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

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Tuesday, March 3

 

[CNOTES]

Tuesday, March 3​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
GAST at ULL	06:00 PM	ULL +1.5	+500
TENN at SCAR	06:00 PM	SCAR +8.5	+500
MASSL at ME	06:00 PM	ME +1.5	+500
BRY at UNH	06:00 PM	UNH -1.5	+500
UMBC at NJIT	06:00 PM	NJIT +5.5*****	+500
EMU at BUFF	06:30 PM	EMU +3.5	+500
ALA at UGA	06:30 PM	ALA -1.5***** U 178.5*****	+500 +500
TOWS at STON	06:31 PM	TOWS -1.5	+500
MONM at NE	07:00 PM	MONM -4.5*****	+500
UNCW at ELON	07:00 PM	UNCW -4.5	+500
NCAT at CAMP	07:00 PM	NCAT +7.5	+500
UK at TXAM	07:00 PM	TXAM -1.5	+500
HAMP at WM	07:00 PM	HAMP +11.5***** O 154.5*****	+500 +500
TCU at TTU	07:00 PM	TTU -8.5*****	+500
OHIO at MASS	07:00 PM	OHIO +2.5	+500
GMU at VCU	07:00 PM	VCU -11.5*****	+500
AKR at CMU	07:00 PM	AKR -11.5	+500
HC at LAF	07:00 PM	HC +4.5	+500
DREX at HOF	07:00 PM	HOF -8.5	+500
HALL at XAV	07:00 PM	XAV +1.5	+500
ARMY at BUCK	07:00 PM	U 143.5*****	+500
OKST at UCF	07:00 PM	UCF -8.5*****	+500
DAY at RICH	07:00 PM	DAY -5.5	+500
MIZZ at OKLA	07:00 PM	OKLA -2.5*****	+500
TOL at M-OH	07:00 PM	TOL +7.5	+500
CLEM at UNC	07:00 PM	UNC -3.5	+500
WAKE at UVA	07:00 PM	U 148.5	+500
GTWN at SJU	07:00 PM	SJU -16.5*****	+500
BALL at WMU	07:00 PM	BALL +2.5	+500
ALBY at UVM	07:00 PM	ALBY +8.5	+500
WVU at KSU	08:00 PM	KSU +2.5*****	+500
KENT at NIU	08:00 PM	KENT -10.5*****	+500
SOU at ALST	08:00 PM	ALST -1.5	+500
IPFW at GB	08:00 PM	GB -4.5*****	+500
ARPB at JKST	08:00 PM	ARPB +1.5	+500
MSST at FLA	08:00 PM	MSST +22.5*****	+500
ULM at ODU	08:30 PM	ODU -10.5*****	+500
GRAM at AAMU	08:30 PM	AAMU -2.5	+500
MVSU at ALCN	09:00 PM	MVSU +9.5	+500
BYU at CIN	09:00 PM	CIN -2.5*****	+500
SYR at LOU	09:00 PM	LOU -12.5	+500
COLO at UTAH	09:00 PM	COLO -1.5*****	+500
KU at ASU	09:00 PM	KU -6.5*****	+500
ORE at ILL	09:00 PM	ORE +19.5	+500
VAN at MISS	09:00 PM	MISS +7.5	+500
GC at AFA	09:00 PM	AFA +20.5*****	+500
SDSU at BSU	09:00 PM	U 144.5	+500
SJSU at FRES	09:00 PM	FRES -6.5 O 148.5	+500 +500
LSU at AUB	10:00 PM	AUB -9.5 U 157.5	+500 +500
NEV at WYO	10:00 PM	WYO -1.5*****	+500
NEB at UCLA	11:00 PM	NEB +1.5***** U 143.5	+500 +500
USU at UNLV	11:00 PM	UNLV +8.5*****	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/03/2026...............12 - 12 - 0.................50.00%............- 6.00
03/02/2026...................8 - 5 - 0.................61.53%............+ 12.50
03/01/2026.................10 - 8 - 0.................55.55%............+ 6.00

TOTALS......................30 - 25 - 0.................54.54%.............+12.50

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50

FEBRUARY'S
TOTALS...............375 - 352 - 0.................51.58%.................- 56.00

 

[CNOTES]

Wednesday’s 6-pack
Teams in country with best rating on offense:
— Illinois
— Purdue
— Alabama
— Duke
— Michigan
— Arkansas

Quote of the Day
“That’s a big mistake… You don’t mess with something that is gold. It’s gold.”
Mike Krzyzewski, talking about whether the NCAA Tournament gets expanded

Wednesday’s quiz
When Florida Gators won consecutive national titles in 2006, 2007, who was their coach?

Tuesday’s quiz
2018 was the last time the Red Sox were in the World Series.

Monday’s quiz
Duke hasn’t won a national title in basketball since 2015.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— Miami OH 74, Toledo 72
Redhawks improved to 30-0, with one regular season game left.
6 of their last 12 wins were either by 2 points, or in overtime.
Miami never trailed; they led by one with 8:41 left to play.
Toledo is 10-7, #4-seed right now; these teams could meet in MAC semi-finals.

— North Carolina 67, Clemson 63
Tar Heels shot 12-27 on arc, 32.3% inside arc.
Carolina won 10 of its last 12 games.
Clemson lost five of last six games, after a 20-4 start.

— Georgia 98, Alabama 88
75-possession game, another Alabama track meet.
Georgia shot 13-29 on the arc, scored 1.31 ppp.
Alabama was 16-42 on the arc, 9-22 inside the arc.
Dawgs won four of their last five games.

— Vanderbilt 89, Ole Miss 86, OT
Big sigh of relief from Nashville; Commodores avoid a bad loss.
Tyler Tanner scored 34 points, had 7 assists.
Ole Miss led by 12 early on, by 4 with 1:17 left in regulation.
Vandy was +8 in turnovers, had 22 offensive rebounds.

— UNLV 92, Utah State 65
UNLV swept two games vs Utah State this year, first time since 2014.
Overall, Rebels have won six of their last eight games.
Howie Fleming had a triple-double for UNLV.

— Upsets of the Night:
UCLA(+1) 72, Nebraska 52
TCU (+10.5) 73, Texas Tech 65
Oklahoma State (+8.5) 111, Central Florida 104, OT
Arizona State (+5.5) 70, Kansas 60
Ball State (+3.5) 74, Western Michigan 71, OT

— Braves’ DH Jurickson Profar got a 162-game suspension after a second failed PED test. Profar was suspended for 80 games last season for failing his first PED test. Profar his .245 with a .787 OPS in his half-season of play last year.

— Atlanta Falcons are going to play a “home” game in Spain this fall.

— The 2026 NFL league year starts on March 11th; sounds like QB’s Kirk Cousins, Kyler Murray are going to be free agents.

— Citadel finished 7-11 in Southern Conference this year, which doesn’t sound like much, but its the most conference games they’ve won since they went 9-9 in 2010.

— Famous birthdays, March 4th:
Tom Grieve, 78
Kay Lenz, 73
Doug Plank, 73
Patricia Heaton, 68
Steven Weber, 65
Kevin Johnson, 60
Robert Smith, 54
Draymond Green, 36
Nick Castellanos, 34
George Pickens, 25

— Oklahoma State 111, Central Florida 104, OT
Lot of fouls: OSU was 32-40 on foul line, UCF 33-45.
Central Florida led by 13, midway thru first half.
Cowboys are 2-6 in last eight games, with both wins in OT.

— Texas A&M 96, Kentucky 85
Aggies got their 20th win; they shot 13-28 on arc, 27-39 on line.
Kentucky led by 12 with 7:40 left in first half.
Wildcats lost four of their last six games.

— St John’s 72, Georgetown 69
Hoyas led by 12 with 13:50 left in the game.
St John’s has won 15 of its last 16 games.
Teams combined to shoot 11-44 on the arc; lot of long rebounds.

— Green Bay 64, Fort Wayne 56
Green Bay advances to second round of the Horizon Tournament.
Green Bay improves to 18-14; last year, they were 4-28.
Green Bay was 15-20 on foul line, Mastodons were 5-9

— Sun Belt tournament:
Louisiana 84, Georgia State 75- Jaxon Olvera scored 29 points, had 9 rebounds.
Old Dominion 87, UL-Monroe 80- Monarchs advance to play Georgia Southern next.

 

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[CNOTES]

Wednesday, March 4​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
STET at EKY	05:00 PM	EKY -4.5***** O 155.5	+500 +500
ULL at JMU	06:00 PM	JMU -6.5*****	+500
CREI at BUT	06:00 PM	BUT -2.5*****	+500
FOR at LAS	06:30 PM	FOR -2.5***** U 132.5	+500 +500
MINN at IND	06:30 PM	MINN +6.5	+500
DUQ at URI	07:00 PM	DUQ +1.5***** O 143.5*****	+500 +500
MARQ at PROV	07:00 PM	MARQ +5.5	+500
WAG at CCSU	07:00 PM	CCSU -5.5*****	+500
FDU at MEHST	07:00 PM	MEHST -4.5	+500
JOES at DAV	07:00 PM	DAV -3.5*****	+500
MIA at SMU	07:00 PM	MIA +1.5*****	+500
CAL at GT	07:00 PM	CAL -2.5	+500
MILW at DET	07:00 PM	MILW +1.5***** O 151.5	+500 +500
UAB at CHAR	07:00 PM	CHAR +1.5*****	+500
CHS at LIU	07:00 PM	LIU -11.5***** U 138.5	+500 +500
SBON at GW	07:00 PM	GW -8.5*****	+500
YSU at RMU	07:00 PM	RMU -4.5*****	+500
CLEV at WRST	07:00 PM	CLEV +14.5	+500
TEX at ARK	07:00 PM	TEX +7.5 O 164.5*****	+500 +500
NKU at OAK	07:00 PM	NKU +2.5*****	+500
WEBB at SCUS	07:30 PM	WEBB +11.5*****	+500
OSU at PSU	07:30 PM	PSU +6.5	+500
UNF at UWG	07:30 PM	UNF +2.5 O 159.5*****	+500 +500
VILL at DEP	08:00 PM	DEP +2.5	+500
L-IL at SLU	08:00 PM	L-IL +22.5***** O 154.5	+500 +500
UMKC at ORU	08:00 PM	UMKC +8.5*****	+500
RICE at UNT	08:00 PM	RICE +7.5 O 137.5*****	+500 +500
MD at WIS	08:00 PM	WIS -14.5***** U 154.5	+500 +500
ODU at GASO	08:30 PM	GASO -2.5*****	+500
PUR at NW	08:30 PM	PUR -10.5*****	+500
FSU at PITT	09:00 PM	FSU -2.5*****	+500
BAY at HOU	09:00 PM	HOU -14.5*****	+500
STAN at ND	09:00 PM	STAN -1.5 U 147.5*****	+500 +500
CSU at UNM	10:00 PM	UNM -8.5*****	+500
USC at WASH	10:30 PM	WASH -6.5***** U 150.5	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/04/2026................10 - 18 - 0................35.71%............- 49.00
03/03/2026...............12 - 12 - 0.................50.00%............- 6.00
03/02/2026...................8 - 5 - 0.................61.53%............+ 12.50
03/01/2026.................10 - 8 - 0.................55.55%............+ 6.00

TOTALS.....................40 - 43 - 0.................48.19%............- 36.50

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50

FEBRUARY'S
TOTALS...............375 - 352 - 0.................51.58%.................- 56.00

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday’s 6-pack
Odds on which league will win the college basketball national title:
+140- Big 12
+170- Big 18
+400- ACC
+700- SEC
+900- Big East
+2500- WCC
+3000- Field (everyone else)

Quote of the Day
“In my time of 34 years, I’ve never seen a point guard better… He’s a generational player. This No. 1 pick thing, I don’t know why people aren’t talking about him more. I can’t imagine anybody better”
Texas coach Sean Miller, talking about Arkansas guard Darius Acuff

Thursday’s quiz
Kyler Murray played college football for which two schools?

Wednesday’s quiz
When Florida Gators won consecutive national titles in 2006, 2007, Billy Donovan was their coach.

Tuesday’s quiz
2018 was the last time the Red Sox were in the World Series.

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

— Arkansas 105, Texas 85
Razorbacks led 56-34 at halftime.
Darius Acuff scored 28 points, had 13 assists.
Arkansas shot 11-19 on arc, scored 1.33 ppp.

— Florida State 75, Pittsburgh 74
Florida State led by 24 early in 2nd half, hung on for dear life.
Seminoles have quietly won eight of their last 10 games.
Pittsburgh lost seven of its last nine games.

— Colorado State 82, New Mexico 74
February 1st, Colorado State was 12-10.
Since then, Rams have won eight games in a row.
Colorado State shot 13-16 inside the arc.
Lobos slip into a tie for 2nd in MW with San Diego State.

— Purdue 70, Northwestern 66
Northwestern led by 11 late in the first half.
Purdue shot 68% inside arc, had 29-15 edge on boards.
Just second win in last five games for the Boilermakers.

— Famous birthdays, March 5th:
Phil Roof, 85
Joe Scarpati, 83
Rocky Bleier, 80
Kent Tekulve, 79
Michael Irvin, 60
Roman Phifer, 58
Grain Grant, 54
Eva Mendes, 53
Paul Konerko, 50
Wally Szczerbiak, 49
Kyle Schwarber, 33
Bo Bichette, 28
Tanner Bibee, 27
Justin Fields, 27

— College/minor league sports have become a little weird.
There are 16 teams in the SEC; on those 16 teams this season, there is only one senior who started his college career with that team- Shawn Jones at Mississippi State. No one stays in school four years, and if they do, they bolt for greener pa$ture$ at some point.

— College basketball coaching news
Tennessee Tech fired John Pelphrey, who had coached there seven years. Tech hasn’t been to the NCAA’s since 1963; they’re moving up to the Southern Conference next year.
Providence fired Kim English, who is 47-50 in three years with the Friars, 13-26 the last two years in conference games.

— NFL announced that Cardinals-Panthers will be the Hall of Fame Game in August.

— New England Patriots are going to release WR Stefon Diggs next week, saving them $16.8M on the salary cap. Diggs caught 85 passes for 1,013 yards with New England last year, scoring four touchdowns.

— Houston Astros SS Jeremy Pena went for X-rays today on an injured finger; he is meeting with a hand specialist Thursday in West Palm Beach.
Pena is playing for the Dominican Republic in the WBC; Astros lost Jose Altuve with a broken finger in the WBC three years ago.

— Australia 3, Chinese Taipei 0
First game in this year’s World Baseball Classic
Travis Bazzana homered for Australia.
Aussies play Czechia Thursday night at 10:00.

— Word of the Day:
Nefarious- Someone who is evil or immoral, or both.

— St Joe’s 70, Davidson 67
Hawks have won five in a row, 12 of last 15 games.
St Joe’s had 41-27 edge on the boards.
Davidson was only 9-31 on arc, 8-16 on the foul line.

— Miami 77, SMU 69
Hurricanes’ bench outscored SMU’s subs, 27-4.
Miami has won seven of its last eight games.
SMU lost its last three games, giving up 81.7 ppg.

— Horizon tournament:
Favorites won/covered three of the four games.
Only upset: #7-seed Northern Kentucky upset Oakland, 85-84.

— Sun Belt tournament:
James Madison 87, Louisiana 72- Dukes have won seven of their last eight games.
Georgia Southern 88, Old Dominion 84- Eagles play Arkansas State Thursday.

 

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[CNOTES]

Thursday, March 5​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
SHU at IONA	06:00 PM	SHU +2.5*****	+500
JMU at USM	06:00 PM	USM +2.5*****	+500
DSU at UMES	07:00 PM	DSU +5.5*****	+500
AMER at BU	07:00 PM	BU -1.5*****	+500
EIU at UTM	07:00 PM	UTM -9.5*****	+500
L-MD at COLG	07:00 PM	COLG -5.5*****	+500
ORU at NDSU	07:00 PM	NDSU -11.5*****	+500
HC at LEH	07:00 PM	HC +5.5*****	+500
INST at VALP	07:00 PM	INST +3.5*****	+500
HOW at NORF	08:00 PM	HOW -5.5*****	+500
WKU at MOSU	08:00 PM	WKU -2.5*****	+500
SOU at AAMU	08:30 PM	AAMU +1.5*****	+500
ARPB at ALCN	09:00 PM	ARPB -2.5*****	+500
LINW at SEMO	09:30 PM	SEMO -4.5*****	+500
EVAN at UNI	09:30 PM	UNI -14.5*****	+500
CSN at CSB	09:30 PM	CSN -7.5*****	+500
SDST at STT	09:30 PM	STT -5.5*****	+500
UCSD at CSF	10:00 PM	UCSD -3.5*****	+500
USD at LMU	11:30 PM	LMU -5.5*****	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/05/2026................11 - 8 - 0..................57.89%............+ 11.00
03/04/2026................10 - 18 - 0................35.71%............- 49.00
03/03/2026...............12 - 12 - 0.................50.00%............- 6.00
03/02/2026...................8 - 5 - 0.................61.53%............+ 12.50
03/01/2026.................10 - 8 - 0.................55.55%............+ 6.00

TOTALS.....................51 - 51 - 0................. 50.00%.............- 25.50

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50

FEBRUARY'S
TOTALS...............375 - 352 - 0.................51.58%.................- 56.00

 

[CNOTES]

Friday’s 6-pack
Pitchers with the most quality starts last year:
(6+ innings pitched, 3 or less earned runs allowed)
22— Garrett Crochet
22— Cristopher Sanchez
22— Logan Webb
21— Hunter Brown
21— Tarik Skubal
21— Bryan Woo

Quote of the Day
“Of all the things you wear, your expression matters most. Wear it well.”
Harvey Mackay

Friday’s quiz
In the history of the Tampa Bay Rays, who has hit the most home runs?

Thursday’s quiz
Kyler Murray played college football for Texas A&M, Oklahoma.

Wednesday’s quiz
When Florida Gators won consecutive national titles in 2006, 2007, Billy Donovan was their coach.


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

— Michigan 71, Iowa 68
Wolverines won despite being minus-13 (18-5) in turnovers.
Michigan is 28-2, 18-1 in conference games.
Iowa is 20-10, but 2-5 in their last seven games.

— Louisiana Tech 76, Liberty 71
6-3 soph Bates scored 34 points, had four assists for Tech.
Liberty was 16-39 behind the arc, only 7-16 inside arc.
Liberty lost three of last four games, after a 23-3 start.

— Valparaiso 63, Indiana State 62
Indiana State led by 7 with 4:24 left in the game.
Valparaiso was 13-22 on foul line, Sycamores 3-4.
Crusaders play Bradley in the next round Friday.

— Drake 67, Southern Illinois 63
Salukis shot 4-25 on the arc, 3-9 on foul line.
Drake had lost nine games in a row, was a 9-point underdog.
Drake has also won this tournament the last three years; they had better teams then.

— Fairfield 71, Manhattan 60
Stags win 20 games for only 2nd time in last 14 years.
Fairfield starts four freshmen; they’re 9-3 in last 12 games.
Fairfield plays Saint Peter’s in the next round Friday.

— Famous birthdays, March 6th:
Jerry Rhome, 84
Mike Boryla, 75
Sleepy Floyd, 66
Connie Britton, 59
Shaquille O’Neal, 54
Michael Finley, 53
Sage Rosenfels, 48
Jake Arrieta, 40
Edmundo Sosa, 30
Joe Milton, 26

— Saw something on TV; so far in spring training, when a catcher challenges a ball/strike call, 54% of those calls have been overturned. When batters have challenged calls, 46% have been overturned. Still early in the process, but the ABS seems like a good system.

— There are only five players who have hit 400+ home runs, stole 300+ bases:
Carlos Beltran, 435 HR’s, 312 SB
Alex Rodriguez, 696, 329
Barry Bonds, 762, 514
Andre Dawson, 438, 314
Willie Mays, 660, 339

Jose Ramirez is the one active player who has a decent shot at joining this list; he’s hit 285 home runs, stolen 287 bases.

— Houston Astros’ SS Jeremy Pena has a broken bone in his finger, will be re-evaluated in two weeks. He’ll miss the World Baseball Classic; major league season starts in 20 days or so, it remains to be seen if Pena will be back in the lineup for Opening Day.

— There are two Max Muncy’s in the major leagues:
Dodgers’ 3B Max Muncy was drafted by the A’s, has played 10 years in the majors.
A’s 3B Max Muncy was also drafted by the A’s, has played one year so far.
What makes it weird is this: the two guys have the same birthday, August 25th.

— Chicago Bears traded WR DJ Moore and a 5th-round draft pick to Buffalo, in exchange for a second-round draft pick. Moore caught 50 passes for 682 yards and six TD’s last year; he has scored 43 TDs’ in his eight-year career.

— Sun Belt tournament:
Southern Miss 86, James Madison 80- Eagles were 28-34 on line; they play Texas State next.
Georgia Southern 80, Arkansas State 77- Eagles pull the first upset of the tournament.

 

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[CNOTES]

Friday, March 6​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
UCRV at HAW	12:00 AM	HAW -11.5	+500
WEBB at HP	12:00 PM	WEBB +26.5***** O 158.5*****	+500 +500
BELL at CARK	12:00 PM	BELL +6.5	+500
DRKE at BEL	01:00 PM	BEL -12.5*****	+500
NE at NCAT	02:00 PM	NCAT -1.5*****	+500
CHSO at WIN	02:30 PM	CHSO +3.5*****	+500
FGCU at LIP	02:30 PM	LIP -4.5*****	+500
UIC at MURR	03:30 PM	UIC +1.5*****	+500
CIT at CHAT	05:00 PM	CIT +7.5*****	+500
SHU at MW	06:00 PM	MW -8.5	+500
NIU at AKR	06:00 PM	AKR -22.5*****	+500
LONG at UNCA	06:00 PM	LONG +1.5	+500
USM at TXST	06:00 PM	USM +1.5*****	+500
BGSU at EMU	06:30 PM	BGSU -3.5	+500
PENN at BRWN	07:00 PM	BRWN +2.5*****	+500
BUFF at TOL	07:00 PM	TOL -8.5 O 153.5***	+500 +500
VCU at DAY	07:00 PM	VCU +1.5	+500
CMU at BALL	07:00 PM	BALL -2.5******	+500
CLMB at HARV	07:00 PM	CLMB +4.5***** O 132.5*****	+500 +500
WMU at KENT	07:00 PM	KENT -11.5*****	+500
VALP at BRAD	07:00 PM	BRAD -4.5*****	+500
NEOM at SDAK	07:00 PM	SDAK +3.5	+500
VMI at UNCG	07:30 PM	UNCG -7.5*****	+500
UCF at WVU	08:00 PM	WVU -3.5	+500
GASO at USA	08:30 PM	USA -5.5*****	+500
FAIR at SPC	08:30 PM	SPC -3.5*****	+500
PRE at RAD	08:30 PM	RAD -1.5	+500
SJU at HALL	09:00 PM	SJU -4.5*****	+500
PORT at WSU	09:00 PM	PORT +6.5 O 152.5*****	+500 +500
M-OH at OHIO	09:00 PM	M-OH -5.5***** O 159.5*****	+500 +500
UNI at ILST	09:30 PM	UNI -1.5	+500
DEN at UND	09:30 PM	DEN -3.5	+500
UNLV at SDSU	10:00 PM	UNLV +9.5 O 152.5*****	+500 +500
SEMO at MORE	10:30 PM	SEMO -2.5*****	+500
USD at SEA	11:30 PM	SEA -9.5*****	+500

 

[CNOTES]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/06/2026..............12 - 13 - 0.................48.00%............- 11.50
03/05/2026................11 - 8 - 0..................57.89%............+ 11.00
03/04/2026................10 - 18 - 0................35.71%............- 49.00
03/03/2026...............12 - 12 - 0.................50.00%............- 6.00
03/02/2026...................8 - 5 - 0.................61.53%............+ 12.50
03/01/2026.................10 - 8 - 0.................55.55%............+ 6.00

TOTALS.......................63 - 64 - 0................. 49.60%.............- 37.00

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50

FEBRUARY'S
TOTALS...............375 - 352 - 0.................51.58%.................- 56.00

 

[CNOTES]

Saturday’s 6-pack
World Baseball Classic scores
— USA 15, Brazil 5- Aaron Judge homered, scored three runs.
— Venezuela 6, Netherlands 2- Willson Contreras had two hits, two RBI
— Dominican Republic 12, Nicaragua 3- Julio Rodriguez had 3 hits, 3 RBI
— Japan 13, Chinese Taipei 0- Shohei Ohtani hit a grand slam.
— Cuba 3, Panama 1- Yoan Moncada hit a 2-run homer.
— Puerto Rico 5, Colombia 0- Puerto Rico scored all 5 runs in 5th inning

Quote of the Day
“I still got a long way to go, but this was a really good step.”
Celtics’ star Jayson Tatum, after playing in his first game in 298 days

Saturday’s quiz
In the history of the Milwaukee Brewers, who hit the most home runs?

Friday’s quiz
In the history of the Tampa Bay Rays, Evan Longoria has hit the most home runs.

Thursday’s quiz
Kyler Murray played college football for Texas A&M, Oklahoma.

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Saturday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy Friday……..​

— Missouri Valley tournament
Drake 100, Belmont 79
Bulldogs shot 76.9% inside arc, scored 1.39 ppp.
Drake was an 11-point underdog.
Bulldogs won last two nights, after losing last eight regular season games.
Belmont is first #1-seed in country to lose in its conference tournament.

Bradley 90, Valparaiso 84, 2OTs
Braves were +8 (19-11) in overtime.
Valparaiso led by 3 with 0:48 left in the first overtime.
Bradley is 4-1 in overtime games this season.

— Miami OH 110, Ohio 108, OT
Redhawks finish regular season 31-0, with nine wins by 1 or 2 points, or in OT.
Miami’s last three wins were all by two points.
Miami was 31-41 on foul line, Ohio was 20-25.
Redhawks shot 56.1% inside arc, scored 1.32 ppp.

— Akron 94, Northern Illinois 55
Very quietly, in Miami’s shadow, Zips have won seven in row, 16 of last 17 games.
Akron shot 18-27 on the arc, scored 1.36 ppp.
Zips are 26-5, have the #9 eFG% in the country.

— St John’s 72, Seton Hall 65
St John’s shot 59.4% inside the arc.
Seton Hall finishes 10-10 in the Big East.
Red Storm is 16-1 in last 17 games, clinched #1-seed in Big East tourney.

— Southern Conference tournament
Citadel 88, Chattanooga 85
Citadel shot 15-31 on arc, scored 1.39 ppp.
Chattanooga lost desire shooting 1.34 ppp.

— WCC tournament
Portland 74, Washington State 68
Wazzu led 29-25 at halftime.
This was Coogs’ last WCC game; they’re back in Pac-12 next year.
Pilots advance to play San Francisco Saturday.

— North Carolina star Caleb Wilson, who was already nursing a broken left hand, is now out for the year with a broken right thumb he suffered in practice this week. Wilson was averaging 19.8 ppg, grabbing 9.4 rebounds/game for the 24-6 Tar Heels.

— Famous birthdays, March 7th:
Pete Beathard, 84
Jeff Burroughs, 75
Lynn Swann, 74
Tommy Kramer, 71
Bryan Cranston, 70
Joe Carter, 66
Flipper Anderson, 61
Steve Beuerlein, 61
Ricky Proehl, 58
Jeff Kent, 58
Jenna Fischer, 52
Ian Clark, 35
Pharoh Cooper, 31
Michael Harris, 25

— VCU 68, Dayton 62
VCU shot 56.7% inside arc, had only 7 turnovers on 61 possessions.
Dayton shot 63.6% inside arc, only 4-22 outside arc.
Rams have won 13 of their last 14 games.

— San Diego State 89, UNLV 86
BJ Davis scored 30 points in 26:00 off San Diego State’s bench.
Aztecs led 42-39 at halftime.
Dravyn Gibbs-Lawhorn scored 32 points for UNLV.

— West Virginia 77, Central Florida 62
West Virginia shot 61.5% inside the arc.
Honor Huff was 10-10 on foul line; UCF’s whole team was 11-18.
Central Florida lost six of its last nine games.

— Patriot League tournament
Lehigh 69, Holy Cross 66
Forgot to mention this yesterday; kid on Lehigh nailed a half-court shot at the buzzer to win this game. Lehigh advances to play Colgate in the semi-finals Sunday.

— MAAC tournament:
Merrimack 70, Sacred Heart, 48
Top-seeded Warriors led 39-25 at halftime.
Merrimack has won 10 of its last 11 games.

Fairfield 74, Saint Peter’s 55
#7-seed Stags pull upset, after trailing 11-0 right off the bat.
Fairfield starts 4 freshmen; they’ve won 10 of their last 13 games.

— Sun Belt tournament:
Southern Miss 81, Texas State 77- Unusual game: there were 92 two-point shots taken in this game, only 14 three-point shots. Southern Miss was 28-37 on foul line.

Georgia Southern 94, South Alabama 85
#10-seed Eagles win for third day in a row, scoring 88-80-94 points.
Georgia Southern was 23-44 on 3-point shots, 6-8 on two-point shots.