NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL NOTES, NEWS OPINIONS AND BEST BETS THRU MARCH MADNESS !
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 9
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLMB at COR | 06:00 PM | COR -10.5 U 168.5 | +500 +500 |
| HALL at GTWN | 06:30 PM | HALL -6.5 O 138.0 | +500 +500 |
| YALE at BRWN | 07:00 PM | BRWN +7.0 U 136.0 | +500 +500 |
| HOU at ISU | 07:00 PM | HOU -2.5 U 129.0 | +500 +500 |
| VCU at GMU | 07:00 PM | GMU -4.0 U 140.0 | +500 +500 |
| TEX at CIN | 07:00 PM | CIN -5.0 O 145.0 | +500 +500 |
| AKR at BALL | 07:00 PM | AKR -7.0 O 138.0 | +500 +500 |
| KSU at WVU | 07:00 PM | KSU -2.0 U 141.0 | +500 +500 |
| CMU at EMU | 07:00 PM | EMU -4.5 U 138.5 | +500 +500 |
| TOL at KENT | 07:00 PM | KENT -4.0 O 151.0 | +500 +500 |
| URI at DAV | 07:00 PM | DAV -5.0 U 143.5 | +500 +500 |
| NIU at WMU | 07:00 PM | WMU -2.5 O 152.0 | +500 +500 |
| MIZZ at UK | 07:00 PM | UK -12.5 U 159.5 | +500 +500 |
| M-OH at BUFF | 07:00 PM | BUFF -2.0 U 145.5 | +500 +500 |
| IND at RUTG | 07:00 PM | RUTG -3.5 U 140.5 | +500 +500 |
| WAKE at FSU | 07:00 PM | WAKE -3.0 O 148.5 | +500 +500 |
| SCAR at ALA | 07:00 PM | ALA -11.5 U 152.5 | +500 +500 |
| OHIO at BGSU | 07:00 PM | BGSU +1.0 O 153.5 | +500 +500 |
| SELA at NICH | 07:30 PM | NICH -4.0 O 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| OKST at TTU | 08:00 PM | TTU -8.0 O 135.5 | +500 +500 |
| RICH at L-IL | 08:00 PM | L-IL -2.5 U 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| PUR at NEB | 09:00 PM | PUR -7.5 U 150.0 | +500 +500 |
| TAM at AUB | 09:00 PM | AUB -7.0 U 147.5 | +500 +500 |
| DUKE at PITT | 09:00 PM | DUKE -5.0 U 146.5 | +500 +500 |
| BYU at BAY | 09:00 PM | BAY -4.0 U 153.5 | +500 +500 |
| CREI at DEP | 09:00 PM | CREI -15.5 O 142.0 | +500 +500 |
| VAN at LSU | 09:00 PM | LSU -8.0 U 144.0 | +500 +500 |
| ND at GT | 09:00 PM | ND +6.0 O 134.5 | +500 +500 |
| WYO at USU | 09:00 PM | USU -15.0 U 150.0 | +500 +500 |
| CSU at BSU | 09:00 PM | CSU -2.0 U 145.5 | +500 +500 |
| AFA at NEV | 10:00 PM | AFA +15.0 O 132.5 | +500 +500 |
| UNM at UNLV | 10:30 PM | UNM -2.0 U 151.0 | +500 +500 |
| SDSU at SJSU | 11:00 PM | SJSU +10.0 O 139.0 | +500 +500 |
COLLEGE BASKETBALL BEST BETS !
01/09/2024.................14 - 11......................56.00%....................+ 9.50
01/08/2024......................8 - 5......................61.53%....................+ 12.50
01/07/2024......................7 - 5......................58.33%.....................+ 7.50
01/06/2024....................41 - 33 ..................55.40%.....................+ 23.50
01/05/2024.......................8 - 8...................50.00%......................- 4.00
01/04/2024....................20 - 27...................42.55%.....................- 48.50
01/03/2024.......................0 - 2...................00.00%......................- 11.00
01/02/2024....................19 - 14...................57.57%.....................+ 18.00
01/01/2024.......................1 - 4...................20.00%.......................- 17.00
TOTALS.......................118 - 109...................51.98%......................- 9.50
01/09/2024.................14 - 11......................56.00%....................+ 9.50
01/08/2024......................8 - 5......................61.53%....................+ 12.50
01/07/2024......................7 - 5......................58.33%.....................+ 7.50
01/06/2024....................41 - 33 ..................55.40%.....................+ 23.50
01/05/2024.......................8 - 8...................50.00%......................- 4.00
01/04/2024....................20 - 27...................42.55%.....................- 48.50
01/03/2024.......................0 - 2...................00.00%......................- 11.00
01/02/2024....................19 - 14...................57.57%.....................+ 18.00
01/01/2024.......................1 - 4...................20.00%.......................- 17.00
TOTALS.......................118 - 109...................51.98%......................- 9.50
Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Spreads for this week’s playoff games:
— Browns (-2.5, 44.5) @ Houston
— Dolphins @ Kansas City (-4, 44.5)
— Steelers @ Buffalo (-10, 36)
— Packers @ Dallas (-7.5, 50.5)
— Rams @ Detroit (-3, 51.5)
— Eagles (-3, 43.5) @ Tampa Bay
Quote of the Day
“I hear I had a good year. It’s the worst year of my life, though. That’s the reality of it. What happened this season can’t happen again.”
Jets’ WR Garrett Wilson
Wednesday’s quiz
Which Division I college basketball team is known as the Camels?
Tuesday’s quiz
Jets were the first AFL/AFC team to win a Super Bowl; they upset the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III.
Monday’s quiz
Carson Wentz played his college football at North Dakota State.
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Cornhuskers made 14 of 23 shots on the arc.
Purdue took 33 3’s, only 24 2-point shots.
— Iowa State 57, Houston 53
Cyclones jumped out to a 14-0 lead, held on for dear life.
Houston was last unbeaten team in the country.
— Kentucky 90, Missouri 77
56 of Kentucky’s 90 points were scored by freshmen.
Senior big guy Mitchell had 20 points, 12 boards, played all 40:00.
— Western Michigan 95, Northern Illinois 90, OT
Broncos trailed by 17 in first half, by 9 with 4:16 left.
WMU was 25-47 on foul line, Northern Illinois was 18-24.
— Texas 74, Cincinnati 73
Texas outscored Cincinnati 4-0 over the last 0:59.
Bearcats were only 8-15 on the foul line.
— Auburn 66, Texas A&M 55
Auburn has won eight in a row, is now 13-2.
Teams combined to shoot 8-41 on the arc.
— This is Sub-Plot Weekend in the NFL playoffs:
Browns @ Houston- Deshaun Watson should be the TV analyst.
Dolphins @ Kansas City- Tyreek Hill against his old team.
Steelers @ Buffalo- The two head coaches were college roommates.
Packers @ Dallas- Mike McCarthy against his old team.
Rams @ Detroit- Stafford/Goff were traded for each other.
Eagles @ Bucs- Mayfield was Oklahoma’s QB in 2017, Hurts in 2019.
— Last six years, the #6-seeds are 9-3 SU in this round against #3-seeds, 6-0 in the NFC.
Last four years, home teams are 5-3 ATS in the #4-5 seed matchups.
Since 2012, #5-seeds who were road favorites at the #4-seeds are 5-2 ATS.
— LA Rams were the only NFL team this season that didn’t score a touchdown on defense or special teams.
— Only nine NFL quarterbacks started all 17 games for their team this season.
— Michigan 34, Washington 13
Wolverines win their first national title since 1997.
Michigan’s first three drives: 17 plays, 235 yards, 17 points.
Michigan ran for 303 yards, 174 in the first quarter.
Teams combined to convert 3 of 24 third down plays.
— Nike told Eldrick Woods to take a hike, after a 27-year partnership that had been paying Woods $20M a year.
— Baseball Fact of the Day: Bob Welch is the last major league pitcher to win 27+ games in a season; he went 27-6 for the 1990 A’s, who won the American League title.
— A quirk in Shohei Ohtani’s contract with the Dodgers, which has a ton of deferred money in it: should Ohtani move out of California after his contract is up in 2033 with the vast majority of payouts still to come, the tax hit for the state of California would amount to $98M.
— Word of the Day: Compete- strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others who are trying to do the same.
Competitions are the moments and events in your life that help you improvise so that you can put forward the best version of yourself.
— NFL coaching news:
Washington Commanders fired Ron Rivera
Atlanta Falcons fired Arthur Smith
Tennessee Titans fired Mike Vrabel.
New Jersey Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale “resigned”; the team fired two of his assistants, which prompted him to “resign”.
— Illinois basketball player Luke Goode is the nephew of former NFL QB Trent Green.
— UNLV QB Jayden Maiava transferred to Georgia; he’ll probably sit next year behind Carson Beck, then take over in 2025. As a freshman this year, Maiava led UNLV to a 9-5 record and its first bowl game in ten years.
— LSU hired defensive coordinator Blake Baker away from Missouri; he is going to make $2.5M a year, boatload of $$$ for an assistant coach.
— Learned this week that billboards are prohibited in Hawai’i.
— Baseball stuff:
Mets signed P Sean Manaea to a 2-year, $28M contract.
Dodgers signed OF Teoscar Hernandez for one year, $23.5M.
Cubs signed P Shota Imanaga, who pitched 8 years in Japan.
Spreads for this week’s playoff games:
— Browns (-2.5, 44.5) @ Houston
— Dolphins @ Kansas City (-4, 44.5)
— Steelers @ Buffalo (-10, 36)
— Packers @ Dallas (-7.5, 50.5)
— Rams @ Detroit (-3, 51.5)
— Eagles (-3, 43.5) @ Tampa Bay
Quote of the Day
“I hear I had a good year. It’s the worst year of my life, though. That’s the reality of it. What happened this season can’t happen again.”
Jets’ WR Garrett Wilson
Wednesday’s quiz
Which Division I college basketball team is known as the Camels?
Tuesday’s quiz
Jets were the first AFL/AFC team to win a Super Bowl; they upset the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III.
Monday’s quiz
Carson Wentz played his college football at North Dakota State.
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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….
— Nebraska 88, Purdue 72Cornhuskers made 14 of 23 shots on the arc.
Purdue took 33 3’s, only 24 2-point shots.
— Iowa State 57, Houston 53
Cyclones jumped out to a 14-0 lead, held on for dear life.
Houston was last unbeaten team in the country.
— Kentucky 90, Missouri 77
56 of Kentucky’s 90 points were scored by freshmen.
Senior big guy Mitchell had 20 points, 12 boards, played all 40:00.
— Western Michigan 95, Northern Illinois 90, OT
Broncos trailed by 17 in first half, by 9 with 4:16 left.
WMU was 25-47 on foul line, Northern Illinois was 18-24.
— Texas 74, Cincinnati 73
Texas outscored Cincinnati 4-0 over the last 0:59.
Bearcats were only 8-15 on the foul line.
— Auburn 66, Texas A&M 55
Auburn has won eight in a row, is now 13-2.
Teams combined to shoot 8-41 on the arc.
— This is Sub-Plot Weekend in the NFL playoffs:
Browns @ Houston- Deshaun Watson should be the TV analyst.
Dolphins @ Kansas City- Tyreek Hill against his old team.
Steelers @ Buffalo- The two head coaches were college roommates.
Packers @ Dallas- Mike McCarthy against his old team.
Rams @ Detroit- Stafford/Goff were traded for each other.
Eagles @ Bucs- Mayfield was Oklahoma’s QB in 2017, Hurts in 2019.
— Last six years, the #6-seeds are 9-3 SU in this round against #3-seeds, 6-0 in the NFC.
Last four years, home teams are 5-3 ATS in the #4-5 seed matchups.
Since 2012, #5-seeds who were road favorites at the #4-seeds are 5-2 ATS.
— LA Rams were the only NFL team this season that didn’t score a touchdown on defense or special teams.
— Only nine NFL quarterbacks started all 17 games for their team this season.
— Michigan 34, Washington 13
Wolverines win their first national title since 1997.
Michigan’s first three drives: 17 plays, 235 yards, 17 points.
Michigan ran for 303 yards, 174 in the first quarter.
Teams combined to convert 3 of 24 third down plays.
— Nike told Eldrick Woods to take a hike, after a 27-year partnership that had been paying Woods $20M a year.
— Baseball Fact of the Day: Bob Welch is the last major league pitcher to win 27+ games in a season; he went 27-6 for the 1990 A’s, who won the American League title.
— A quirk in Shohei Ohtani’s contract with the Dodgers, which has a ton of deferred money in it: should Ohtani move out of California after his contract is up in 2033 with the vast majority of payouts still to come, the tax hit for the state of California would amount to $98M.
— Word of the Day: Compete- strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others who are trying to do the same.
Competitions are the moments and events in your life that help you improvise so that you can put forward the best version of yourself.
— NFL coaching news:
Washington Commanders fired Ron Rivera
Atlanta Falcons fired Arthur Smith
Tennessee Titans fired Mike Vrabel.
New Jersey Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale “resigned”; the team fired two of his assistants, which prompted him to “resign”.
— Illinois basketball player Luke Goode is the nephew of former NFL QB Trent Green.
— UNLV QB Jayden Maiava transferred to Georgia; he’ll probably sit next year behind Carson Beck, then take over in 2025. As a freshman this year, Maiava led UNLV to a 9-5 record and its first bowl game in ten years.
— LSU hired defensive coordinator Blake Baker away from Missouri; he is going to make $2.5M a year, boatload of $$$ for an assistant coach.
— Learned this week that billboards are prohibited in Hawai’i.
— Baseball stuff:
Mets signed P Sean Manaea to a 2-year, $28M contract.
Dodgers signed OF Teoscar Hernandez for one year, $23.5M.
Cubs signed P Shota Imanaga, who pitched 8 years in Japan.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFW at YSU | 06:30 PM | YSU -3.0 O 154.5 | +500 +500 |
| PROV at SJU | 06:30 PM | SJU -7.0 U 145.0 | +500 +500 |
| NW at PSU | 06:30 PM | NW -1.5 O 144.0 | +500 +500 |
| JVST at LIB | 07:00 PM | LIB -11.0 U 130.5 | +500 +500 |
| BUCK at LEH | 07:00 PM | BUCK +5.5 O 139.0 | +500 +500 |
| UNCA at HP | 07:00 PM | HP -6.0 O 152.5 | +500 +500 |
| TLSA at CHAR | 07:00 PM | CHAR -7.5 O 134.0 | +500 +500 |
| ECU at TEM | 07:00 PM | ECU +1.5 O 142.5 | +500 +500 |
| STJOE at SLU | 07:00 PM | STJOE -4.5 U 150.0 | +500 +500 |
| WRST at RMU | 07:00 PM | WRST -5.0 O 157.0 | +500 +500 |
| LAF at COLG | 07:00 PM | LAF +14.0 O 130.5 | +500 +500 |
| AMER at BU | 07:00 PM | AMER +1.0 O 133.0 | +500 +500 |
| LAS at MASS | 07:00 PM | MASS -8.5 U 154.5 | +500 +500 |
| CHS at FDU | 07:00 PM | FDU -2.5 O 147.5 | +500 +500 |
| KU at UCF | 07:00 PM | KU -7.0 U 145.5 | +500 +500 |
| CHSO at WEBB | 07:00 PM | WEBB -12.5 U 144.0 | +500 +500 |
| MER at WOF | 07:00 PM | WOF -5.0 O 143.5 | +500 +500 |
| LOU at MIA | 07:00 PM | MIA -16.0 O 156.5 | +500 +500 |
| WIN at PRE | 07:00 PM | WIN -5.0 U 141.0 | +500 +500 |
| STET at KENN | 07:00 PM | STET +4.0 O 159.5 | +500 +500 |
| CLEM at VT | 07:00 PM | CLEM -2.0 U 143.5 | +500 +500 |
| NAVY at HC | 07:00 PM | HC +4.0 O 134.5 | +500 +500 |
| NKU at OAK | 07:00 PM | OAK -5.5 U 148.5 | +500 +500 |
| WCU at ETSU | 07:00 PM | WCU -2.5 O 143.0 | +500 +500 |
| TENN at MSST | 07:00 PM | TENN -2.0 U 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| FGCU at QNC | 07:00 PM | QNC -2.0 O 151.0 | +500 +500 |
| GASO at MRSH | 07:00 PM | MRSH -11.0 O 155.0 | +500 +500 |
| CIT at FUR | 07:00 PM | FUR -11.5 O 149.5 | +500 +500 |
| WKU at SHSU | 07:30 PM | WKU +2.0 O 156.5 | +500 +500 |
| ILST at BEL | 07:30 PM | BEL -6.0 U 149.5 | +500 +500 |
| MURR at MOSU | 08:00 PM | MOSU -5.0 U 147.0 | +500 +500 |
| UIC at UNI | 08:00 PM | UNI -8.0 U 138.5 | +500 +500 |
| UTSA at MEM | 08:00 PM | MEM -19.0 O 160.5 | +500 +500 |
| INST at DRKE | 08:00 PM | INST +2.5 O 155.0 | +500 +500 |
| SIU at VALP | 08:00 PM | SIU -9.5 U 137.0 | +500 +500 |
| EVAN at BRAD | 08:00 PM | BRAD -13.0 U 143.5 | +500 +500 |
| UNC at NCST | 08:00 PM | NCST +2.5 U 153.5 | +500 +500 |
| CONN at XAV | 08:30 PM | CONN -4.5 U 149.5 | +500 +500 |
| WIS at OSU | 08:30 PM | WIS +2.0 O 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| ULL at TROY | 08:30 PM | ULL +2.5 O 146.5 | +500 +500 |
| OKLA at TCU | 09:00 PM | TCU -5.0 U 148.5 | +500 +500 |
| BC at SYR | 09:00 PM | BC +4.0 O 154.0 | +500 +500 |
| FLA at MISS | 09:00 PM | FLA -2.5 U 157.0 | +500 +500 |
| ARK at UGA | 09:00 PM | UGA -2.0 U 151.0 | +500 +500 |
| BUT at MARQ | 09:00 PM | MARQ -12.0 U 154.5 | +500 +500 |
| WSU at USC | 10:30 PM | WSU +6.5 O 145.5 | +500 +500 |
| COLO at CAL | 11:00 PM | CAL +4.0 O 148.5 | +500 +500 |
COLLEGE BASKETBALL BEST BETS !
01/10/2024.................29 - 15......................65.90%....................+ 62.50
01/09/2024.................14 - 11......................56.00%....................+ 9.50
01/08/2024......................8 - 5......................61.53%....................+ 12.50
01/07/2024......................7 - 5......................58.33%.....................+ 7.50
01/06/2024....................41 - 33 ..................55.40%.....................+ 23.50
01/05/2024.......................8 - 8...................50.00%......................- 4.00
01/04/2024....................20 - 27...................42.55%.....................- 48.50
01/03/2024.......................0 - 2...................00.00%......................- 11.00
01/02/2024....................19 - 14...................57.57%.....................+ 18.00
01/01/2024.......................1 - 4...................20.00%.......................- 17.00
TOTALS.......................147 - 124...................54.24%......................+ 53.00
01/10/2024.................29 - 15......................65.90%....................+ 62.50
01/09/2024.................14 - 11......................56.00%....................+ 9.50
01/08/2024......................8 - 5......................61.53%....................+ 12.50
01/07/2024......................7 - 5......................58.33%.....................+ 7.50
01/06/2024....................41 - 33 ..................55.40%.....................+ 23.50
01/05/2024.......................8 - 8...................50.00%......................- 4.00
01/04/2024....................20 - 27...................42.55%.....................- 48.50
01/03/2024.......................0 - 2...................00.00%......................- 11.00
01/02/2024....................19 - 14...................57.57%.....................+ 18.00
01/01/2024.......................1 - 4...................20.00%.......................- 17.00
TOTALS.......................147 - 124...................54.24%......................+ 53.00
Thursday’s 6-pack:
Top six rated college basketball conferences:
1) Big X
2) Big East
3) SEC
4) Big 14
5) ACC
6) Pac-12
Quote of the Day
“It’s outrageous. What happened tonight, this is completely B.S.. This is shame. Shame for the referees. Shame for the league to allow this. Twenty-three free throws for them, and we get two free throws in the fourth quarter? Like, how to play the game? I understand respect for All-Stars and all that, but we have star players on our team as well.”
Toronto Raptors’ coach Darko Rajakovic
Thursday’s quiz
Who was the coach of the Seahawks, before Pete Carroll?
Wednesday’s quiz
Campbell’s basketball team is known as the Camels; they play in the CAA.
Tuesday’s quiz
Jets were the first AFL/AFC team to win a Super Bowl; they upset the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III.
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He’s had a winning season on this site in every year but one, and that ain’t easy to do.
— Seahawks fired Pete Carroll as head coach Wednesday; they tried to be nice about it, but Carroll had made it clear that he still wanted to be the coach. They say he’ll still be around as an advisor, but the guy went 147-98-1 with the Seahawks, 10-9 in playoff games, 1-1 in Super Bowls, and this is how they treat him?
Fact of the matter is, the last three years, Seattle went 25-26 in regular season, 0-1 in playoffs, and that wasn’t good enough. It ain’t easy being 72 years old in today’s world.
— Speaking of which, Nick Saban is out at Alabama, after 17 seasons; he went 206-29 with the Crimson Tide, 16-7 in bowl games.
Overall, Saban was 297-71-1 as a college coach with seven national titles (he won one at LSU); he also went 15-17 coaching the NFL’s Dolphins in 2005-06.
Good luck to the poor bastard that Alabama hires next; following the guy who might be the best college football coach ever is no easy task.
— Ever hear of Gene Bartow? Damn good coach, the guy went 491-253 as a college basketball coach, but he made the mistake of following John Wooden at UCLA. Wooden was/is the best college hoop coach ever; Bartow went 51-10 in two years at UCLA, but it wasn’t enough for the spoiled fan base/administration, so Bartow left Westwood after those two seasons.
Ironically, Bartow then moved to Alabama, where UAB was starting a new basketball program, and Bartow ran that team for 17 years, going 350-193 coaching the Blazers.
— Oh by the way, in 1980, Ohio State hired Nick Saban to be its defensive backs coach; the guy he replaced?
Pete Carroll.
— In the NBA, LA Clippers signed Kawhi Leonard to a three-year, $152.4M contract; do the math, and over an 82-game season, Leonard will make $61,951 per game over the length of that contract.
— Toronto Raptors lost 132-131 to the Lakers Tuesday night in LA; the Lakers shot 28-36 on the foul line, Toronto 8-13. Lakers took 23 of those foul shots in the decisive 4th quarter.
After the game, Raptors’ coach Darko Rajakovic wasn’t happy; he went on a tirade, slapping a table for emphasis while he ripped the officials and the NBA. Losing isn’t fun.
— I mentioned Tuesday that UNLV QB Jayden Maiava transferred to Georgia, but he changed his mind and is now transferring to USC. College football has gotten crazy.
— Baseball Fact of the Day: Babe Ruth holds the record for most innings pitched in a World Series game; he threw a 14-inning complete game in a 2-1 win in the 1916 World Series, and he also knocked in one of the runs his team scored.
— Movie of the Day: Blue Chips (1994)- A college basketball coach chooses to break the rules in order to recruit the players he needs to stay competitive.
Nick Nolte is great as the coach of fictional Western U; Bob Cousy is the athletic director of the school, Penny Hardaway and Shaquille O’Neal are two of his players. JT Walsh plays a wealthy booster, Alfre Woodard plays Penny Hardaway’s mom. Excellent cast.
I mention the movie today because Wednesday night, FS1 had their mike in a St John’s huddle, with Rick Pitino coaching his team; it is almost exactly the same as a scene in Blue Chips, when Pitino’s team is coaching against Western U, and Pitino is instructing his players.
That was 30 years ago, and Pitino is still an awesome coach.
— Central Florida 65, Kansas 60
UCF posts the upset in its first-ever Big X home game.
Kansas led by 16 in first half, 37-29 at halftime.
— St John’s 75, Providence 73
St John’s is 4-0 in Big East for first time since 2001.
Friars lost last three games, after an 11-2 start.
— Butler 69, Marquette 62
Marquette led 30-19 early on; they went 5-31 on the arc.
Last two games, Tyler Kolek is 2-19 from the floor.
— Memphis 107, Texas-San Antonio 101, OT
Roadrunners led by 4 with 1:16 left in regulation.
Memphis was 30-43 on foul line, UTSA 16-21.
— Saint Louis 88, St Joe’s 85
Billikens trailed 39-19 with 5:20 left in first half.
Saint Louis made 14-26 shots on the arc.
— California 82, Colorado 78
Buffaloes led by 20 with 1:38 left in first half.
Cal posted its 2nd straight upset; they were 10-23 on arc.
— Louisville 80, Miami 75
Cardinals were a 16.5-point underdog.
Miami led by 9 with 14:10 left in game.
— North Carolina 67, NC State 54
Last three games, Tar Heels allowed 57-55-54 points, all on the road.
Wolfpack shot 26.1% from floor, 2-21 on the arc.
— You don’t think the NFL Draft is a fascinating process?
Rams’ WR Puka Nucua just set the all-time receiving yardage record for a rookie, and he was the 20th receiver taken in the ’23 Draft.
— We’re starting something a little different today; on the college basketball page, I’ll post info on five of every day’s most interesting games.
Top six rated college basketball conferences:
1) Big X
2) Big East
3) SEC
4) Big 14
5) ACC
6) Pac-12
Quote of the Day
“It’s outrageous. What happened tonight, this is completely B.S.. This is shame. Shame for the referees. Shame for the league to allow this. Twenty-three free throws for them, and we get two free throws in the fourth quarter? Like, how to play the game? I understand respect for All-Stars and all that, but we have star players on our team as well.”
Toronto Raptors’ coach Darko Rajakovic
Thursday’s quiz
Who was the coach of the Seahawks, before Pete Carroll?
Wednesday’s quiz
Campbell’s basketball team is known as the Camels; they play in the CAA.
Tuesday’s quiz
Jets were the first AFL/AFC team to win a Super Bowl; they upset the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III.
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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….
Before we get into a busy news day, I’d like to thank the Big Dawg for picking NFL games on my blog this year; he went 30-23-1 (56.6%) against the spread. 17-5 over the last seven weeks!!! Lot of professional handicappers don’t do that well.He’s had a winning season on this site in every year but one, and that ain’t easy to do.
— Seahawks fired Pete Carroll as head coach Wednesday; they tried to be nice about it, but Carroll had made it clear that he still wanted to be the coach. They say he’ll still be around as an advisor, but the guy went 147-98-1 with the Seahawks, 10-9 in playoff games, 1-1 in Super Bowls, and this is how they treat him?
Fact of the matter is, the last three years, Seattle went 25-26 in regular season, 0-1 in playoffs, and that wasn’t good enough. It ain’t easy being 72 years old in today’s world.
— Speaking of which, Nick Saban is out at Alabama, after 17 seasons; he went 206-29 with the Crimson Tide, 16-7 in bowl games.
Overall, Saban was 297-71-1 as a college coach with seven national titles (he won one at LSU); he also went 15-17 coaching the NFL’s Dolphins in 2005-06.
Good luck to the poor bastard that Alabama hires next; following the guy who might be the best college football coach ever is no easy task.
— Ever hear of Gene Bartow? Damn good coach, the guy went 491-253 as a college basketball coach, but he made the mistake of following John Wooden at UCLA. Wooden was/is the best college hoop coach ever; Bartow went 51-10 in two years at UCLA, but it wasn’t enough for the spoiled fan base/administration, so Bartow left Westwood after those two seasons.
Ironically, Bartow then moved to Alabama, where UAB was starting a new basketball program, and Bartow ran that team for 17 years, going 350-193 coaching the Blazers.
— Oh by the way, in 1980, Ohio State hired Nick Saban to be its defensive backs coach; the guy he replaced?
Pete Carroll.
— In the NBA, LA Clippers signed Kawhi Leonard to a three-year, $152.4M contract; do the math, and over an 82-game season, Leonard will make $61,951 per game over the length of that contract.
— Toronto Raptors lost 132-131 to the Lakers Tuesday night in LA; the Lakers shot 28-36 on the foul line, Toronto 8-13. Lakers took 23 of those foul shots in the decisive 4th quarter.
After the game, Raptors’ coach Darko Rajakovic wasn’t happy; he went on a tirade, slapping a table for emphasis while he ripped the officials and the NBA. Losing isn’t fun.
— I mentioned Tuesday that UNLV QB Jayden Maiava transferred to Georgia, but he changed his mind and is now transferring to USC. College football has gotten crazy.
— Baseball Fact of the Day: Babe Ruth holds the record for most innings pitched in a World Series game; he threw a 14-inning complete game in a 2-1 win in the 1916 World Series, and he also knocked in one of the runs his team scored.
— Movie of the Day: Blue Chips (1994)- A college basketball coach chooses to break the rules in order to recruit the players he needs to stay competitive.
Nick Nolte is great as the coach of fictional Western U; Bob Cousy is the athletic director of the school, Penny Hardaway and Shaquille O’Neal are two of his players. JT Walsh plays a wealthy booster, Alfre Woodard plays Penny Hardaway’s mom. Excellent cast.
I mention the movie today because Wednesday night, FS1 had their mike in a St John’s huddle, with Rick Pitino coaching his team; it is almost exactly the same as a scene in Blue Chips, when Pitino’s team is coaching against Western U, and Pitino is instructing his players.
That was 30 years ago, and Pitino is still an awesome coach.
— Central Florida 65, Kansas 60
UCF posts the upset in its first-ever Big X home game.
Kansas led by 16 in first half, 37-29 at halftime.
— St John’s 75, Providence 73
St John’s is 4-0 in Big East for first time since 2001.
Friars lost last three games, after an 11-2 start.
— Butler 69, Marquette 62
Marquette led 30-19 early on; they went 5-31 on the arc.
Last two games, Tyler Kolek is 2-19 from the floor.
— Memphis 107, Texas-San Antonio 101, OT
Roadrunners led by 4 with 1:16 left in regulation.
Memphis was 30-43 on foul line, UTSA 16-21.
— Saint Louis 88, St Joe’s 85
Billikens trailed 39-19 with 5:20 left in first half.
Saint Louis made 14-26 shots on the arc.
— California 82, Colorado 78
Buffaloes led by 20 with 1:38 left in first half.
Cal posted its 2nd straight upset; they were 10-23 on arc.
— Louisville 80, Miami 75
Cardinals were a 16.5-point underdog.
Miami led by 9 with 14:10 left in game.
— North Carolina 67, NC State 54
Last three games, Tar Heels allowed 57-55-54 points, all on the road.
Wolfpack shot 26.1% from floor, 2-21 on the arc.
— You don’t think the NFL Draft is a fascinating process?
Rams’ WR Puka Nucua just set the all-time receiving yardage record for a rookie, and he was the 20th receiver taken in the ’23 Draft.
— We’re starting something a little different today; on the college basketball page, I’ll post info on five of every day’s most interesting games.
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Armadillo's Write-Up
Thursday, January 11
Thursday’s 5 interesting games
Michigan State @ Illinois (-3.5)
Michigan State (9-6, 1-3)
KenPom rating: 19
Tempo: 283
Experience: 86
Continuity: 27
Michigan State won five of its last six games.
Spartans are 0-2 in true road games, losing by 7-14 points.
MSU is 3-6 vs top 100 teams.
In Big 14 games, Spartans are getting to foul line less than any team in league.
Illinois (11-3, 2-1)
KenPom rating: 9
Tempo: 76
Experience: 15
Continuity: 159
Illini won four of its last five games.
Illinois has #4 eFG% defense in country.
Illini is grabbing 37.2% of its missed shots (#14)
Illinois is 3-3 vs top 100 teams.
Both teams lost their last game.
Illinois won last three series games, by 1-5-9 points.
Spartans lost three of last four visits to Champaign.
Big 14 home favorites of 7 or less points are 7-4 ATS
UCLA @ Utah (-9.5)
UCLA (6-9, 1-3)
KenPom rating: 108
Tempo: 327
Experience: 321
Continuity: 290
UCLA lost seven of its last eight games.
UCLA’s Pac-12 losses are by 5-6-9 points.
Bruins have the #332 eFG% in country.
UCLA is 0-7 against top 100 teams.
Bruins’ best win: 69-62 at #158 Oregon State
Utah (11-4, 2-2)
KenPom rating: 31
Tempo: 63
Experience: 53
Continuity: 77
Utes got swept by the Arizona schools last weekend.
Utah is 5-4 vs teams in top 125.
Utes are shooting 37.4% on the arc (#33)
Utah is 6-1 vs teams ranked outside the top 100.
UCLA won last seven series games.
Bruins won their last four visits to Utah.
Pac-12 home favorites of 5+ points are 4-9 ATS
Gonzaga (-9.5) @ Santa Clara
Gonzaga (11-4, 2-0)
KenPom rating: 23
Tempo: 65
Experience: 150
Continuity: 215
Gonzaga won its first two WCC games, by 26-27 points.
Zags lost their only true road game, 78-73 at Washington.
Zags are 8-0 vs teams ranked outside top 100 (7 of 8 wins by 15+ points)
Gonzaga rebounds 36.3% of its missed shots (#25)
Santa Clara (11-6, 2-0)
KenPom rating: 114
Tempo: 84
Experience: 170
Continuity: 322
Santa Clara won its first two WCC games, by 11-6 points.
Broncos are 4-4 ATS as an underdog this year.
Santa Clara is 3-3 against top 100 teams.
Broncos’ last three losses were by 2-3-8 points.
Gonzaga is 43-2 in last 45 series games, winning last 26 in a row.
Five of their last six wins at Santa Clara were by 15+ points.
WCC home underdogs are 3-1 ATS
Long Beach State @ Cal-San Diego (-4.5)
Long Beach State (11-5, 3-1)
KenPom rating: 151
Tempo: 10
Experience: 66
Continuity: 7
Long Beach is 3-1 in Big West, losing 84-68 to Northridge.
In its 4 Big West games, Long Beach is shooting 19.3% on arc.
Long Beach is 3-3 vs teams ranked in top 200.
Long Beach is grabbing 33.8% of its missed shots (#55)
Cal-San Diego (9-6, 3-0)
KenPom rating: 134
Tempo: 319
Experience: 213
Continuity: 115
Tritons are 3-0 in Big West, scoring 77 ppg.
UCSD is 1-4 vs teams ranked in top 200.
In its three Big West games, UCSD shot 62.4% inside arc.
Tritons are #233 team in country on defensive boards.
Long Beach won three of four series games.
Long Beach won 112-110 in triple OT, in LY’s visit here.
Both of last year’s meetings (1-1) were by decided by 2 points.
Big West home favorites are 3-7 ATS
Arizona State @ Washington (-6.5)
Arizona State (10-5, 4-0)
KenPom rating: 101
Tempo: 71
Experience: 99
Continuity: 259
ASU’s Pac-12 wins are by 3-2-12-3 points.
Sun Devils are 5-4 vs top 100 teams.
ASU split its four road games.
Sun Devils are 5-1 in games decided by 5 or fewer points.
Washington (9-6, 1-3)
KenPom rating: 55
Tempo: 57
Experience: 2
Continuity: 231
Washington’s Pac-12 losses are by 4-5-2 points.
Huskies are 2-6 vs teams ranked in top 125
Huskies are #254 team in country on defensive boards.
Their last seven games were all decided by 7 or less points.
Home team won last five series games.
Sun Devils lost three of last four visits to Seattle.
Pac-12 home favorites of 5+ points are 4-9 ATS
Armadillo's Write-Up
Thursday, January 11
Thursday’s 5 interesting games
Michigan State @ Illinois (-3.5)
Michigan State (9-6, 1-3)
KenPom rating: 19
Tempo: 283
Experience: 86
Continuity: 27
Michigan State won five of its last six games.
Spartans are 0-2 in true road games, losing by 7-14 points.
MSU is 3-6 vs top 100 teams.
In Big 14 games, Spartans are getting to foul line less than any team in league.
Illinois (11-3, 2-1)
KenPom rating: 9
Tempo: 76
Experience: 15
Continuity: 159
Illini won four of its last five games.
Illinois has #4 eFG% defense in country.
Illini is grabbing 37.2% of its missed shots (#14)
Illinois is 3-3 vs top 100 teams.
Both teams lost their last game.
Illinois won last three series games, by 1-5-9 points.
Spartans lost three of last four visits to Champaign.
Big 14 home favorites of 7 or less points are 7-4 ATS
UCLA @ Utah (-9.5)
UCLA (6-9, 1-3)
KenPom rating: 108
Tempo: 327
Experience: 321
Continuity: 290
UCLA lost seven of its last eight games.
UCLA’s Pac-12 losses are by 5-6-9 points.
Bruins have the #332 eFG% in country.
UCLA is 0-7 against top 100 teams.
Bruins’ best win: 69-62 at #158 Oregon State
Utah (11-4, 2-2)
KenPom rating: 31
Tempo: 63
Experience: 53
Continuity: 77
Utes got swept by the Arizona schools last weekend.
Utah is 5-4 vs teams in top 125.
Utes are shooting 37.4% on the arc (#33)
Utah is 6-1 vs teams ranked outside the top 100.
UCLA won last seven series games.
Bruins won their last four visits to Utah.
Pac-12 home favorites of 5+ points are 4-9 ATS
Gonzaga (-9.5) @ Santa Clara
Gonzaga (11-4, 2-0)
KenPom rating: 23
Tempo: 65
Experience: 150
Continuity: 215
Gonzaga won its first two WCC games, by 26-27 points.
Zags lost their only true road game, 78-73 at Washington.
Zags are 8-0 vs teams ranked outside top 100 (7 of 8 wins by 15+ points)
Gonzaga rebounds 36.3% of its missed shots (#25)
Santa Clara (11-6, 2-0)
KenPom rating: 114
Tempo: 84
Experience: 170
Continuity: 322
Santa Clara won its first two WCC games, by 11-6 points.
Broncos are 4-4 ATS as an underdog this year.
Santa Clara is 3-3 against top 100 teams.
Broncos’ last three losses were by 2-3-8 points.
Gonzaga is 43-2 in last 45 series games, winning last 26 in a row.
Five of their last six wins at Santa Clara were by 15+ points.
WCC home underdogs are 3-1 ATS
Long Beach State @ Cal-San Diego (-4.5)
Long Beach State (11-5, 3-1)
KenPom rating: 151
Tempo: 10
Experience: 66
Continuity: 7
Long Beach is 3-1 in Big West, losing 84-68 to Northridge.
In its 4 Big West games, Long Beach is shooting 19.3% on arc.
Long Beach is 3-3 vs teams ranked in top 200.
Long Beach is grabbing 33.8% of its missed shots (#55)
Cal-San Diego (9-6, 3-0)
KenPom rating: 134
Tempo: 319
Experience: 213
Continuity: 115
Tritons are 3-0 in Big West, scoring 77 ppg.
UCSD is 1-4 vs teams ranked in top 200.
In its three Big West games, UCSD shot 62.4% inside arc.
Tritons are #233 team in country on defensive boards.
Long Beach won three of four series games.
Long Beach won 112-110 in triple OT, in LY’s visit here.
Both of last year’s meetings (1-1) were by decided by 2 points.
Big West home favorites are 3-7 ATS
Arizona State @ Washington (-6.5)
Arizona State (10-5, 4-0)
KenPom rating: 101
Tempo: 71
Experience: 99
Continuity: 259
ASU’s Pac-12 wins are by 3-2-12-3 points.
Sun Devils are 5-4 vs top 100 teams.
ASU split its four road games.
Sun Devils are 5-1 in games decided by 5 or fewer points.
Washington (9-6, 1-3)
KenPom rating: 55
Tempo: 57
Experience: 2
Continuity: 231
Washington’s Pac-12 losses are by 4-5-2 points.
Huskies are 2-6 vs teams ranked in top 125
Huskies are #254 team in country on defensive boards.
Their last seven games were all decided by 7 or less points.
Home team won last five series games.
Sun Devils lost three of last four visits to Seattle.
Pac-12 home favorites of 5+ points are 4-9 ATS
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