CNOTES COLLEGE BASKETBALL BEST BETS/ NOTES/NEWS/GOSSIP !

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/16/2026..............7 - 10 - 0................41..76%.............- 20.00
02/15/2026............14 - 19 - 0................42.42%..............- 34.50
02/14/2026...........16 - 17 - 0.................48.48%..............- 13.50
02/13/2026.............13 - 6 - 0.................68.42%...............+ 32.00
02/12/2026.............15 - 12 - 0...............55.55%...............+ 9.00
02/11/2026.............11 - 14 - 0...............44.00%...............- 22.00
02/10/2026...............5 - 10 - 0................37.00%...............- 30.00
02/09/2026................9 - 9 - 0..................50.00%..............- 4.50
02/08/2026................8 - 3 - 0..................72.72%..............+ 23.50
02/07/2026..............38 - 44 - 0...............46.34%..............- 52.00
02/06/2026..................7 - 5 - 0................58.33%..............+ 7.50
02/05/2026................13 - 8 - 0...............61.90%..............+ 21.00
02/04/2026..............11 - 17 - 0..............39.28%..............- 38.50
02/03/2026..............12 - 13 - 0..............48.00%..............- 11.50
02/02/2026..................6 - 5 - 0...............54.54%...............+ 2.50
02/01/2026................11 - 7 - 0...............61.11%..............+ 16.50

TOTALS.................196 - 199 - 0...............49.62%..............-109.50

***********************************

JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

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

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday’s 6-pack
How much $$$ Nevada sports books banked on last six Super Bowls:
2026— $9,892,055
2025— $22,134,104
2024— $11,182,973
2023— $4,361,646
2022— $11,063,412
2021— $12,574,125

Quote of the Day
“We haven’t won. I really want to win. Each year that goes by, I get a little more annoyed.”
Mets’ owner Steve Cohen

Tuesday’s quiz
Which major league team used to be owned by the same guy who owned the McDonald’s fast food franchise?

Monday’s quiz
Bobby Witt Jr led the major leagues in hits last season.

Sunday’s quiz
New York Nets won two of the last three ABA titles; Kevin Loughery was their coach.

*******************************************

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

— We lost one of our greatest actors Monday; Robert Duvall, who has 388 acting credits on IMDB, passed away at age 95. What an epic career he had, from the sportswriter in The Natural, to Frank Burns in M*A*S*H (the movie), the race car pit boss in Days of Thunder, a musician in Tender Mercies, and the father of a great poker player in Lucky You.
Just a great career. RIP, sir.

— Memo to ESPN: Your Monday night college basketball schedules suck; Syracuse isn’t good anymore, stop putting them in stand alone games.
Back in the day, ESPN had Big Mondays, which were good
7:30- Big East game
9:30- Big 10 game
midnight- Big West game

The smaller leagues out west would be good with a national TV game on Mondays.

— Big West conference tournament will be fun to watch; they are the 11th-ranked league right now, their highest rank in the last 30 years.
Here are the last few tourney champs:
2025- Cal-San Diego
2024- Long Beach State
2023- Cal-Santa Barbara
2022- Cal State-Fullerton
2021- Cal-Santa Barbara
2019- Cal-Irvine
2018- Cal State-Fullerton
2017- Cal-Davis
2016- Hawaii
Last nine tournaments, seven different champs. Competitive league.

— Michigan Wolverines’ basketball team has six student managers, guys who help out the team by doing lot of the little things that make life easier for coaches/players.

Back in the day, I was a student manager in college, but I was our team’s only manager, being a Division III team. Big-time coaches who were student managers:

Will Wade, NC State
Mark Daigneault, Thunder
Frank Vogel, head coach of four NBA teams
Buzz Williams, Maryland

— World Series of Poker will be in Las Vegas, from May 26-July 15; I went to this once, watched people play cards for about a half hour, then realized it isn’t that much fun to watch if you can’t see their hole cards, and watch the decisions they’re making.
Picture a big gym jammed with card tables; the only sound is chips clicking together, unless one of the players goes all-in on a hand, then they called a hand-held camera over to film the hand.

— Dodgers’ utility guy Tommy Edman (ankle) will start the season on the IL; he’s played for the Dodgers for two years, and they won the World Series both years.

— San Diego Padres signed GM AJ Preller to a multi-year contract extension; Padres made the playoffs four of the last six years. Preller has run the San Diego organization since late 2014; this year Craig Stammen will the Padres’ 6th full-time manager in 12 years, which seems like a lot for a team that has been winning.

— Famous birthdays, February 17th:
Dick Bosman, 82
Jamie Easterly, 73
Rene Russo, 72
Neil Lomax, 67
Lou Diamond Phillips, 64
Michael Jordan, 63
Jerry O’Connell, 52
Kelly Carlson, 50
Case Keenum, 38
Sony Michel, 31

— NBA All-Star Game was good to watch; the players actually tried. Not sure if the new format helped, or the fact that President Obama was sitting in the front row, but when players who are that good are competitive, it is fun to watch.

— Baseball needs to market itself better; MLB Network should host a 12-team fantasy league, with celebrities/former players the team managers, and the league could have a weekly show, featuring a different celebrity every week.
The show where they draft the team would be great TV.

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday’s 6-pack
How much $$$ Nevada sports books banked on last six Super Bowls:
2026— $9,892,055
2025— $22,134,104
2024— $11,182,973
2023— $4,361,646
2022— $11,063,412
2021— $12,574,125

Quote of the Day
“We haven’t won. I really want to win. Each year that goes by, I get a little more annoyed.”
Mets’ owner Steve Cohen

Tuesday’s quiz
Which major league team used to be owned by the same guy who owned the McDonald’s fast food franchise?

Monday’s quiz
Bobby Witt Jr led the major leagues in hits last season.

Sunday’s quiz
New York Nets won two of the last three ABA titles; Kevin Loughery was their coach.

*******************************************

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

— We lost one of our greatest actors Monday; Robert Duvall, who has 388 acting credits on IMDB, passed away at age 95. What an epic career he had, from the sportswriter in The Natural, to Frank Burns in M*A*S*H (the movie), the race car pit boss in Days of Thunder, a musician in Tender Mercies, and the father of a great poker player in Lucky You.
Just a great career. RIP, sir.

— Memo to ESPN: Your Monday night college basketball schedules suck; Syracuse isn’t good anymore, stop putting them in stand alone games.
Back in the day, ESPN had Big Mondays, which were good
7:30- Big East game
9:30- Big 10 game
midnight- Big West game

The smaller leagues out west would be good with a national TV game on Mondays.

— Big West conference tournament will be fun to watch; they are the 11th-ranked league right now, their highest rank in the last 30 years.
Here are the last few tourney champs:
2025- Cal-San Diego
2024- Long Beach State
2023- Cal-Santa Barbara
2022- Cal State-Fullerton
2021- Cal-Santa Barbara
2019- Cal-Irvine
2018- Cal State-Fullerton
2017- Cal-Davis
2016- Hawaii
Last nine tournaments, seven different champs. Competitive league.

— Michigan Wolverines’ basketball team has six student managers, guys who help out the team by doing lot of the little things that make life easier for coaches/players.

Back in the day, I was a student manager in college, but I was our team’s only manager, being a Division III team. Big-time coaches who were student managers:

Will Wade, NC State
Mark Daigneault, Thunder
Frank Vogel, head coach of four NBA teams
Buzz Williams, Maryland

— World Series of Poker will be in Las Vegas, from May 26-July 15; I went to this once, watched people play cards for about a half hour, then realized it isn’t that much fun to watch if you can’t see their hole cards, and watch the decisions they’re making.
Picture a big gym jammed with card tables; the only sound is chips clicking together, unless one of the players goes all-in on a hand, then they called a hand-held camera over to film the hand.

— Dodgers’ utility guy Tommy Edman (ankle) will start the season on the IL; he’s played for the Dodgers for two years, and they won the World Series both years.

— San Diego Padres signed GM AJ Preller to a multi-year contract extension; Padres made the playoffs four of the last six years. Preller has run the San Diego organization since late 2014; this year Craig Stammen will the Padres’ 6th full-time manager in 12 years, which seems like a lot for a team that has been winning.

— Famous birthdays, February 17th:
Dick Bosman, 82
Jamie Easterly, 73
Rene Russo, 72
Neil Lomax, 67
Lou Diamond Phillips, 64
Michael Jordan, 63
Jerry O’Connell, 52
Kelly Carlson, 50
Case Keenum, 38
Sony Michel, 31

— NBA All-Star Game was good to watch; the players actually tried. Not sure if the new format helped, or the fact that President Obama was sitting in the front row, but when players who are that good are competitive, it is fun to watch.

— Baseball needs to market itself better; MLB Network should host a 12-team fantasy league, with celebrities/former players the team managers, and the league could have a weekly show, featuring a different celebrity every week.
The show where they draft the team would be great TV.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB

Tuesday, February 17

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trend Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Tuesday, February 17

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack
Teams getting highest %age of their points on 2-point shots;
62%— Southern Illinois (12-15)
61.1%— Gonzaga (25-2)
60.7%— Texas State (17-11)
58.9%— Rider (3-22)
58.4%— Miami FL (21-5)
58.4%— Arizona (23-2)

Quote of the Day
“I did not come to Kansas State to be the head coach. Coach Tang and I are thicker than thieves. He is an amazing human being. He did amazing things at Kansas State.”
Kansas State interim coach Matthew Driscoll, who won his first game Tuesday

Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie The Natural, what uniform number did Robert Redford’s character wear for the New York Knights?

Tuesday’s quiz
San Diego Padres used to be owned by Ray Kroc, the same guy who owned the McDonald’s fast food franchise.

Monday’s quiz
Bobby Witt Jr led the major leagues in hits last season.

****************************************

Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— Michigan 91, Purdue 80
Michigan shot 13-23 on the arc, scored 1.31 ppp
Wolverines led 48-28 late in the first half.
Michigan has won eleven games in a row.

— NC State 82, North Carolina 58
Tar Heels played without their top two scorers.
Wolfpack shot 9-20 on the arc, Carolina 5-33.
This was State’s biggest win over UNC since 1962.

— Michigan State 82, UCLA 59
UCLA has lost consecutive games by 20+ points for first time since 1945.
Spartans shot 14-27 on arc, led 43-23 at halftime.
Bruins are 1-5 SU outside of the Pacific time zone this season

— Villanova 92, Xavier 89 OT
Villanova was +10 (6-16) in turnovers.
Wildcats have won six in a row, are 12-3 in Big East.
Xavier lost 6 of last 8 games; their last two losses were in OT.

— Iowa 57, Nebraska 52
Nebraska is 2-4 in last six games, after a 20-0 start.
Cornhuskers only played seven guys the whole game.
Hawkeyes had 37-24 edge on the boards.

— Miami OH 86, UMass 77
Redhawks improve to 26-0, country’s only unbeaten team.
Miami was 24-33 on foul line, Minutemen 9-16
In its MAC games, Miami is shooting 63.9% inside the arc.

— Upsets of the Night:
Rhode Island (+11.5) 81, Saint Louis 76
San Jose State (+10.5) 87, Nevada 71
Northern Illinois (+8.5) 72, Buffalo 70
Grand Canyon (+7.5) 73, San Diego State 63
Georgia (+7.5) 86, Kentucky 78
Arizona State (+7.5) 72, Texas Tech 67
Kansas State (+4.5) 90, Baylor 74

This has been a rough week, with Robert Duvall dying and now this……

— Dwight (Bo) Lamar, who scored 3,493 points at Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette) before the 3-point shot was a thing, passed away this week at age 74. Lamar was a first team All-American in 1972 and 1973.
Only Pete Maravich (3,667) and Antone Davis (3,664) scored more points in Division I.
Lamar then played three years in the ABA, scoring 19.7 ppg and one year with the Lakers; too bad he played before ESPN existed. Would have been fun to watch him play. RIP.

— Doug Moe, who played at North Carolina and in the ABA, then later had a very good coaching career, passed away at age 87.
Moe went 628-529 over 15 seasons as a head coach; he was the NBA Coach of the Year in 1988, three years after his best Nuggets team lost in the Western Conference finals to the Lakers. His Nuggets led the NBA in scoring over five straight years in the early ’80s, and he rarely ran a set play, instead stressing movement and a lot of passing.

Moe was from Brooklyn; he was irreverent, kind of a character in a good-natured way. When he was playing in the early 60’s, afraid of flying, Moe would read books to distract himself from the ongoing flight.

On one flight, with North Carolina’s team, there was a famous passenger on the flight (Richard Nixon) who went to the back of the plane to talk to the players. Nixon saw Moe reading the book and said to him “You must be the student in the group”

Moe didn’t know it was Richard Nixon talking to him; he looked up at hm and replied “What are you, a wise guy?”
Doug Moe was a really good coach and a unique personality. RIP, coach.

— Famous birthdays, February 18th:
Cybill Shepherd, 76
John Travolta, 72
Gary Reasons, 64
Chuck Long, 63
Molly Ringwald, 58
Le’Veon Bell, 34
Isaac Paredes, 27
Jordan Westburg, 27

— P Walker Buehler signed a free agent deal with San Diego; he pitched for the Phillies/Red Sox last year, after pitching eight years for the Dodgers. In his career, Buehler is 57-29, 3.52 in 146 career starts, 4-4, 3.04 in 18 playoff starts.

— Twins P Pablo López has a “significant tear” in the UCL in his pitching arm, and is expected to need Tommy John surgery. He was 5-4, 2.74 in 14 starts LY, is 59-53, 3.81 in 172 career starts.

— A reminder about the NBA Draft: Stephen Curry was the 7th player taken in the 2009 NBA Draft, being luminaries like Hasheem Thabeet and Jonny Flynn.
Shea Gilgeous-Alexander was the 11th pick in the 2018, taken behind Mo Bamba, Kevin Knox and Marvin Bagley.
Much like the NFL Draft, smarter NBA teams gain an advantage thru the draft.

— Hannah Storm has been on TV for 40+ years now; these days, she works on ESPN.
Back in the day, her father was Mike Storen, who once ran the Atlanta Hawks, two ABA teams and was also commissioner of the ABA for a while. He was the first general manager of the Indiana Pacers, who were originally an ABA team.

— Miami Dolphins are cutting their payroll; they’re now $13M under the salary cap after letting WR Tyreek Hill go, and releasing DE Bradley Chubb, WR Nick Westbrook-Ihkine and OL James Daniels.
Last week the Dolphins admitted that QB Tua Tagovailoa’s future in Miami is undecided, and Miami has publicly let it be known that Tagovailoa, who is due $54M in 2026, is available via trade. If they can’t trade him, his contract will greatly hamper their salary cap situation.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB

Wednesday, February 18

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trend Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Wednesday, February 18

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday, February 18​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
RUTG at PSU	06:00 PM	U 148.5*****	+500
CLEV at YSU	06:30 PM	CLEV +11.5****** O 157.5******	+500 +500
BUT at GTWN	06:30 PM	O 147.5*****	+500
L-IL at FOR	07:00 PM	U 136.5*****	+500
ARK at ALA	07:00 PM	ARK +4.5***** U 184.5*****	+500 +500
UAB at TEM	07:00 PM	TEM -1.5*****	+500
MISS at TXAM	07:00 PM	O 153.5*****	+500
CREI at CONN	07:00 PM	CREI +15.5******	+500
ARMY at L-MD	07:00 PM	L-MD -5.5*****	+500
WICH at ECU	07:00 PM	O 147.5*****	+500
BRAD at VALP	07:00 PM	O 144.5*****	+500
UNI at INST	07:00 PM	O 136.5*****	+500
QNC at UNA	07:00 PM	U 155.5*****	+500
MD at NW	08:00 PM	MD +8.5*****	+500
FAU at UTSA	08:00 PM	O 158.5*****	+500
KENN at MOSU	08:00 PM	U 153.5*****	+500
NDSU at SDST	08:00 PM	SDST +1.5*****	+500
UTAH at WVU	08:30 PM	O 131.5*****	+500
SMC at SEA	09:00 PM	O 132.5*****	+500
VAN at MIZZ	09:00 PM	MIZZ +3.5***** U 153.5*****	+500 +500
KU at OKST	09:00 PM	OKST +6.5*****	+500
BYU at ARIZ	09:00 PM	BYU +11.5***** O 162.5*****	+500 +500
AUB at MSST	09:00 PM	MSST +5.5***** O 155.5*****	+500 +500
MURR at ILST	09:00 PM	MURR +1.5*****	+500
ILL at USC	10:00 PM	USC +9.5*****	+500
GONZ at SF	11:00 PM	SF +14.5*****	+500
CSU at UNLV	11:00 PM	UNLV -2.5*****	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/18/2026............15 - 17 - 0...............46.87%...............- 18.50
02/16/2026..............7 - 10 - 0................41..76%.............- 20.00
02/15/2026............14 - 19 - 0................42.42%..............- 34.50
02/14/2026...........16 - 17 - 0.................48.48%..............- 13.50
02/13/2026.............13 - 6 - 0.................68.42%...............+ 32.00
02/12/2026.............15 - 12 - 0...............55.55%...............+ 9.00
02/11/2026.............11 - 14 - 0...............44.00%...............- 22.00
02/10/2026...............5 - 10 - 0................37.00%...............- 30.00
02/09/2026................9 - 9 - 0..................50.00%..............- 4.50
02/08/2026................8 - 3 - 0..................72.72%..............+ 23.50
02/07/2026..............38 - 44 - 0...............46.34%..............- 52.00
02/06/2026..................7 - 5 - 0................58.33%..............+ 7.50
02/05/2026................13 - 8 - 0...............61.90%..............+ 21.00
02/04/2026..............11 - 17 - 0..............39.28%..............- 38.50
02/03/2026..............12 - 13 - 0..............48.00%..............- 11.50
02/02/2026..................6 - 5 - 0...............54.54%...............+ 2.50
02/01/2026................11 - 7 - 0...............61.11%..............+ 16.50

TOTALS.................211 - 216 - 0...............49.41%..............-128.00

***********************************

JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

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

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday’s 6-pack
Teams with best eFG% defense in the country:
43.0%— Saint Louis (24-2)
43.2%— Michigan (25-1)
44.8%— Kansas (20-6)
44.8%— Virginia (23-3)
44.9%— Arizona (24-2)
44.9%— Cal-Irvine (17-9)

Quote of the Day
“That locker room is still healing, and they needed a shot in the arm. We have been through a lot as a group; we’ve shed a lot of tears, and they needed something like this. It’s a great win for us. I’m not sure I’ve ever been prouder of a group.”
Creighton coach Greg McDermott; the mom of one of Creighton’s players recently passed away

Tuesday’s quiz
Who is the all-time leading scorer (points/game) for the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder franchise?

Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie The Natural, Robert Redford’s character (Roy Hobbs) wore number 9 for the New York Knights.

Tuesday’s quiz
San Diego Padres used to be owned by Ray Kroc, the same guy who owned the McDonald’s fast food franchise.

*********************************

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

— Alabama 117, Arkansas 115, 2OT
Arkansas led by 13 with 12:44 left in the game.
Alabama was 27-34 on foul line, Arkansas 16-19
Razorbacks had four guys foul out; they used two subs who almost never play.
Darius Acuff scored 49 points for Arkansas.

— Creighton 91, UConn 84
Creighton was 27-32 on foul line, UConn 11-18.
Just second win in last seven games for the Bluejays.
UConn split its last four games, after a 22-1 start.

— Texas A&M 80, Ole Miss 77
Ole Miss led by 13 with 11:47 left in the game.
Rebels have now lost eight games in a row.
Win snaps Aggies’ four-game losing skid.

— DePaul 69, Seton Hall 57
Big East underdogs were 3-1 SU/4-0 ATS Wednesday
Blue Demons had 35-22 edge on the boards.
Seton Hall has 45.9 eFG% in Big East games, worst in league.

— St John’s 76, Marquette 70
Marquette led by 6 with 11:53 left in the game.
6-7 senior Hopkins scored 23 points, had 10 rebounds.
Red Storm have now won 12 games in a row.

— Wake Forest 85, Clemson 77
Wake Forest led by 20 late in the first half.
Deacons shot 62.1% inside arc, scored 1.28 ppp.
Third straight loss for Clemson, after a 20-4 start.

— Arizona 75, BYU 68
6-6 senior Dell’Orso scored 22 points in 26:00 off bench.
Arizona snaps a two-game skid, which followed its 23-0 start.
Wildcats have the 5th-best eFG% defense in the country.

— Upsets of the Night:
Creighton (+16.5) 91, UConn 84
Utah (+10.5) 61, West Virginia 56
DePaul (+8.5) 69, Seton Hall 57
Butler (+6.5) 93, Georgetown 89
Mississippi State (+4.5) 91, Auburn 85
St Joe’s (+4.5) 71, St Bonaventure 65

— Famous birthdays, February 19th:
Paul Krause, 84
June Jones, 73
Jeff Daniels, 71
Rudy Macklin, 68
Mike Miller, 46
Dwight Freeney, 46
Josh Reddick, 39
JP Sears, 30

— Injuries are starting to take their toll:
Texas Tech lost their best player (JT Toppin) for the year with a torn ACL. Toppin scored 21.8 ppg this season for the 19-7 Red Raiders.
BYU lost Richie Saunders for the year with a torn ACL; he scored 18 ppg for the 19-7 Cougars, who are 3-6 in the last nine games.
Random trivia: Saunders’ grandfather is the guy who invented Tater Tots.

— San Diego Toreros fired basketball coach Steve Lavin after four years on the job. San Diego is 11-17 this year, 5-10 in the WCC. They’re 18-47 in WCC games under Lavin.
San Diego hasn’t been in the NCAA’s since 2008; Lavin is a good guy who was a very good TV analyst. Hope he goes back on TV next season.

— Iowa State only had 3 turnovers in their win over Houston Monday; in a slow-paced, 58 possession game, Cyclones took good care of the ball, and improved to 10-3 in the Big X

— Saint Mary’s 72, Seattle 70
Gaels narrowly avoid what would’ve been a damaging loss.
Teams combined to shoot 8-32 on the arc.
Saint Mary’s has won five in a row, is 13-2 in the WCC.

— Mississippi State 91, Auburn 85
MSU’s Josh Hubbard scored 46 points, 35 in first half.
Miss State led by 18 early in second half.
Auburn rallied to lead 80-73 with 3:56 left in the game.
Bulldogs shot 16-30 on arc, scored 1.35 ppp.

— Western Kentucky 88, Delaware 87 OT
Blue Hens led by 16 late in the first half.
Delaware lost despite shooting 64.3% inside the arc.
Hilltoppers won four of their last five games.

— Missouri 81, Vanderbilt 80
Mizzou led by 21 with 8:33 left, hung on for dear life.
Tigers were 25-32 on foul line, Vandy 14-18
Both teams are 8-5 in SEC games.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB

Thursday, February 19

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trend Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Thursday, February 19

 

[ZJP6050]

@CNOTES @Udog can you explain the dunkel predictions to me? I try to use these to cross-reference, but I'm seeing more and more that don't make sense to me. I know I've annoyingly asked in here a few times.

Example on today's slate: north Dakota predicted winning margin of 4, but play prediction on -11.5

There are several more examples from today, so I have to be reading it wrong.

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday, February 19​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
UNH at MASSL	06:00 PM	O 151.5	+500
FIU at LIB	06:00 PM	O 153.5	+500
BING at BRY	06:00 PM	BING +5.5	+500
UVM at UMBC	06:00 PM	UMBC +1.5	+500
MRSH at APP	06:30 PM	APP -3.5	+500
SCUS at WIN	06:30 PM	O 155.5	+500
WAG at MEHST	07:00 PM	MEHST -5.5	+500
WEBB at RAD	07:00 PM	WEBB +19.5 U 162.5	+500 +500
LIU at SFPA	07:00 PM	SFPA +8.5	+500
FDU at CHS	07:00 PM	CHS +2.5	+500
DREX at NE	07:00 PM	NE +1.5	+500
ALST at COOK	07:00 PM	COOK -5.5	+500
PEAY at UNF	07:00 PM	UNF +11.5 O 164.5	+500 +500
SAM at CIT	07:00 PM	O 141.5	+500
IUPU at WRST	07:00 PM	WRST -12.5	+500
MEM at USF	07:00 PM	MEM +9.5	+500
WM at CAMP	07:00 PM	WM -2.5 O 169.5	+500 +500
UNCA at HP	07:00 PM	O 151.5	+500
CHAT at MER	07:00 PM	CHAT +10.5	+500
MONM at UNCW	07:00 PM	UNCW -6.5	+500
COFC at NCAT	07:00 PM	COFC -4.5	+500
LMC at CCSU	07:00 PM	CCSU -4.5	+500
ALBY at NJIT	07:00 PM	NJIT -4.5	+500
STONE at NHC	07:00 PM	NHC -2.5	+500
LONG at PRE	07:00 PM	PRE -2.5	+500
HAMP at HOF	08:00 PM	HAMP +12.5	+500
ARST at ULL	08:00 PM	ULL +7.5	+500
UMKC at UND	08:00 PM	UND -10.5	+500
GASO at GAST	08:00 PM	GAST +1.5	+500
TXST at USA	08:00 PM	TXST +4.5	+500
CARK at STET	08:00 PM	CARK -9.5	+500
CBU at UVU	08:00 PM	CBU +8.5	+500
SUU at TST	08:00 PM	TST -4.5	+500
UTECH at UTA	08:00 PM	UTA -5.5	+500
AAMU at FAMU	08:30 PM	FAMU -1.5	+500
PV at MVSU	08:30 PM	PV -9.5	+500
LINW at TNST	08:30 PM	TNST -4.5	+500
SIUE at TNTC	08:30 PM	SIUE -1.5 O 135.5	+500 +500
USI at WIU	08:30 PM	USI -2.5	+500
MORE at EIU	08:30 PM	MORE -2.5	+500
TXSO at ARPB	08:30 PM	O 152.5	+500
CSN at UCSB	09:00 PM	CSN +5.5	+500
TULN at UNT	09:00 PM	UNT -6.5 U 137.5	+500 +500
SDAK at DEN	09:00 PM	DEN -6.5 O161.5	+500 +500
MONT at IDST	09:00 PM	MONT -1.5	+500
IDHO at PRST	09:00 PM	IDHO +3.5	+500
UCD at CSF	10:00 PM	UCD +1.5	+500
UCI at LBSU	10:00 PM	UCI -5.5	+500
CSB at UCRV	10:00 PM	UCRV -5.5	+500
EWU at SAC	10:00 PM	SAC +2.5	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/19/2026.............12 - 17 -0...............41.37%...............- 33.50
02/18/2026............15 - 17 - 0...............46.87%...............- 18.50
02/16/2026..............7 - 10 - 0................41..76%.............- 20.00
02/15/2026............14 - 19 - 0................42.42%..............- 34.50
02/14/2026...........16 - 17 - 0.................48.48%..............- 13.50
02/13/2026.............13 - 6 - 0.................68.42%...............+ 32.00
02/12/2026.............15 - 12 - 0...............55.55%...............+ 9.00
02/11/2026.............11 - 14 - 0...............44.00%...............- 22.00
02/10/2026...............5 - 10 - 0................37.00%...............- 30.00
02/09/2026................9 - 9 - 0..................50.00%..............- 4.50
02/08/2026................8 - 3 - 0..................72.72%..............+ 23.50
02/07/2026..............38 - 44 - 0...............46.34%..............- 52.00
02/06/2026..................7 - 5 - 0................58.33%..............+ 7.50
02/05/2026................13 - 8 - 0...............61.90%..............+ 21.00
02/04/2026..............11 - 17 - 0..............39.28%..............- 38.50
02/03/2026..............12 - 13 - 0..............48.00%..............- 11.50
02/02/2026..................6 - 5 - 0...............54.54%...............+ 2.50
02/01/2026................11 - 7 - 0...............61.11%..............+ 16.50

TOTALS.................223 - 233 - 0...............48.90%..............-161.50

***********************************

JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

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

 

[CNOTES]

Friday’s 6-pack
Teams with worst eFG% defenses in the country:
58.1%— Penn State (11-16)
57.9%— IU Indy (7-22)
57.0%— VMI (6-22)
56.8%— Northeastern (6-19)
56.7%— San Jose State (7-19)
56.6%— North Dakota (16-14)

Quote of the Day
“I feel great about the progress. You heard Tyler’s comments in terms of where they are on the schedule, and we’ve pretty much hit every deadline. The county has been great to work with. I feel great about that.”
A’s President Marc Badain, on the progress of the team’s new ballpark in Las Vegas

Friday’s quiz
Who is the New York Mets’ all-time leader in stolen bases?

Thursday’s quiz
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the all-time leading scorer (points/game) for the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder franchise.

Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie The Natural, Robert Redford’s character (Roy Hobbs) wore number 9 for the New York Knights.

*****************************************

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

Basketball has gotten soft; they call a lot of flagrant fouls now. Kid takes a jumper and falls down, chances are they’re calling a foul. God forbid someone takes a random elbow, even if it isn’t intentional, it will be a flagrant foul. Soft.
Understood, I sound like an old guy whining, but it is true……

— Marshall 94, Appalachian State 93
Marshall is #84 tempo team, App State #358; game only had 66 possessions.
App State led by 13 with 16:47 left in the game.
Marshall shot 67.6% inside arc, scored 1.41 ppp.
App State was 28-40 on foul line, Marshall 15-21.

Back in the day, when ESPN first started, Sun Belt was the first league they showed on a regular basis. ESPN should give the Sun Belt a regular Thursday night slot on their schedule.

— Cal-Northridge 85, Cal-Santa Barbara 83 OT
UCSB led by five with 0:30 left in regulation.
Matadors were 28-63 inside arc, 3-17 outside arc.
UCSB was 13-40 on arc, only 9-25 inside arc.
CSUN has won six in a row, is now 10-5 in Big West games.
Northridge was +10 in turnovers (6-16)

— Texas State 90, South Alabama 82 OT
Bobcats were 24-33 on foul line, South Alabama 13-19.
Texas State’s bench outscored Jaguars’ subs, 45-6.
South Alabama split its last four games, all decided by 6 or fewer points.

— Campbell 84, Wm & Mary 83
Camels got over the hump, hit runner at the buzzer for the win.
Wm & Mary led by 10 late in first half.
Jeremiah Johnson played all 40:00, scored 32 points, had 7 assists.
Campbell has won four of its last five games.

— Tulane 77, North Texas 71
North Texas led by 15 with 11:33 left to play.
Tulane won four of its last five games.
Green Wave covered six of their last eight games.

— Weber State 82, Montana State 79
Weber State’s bench outscored Montana State’s subs, 34-17
Bobcats lost 4 of last 6 games; they trail Portland State by 3 games.
Montana State lost despite shooting 64.7% inside arc.

— Little Rock 67, Tenn-Martin 65
Skyhawks led by 6 with 2:52 left in the game.
Tenn-Martin lost four of last five games, after starting 10-2 in OVC.
Just second win in last nine games for Little Rock.

— Famous birthdays, February 20th:
Bill Gullickson, 67
Charles Barkley, 63
Stephon Marbury, 49
Jay Hernandez, 48
Justin Verlander, 43
Robyn Fenty, 37 (Rihanna)
Jurickson Profar, 33
Luis Severino, 32

— Kansas City Chiefs re-structured Patrick Mahomes’ contract this week, creating $43.56M in salary cap space. Chiefs converted $54.45M of Mahomes’ 2026 salary into a signing bonus. Mahomes is under contract to the Chiefs through 2031; his salary cap number next year will be around $85M.
Chiefs, by the way, were 1-9 this past season in games decided by 8 or less points. In 2024, they were 11-0 in one-score games.

— Penn State’s football team has 16 returning starters next fall, but 13 of those 16 players started at Iowa State last year, for new coach Matt Campbell. Only three guys who started for Penn State last year will be on the team next fall.

— Iowa State’s basketball team beat Kansas/Houston Saturday/Monday, a pretty good three-day span; Cyclones had only three turnovers in a slow-paced (58 possessions) game.

— Northern Illinois football coach Thomas Hammock quit this week, to become running backs coach for the Seattle Seahawks. Hammopck was 35-47 at Northern Illinois, 3-9 last year; they’re leaving the MAC for the Mountain West next fall.

— David Blough is the new offensive coordinator for the Washington Commanders; back in 2024, Blough was a backup QB for Detroit when the team was featured on HBO’s Hard Knocks.
One of the better scenes that year was when Blough’s wife, Melissa Gonzalez, ran in the 400-meter hurdles in the Olympics in France. Several of Blough’s teammates/coaches gathered in a meeting room to watch the race on a big screen TV.

— Which reminds me baseball needs a Hard Knocks-type program, to show younger people how cool baseball is.
Here’s the thing: the NFL is expert at promoting itself, so baseball needs to do the same stuff the NFL does to promote their sport. This seems kind of simple.

—Interesting team to follow in spring training would be the Cincinnati Reds, who made the playoffs last year for the first time in five years, the first year for manager Terry Francona.
Reds haven’t won a playoff series since 1995, but they appear to be on an upward trajectory.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB

Friday, February 20

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trend Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Akron VS Ball State
Akron is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
Akron is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games.
Akron is 0-6 ATS in its last 6 games against Ball State.
Akron is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games against Ball State.
Ball State is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Ball State's last 9 games.
Ball State is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Ball State's last 5 games against Akron.

Wisconsin-Green Bay VS Oakland
Wisconsin-Green Bay is 10-4 ATS in its last 14 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Wisconsin-Green Bay's last 6 games.
Wisconsin-Green Bay is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games against Oakland.
Wisconsin-Green Bay is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games against Oakland.
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Oakland's last 13 games at home.
Oakland is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Oakland is 13-6 ATS in its last 19 games against an opponent in the Horizon conference.
Oakland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games played in February.

Wisconsin-Milwaukee VS Detroit
Wisconsin-Milwaukee is 4-11 SU in its last 15 games.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games against Detroit.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee is 3-12 SU in its last 15 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit.
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games.
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Detroit's last 7 games at home.

Princeton VS Brown
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Princeton's last 7 games.
Princeton is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Princeton is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games against Brown.
Princeton is 1-11 SU in its last 12 games on the road.
Brown is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Brown's last 6 games against Princeton.
Brown is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Brown's last 5 games when playing at home against Princeton.

Saint Peter's VS Iona
Saint Peter's is 12-4-1 ATS in its last 17 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Saint Peter's' last 5 games.
Saint Peter's is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games.
Saint Peter's is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games against Iona.
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Iona's last 19 games.
Iona is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Iona's last 7 games against Saint Peter's.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Iona's last 9 games at home.

Sacred Heart VS Fairfield
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Sacred Heart's last 7 games.
Sacred Heart is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games.
Sacred Heart is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games against Fairfield.
Sacred Heart is 3-11 SU in its last 14 games against Fairfield.
Fairfield is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Fairfield's last 7 games.
Fairfield is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Fairfield's last 7 games against Sacred Heart.

Marist VS Manhattan
Marist is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Marist's last 5 games.
Marist is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games against Manhattan.
Marist is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games against Manhattan.
Manhattan is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
Manhattan is 10-4-1 ATS in its last 15 games at home.
Manhattan is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Marist.
Manhattan is 13-6-1 ATS in its last 20 games played in February.

Canisius VS Rider
Canisius is 0-4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Canisius' last 5 games.
Canisius is 0-10 SU in its last 10 games.
Canisius is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games against Rider.
Rider is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Rider's last 20 games.
Rider is 2-18 SU in its last 20 games.
Rider is 2-9 ATS in its last 11 games at home.

Niagara VS Mount St. Mary's
Niagara is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games.
Niagara is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games.
Niagara is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games against Mount St. Mary's.
Niagara is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games against Mount St. Mary's.
Mount St. Mary's is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Mount St. Mary's' last 14 games.
Mount St. Mary's is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Mount St. Mary's' last 6 games against Niagara.

VCU VS Saint Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of VCU's last 9 games.
VCU is 10-0 SU in its last 10 games.
VCU is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games against Saint Louis.
VCU is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games against Saint Louis.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Saint Louis' last 10 games.
Saint Louis is 18-1 SU in its last 19 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Saint Louis' last 7 games against VCU.
Saint Louis is 19-0 SU in its last 19 games at home.

Siena VS Merrimack
Siena is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
Siena is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games.
Siena is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
Siena is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games against an opponent in the Metro Atlantic Athletic conference.
Merrimack is 6-0 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Merrimack's last 8 games.
Merrimack is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games.
Merrimack is 7-0 ATS in its last 7 games at home.

Indiana VS Purdue
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Indiana's last 10 games.
Indiana is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games.
Indiana is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games against Purdue.
Indiana is 5-13 SU in its last 18 games against Purdue.
Purdue is 3-9 ATS in its last 12 games.
Purdue is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Purdue is 0-6 ATS in its last 6 games at home.
Purdue is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Indiana.

Bowling Green VS Miami-Ohio
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Bowling Green's last 6 games.
Bowling Green is 4-10 ATS in its last 14 games against Miami-Ohio.
Bowling Green is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against Miami-Ohio.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Bowling Green's last 6 games on the road.
Miami-Ohio is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami-Ohio's last 5 games.
Miami-Ohio is 10-0 SU in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Miami-Ohio's last 10 games against Bowling Green.


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Friday, February 20

 

[CNOTES]

Units
AKR at BALL	06:30 PM	O 147.5	+500
MRST at MAN	07:00 PM	MAN +4.5*****	+500
GB at OAK	07:00 PM	GB +6.5*****	+500
SPC at IONA	07:00 PM	SPC +1.5***** U 139.5*****	+500 +500
MILW at DET	07:00 PM	DET +1.5*****	+500
NIAG at MSM	07:00 PM	MSM -7.5***** U 130.5	+500 +500
CAN at RID	07:00 PM	CAN +1.5 U 131.5	+500 +500
PRIN at BRWN	07:00 PM	BRWN -2.5 O 130.5*****	+500 +500
SHU at FAIR	07:00 PM	SHU +4.5***** O 159.5*****	+500 +500
VCU at SLU	07:00 PM	VCU +7.5*****	+500
IND at PUR	08:00 PM	PUR -11.5*****	+500
SIE at MW	08:00 PM	U 132.5*****	+500
BGSU at M-OH	08:30 PM	BGSU +7.5***** O 153.5*****	+500 +500