NCAAB
Thursday, November 27
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Thursday, November 27
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Thursday, November 27
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
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| CHAR at ILST | 01:30 PM | ILST -5.5***** | +500 |
| COLO at SF | 02:00 PM | O 151.0***** | +500 |
| ORE at CREI | 02:00 PM | CREI +1.5***** | +500 |
| TCU at FLA | 03:00 PM | U 155.5***** | +500 |
| NEV at WASH | 04:30 PM | WASH -5.5***** | +500 |
| WKU at USF | 05:30 PM | USF -6.0***** | +500 |
| SLU at SCU | 07:00 PM | O 159.5***** | +500 |
| GTWN at DAY | 07:30 PM | O 146.5***** | +500 |
| CSU at WICH | 08:00 PM | WICH +1.5***** | +500 |
CNOTES NOVEMBER'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL BEST BET'S
11/27/2025.............4 - 4 - 1..................50.00%.................- 2.00
11/26/2025.............8 - 5 - 0..................61.53%.................+ 12.50
11/25/2025.............7 - 8 - 0..................46.66%.................- 9.00
11/23/2025..............8 - 8 - 0.................50.00%.................- 4.00
11/22/2025...........13 - 23 - 1.................36.16%.................- 61.15
11/21/2025..............2 - 6 - 0.................25.00%.................- 23.00
11/20/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/19/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/18/2025..............6 - 12 - 0................33.33%.................- 36.00
11/17/2025..............7 - 5 - 0..................58.33%..................+ 7.50
11/16/2025...............8 - 3 - 0.................72.72%..................+ 23.50
11/15/2025...............3 - 9 - 0..................21.42%..................- 34.50
11/14/2025.............11- 11 - 0................50.00%..................- 5.50
11/13/2025................4 - 7 - 0.................36.36%.................- 18.50
11/12/2025................5 - 4 - 0.................55.55%.................+ 3.00
11/11/2025..............13 - 15 - 0...............46.42%.................- 17.50
11/10/2025.................7 - 5 - 0...............55.33%.................+ 7.50
11/09/2025.................9 - 7 - 0................56.25%................+ 6.50
11/08/2025...............17 - 20 - 0.............45.94%..................- 25.00
11/07/2025..................9 - 7 - 0..............56.25%..................+ 6.50
11/06/2025..................5 - 4 - 1..............55.55%..................+ 3.00
11/05/2025..................7 - 1 - 0..............87.50%..................+ 29.50
11/04/2025..................3 - 6 - 0..............33.33%..................- 18.00
11/02/2025...............13 - 11 - 0..............54.16%..................+ 4.50
TOTALS...................181 - 193- 3..............48.39%.................- 156.16
11/27/2025.............4 - 4 - 1..................50.00%.................- 2.00
11/26/2025.............8 - 5 - 0..................61.53%.................+ 12.50
11/25/2025.............7 - 8 - 0..................46.66%.................- 9.00
11/23/2025..............8 - 8 - 0.................50.00%.................- 4.00
11/22/2025...........13 - 23 - 1.................36.16%.................- 61.15
11/21/2025..............2 - 6 - 0.................25.00%.................- 23.00
11/20/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/19/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/18/2025..............6 - 12 - 0................33.33%.................- 36.00
11/17/2025..............7 - 5 - 0..................58.33%..................+ 7.50
11/16/2025...............8 - 3 - 0.................72.72%..................+ 23.50
11/15/2025...............3 - 9 - 0..................21.42%..................- 34.50
11/14/2025.............11- 11 - 0................50.00%..................- 5.50
11/13/2025................4 - 7 - 0.................36.36%.................- 18.50
11/12/2025................5 - 4 - 0.................55.55%.................+ 3.00
11/11/2025..............13 - 15 - 0...............46.42%.................- 17.50
11/10/2025.................7 - 5 - 0...............55.33%.................+ 7.50
11/09/2025.................9 - 7 - 0................56.25%................+ 6.50
11/08/2025...............17 - 20 - 0.............45.94%..................- 25.00
11/07/2025..................9 - 7 - 0..............56.25%..................+ 6.50
11/06/2025..................5 - 4 - 1..............55.55%..................+ 3.00
11/05/2025..................7 - 1 - 0..............87.50%..................+ 29.50
11/04/2025..................3 - 6 - 0..............33.33%..................- 18.00
11/02/2025...............13 - 11 - 0..............54.16%..................+ 4.50
TOTALS...................181 - 193- 3..............48.39%.................- 156.16
Friday’s 6-pack:
Highest-paid pitchers in the major leagues:
$70M/year— Shohei Ohtani
$42M— Zack Wheeler
$37M— Jacob deGrom
$36.4M— Blake Snell
$36M— Gerrit Cole
$35M— Corbin Burnes
$30M— Dylan Cease
Quote of the Day
“You’ve got to win every game now — and hope that’s enough. We’re going to play a lot of good teams coming up, if we’re going to make the playoffs, we’re going to have to win them all.”
Patrick Mahomes
Friday’s quiz
Which NFL team is the only one that has never played on Thanksgiving Day?
Thursday’s quiz
Nolan Ryan was first major league baseball player to sign a contract worth $1M+ per year.
Wednesday’s quiz
Cowboys’ QB Dak Prescott played his college football at Mississippi State
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Packers’ first six drives: 47 plays, 320 yards, 31 points.
Jordan Love threw for 234 yards, four TD’s.
Green Bay is 8-0-1 when it scores 23+ points
Since 2019, Packers are 18-8-1 ATS as a road underdog.
Detroit is 3-4 in its last seven games, after a 4-1 start.
Lions are 1-5 when they score less than 34 points.
WR Williams caught seven passes for 144 yards and a TD.
Detroit was 8-13 on third down, Green Bay 6-12.
— Cowboys 31, Chiefs 28
Dallas won its last three games, scoring 33-24-31 points.
Cowboys were 9-16 on third down, outgained Chiefs 457-362.
WR Lamb caught seven passes for 112 yards and a TD.
Cowboys are 13-6 ATS last 19 games as a home underdog.
Chiefs’ first two drives: 14 plays, 109 yards, 14 points.
Chiefs’ next four drives: 25 plays, 94 yards, four punts.
Chiefs lost their last four road games, by 3-7-3-3 points.
Chiefs committed 5 pass interference penalties, most of any team in last 35 years.
— Bengals 32, Ravens 14
Ravens turned ball over five times on 12 drives.
Ravens are 0-5 when they allow more than 19 points.
QB Burrow threw for 261 yards, two TD’s.
Bengals were 8-19 on third down, Baltimore 3-10.
Just second win in last ten games for the Bengals.
Loss snaps the Ravens’ five-game winning streak.
Evan McPherson kicked six field goals for Cincinnati.
6-5 Steelers are atop AFC North, by half-game over 6-6 Baltimore.
— Navy 28, Memphis 17
9-2 Navy clinches at least a tie for AAC regular season title.
Middies ran ball 60 times for 200 yards.
Navy was 8-15 on third down, Memphis 4-12.
Memphis led this game 17-14 at halftime.
— South Florida 97, Western Kentucky 91 OT
Hilltoppers led 50-33 late in first half, by 6 with 1:14 left in regulation.
6-5 freshman Nyorha scored 11 points in 11:00 off the bench for USF.
South Florida shot 13-36 on arc; they’re 4-3, 0-3 vs top 100 teams.
— TCU 84, Florida 80
Gators led 44-39 at halftime.
6-5 soph Posey scored 21 points in 21:00 off the bench for TCU
Florida had 19 turnovers, Horned Frogs only nine.
Florida is 4-2, vs schedule #48.
— Michigan State 74, North Carolina 58
Spartans were 5-10 on arc, North Carolina was 4-23.
7-0 Michigan State is #49 in continuity, 6-1 UNC is #310.
Spartans have 3 top 40 wins (Arkansas-Kentuckyp-UNC)
— Famous birthdays, November 28th:
Ed Harris, 75
S. Epatha Merkerson, 73
Sixto Lezcano, 72
Preston Dennard, 70
George Andrews, 70
Dave Righetti, 67
Judd Nelson, 66
Jon Stewart, 63
Johnny Newman, 62
Matt Williams, 60
Pedro Astacio, 57
Robb Nen, 56
Leandro Barbosa, 43
Jarvis Landry, 33
— Indianapolis Colts’ QB Daniel Jones is dealing with a fractured fibula, a nice way of saying he will try to play through having a broken leg. Jones threw for 181 yards vs Kansas City in an OT loss last week, but ran the ball only three times.
Colts are 8-3, lead the AFC South by a game; they host Houston Sunday.
— Missouri Tigers signed football coach Eli Drinkwitz to a six-year contract extension, worth roughly $10.7M/year. Mizzou is 28-9 the last three years, and has played in a bowl game the last six years under Drinkwitz’s tutelage. There were rumors that Penn State was interested inn hiring him, which is part of why he had a lot more to be thankful for Thursday.
— Colorado Rockies named interim manager Warren Schaeffer their full-time manager for 2026. Schaeffer was the Rockies’ 3rd base coach during their 7-33 start last year, but was named interim manager when Colorado fired Bud Black- their front office was terrible.
Schaeffer has been a member of the Rockies organization for over a decade and becomes the eighth full-time manager in club history. Paul DePodesta is Colorado’s new front office boss; he is the Jonah Hill character in Moneyball, so the Rockies are becoming analytics-driven.
— Vanderbilt 89, VCU 74
Lot of fouls; Vandy was 24-33 on foul line, VCU 27-35.
7-0 Vandy has a 61.6 eFG%, 5th-best in the country.
Vandy is #7 in country experience; they play Saint Mary’s Friday.
— Saint Mary’s 77, Virginia Tech 66
8-0 Gaels never trailed, shot 59.5% inside the arc.
For season, Gaels are shooting 40.4% on arc (#22), 81.7% on foul line (#8)
Saint Mary’s has #9 eFG% defense; they beat Wichita/Va Tech last two days, both top 100 teams.
— Saint Louis 71, Santa Clara 70
Santa Clara led by 9 early in second half.
This was first top 100 win for Billikens, who are shooting 63.6% inside arc (#8)
First loss for Santa Clara, which has top 100 wins over Xavier/McNeese State
— Houston Rockets are only NBA team that hasn’t played on back/back nights yet this season. Warriors have done it five times, 76ers four times, most in the league so far.
Highest-paid pitchers in the major leagues:
$70M/year— Shohei Ohtani
$42M— Zack Wheeler
$37M— Jacob deGrom
$36.4M— Blake Snell
$36M— Gerrit Cole
$35M— Corbin Burnes
$30M— Dylan Cease
Quote of the Day
“You’ve got to win every game now — and hope that’s enough. We’re going to play a lot of good teams coming up, if we’re going to make the playoffs, we’re going to have to win them all.”
Patrick Mahomes
Friday’s quiz
Which NFL team is the only one that has never played on Thanksgiving Day?
Thursday’s quiz
Nolan Ryan was first major league baseball player to sign a contract worth $1M+ per year.
Wednesday’s quiz
Cowboys’ QB Dak Prescott played his college football at Mississippi State
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Friday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Thanksgiving…….
— Packers 31, Lions 24Packers’ first six drives: 47 plays, 320 yards, 31 points.
Jordan Love threw for 234 yards, four TD’s.
Green Bay is 8-0-1 when it scores 23+ points
Since 2019, Packers are 18-8-1 ATS as a road underdog.
Detroit is 3-4 in its last seven games, after a 4-1 start.
Lions are 1-5 when they score less than 34 points.
WR Williams caught seven passes for 144 yards and a TD.
Detroit was 8-13 on third down, Green Bay 6-12.
— Cowboys 31, Chiefs 28
Dallas won its last three games, scoring 33-24-31 points.
Cowboys were 9-16 on third down, outgained Chiefs 457-362.
WR Lamb caught seven passes for 112 yards and a TD.
Cowboys are 13-6 ATS last 19 games as a home underdog.
Chiefs’ first two drives: 14 plays, 109 yards, 14 points.
Chiefs’ next four drives: 25 plays, 94 yards, four punts.
Chiefs lost their last four road games, by 3-7-3-3 points.
Chiefs committed 5 pass interference penalties, most of any team in last 35 years.
— Bengals 32, Ravens 14
Ravens turned ball over five times on 12 drives.
Ravens are 0-5 when they allow more than 19 points.
QB Burrow threw for 261 yards, two TD’s.
Bengals were 8-19 on third down, Baltimore 3-10.
Just second win in last ten games for the Bengals.
Loss snaps the Ravens’ five-game winning streak.
Evan McPherson kicked six field goals for Cincinnati.
6-5 Steelers are atop AFC North, by half-game over 6-6 Baltimore.
— Navy 28, Memphis 17
9-2 Navy clinches at least a tie for AAC regular season title.
Middies ran ball 60 times for 200 yards.
Navy was 8-15 on third down, Memphis 4-12.
Memphis led this game 17-14 at halftime.
— South Florida 97, Western Kentucky 91 OT
Hilltoppers led 50-33 late in first half, by 6 with 1:14 left in regulation.
6-5 freshman Nyorha scored 11 points in 11:00 off the bench for USF.
South Florida shot 13-36 on arc; they’re 4-3, 0-3 vs top 100 teams.
— TCU 84, Florida 80
Gators led 44-39 at halftime.
6-5 soph Posey scored 21 points in 21:00 off the bench for TCU
Florida had 19 turnovers, Horned Frogs only nine.
Florida is 4-2, vs schedule #48.
— Michigan State 74, North Carolina 58
Spartans were 5-10 on arc, North Carolina was 4-23.
7-0 Michigan State is #49 in continuity, 6-1 UNC is #310.
Spartans have 3 top 40 wins (Arkansas-Kentuckyp-UNC)
— Famous birthdays, November 28th:
Ed Harris, 75
S. Epatha Merkerson, 73
Sixto Lezcano, 72
Preston Dennard, 70
George Andrews, 70
Dave Righetti, 67
Judd Nelson, 66
Jon Stewart, 63
Johnny Newman, 62
Matt Williams, 60
Pedro Astacio, 57
Robb Nen, 56
Leandro Barbosa, 43
Jarvis Landry, 33
— Indianapolis Colts’ QB Daniel Jones is dealing with a fractured fibula, a nice way of saying he will try to play through having a broken leg. Jones threw for 181 yards vs Kansas City in an OT loss last week, but ran the ball only three times.
Colts are 8-3, lead the AFC South by a game; they host Houston Sunday.
— Missouri Tigers signed football coach Eli Drinkwitz to a six-year contract extension, worth roughly $10.7M/year. Mizzou is 28-9 the last three years, and has played in a bowl game the last six years under Drinkwitz’s tutelage. There were rumors that Penn State was interested inn hiring him, which is part of why he had a lot more to be thankful for Thursday.
— Colorado Rockies named interim manager Warren Schaeffer their full-time manager for 2026. Schaeffer was the Rockies’ 3rd base coach during their 7-33 start last year, but was named interim manager when Colorado fired Bud Black- their front office was terrible.
Schaeffer has been a member of the Rockies organization for over a decade and becomes the eighth full-time manager in club history. Paul DePodesta is Colorado’s new front office boss; he is the Jonah Hill character in Moneyball, so the Rockies are becoming analytics-driven.
— Vanderbilt 89, VCU 74
Lot of fouls; Vandy was 24-33 on foul line, VCU 27-35.
7-0 Vandy has a 61.6 eFG%, 5th-best in the country.
Vandy is #7 in country experience; they play Saint Mary’s Friday.
— Saint Mary’s 77, Virginia Tech 66
8-0 Gaels never trailed, shot 59.5% inside the arc.
For season, Gaels are shooting 40.4% on arc (#22), 81.7% on foul line (#8)
Saint Mary’s has #9 eFG% defense; they beat Wichita/Va Tech last two days, both top 100 teams.
— Saint Louis 71, Santa Clara 70
Santa Clara led by 9 early in second half.
This was first top 100 win for Billikens, who are shooting 63.6% inside arc (#8)
First loss for Santa Clara, which has top 100 wins over Xavier/McNeese State
— Houston Rockets are only NBA team that hasn’t played on back/back nights yet this season. Warriors have done it five times, 76ers four times, most in the league so far.
NCAAB
Friday, November 28
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Friday, November 28
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Friday, November 28
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
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| EIU at PUR | 12:00 PM | PUR -40.0***** | +500 |
| ALCN at INST | 02:00 PM | INST -11.5***** | +500 |
| NAVY at UNCW | 03:00 PM | UNCW -8.5***** | +500 |
| NICH at TULN | 03:00 PM | TULN -8.5***** | +500 |
| NDSU at ARST | 03:00 PM | ARST -2.5***** | +500 |
| WASH at COLO | 04:30 PM | O 154.5***** | +500 |
| USF at CSU | 04:30 PM | U 155.5***** | +500 |
| UCSB at LEH | 04:30 PM | UCSB -10.5***** | +500 |
| OSU at PITT | 07:00 PM | OSU -4.5***** | +500 |
| WKU at WICH | 07:00 PM | U 154.5***** | +500 |
| JKST at ULL | 08:00 PM | ULL -5.5***** | +500 |
| STON at LMU | 10:00 PM | LMU -10.5***** | +500 |
Saturday, November 29
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| UND at HAW | 12:00 AM | HAW -17.5***** | +500 |
CNOTES NOVEMBER'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL BEST BET'S
11/28/2025..............6 - 7 - 0.................46.15%.................- 8.50
11/27/2025.............4 - 4 - 1..................50.00%.................- 2.00
11/26/2025.............8 - 5 - 0..................61.53%.................+ 12.50
11/25/2025.............7 - 8 - 0..................46.66%.................- 9.00
11/23/2025..............8 - 8 - 0.................50.00%.................- 4.00
11/22/2025...........13 - 23 - 1.................36.16%.................- 61.15
11/21/2025..............2 - 6 - 0.................25.00%.................- 23.00
11/20/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/19/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/18/2025..............6 - 12 - 0................33.33%.................- 36.00
11/17/2025..............7 - 5 - 0..................58.33%..................+ 7.50
11/16/2025...............8 - 3 - 0.................72.72%..................+ 23.50
11/15/2025...............3 - 9 - 0..................21.42%..................- 34.50
11/14/2025.............11- 11 - 0................50.00%..................- 5.50
11/13/2025................4 - 7 - 0.................36.36%.................- 18.50
11/12/2025................5 - 4 - 0.................55.55%.................+ 3.00
11/11/2025..............13 - 15 - 0...............46.42%.................- 17.50
11/10/2025.................7 - 5 - 0...............55.33%.................+ 7.50
11/09/2025.................9 - 7 - 0................56.25%................+ 6.50
11/08/2025...............17 - 20 - 0.............45.94%..................- 25.00
11/07/2025..................9 - 7 - 0..............56.25%..................+ 6.50
11/06/2025..................5 - 4 - 1..............55.55%..................+ 3.00
11/05/2025..................7 - 1 - 0..............87.50%..................+ 29.50
11/04/2025..................3 - 6 - 0..............33.33%..................- 18.00
11/02/2025...............13 - 11 - 0..............54.16%..................+ 4.50
TOTALS...................187 - 200- 3..............48.32%.................- 164.66
11/28/2025..............6 - 7 - 0.................46.15%.................- 8.50
11/27/2025.............4 - 4 - 1..................50.00%.................- 2.00
11/26/2025.............8 - 5 - 0..................61.53%.................+ 12.50
11/25/2025.............7 - 8 - 0..................46.66%.................- 9.00
11/23/2025..............8 - 8 - 0.................50.00%.................- 4.00
11/22/2025...........13 - 23 - 1.................36.16%.................- 61.15
11/21/2025..............2 - 6 - 0.................25.00%.................- 23.00
11/20/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/19/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/18/2025..............6 - 12 - 0................33.33%.................- 36.00
11/17/2025..............7 - 5 - 0..................58.33%..................+ 7.50
11/16/2025...............8 - 3 - 0.................72.72%..................+ 23.50
11/15/2025...............3 - 9 - 0..................21.42%..................- 34.50
11/14/2025.............11- 11 - 0................50.00%..................- 5.50
11/13/2025................4 - 7 - 0.................36.36%.................- 18.50
11/12/2025................5 - 4 - 0.................55.55%.................+ 3.00
11/11/2025..............13 - 15 - 0...............46.42%.................- 17.50
11/10/2025.................7 - 5 - 0...............55.33%.................+ 7.50
11/09/2025.................9 - 7 - 0................56.25%................+ 6.50
11/08/2025...............17 - 20 - 0.............45.94%..................- 25.00
11/07/2025..................9 - 7 - 0..............56.25%..................+ 6.50
11/06/2025..................5 - 4 - 1..............55.55%..................+ 3.00
11/05/2025..................7 - 1 - 0..............87.50%..................+ 29.50
11/04/2025..................3 - 6 - 0..............33.33%..................- 18.00
11/02/2025...............13 - 11 - 0..............54.16%..................+ 4.50
TOTALS...................187 - 200- 3..............48.32%.................- 164.66
Saturday’s 6-pack:
— Hawks 130, Cavaliers 123- Jalen Johnson had 29 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists
— 76ers 115, Nets 103- Brooklyn is 0-9 at home this season.
— Magic 112, Pistons 109- Detroit last last two games, after a 13-game win streak.
— Thunder 123, Suns 119- Thunder is 19-1, has won 11 in a row.
— Spurs 139, Nuggets 136- San Antonio advances to NBA Cip quarterfinals.
— Knicks 118, Bucks 109- Jalen Brunson scored 37 points for the 12-6 Knicks.
Quote of the Day
“I’m very grateful for the time that I spent there (Minnesota), all the people that I created relationships with, all the people in that locker room, all the coaches there, the people in that building. But I am very excited to be here and to continue doing what we’re doing this year.”
Seattle QB Sam Darnold, who played for the Vikings last year
Saturday’s quiz
Which NFL team picked Sam Darnold with the third pick in the 2018 Draft?
Friday’s quiz
Jacksonville Jaguars are only NFL team that has never played on Thanksgiving Day.
Thursday’s quiz
Nolan Ryan was first major league baseball player to sign a contract worth $1M+ per year.
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Chicago ran ball 47 times for 281 yards (6.0 yards/carry)
Bears won five in row, nine of last ten games
Chicago was 10-17 on third down, Eagles 4-12.
Bears are 9-3, 6-1 in games decided by 5 or fewer points.
Eagles’ first six drives: 23 plays, 63 yards, 3 points.
Philly ran for less than 100 yards in seven of last ten games.
AJ Brown caught 10 passes for 132 yards.
Last four games, RB Barkley has run ball for only 54.3 yards/game.
— Vanderbilt 96, Saint Mary’s 71
Gaels beat Vandy 59-56 last year, in NCAA Tourney game (59 possessions)
Vandy gets revenge here, in much faster game (72 possessions)
Commodores scored 1.33 ppp, led 51-34 at halftime.
Vandy is 8-0, with three top 100 wins, and the #5 eFG% in country.
— Stanford 78, Saint Louis 77
Billikens led by 15 midway thru the first half.
Stanford trailed Minnesota by 10 in Thursday’s win.
Stanford shot 29.7% inside arc, 13-27 outside arc.
— Pittsburgh 67, Ohio State 66
Demarco Miner scored 18 points, hit 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Pitt played seven guys, and the 7th guy only played 7:00.
Buckeyes led by 5 with 4:12 left in the game.
— UConn 74, Illinois 61
UConn never trailed; Illinois shot only 6-29 on the arc.
Huskies are 6-1, with #10 eFG% defense in country.
Illinois is 6-2, losing both their games away from Evanston.
— SMU 87, Mississippi State 81 OT
Miss State led by 9 with 7:36 left in the game.
SMU is 8-0, with top 100 wins over Butler (87-85) and this game.
Mustangs start four seniors; they had a 50-40 edge on the boards.
Top 5 experience teams in country:
1) Indiana
2) SMU
3) Liberty
4) Gonzaga
5) Texas
— Famous birthdays, November 29th:
Mike Easler, 75
Kim Delaney, 67
Howard Johnson, 65
Andrew McCarthy, 63
Don Cheadle, 61
TJ Rubley, 57
Mariano Rivera, 56
Jamal Mashburn, 53
Anna Faris, 49
Russell Wilson, 37
Stefan Diggs, 32
Julius Randle, 31
— BYU 83, Dayton 79
Dayton led 36-30 at halftime.
Richie Saunders scored 29 points for BYU.
Dayton lost, despite shooting 15-33 on the arc.
This was a high-level game.
— BYU’s Saunders is the grandson of the guy who founded frozen foods company Ore-Ida- they invented Tater Tots. Saunders has an NIL deal with Ore-Ida, which makes sense.
— Oklahoma 75, Marquette 74
Oklahoma shot 11-28 on arc; Nijel Pack scored 24 points.
Marquette is 0-4 vs top 100 teams; they led by 12 with 13:19 left to play
— VCU 86, Virginia Tech 68
VCU shot 11-21 on the arc, led 45-35 at halftime.
Rams are 5-3; five of their eight games were against top 100 teams.
— Some teams who’ve played the hardest schedules so far:
1) Oakland
2) Alabama
6) Rider
8) Morehead State
9) Michigan
— Western Kentucky 75, Wichita State 70
Wichita led by 9 with 13:24 left to play.
Hilltoppers went 1-2 in Atlantis tourney; games were decided by 5-6-5 points.
Only six guys scored for WKU, only four of them had more than 5 points.
— Top five teams in country, via KenPom’s ratings:
1) Michigan
2) Purdue
3) Duke
4) Iowa State
5) Gonzaga
— Hawks 130, Cavaliers 123- Jalen Johnson had 29 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists
— 76ers 115, Nets 103- Brooklyn is 0-9 at home this season.
— Magic 112, Pistons 109- Detroit last last two games, after a 13-game win streak.
— Thunder 123, Suns 119- Thunder is 19-1, has won 11 in a row.
— Spurs 139, Nuggets 136- San Antonio advances to NBA Cip quarterfinals.
— Knicks 118, Bucks 109- Jalen Brunson scored 37 points for the 12-6 Knicks.
Quote of the Day
“I’m very grateful for the time that I spent there (Minnesota), all the people that I created relationships with, all the people in that locker room, all the coaches there, the people in that building. But I am very excited to be here and to continue doing what we’re doing this year.”
Seattle QB Sam Darnold, who played for the Vikings last year
Saturday’s quiz
Which NFL team picked Sam Darnold with the third pick in the 2018 Draft?
Friday’s quiz
Jacksonville Jaguars are only NFL team that has never played on Thanksgiving Day.
Thursday’s quiz
Nolan Ryan was first major league baseball player to sign a contract worth $1M+ per year.
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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday……..
— Bears 24, Eagles 15Chicago ran ball 47 times for 281 yards (6.0 yards/carry)
Bears won five in row, nine of last ten games
Chicago was 10-17 on third down, Eagles 4-12.
Bears are 9-3, 6-1 in games decided by 5 or fewer points.
Eagles’ first six drives: 23 plays, 63 yards, 3 points.
Philly ran for less than 100 yards in seven of last ten games.
AJ Brown caught 10 passes for 132 yards.
Last four games, RB Barkley has run ball for only 54.3 yards/game.
— Vanderbilt 96, Saint Mary’s 71
Gaels beat Vandy 59-56 last year, in NCAA Tourney game (59 possessions)
Vandy gets revenge here, in much faster game (72 possessions)
Commodores scored 1.33 ppp, led 51-34 at halftime.
Vandy is 8-0, with three top 100 wins, and the #5 eFG% in country.
— Stanford 78, Saint Louis 77
Billikens led by 15 midway thru the first half.
Stanford trailed Minnesota by 10 in Thursday’s win.
Stanford shot 29.7% inside arc, 13-27 outside arc.
— Pittsburgh 67, Ohio State 66
Demarco Miner scored 18 points, hit 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Pitt played seven guys, and the 7th guy only played 7:00.
Buckeyes led by 5 with 4:12 left in the game.
— UConn 74, Illinois 61
UConn never trailed; Illinois shot only 6-29 on the arc.
Huskies are 6-1, with #10 eFG% defense in country.
Illinois is 6-2, losing both their games away from Evanston.
— SMU 87, Mississippi State 81 OT
Miss State led by 9 with 7:36 left in the game.
SMU is 8-0, with top 100 wins over Butler (87-85) and this game.
Mustangs start four seniors; they had a 50-40 edge on the boards.
Top 5 experience teams in country:
1) Indiana
2) SMU
3) Liberty
4) Gonzaga
5) Texas
— Famous birthdays, November 29th:
Mike Easler, 75
Kim Delaney, 67
Howard Johnson, 65
Andrew McCarthy, 63
Don Cheadle, 61
TJ Rubley, 57
Mariano Rivera, 56
Jamal Mashburn, 53
Anna Faris, 49
Russell Wilson, 37
Stefan Diggs, 32
Julius Randle, 31
— BYU 83, Dayton 79
Dayton led 36-30 at halftime.
Richie Saunders scored 29 points for BYU.
Dayton lost, despite shooting 15-33 on the arc.
This was a high-level game.
— BYU’s Saunders is the grandson of the guy who founded frozen foods company Ore-Ida- they invented Tater Tots. Saunders has an NIL deal with Ore-Ida, which makes sense.
— Oklahoma 75, Marquette 74
Oklahoma shot 11-28 on arc; Nijel Pack scored 24 points.
Marquette is 0-4 vs top 100 teams; they led by 12 with 13:19 left to play
— VCU 86, Virginia Tech 68
VCU shot 11-21 on the arc, led 45-35 at halftime.
Rams are 5-3; five of their eight games were against top 100 teams.
— Some teams who’ve played the hardest schedules so far:
1) Oakland
2) Alabama
6) Rider
8) Morehead State
9) Michigan
— Western Kentucky 75, Wichita State 70
Wichita led by 9 with 13:24 left to play.
Hilltoppers went 1-2 in Atlantis tourney; games were decided by 5-6-5 points.
Only six guys scored for WKU, only four of them had more than 5 points.
— Top five teams in country, via KenPom’s ratings:
1) Michigan
2) Purdue
3) Duke
4) Iowa State
5) Gonzaga
NCAAB
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| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| BU at NKU | 01:00 PM | NKU -5.5***** | +500 |
| DET at NIAG | 01:00 PM | DET -2.0***** | +500 |
| ALCN at LT | 01:00 PM | ALCN +12.0 | +500 |
| LONG at ME | 01:00 PM | LONG -5.5***** | +500 |
| MW at HOF | 02:00 PM | MW +5.0 | +500 |
| HBU at GASO | 02:00 PM | HBU +7.0***** | +500 |
| BRY at HARV | 02:00 PM | HARV -8.5***** | +500 |
| WCU at HP | 02:00 PM | WCU +18.5 O 160.5***** | +500 +500 |
| UMKC at WEB | 04:00 PM | WEB -11.0***** | +500 |
| SIE at AMER | 04:00 PM | SIE -2.0 | +500 |
| MER at ELON | 04:00 PM | ELON -2.0***** | +500 |
| SCST at WIN | 04:00 PM | O 159.5 | +500 |
| MTST at USU | 04:00 PM | USU -18.0***** | +500 |
| HOW at MSM | 04:00 PM | MSM -2.0***** | +500 |
| UCRV at UTECH | 05:00 PM | UTECH -4.5***** | +500 |
| SAC at PAC | 10:00 PM | PAC -10.5***** | +500 |
| CBU at ORST | 10:00 PM | CBU +1.5***** | +500 |
CNOTES NOVEMBER'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL BEST BET'S
11/29/2025.............8 - 5 - 0..................61.53%.................+ 12.50
11/28/2025..............6 - 7 - 0.................46.15%.................- 8.50
11/27/2025.............4 - 4 - 1..................50.00%.................- 2.00
11/26/2025.............8 - 5 - 0..................61.53%.................+ 12.50
11/25/2025.............7 - 8 - 0..................46.66%.................- 9.00
11/23/2025..............8 - 8 - 0.................50.00%.................- 4.00
11/22/2025...........13 - 23 - 1.................36.16%.................- 61.15
11/21/2025..............2 - 6 - 0.................25.00%.................- 23.00
11/20/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/19/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/18/2025..............6 - 12 - 0................33.33%.................- 36.00
11/17/2025..............7 - 5 - 0..................58.33%..................+ 7.50
11/16/2025...............8 - 3 - 0.................72.72%..................+ 23.50
11/15/2025...............3 - 9 - 0..................21.42%..................- 34.50
11/14/2025.............11- 11 - 0................50.00%..................- 5.50
11/13/2025................4 - 7 - 0.................36.36%.................- 18.50
11/12/2025................5 - 4 - 0.................55.55%.................+ 3.00
11/11/2025..............13 - 15 - 0...............46.42%.................- 17.50
11/10/2025.................7 - 5 - 0...............55.33%.................+ 7.50
11/09/2025.................9 - 7 - 0................56.25%................+ 6.50
11/08/2025...............17 - 20 - 0.............45.94%..................- 25.00
11/07/2025..................9 - 7 - 0..............56.25%..................+ 6.50
11/06/2025..................5 - 4 - 1..............55.55%..................+ 3.00
11/05/2025..................7 - 1 - 0..............87.50%..................+ 29.50
11/04/2025..................3 - 6 - 0..............33.33%..................- 18.00
11/02/2025...............13 - 11 - 0..............54.16%..................+ 4.50
TOTALS...................195 - 205- 3..............48.75%.................- 152.16
11/29/2025.............8 - 5 - 0..................61.53%.................+ 12.50
11/28/2025..............6 - 7 - 0.................46.15%.................- 8.50
11/27/2025.............4 - 4 - 1..................50.00%.................- 2.00
11/26/2025.............8 - 5 - 0..................61.53%.................+ 12.50
11/25/2025.............7 - 8 - 0..................46.66%.................- 9.00
11/23/2025..............8 - 8 - 0.................50.00%.................- 4.00
11/22/2025...........13 - 23 - 1.................36.16%.................- 61.15
11/21/2025..............2 - 6 - 0.................25.00%.................- 23.00
11/20/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/19/2025..............6 - 6 - 0.................50.00%.................- 3.00
11/18/2025..............6 - 12 - 0................33.33%.................- 36.00
11/17/2025..............7 - 5 - 0..................58.33%..................+ 7.50
11/16/2025...............8 - 3 - 0.................72.72%..................+ 23.50
11/15/2025...............3 - 9 - 0..................21.42%..................- 34.50
11/14/2025.............11- 11 - 0................50.00%..................- 5.50
11/13/2025................4 - 7 - 0.................36.36%.................- 18.50
11/12/2025................5 - 4 - 0.................55.55%.................+ 3.00
11/11/2025..............13 - 15 - 0...............46.42%.................- 17.50
11/10/2025.................7 - 5 - 0...............55.33%.................+ 7.50
11/09/2025.................9 - 7 - 0................56.25%................+ 6.50
11/08/2025...............17 - 20 - 0.............45.94%..................- 25.00
11/07/2025..................9 - 7 - 0..............56.25%..................+ 6.50
11/06/2025..................5 - 4 - 1..............55.55%..................+ 3.00
11/05/2025..................7 - 1 - 0..............87.50%..................+ 29.50
11/04/2025..................3 - 6 - 0..............33.33%..................- 18.00
11/02/2025...............13 - 11 - 0..............54.16%..................+ 4.50
TOTALS...................195 - 205- 3..............48.75%.................- 152.16
Sunday’s 6-pack:
Players who were hit by the most pitches last year:
27— Randy Arozarena
24— Caleb Durbin
23— Willson Contreras
21— Ty France
17— Heliot Ramos
16— TJ Friedl, Francisco Lindor, Eugenio Suarez
Quote of the Day
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
Zig Ziglar
Sunday’s quiz
Who was the football coach at Alabama, just before Nick Saban?
Saturday’s quiz
New Jersey Jets picked Sam Darnold with the third pick in the 2018 Draft.
Friday’s quiz
Jacksonville Jaguars are only NFL team that has never played on Thanksgiving Day.
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Golden Bears led 31-14 with 14:00 left in the game.
SMU rallied to take lead, but Cal scored game-winning TD with 0:43 left.
Mustangs missed a 52-yard field at the end that would’ve forced overtime.
Result puts 7-5 Duke in the ACC title game, against Virginia.
— Alabama 27, Auburn 20
Alabama drove 75 yards, scored game-winning TD with 3:50 left.
Alabama led this game 17-0 early in second quarter.
Alabama-Georgia is the SEC title game next Saturday.
— Ohio State 27, Michigan 9
Buckeyes snap a four-game losing skid against their arch-rival.
Michigan scored on 3 of first 4 drives, but they kicked 3 field goals.
Rest of game, Michigan ran 18 plays for 39 yards, and no points.
— Troy 28, Southern Miss 18
Goose Crowder threw three TD passes for the 8-4 Trojans.
Troy outgained Southern Miss 428-304, overcame 11 penalties for 87 yards.
Troy will play James Madison in the Sun Belt title game next weekend.
— Vanderbilt 45, Tennessee 24
QB Pavia threw for 268 yards, ran for 165 more.
Game was tied 21-21 at halftime.
First time ever Vanderbilt won 10+ games in the regular season.
— Upsets of the Week:
California (+13.5) 38, SMU 35
Georgia Southern (+9.5) 24, Marshall 19
UAB (+7.5) 31, Tulsa 24
Army (+7.5) 27, Tex-San Antonio 24
Troy (+6.5) 28, Southern Miss 18
Kent State (+5.5) 35, Northern Illinois 31
Navy (+5.5) 28, Memphis 17
Middle Tennessee (+4.5) 31, New Mexico State 24 OT
— Baltimore Orioles signed reliever Ryan Helsley to a 2-year, $28M contract; Helsley had 21 saves for St Louis last year, but they traded him to the Mets at the trade deadline and he didn’t do well in New York, posting a 7.20 ERA in 22 games as a set-up man.
— Stanford Cardinal hired Washington Commanders QB coach Tavita Pritchard as its new football coach. Pritchard is a former Stanford quarterback who was also an assistant coach there from 2010-22.
— Texas A&M is 11-1 after getting upset Friday; they’ve beaten four teams who fired their coach during the season.
— Lions/Cowboys both play every year on Thanksgiving; how do they do the next week, with the little mini-bye built into their schedules?
Last 11 years, Dallas is 7-4 ATS in their game after Thanksgiving.
Last five years, Detroit is 4-1 in their game after Thanksgiving.
— Famous birthdays, November 30th:
Jim Chones, 76
Bob Tewksbury, 65
Bo Jackson, 63
Ben Stiller, 60
Shane Victorino, 45
Rich Harden, 44
Elisha Cuthbert, 42
Kaley Cuoco, 40
Chase Anderson, 38
Daylen Lile, 23
— Drake 84, Georgia Tech 74
Bad loss for ACC, losing to an MVC team that is outside the top 100.
Drake was 20-2y on foul line, Tech was 7-18.
Tech is 5-3, but 0-3 vs top 200 teams.
— Cal-Santa Barbara 74, Seattle 71
Seattle led by 8 early in the second half.
Seattle was +8 in turnovers, but got out-rebounded 33-18
Gauchos were 22-25 on foul line, Seattle 14-22.
— Penn 73, LaSalle 71
LaSalle led by 15 early in the second half.
Penn was 10-20 on the arc; they got out-rebounded 40-31.
6-9 junior Power played all 40:00, scored 29 points for Penn.
— LSU 96, DePaul 63
Tigers led 50-22 at halftime.
7-0 LSU has played schedule #328 so far.
It gets tougher now; next 3 games: @ Boston College, vs Texas Tech, SMU
— Some teams with worst continuity coming into the year:
Xavier
Baylor
Central Florida
Indiana
Maryland
Memphis
Miami FL
West Virginia
Players who were hit by the most pitches last year:
27— Randy Arozarena
24— Caleb Durbin
23— Willson Contreras
21— Ty France
17— Heliot Ramos
16— TJ Friedl, Francisco Lindor, Eugenio Suarez
Quote of the Day
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
Zig Ziglar
Sunday’s quiz
Who was the football coach at Alabama, just before Nick Saban?
Saturday’s quiz
New Jersey Jets picked Sam Darnold with the third pick in the 2018 Draft.
Friday’s quiz
Jacksonville Jaguars are only NFL team that has never played on Thanksgiving Day.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a college football Saturday…….
— SMU 35, California 38Golden Bears led 31-14 with 14:00 left in the game.
SMU rallied to take lead, but Cal scored game-winning TD with 0:43 left.
Mustangs missed a 52-yard field at the end that would’ve forced overtime.
Result puts 7-5 Duke in the ACC title game, against Virginia.
— Alabama 27, Auburn 20
Alabama drove 75 yards, scored game-winning TD with 3:50 left.
Alabama led this game 17-0 early in second quarter.
Alabama-Georgia is the SEC title game next Saturday.
— Ohio State 27, Michigan 9
Buckeyes snap a four-game losing skid against their arch-rival.
Michigan scored on 3 of first 4 drives, but they kicked 3 field goals.
Rest of game, Michigan ran 18 plays for 39 yards, and no points.
— Troy 28, Southern Miss 18
Goose Crowder threw three TD passes for the 8-4 Trojans.
Troy outgained Southern Miss 428-304, overcame 11 penalties for 87 yards.
Troy will play James Madison in the Sun Belt title game next weekend.
— Vanderbilt 45, Tennessee 24
QB Pavia threw for 268 yards, ran for 165 more.
Game was tied 21-21 at halftime.
First time ever Vanderbilt won 10+ games in the regular season.
— Upsets of the Week:
California (+13.5) 38, SMU 35
Georgia Southern (+9.5) 24, Marshall 19
UAB (+7.5) 31, Tulsa 24
Army (+7.5) 27, Tex-San Antonio 24
Troy (+6.5) 28, Southern Miss 18
Kent State (+5.5) 35, Northern Illinois 31
Navy (+5.5) 28, Memphis 17
Middle Tennessee (+4.5) 31, New Mexico State 24 OT
— Baltimore Orioles signed reliever Ryan Helsley to a 2-year, $28M contract; Helsley had 21 saves for St Louis last year, but they traded him to the Mets at the trade deadline and he didn’t do well in New York, posting a 7.20 ERA in 22 games as a set-up man.
— Stanford Cardinal hired Washington Commanders QB coach Tavita Pritchard as its new football coach. Pritchard is a former Stanford quarterback who was also an assistant coach there from 2010-22.
— Texas A&M is 11-1 after getting upset Friday; they’ve beaten four teams who fired their coach during the season.
— Lions/Cowboys both play every year on Thanksgiving; how do they do the next week, with the little mini-bye built into their schedules?
Last 11 years, Dallas is 7-4 ATS in their game after Thanksgiving.
Last five years, Detroit is 4-1 in their game after Thanksgiving.
— Famous birthdays, November 30th:
Jim Chones, 76
Bob Tewksbury, 65
Bo Jackson, 63
Ben Stiller, 60
Shane Victorino, 45
Rich Harden, 44
Elisha Cuthbert, 42
Kaley Cuoco, 40
Chase Anderson, 38
Daylen Lile, 23
— Drake 84, Georgia Tech 74
Bad loss for ACC, losing to an MVC team that is outside the top 100.
Drake was 20-2y on foul line, Tech was 7-18.
Tech is 5-3, but 0-3 vs top 200 teams.
— Cal-Santa Barbara 74, Seattle 71
Seattle led by 8 early in the second half.
Seattle was +8 in turnovers, but got out-rebounded 33-18
Gauchos were 22-25 on foul line, Seattle 14-22.
— Penn 73, LaSalle 71
LaSalle led by 15 early in the second half.
Penn was 10-20 on the arc; they got out-rebounded 40-31.
6-9 junior Power played all 40:00, scored 29 points for Penn.
— LSU 96, DePaul 63
Tigers led 50-22 at halftime.
7-0 LSU has played schedule #328 so far.
It gets tougher now; next 3 games: @ Boston College, vs Texas Tech, SMU
— Some teams with worst continuity coming into the year:
Xavier
Baylor
Central Florida
Indiana
Maryland
Memphis
Miami FL
West Virginia
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