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Sunday’s games

Tennessee vs Houston (-2.5) (@ Indianapolis)

Tennessee (30-7, 12-6. 4th)
KenPom rating: 5
Tempo: 349
Experience: 14
Continuity: 164
Tennessee won 13 of its last 16 games.
Vols are 16-0 outside the SEC this season.
Tennessee is #20 team on offensive boards.
Vols have #3 eFG% defense in the country.
Tennessee is 17-7 vs top 50 teams.
Tennessee played four guys 30:00+ in Friday’s win.
Since 1997, Vols are 0-2 SU in Elite 8 games; they’re trying to get to the Final Four for the first time (Rick Barnes was there in 2003, with Texas).

Houston (33-4, 19-1. 1st)
KenPom rating: 3
Tempo: 360
Experience: 39
Continuity: 8
Houston won its last sixteen games.
Cougars have #4 eFG% defense in country.
Cougars are forcing turnovers 21.3% of time (#20)
Houston is shooting 39.8% on the arc (#1)
Cougars are 10-3 vs teams ranked in top 50.
Houston lost in Elite 8 to Villanova in 2022.
Cougars played four starters 35:00+ Friday

SEC is the #1 league this year, Big X #3.
Last 4+ years, #1-seeds are 6-2 ATS in Elite 8 games.

Michigan State vs Auburn (-9.5) (@ Atlanta)

Michigan State (30-6, 17-3. 1st)
KenPom rating: 7
Tempo: 179
Experience: 214
Continuity: 81
MSU won 11 of its last 12 games.
Spartans are 12-2 in non-league games.
MSU is 15-4 vs teams ranked in top 50.
Spartans have #15 eFG% defense in country.
MSU is #8 team in country on defensive boards.
Last 20 years, Spartans are 4-1 in Elite 8 games.

Auburn (31-5, 15-3. 1st)
KenPom rating: 4
Tempo: 134
Experience: 24
Continuity: 40
Auburn won four of its last five games.
Tigers are 15-1 outside the SEC.
Auburn is 21-5 vs top 50 opponents.
Tigers have #11 eFG% defense in country.
Auburn is shooting 55.8% inside arc (#32)
Auburn is 3-0 vs Big 18 teams TY, winning by 38-18-13 points.
Tigers made it to the Final Four six years ago.

SEC is the #1 league, Big 18 the #2 league
Last 4+ years, #1-seeds are 6-2 ATS in Elite 8 games.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Sunday, March 30

NCAAB

Sunday, March 30

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Trend Report
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Tennessee VS Houston
Tennessee are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games.
Tennessee are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Tennessee's last 7 games against an opponent in the Big 12 conference.
Tennessee are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games played in March.
Houston are 3-6 ATS in their last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games.
Houston are 10-0 SU in their last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games against an opponent in the Southeastern conference.

Michigan State VS Auburn
Michigan State are 10-2 ATS in their last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Michigan State's last 13 games.
Michigan State are 11-1 SU in their last 12 games.
Michigan State are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Southeastern conference.
Auburn are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Auburn's last 5 games.
Auburn are 16-4 SU in their last 20 games.
Auburn are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Big Ten conference.


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Sunday, March 30​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
TENN at HOU	02:20 PM	TENN +3.0 U 124.5	+500 +500
MSU at AUB	05:05 PM	MSU +5.0 U 147.5	+500 +500

 

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NCAA COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS !

03/30/2025................2 - 2 - 0....................50.00%..................- 1.00
03/29/2024................3 - 1 - 0....................75.00%..................+ 9.50
03/28/2025................3 - 5 - 0....................37.50.....................- 12.50
03/27/2025................3 - 3 - 0.....................50.00%..................- 1.50
03/25/2025................4 - 2 - 0.....................66.66%...................+ 12.00
03/24/2025................2 - 3 - 0.....................40.00%...................- 6.50
03/23/2025..............14 - 13 - 1...................51.85%..................- 1.50
03/22/2025................10 - 6 - 1...................62.50%..................+ 17.00
03/21/2025...............10 - 16 - 0...................38.46%..................- 38.00
03/20/2025...............11 - 14 - 0....................44,99%..................- 22.00
03/19/2025...................8 - 6 - 1....................57.14%...................+ 7.00
03/18/2025...................5 - 8 - 0....................38.46%...................- 19.00
03/16/2025...................4 - 6 - 0....................40.00%...................- 13.00
03/15/2025.................12 - 11 - 1.................52.19%...................- 0.50
03/14/2025.................22 - 10 - 1.................68.75%...................+ 55.00
03/13/2025.................15 - 14 - 0.................51.72%....................- 2.00
03/12/2025.................16 - 18 - 0.................47.05%....................- 19.00
03/11/2025.................15 - 15 - 0..................50.00%....................- 7,50
03/10/2025.................12 - 5 - 0....................70.58%....................+ 32.50
03/09/2025.................20 - 20 - 1.................50.00%.....................- 10.00
03/08/2025.................16 - 19 - 0.................45.71%.....................- 24.50
03/07/2025.................15 - 13 - 1.................53.57%.....................+ 3.50
03/06/2025.................18 - 16 - 2.................52.94%......................+ 2.00
03/05/2025....................7 - 8 - 0.................46.66%......................- 9.00
03/04/2025..................5 - 10 - 0.................33.33%.....................- 30.00
03/03/2025....................3 - 9 - 0.................25.00%......................- 34.50
03/02/2025....................4 - 5 - 0.................44.44%......................- 7.50
03/01/2025.................34 - 25 - 0.................57.62%......................+ 32.50

TOTALS:...................304 - 283 - 9.................51.78%......................- 88.50

 

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Monday’s 6-pack:
Six players who homered in each of their team’s first four games of a season:
1971— Willie Mays
1998— Mark McGwire
2011— Nelson Cruz
2013— Chris Davis
2016— Trevor Story
2019— Christian Yelich

Quote of the Day
“If you believe you can, you’re halfway there.”
Theodore Roosevelt

Monday’s quiz
In the last ten NCAA Tournaments, how many times has a #1-seed won the national title?

Sunday’s quiz
New Orleans Saints have gone the longest since the last time they drafted a quarterback in the first round; they drafted Archie Manning, in 1971.

Saturday’s quiz
In the movie Major League, Tom Berenger plays the catcher for Cleveland.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Sunday……..​

— All four #1-seeds get to the Final Four for the second time (2008 was the other)

— Houston 69, Tennessee 50
Tennessee shot 28.8% from the floor.
Cougars led 34-15 at halftime.
Houston is 30-1 since December 1st.
Houston is the first #1-seed since North Carolina in 2017 to make the Final Four by beating the hardest-possible opponents, the #8-4-2 seeds, to get there.

— Auburn 70, Michigan State 64
Auburn raced out to a 23-8 lead, led 33-24 at halftime.
Johni Broome had 25 points, 14 rebounds in 29:00.
Auburn-Florida is a Final Four game between SEC rivals Saturday in San Antonio.

— Ex-Maryland coach Kevin Willard bolted the Terrapins and signed to coach Villanova.
Maryland was 65-39/32-28 in three years under Willard, going 3-2 in NCAA Tourney games, making the Sweet 16 this season. It was the first Sweet 16 for Maryland since 2016.
Villanova was 54-47/31-29 in three years under Kyle Neptune, missing the NCAA’s all three years. Neptune replaced Jay Wright, who won two national titles with the Wildcats.

— New Mexico signed former Cal-San Diego coach Eric Olen to be its new coach; Olen led the Tritons to a 30-5 record and an NCAA Tourney bid in their first year of being eligible.

New Mexico went 88-49/40-33 under Richard Pitino, 75-30 the last three years. Pitino left Albuquerque to become the new coach at Xavier.

— Cal-San Diego promoted from within, hired assistant coach Clint Allard to be its new coach; Allard played for the Tritons, has been an assistant there the last 14 years.

— Earlier this season, Timberwolves’ star Anthony Edwards was suspended for one game; his missing that game, one game, cost Edwards $242,393.

— Famous birthdays, March 31st
Shirley Jones, 91
Christopher Walken, 82
Rhea Perlman, 77
Mick Luckhurst, 67
Ron Brown, 64
JR Reid, 57
Steve Smith, 56
Kamren Curl, 26

— Four baseball teams had Sunday off; why the bleep are teams getting Sundays off?

— There have been 53 baseball games played so far:
In 17 of those 53 games, the game-winning run scored from the 7th inning on, which is a high percentage of close games.
106 starting pitchers, Chris Bassitt (106 PT) was the only guy to throw 100+ pitches.
27 pitchers threw 90+ pitches.
32 pitchers lasted 6+ innings; only 5 lasted seven innings.

— Arizona 10, Cubs 6- Diamondbacks scored eight runs in 8th inning of their comeback win.
Arizona lost its DH when Ketel Marte went in to play 2B in the 6th inning; P Ryne Nelson got a hit, scored a run and knocked one in during the 8-run uprising.

— Marlins 3, Pirates 2
Marlins are 3-1, with all three wins walk-off wins.

— Padres 5, Braves 0
Nick Pivetta allowed one hit in seven IP for San Diego.
Braves are 0-4; they got shut out the last two games.

— Rangers 3, Red Sox 2
Jacob deGrom tossed five shutout IP, threw 73 pitches.

— Nationals 5, Phillies 1
Mitchell Parker allowed 9 baserunners in 6.1 IP, but didn’t allow a run.
Nathaniel Lowe went 3-4 with a homer and two RBI

— New York 12, Brewers 3
New York scored 32 runs the last two games; their starting pitcher didn’t get the win in either game.
In three games, Aaron Judge has scored eight times, knocked in 11 runs. He doesn’t use the new type of bat (which is 100% legal, by the way)

— Angels 3, White Sox 2
Kyren Paris hit an 8th inning home run to break a 2-2 tie, after a 2-hour, 48-minute rain delay, as the Halos won two of three games in Chicago.

— Cardinals 9, Twins 2
St Louis outscored the Twins 19-6 in sweeping the three-game series.
Cardinals’ #6/#7 hitters both went 3-4, combined to score five runs.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Monday, March 31

NCAAB

Monday, March 31

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Utah VS Butler
Utah are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games.
Utah are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games.
Utah are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games against an opponent in the Big East conference.
Butler are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Butler's last 18 games.
Butler are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games.
Butler are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Big 12 conference.

George Washington VS Boise State
George Washington are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of George Washington's last 6 games.
George Washington are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games.
George Washington are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games played in March.
Boise State are 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boise State's last 7 games.
Boise State are 11-3 SU in their last 14 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boise State's last 5 games against an opponent in the Atlantic 10 conference.

Nebraska VS Arizona State
Nebraska are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nebraska's last 6 games.
Nebraska are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Nebraska's last 8 games against an opponent in the Big 12 conference.
Arizona State are 4-8 ATS in their last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Arizona State's last 12 games.
Arizona State are 0-5 SU in their last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Arizona State's last 7 games against an opponent in the Big Ten conference.

Georgetown University VS Washington State
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Georgetown University's last 8 games.
Georgetown University are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games.
Georgetown University are 1-13 SU in their last 14 games played in March.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Georgetown University's last 7 games played on a Monday.
Washington State are 2-9 ATS in their last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington State's last 5 games.
Washington State are 4-9 SU in their last 13 games.
Washington State are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Big East conference.


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Monday, March 31​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
UTAH at BUT	03:00 PM	BUT +2.5 O 157.5	+500 +500
GW at BSU	05:30 PM	BSU -8.5 U 141.5	+500 +500
NEB at ASU	08:30 PM	ASU +5.0 O 155.0	+500 +500
GTWN at WSU	11:00 PM	WSU +3.0 O 160.0	+500 +500

 

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NCAA COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS !

03/31/2025................3 - 1 - 1....................75.00%..................+ 9.50
03/30/2025................2 - 2 - 0....................50.00%..................- 1.00
03/29/2024................3 - 1 - 0....................75.00%..................+ 9.50
03/28/2025................3 - 5 - 0....................37.50.....................- 12.50
03/27/2025................3 - 3 - 0.....................50.00%..................- 1.50
03/25/2025................4 - 2 - 0.....................66.66%...................+ 12.00
03/24/2025................2 - 3 - 0.....................40.00%...................- 6.50
03/23/2025..............14 - 13 - 1...................51.85%..................- 1.50
03/22/2025................10 - 6 - 1...................62.50%..................+ 17.00
03/21/2025...............10 - 16 - 0...................38.46%..................- 38.00
03/20/2025...............11 - 14 - 0....................44,99%..................- 22.00
03/19/2025...................8 - 6 - 1....................57.14%...................+ 7.00
03/18/2025...................5 - 8 - 0....................38.46%...................- 19.00
03/16/2025...................4 - 6 - 0....................40.00%...................- 13.00
03/15/2025.................12 - 11 - 1.................52.19%...................- 0.50
03/14/2025.................22 - 10 - 1.................68.75%...................+ 55.00
03/13/2025.................15 - 14 - 0.................51.72%....................- 2.00
03/12/2025.................16 - 18 - 0.................47.05%....................- 19.00
03/11/2025.................15 - 15 - 0..................50.00%....................- 7,50
03/10/2025.................12 - 5 - 0....................70.58%....................+ 32.50
03/09/2025.................20 - 20 - 1.................50.00%.....................- 10.00
03/08/2025.................16 - 19 - 0.................45.71%.....................- 24.50
03/07/2025.................15 - 13 - 1.................53.57%.....................+ 3.50
03/06/2025.................18 - 16 - 2.................52.94%......................+ 2.00
03/05/2025....................7 - 8 - 0.................46.66%......................- 9.00
03/04/2025..................5 - 10 - 0.................33.33%.....................- 30.00
03/03/2025....................3 - 9 - 0.................25.00%......................- 34.50
03/02/2025....................4 - 5 - 0.................44.44%......................- 7.50
03/01/2025.................34 - 25 - 0.................57.62%......................+ 32.50

TOTALS:...................307 - 284 - 10.................51.94%......................- 79.00

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Tuesday’s 6-pack:
MLB teams with the least revenue in 2024:
$257M— A’s
#277M— White Sox
$297M— Rays
$317M— Marlins
$318M— Rockies
$320M— Tigers

Quote of the Day
“One small positive thought can change your whole day.”
Zig Ziglar

Tuesday’s quiz
In 2017, Kansas City Chiefs selected Patrick Mahomes with the 10th pick in the draft; who was the only quarterback selected before Mahomes in that draft?

Monday’s quiz
In the last ten NCAA Tournaments, #1-seeds won the national title seven times.

Sunday’s quiz
New Orleans Saints have gone the longest since the last time they drafted a quarterback in the first round; they drafted Archie Manning, in 1971.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……

— Way back in 1979, a team selected Dan Marino and John Elway in the same draft; you figure that team would’ve won a Super Bowl or two, but the Kansas City Royals play baseball.

Marino was a pitcher who never played pro baseball; Elway was an outfielder who actually hit .318 in 42 games as an OF for Oneonta in the NY-Penn League, in 1982.

— Boston Red Sox opened their wallet, gave P Garrett Crochet a six-year contract extension worth $170M. Crochet was 6-12, 3.58 with a 1.07 WHIP for a dreadful White Sox team last year; he gave up two runs in 5 IP in his first start for Boston last week.

— Atlanta Braves’ OF Jurickson Profar was suspended 80 games by MLB for a PED violation, adding to the Braves’ troubles this spring. 32-year old Profar signed a three-year, $42M deal this winter. This suspension costs him $6M of that money.

Dodgers 6, Braves 1
Braves put P Reynaldo Lopez (shoulder) on the IL.
Atlanta is 0-5; they scored one run in their last three games.

— Detroit Tigers put 2B Gleyber Torres on the IL with an oblique strain; Torres was 3-7 in first two games with the Tigers.

— Last 19 Opening Days, San Francisco Giants have started 19 different left fielders; this year’s left fielder was Heliot Ramos.

— No one said much last year when the Cubs signed P Shota Imanaga, but he’s started 31 games for Chicago, and they’re 24-7 in those 31 games.

— Of the 26 players on the Houston Astros’ Opening Day roster, 16 are international players, the most of any team in the big leagues.

— The record for most home runs in a game? 10, by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1987.

— Famous birthdays, April 1st:
Ali McGraw, 86
Annette O’Toole, 73
Jim Jeffcoat, 64
Mark Jackson, 60

Daniel Murphy, 40
Brook Lopez, 37
Robin Lopez, 37
David Dahl, 31

Happy heavenly birthday to my grandmother. Happy birthday Neeny!!!

— Orioles’ OF Colton Cowser broke his left thumb, is out 6-8 weeks; he hurt the thumb sliding headfirst into a base at Toronto over the weekend.

— White Sox 9, Twins 0
Martin Perez threw six no-hit innings, was lifted after throwing 93 pitches.
Andrew Benintendi hit his 2nd HR for the 2-2 White Sox, who were 41-121 last year.

— Phillies 6, Rockies 1
Cristopher Sanchez allowed one run in 5.1 IP, but didn’t get the win.
Phillies scored four runs in 7th inning; Kyle Schwarber hit a 2-run dinger.

— Orioles 8, Red Sox 5
Tyler O’Neill went 4-4 in his first home game for the Orioles.
Cedric Mullins had four RBI for Baltimore.

— Cubs 18, A’s 3
Cubs’ C Carson Kelly hit for the cycle in the first major league game ever played in Sacramento, the first catcher to hit for the cycle since JT Realmuto two years ago.

— Reds 14, Rangers 3
Cincinnati led 6-0 in the second inning.
Elly De La Cruz homered twice, knocked in seven runs.
Brady Singer allowed only one hit in seven IP on a cold night.

— Angels 5, Cardinals 4 (10)
3 of the 5 runs the Angels scored came in on sacrifice flies.
Cardinals’ 1B Willson Contreras is off to an 0-18 start.
22-year old Ryan Johnson got a save in his 2nd MLB game; he has never pitched in the minor leagues.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Tuesday, April 1

NCAAB

Tuesday, April 1

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DePaul VS Cincinnati
DePaul are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of DePaul's last 6 games.
DePaul are 5-15 SU in their last 20 games.
DePaul are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games against Cincinnati.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Cincinnati's last 12 games.
Cincinnati are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Cincinnati's last 10 games against DePaul.
Cincinnati are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games against an opponent in the Big East conference.

Oregon State VS Central Florida
Oregon State are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Oregon State's last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Oregon State's last 7 games against an opponent in the Big 12 conference.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oregon State's last 6 games played on a Tuesday.
Central Florida are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Central Florida's last 6 games.
Central Florida are 4-10 SU in their last 14 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Central Florida's last 10 games played on a Tuesday.

North Texas VS UC Irvine
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of North Texas' last 6 games.
North Texas are 11-2 SU in their last 13 games.
North Texas are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Big West conference.
North Texas are 6-0 SU in their last 6 games played on a Tuesday.
UC Irvine are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games.
UC Irvine are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games.
UC Irvine are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against an opponent in the American Athletic Conference conference.
UC Irvine are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games played on a Tuesday.

Colorado VS Villanova
Colorado are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games.
Colorado are 5-15 SU in their last 20 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games against an opponent in the Big East conference.
Colorado are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games played on a Tuesday.
Villanova are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Villanova's last 6 games against an opponent in the Big 12 conference.
Villanova are 6-3 ATS in their last 9 games played on a Tuesday.
Villanova are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games played on a Tuesday when playing at home.

Chattanooga VS Loyola-Chicago
Chattanooga are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Chattanooga's last 14 games.
Chattanooga are 15-1 SU in their last 16 games.
Chattanooga are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Atlantic 10 conference.
Loyola-Chicago are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Loyola-Chicago's last 6 games.
Loyola-Chicago are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games.
Loyola-Chicago are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games against an opponent in the Southern conference.

Tulane VS USC
Tulane are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Tulane's last 10 games.
Tulane are 8-4 SU in their last 12 games.
Tulane are 2-9 SU in their last 11 games played on a Tuesday when playing on the road.
USC are 3-6 ATS in their last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 13 of USC's last 17 games.
USC are 2-7 SU in their last 9 games.
USC are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games played on a Tuesday.


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[Cnotes53]

Tuesday, April 1​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
DEP at CIN	03:00 PM	DEP +10.0 O 145.0	+500 +500
ORST at UCF	05:30 PM	UCF -5.5 U 160.0	+500 +500
UNT at UCI	07:00 PM	UNT -1.5 O 128.5	+500 +500
COLO at VILL	08:30 PM	VILL -4.0 O 147.0	+500 +500
L-IL at CHAT	09:30 PM	CHAT +2.0 U 147.0	+500 +500
TULN at USC	11:00 PM	TULN +8.5 O 159.0	+500 +500

 

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COLLEGE BEST BETS FOR APRIL !

04/01/2025...........3 - 7 - 0.................30.00%................- 23.50

 

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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Six of the Laws of Karma
— Good intentions lead to good outcomes.
— Everything happens for a reason.
— Help others without expecting anything in return.
— Your actions come back to you- good or bad.
— Don’t chase what is meant to leave you.
— Treat others the way you’d like to be treated.

Quote of the Day
“………stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,
It’s when things go wrong that you must not quit.”
John Greenleaf Whittier

Wednesday’s quiz
Which NBA franchise has gone 74 years since they won their only championship?

Tuesday’s quiz
In 2017, Kansas City Chiefs selected Patrick Mahomes with the 10th pick in the draft; Mitch Trubisky was the only quarterback selected before Mahomes in that draft- Chicago traded up and took him with the #2 pick.

Monday’s quiz
In the last ten NCAA Tournaments, #1-seeds won the national title seven times.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……​

— NFL manages to stay in the news 49-50 weeks a year; they had their annual coaches’ meeting this week, with the overtime rules getting tweaked a little.
Both teams will get at least one possession in regular season overtime games now; before this, if a team scored a TD on their first possession, the game was over.
Regular season overtime remain at a maximum of 10:00; will this result in more ties?

— Cleveland Browns have the 2nd pick in this year’s draft, which is in three weeks; the team is having a private concert in their stadium on draft night, with the famous band Journey the performers. Only season ticket holders can attend the concert.

— First downs will now be determined by Hawk-Eye technology, not the chains being dragged on the field, like they had been for the last 70 years.

— 17 players on the 49ers have left the team this offseason, whether by free agency, getting traded or released; they’re getting ready to give QB Brock Purdy a big pay raise, so some salary cap space had to be made.

— Washington Commanders have an over/under win total of 10.5 this fall, their highest figure since 2000, when their total was 11.5- they finished that season 8-8.

— Former Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams is the new coach at Maryland; Williams has had an interesting career, moving around a lot:
2006-07- New Orleans 14-17/9-9
2008-14- Marquette 139-69/69-39 (8-5 NCAAs)
2014-19- Virginia Tech 100-69/44-46 (2-3 NCAAs)
2019-25- Texas A&M 120-73/56-44 (2-3 NCAAs)

— BYU had a basketball player this year, Richie Saunders, whose great grandfather is the guy who invented Tater Tots.

— UNLV point guard Dedan Thomas, whose father also played for the Rebels, has transferred to LSU. College basketball has turned into a lesser version of the NBA, which is disappointing.

— Famous birthdays, April 2nd:
Reggie Smith, 80
Linda Hunt, 80
Roy Gerela, 77
Larry Drew, 67
Christopher Meloni, 64
Pete Incaviglia, 61
Roselyn Sanchez, 52
Austin Riley, 28

— Miami Marlins are the 5th team ever whose first three wins all came on walk-offs:
1900 Cincinnati
1914 Kansas City Packers
1998 New York Mets
2003 Tampa Bay Rays
2025 Marlins

— Only four pitchers to throw 200+ innings last year:
208.2- Logan Gilbert
206.2- Seth Lugo
204.2- Logan Webb
200- Zach Wheeler

— Angels 9, Cardinals 7 (11)
Both teams scored three times in 10th inning.
Angels are 4-1 for first time since 2021; last time they were three games over .500 was August 2, 2023 (56-53).

— Marlins 4, Mets 2
Sandy Alcantara allowed 3 baserunners in 5 IP, got his first win since 2023.
Marlins had only three hits; they’re off to a 4-2 start, all at home.

— Tigers 4, Mariners 1
Casey Mize allowed only one hit in 5.2 IP for Detroit.
Seattle is 2-4; they trailed all six games after five innings.

— Rangers 1, Reds 0
Wyatt Langford homered in first inning, for game’s only run.
Nathan Eovaldi, threw a 99-pitch complete game, allowing only four hits.

— Padres 7, Guardians 0
Michael King struck out 11 guys to get the win.
San Diego is 6-0 for the first time in franchise history.

— Giants 3, Astros 1
Logan Webb allowed only five hits in 7 IP.
Houston is off to a 2-3 start, scoring total of nine runs.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Wednesday, April 2

NCAAB

Wednesday, April 2

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Trend Report
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Butler VS Boise State
Butler are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 15 of Butler's last 19 games.
Butler are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Butler's last 15 games played on a Wednesday.
Boise State are 11-4 ATS in their last 15 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boise State's last 8 games.
Boise State are 12-3 SU in their last 15 games.
Boise State are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games played on a Wednesday.

Nebraska VS Georgetown University
Nebraska are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games.
Nebraska are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Nebraska's last 5 games against an opponent in the Big East conference.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Nebraska's last 5 games played on a Wednesday.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Georgetown University's last 9 games.
Georgetown University are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Georgetown University's last 7 games against an opponent in the Big Ten conference.
Georgetown University are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games played on a Wednesday.


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[Cnotes53]

Wednesday, April 2​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
BUT at BSU	07:00 PM	BSU -8.0 U 154.5	+500 +500
NEB at GTWN	09:30 PM	NEB -9.0 U 153.5	+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

COLLEGE BEST BETS FOR APRIL !

04/02/2025...........2 - 2 - 0.................50.00%...............- 1.00
04/01/2025...........3 - 7 - 0.................30.00%................- 23.50

TOTALS.................5 - 9 -0..................35.71%...............- 24.50

 

[Cnotes53]

Thursday’s 6-pack:
Major league leaders in total bases:
29— Kyle Tucker, Cubs
20— Aaron Judge NYY/Eugenio Suarez Ariz
18— Tyler Soderstrom A’s/Andres Gimenez Tor
17— Dansby Swanson Cubs/Heliot Ramos SF
16— Edman LA/Suzuki Cubs/Westburg Balt/McLain Cin
15— Abreu Bos/Schwarber Phil/Betts LA

Quote of the Day
“As soon as I can figure out who’s on the roster, that would be the first place to start. I met with the team this morning. They were great. I think it’s a volatile change that coaches always speak of, that sometimes players don’t have the opportunity to speak of. … I just wanted to give them a platform to give me advice.”
Maryland’s new basketball coach, Buzz Williams

Thursday’s quiz
Which former major league manager won Rookie of the Year in 1969, five years after he made his major league debut?
Hint: He won a World Series, both as a player and a manager

Wednesday’s quiz
Sacramento Kings have gone 74 years since they won their only NBA championship; way back then, they were the Rochester Royals.

Tuesday’s quiz
In 2017, Kansas City Chiefs selected Patrick Mahomes with the 10th pick in the draft; Mitch Trubisky was the only quarterback selected before Mahomes in that draft- Chicago traded up and took him with the #2 pick.

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

— Dodgers 6, Braves 5
Shohei Ohtani hit a walk-off home run on his Bobblehead Night.
Braves led this game 5-0 in second inning, 5-3 in 8th inning.
Dodgers are first defending champ EVER to start the next season 8-0.
Atlanta went 0-7 on its first road trip of the season.
Braves were 5-15 with runners in scoring position in this game; in their first six games, they were a combined 1-34 with RISP.

— Just spent an hour or so listening to a podcast about these new “torpedo bats”, which could very well be revolutionizing hitting. (they’re perfectly legal, by the way)

Wooden bats are only used at the professional level; there was a guy on TV explaining how they are now meeting with each specific player and design the bat to tailor it to that player’s swing, so what is good for one player might not be good for anyone else.
Some of the talk went over my head; the guy explaining it is a scientist, and I sucked at science, but it is possible that some players/teams will be ahead of the curve and will hit better than they have previously. The guy on TV said he’s been hired as a consultant by a major league team, but he wouldn’t say which team.

— On the Red Sox-Orioles telecast Wednesday night, Orioles TV guy Ben McDonald said that Mets’ SS Francisco Lindor used a torpedo bat last year, when he hit 33 home runs, had an OPS of .844. No one mentioned that last year.

— Cubs 10, A’s 2
Cubs swept this 3-game series, scoring 35 runs in the first three major league games played in Sacramento’s minor league ballpark.

— San Diego Padres are 7-0, but they’re still a half-game behind the Dodgers in the NL West; Padres gave 21-year old OF Jackson Merrill a nine-year contract extension worth $135M, after he hit .292 with an .826 OPS last year. Merrill turns 22 in two weeks.

— Arizona Diamondbacks gave 2B Ketel Marte a contract extension that adds $64M in new money to his current contract, and extends the contracts thru 2031.

— Boston Red Sox gave 22-year old rookie IF Kristian Campbell an 8-year old contract worth at least $60M— the kid has played only six major league games- he is 8-20 with five runs scored, and now he is also really rich.

— Current standings in the AL Central:
Twins 2-4
Royals 2-4
Tigers 2-4
Guardians 2-4
White Sox 2-4

— Famous birthdays, April 3rd:
Marsha Mason, 83
Alec Baldwin, 67
David Hyde Pierce, 66
Tim Conroy, 65
Eddie Murphy, 64
Pervis Ellison, 58
Rodney Hampton, 56
Jay Bruce, 38
Jason Kipnis, 38
Andrew Vaughn, 27

— NBA coaching staffs are huge; Golden State Warriors list ten assistant coaches, in addition to head coach Steve Kerr. NBA rosters have only 15 players; why do they need 11 coaches?

Read kind of a disturbing article this week about how/why the Memphis Grizzlies fired their coach, even though they’re having their fourth winning season in the least five years.

After last season’s 27-55 disaster, Memphis fired five assistant coaches, kept head coach Taylor Jenkins, but the handwriting was on the wall. They brought in assistant coach Tuomas Iisalo, a Finnish coach who’d had a quick rise in Europe coaching circles by implementing innovative offensive concepts around pick-and-roll schemes and playing fast.

The fly in the ointment here is that the Grizzlies’ key player is G Ja Morant, who doesn’t seem like the most dependable guy in the world, on or off the floor (he’s never played more than 67 games in a season, played in nine last year, when he was suspended 25 games for brandishing guns) and isn’t a great pick-and-roll player, according to NBA analytics.

Anyway, a coach who won a lot of games got fired; the whole situation seems like a mess; you want your best players to be dependable, hard workers, a good example for his teammates (think Jayson Tatum or Steph Curry)

— Tuesday night, Steph Curry scored 52 points against Memphis, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out 8 assists, had five steals. Not a bad night.
Denver’s Nikola Jokic scored 61 points for Denver, had 10 assists, 10 rebounds; he was 19-24 on the foul line. Minnesota’s whole team was 17-25 on the line, but the T-Wolves won 140-139 in double overtime.

— There are rumblings that flag football might be an Olympic sport at the 2028 Summer games in Los Angeles, and that NFL players might participate.

— NIT played their semi-finals Tuesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis:
Cal-Irvine 69, North Texas 67
North Texas led 24-9 midway thru the first half.
Mean Green was +12 in turnovers, but shot only 34.3% from the floor.
Anteaters won their last three games by a total of 11 points.

Chattanooga 80, Loyola Chicago 73
Ramblers led 38-34 at halftime.
5-10 G Huff played all 40:00, didn’t have any turnovers, shot 4-10 on the arc.
Chattanooga was 9-7 on January 10; they’re 19-2 since then.
Cal-Irvine/Chattanooga play for a championship Thursday night.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Thursday, April 3

NCAAB

Thursday, April 3

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Cincinnati VS Central Florida
Cincinnati are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games.
Cincinnati are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games against Central Florida.
Cincinnati are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games against Central Florida.
Cincinnati are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Big 12 conference.
Central Florida are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games.
Central Florida are 6-12 SU in their last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Central Florida's last 9 games against Cincinnati.
Central Florida are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games against an opponent in the Big 12 conference.

Chattanooga VS UC Irvine
Chattanooga are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chattanooga's last 5 games.
Chattanooga are 16-1 SU in their last 17 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chattanooga's last 5 games played on a Thursday.
UC Irvine are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games.
UC Irvine are 10-1 SU in their last 11 games.
UC Irvine are 18-2 SU in their last 20 games played on a Thursday.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of UC Irvine's last 10 games played on a Thursday when at home.

Villanova VS USC
Villanova are 8-4 ATS in their last 12 games.
Villanova are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games.
Villanova are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Big Ten conference.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Villanova's last 5 games played in April.
USC are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 13 of USC's last 18 games.
USC are 3-7 SU in their last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of USC's last 9 games against an opponent in the Big East conference.


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[Cnotes53]

Thursday, April 3​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
UCF at CIN	07:00 PM	CIN -6.5 U 154.0	+500 +500
CHAT at UCI	09:00 PM	CHAT +5.0 O 145.5	+500 +500
VILL at USC	09:30 PM	VILL -5.5 O 152.0	+500 +500