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[Udog]

Houston has won 1H in 23 of its last 25 games.
Illinois has scored 66 points or more in 22 of its last 25 games when playing during the daytime.
Houston has won 20 of its last 21 games when playing on a Sunday.


Villanova has won 21 of its last 22 games vs. a non-AP-ranked school on a neutral court during the daytime.
Ohio State has lost 1H in eight straight games when facing a Top 10 AP-ranked school.
Ohio State has scored 68 points or more in 11 straight games when facing an AP-ranked school.
Villanova has seen 135 or more total points in 11 straight games vs. a non-AP-ranked school on a neutral court during the daytime.


Texas Tech is 2-5 ATS in the past seven games overall.
Texas Tech is 7-2 ATS in the past nine NCAA Tournament games.
Texas Tech is 5-1 ATS in the past six NCAA Tournament games as a favorite.
Texas Tech is 17-5 ATS in the past 22 games vs. winning teams.
Texas Tech is 3-8 ATS in the past 11 neutral-site games as a favorite.
Notre Dame is 6-2 ATS in the past eight games overall.
Notre Dame is 5-1 ATS in the past six as an underdog.
Notre Dame is 10-3 ATS in the past 13 vs. winning teams.
Notre Dame is 3-7 ATS in the past 10 neutral-site games.
The UNDER is 7-3 in the past 10 NCAA Tournament games for Texas Tech.
The UNDER is 4-1 in the past five NCAA Tournament games for Texas Tech as a favorite.
The OVER is 8-1-1 in the past 10 games overall for Notre Dame.
The UNDER is 18-7-1 in the past 26 NCAA Tournament games for Notre Dame.


Auburn has won 1H in 20 of its last 25 games vs. a non-AP-ranked school.
Auburn has won 18 of its last 19 games when facing a non-AP-ranked school on a neutral court.
Miami Florida has allowed 75 points or less in 18 of its last 19 games.
Miami Florida has seen 148 or more total points in eight straight games when facing a Top 10 AP-ranked school.


Duke has won 17 of its last 18 games vs. a non-AP-ranked school on a neutral court.
Michigan State has allowed 75 points or less in 11 of its last 12 games vs. an AP-ranked school on a neutral court.
Michigan State has won 1H in seven of its last eight NCAA Tournament games when playing at night.
Michigan State has seen 145 total points or less in 10 of its last 11 games vs. an AP-ranked school on a neutral court.


Iowa State has won 10 straight games when playing on a Sunday.
Iowa State has lost 1H in eight of its last nine games when playing at night.
Iowa State has allowed 65 points or more in 61 of its last 66 games when facing an AP-ranked school at night.
Wisconsin has seen 126 or more total points in 22 of its last 23 games.


Texas is 1-6 ATS in the past seven games overall.
Texas is 2-6 ATS in the past eight as an underdog.
Texas is 1-5 ATS in the past six vs. winning teams.
Texas is 1-10 ATS in the past 11 NCAA Tournament games.
Purdue is 1-8-2 ATS in the past 11 games overall.
Purdue is 1-6-2 ATS in the past nine vs. winning teams.
Purdue is 7-18-2 ATS in the past 27 as a favorite.
The OVER is 12-4 in the past 16 NCAA Tournament games for Texas.
The UNDER is 6-1 in the past seven games for Purdue.
The OVER is 4-1 in the past five NCAA Tournament games for Purdue.
The OVER is 37-13-1 in the past 51 neutral-site games for Purdue.


Arizona has won 27 of its last 28 games vs. a non-AP-ranked school.
Arizona has won 1H in 17 of its last 19 games vs. a non-AP-ranked school at night.
TCU has allowed 76 points or less in 28 of its last 29 games.
TCU has seen 143 or less total points in nine straight games vs. an AP-ranked school at night.

 

[Cnotes53]

SUNDAY, MARCH 20
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

UNCW at VMI 12:00 PM
UNCW +1.0
O 149.0
+500 +500

HOU at ILL 12:10 PM
ILL +4.0
O 134.5
+500 +500

FLA at XAV 01:00 PM
XAV -3.0
U 144.5
+500 +500

UNCO at FAU 02:30 PM
UNCO +5.0
U 156.0
+500 +500

OSU at VILL 02:40 PM
VILL -5.0
U 132.0
+500 +500

DAY at VAN 03:00 PM
VAN -2.0
O 135.0
+500 +500

WSU at SMU 03:00 PM
WSU +3.0
O 140.5
+500 +500

BU at UNCG 05:00 PM
UNCG -2.0
U 133.5
+500 +500

MSU at DUKE 05:15 PM
MSU +6.5
O 145.0
+500 +500

UVA at UNT 06:00 PM
UVA +3.0
U 110.5
+500 +500

ISU at WIS 06:10 PM
WIS -4.5
U 125.5
+500 +500

ND at TTU 07:10 PM
ND +8.0
O 131.0
+500 +500

TROY at ACU 07:30 PM
TROY +4.0
O 141.5
+500 +500

MIA at AUB 07:45 PM
AUB -7.0
U 143.5
+500 +500

SBON at OKLA 08:00 PM
SBON +6.5
O 137.0
+500 +500

TEX at PUR 08:40 PM
PUR -3.0
U 135.5
+500 +500

TCU at ARIZ 09:40 PM
TCU +10.0
U 143.5
+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

MARCH MADNESS BIG DANCE AND NIT BEST BETS AND OPINIONS !

Date W-L-T % Units Record

03/20/2022.............19-13-2............59.37%............+23.50
03/19/2022.............13-19-1............40.91%.............-39.50
03/18/2022.............17-14-1.............54.69%.............+8.00
03/17/2022.............16-18-0.............47.06%.............-19.00
03/16/2022.............14-13-1.............51.79%...............-1.50
03/15/2022 ............13-11-0............ 54.17% .............+4.50

TOTALS...................92-88-3..............51.11%............,+8.00
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BEST BETS

03/20/2022............12-10-2................54.54%................+ 5.00
03/19/2022.............8-13-1................38.09%.................-31.50
03/18/2022.............12-8-0................60.00%.................+16.00
03/17/2022............10-11-0...............47.61%.................- 10.50
03/16/2022...............8-6-1................57.14%.................+ 7.00
03/15/2022...............6-5-0................54.54%.................+ 2.50

TOTALS..................56-53-4................51.37%................-11.50


UPDATED 03/20/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Monday?s 6-pack
Over/under win totals for this baseball season:
65.5? Pirates
66.5? Diamondbacks
68.5? A?s
70.5? Rockies
71.5? Reds
72.5? Nationals

Quote of the Day
?Rule Number 1: Don?t sweat the small stuff.
Rule Number 2: It?s all small stuff.?
Robert Eliot

Monday?s quiz
When was the last time a Pac-12 team won the NCAA Tournament?

Sunday?s quiz
Eric Musselman was once head coach of both Golden State, Sacramento in the NBA.

Saturday?s quiz
Before the Kansas City Royals existed, the A?s called Kansas City home, from 1955-68.

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Monday?s Den: Wrapping up a sports Sunday

13) Sports is big business, very big business, and business can be cold and calculating. The last few days have reinforced that.

Atlanta Braves won the World Series last year for first time since 1995; their best player was Freddie Freeman, who played in Atlanta for 11 years. Freeman seemed to love playing for the Braves, the Atlanta fans loved him, but they traded for Matt Olson, a younger/similar player who is from Georgia, and Freeman now plays for the Dodgers.

It is considered bad business to pay a fortune to ballplayers in their mid-30?s. Freeman will be 33 in September.

Los Angeles Rams just won the Super Bowl, their first since 1999, but since then, they cut their punter of ten years (Johnny Hekker), traded WR Robert Woods to Tennessee and lost couple more players to free agency (Darious Williams, Austin Corbett, Ogbonnia Okoronkwo).

NFL can be an even colder business because of the salary cap; to pay Matthew Stafford/Aaron Donald, financial corners have to be cut elsewhere.

12) First nine teams to make it into the Sweet 16 came from nine different conferences..

11) Miami 79, Auburn 61:
? Hurricanes outscored Auburn 46-29 in second half.
? Auburn star Smith shot 3-16 from the floor.
? Miami won nine of its last 12 games.

10) Villanova 71, Ohio State 61:
? Villanova won six in row, 11 of last 12 games.
? Ohio State lost five of its last seven games.
? Big East became first league with two teams in Sweet 16.

9) Houston 68, Illinois 53:
? Cougars coasted in two games this weekend, winning by 14-15 points.
? Last three tournaments, Houston is 8-2 SU.
? Illinois went 6-5 in its last 11 games, after a 17-5 start.

8) Texas Tech 59, Notre Dame 53:
? Tech outscored Notre Dame 10-1 over final 2:09 of the game.
? Last four years, Red Raiders are 11-3 in NCAA?s.
? Note Dame was 3-9 this season vs top 5-0 teams.

7) Purdue 81, Texas 71:
? Purdue was 33-46 on foul line, Texas 7-12.
? Boilers had 20-0 run in first half.
? Purdue is 26-0 when it scores 70+ points

6) Duke 85, Michigan State 76:
? Duke outscored Spartans 20-6 over final 5:10 of game.
? Michigan State made 11-22 on arc, still couldn?t cover.
? Last nine tournaments, Blue Devils are 6-3 ATS in second round.

5) Iowa State 54, Wisconsin 49:
? Teams combined to make 5-36 on the arc.
? Badgers scored four points in first 10:00 of second half.
? Cyclones allowed 54-49 points in two games this weekend.

4) Arizona 85, TCU 80, OT
? Arizona survives and advances?..barely.
? Mathurin/Koloko scored Arizona?s last 15 points.
? TCU played their asses off; they had 20 offensive rebounds.

3) Cleveland Browns added Jacoby Brissett as their backup QB, then traded Case Keenum to Buffalo for a 7th round pick.

I seriously hope Keenum writes a book someday; the stories he must have. Here is his career path, after being a big star in college for the Houston Cougars:
2013? Texans 0-8 as a starter
2014? Texans 2-0 as a starter
2015? St Louis Rams 3-2 as a starter
2016? Los Angeles Rams 4-5 as a starter
2017? Vikings 11-3 as a starter
2018? Broncos 6-10 as a starter
2019? Redskins 1-7 as a starter
2020? Browns- threw 10 passes in two games in relief
2021? Browns- 2-0 as a starter
2022? Buffalo fans hope he doesn?t start any games

2) One of the great parts of spring training baseball is listening to Dodger games, hearing Rick Monday broadcast. Monday played for the A?s when I started rooting for them in the 60?s; he was a very good player and he is terrific broadcaster? he has a great voice.

Sunday, he was telling stories about Ernie Banks, Joe DiMaggio; he said that he looked it up, and in his 19-year career, he faced 502 different pitchers.

1) Red Sox signed Trevor Story to a six-year, $140M contract; word is that Story will play second base in Boston, with Xander Bogaerts staying at shortstop.

 

[Udog]

PROVIDENCE is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in road games as a dog in the current season.

N CAROLINA is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) in road games when the line is +3 to -3 in the last 3 seasons.

COASTAL CAROLINA is 3-14 ATS (-12.4 Units) after a win by 15 points or more in the last 3 seasons.

USC UPSTATE is 7-1 ATS (5.9 Units) in road games after playing 2 consecutive games as an underdog in the current season.

SOUTHERN UTAH is 10-26 ATS (-18.6 Units) after scoring 80 points or more in the last 3 seasons.

YOUNGSTOWN ST is 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) in road games after a game where they made 78% of their free throws or better over the last 2 seasons.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Monday, March 21

 

[Udog]

NCAAB

Monday, March 21

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Trend Report
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No trends available except for...

Boston University @ Middle Tennessee
Boston University
No trends to report
Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee is 19-1 SU in its last 20 games at home
Middle Tennessee is 7-0-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home

USC Upstate @ South Alabama
USC Upstate
No trends to report
South Alabama
South Alabama is 16-3 SU in its last 19 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of South Alabama's last 6 games at home

Abilene Christian @ Ohio
Abilene Christian
No trends to report
Ohio
Ohio is 17-2 SU in its last 19 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Ohio's last 13 games at home


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[Cnotes53]

MONDAY, MARCH 21
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

DRKE at UNCW 01:00 PM
UNCW +7.5
O 139.5
+500 +500

UNCO at UNCA 03:30 PM
UNCA -1.0
U 155.0
+500 +500

MTU at BU 06:00 PM
MTU -4.5
U 138.5
+500 +500

FGCU at CCU 07:00 PM
FGCU +3.0
O 145.5
+500 +500

SCUS at USA 08:00 PM
SCUS +8.5
O 142.0
+500 +500

OHIO at ACU 08:30 PM
OHIO -1.5
U 144.0
+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

MARCH MADNESS BIG DANCE AND NIT BEST BETS AND OPINIONS !

Date W-L-T % Units Record

03/21/2022................6-5-0............54.55%..............+2.50
03/20/2022.............19-13-2............59.37%............+23.50
03/19/2022.............13-19-1............40.91%.............-39.50
03/18/2022.............17-14-1.............54.69%.............+8.00
03/17/2022.............16-18-0.............47.06%.............-19.00
03/16/2022.............14-13-1.............51.79%...............-1.50
03/15/2022 ............13-11-0............ 54.17% .............+4.50

TOTALS...................98-93-3..............51.30%............,+10.50
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BEST BETS

03/21/2022..............4-4-0.................50.00%.................- 2.00
03/20/2022............12-10-2................54.54%................+ 5.00
03/19/2022.............8-13-1................38.09%.................-31.50
03/18/2022.............12-8-0................60.00%.................+16.00
03/17/2022............10-11-0...............47.61%.................- 10.50
03/16/2022...............8-6-1................57.14%.................+ 7.00
03/15/2022...............6-5-0................54.54%.................+ 2.50

TOTALS..................56-53-4................51.37%................-11.50


UPDATED 03/21/2022

 

[Muzz]

Thank you for putting up this thread everyday it really helps and just want u to know I appreciate it

 

[Udog]

Thank you for putting up this thread everyday it really helps and just want u to know I appreciate it

You're welcome Muzz! I'm glad it's helping. That's what it's about. Good luck today!

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Tuesday?s 6-pack
Over/under win totals for baseball season:
86.5? Phillies,
84.5? Red Sox, Giants
83.5? Angels, Giants
81? Twins
78.5? Tigers
75.5? Cubs

Quote of the Day
?Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.?
WP Kinsella

Tuesday?s quiz
Where did Matt Ryan play his college football?

Monday?s quiz
Last time a Pac-12 team won the NCAA Tournament was 1997, when Arizona won.

Sunday?s quiz
Eric Musselman was once head coach of both Golden State, Sacramento in the NBA.

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Tuesday?s Den: Nobody asked me, but??.

13) Saturday/Sunday was first time since 2000 that the #1-seeds went 0-4 ATS in the second round NCAA Tournament. 1988 is only time the #1-seeds went 4-0 ATS in second round, but this week, Arizona/Gonzaga had fights on their hands, and Baylor lost straight up.

12) Miami-Iowa State is the 4th-ever NCAA tourney game between #10/#11 seeds. Here are the first three:
2011? 11-seed VCU (+4.5) 72-71 OT over Florida State
2014? 11-seed Dayton (+3.5) 82-72 over Syracuse
2016? 10-seed Syracuse (+4) 63-60 over Gonzaga

11) Underdogs are 27-21 ATS so far in NCAA Tournament; 12 teams lost but covered.

10) Texas Tech coach Mark Adams banked a $50,000 bonus for getting the Red Raiders into the Sweet 16; Adams has already cashed $125,000 in bonuses this season.

9) How good was the Big X this season?
? Iowa State finished T7th; they?re in the Sweet 16
? TCU finished T5th; they damn near beat Gonzaga in the second round.

8) Coaching carousel:
? LSU is hiring Murray State?s Matt McMahon as its new coach.
? Maryland is hiring Seton Hall?s Kevin Willard as its new coach.
? LaSalle fired coach Ashley Howard; Explorers haven?t been in NCAA Tournament since 2013.

Good/bad news on Willard:
? Last seven years, Seton Hall was 75-53 in Big East games
? Willard is 1-5 in NCAA Tournament games; he was the higher seed in four of those six games.

7) HBO?s series Winning Time is about the Lakers before/during the Magic Johnson era; this week?s episode revolved around Dr Jerry Buss trying to hire UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian as the Lakers? new coach. This was 11 years before UNLV won their national title, two years after UNLV made the Final Four for the first time under Tarkanian.

Dr Buss meets with Tark in a Las Vegas restaurant; Tark?s friend/lawyer Vic Weiss is there, trying to broker the deal. Buss thinks they have a deal for Tark to coach the Lakers, but at one point, the waiter brings over a bottle of champagne, a gift from a table of four guys who look a lot like mobsters. Negotiations went downhill from there.

Day or two later, Vic Weiss shows up dead in the trunk of a car; it is unclear exactly how much is true/embellished; the HBO show inferred that the Tarkanian hiring had something to do with Weiss? murder, but surfing the Interweb, apparent Weiss owed the wrong people a lot of money, never a good thing, and that is why he was killed.

Anyway, the program is entertaining, sometimes eye-opening.

6) Boston Celtics are 22-14 vs teams over .500, 22-14 vs teams under .500.

5) What is a Billiken? According to the Saint Louis University website, the billiken is a mythical good-*luck figure who represents ?things as they ought to be.?

4) Last year, Giants? OF Joc Pederson played with Atlanta; he became just 9th player ever to win a World Series ring two years in row, while playing for two different teams.

3) NFL stuff:
? Atlanta Falcons traded QB Matt Ryan to the Colts for a 3rd-round draft pick.
? Falcons then signed QB Marcus Mariota, who worked with coach Arthur Smith when the two were together in Tennessee.

2) These NFL teams will have new starting QB?s this coming season:
? Washington Commanders? Carson Wentz takes over for Taylor Heinicke
? Atlanta Falcons? Marcus Mariota in for Matt Ryan
? Pittsburgh Steelers? Mitch Trubisky for Ben Roethlisberger
? Cleveland Browns? Deshaun Watson for Baker Mayfield
? Indianapolis Colts? Matt Ryan for Carson Wentz
? Denver Broncos? Russell Wilson for Teddy Bridgewater
? Seattle Seahawks? ??????? for Russell Wilson

1) Colorado Rockies signed IF Ryan McMahon to a six-year, $70M extension; all of a sudden, Rockies are spending money. Too bad they didn?t pay Story/Arenado when they had the chance.

 

[Udog]

VANDERBILT is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in road games versus poor pressure defensive teams - forcing <=14 turnovers/game after 15+ games in the current season.

SOUTHERN UTAH is 10-26 ATS (-18.6 Units) after scoring 80 points or more in the last 3 seasons.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Tuesday, March 22

 

[Udog]

NCAAB

Tuesday, March 22

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Trend Report
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St. Bonaventure @ Virginia
St. Bonaventure
St. Bonaventure is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of St. Bonaventure's last 23 games on the road
Virginia
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Virginia's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Virginia's last 9 games on the road

Northern Colorado @ UNC Wilmington
Northern Colorado
Northern Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Northern Colorado is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games on the road
UNC Wilmington
UNC Wilmington is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of UNC Wilmington's last 5 games at home

Southern Utah @ UTEP
Southern Utah
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Southern Utah's last 14 games on the road
Southern Utah is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games on the road
UTEP
UTEP is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
UTEP is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

Vanderbilt @ Xavier
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt is 6-0-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Vanderbilt's last 7 games on the road
Xavier
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Xavier's last 7 games at home
Xavier is 15-7 SU in its last 22 games at home


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[Cnotes53]

TUESDAY, MARCH 22
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

UNCW at UNCO 07:00 PM
UNCW -2.0
U 153.5
+500 +500

SBON at UVA 07:00 PM
UVA -2.5
U 124.0
+500 +500

VAN at XAV 09:00 PM
VAN +2.0
O 142.5
+500 +500

MTU at ACU 09:00 PM
ACU +1.0
O 140.0
+500 +500

SUU at UTEP 09:00 PM
SUU +4.0
O 142.5
+500 +500

 

[Cnotes53]

MARCH MADNESS BIG DANCE AND NIT BEST BETS AND OPINIONS !

Date W-L-T % Units Record

03/22/2022................7-2-1............75.00%............+24.00
03/21/2022................6-5-0............54.55%..............+2.50
03/20/2022.............19-13-2............59.37%............+23.50
03/19/2022.............13-19-1............40.91%.............-39.50
03/18/2022.............17-14-1.............54.69%.............+8.00
03/17/2022.............16-18-0.............47.06%.............-19.00
03/16/2022.............14-13-1.............51.79%...............-1.50
03/15/2022 ............13-11-0............ 54.17% .............+4.50

TOTALS.................105-95-3..............52.50%............,+30.50
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BEST BETS

03/22/2022..............4-3-0.................57.14%................+ 3.50
03/21/2022..............4-4-0.................50.00%.................- 2.00
03/20/2022...........12-10-2................54.54%................+ 5.00
03/19/2022.............8-13-1................38.09%.................-31.50
03/18/2022.............12-8-0................60.00%.................+16.00
03/17/2022............10-11-0...............47.61%.................- 10.50
03/16/2022...............8-6-1................57.14%.................+ 7.00
03/15/2022...............6-5-0................54.54%.................+ 2.50

TOTALS..................60-56-4................51.72%................- 8.00


UPDATED 03/22/2022

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Wednesday?s 6-pack
Odds to win the NBA championship:
4-1? Phoenix Suns
11-2? Golden State, Brooklyn
6-1? Milwaukee
13-2? Philadelphia
10-1? Miami
18-1? Utah, Boston

Quote of the Day
?Success is found in the mud. And the only way to effect positive change is to get your hands dirty.?
Cooper Kupp

Wednesday?s quiz
Where did Trae Young play his college basketball?

Tuesday?s quiz
Matt Ryan played his college football at Boston College.

Monday?s quiz
Last time a Pac-12 team won the NCAA Tournament was 1997, when Arizona won.

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Wednesday?s Den: Mid-week musings??..

13) You?ll have to excuse me if there are mistakes in this article today; left my house at 3:15am Tuesday, got to my hotel room in Las Vegas 13 hours later. Long day; I don?t enjoy flying much anymore, but Southwest does provide free movies on their Wi-Fi, so that helped some. For some reason, can?t sleep on planes.

First vacation in 29 months; good to get closer to normal.

12) By the way, my hotel room has Pac-12 Network, which is only time I ever see it, since DirecTV does not have it. 13 different home shopping channels, no Pac-12 Network. Terrific.

11) St Bonaventure 52, Virginia 51? Bonnies played four senior starters 40:00 each; one guy got in foul trouble and only played 28:00. What the hell are they going to do for players next year?

Why has no school hired Mark Schmidt as their coach? Six SEC teams changed coaches already this spring, and Schmidt still lives in Olean, where he is 268-172 in 15 years. The last eight years, Bonnies are 95-45 in league games. Pretty damn good.

Go get a map, find Olean, NY; draw a 100-mile circle around Olean, and see how many big cities you find. 74 miles from Buffalo, 116 from Rochester. Not exactly basketball hotbeds. What Schmidt has done with the Bonnies is remarkable.

10) Was surprised to hear that this is the last year the NIT Final Four will be in New York City; there was a time, back before even I was born, where the NIT was bigger than the NCAA?s. In 1950, City College of New York won both tournaments, and the NIT was the bigger deal.

9) Speaking of the coaching carousel:
? South Carolina hired Chattanooga coach Paris LaMont.
? Louisiana Tech coach Eric Konkol bolts to Tulsa.
? SMU coach Tim Jankovich retired; he was 24-9 this year, doubtful he got fired, but they also haven?t made the NCAA?s the last five years. Wealthy boosters tend to be impatient.

8) CBI tournament, where the final is 2:00 Wednesday afternoon:
? NC-Wilmington 80, Northern Colorado 64? Seahawks are 26-9, 18-4 in games decided by 7 or less less points. Before this season, UNCW had four losing years in a row.
? Middle Tennessee 85, Abilene Christian 69? Quick turnaround for the winners; MTSU is playing third day in row Wednesday, day game after a night game.

7) Does playing in the NIT, CBI help a team going forward? Getting on ESPN has to help some, but seems that teams like St Bonaventure, a very experienced team that fell just short in their conference, often do well in NIT/CBI-type events, then they almost have to regress the next season, since they?ll have whole new rosters.

6) We talked some about Dodger announcer Rick Monday last week; he was also a pretty good outfielder. Reader Glenn points out that Monday hit 11 home runs off of Hall of Fame hurler Tom Seaver, more than any other player. Impressive.

5) Major League Baseball announced some rule changes Tuesday:
? Rosters will be 28 guys until May 1st.
? Extra innings will start with a runner on second base.
? If your DH is also the starting pitcher, he can stay as the DH after he is done pitching, which is obviously called the Ohtani Rule.

4) Detroit Pistons lost 119-115 to Portland Monday, ending a 12-0-1 run ATS; they?ve lost six of last seven games SU, but have been keeping games closer lately.

3) 31 baseball players wound up heading to contract arbitration; all of those cases will be heard after the season starts, which shouldn?t cause too much of a problem, should it? (joke). Six of the 31 players play for the Mets.

2) If the NBA playoffs started today (they do not) the play-in games would be:
? East: Atlanta @ Toronto, Charlotte @ Brooklyn
? West: New Orleans @ Minnesota, Lakers @ Clippers

1) Was sitting in the Aria Sportsbook Tuesday night, reading the baseball over/unders, and odds to win it all; good Lord, the A?s are 80-1 to win the World Series. Who in their right mind would wager on the A?s to win the World Series? I have a better chance of dating Sharon Stone than the A?s do of being a contender this season.

 

[Udog]

TEXAS A&M is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) versus good shooting teams - making >=45% of their shots in the current season.

WASHINGTON ST is 7-0 ATS (7 Units) in road games when playing only their 2nd game in 8 days over the last 2 seasons.

YOUNGSTOWN ST is 9-1 ATS (7.9 Units) in road games after a game where they made 78% of their free throws or better over the last 2 seasons.




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Trend Report
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Wake Forest @ Texas A&M
Wake Forest
Wake Forest is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Wake Forest is 6-19 SU in its last 25 games on the road
Texas A&M
Texas A&M is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Texas A&M is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home

Washington State @ BYU
Washington State
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington State's last 6 games on the road
Washington State is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
BYU
BYU is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
BYU is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Youngstown State @ Fresno State
Youngstown State
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Youngstown State's last 7 games on the road
Youngstown State is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Fresno State
Fresno State is 15-4 SU in its last 19 games at home
Fresno State is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games at home


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[Cnotes53]

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
Game Time(ET) Pick Units

MTU at UNCW 05:00 PM
UNCW +4.5
O 137.0
+500 +500

WAKE at TAM 07:00 PM
TAM -2.5
O 147.0
+500 +500

WSU at BYU 09:00 PM
WSU +3.5
U 142.5
+500 +500

YSU at FRES 10:00 PM
YSU +13.5
U 130.5
+500 +500