Player C?
Watching the games may be more critical than ever before; stats/numbers are important, but observing how teams work together can tell you a lot.

— These days, college basketball in November is about gathering knowledge, figuring out who is where, who did the best raiding the transfer portal. It has been suggested that coaches who have been junior college coaches have an advantage— JC coaches re-stock their rosters every year, that is the nature of the job at that level. More and more, D-I ball is becoming like that.

— Famous birthdays, November 21st:
Marlo Thomas, 88
Goldie Hawn, 80
Bill Almon, 73
Troy Aikman, 59
Ken Griffey Jr, 56
Michael Strahan, 54
Danny Kanell, 52
Stromile Swift, 46
Jena Malone, 41
Brice Turang, 26

— Louisiana 34, Arkansas State 30
Cajuns stopped Ark State on the 1-yard line on last play of the game.
Louisiana ran ball 46 times for 202 yards.
ULL had 11 penalties for 76 yards, Red Wolves 1 for 15.
Both teams need to win their last game to become bowl eligible.

— Sounds like the MLB.TV package is moving to the ESPN app; pretty soon we’ll need a scorecard to tell which leagues are televised on which channels.

— Phillies-Twins are going to play a Field of Dreams game in Iowa next summer.

— Astros traded utility guy Mauricio Dubon to Atlanta for SS Nick Allen; Dubon is versatile, Allen is a slick fielder who can’t hit a lick.

— Good program on Netflix; Last Chance U, about junior colleges and players who play there, trying to get scholarships to four-year schools. There is a football version and one for basketball that provide insight on what kids/coaches go through, behind the scenes.

— Ben DiNucci/Chase Daniel were both backup QB’s in NFL who have a presence on social media now; this week, they’ve both been talking about how backup QBs don’t get many practice reps with the first team offense, which makes it tougher for them when they become starters.

— Jay Bilas has gotten better (less annoying) as a TV analyst since Mike Krzyzewski retired as coach of Duke; less critiquing of refs, more normal analysis, but when he works a Duke game, like he did this week, it is still the basketball equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard.

— There’s a chance I watch too much TV; there are an incredible amount of podcasts posted on YouTube, on a wide variety of subjects. You have to pick/choose to find the good ones, but once you do, there is good information to be had.

Late Tuesday night I watched a fantasy baseball draft; 15 teams, 23 rounds, was interesting to hear opinions about the 345 players who were drafted.

 

[Udog]

NBA

Friday, November 21

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Indiana VS Cleveland
Indiana is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Indiana's last 5 games.
Indiana is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games.
Indiana is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games against Cleveland.
Cleveland is 5-13 ATS in its last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland's last 9 games.
Cleveland is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games against Indiana.

Brooklyn VS Boston
Brooklyn is 5-12 ATS in its last 17 games.
Brooklyn is 2-15 SU in its last 17 games.
Brooklyn is 0-9 SU in its last 9 games against Boston.
Brooklyn is 4-15 SU in its last 19 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games.
Boston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games against Brooklyn.
Boston is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games at home.

Washington VS Toronto
Washington is 2-10 ATS in its last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 7 games.
Washington is 0-10 SU in its last 10 games.
Washington is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games against Toronto.
Toronto is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto's last 10 games.
Toronto is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Toronto's last 9 games against Washington.

Miami VS Chicago
Miami is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 6 games.
Miami is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games.
Miami is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games against Chicago.
Chicago is 12-6 ATS in its last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games.
Chicago is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
Chicago is 6-0 ATS in its last 6 games at home.

New Orleans VS Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans' last 5 games.
New Orleans is 0-7 SU in its last 7 games.
New Orleans is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games against Dallas.
New Orleans is 1-12 SU in its last 13 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas' last 6 games.
Dallas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Dallas' last 9 games against New Orleans.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dallas' last 5 games at home.

Minnesota VS Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games.
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
Minnesota is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games against Phoenix.
Minnesota is 8-0 SU in its last 8 games against Phoenix.
Phoenix is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games.
Phoenix is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix's last 6 games against Minnesota.
Phoenix is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games at home.

Denver VS Houston
Denver is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games.
Denver is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games.
Denver is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games against Houston.
Denver is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
Houston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games.
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games against Denver.

Oklahoma City VS Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oklahoma City's last 7 games.
Oklahoma City is 7-0 SU in its last 7 games.
Oklahoma City is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games against Utah.
Oklahoma City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games against Utah.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah's last 6 games.
Utah is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Utah's last 8 games against Oklahoma City.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Utah's last 11 games at home.

Portland VS Golden State
Portland is 1-5-1 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Portland's last 5 games.
Portland is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
Portland is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games against Golden State.
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Golden State's last 19 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Golden State's last 6 games against Portland.
Golden State is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home.
Golden State is 8-0 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Portland.


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[Udog]

 

[Udog]

NBA
Dunkel

Friday, November 21