CNOTES 2024-2025 NBA TRENDS, NEWS, BEST BETS AND OPINIONS THRU THE PLAYOFFS !
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 7
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOU at WAS | 07:00 PM | WAS +13.0 U 224.0 | +500 +500 |
| PHO at CHA | 07:00 PM | PHO -4.5 U 226.0 | +500 +500 |
| LAL at DAL | 07:30 PM | LAL -7.0 U 218.5 | +500 +500 |
| MIN at NO | 08:00 PM | MIN -4.5 O 222.0 | +500 +500 |
| ATL at UTA | 09:00 PM | UTA +6.5 U 238.0 | +500 +500 |
| BOS at DEN | 10:00 PM | DEN +5.5 U 236.5 | +500 +500 |
| MIA at GS | 10:00 PM | MIA +9.5 O 216.0 | +500 +500 |
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCCU at MORG | 04:00 PM | NCCU -3.5 U 155.5 | +500 +500 |
| SJU at XAV | 06:30 PM | XAV +1.0 O 152.5 | +500 +500 |
| OHIO at BUFF | 07:00 PM | OHIO -12.0 U 153.0 | +500 +500 |
| CLEM at LOU | 07:00 PM | CLEM +3.5 O 146.5 | +500 +500 |
| ARIZ at WVU | 07:00 PM | ARIZ -3.5 O 141.5 | +500 +500 |
| EMU at TOL | 07:00 PM | TOL -9.5 O 153.0 | +500 +500 |
| GT at SYR | 07:00 PM | GT -1.0 U 156.0 | +500 +500 |
| CMU at AKR | 07:00 PM | AKR -8.0 U 145.5 | +500 +500 |
| M-OH at BALL | 07:00 PM | BALL +2.0 O 147.5 | +500 +500 |
| UK at UGA | 07:00 PM | UK -2.0 O 152.5 | +500 +500 |
| PITT at DUKE | 07:00 PM | DUKE -14.5 U 143.5 | +500 +500 |
| BGSU at WMU | 07:00 PM | WMU -5.0 U 151.0 | +500 +500 |
| KENT at NIU | 07:00 PM | NIU +13.0 O 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| TENN at AFA | 07:00 PM | U 150.0 | +500 |
| TULN at UAB | 07:30 PM | UAB -8.5 U 157.5 | +500 +500 |
| NEB at IOWA | 08:00 PM | IOWA -4.0 U 160.0 | +500 +500 |
| TLSA at UTSA | 08:00 PM | UTSA -5.0 U 155.0 | +500 +500 |
| CIN at BAY | 08:00 PM | BAY -5.5 O 138.5 | +500 +500 |
| UIC at MOSU | 08:00 PM | MOSU -2.5 U 138.0 | +500 +500 |
| GTWN at MARQ | 08:00 PM | MARQ -13.0 O 145.0 | +500 +500 |
| UTAH at ISU | 08:00 PM | ISU -16.5 U 152.0 | +500 +500 |
| KSU at OKST | 08:00 PM | OKST -2.0 U 147.5 | +500 +500 |
| SIUE at EIU | 08:30 PM | SIUE -2.5 O 132.5 | +500 +500 |
| MSST at VAN | 09:00 PM | MSST -3.0 U 154.5 | +500 +500 |
| AUB at TEX | 09:00 PM | AUB -10.5 O 151.5 | +500 +500 |
| LSU at MIZZ | 09:00 PM | LSU +7.0 O 151.5 | +500 +500 |
| FRES at CSU | 09:00 PM | CSU -15.5 U 150.0 | +500 +500 |
| TTU at BYU | 09:00 PM | TTU +2.0 O 149.0 | +500 +500 |
| SMU at UNC | 09:00 PM | SMU +6.5 O 167.5 | +500 +500 |
| USU at SJSU | 10:00 PM | SJSU +9.5 O 148.0 | +500 +500 |
| UNM at WYO | 10:00 PM | UNM -6.5 O 145.5 | +500 +500 |
| MICH at UCLA | 10:00 PM | MICH +3.0 O 142.0 | +500 +500 |
| UNLV at BSU | 10:30 PM | UNLV +8.5 O 140.0 | +500 +500 |
| LMU at SMC | 11:00 PM | SMC -14.5 U 134.5 | +500 +500 |
NBA BEST BETS FOR JANUARY !
01/07/2025..........................3 - 7 - 0.........................30.00%....................- 23.50
01/06/2025..........................8 - 6 - 0.........................57.14%....................+ 7.00
01/05/2025..........................4 - 3 - 0.........................57.14%....................+ 3.50
01/04/2025..........................4 - 7 - 0.........................36.36%....................- 18.50
01/03/2025..........................8 - 5 - 0.........................61.53%....................+ 12.50
01/02/2025..........................7 - 2 - 1.........................77.77%....................+ 24.00
01/01/2025..........................6 - 4 - 0.........................60.00%....................+ 8.00
TOTALS............................40 - 34 - 1.........................54.04%....................+ 13.00
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DECEMBER TOTALS:...............149 - 132 - 3......................53.02%..................+ 23.50
01/07/2025..........................3 - 7 - 0.........................30.00%....................- 23.50
01/06/2025..........................8 - 6 - 0.........................57.14%....................+ 7.00
01/05/2025..........................4 - 3 - 0.........................57.14%....................+ 3.50
01/04/2025..........................4 - 7 - 0.........................36.36%....................- 18.50
01/03/2025..........................8 - 5 - 0.........................61.53%....................+ 12.50
01/02/2025..........................7 - 2 - 1.........................77.77%....................+ 24.00
01/01/2025..........................6 - 4 - 0.........................60.00%....................+ 8.00
TOTALS............................40 - 34 - 1.........................54.04%....................+ 13.00
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DECEMBER TOTALS:...............149 - 132 - 3......................53.02%..................+ 23.50
Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Highest-paid NBA coaches
$17.5M— Steve Kerr, Warriors
$17M— Gregg Popovich, Spurs
$15M— Erik Spoelstra, Heat
$15M— Tyronn Lue, Clippers
$12M— Michael Malone, Nuggets
$11M— Doc Rivers, Bucks/Tom Thibodeau, Knicks
Quote of the Day
“The first guy who comes to my mind is Aaron Glenn. Arguably, one of the greatest defensive backs to ever play the game. I played against him, I was a teammate of his too. He’s a leader of men. He garners a ton of respect. He knows the game. He is highly competitive.”
Drew Brees, talking about filling the Saints’ open coaching job
Wednesday’s quiz
Which two NBA teams has Rick Pitino coached?
Tuesday’s quiz
Also in Blue Chips, Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley was Indiana’s point guard in the movie.
Monday’s quiz
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, whose team is in the top 25 right now, was an actor in the 1994 movie, Blue Chips.
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A’s didn’t suddenly decide to become aggressive with $$$; they’re getting around $70M in revenue sharing money— they have to spend it to appease the players’ union, but at least the product on the field in 2025 is going to be better than it has been in several years.
— Las Vegas Raiders fired coach Antonio Pierce Tuesday; he was 9-17 as coach of the Raiders, 4-13 this year, after being an interim coach last year.
This will fuel speculation that Raiders owner Mark Davis is going to hire Deion Sanders to coach the team, with Shadeur Sanders being the next quarterback. Good luck with that.
Whoever coaches the Raiders next year will be their 14th coach since 2002; by way of contrast, the Steelers have had three coaches since 1969.
Moral of the Story: Rich people who inherited their fortune aren’t necessarily very smart.
— Tennessee Titans fired GM Ran Carthon Tuesday; Titans went 9-25 in his two years on the job, going 3-14 this year- they drafted QB Will Levis in 2023- he’s been a bust, which is why Tennessee has the first pick in the 2025 draft.
Two years ago, the Titans fired their GM while the team was in first place; they’re getting a new stadium in Nashville, but what they need more is a new owner.
— Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member in 2026, giving the Mountain West eight football teams. Grand Canyon/Cal-Davis are joining the league for sports other than football.
— This time last year, the NBA’s Detroit Pistons were 3-33; this year, they’re 18-18, the first time in six years they’ve been a .500 team after January 1st.
— New York Mets will retire David Wright’s #5 jersey on July 19th; Wright played his entire 14-year career with the Mets, hitting .296 with 242 home runs and an .867 OPS. He made seven All-Star teams.
— Los Angeles Rams have had 12 rookies start a game this year, most of any NFL team.
— I was watching the 1978 movie Heaven Can Wait the other night; Warren Beatty plays a QB who wins the Super Bowl for the Rams. The movie is part fantasy; Beatty’s character gets killed in an accident, but when he goes to heaven, the guy who runs heaven (James Mason) finds out that Beatty wasn’t supposed to die that day, so they let him take over another dead person’s body.
In the movie, they said the day Joe Pendleton was supposed to die is “March 20, 2025”
In real life, Warren Beatty is 87 years old; he’ll be 88 on March 30, 2025.
Love that movie; I have the poster from the theater in my house.
— Famous birthdays, January 8th:
Bruce Sutter, 72
Calvin Natt, 68
Mark Herrmann, 66
Willie Anderson, 58
Jason Giambi, 54
Billy Joe Hobert, 54
Jeff Francoeur, 41
Ken Waldichuk, 27
Wednesday would’ve been Elvis Presley’s 90th birthday.
— Florida 73, Tennessee 43
Tennessee was the last unbeaten team in the country.
This was the worst loss by a #1 team in country since 1968.
Vols shot 23.1% from the floor for the game.
— Iowa 97, Nebraska 87 OT
Bad beat if you had the Huskers +3.5; they led by 15 with 14:10 left in game.
Iowa shot 17-35 on the arc; Nebraska was only 12-22 on foul line.
— St John’s 82, Xavier 72
St John’s can’t shoot; last 4 Big East games, they’re 8-64 on the arc.
St John’s can defend; Xavier shot 36.7% from the floor.
St John’s can rebound; they beat Xavier 50-30 on the boards.
— Georgia 82, Kentucky 69
Dawgs were 29-38 on the foul line.
Georgia has #14 eFG% defense in country.
Kentucky lost three of last four games away from home.
— Marquette 74, Georgetown 66
Georgetown led 35-21 late in first half, 38-29 at halftime.
Chase Ross had 27 points, six steals for Marquette.
Marquette is 5-0 in Big East for 2nd time in their 20 years in the league.
— Texas Tech 72, BYU 67
BYU led by 5 with 8:20 left in the game.
Tech was 10-28 on the arc, Cougars 5-23 (12-21 on foul line)
Red Raiders are quietly 12-3, albeit only 2-3 vs top 100 teams.
Highest-paid NBA coaches
$17.5M— Steve Kerr, Warriors
$17M— Gregg Popovich, Spurs
$15M— Erik Spoelstra, Heat
$15M— Tyronn Lue, Clippers
$12M— Michael Malone, Nuggets
$11M— Doc Rivers, Bucks/Tom Thibodeau, Knicks
Quote of the Day
“The first guy who comes to my mind is Aaron Glenn. Arguably, one of the greatest defensive backs to ever play the game. I played against him, I was a teammate of his too. He’s a leader of men. He garners a ton of respect. He knows the game. He is highly competitive.”
Drew Brees, talking about filling the Saints’ open coaching job
Wednesday’s quiz
Which two NBA teams has Rick Pitino coached?
Tuesday’s quiz
Also in Blue Chips, Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley was Indiana’s point guard in the movie.
Monday’s quiz
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, whose team is in the top 25 right now, was an actor in the 1994 movie, Blue Chips.
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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….
— Sacramento A’s signed 1B/DH Brent Rooker to a 5-year extension worth $60M; Rooker hit 39 homers LY, knocked in 112 runs, had a .927 OPS.A’s didn’t suddenly decide to become aggressive with $$$; they’re getting around $70M in revenue sharing money— they have to spend it to appease the players’ union, but at least the product on the field in 2025 is going to be better than it has been in several years.
— Las Vegas Raiders fired coach Antonio Pierce Tuesday; he was 9-17 as coach of the Raiders, 4-13 this year, after being an interim coach last year.
This will fuel speculation that Raiders owner Mark Davis is going to hire Deion Sanders to coach the team, with Shadeur Sanders being the next quarterback. Good luck with that.
Whoever coaches the Raiders next year will be their 14th coach since 2002; by way of contrast, the Steelers have had three coaches since 1969.
Moral of the Story: Rich people who inherited their fortune aren’t necessarily very smart.
— Tennessee Titans fired GM Ran Carthon Tuesday; Titans went 9-25 in his two years on the job, going 3-14 this year- they drafted QB Will Levis in 2023- he’s been a bust, which is why Tennessee has the first pick in the 2025 draft.
Two years ago, the Titans fired their GM while the team was in first place; they’re getting a new stadium in Nashville, but what they need more is a new owner.
— Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member in 2026, giving the Mountain West eight football teams. Grand Canyon/Cal-Davis are joining the league for sports other than football.
— This time last year, the NBA’s Detroit Pistons were 3-33; this year, they’re 18-18, the first time in six years they’ve been a .500 team after January 1st.
— New York Mets will retire David Wright’s #5 jersey on July 19th; Wright played his entire 14-year career with the Mets, hitting .296 with 242 home runs and an .867 OPS. He made seven All-Star teams.
— Los Angeles Rams have had 12 rookies start a game this year, most of any NFL team.
— I was watching the 1978 movie Heaven Can Wait the other night; Warren Beatty plays a QB who wins the Super Bowl for the Rams. The movie is part fantasy; Beatty’s character gets killed in an accident, but when he goes to heaven, the guy who runs heaven (James Mason) finds out that Beatty wasn’t supposed to die that day, so they let him take over another dead person’s body.
In the movie, they said the day Joe Pendleton was supposed to die is “March 20, 2025”
In real life, Warren Beatty is 87 years old; he’ll be 88 on March 30, 2025.
Love that movie; I have the poster from the theater in my house.
— Famous birthdays, January 8th:
Bruce Sutter, 72
Calvin Natt, 68
Mark Herrmann, 66
Willie Anderson, 58
Jason Giambi, 54
Billy Joe Hobert, 54
Jeff Francoeur, 41
Ken Waldichuk, 27
Wednesday would’ve been Elvis Presley’s 90th birthday.
— Florida 73, Tennessee 43
Tennessee was the last unbeaten team in the country.
This was the worst loss by a #1 team in country since 1968.
Vols shot 23.1% from the floor for the game.
— Iowa 97, Nebraska 87 OT
Bad beat if you had the Huskers +3.5; they led by 15 with 14:10 left in game.
Iowa shot 17-35 on the arc; Nebraska was only 12-22 on foul line.
— St John’s 82, Xavier 72
St John’s can’t shoot; last 4 Big East games, they’re 8-64 on the arc.
St John’s can defend; Xavier shot 36.7% from the floor.
St John’s can rebound; they beat Xavier 50-30 on the boards.
— Georgia 82, Kentucky 69
Dawgs were 29-38 on the foul line.
Georgia has #14 eFG% defense in country.
Kentucky lost three of last four games away from home.
— Marquette 74, Georgetown 66
Georgetown led 35-21 late in first half, 38-29 at halftime.
Chase Ross had 27 points, six steals for Marquette.
Marquette is 5-0 in Big East for 2nd time in their 20 years in the league.
— Texas Tech 72, BYU 67
BYU led by 5 with 8:20 left in the game.
Tech was 10-28 on the arc, Cougars 5-23 (12-21 on foul line)
Red Raiders are quietly 12-3, albeit only 2-3 vs top 100 teams.
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Wednesday, January 8
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Trend Report
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Oklahoma City vs Cleveland
Oklahoma City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Oklahoma City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Chicago vs Indiana
Chicago is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Chicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Indiana is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Indiana is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Washington vs Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 8 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Washington's last 17 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Philadelphia is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games when playing at home against Washington
Detroit vs Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Detroit's last 10 games when playing Brooklyn
Detroit is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Brooklyn's last 10 games when playing Detroit
Brooklyn is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Detroit
Toronto vs New York
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing on the road against New York
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Toronto's last 10 games when playing New York
New York is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
New York is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Toronto
Portland vs New Orleans
Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans's last 6 games at home
New Orleans is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Portland
LA Clippers vs Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of LA Clippers's last 10 games on the road
LA Clippers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Denver
Denver is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against LA Clippers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver's last 5 games when playing LA Clippers
San Antonio vs Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games
San Antonio is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games at home
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Wednesday, January 8
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Trend Report
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Oklahoma City vs Cleveland
Oklahoma City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Oklahoma City is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Chicago vs Indiana
Chicago is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Chicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Indiana is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Indiana is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Washington vs Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 8 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Washington's last 17 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Philadelphia is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games when playing at home against Washington
Detroit vs Brooklyn
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Detroit's last 10 games when playing Brooklyn
Detroit is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Brooklyn's last 10 games when playing Detroit
Brooklyn is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Detroit
Toronto vs New York
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing on the road against New York
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Toronto's last 10 games when playing New York
New York is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto
New York is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Toronto
Portland vs New Orleans
Portland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Portland's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans's last 6 games at home
New Orleans is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing Portland
LA Clippers vs Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of LA Clippers's last 10 games on the road
LA Clippers is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Denver
Denver is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against LA Clippers
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Denver's last 5 games when playing LA Clippers
San Antonio vs Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Antonio's last 6 games
San Antonio is 10-2 ATS in its last 12 games when playing Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against San Antonio
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games at home
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI at IND | 07:00 PM | CHI +6.0 O 242.5 | +500 +500 |
| WAS at PHI | 07:00 PM | PHI -11.0 U 221.0 | +500 +500 |
| OKC at CLE | 07:00 PM | CLE -2.5 U 230.5 | +500 +500 |
| TOR at NY | 07:30 PM | NY -12.0 U 230.0 | +500 +500 |
| DET at BK | 07:30 PM | DET -9.0 O 212.5 | +500 +500 |
| POR at NO | 08:00 PM | NO -1.5 U 225.0 | +500 +500 |
| LAC at DEN | 09:00 PM | LAC -2.0 U 225.5 | +500 +500 |
| SA at MIL | 09:30 PM | SA +4.5 O 226.5 | +500 +500 |
NBA BEST BETS FOR JANUARY !
01/08/2025..........................3 - 8 - 0.........................27.27%....................- 29.00
01/07/2025..........................3 - 7 - 0.........................30.00%....................- 23.50
01/06/2025..........................8 - 6 - 0.........................57.14%....................+ 7.00
01/05/2025..........................4 - 3 - 0.........................57.14%....................+ 3.50
01/04/2025..........................4 - 7 - 0.........................36.36%....................- 18.50
01/03/2025..........................8 - 5 - 0.........................61.53%....................+ 12.50
01/02/2025..........................7 - 2 - 1.........................77.77%....................+ 24.00
01/01/2025..........................6 - 4 - 0.........................60.00%....................+ 8.00
TOTALS............................43 - 42 - 1.........................50.58%.....................- 16.00
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DECEMBER TOTALS:...............149 - 132 - 3......................53.02%..................+ 23.50
01/08/2025..........................3 - 8 - 0.........................27.27%....................- 29.00
01/07/2025..........................3 - 7 - 0.........................30.00%....................- 23.50
01/06/2025..........................8 - 6 - 0.........................57.14%....................+ 7.00
01/05/2025..........................4 - 3 - 0.........................57.14%....................+ 3.50
01/04/2025..........................4 - 7 - 0.........................36.36%....................- 18.50
01/03/2025..........................8 - 5 - 0.........................61.53%....................+ 12.50
01/02/2025..........................7 - 2 - 1.........................77.77%....................+ 24.00
01/01/2025..........................6 - 4 - 0.........................60.00%....................+ 8.00
TOTALS............................43 - 42 - 1.........................50.58%.....................- 16.00
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DECEMBER TOTALS:...............149 - 132 - 3......................53.02%..................+ 23.50
Thursday’s 6-pack:
— Texas A&M 80, Oklahoma 78- Sooners lose despite shooting 14-24 on arc.
— Villanova 68, UConn 66- Down 67-66, UConn missed 2 FT’s with 0:03.1 left.
— NC State 66, Notre Dame 65- Wolfpack trailed 63-56 with 3:29 left.
— Furman 67, Citadel 63 OT- Paladins narrowly avoid a big upset.
— Seton Hall 85, DePaul 80 OT- DePaul led by 19 early in second half.
— Providence 84, Butler 65- Bulldogs have lost eight games in a row.
Quote of the Day
“The hungry dog gets the bone. We got guys that think they’re way better than they are. They’re nice kids. They’re completely delusional about who they are. And the team that’s mind is on the the right stuff and hungry to get a win in conference play is the team that’s probably going to win.”
UCLA coach Mick Cronin, after Tuesday’s loss to Michigan
Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Forget Paris, what was Billy Crystal’s job?
Wednesday’s quiz
Rick Pitino has coached the Celtics and Knicks in the NBA.
Tuesday’s quiz
Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley was Indiana’s point guard in the movie Blue Chips.
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Thursday night, CBS is bringing back Hollywood Squares, a great game show that was always on at 11:30 in the morning when I was a kid, just before Jeopardy!
Here are my favorite game shows of all-time……….
First of all, The Gong Show wasn’t really a game show; it was American Idol long before that show was on TV, but it was great fun to watch.
People came on to sing/play music; very few of them were any good. Three celebrity judges were on the stage; any of them could hit the big gong and send the performer packing. The ones who survived thru their song got scores and at the end of the show, someone won a prize.
Chuck Barris was the host; he invented The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, and as a host, he was…….different, possibly stoned half the time.
Anyway, if The Gong Show classified as a game show, it would be #1 on this list, but it doesn’t.
13) Newlywed Game- Hosted by the sarcastic Bob Eubanks, who was very good. Married couples competed with each other to see how much they really know about each other.
All the wives would go off-stage and Eubanks would ask the husbands questions,, then the wives came back and were supposed to provide the same answer as their spouse. Then the husbands left and the same thing happened; whoever won usually got a stove or some other household appliance, “picked specially for you……”
There was a lot of unintentional comedy on this show.
12) Family Feud- Think this one is still on with Steve Harvey as host, but when Richard Dawson was the host back in the day, it was at its peak.
Two families compete by trying to outguess the other about survey results; someone would give a terrible answer, and they’d get dirty looks from their teammates.
11) Let’s Make a Deal- This show is still on with Wayne Brady as host; when I was a kid, Monte Hall was host. His daughter is the actress Joanna Gleason (Kevin Kline’s wife in Last Vegas)
Audience contestants picked at random, often dressed in ridiculous costumes, try to win cash or prizes by choosing curtain number #1, 2 or 3. When they picked the curtain, before they saw what was behind the curtain, the host would offer them $$$ or prizes to trade for what was a behind the curtain.
“You can take this $200, or take whatever is behind curtain #2, where Carol Merrill is standing”
Sometimes the contestant cleaned up; sometimes, they traded a car for a case of canned squid.
Seriously.
10) The Price Is Right- This show has been on TV for over 50 years; contestants compete for prizes and cash, including cars and vacations, in games that test their knowledge of consumer pricing. Bob Barker was the host for over 40 years; Drew Carey is the host now.
The showcase is at the end; contestants guess the price of their prizes; their guess can’t go over the actual price, or they lose. Your guess could miss by only $1, but if it was over, you lost.
9) Joker’s Wild- Jack Barry and later Bill Cullen hosted this show for 20 years; contestants answered questions on a wide variety of topics, with the prize money determined by a slot machine-style device.
When they hit the button the slot machine started; if the host said…..”Joker, joker….and a triple!!!” that was going to be a really big prize.
8) Jeopardy!- First Art Fleming, then Alex Trebek hosted the smartest of all game shows, with actual difficult questions and smart people competing for $$$. If a person won five days in a row, they went into the Tournament of Champions at the end of the year.
When I was a kid this show wasn’t my favorite; I didn’t know the right questions.
In the movie Airplane 2, the plane is in trouble and one of the passengers says out loud “We’re in real jeopardy now!!!!”
They show Art Fleming at the front of the plane with the Jeopardy! board and he says “Airplane Disasters for $100” and they say the name of the airplane. Very funny scene.
— Famous birthdays, January 10th:
JK Simmons, 69
Stan Javier, 61
Muggsy Bogues, 60
Joely Richardson, 60
David Costabile, 58
Chad Johnson, 47
Marcus Peters, 32
Kerris Dorsey, 27
Alek Manoah, 27
7) $100,000 Pyramid- Dick Clark was the original host; two contestants, each with a celebrity partner, must guess words from their partners’ clues; then the roles are reversed. Winners face the pyramid, where they to cash in the big prize.
This is an excellent game; Michael Strahan is the host now. People giving the clues would get flustered when their partner couldn’t get the right word. They’d try to use voice inflections as a hint.
6) Gambit- Two married couples played blackjack against each other; host Wink Martindale asked a series of toss-up questions, usually multiple-choice or true-false.
The first couple who buzzed-in and correctly answered the question won control of the top card from a deck of playing cards. An incorrect answer awarded control of the card to the other couple.
The first card of the game was revealed before the question was asked. Every other card was presented face-down and was turned up once the couple in control decided who should get it.
If a couple went over 21 and lost, Martindale would say something like: “Too much!!! and the game goes to the Ostranders!!!”
5) Match Game- When I was in high school, Match Game came on every afternoon, just after The Price Is Right. Match Game was a simpler game, a lot more laughter involved.
Six celebrities were on the panel, with Gene Rayburn as host; he would say a sentence with one word left out- the contestant would fill in the blank, and so would the celebrities. Then the other contestant got a different sentence; whoever got the most points won.
Regulars were Richard Dawson, Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly; the other three people usually didn’t give very good answers. I’m not sure I ever saw Joyce Bulifant match an answer.
Very good game.
4) Wheel of Fortune- The longest-running syndicated game show in America, with over 8,000 episodes taped. Wheel of Fortune is based on hangman; in each round, three players compete to be the first to guess the answer to a word puzzle- they spin the wheel to determine how much $$$ they’d get for each letter they could could uncover.
You didn’t want to spin the wheel and have it land on “bankrupt” Not good.
Pat Sajak hosted this show for over 40 years, taking over for Chuck Woolery; Vanna White is still the letter-turned on the show, with Ryan Seacrest the new host.
There was a time when Sajak left to host a talk-show; former Chargers kicker Rolf Benirschke was the host during that time.
3) Password- Two teams, each composed of a celebrity and contestant, attempt to convey mystery words to each other using only single-word clues, in order to win cash prizes.
There is a great episode of The Odd Couple, where Oscar/Felix are a team on Password, playing against Betty White— her husband was Allen Ludden, the host of Password.
Felix winds up screwing it up because…..well, he was Felix, but it was a very funny episode.
2) Concentration- Contestants matched prizes hidden behind squares on a 30-square game board, which would then reveal portions of a puzzle underneath for the contestants to solve.
If a contestant matched which prize was under two squares, they would get the prize and those parts of the puzzle would be exposed. Whoever solved the puzzle won the game.
This was an unusual gameshow; the contestants had to really think and remember stuff.
Hugh Downs was the host, before he moved on to the Today Show.
1) Hollywood Squares- Contestants played tic-tac-toe with a celebrity in each other nine squares; the celebrities would be asked questions, and the contestant had to agree/disagree with the answer given. If they were right, they get ether their letter; if not, the opponent got a letter.
Best part of the show were the snappy responses celebrities would give before they gave their real answers. Paul Lynde in the center square was especially good at this.
Peter Marshall was the host, maybe the best game show host ever; he just died last summer, at age 98.
Am looking forward to the new edition of Hollywood Squares tonight.
Also, in addition to Chuck Barris, the team of Mark Goodson/Bill Todman created a lot of these shows; would be remiss not to mention their names, to thank them for their work.
— Texas A&M 80, Oklahoma 78- Sooners lose despite shooting 14-24 on arc.
— Villanova 68, UConn 66- Down 67-66, UConn missed 2 FT’s with 0:03.1 left.
— NC State 66, Notre Dame 65- Wolfpack trailed 63-56 with 3:29 left.
— Furman 67, Citadel 63 OT- Paladins narrowly avoid a big upset.
— Seton Hall 85, DePaul 80 OT- DePaul led by 19 early in second half.
— Providence 84, Butler 65- Bulldogs have lost eight games in a row.
Quote of the Day
“The hungry dog gets the bone. We got guys that think they’re way better than they are. They’re nice kids. They’re completely delusional about who they are. And the team that’s mind is on the the right stuff and hungry to get a win in conference play is the team that’s probably going to win.”
UCLA coach Mick Cronin, after Tuesday’s loss to Michigan
Thursday’s quiz
In the movie Forget Paris, what was Billy Crystal’s job?
Wednesday’s quiz
Rick Pitino has coached the Celtics and Knicks in the NBA.
Tuesday’s quiz
Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley was Indiana’s point guard in the movie Blue Chips.
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Thursday’s Den: We’re talking game shows today…….
I love game shows; grew up watching them when I was a kid and think more of them should be on TV now, instead of the mindless talk shows with obnoxious people yelling at each other.Thursday night, CBS is bringing back Hollywood Squares, a great game show that was always on at 11:30 in the morning when I was a kid, just before Jeopardy!
Here are my favorite game shows of all-time……….
First of all, The Gong Show wasn’t really a game show; it was American Idol long before that show was on TV, but it was great fun to watch.
People came on to sing/play music; very few of them were any good. Three celebrity judges were on the stage; any of them could hit the big gong and send the performer packing. The ones who survived thru their song got scores and at the end of the show, someone won a prize.
Chuck Barris was the host; he invented The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, and as a host, he was…….different, possibly stoned half the time.
Anyway, if The Gong Show classified as a game show, it would be #1 on this list, but it doesn’t.
13) Newlywed Game- Hosted by the sarcastic Bob Eubanks, who was very good. Married couples competed with each other to see how much they really know about each other.
All the wives would go off-stage and Eubanks would ask the husbands questions,, then the wives came back and were supposed to provide the same answer as their spouse. Then the husbands left and the same thing happened; whoever won usually got a stove or some other household appliance, “picked specially for you……”
There was a lot of unintentional comedy on this show.
12) Family Feud- Think this one is still on with Steve Harvey as host, but when Richard Dawson was the host back in the day, it was at its peak.
Two families compete by trying to outguess the other about survey results; someone would give a terrible answer, and they’d get dirty looks from their teammates.
11) Let’s Make a Deal- This show is still on with Wayne Brady as host; when I was a kid, Monte Hall was host. His daughter is the actress Joanna Gleason (Kevin Kline’s wife in Last Vegas)
Audience contestants picked at random, often dressed in ridiculous costumes, try to win cash or prizes by choosing curtain number #1, 2 or 3. When they picked the curtain, before they saw what was behind the curtain, the host would offer them $$$ or prizes to trade for what was a behind the curtain.
“You can take this $200, or take whatever is behind curtain #2, where Carol Merrill is standing”
Sometimes the contestant cleaned up; sometimes, they traded a car for a case of canned squid.
Seriously.
10) The Price Is Right- This show has been on TV for over 50 years; contestants compete for prizes and cash, including cars and vacations, in games that test their knowledge of consumer pricing. Bob Barker was the host for over 40 years; Drew Carey is the host now.
The showcase is at the end; contestants guess the price of their prizes; their guess can’t go over the actual price, or they lose. Your guess could miss by only $1, but if it was over, you lost.
9) Joker’s Wild- Jack Barry and later Bill Cullen hosted this show for 20 years; contestants answered questions on a wide variety of topics, with the prize money determined by a slot machine-style device.
When they hit the button the slot machine started; if the host said…..”Joker, joker….and a triple!!!” that was going to be a really big prize.
8) Jeopardy!- First Art Fleming, then Alex Trebek hosted the smartest of all game shows, with actual difficult questions and smart people competing for $$$. If a person won five days in a row, they went into the Tournament of Champions at the end of the year.
When I was a kid this show wasn’t my favorite; I didn’t know the right questions.
In the movie Airplane 2, the plane is in trouble and one of the passengers says out loud “We’re in real jeopardy now!!!!”
They show Art Fleming at the front of the plane with the Jeopardy! board and he says “Airplane Disasters for $100” and they say the name of the airplane. Very funny scene.
— Famous birthdays, January 10th:
JK Simmons, 69
Stan Javier, 61
Muggsy Bogues, 60
Joely Richardson, 60
David Costabile, 58
Chad Johnson, 47
Marcus Peters, 32
Kerris Dorsey, 27
Alek Manoah, 27
7) $100,000 Pyramid- Dick Clark was the original host; two contestants, each with a celebrity partner, must guess words from their partners’ clues; then the roles are reversed. Winners face the pyramid, where they to cash in the big prize.
This is an excellent game; Michael Strahan is the host now. People giving the clues would get flustered when their partner couldn’t get the right word. They’d try to use voice inflections as a hint.
6) Gambit- Two married couples played blackjack against each other; host Wink Martindale asked a series of toss-up questions, usually multiple-choice or true-false.
The first couple who buzzed-in and correctly answered the question won control of the top card from a deck of playing cards. An incorrect answer awarded control of the card to the other couple.
The first card of the game was revealed before the question was asked. Every other card was presented face-down and was turned up once the couple in control decided who should get it.
If a couple went over 21 and lost, Martindale would say something like: “Too much!!! and the game goes to the Ostranders!!!”
5) Match Game- When I was in high school, Match Game came on every afternoon, just after The Price Is Right. Match Game was a simpler game, a lot more laughter involved.
Six celebrities were on the panel, with Gene Rayburn as host; he would say a sentence with one word left out- the contestant would fill in the blank, and so would the celebrities. Then the other contestant got a different sentence; whoever got the most points won.
Regulars were Richard Dawson, Brett Somers and Charles Nelson Reilly; the other three people usually didn’t give very good answers. I’m not sure I ever saw Joyce Bulifant match an answer.
Very good game.
4) Wheel of Fortune- The longest-running syndicated game show in America, with over 8,000 episodes taped. Wheel of Fortune is based on hangman; in each round, three players compete to be the first to guess the answer to a word puzzle- they spin the wheel to determine how much $$$ they’d get for each letter they could could uncover.
You didn’t want to spin the wheel and have it land on “bankrupt” Not good.
Pat Sajak hosted this show for over 40 years, taking over for Chuck Woolery; Vanna White is still the letter-turned on the show, with Ryan Seacrest the new host.
There was a time when Sajak left to host a talk-show; former Chargers kicker Rolf Benirschke was the host during that time.
3) Password- Two teams, each composed of a celebrity and contestant, attempt to convey mystery words to each other using only single-word clues, in order to win cash prizes.
There is a great episode of The Odd Couple, where Oscar/Felix are a team on Password, playing against Betty White— her husband was Allen Ludden, the host of Password.
Felix winds up screwing it up because…..well, he was Felix, but it was a very funny episode.
2) Concentration- Contestants matched prizes hidden behind squares on a 30-square game board, which would then reveal portions of a puzzle underneath for the contestants to solve.
If a contestant matched which prize was under two squares, they would get the prize and those parts of the puzzle would be exposed. Whoever solved the puzzle won the game.
This was an unusual gameshow; the contestants had to really think and remember stuff.
Hugh Downs was the host, before he moved on to the Today Show.
1) Hollywood Squares- Contestants played tic-tac-toe with a celebrity in each other nine squares; the celebrities would be asked questions, and the contestant had to agree/disagree with the answer given. If they were right, they get ether their letter; if not, the opponent got a letter.
Best part of the show were the snappy responses celebrities would give before they gave their real answers. Paul Lynde in the center square was especially good at this.
Peter Marshall was the host, maybe the best game show host ever; he just died last summer, at age 98.
Am looking forward to the new edition of Hollywood Squares tonight.
Also, in addition to Chuck Barris, the team of Mark Goodson/Bill Todman created a lot of these shows; would be remiss not to mention their names, to thank them for their work.
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Thursday, January 9
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Toronto vs Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Toronto's last 14 games on the road
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Golden State vs Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Golden State's last 5 games on the road
Golden State is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games when playing Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Minnesota vs Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Minnesota's last 12 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Orlando's last 8 games
Orlando is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games at home
Houston vs Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games when playing on the road against Memphis
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Memphis is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games at home
Memphis is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Portland vs Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Portland's last 11 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Portland's last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Portland
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Dallas's last 11 games when playing Portland
Miami vs Utah
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Miami's last 8 games when playing Utah
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Utah's last 8 games when playing Miami
Utah is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games
Atlanta vs Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Phoenix's last 8 games at home
Charlotte vs LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 6 games on the road
LA Lakers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Charlotte
LA Lakers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Charlotte
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Thursday, January 9
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Trend Report
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Toronto vs Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Toronto's last 14 games on the road
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Cleveland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Golden State vs Detroit
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Golden State's last 5 games on the road
Golden State is 19-6 SU in its last 25 games when playing Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Detroit is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Minnesota vs Orlando
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Minnesota's last 12 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Orlando's last 8 games
Orlando is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games at home
Houston vs Memphis
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 6 games when playing on the road against Memphis
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Memphis is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games at home
Memphis is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home
Portland vs Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Portland's last 11 games when playing Dallas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Portland's last 5 games when playing on the road against Dallas
Dallas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Portland
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Dallas's last 11 games when playing Portland
Miami vs Utah
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Miami's last 8 games when playing Utah
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Utah's last 8 games when playing Miami
Utah is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games
Atlanta vs Phoenix
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
Atlanta is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Phoenix
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Phoenix's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Phoenix's last 8 games at home
Charlotte vs LA Lakers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 6 games on the road
LA Lakers is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Charlotte
LA Lakers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Charlotte
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| GS at DET | 07:00 PM | GS +2.5 U 220.0 | +500 +500 |
| MIN at ORL | 07:00 PM | ORL +6.0 O 199.5 | +500 +500 |
| TOR at CLE | 07:00 PM | TOR +15.0 O 235.5 | +500 +500 |
| HOU at MEM | 08:00 PM | HOU +1.0 O 234.0 | +500 +500 |
| POR at DAL | 08:30 PM | POR +8.0 O 220.0 | +500 +500 |
| ATL at PHO | 09:00 PM | ATL +6.0 O 238.5 | +500 +500 |
| MIA at UTA | 09:00 PM | MIA -5.5 U 222.0 | +500 +500 |
| CHA at LAL | 10:30 PM | LAL -9.0 O 221.0 | +500 +500 |
