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

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS DECEMBER BEST BETS !

12/15/2025...............6 - 3 - 0..................66.66%............+ 13.50
12/14/2025..............3 - 10 - 0................23.07%.............- 40.00
12/132025.............17.- 18 - 0................48.52%..............- 14.00
12/12/2025................4 - 3 - 0................57.14%..............+ 3.50
12/11/2025................4 - 6 - 0................40.00%..............- 13.00
12/10/2025................8 - 5 - 0................61.53................+ 12.50
12/09/2025................6 - 5 - 1................54.54%..............+ 2.50
12/08/2025................2 - 3 - 0................40.00%..............- 6.50
12/07/2025...............10 - 4 - 0...............71.42%...............+ 28.00
12/06/2025...............8 - 18 - 0...............30.76%...............- 59.00
12/05/2025................8 - 5 - 0...............61.53%...............+ 12.50
12/04/2025................3 - 3 - 0...............50.00%...............- 1.50
12/03/2025................5 - 6 - 0...............45.45%...............- 8.00
12/01/2025................6 - 4 - 0...............60.00%...............+ 8.00

TOTALS...................90 - 93 - 1...............49.18%................- 61.50

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday’s 7-pack:
There are seven unbeaten teams left in college basketball:
Arizona
Duke
Iowa State
Miami OH
Michigan
Nebraska
Vanderbilt

Quote of the Day
“It has been a tumultuous time. A lot of … first disbelief, then anger, then really, what we’re in right now is the kids, quite frankly, feel very betrayed, and we’re trying to work through that. Lots of arms around shoulders, lot of listening, lot of telling them that you love them, but showing it, because words are cheap, and that takes a lot of time. What it really takes is you being willing to listen.”
Michigan’s interim football coach, Biff Poggi

Tuesday’s quiz
In the movie Moneyball, what actor played A’s manager Art Howe?

Monday’s quiz
First three picks in the 2024 NFL Draft:
Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, all QB’s.
Marvin Harrison Jr was the 4th player taken in the 2024 Draft.

Sunday’s quiz
Philip Rivers broke into the NFL with the San Diego Chargers in 2004; the Chargers’ coach back then was Marty Schottenheimer, whose son coaches the Cowboys now.

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

I write this with a heavy heart; this weekend in Los Angeles, Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered in their home- their 32-year old son is being charged with the crime.
Rob Reiner was a film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and political activist; he was smart, decent, funny and very talented. We need more decent people in this world.
Our world is a lesser place today. RIP to the Reiners.

— Steelers 28, Dolphins 15
Pittsburgh won its 23rd straight Monday night home game.
Steelers are 8-6, lead AFC North by a game over the Ravens.
Steelers-Ravens play in Week 18 in Pittsburgh.
Rodgers was 23-27/224 passing, with two TD’s.
Dolphins in first 3 quarters on a cold night: 26 plays, 82 yards, 3 points.
Kicker Patterson booted a career-high 54-yard FG for an early 3-0 lead.
Miami only ran the ball 16 times, for 63 yards.
Miami is 5-11 ATS last 16 games as a road underdog.

— I’d like to see a breakdown of each quarterback’s interceptions:
Underthrows
Overthrows
Balls that bounced off of receivers’ hands
Deflected passes
Field position for the INT’s; think it would be interesting.

— First three picks in the 2024 NFL Draft:
Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye. All quarterbacks.
If that draft was held tomorrow, would they still go in the same order?

— Atlanta Falcons committed 19 penalties for 125 yards last week, and they still won at Tampa Bay. Hard to win with that many penalties.

— Famous birthdays, December 16:
Joyce Bulifant, 88
Jan van Breda Kolff, 74
Bart Oates, 67
Jeff Ruland, 67
Jerry Gray, 63
William Perry, 63
Bill Ripken, 61
Pete Fairbanks, 32

— Why are Oklahoma/Oklahoma State in different leagues?
Same with Washington/Washington State, Oregon-Oregon State.
It is nonsensical.

— Arizona Wildcats are first college basketball team in the last 30 years to beat five top 25 teams in the first nine games of a season.

— Hofstra beat Syracuse 70-69 in the Carrier Dome Saturday; Hofstra made 12-18 shots on the arc, 6-6 on the foul line, 10 days after they lost to Columbia of the Ivy League.

— Movie of the Day: A Few Good Men (1992)- A military lawyer tries to prove that two US Marines charged with murdering a fellow Marine were only following their base commander’s orders. Tremendous movie, directed by Rob Reiner, written by Aaron Sorkin.
Excellent cast: Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Pollak are the lawyers defending the Marines, Kevin Bacon is the opposing lawyer, Jack Nicholson is a Marine colonel- the scene when he is on the witness stand is one of the best scenes in movie history.
JT Walsh, Kiefer Sutherland, Noah Wyle, Joshua Malina are also in this movie, which you can see on BBC America these days.

Baseball transactions:
— Phillies signed OF Adolis Garcia for one year, $10M
— Twins signed 1B Josh Bell for one year, $7M
— Diamondbacks signed P Merrill Kelly for two years, $40M
— Mets signed IF/DH Jorge Polanco for two years, $40M
— Royals signed 3B Maikel Garcia for five years, $57.5M
— Blue Jays signed reliever Tyler Rogers for three years, $37M

— The guy that runs the Cardinals now, Chaim Bloom, is the guy who traded Mookie Betts to the Dodgers, when he was running the Red Sox. Yikes.

— Arizona 2B Ketel Marte’s no-trade list:
A’s
Pirates
Giants
Cardinals
Bronx

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Tuesday, December 16

 

[Udog]

NCAAB

Tuesday, December 16

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[CNOTES]

Tuesday, December 16​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LIP at DUKE	06:00 PM	LIP +33.0*****	+500
DART at HC	06:00 PM	U 147.5	+500
SHU at MASSL	06:00 PM	SHU -3.0 U 153.0*****	+500 +500
TOL at MSU	06:30 PM	TOL +23.0*****	+500
FIU at MIA	07:00 PM	MIA -22.0	+500
M-OH at WRST	07:00 PM	M-OH +1.0*****	+500
LOU at TENN	07:00 PM	TENN -3.0*****	+500
CAN at URI	07:00 PM	URI -22.0	+500
RID at DEL	07:00 PM	DEL -9.0*****	+500
SCAR at CLEM	07:00 PM	U 142.5*****	+500
DEP at SJU	07:00 PM	SJU -19.5*****	+500
BEL at EVAN	07:00 PM	BEL -8.5*****	+500
TST at MVSU	07:00 PM	TST -14.5*****	+500
NCAT at UNCG	07:00 PM	UNCG -6.0*****	+500
MRST at GT	07:30 PM	GT -6.5	+500
ORU at MOSU	08:00 PM	MOSU -5.0*****	+500
ETSU at UNC	08:00 PM	U 151.5*****	+500
BUT at CONN	08:30 PM	BUT +15.0*****	+500
QNC at ARK	09:00 PM	QNC +24.0***** O 171.5*****	+500 +500
PAC at BYU	09:00 PM	PAC +23.5*****	+500
TOWS at KU	09:00 PM	KU -15.5*****	+500
SOU at CBU	10:00 PM	O 154.5*****	+500
MTST at CP	10:00 PM	CP +3.0*****	+500
UCSD at LMU	11:30 PM	UCSD -1.0*****	+500

 

[indiana]

C. Notes and Udog.....thank you again for all your both do......
all the info you provide us.......it's much appreciated ''''
hope you're having a great year......indy

 

[CNOTES]

C. Notes and Udog.....thank you again for all your both do......
all the info you provide us.......it's much appreciated ''''
hope you're having a great year......indy

Mahalo Indy......its a long season we just keep plugging away.....

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS DECEMBER BEST BETS !

12/16/2025.............10 - 9 - 0.................55..00%............+ 0.50
12/15/2025...............6 - 3 - 0..................66.66%............+ 13.50
12/14/2025..............3 - 10 - 0................23.07%.............- 40.00
12/132025.............17.- 18 - 0................48.52%..............- 14.00
12/12/2025................4 - 3 - 0................57.14%..............+ 3.50
12/11/2025................4 - 6 - 0................40.00%..............- 13.00
12/10/2025................8 - 5 - 0................61.53................+ 12.50
12/09/2025................6 - 5 - 1................54.54%..............+ 2.50
12/08/2025................2 - 3 - 0................40.00%..............- 6.50
12/07/2025...............10 - 4 - 0...............71.42%...............+ 28.00
12/06/2025...............8 - 18 - 0...............30.76%...............- 59.00
12/05/2025................8 - 5 - 0...............61.53%...............+ 12.50
12/04/2025................3 - 3 - 0...............50.00%...............- 1.50
12/03/2025................5 - 6 - 0...............45.45%...............- 8.00
12/01/2025................6 - 4 - 0...............60.00%...............+ 8.00

TOTALS...............100 - 102 - 1...............49.50%..............- 61.00

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Top seven teams in country in 2-point FG% defense:
38.7%— Michigan
39.9%— Duke
40.3%— North Carolina
40.6%— Cal-Irvine
42.4%— Syracuse/Seton Hall
42.6%— Indiana

Quote of the Day
“We’re all frustrated. Joe (Lacob) is frustrated. I’m frustrated. Steph and [Draymond Green], everybody’s frustrated. This is kind of how the league works. I hate when people are going to post private emails. Imagine if everyone’s emails were just publicly posted, how tough that would be to live our lives. Joe supports me 100 percent. I support him. We have a great connection. We’ve had so much continuity here. Our stable environment in our organization is one of our strengths.”
Steve Kerr, after the Warriors slipped to 13-14 this year

Wednesday’s quiz
When was the last time a team from the Big 10 Conference won the national championship in college basketball?

Tuesday’s quiz
In the movie Moneyball, Philip Seymour Hoffman played A’s manager Art Howe.

Monday’s quiz
First three picks in the 2024 NFL Draft:
Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, all QB’s.
Marvin Harrison Jr was the 4th player taken in the 2024 Draft.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— Jacksonville State 17, Troy State 13
Trojans led 13-7 at halftime- their only TD was scored by the defense.
Troy in second half: 31 plays, 81 yards, two turnovers.
WR Johnson caught six passes for 101 yards for Jax State.
Troy State had won their last 79 games when they led after the third quarter.

— Knicks 124, Spurs 113
Knicks outscored San Antonio 35-19 in fourth quarter.
OG Anunoby scored 28 points for New York.
Knicks win the third annual NBA Cup.

— Teams that won the first two NBA Cup tournaments:
2023- Lakers finished 47-35, lost in first round of the real playoffs
2024- Bucks finished 48-34, lost in first round of the real playoffs

— St John’s 79, DePaul 66
Red Storm shot 10-22 on arc, DePaul 7-25
Blue Demons are 8-4 this year, 1-3 vs top 100 teams, but…….
…..since 2008, DePaul is 56-264 in Big East conference games.

— UConn 79, Butler 60
UConn lead 39-25 at halftime.
Huskies out-rebounded Butler, 47-29
UConn has won 7 in a row, is 11-1 (lost 71-67 to Arizona)

— Tennessee 83, Louisville 62
Louisville’s PG Brown didn’t play, and it showed.
Tennessee shot 62.9% inside the arc, snapped 3-game skid.
Louisville is 9-2, losing road games at Arkansas/Tennessee.

— Dayton 97, Florida State 69
Dayton was 40-47 on foul line; they shot 64.3% inside arc.
Flyers are forcing turnovers 24.4% of time (#3 in country)
Seminoles have lost five in a row, giving up 96.8 ppg.

— Clemson 68, South Carolina 61
Teams combined to shoot 9-40 on the arc.
Clemson is 9-3, 3-1 vs top 100 teams.
Gamecocks are 0-4 vs top 100 teams (all four losses by 7 or less points)

— Missouri State 63, Oral R0berts 62
Missouri State shot 57.7% inside the arc.
Oral Roberts shot 33.3% inside the arc.
Just second win for Bears, in their 7th game vs D-I teams. (5-5 overall)

— Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban is now a part-owner of the NHL’s Nashville Predators.

— Famous birthdays, December 17th:
Ernie Hudson, 80
Eugene Levy, 79
Bill Pullman, 72
Bob Ojeda, 68
Albert King, 66
Claire Forlani, 54
Chase Utley, 47
Buddy Hield, 33
Daniel Vogelbach, 33
Caden Dana, 22

— Washington Commanders QB Jayden Daniels (left elbow) is done for the year; he’s thrown for 1,262 yards in seven games this season, after leading Washington to a 12-5 record last year.

— Colts QB, 44-year old Philip Rivers has 10 kids (ten!!!); by playing this month, he’s extended his family’s NFL-paid for health insurance thru August 2031.

— When the NFL schedule came out last spring, wonder if the Dolphins howled about having to play a night game in Pittsburgh on December 14th?

— Texas Longhorns QB Arch Manning will be back in Austin next fall; he’s thrown for 2,553 yards this year for the 9-3 Longhorns, with 20 TD’s, 7 INTs.

— Minimum salary in major league baseball? $760,000.

— Major league players have a pension plan:
Full pensions comes with 10 years of service; if it isn’t claimed until age 62, it is worth $265,000 a year. Players can start collecting at age 45, but those payoffs would be lower.
Every 43 days spent on a big league roster earns a player credit.
The plan bumps up every year with a 1.8% cost of living increase.

— San Francisco Giants signed P Adrian Houser for two years, $22M. Houser was 8-5, 3.31 in 21 starts last year, for the White Sox/Rays.

— World Baseball Classic will happen in couple months; Dominican Republic has a very impressive lineup:
OF- Juan Soto, Julio Rodriguez, Fernando Tatis
1B- Vladimir Gurerrero
2B- Ketel Marte
SS- Geraldo Perdomo
3B- Jose Ramirez
C- Manier Diaz
DH- Junior Caminero
P- Sandy Alcantara

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Wednesday, December 17

 

[Udog]

 

[Udog]

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Wednesday, December 17

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[indiana]

Udog.....thank you for all your daily info buddy.....
much appreciated.....BOL today.....indy

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday, December 17​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CREI at XAV	06:30 PM	XAV -3.0	+500
UCSB at GB	07:00 PM	U 142.5*****	+500
YSU at RMU	07:00 PM	YSU +2.0	+500
OAK at NKU	07:00 PM	O 164.0******	+500
LONG at WAKE	07:00 PM	O 163.5*****	+500
SIE at UVM	07:00 PM	UVM -2.5	+500
BING at PITT	07:00 PM	U 136.0*****	+500
ALST at CIN	07:00 PM	O 145.5*****	+500
RICH at ELON	07:00 PM	O 161.5*****	+500
CIT at COFC	07:00 PM	CIT +17.5	+500
CHAT at BELL	07:00 PM	U 147.0*****	+500
LT at TULN	07:30 PM	TULN -4.0 O 140.5*****	+500 +500
WOF at WICH	07:30 PM	O 143.5*****	+500
KENN at MTU	07:30 PM	KENN +3.5	+500
HBU at NICH	07:30 PM	U 138.5*****	+500
JMU at ODU	08:00 PM	JMU -2.5*****	+500
WEB at UVU	08:00 PM	U 148.0*****	+500
ARST at TXST	08:30 PM	TXST +4.5 O 152.5*****	+500 +500
UNT at SCU	09:00 PM	SCU -12.0*****	+500
PRST at COLO	09:00 PM	O 150.0*****	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS DECEMBER BEST BETS !

12/17/2025...............5 - 10 - 0...............33.33%.............- 25.00
12/16/2025.............10 - 9 - 0.................55..00%............+ 0.50
12/15/2025...............6 - 3 - 0..................66.66%............+ 13.50
12/14/2025..............3 - 10 - 0................23.07%.............- 40.00
12/132025.............17.- 18 - 0................48.52%..............- 14.00
12/12/2025................4 - 3 - 0................57.14%..............+ 3.50
12/11/2025................4 - 6 - 0................40.00%..............- 13.00
12/10/2025................8 - 5 - 0................61.53................+ 12.50
12/09/2025................6 - 5 - 1................54.54%..............+ 2.50
12/08/2025................2 - 3 - 0................40.00%..............- 6.50
12/07/2025...............10 - 4 - 0...............71.42%...............+ 28.00
12/06/2025...............8 - 18 - 0...............30.76%...............- 59.00
12/05/2025................8 - 5 - 0...............61.53%...............+ 12.50
12/04/2025................3 - 3 - 0...............50.00%...............- 1.50
12/03/2025................5 - 6 - 0...............45.45%...............- 8.00
12/01/2025................6 - 4 - 0...............60.00%...............+ 8.00

TOTALS...............105 - 112 - 1...............48.38%..............- 86.00

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday’s 6-pack:
Week 16 NFL spreads:
— Rams @ Seattle (-1.5)
— Eagles (-6.5) @ Washington
— Packers @ Chicago (-1.5)
— Jets @ New Orleans (-4.5)
— Bills (-10.5) @ Cleveland
— Chiefs (-3) @ Tennessee

Quote of the Day
“I want to meet all of them. Every coach who gets the opportunity to come here, I want to have conversations throughout the process with them. I’m going to be here for that whole time.”
Titans rookie QB Cam Ward, talking about the team’s coaching search

Thursday’s quiz
Which major league baseball team drafted Tom Brady as a catcher?

Wednesday’s quiz
2000 was the last time a team from the Big 10 Conference won the national championship in college basketball, when Michigan State won

Tuesday’s quiz
In the movie Moneyball, Philip Seymour Hoffman played A’s manager Art Howe.

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Thursday’s Den: NFL trends, and NCAA Tournament trends……..​

Was wondering if there are any trends that could identify teams that will win March Madness this year, so I broke down the last 13 teams that won the national title.

— 10 of the last 13 national champs were #1 seeds:
Exceptions:
2014 UConn was a 7-seed
2016 Villanova was a 2-seed
2023 UConn was a 4-seed

— National champs come from the elite leagues:
5- Big East
3- ACC
2- SEC
2- Big X
1- AAC (UConn in 2014)
0- Big 18

— National champs come from big leagues; they generally play cheesy non-conference schedules. Five of last six national champs played a non-conference slate outside the top 200.

— Making shots seems like a big deal; 10 of the last 13 national champs were in the top 40 in eFG% (eFG% is FG%, only 3-pointers count as 1.5 baskets made).
Defense seems important; 9 of the last 13 national champs were in the top 50 in eFG% defense.

— 9 of the last 13 national champs were in the top 40 in offensive rebounding %age.

— The last 13 national champs all won the first game in their conference tournament; however, 5 of the 13 national champs went WL in their conference tournament.
5 of the also 13 national champs won their conference tournament.

— Only 3 of the last 13 national champs played a tempo in top 100; 6 of 13 were outside top 200

— Stats that don’t seem to matter much:
None of the last 11 national champs were in the top 100 in % of points scored on foul line; there are fewer fouls called in the NCAA’s, you have to be able to play through contact.

— Only 2 of the last 13 national champs were in the top 200 in bench minutes; last one was North Carolina in 2017. TV timeouts are longer in NCAA’s, fewer fouls are cools, making depth less important.

— We’ll tuck this away until March, then identify teams we think fit the bill of a champ.

— Famous birthdays, December 18th:
Steven Spielberg, 79
Brad Pitt, 62
Charles Oakley, 62
Don Beebe, 61
Rachel Griffiths, 58
Christina Aguilera, 45
Chris Carter, 39
Byron Buxton, 32
Ronald Acuna, 28
Brandon Marsh, 28
Joey Cantillo, 26
Jayden Daniels, 25

— NFL divisional trends:

AFC East
Non-divisional underdogs 12-8 ATS
Non-divisional favorites 9-7 ATS

AFC North
Non-divisional underdogs 8-15 ATS
Non-divisional favorites 7-10 ATS

AFC South
Non-divisional underdogs 15-8 ATS
Non-divisional favorites 7-5 ATS

AFC West
Non-divisional underdogs 8-6 ATS
Non-divisional road favorites 1-9 ATS

NFC East
Home teams 5-2 ATS divisional games
Non-divisional underdogs 8-12 ATS

NFC North
Non-divisional home favorites 11-5 ATS
Non-divisional underdogs 5-8 ATS

NFC South
Underdogs 8-1 ATS divisional games
Non-divisional favorites 3-7 ATS

NFC West
Non-divisional favorites 19-8 ATS
Divisional home underdogs 0-4 ATS

 

[Udog]

NCAAB

Thursday, December 18

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[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Thursday, December 18

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday, December 18​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CCAR at APP	06:30 PM	APP -5.5****	+500
SIUE at EIU	06:30 PM	EIU +6.0	+500
AMER at VCU	07:00 PM	O 155.0*****	+500
WCU at UGA	07:00 PM	UGA -34.0	+500
RAD at WM	07:00 PM	O 171.5******	+500
FUR at MAN	07:00 PM	FUR -10.0*****	+500
BRAD at INST	07:00 PM	INST +4.0*****	+500
TEM at DAV	07:00 PM	DAV -5.5*****	+500
WIN at UND	08:00 PM	WIN -12.0	+500
ORU at TCU	08:00 PM	O 146.5*****	+500
GAST at GASO	08:00 PM	GASO -9.5	+500
DRKE at MURR	08:00 PM	MURR -6.0*****	+500
ULL at USM	08:30 PM	USM -12.5	+500
UALR at USI	08:30 PM	UALR +2.0*****	+500
UTM at TNST	08:30 PM	UTM +2.0*****	+500
WIU at LINW	08:30 PM	WIU +12.5*****	+500
ILST at SIU	09:00 PM	ILST +2.5*****	+500
PEPP at LBSU	10:00 PM	LBSU -3.5	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS DECEMBER BEST BETS !

12/18/2025...............6 - 6 - 0..................50.00%............- 3.00
12/17/2025...............5 - 10 - 0...............33.33%.............- 25.00
12/16/2025.............10 - 9 - 0.................55..00%............+ 0.50
12/15/2025...............6 - 3 - 0..................66.66%............+ 13.50
12/14/2025..............3 - 10 - 0................23.07%.............- 40.00
12/132025.............17.- 18 - 0................48.52%..............- 14.00
12/12/2025................4 - 3 - 0................57.14%..............+ 3.50
12/11/2025................4 - 6 - 0................40.00%..............- 13.00
12/10/2025................8 - 5 - 0................61.53................+ 12.50
12/09/2025................6 - 5 - 1................54.54%..............+ 2.50
12/08/2025................2 - 3 - 0................40.00%..............- 6.50
12/07/2025...............10 - 4 - 0...............71.42%...............+ 28.00
12/06/2025...............8 - 18 - 0...............30.76%...............- 59.00
12/05/2025................8 - 5 - 0...............61.53%...............+ 12.50
12/04/2025................3 - 3 - 0...............50.00%...............- 1.50
12/03/2025................5 - 6 - 0...............45.45%...............- 8.00
12/01/2025................6 - 4 - 0...............60.00%...............+ 8.00

TOTALS...............111 - 118 - 1...............48.47%..............- 89.00