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

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/23/2026.............. 7 - 4 - 0................63.63%...............+ 13.00
02/22/2026..............6 - 13 - 0................31.57%..............- 41.50
02/21/2026............18 - 14 - 0................56.45%..............+ 13.00
02/20/2026...............7 - 6 - 0.................53.84%..............+ 2.00
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.................261 - 270 - 0...............49.15%..............-175.00

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

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

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday’s 6-pack
Top 6 college baseball teams, right now:
1- LSU
2- UCLA
3- Texas
4- Arkansas
5- Georgia Tech
6- North Carolina

Quote of the Day
“Adversity can be a wonderful teacher.”
Elizabeth Hardwick

Tuesday’s quiz
In the movie Molly’s Game, a true story about a woman who ran high stakes poker games, what famous actor played her father?

Monday’s quiz
Kevin Ollie was basketball coach at UConn before Danny Hurley.

Sunday’s quiz
Steve Nash played his college basketball at Santa Clara.

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Tuesday’s Den: Conference tournament trends for college hoop​

Conference tournament trends:

— ACC
Last year was first time in six years ACC Tourney champ was seeded higher than #3.
Last 12 tournaments, nine teams have won an ACC title.
Duke is 13-2 in last fifteen ACC Tournament games.

— American
Last nine years, six teams have won an AAC tournament
Last four years, UAB is 10-2 in conference tournaments
Last four years, North Texas went WL in their conference tournament.

— Atlantic 14
Last 15 years, #1-seed has won this tournament only four times.
Last 10 tournaments, eight teams have won an A-14 tournament

— Big 18
#1-seed has won this tournament twice in last nine years.
Last six tournaments, five teams have won an Big 18 tournament
Last four years, Purdue is 7-3 in this tournament

— Big X
Last four years, four different teams won an Big X tournament
Iowa State has won this tournament five of last 11 years.
Last three years, Kansas is 3-3 in Big X tournament games.

— Big East
#1-seed won three in row, six of last ten Big East tournaments.
Last five years, five different teams won a Big East tournament
Last year, St John’s won this tournament for first time since 2000.

— Big Sky
#1-seed won this tournament 11 of last 14 years.
Montana State won this tournament three of last four years.
Last 3 years, Eastern Washington is 37-16 in regular season, 0-3 in tournament.

— Big West
#1-seed won this tournament four of last six years.
Last five years, Cal-Irvine is 68-25 in regular season, 4-5 in tournament.
Since 2015, Cal-Northridge is 1-8 in this tournament

— CAA
#1-seed has won this tournament 7 of last 11 years.
Last three years, Charleston is 7-1 in this tournament
Last four years, NC-Wilmington is 7-3 in this tournament

— Conference USA
C-USA has re-aligned a lot, lot of different teams have won the tournament
Last four years, C-USA tourney winner was combined 53-19 in regular season
Last eight years, Liberty is 16-5 in its conference tournament.

— Horizon
#1-seed has won Horizon tourney four of last six years.
Last five years, five different teams have won the tournament
Last five years, Cleveland State is 9-4 in the tournament

— Ivy
Only top four teams make this tournament
Yale is 10-3 in tournament, winning four of the seven years.
Harvard is going to make tournament for first time since 2019.

— Famous birthdays, February 24th:
Edward James Olmos, 79
Tom Burleson, 74
Eddie Murray, 70
Phil McConkey, 69
Nick Esasky, 66
Billy Zane, 60
Mike Lowell, 52
Bronson Arroyo, 49
MacKenzie Gore, 27

— MAAC
#1-seed has won this tournament twice in last 14 years.
Since 2016, Iona is 23-4 in this tournament
Last five years, Siena is 47-49 in regular season, 0-5 in tournament

— Mid-American
Last five years, #1-seed has won tournament once.
Akron won this tournament the last two years.
Since 2019, Miami OH is 3-6 in this tournament

— Missouri Valley
Last five years, either #1 or #2-seed has won this tournament
Drake won this tournament last three years.
Last five years, Belmont is 3-5 in Arch Madness.

— Mountain West
Last four years, four different teams won this tournament.
Last three years, Grand Canyon won the WAC tournament.
UNLV hasn’t won this tournament since 2008.
Since 2014, San Diego State is 26-9 in this tournament

— Ohio Valley
Another league that has changed teams a lot.
Last four years, four different teams won this tournament.
Last four years, SE Missouri State is 6-2 in this tournament

— SEC
Last four years, four different teams won this tournament.
Last five years, Arkansas has gone WL in this tournament
Last two years, Florida is 6-1 in this tournament
Last five years, Kentucky is 2-5 in this tournament

— Southern
Last year was first time in last 10 years #1-seed didn’t win this tournament
Last five years, Furman is 8-4 in this tournament, 3-2 in OT games.
Last four years, Mercer went WL in this tournament

— Summit
#1-seed won this tournament the last four years.
Last five years, South Dakota State is 8-4 in this tournament
Last seven years, North Dakota State is 12-5 in this tourney (0-2 last 2 years)

— Sun Belt
Last five years, five different teams won this tournament.
Last four years, Georgia Southern went WL in this tournament
Last four years, Appalachian State is 2-4 in this tournament

— WAC
Grand Canyon won this tourney last three years; they’re gone now.
Last four years, Cal Baptist went WL in this tournament
Since 2014, Utah Valley is 7-4 in first tourney game, 1-6 in second game.

— WCC
This is Gonzaga’s last year in the WCC.
Since 2004, Gonzaga is 44-5 in WCC tourney; yes, 44-5.
Since 2016, Saint Mary’s in 15-8 in WCC tourney
Since 2018, Santa Clara is 4-8 in WCC tourney

 

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Tuesday, February 24

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[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Tuesday, February 24

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday, February 24​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
GW at LAS	06:30 PM	LAS +6.5***** O 148.5*****	+500 +500
M-OH at EMU	06:30 PM	EMU +9.5***** U 153.5*****	+500 +500
NIU at TOL	07:00 PM	U 150.5*****	+500
WVU at OKST	07:00 PM	OKST -1.5***** O 142.5*****	+500 +500
WMU at BGSU	07:00 PM	U 149.5*****	+500
MARQ at GTWN	07:00 PM	MARQ +2.5*****	+500
SLU at DAY	07:00 PM	DAY +4.5*****	+500
CMU at KENT	07:00 PM	U 156.5*****	+500
CIN at TTU	07:00 PM	TTU -6.5*****	+500
BUFF at AKR	07:00 PM	U 157.5*****	+500
DUKE at ND	07:00 PM	O 139.5*****	+500
NCST at UVA	07:00 PM	UVA -5.5****** O 150.5*****	+500 +500
BRAD at UIC	08:00 PM	O 142.5*****	+500
USM at ARST	08:30 PM	USM +9.5*****	+500
MINN at MICH	08:30 PM	U 144.5*****	+500
ARIZ at BAY	09:00 PM	U 154.5*****	+500
ISU at UTAH	09:00 PM	U 142.5*****	+500
MIA at FSU	09:00 PM	U 153.5*****	+500
TENN at MIZZ	09:00 PM	TENN -2.5*****	+500
WYO at BSU	09:00 PM	BSU -8.5***** O 145.5*****	+500 +500
FRES at CSU	09:00 PM	CSU -8.5*****	+500
SJSU at AFA	09:00 PM	SJSU -7.5*****	+500
UCF at BYU	11:00 PM	UCF +12.5***** O 161.5*****	+500 +500
UNM at NEV	11:00 PM	O 149.5*****	+500
USC at UCLA	11:00 PM	USC +7.5*****	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/24/2026...........18 - 13 - 0...............58.06%...............+ 18.50
02/23/2026.............. 7 - 4 - 0................63.63%...............+ 13.00
02/22/2026..............6 - 13 - 0................31.57%..............- 41.50
02/21/2026............18 - 14 - 0................56.45%..............+ 13.00
02/20/2026...............7 - 6 - 0.................53.84%..............+ 2.00
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.................279 - 283 - 0...............49.64%..............-156.50

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

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

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack
Teams with best eFG% in country:
60.9%— Belmont (25-4)
60.2%— Liberty (23-4)
60.1%— Saint Louis (25-3)
59.8%— St Thomas (21-8)
59.4%— Miami OH (28-0)
58.7%— Michigan (26-2)

Teams that make more shots win more games.

Quote of the Day
“Write down your success of the day. What you focus on shows up more in your life. Create a success journal.”
Jon Gordon

Wednesday’s quiz
Last season, which major league team won the most regular season games?

Tuesday’s quiz
In the movie Molly’s Game, a true story about a woman who ran high stakes poker games, Kevin Costner played her father.

Monday’s quiz
Kevin Ollie was basketball coach at UConn before Danny Hurley.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— Central Florida 97, BYU 84
Late-night stunner; Knights led 52-28 at halftime.
Central Florida shot 14-24 on the arc.
BYU is now 4-7 in its last 11 games, after a 16-1 start.

— Arizona 87, Baylor 80
Baylor led 41-34 at halftime, was outscored 53-41 in second half.
Baylor played really well, still lost for 5th time in last six games.
Freshman G Burries had 24 points, four assists for Arizona.

— Dayton 77, Saint Louis 62
Dayton led 44-28 at halftime.
Billikens lost 2 of last 3 games, after a 24-1 start.
Dayton has won four in a row; they only used seven guys.

— Northwestern 72, Indiana 68
Bubble teams shouldn’t lose at home to Northwestern.
Indiana led by 13 late in first half.
Hoosiers lost their last three games, this is a bad time to do that.

— Texas Tech 80, Cincinnati 68
Red Raiders shot 63% inside arc, scored 1.31 ppp.
Christian Anderson scored 31 points, had 11 rebounds, 7 assists.
Loss snaps Cincinnati’s four-game winning streak.

— Missouri 73, Tennessee 69
Mizzou shot 57.9% inside arc; they’re 5-2 in last seven games.
Brickfest; teams combined to shoot 11-41 on the arc.
Only second loss in last ten games for Tennessee.

— Ball State 74, UMass 73 OT
UMass led by 18 with 12:12 left in the game.
Fifth straight loss for UMass, three of them in overtime.
Davion Hill scored 26 points for Ball State.

— Colorado State 74, Fresno State 70
Fresno led by 10 with 10:20 left in the game.
Colorado State shot 58.6% inside the arc.
Rams have won six in a row, after starting 3-8 in Mountain West.

— Famous birthdays, February 25th:
Cesar Cedeno, 75
Bob Brenly, 72
Ed Lynch, 70
Kurt Rambis, 68
Todd Blackledge, 65
Don Majkowski, 62
Tea Leoni, 60
Jeff Fisher, 57
Rashida Jones, 50
Joakim Noah, 41
Jimmer Fredette, 37
Jorge Soler, 34
Erick Fedde, 33
Bo Nix, 26

— NFL Combine starts Thursday; NFL Draft is April 23-25, in Pittsburgh.
Quarterback prospects don’t always throw at the Combine, I don’t get that. What could it hurt? Some guys just throw at the “pro days” at their college, throwing to their college teammates, but teams have to have a pretty good idea by now of who a player is.
NFL Network will be busy the rest of the week; lot of 40-yard dashes.

— Detroit Lions are going to play a game in Munich, Germany this fall; NFL leaks these games out every so often. Amon-Ra St. Brown is the Lions’ star WR; his mother is from Germany, so he is fired up about this game.

— Gunner Rivers, son of future Hall of Fame QB Philip Rivers, is going to follow in his father’s footsteps and go to college at NC State in the fall of 2027. These days, Philip Rivers coaches his son’s high school team in Alabama. Gunner is the team’s quarterback.

— UFL, the spring football league, starts its games in about a month; they’re being used to test some new rules experiments. This year, here are some of their new rules:
a) Field goals of 60+ yards will be worth 4 points
b) You only need one foot inbounds for a completed pass; this would be a big change.
c) You can’t punt if you have the ball in the other team’s territory, except in the last 2:00 of each half.

— World Baseball Classic starts next week, at various places around the world; 4am games from Asia could be interesting. Mets have 17 players representing different countries.

— So far in spring training, when you look at the ABS pitch-challenge system, it seems to favor the pitchers. More catchers’ challenges have been won than hitters’ challenges.

— Pirates 16, Red Sox 7- SS Konnor Griffin, the #1 prospect in baseball, homered twice for the Pirates, drove in four runs. Griffin hasn’t played in AAA yet; no word on where he’ll start the season.

 

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Wednesday, February 25

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NCAAB
Dunkel

Wednesday, February 25

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday, February 25​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CIT at FUR	06:00 PM	CIT +15.5	+500
MORG at SCST	06:00 PM	SCST +1.5	+500
OAK at IUPU	06:30 PM	OAK -5.5*****	+500
GMU at JOES	07:00 PM	JOES +1.5*****	+500
QNC at EKY	07:00 PM	O 164.5*****	+500
LAF at COLG	07:00 PM	O 146.5*****	+500
LEH at AMER	07:00 PM	AMER -6.5	+500
MD at NEB	07:00 PM	NEB -16.5*****	+500
BUT at VILL	07:00 PM	VILL -10.5*****	+500
UNT at CHAR	07:00 PM	UNT -1.5*****	+500
MER at WCU	07:00 PM	WCU +1.5*****	+500
DAV at DUQ	07:00 PM	DUQ -3.5	+500
HC at BU	07:00 PM	O 142.5*****	+500
DET at RMU	07:00 PM	DET +8.5	+500
SJU at CONN	07:00 PM	SJU +5.5*****	+500
NKU at CLEV	07:00 PM	CLEV +8.5	+500
WRST at IPFW	07:00 PM	WRST -1.5	+500
WOF at ETSU	07:00 PM	WOF +7.5******	+500
UGA at VAN	07:00 PM	UGA +7.5	+500
NAVY at L-MD	07:00 PM	NAVY -6.5*****	+500
LIP at UWG	07:00 PM	LIP -5.5	+500
NEOM at SDAK	07:00 PM	SDAK +1.5*****	+500
ILST at UNI	07:00 PM	UNI -5.5	+500
FLA at TEX	07:00 PM	FLA -6.5*****	+500
XAV at PROV	07:30 PM	PROV -5.5	+500
EVAN at BEL	07:30 PM	BEL -18.5	+500
TLSA at TULN	07:30 PM	TLSA -5.5	+500
USF at RICE	08:00 PM	USF -11.5	+500
GASO at JMU	08:00 PM	JMU -5.5*****	+500
PITT at STAN	08:00 PM	STAN -8.5	+500
YSU at MILW	08:00 PM	YSU -1.5	+500
ECU at UTSA	08:00 PM	ECU -4.5	+500
DRKE at VALP	08:00 PM	VALP -3.5*****	+500
INST at SIU	08:00 PM	SIU -8.5***** U 147.5*****	+500 +500
ULM at USA	08:30 PM	ULM +14.5*****	+500
CARK at PEAY	08:30 PM	CARK +4.5	+500
BELL at UNA	08:45 PM	UNA +2.5*****	+500
DEP at CREI	09:00 PM	DEP +4.5	+500
TXAM at ARK	09:00 PM	TXAM +8.5*****	+500
PORT at GONZ	09:00 PM	O 149.5*****	+500
OSU at IOWA	09:00 PM	OSU +7.5*****	+500
KSU at COLO	09:00 PM	COLO -6.5*****	+500
SEA at PEPP	09:00 PM	O 146.5	+500
LSU at MISS	09:00 PM	LSU +2.5*****	+500
UNLV at GC	09:00 PM	UNLV +7.5*****	+500
MSST at ALA	09:00 PM	ALA -14.5***** O 177.5*****	+500 +500
USD at ORST	10:00 PM	ORST -7.5*****	+500
SMU at CAL	10:00 PM	CAL +3.5 O 162.5*****	+500 +500
SCU at SMC	11:00 PM	SCU +6.5*****	+500
WSU at LMU	11:00 PM	WSU -1.5	+500
WIS at ORE	11:00 PM	WIS -5.5*****	+500
USU at SDSU	11:00 PM	USU +1.5	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/25/2026...........17 - 15 - 0...............53.12%...............+ 2.50
02/24/2026...........18 - 13 - 0...............58.06%...............+ 18.50
02/23/2026.............. 7 - 4 - 0................63.63%...............+ 13.00
02/22/2026..............6 - 13 - 0................31.57%..............- 41.50
02/21/2026............18 - 14 - 0................56.45%..............+ 13.00
02/20/2026...............7 - 6 - 0.................53.84%..............+ 2.00
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.................296 - 298 - 0...............49.83%..............-154.00

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

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

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday’s 6-pack
Best teams in country at shooting foul shots:
81%— Saint Mary’s
80.8%— Harvard
79.4%— Georgia State
79.3%— Manhattan
79.2%— Marist
79.2%— Illinois

Quote of the Day
“There’s going to be two, two-and-a-half weeks to pick guys’ brains. Talking to them is great but seeing how they operate is another thing. So, aside from winning a gold medal, it would be a pretty good reward for doing that.”
Paul Skenes, talking about pitching for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic

Thursday’s quiz
Matthew Stafford was the first pick of the 2009 NFL Draft, by the Lions. Jets were the next team to select a QB; who did they take with the fifth pick of the first round?

Wednesday’s quiz
Last season, Milwaukee Brewers won the most regular season games in the major leagues.

Tuesday’s quiz
In the movie Molly’s Game, a true story about a woman who ran high stakes poker games, Kevin Costner played her father.

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

— UConn 72, St John’s 40
St John’s shot 19.6% from the floor in an epic beatdown.
St John’s had won 13 in a row; their last loss was January 3rd.
UConn avenged an 81-72 loss at St John’s three weeks ago.
These teams are now tied in the loss column atop Big East standings.

— Florida 84, Texas 71
Longhorns led 39-36 at halftime, by 2 with 7:14 left.
Florida shot 66.7% inside the arc.
Gators have won eight in row, 17 of last 19 games.

— Vanderbilt 88, Georgia 80
Vandy never trailed, shot 65.7% inside the arc.
Commodores are 9-6 in SEC, 2nd time in last 9 years they’ll at .500 in SEC.
Georgia has lost six of its last nine games.

— LSU 106, Ole Miss 99 2OT
LSU didn’t lead at all in the 2nd half or first overtime.
LSU snaps a five-game losing streak.
Ole Miss lost for the 10th game in a row.
LSU is only 15-13, but they’re 3-0 in overtime games.

— DePaul 72, Creighton 71
Creighton led 38-30 at halftime.
DePaul shot 10-20 on arc, are now 7-10 in Big East.
Last time Blue Demons won 8+ league games in a season? 2007.
Creighton has lost seven of its last nine games.

— Arkansas 99, Texas A&M 84
Arkansas shot 60.4% inside arc, scored 1.29 ppp.
Razorbacks have won seven of their last nine games.
Aggies lost five of their last seven games.

— Famous birthdays, February 26th:
Mac Percival, 86
Phil Villapiano, 77
Kelly Gruber, 64
JT Snow, 58
Marshall Faulk, 53
Jose Reyes, 43
PJ Walker, 31
Trevor Larnach, 29
Dylan Crews, 24

— Jacksonville Jaguars are going to play two “home” games in England this fall, with the games on consecutive Sundays. Washington Commanders will also host a game in England; NFL will play nine games in seven different countries in 2026.

— Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton isn’t going to call plays this coming season; assistant coach Davis Webb will call plays for the first time.
Denver fired their offensive coordinator after a 10-7 home loss to New England in the AFC title game, when the Broncos had only one first down after halftime and didn’t have a possession in the third or fourth quarter longer than 17 yards.

— NFL’s highest-paid kicker last year was the Chiefs’ Harrison Butker, who made $6.4M; Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey wants to become the NFL’s highest paid kicker and he wants $10M a year, 56% higher than Butker’s contract.
Aubrey is a restricted free agent right now, the Cowboys will have to place a tender on him if a long-term deal doesn’t get done by the start of free agency on March 11. If the Cowboys place a 2nd-round tender on him, that means that other teams will be able to make him an offer, and if he leaves, his new team will have to send a 2nd-round pick to Dallas.

— Atlanta Braves P Chris Sale signed a one-year contract extension worth $27M; Sale turns 37 at the end of March; he was 7-5, 2.58 in 20 starts for Atlanta last year. In his 15-year career, he is 145-88, 3.01 in 312 starts.

— St Louis Cardinals are re-building; they were 78-84 last year, missing the playoffs for the third year in a row. Cardinals haven’t had two years in a row under .500 since 1994-95, and 1994 was a strike-shortened season.
Last time the Cardinals has consecutive losing years in full seasons, was 1958-59.

— Several fantasy baseball analysts have convinced themselves that Alex Bregman’s numbers are going to suffer with Bregman now playing for the Cubs.
Bregman played nine years in Houston, played for the Red Sox last year, two home ballparks that are friendly for righty hitters who like to pull the ball. Bregman has 209 career home runs, 293 doubles; his career OPS is 846.
Bregman figures to bat 2nd in the Cubs’ lineup this year, ahead of Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki. Will be interesting to see how he fares with his new team.

— Atlanta Braves announced this week that BravesVision is their local TV home, beginning with this season. Braves chose to control the BravesVision plan instead of having the telecasts produced by Major League Baseball. MLB will produce broadcasts for 14 teams this season.

 

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NCAAB

Thursday, February 26

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[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Thursday, February 26

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday, February 26​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
URI at SBON	05:00 PM	URI +3.5*****	+500
BRY at UMBC	06:00 PM	U 138.5*****	+500
UNH at BING	06:07 PM	BING +2.5*****	+500
ME at ALBY	06:30 PM	O 132.5*****	+500
CHS at LIU	07:00 PM	O 141.5*****	+500
MEHST at CCSU	07:00 PM	MEHST +3.5*****	+500
STON at MONM	07:00 PM	O 145.5*****	+500
DEL at JVST	07:00 PM	O 134.5*****	+500
NHC at WAG	07:00 PM	NHC +1.5***** U 131.5*****	+500 +500
UTEP at MTU	07:30 PM	MTU -8.5***** O 139.5*****	+500 +500
NMSU at WKU	07:30 PM	O 151.5*****	+500
MOSU at LT	07:30 PM	MOSU +2.5***** O 136.5*****	+500 +500
MORE at UALR	08:00 PM	MORE +3.5*****	+500
MSU at PUR	08:00 PM	O 139.5*****	+500
ALCN at TXSO	08:00 PM	O 148.5*****	+500
SDST at UMKC	08:00 PM	O 151.5*****	+500
TNST at SEMO	08:30 PM	U 154.5*****	+500
UNCO at EWU	09:00 PM	EWU +1.5*****	+500
NDSU at STT	09:00 PM	O 155.5*****	+500
WICH at MEM	09:00 PM	O 146.5*****	+500
SAC at MONT	09:00 PM	MONT -7.5	+500
HAW at UCD	09:00 PM	O 149.5*****	+500
AC at UTECH	09:00 PM	AC +2.5*****	+500
UCI at CSN	10:00 PM	O 154.5*****	+500
UTA at CBU	10:00 PM	O 134.5*****	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/26/2026...........18 - 10 - 0...............64.28%...............+ 35.00
02/25/2026...........17 - 15 - 0...............53.12%...............+ 2.50
02/24/2026...........18 - 13 - 0...............58.06%...............+ 18.50
02/23/2026.............. 7 - 4 - 0................63.63%...............+ 13.00
02/22/2026..............6 - 13 - 0................31.57%..............- 41.50
02/21/2026............18 - 14 - 0................56.45%..............+ 13.00
02/20/2026...............7 - 6 - 0.................53.84%..............+ 2.00
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.................314 - 308 - 0...............50.48%..............-119.00

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

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

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Friday’s 6-pack
Worst teams in country at shooting foul shots:
63.4%— Syracuse
64.3%— Appalachian State
64.6%— Charleston Southern
64.8%— Davidson
64.8%— Boston College
64.9%— Air Force

Quote of the Day
“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.”
George MacDonald

Friday’s quiz
Michigan is 53-12 in two seasons under coach Dusty May; who was Michigan’s basketball coach before May?

Thursday’s quiz
Matthew Stafford was the first pick of the 2009 NFL Draft, by the Lions. Jets were the next team to select a QB; they took Mark Sanchez with the fifth pick of the first round.

Wednesday’s quiz
Last season, Milwaukee Brewers won the most regular season games in the major leagues.

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

— Michigan State 76, Purdue 74
Spartans shot 63.9% inside the arc.
Michigan State is 13-4 in Big 18, in 3-way tie for 3rd place.
Purdue is 5-5 in last ten games, after a 17-1 start.
Unusual game; no one scored more than 15 points.

— Cal-Irvine 68, Cal-Northridge 67
Irvine got layup on an out of bounds under play at the buzzer to win game.
Irvine led 36-24 at halftime.
Matadors were only 13-21 on foul line.
Anteaters win in Northridge for 11th year in a row.

— Hawaii 77, Cal-Davis 73
Hawaii shot 10-22 on arc; they led 43-31 at halftime.
Hawaii has #11 eFG% defense in the country.
Rainbows are tied with Cal-Irvine atop Big West standings.

— Montana State 84, Portland State 69
Bobcats shot 15-30 on arc, won for only third time in last eight games.
Montana State is shooting 38.7% in Big Sky games, best in league.
Vikings lost three of last four games, still lead Big Sky by a game.

— Wichita State 88, Memphis 82
Shockers were 26-33 on foul line, Memphis 13-27
Wichita had a 44-27 edge on the boards.
Shockers won four in row, nine of last 11 games.
Memphis is 12-16, 7-8 in AAC; their last losing season was 2000.

— Kennesaw State 74, Liberty 65
Kennesaw made 11-18 on arc; they’re only #176 in country in 3-point %age.
Liberty loses second game in row, after starting 15-0 in C-USA.
Flames still lead Conference USA by three games, with three games left.

— St Thomas 84, North Dakota State 62
Tommies made 14-35 on arc, shot 81.8% inside arc, scored 1.29 ppp.
Carter Bjerke shot 7-9 on arc, his only shots of game, scored 21 points.
North Dakota State is still going to be top seed in the Summit tournament.

— Famous birthdays, February 27th:
James Worthy, 65
Greg Cadaret, 64
Matt Stairs, 58

Duce Staley, 51
Tony Gonzalez, 50
Anibal Sanchez, 42

— Santa Clara’s basketball team is 23-7 this year, 14-3 in WCC; they’re a bubble team to make the NCAA’s, a place they haven’t been in 30 years, back when Steve Nash played there. As I type this, Bracketology has Santa Clara as one of the last four teams in the Field of 68.

— Oregon State fired basketball coach Wayne Tinkle Friday, after he coached the Beavers for 12 years. Oregon State made the Elite 8 five years ago, but the last two years, they were 19-16 in the WCC, after the Pac-12 was put on hold by re-alignment.

Pac-12 starts up again next year; Corvallis, OR isn’t exactly a recruiting hot bed; unless they can get alum Gary Payton to coach his alma mater, not sure how they’ll made a splash when they hire a new coach. Oregon State paid Tinkle $3M to terminate his contract.

— Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia suggested the NBA sweeten the pot for the Dunk Contest and 3-point contest, offering a $1M first prize for each event; Ishbia wants more star players taking part in All-Star weekend events next year, when Phoenix hosts the All-Star weekend.

— 37 years ago this week, Jerry Jones bought the Dallas Cowboys for $150M; these days, 37 years later, the Cowboys are worth $12.8B, that’s billion, with a B.

— College sports isn’t college sports anymore, it is minor league sports.

Former Cincinnati Bearcats QB Brendan Sorsby bolted to Texas Tech to play next year; the Bearcats want him to pay the school a $1M buyout in liquidated damages, which Cincinnati says Sorsby was contractually obligated to pay within 30 days of transferring.

Sorsby reportedly signed an NIL agreement with the Red Raiders that will pay him $5M next year; he is basically giving Cincinnati the finger, refusing to pay the buyout.

— World Baseball Classic starts next Thursday; from March 5-10, there will be a ballgame live on TV at 5 or 6am here in New York, the games in Asia.

— Max Scherzer signed a deal with the Blue Jays, with a $3M base salary; he gets another $1M when he reacher 65 innings pitched, then another $1M for each 10 innings he pitches until he gets to 155 innings pitched.

If he gets to 155 innings pitched, he maxes out at $13M this season.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Friday, February 27

 

[Udog]

NCAAB

Friday, February 27

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[CNOTES]

Friday, February 27​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
M-OH at WMU	06:00 PM	WMU +11.5 U 163.5*****	+500 +500
YALE at COR	06:00 PM	COR +4.5 U 164.5*****	+500 +500
QUIN at NIAG	06:30 PM	NIAG +8.5*****	+500
MAN at SPC	07:00 PM	MAN +7.5*****	+500
RID at IONA	07:00 PM	RID +11.5*****	+500
DART at PENN	07:00 PM	O 154.5	+500
DAY at GW	07:00 PM	DAY +2.5*****	+500
SIE at FAIR	07:00 PM	SIE -1.5*****	+500
BRWN at CLMB	07:00 PM	O 140.5*****	+500
MSM at SHU	07:00 PM	SHU -2.5*****	+500
HARV at PRIN	07:00 PM	U 129.5	+500
ULM at TROY	07:00 PM	TROY -19.5	+500
MW at CAN	07:00 PM	CAN +9.5***** U 130.5*****	+500 +500
ODU at GAST	07:30 PM	GAST +1.5	+500
AKR at KENT	08:00 PM	AKR -3.5 O 166.5*****	+500 +500
APP at TXST	08:00 PM	TXST +1.5*****	+500
CCAR at JMU	08:00 PM	JMU -5.5 O 140.5*****	+500 +500
MICH at ILL	08:00 PM	ILL +1.5 U 158.5*****	+500 +500
USM at USA	08:30 PM	USA -4.5***** O 142.5*****	+500 +500
ULL at ARST	08:30 PM	ARST -14.5*****	+500
GASO at MRSH	09:00 PM	MRSH -7.5*****	+500