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Tuesday, March 10

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Tuesday, March 10​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
PITT at STAN	02:00 PM	STAN -4.5***** O 136.5	+500 +500
ALCN at PV	02:00 PM	ALCN +6.5	+500
UTAH at CIN	03:00 PM	CIN -12.5	+500
SYR at SMU	04:30 PM	SMU -4.5*****	+500
MD at ORE	05:00 PM	ORE -4.5 U 138.5*****	+500 +500
MASSL at UMBC	06:00 PM	MASSL +6.5 O 147.5*****	+500 +500
MOSU at FIU	06:30 PM	MOSU +1.5	+500
DET at WRST	07:00 PM	WRST -4.5***** U 152.5*****	+500 +500
AMCC at SFA	07:00 PM	AMCC +6.5	+500
KSU at BYU	07:00 PM	KSU +10.5	+500
MEHST at LIU	07:00 PM	MEHST +5.5***** U 134.5*****	+500 +500
MONM at HOF	07:00 PM	MONM +4.5 U 133.5*****	+500 +500
NJIT at UVM	07:00 PM	UVM -10.5*****	+500
WAKE at VT	07:00 PM	VT -2.5*****	+500
PSU at NW	07:30 PM	NW -5.5	+500
NMSU at JVST	09:00 PM	JVST +1.5*****	+500
MONT at PRST	09:00 PM	MONT +2.5*****	+500
SIE at MW	09:00 PM	SIE +3.5*****	+500
SCU at GONZ	09:00 PM	SCU +7.5 U 157.5*****	+500 +500
OKST at COLO	09:30 PM	COLO -1.5*****	+500
IDHO at EWU	11:30 PM	EWU +1.5***** O 148.5*****	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/10/2026................8 - 10 - 0.................44.44%..............- 15.00
03/09/2026................6 - 7 - 0....................46.15%.............- 8.50
03/08/2026..............12 - 10 - 0.................54.54%.............+ 5.00
03/07/2026..............26 - 19 - 0.................57.77%.............+ 25.50
03/06/2026..............12 - 13 - 0.................48.00%............- 11.50
03/05/2026................11 - 8 - 0..................57.89%............+ 11.00
03/04/2026................10 - 18 - 0................35.71%............- 49.00
03/03/2026...............12 - 12 - 0.................50.00%............- 6.00
03/02/2026...................8 - 5 - 0.................61.53%............+ 12.50
03/01/2026.................10 - 8 - 0.................55.55%............+ 6.00

TOTALS....................115 -110 - 0.................51.11%.............- 30.00

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50

FEBRUARY'S

TOTALS...............375 - 352 - 0.................51.58%.................- 56.00

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack
Teams that won last six Big West tournaments:
2025— Cal-San Diego
2024— Long Beach State
2023— Cal-Santa Barbara
2022— Cal State-Fullerton
2021— Cal-Santa Barbara
2019— Cal-Irvine

Quotes of the Day
“The Baltimore Ravens have backed out of our trade agreement for Maxx Crosby. We will have no further comment at this time.”
Statement from the Las Vegas Raiders, on the cancelled trade
“This is very much bullshit on Baltimore’s part.”
Anonymous NFL GM, talking about the Crosby non-trade
Unfortunately, Raiders-Ravens aren’t playing each other this coming season

Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the Toronto Blue Jays, what pitcher has the most wins?

Tuesday’s quiz
Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade played his college basketball at Marquette.

Monday’s quiz
2008 was the last time a WCC team other than Gonzaga/Saint Mary’s won the conference tournament- San Diego won the tournament that year.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— 2026 NFL season starts officially on Wednesday at 4:00; Tuesday night, Baltimore Ravens backed out of their trade with Las Vegas to acquire pass rusher Maxx Crosby for two first round draft picks.

This is controversial; Crosby had surgery on the meniscus in his left knee on January 8; it was a meniscus repair, not a meniscus trim, so he needs more to recover from the operation, but the Ravens knew this.

— WCC tournament
Gonzaga 79, Santa Clara 68
Zags win WCC tourney for 12th time in the last 14 years,
Gonzaga shot 10-25 on arc; they were down 33-29 at halftime.
Broncos won 13 of their last 16 games; they’ll get in the Field of 68.
This was Santa Clara’s first WCC title game since 2007;

— Horizon tournament
Wright State 66, Detroit 63
Detroit led by 12 with 9:52 left in the game.
Raiders won the regular season title by two games.
Wright State is in the NCAA’s for the first time in four years.
Horizon champ hasn’t been higher than a 14-seed in NCAA’s since 2015.

— CAA tournament
Hofstra 75, Monmouth 69
Hofstra is in the NCAA’s for first time since 2001.
Monmouth led by 6 early in the second half.
Freshman G Edmead scored 26 points, had four assists.
Hofstra started CAA play 4-5, but has won 11 of its last 12 games.

— MAAC tournament
Siena 74, Merrimack 64
Saints get to the NCAA’s for first time since 2010.
Siena only used one sub the whole game; Merrimack used two.
Siena out-rebounded Merrimack, 50-26.

— Famous birthdays, March 11th:
Alex Kingston, 63
Wallace Langham, 61
Bobby Abreu, 52
Elton Brand, 47
Dan Uggla, 46
Anthony Davis, 33
Jacob Lewis, 28
Jackson Chourio, 22

— Heat 150, Wizards 129
Bam Abedayo scored 83 points for Miami; he was 36-43 on foul line.
Washington’s whole team was 22-29 on the foul line.
Three Wizards fouled out; none of them started the game.
83 points is 2nd-most points ever scored in an NBA game (Wilt Chamberlain scored 100)

— New Jersey Jets traded a 6th-round draft pick to the Raiders; in return they got QB Geno Smith and a 7th-round pick. 35-year old Smith is 42-57 as a starter in his 12-year career, the first four years of which were spent with the Jets.

— A’s are playing their home games in Sacramento for two more years, before they into their new ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip in 2028, but they are playing six games in Las Vegas in June, three vs Milwaukee, three against the Rockies.
Games will be played at the Las Vegas Aviators’ AAA ballpark, in Summerlin, right by the Red Rock Casino, a few miles northwest of Las Vegas.

— Reds P Hunter Greene will have arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips and loose bodies from this throwing elbow, is expected to be out until at least July.
Last year, Greene was 7-4, 2.76 in 19 starts; the last two years, he is 16-9, 2.76 in 45 starts.

— Movie of the Day: Blue Chips (1994)- A college basketball coach decides to skirt the rules, in order to recruit the players he needs to stay on top of the heap.

Nick Nolte is the coach, Bob Cousy is the school’s athletic director, Mary McDonnell, JT Walsh and Ed O’Neill are also in the movie, as well as a lot of well-known college/pro players/coaches. Rick Pitino coaches one of the teams against Western U. Shaquille O’Neal, Penny Hardaway are two of the players on Nolte’s team.

If you like basketball, you’ve probably already seen this, but if you haven’t, you’ll like it.

— ACC tournament
Pittsburgh 64, Stanford 63
Panthers out-rebounded Stanford, 41-28.
Damaging loss for Stanford; they probably slip off the bubble.
Panthers advance to play NC State at noon Wednesday.

SMU 86, Syracuse 69
SMU shot 57.5% inside arc, snap a four-game losing skid.
Syracuse shot 65.5% inside arc, 9-34 outside arc.
Orangemen lost six in a row, 12 of last 15 games.
In three years since Jim Boeheim retired, Syracuse is 25-37 in ACC games.

Wake Forest 95, Virginia Tech 89, OT
Wake played eight guys; seven of them scored in double figures.
Tech out-rebounded the Deacons, 45-28.
Deacons advance to play Clemson Wednesday night.

— Big 18 tournament
Maryland 70, Oregon 60
Terrapins never trailed, led 33-12 at halftime.
Oregon lost 14 of its last 18 games.
Maryland plays Iowa Wednesday.

Northwestern 76, Penn State 66
Wildcats were +9 in turnovers, shot 65.6% inside arc.
Penn State lost 19 of its last 22 games.
Northwestern advances to play Indiana Wednesday.

— Big X tournament
Arizona State 83, Baylor 79
Sun Devils shot 71.9% inside the arc.
ASU advances to play Iowa State Wednesday.

Cincinnati 73, Utah 66
Utah led by nine at the second TV time-out.
Utes lost their last six in a row, and 13 of last 14 games.
Bearcats are 7-2 in last nine games, after starting 3-7 in Big X.

BYU 105, Kansas State 91
BYU shot 70.7% inside the arc.
K-State lost despite shooting 13-23 on the arc.
BYU advances to play West Virginia Wednesday.

— Big Sky tournament
Montana 75, Portland State 72
#4-seed Grizzlies upset top-seeded Portland State.
Montana is in Big Sky final for third year in a row; they won last year.

 

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Wednesday, March 11

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Wednesday, March 11​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
PV at COOK	02:00 PM	COOK -5.5***** O 147.5*****	+500 +500
L-IL at RICH	02:00 PM	L-IL +5.5*****	+500
CIN at UCF	03:00 PM	U 149.5*****	+500
WYO at UNLV	03:00 PM	U 153.5*****	+500
MSST at AUB	03:00 PM	O 158.5*****	+500
PROV at BUT	04:00 PM	U 163.5*****	+500
MCNS at SFA	05:00 PM	MCNS -3.5*****	+500
AFA at NEV	05:30 PM	U 141.5*****	+500
DSU at MORG	06:00 PM	MORG -3.5******	+500
NW at IND	06:30 PM	O 141.5*****	+500
BU at LEH	07:00 PM	U 138.5*****	+500
CAL at FSU	07:00 PM	FSU -4.5*****	+500
FRES at CSU	09:00 PM	U 144.5*****	+500
RUTG at MINN	09:00 PM	U 135.5*****	+500
TEM at FAU	09:30 PM	U 144.5*****	+500
OKST at TCU	09:30 PM	TCU -5.5*****	+500
IDHO at MONT	11:30 PM	O 145.5*****	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/11/2026...............10 - 8 - 0..................55.55%..............+ 6.00
03/10/2026................8 - 10 - 0.................44.44%..............- 15.00
03/09/2026................6 - 7 - 0....................46.15%.............- 8.50
03/08/2026..............12 - 10 - 0.................54.54%.............+ 5.00
03/07/2026..............26 - 19 - 0.................57.77%.............+ 25.50
03/06/2026..............12 - 13 - 0.................48.00%............- 11.50
03/05/2026................11 - 8 - 0..................57.89%............+ 11.00
03/04/2026................10 - 18 - 0................35.71%............- 49.00
03/03/2026...............12 - 12 - 0.................50.00%............- 6.00
03/02/2026...................8 - 5 - 0.................61.53%............+ 12.50
03/01/2026.................10 - 8 - 0.................55.55%............+ 6.00

TOTALS....................125 -118 - 0.................53.64%.............- 24.00

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50

FEBRUARY'S

TOTALS...............375 - 352 - 0.................51.58%.................- 56.00

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday’s 6-pack
Teams that won last six SEC tournaments:
2025— Florida
2024— Auburn
2023— Alabama
2022— Tennessee
2021— Alabama
2019— Auburn

Quotes of the Day
“We didn’t do well enough, coaching. We should’ve had him better prepared for the things that happened, and that wouldn’t have happened. I take a lot of responsibility in that. We didn’t prepare him well enough in the offseason even though he looked great and we felt we had everything lined up. It was very, very disappointing for us both.”
Pete Carroll, talking about Geno Smith’s disappointing 2025 season

Thursday’s quiz
Before they moved to California, where did the NBA’s Clippers call home?

Wednesday’s quiz
In the history of the Toronto Blue Jays, Dave Stieb is the pitcher who has the most wins.

Tuesday’s quiz
Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade played his college basketball at Marquette.

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Thursday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Wednesday……​

— Famous birthdays, March 12th:
Barbara Feldon, 93
Jake Kupp, 85
Liza Minnelli, 80
Mark Moseley, 78
Dale Murphy, 70
Darryl Strawberry, 64
Titus Welliver, 64
Steve Finley, 61
Grant Long, 60
Aaron Eckhart, 58
JP Losman, 45
Nick Kurtz, 23

— One of the most underrated athletes of the last 40 years is Charlie Ward, who won the 1993 Heisman Trophy as a QB at Florida State. Ward didn’t play in the NFL, but he did play 12 years in the NBA, mostly with the Knicks, and these days he’s the basketball coach at Florida A&M in the SWAC. His Rattlers finished 11-7 in the SWAC this year, won their SWAC tourney game 70-60 Wednesday night.

— Indianapolis Colts signed QB Daniel Jones for two years, $88M, with $50M of that money guaranteed. Jones is recovering from a torn Achilles, but is expected to be ready for the start of the regular season; he was 8-5 as the Colts’ QB last year, after going 25-45-1 in six years with the Giants.

— QB’s Kirk Cousins/Kyler Murray both got released Wednesday; one of them is expected to wind up as the Vikings’ QB this coming season, the other one could wind up in Las Vegas as a bridge to rookie QB Fernando Mendoza, likely the Raiders’ #1 pick in the draft.

— When Orioles’ catcher Adley Rutschman was in college at Oregon State, he was a kicker for the Beavers for one year— he specialized in kickoffs. Oregon State recovered two of the three onside kicks he tried.
When Rutschman was in high school, he once made a 63-yard field goal.

— Movie of the Day: Love Happens (2009)- A best-selling author becomes a motivational speaker, talking about dealing with grief. Aaron Eckhart plays the author, Jennifer Aniston plays a florist he meets in the hotel where his seminars are. Martin Sheen plays the father of the author’s wife, who died in a car accident.
This is a nice movie; we need more nice in the world.

— Big XII tournament
Iowa State 91, Arizona State 42
Cyclones forced 23 turnovers, led 45-16 at the half.
Iowa State plays Texas Tech on Thursday.
After the game, ASU fired Coach Bobby Hurley, after 11 years.

— SWAC tournament
Prairie View 71, Bethune-Cookman 67
#8-seed Prairie View upsets top-seeded Bethune-Cookman
Prairie View outscored Wildcats 13-4 over the last 3:33 of the game.

— C-USA tournament
Missouri State 77, Liberty 69
Liberty won C-USA regular season by four games, loses its tournament opener.
Missouri State shot 58.8% inside the arc.
Bears were 8-16 on the arc, Liberty 9-31.

— Big East tournament
Providence 91, Butler 81
Butler led 27-11 midway thru the first half.
Providence shot 14-27 behind the arc.
Friars play St John’s in the first game Thursday.

— Big 18 tournament
Northwestern 74, Indiana 61
Damaging loss for bubble team Hoosiers, who lost six of last seven games.
Indiana led by 9 at halftime, 37-36 at the half.
Northwestern plays Purdue Thursday.

 

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Thursday, March 12

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Thursday, March 12​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
ISU at TTU	12:30 PM	TTU +6.5	+500
UK at MIZZ	12:30 PM	MIZZ +3.5*****	+500
BGSU at TOL	01:30 PM	BGSU +1.5*****	+500
SBON at GMU	02:00 PM	SBON +3.5*****	+500
AAMU at TXSO	02:00 PM	AAMU +1.5	+500
LOU at MIA	02:30 PM	MIA +1.5*****	+500
WASH at WIS	02:30 PM	WIS -7.5*****	+500
CREI at HALL	02:30 PM	CREI +3.5	+500
UCF at ARIZ	03:00 PM	UCF +16.5*****	+500
AUB at TENN	03:00 PM	TENN -5.5*****	+500
UNLV at USU	03:00 PM	UNLV +7.5*****	+500
BUFF at AKR	04:00 PM	AKR -12.5	+500
URI at DUQ	05:00 PM	URI +1.5	+500
SCST at NORF	06:00 PM	SCST +8.5	+500
OHIO at KENT	06:30 PM	KENT -4.5*****	+500
MTU at LT	06:30 PM	LT +2.5*****	+500
NW at PUR	06:30 PM	PUR -12.5	+500
TULN at CHAR	07:00 PM	TULN +1.5	+500
MISS at UGA	07:00 PM	UGA -5.5*****	+500
XAV at CONN	07:00 PM	XAV +16.5	+500
BYU at HOU	07:00 PM	HOU -9.5*****	+500
FSU at DUKE	07:00 PM	FSU +16.5 O 149.5*****	+500 +500
L-IL at DAV	07:30 PM	L-IL +7.5	+500
ARPB at SOU	08:30 PM	ARPB +5.5	+500
UMES at NCCU	08:30 PM	NCCU -1.5	+500
KENN at WKU	09:00 PM	WKU -1.5	+500
RUTG at UCLA	09:00 PM	UCLA -11.5*****	+500
SUU at UTA	09:00 PM	UTA -5.5	+500
CSU at SDSU	09:00 PM	SDSU -5.5***** U 140.5*****	+500 +500
UCSD at CSN	09:00 PM	UCSD -2.5	+500
CLEM at UNC	09:30 PM	UNC -1.5*****	+500
OKLA at TXAM	09:30 PM	OKLA +2.5*****	+500
FAU at UNT	09:30 PM	FAU -1.5*****	+500
TCU at KU	09:30 PM	KU -5.5*****	+500
GTWN at VILL	09:30 PM	GTWN +7.5	+500
SJSU at UNM	11:30 PM	SJSU +15.5*****	+500
UCD at CSF	11:30 PM	UCD +1.5*****	+500
AC at UTECH	11:30 PM	UTECH -2.5*****	+500