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GW at SLUGW +6.5*****+500
OSU at MICH12:00 PMOSU +12.5*****
O 155.5*****
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MOSU at LT12:30 PMLT -1.5*****+500
UK at FLA01:00 PMFLA -11.5*****+500
CHAR at UAB01:00 PMUAB -5.5*****+500
SBON at DAY02:00 PMSBON +6.5*****+500
PV at AAMU02:00 PMAAMU -1.5+500
WIS at ILL02:30 PMILL -8.5*****+500
KENN at SHSU03:00 PMKENN +2.5*****+500
UNT at TLSA03:30 PMUNT +8.5*****+500
TENN at VAN03:30 PMTENN +1.5*****+500
DUQ at VCU05:00 PMDUQ +8.5+500
MASS at TOL05:00 PMTOL -3.5
O 157.5*****
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HALL at SJU05:30 PMO 133.5*****+500
SCST at HOW06:00 PMSCST +15.5+500
PUR at NEB06:30 PMNEB +3.5*****+500
MIA at UVA07:00 PMMIA +3.5*****+500
MISS at ALA07:00 PMALA -11.5
O 163.5*****
+500 +500
ISU at ARIZ07:00 PMARIZ -3.5*****
U 143.5*****
+500 +500
KENT at AKR07:30 PMAKR -7.5*****+500
DAV at JOES07:30 PMJOES -2.5*****+500
GTWN at CONN08:00 PMGTWN +14.5*****+500
SOU at FAMU08:30 PMSOU -3.5+500
DSU at NCCU08:30 PMDSU +4.5*****+500
UCLA at MSU09:00 PMO 140.5*****+500
CSN at UCI09:00 PMCSN +5.5+500
UTA at UVU09:00 PMUVU -9.5+500
CLEM at DUKE09:30 PMDUKE -10.5*****+500
OKLA at ARK09:30 PMOKLA +7.5*****
O 168.5*****
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KU at HOU09:30 PMHOU -5.5*****+500
NEV at USU09:30 PMNEV +6.5*****+500
UTECH at CBU11:30 PMCBU -6.5+500
CSF at HAW11:30 PMHAW -5.5*****
U 157.5*****
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CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/13/2026..............13 - 15 - 0.................46.42%.............- 17.00
03/12/2026.............11 - 10 - 0..................52.38%.............+ 0.00
03/11/2026...............10 - 8 - 0..................55.55%..............+ 6.00
03/10/2026................8 - 10 - 0.................44.44%..............- 15.00
03/09/2026................6 - 7 - 0....................46.15%.............- 8.50
03/08/2026..............12 - 10 - 0.................54.54%.............+ 5.00
03/07/2026..............26 - 19 - 0.................57.77%.............+ 25.50
03/06/2026..............12 - 13 - 0.................48.00%............- 11.50
03/05/2026................11 - 8 - 0..................57.89%............+ 11.00
03/04/2026................10 - 18 - 0................35.71%............- 49.00
03/03/2026...............12 - 12 - 0.................50.00%............- 6.00
03/02/2026...................8 - 5 - 0.................61.53%............+ 12.50
03/01/2026.................10 - 8 - 0.................55.55%............+ 6.00

TOTALS....................149 -143 - 0.................51.02%.............- 41.00

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50

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

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Saturday’s 6-pack
Teams that won last six Mountain West tournaments:
2025— Colorado State
2024— New Mexico
2023— San Diego State
2022— Boise State
2021— San Diego State
2019— Utah State

Quotes of the Day
“I had really high expectations on what I thought it could be in terms of people, commitment and infrastructure, and it’s been all that and more. … We’re just scratching the surface of what it can be. We’ve got a good run ahead of us, hopefully this year and certainly in the years to come.”
Saint Louis coach Josh Schertz

Saturday’s quiz
In the old TV show The White Shadow, the coach of the Carver HS basketball team had played in the NBA. What team did he play for?

Friday’s quiz
Oakland A’s once drafted Vikings’ QB Kyler Murray as an outfielder.

Thursday’s quiz
Before they moved to California, the NBA’s Clippers were the Buffalo Braves.

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

— I like to look things up; here’s a good one.
Since 1998, EVERY team that won the college basketball national championship won their first conference tournament game. The last two teams who didn’t win in their conference tourney but won the national title were Arizona in 1997, UCLA in 1995, because, well……the Pac-12 didn’t have a conference tournament back then.
That doesn’t mean it can’t happen, it means it hasn’t happened in the last 30 years. Bad news for teams like Alabama, Illinois, Texas Tech, Villanova.

— Big 18 tournament
Wisconsin 91, Illinois 88, OT
Illinois is 4-5 in its last nine games; four of the five losses were in OT
Illini led this game by 15 with 10:45 left to play.
Badgers were 25-30 on foul line, Illinois 9-15.

UCLA 88, Michigan State 84
UCLA shot 13-27 on the arc, scored 1.32 ppp.
Donovan Dent had 23 points, 12 assists, six rebounds.
Last six years, Spartans are only 4-6 in the conference tournament.

— Big XII tournament
Arizona 82, Iowa State 80
Cyclones led 14-2 early on, by 8 with 17:52 left to play.
Arizona shot 57.1% inside the arc, scored 1.24 ppp.
Anthony Dell’Orso scored 26 points in 30:00; he didn’t start.

— Atlantic 14 tournament
Saint Louis 88, George Washington 81
George Washington was winning by 21 with 6:59 left in first half.
Saint Louis shot 58.6% inside arc, was 24-26 on foul line.
Billikens re-signed coach Schertz to a contract extension, so big day for them.

— SEC tournament
Ole Miss 80, Alabama 79
Rebels won for third day in row; they were 1-12 in last 13 regular season games.
Alabama never led, was only 9-29 on the arc.
Just second loss in last eleven games for the Crimson Tide.

Arkansas 82, Oklahoma 79
Darius Acuff scored 37 points, had five assists.
Oklahoma led by 4 with 9:37 left in the game.
Razorbacks won 11 of their last 14 games.

— Big East tournament
St John’s 78, Seton Hall 68
Red Storm never trailed, shot 58.3% inside arc.
St John’s was 24-30 on foul line, Pirates were 9-12.
St John’s won 18 of its last 19 games; the loss was 72-40 at UConn.

— ACC tournament
Virginia 84, Miami 62
Virginia shot 11-26 on arc, scored 1.35 ppp.
Cavaliers have won 13 of their last 14 games.
Miami is 25-8; they’re in NCAA’s for first time in three years.

Famous birthdays, March 14th:
Michael Caine, 93
Clyde Lee, 82
Billy Crystal, 78
Dave McKay, 76
Butch Wynegar, 70
Corey Stoll, 50
Steph Curry, 38
Brandon Aubrey, 31

World Baseball Classic
— Dominican Republic 10, Korea 0
Dominican Republic led 7-0 in the third inning.
Cristopher Sanchez allowed three baserunners in five IP.

— United States 5, Canada 3
Logan Webb got 14 outs, didn’t allow a run.
Team USA plays Dominican Republic in the semi-finals Sunday night.

— Great Britain’s baseball team had a pitcher with an unfortunate name, Owen Wild.
Kind of like Bob Walk or Honer Bailey, Wild is a bad name for a pitcher.

— American tournament
Tulsa 90, North Texas 84 3OTs
North Texas led 14-0 out of the game, 36-19 later in first half.
Tulsa was 32-39 on foul line, Mean Green 20-27.
Tulsa won its 6th straight game, despite shooting 34.8% from floor.

— Mountain West tournament
Utah State 79, Nevada 66
Aggies were 27-35 on foul line, Nevada 13-20.
Utah State is shooting 59.5% inside arc, #11 in country.
Utah State is headed to NCAA’s for 4th year in row, under three different coaches.

— Big West tournament
Cal-Irvine 93, Cal-Northridge 78
Anteaters shot 59% inside arc, scored 1.32 ppp
Irvine had a 44-26 advantage on the boards.
#1-seed Irvine plays #2-seed Hawai’i for the Big West title Saturday.

— MAC tournament
Akron 75, Kent State 68
Zips have quietly won nine in a row, 18 of last 19 games.
Akron starts four seniors; they’re #19 in country in continuity.
Akron-Toledo play for the MAC championship Saturday.

— One metric that matters, but in reverse; what teams get the highest %age of their points on foul shots. Fewer foul shots are taken in March.
I am totally convinced that referees call way fewer fouls in tournament games than in the regular season, so players have to play through contact to be successful.
 

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WIS at MICH01:00 PMU 161.5*****+500
NCCU at HOW01:00 PMHOW -10.5*****
O 144.5
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VAN at FLA01:00 PMVAN +7.5*****+500
DAY at SLU01:00 PMDAY +5.5*****
U 148.5*****
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PENN at HARV02:00 PMPENN +3.5
O 138.5*****
+500 +500
CHAR at USF03:00 PMUSF -14.5
O 153.5*****
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PUR at UCLA03:30 PMUCLA +7.5*****
O 144.5
+500 +500
JOES at VCU03:30 PMVCU -6.5*****
U 145.5
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MISS at ARK03:30 PMARK -9.5*****
O 158.5*****
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TLSA at WICH05:30 PMWICH -1.5
O 150.5*****
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HOU at ARIZ06:00 PMARIZ -2.5*****
U 137.5*****
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SDSU at USU06:00 PMUSU -1.5*****
O 144.5*****
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CONN at SJU06:30 PMO 138.5*****+500
PV at SOU07:30 PMPV +3.5
O 147.5*****
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TOL at AKR08:00 PMAKR -8.5*****
U 158.5*****
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UVA at DUKE08:30 PMDUKE -6.5*****
U 140.5*****
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KENN at LT08:30 PMLT +2.5*****
O 141.5
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HAW at UCI10:00 PMHAW +2.5*****
O 141.5*****
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CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/14/2026..............12 - 13 - 0..................48.00%............- 11.50
03/13/2026..............13 - 15 - 0.................46.42%.............- 17.00
03/12/2026.............11 - 10 - 0..................52.38%.............+ 0.00
03/11/2026...............10 - 8 - 0..................55.55%..............+ 6.00
03/10/2026................8 - 10 - 0.................44.44%..............- 15.00
03/09/2026................6 - 7 - 0....................46.15%.............- 8.50
03/08/2026..............12 - 10 - 0.................54.54%.............+ 5.00
03/07/2026..............26 - 19 - 0.................57.77%.............+ 25.50
03/06/2026..............12 - 13 - 0.................48.00%............- 11.50
03/05/2026................11 - 8 - 0..................57.89%............+ 11.00
03/04/2026................10 - 18 - 0................35.71%............- 49.00
03/03/2026...............12 - 12 - 0.................50.00%............- 6.00
03/02/2026...................8 - 5 - 0.................61.53%............+ 12.50
03/01/2026.................10 - 8 - 0.................55.55%............+ 6.00

TOTALS....................161 -156 - 0...............50.78%.............-52.50

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50

FEBRUARY'S

TOTALS...............375 - 352 - 0.................51.58%.................- 56.00
 

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Sunday’s 6-pack
Over/under win totals for baseball:
102.5— Dodgers
91.5— Bronx
90.5— Mariners
89.5— Cubs, Mets
88.5— Braves, Phillies, Blue Jays
87.5— Red Sox

Quotes of the Day
“We never mentioned revenge…….this championship means the world to us. It means the world to our fans. I’m so proud of every one of our players.”
Rick Pitino, after beating UConn Saturday

Sunday’s quiz
Most people know that Alaska is the 49th state, Hawai’i the 50th state, but which state is the 48th state?

Saturday’s quiz
In the old TV show The White Shadow, the coach of the Carver High basketball team had played in the NBA, for the Chicago Bulls.

Friday’s quiz
Oakland A’s once drafted Vikings’ QB Kyler Murray as an outfielder.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a busy day…….

— Big East tournament
St John’s 72, UConn 52
St John’s lost 72-40 at UConn three weeks ago.
Red Storm has won six in a row, 19 of last 20 games.
St John’s never trailed; they were +9 in turnovers.

— Big XII tournament
Arizona 79, Houston 74
Arizona wins its third conference tournament in five years.
Wildcats were 23-27 on foul line, Cougars 10-14.
Loss snaps Houston’s five-game winning streak.

— SEC tournament
Arkansas 93, Ole Miss 90 OT
Maleek Thomas/Darius Acuff combined for 53 points.
Arkansas was 23-31 on foul line, Ole Miss 11-14
Rebels were 1-12 in their last 13 regular season games; they won three days in a row before this tough loss.
Arkansas-Vanderbilt is the tournament final Sunday.

— Mountain West tournament
Utah State 73, San Diego State 62
Aggies win their first conference tournament since 2020.
San Diego State was minus-8 (14-6) in turnovers.
Aggies are #19 experience team, have #14 eFG% in country.

— Ivy League tournament:
Yale 88, Cornell 76
Yale won the Ivy League regular season, but this league moves its conference tournament around- this year’s is at Cornell, so the #1-seed had to play its first tournament game on the road, another example of 0ver-educated morons messing things up.
Yale never trailed, shot 64.1% inside the arc; they move on to play Penn in the final Sunday.

Famous birthdays, March 15th:
Judd Hirsch, 91
Mike Kruczek, 73
Harold Baines, 67
Terry Cummings, 65
Eva Longoria, 51
Kevin Youkilis, 47
Tavon Austin, 36
Trayce Thompson, 35
Taylor Heinicke, 33
Darious Williams, 33
Matt Gay, 32
Quinn Ewers, 23

World Baseball Classic:
— Italy 8, Puerto Rico 6
Italy led 8-2 in 4th inning; they improve to 5-0
Andrew Fischer doubled, knocked in two runs.
34,291 fans watched this game in Houston.

— Venezuela 8, Japan 5
Wilyer Abreu hit a 3-run homer in sixth inning.
Both leadoff hitters homered in first inning.
34,548 fans watched this game in Miami.

— Big 18 tournament
Michigan 68, Wisconsin 65
Michigan outscored Wisconsin 8-3 over the final 2:23.
Badgers were 16-38 outside arc, 7-23 inside arc.
Wolverines have best eFG% defense in country.

— ACC tournament
Duke 74, Virginia 70
Duke wins ACC tournament for third time in four years.
Blue Devils had 41-31 edge on the boards.
Virginia is 13-2 in last 15 games, with both losses to Duke.

Movie of the Day: The Ides of March (2011)- A campaign press secretary becomes involved in a scandal that threatens his candidate’s chances to win the election. Ryan Gosling is the press secretary, George Clooney is the candidate; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Paul Giamatti are also in this movie.

— Atlantic 14 tournament
Dayton 70, Saint Louis 69
Saint Louis led by 11 with 13:46 left in the game.
Derkack scored 28 points in 28:00 for Dayton; he didn’t start.
Flyers have won eight of their last nine games.

— American Conference tournament
Wichita State 81, Tulsa 68
Wichita shot 12-26 on arc, scored 1.25 ppp.
Shockers have won seven games in a row.
Wichita-South Florida play for AAC title Sunday.

— MAC tournament
Akron 79, Toledo 76
Toledo led by 12 early in second half.
Akron goes to the NCAA’s for 4th time in five years.
Zips have won 10 in a row, 19 of last 20 games.

— Conference USA tournament
Kennesaw State 71, Louisiana Tech 60
Tech shot 2-28 on the arc; not good.
Kennesaw is in NCAA’s for second time (2023 was other)
Owls won seven of their last nine games.

— Big West tournament
Hawai’i 71, Cal-Irvine 64
Hawai’i makes NCAAs for first time in ten years.
Rainbows have won six of their last seven games.
Since 2020, Irvine is 96-28 in Big West regular season games, only 5-6 in Bg West tournament games.
 

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Pennsylvania VS Yale
Pennsylvania is 7-0 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Pennsylvania's last 10 games.
Pennsylvania is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games.
Pennsylvania is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games against Yale.
Yale is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Yale's last 5 games.
Yale is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Yale's last 9 games against Pennsylvania.

Dayton VS VCU
Dayton is 6-2-1 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Dayton's last 7 games.
Dayton is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games.
Dayton is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games against VCU.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of VCU's last 6 games.
VCU is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of VCU's last 5 games against Dayton.
VCU is 15-1 SU in its last 16 games against an opponent in the Atlantic 10 conference.

Vanderbilt VS Arkansas
Vanderbilt is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vanderbilt's last 6 games.
Vanderbilt is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
Vanderbilt is 6-12 ATS in its last 18 games against Arkansas.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Arkansas' last 8 games.
Arkansas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Arkansas' last 8 games against Vanderbilt.
Arkansas is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games against an opponent in the Southeastern conference.

Wichita State VS South Florida
Wichita State is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games.
Wichita State is 7-0 SU in its last 7 games.
Wichita State is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games against South Florida.
Wichita State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games against an opponent in the American Conference conference.
South Florida is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of South Florida's last 9 games.
South Florida is 10-0 SU in its last 10 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of South Florida's last 7 games against Wichita State.


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DAY at VCU01:00 PMDAY +2.5*****
U 138.5*****
+500 +500
VAN at ARK01:00 PMVAN -2.5*****
O 165.5*****
+500 +500
WICH at USF03:15 PMWICH +6.5*****
U 150.5*****
+500 +500
PUR at MICH03:30 PMPUR +5.5*****
U 149.5*****
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03/15/2026................4 - 4 - 0....................50.00%.............- 2.00
03/14/2026..............12 - 13 - 0..................48.00%............- 11.50
03/13/2026..............13 - 15 - 0.................46.42%.............- 17.00
03/12/2026.............11 - 10 - 0..................52.38%.............+ 0.00
03/11/2026...............10 - 8 - 0..................55.55%..............+ 6.00
03/10/2026................8 - 10 - 0.................44.44%..............- 15.00
03/09/2026................6 - 7 - 0....................46.15%.............- 8.50
03/08/2026..............12 - 10 - 0.................54.54%.............+ 5.00
03/07/2026..............26 - 19 - 0.................57.77%.............+ 25.50
03/06/2026..............12 - 13 - 0.................48.00%............- 11.50
03/05/2026................11 - 8 - 0..................57.89%............+ 11.00
03/04/2026................10 - 18 - 0................35.71%............- 49.00
03/03/2026...............12 - 12 - 0.................50.00%............- 6.00
03/02/2026...................8 - 5 - 0.................61.53%............+ 12.50
03/01/2026.................10 - 8 - 0.................55.55%............+ 6.00

TOTALS....................165 -160 - 0...............50.76%.............-54.50

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50

FEBRUARY'S

TOTALS...............375 - 352 - 0.................51.58%.................- 56.00
 

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Monday’s 6-pack
Over/under win totals for baseball:
65.5— Nationals
68.5— White Sox, Cardinals
70.5— Angels
72.5— Marlins
73.5— Twins
76.5— A’s

Quotes of the Day
“I think the seeding was absolutely atrocious.”
Utah State coach Jerrod Calhoun, on his Aggies being a #9-seed

Monday’s quiz
Hall of Fame basketball player David Thompson led NC State to the 1974 national title, then scored 13,422 points in a nine-year pro career, scoring 22.7 ppg. What team did he play most of his career with?

Sunday’s quiz
Most people know that Alaska is the 49th state, Hawai’i the 50th state, it turns out that Arizona is the 48th state.

Saturday’s quiz
In the old TV show The White Shadow, the coach of the Carver High basketball team had played in the NBA, for the Chicago Bulls.

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Monday’s 2nd List: Quick thoughts after seeing the brackets…….

— Seven of the last nine years, a #1-seed won the national title.
Exceptions: Villanova (2016), UConn (2023)

— Last five years, #1-seeds are 11-9 ATS in the first round.
Last three years, #2-seeds are 8-4 ATS in the first round.
Last six years, #3-seeds are 16-8 ATS in the first round.
Last three years, #2-seeds are 8-4 ATS in the first round.

— Texas-NC State is a play-in game Tuesday.
November 26, Texas beat the Wolfpack 102-97 in Maui Classic.
Longhorns shot 16-32 on the arc in that game, scored 1.42 ppp
Wolfpack is 2-7 in its last nine games; little surprised they made the tournament.
Sean Miller is the Texas coach; his brother Archie played for NC State.

— Big East didn’t get much respect; three teams in the NCAA’s, with St John’s a #5-seed, and Villanova a #8-seed. Vllanova is a slight underdog against Utah State.

— Speaking of Utah State, this is the first time since 2017 the Mountain West only got one team in the NCAA’s, and they had the #6 league in the country this year.

— Miami OH had a 31-0 regular season, then lost in the first round of the MAC tournament. Redhawks got into the tournament; they’re a 7.5-point underdog to SMU in Wednesday’s main play-in game.

— LIU won the Northeast Conference; they’re a #16-seed that is playing Arizona. This is the first time since 2012 that the NEC champ hasn’t had to play in a play-in game.

— Miami FL can’t be real happy; they’ve had a very good season, are a #7-seed, but they got sent to St Louis, where they’ll play…….Missouri in the first round. No bueno.

— BYU has to play in a Thursday/Saturday bracket; BYU’s teams aren’t allowed to play on Sundays.

— All four #4-seeds are a double digit favorite in their first round games; the last time that happened was 1994.

— Since 2002, these are the times a #15-seed upset a #2-seed:
2012- Lehigh (+12) beat Duke 75-70
Norfolk State (+21) beat Missouri 86-84
2013- Florida Gulf Coast (+13) beat Georgetown 78-68
2016- Middle Tennessee (+18) beat Michigan State 90-81
2021- Oral Roberts (+16) beat Ohio State 75-72 in OT
2022- Saint Peter’s (+18) beat Kentucky 85-79 in OT
2023- Princeton (+16) beat Arizona 59-55
23 years, that’s 7 wins, 85 losses for the #15-seeds.

Those seven teams went 4-3 SU/ATS in their second round games.

— Last eight years, only two #14-seeds have upset a #3-seed:
2021- Abilene Christian (+8.5) 53, Texas 52
2024- Oakland (+12.5) 80, Kentucky 76

— Last three years, favorites are 7-2 ATS in Final Four games.

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2 Lists for Monday: List #1, Doing some thinking out loud…….

— I’ll be back later tonight, after I go thru the NCAA Tournament brackets for a while, but in the meantime, I’ll clean out my notebook and post some stuff. I usually get fidgety the couple hours before the brackets come out.

— Conference tournaments are fun and all, but a game like Purdue-Michigan, where both teams are already going to be high seeds in the NCAA Tournament, how much do the head coaches really care about winning a conference tournament?
Main thing is that no one gets hurt; the NCAA’s are what matters and your first game is going to be on Thursday or Friday.

— There shouldn’t be any college basketball games on Selection Sunday; everyone should just go home and rest and they should have the NBA, spring training and golf on TV all day.

— Modern basketball: 9 of St John’s 15 players are transfers, including all five starters; some teams just don’t recruit high school kids anymore, they oach good players from other schools.

— Speaking of Rick Pitino, when he was coaching Providence in late 80’s, he had some terrific assistant coaches. Jeff Van Gundy, Herb Sendek, Stu Jackson, Gordon Chiesa and he also had a point guard named Billy Donovan.

— WAC only had seven teams this year; their conference schedule was kind of unique, you play the other six teams three times each, so it is an 18-game conference schedule. When you play a team in the conference tournament, you are playing them for a fourth time in a season.

— Sunday is an unusually active TV night; all the bracket talk will be on, the US plays against the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic, and the Academy Awards stuff is on TV. I’ll be listening to the baseball game while doing a night full of bracket research.

— Famous birthdays, March 16th:
Erik Estrada, 77
Kate Nelligan, 76
Ozzie Newsome, 70
Rodney Peete, 60
Steve Israel, 57
Todd Heap, 46
Curtis Granderson, 45
Blake Griffin, 37
Tim Hardaway Jr., 34
Joel Embiid, 32
Rowdy Tellez, 31
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 27

— I don’t know what to think about the World Baseball Classic; it makes a lot of $$$, which is all the people who run it care about, and it probably helps grow the game globally, but if I owned a big league team, and a player I’m paying $20M a year was loudly saying how much he’d prefer to win this tournament than a World Series, that would make me queasy.

— Opening Day for baseball is mostly March 26th; there is one game on the 25th, but starting on Wednesday, all the teams will be back together and can get ready for the season.

— There are five baseball players who stole 40+ bases in a season, and didn’t hit a triple during that season. You’d think really fast guys would hit at least one triple:
1978, Miguel Dilone, A’s, 50 SB
1986, Mariano Duncan, Dodgers, 48
1985, Davey Lopes, Cubs, 47 (he was 40 years old)
1997, Rickey Henderson, A’s, 45 (he was 38 years old)
1988, Jose Canseco, A’s, 40

— Pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers is Chris Hook, an unfortunate name for a pitching coach, especially for a pitcher who might be struggling. “Oh….Hook is coming to the mound”

— I think it is weird when I watch TV, then get e-mails a day or two later asking me if I liked the shows/movies I was watching? Whose job is that?

— This winter was cruddy here in upstate New York, too darn cold. Got stuck inside so much, I’ve watched way too many podcasts about fantasy baseball, probably 12-15 mock drafts, and the fantasy league I’m in is a keeper league, so we don’t even draft, except a two-round draft for younger guys.

Will be fun when the NCAA Tournament starts this week, then the real baseball games start next week, and the weather outside gets better. Have already taken a couple of two-mile walks in my neighborhood on the few nice days we’ve had. My I-Phone tells me how how far I’ve walked, so that makes it more useful.

— Last week in Florida, there was an election for mayor, and the guy who won the election won by one vote. Imagine the guy who lost? That must’ve sucked.

— Jim Irsay owned the Indianapolis Colts for 28 years; he passed away about a year ago. He had an amazing collection of memorabilia that was recently put up for auction.

Thru Saturday, those auctions had raised $93,656,609; most of the stuff is music-related- he had an amazing collection of guitars used by famous musicians, but he also had the saddle used by jockey Ron Turcotte when he rode Secretariat to 1973 Triple Crown; it sold for $1.524M, and the jersey Wayne Gretzky wore when he scored his 500th NHL goal sold for $952,500.
 

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Over/under win totals for baseball:
83.5— Royals
82.5— Reds
81.5— Giants
79.5— Diamondbacks, Pirates
78.5— Guardians
77.5— Rays

Quotes of the Day
“It’s surreal to hear my name in that group, but I can tell you that one thing that bonds us all together — those names and mine — is talent. You can’t win in this league without great players, and I was blessed from the day I took this job with incredible talent.”
Steve Kerr, after winning his 600th game as an NBA coach

Tuesday’s quiz
In the movie Bull Durham, what well-known actor played the Bulls’ pitching coach?

Monday’s quiz
Hall of Fame basketball player David Thompson led NC State to the 1974 national title, then scored 13,422 points in a nine-year pro career, scoring 22.7 ppg. He played most of his career with the Denver Nuggets.

Sunday’s quiz
Most people know that Alaska is the 49th state, Hawai’i the 50th state, it turns out that Arizona is the 48th state.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

— Was sleeping around 9:30am last week, heard a weird sound outside; was worried the plumbing under our street was having more problems, so I went to see what was going on.
Instead, some guy was hammering a “For Sale” sign into my next door neighbor’s lawn; this was Wednesday, they were having an Open House on Saturday.
But the Open House never happened; apparently the house was sold on Friday, so I‘ll be getting new neighbors soon.

— When you fill out your brackets, don’t advance Alabama very far; Aden Holloway, their #2 scorer was thrown off the team after he was charged with first-degree possession of marijuana-not for personal use, which is a Class C felony, and failure to affix a tax stamp, also a felony.
Distractions are a huge red flag this time of year; Alabama plays tempo #4; over half the shots they take are 3’s, and Holloway was shooting 43.8% on the arc. Not good.

— Hofstra-Alabama is Friday in Tampa; Hofstra is 24-10, with no losses by more than 8 points. Crimson Tide is favored by 11.5 points.

— Saint Louis-Georgia is a matchup of teams who both like to run; Billikens play tempo #21, Georgia tempo #16. Total on this game Thursday night is a hefty 169.5.

— Nebraska is favored by 13 points in its first round game vs Troy; in its history, Cornhuskers are 0-8 in NCAA Tournament games, though they did win the Crown Tournament in Las Vegas last year.

— Seton Hall went 21-12 this year but missed out on the NCAA’s; they turned down a bid to the NIT, after winning the NIT two years ago.

— Butler coach Thad Matta retired this week, ending a 21-year career as a head coach. Matta was 502-223 in his career, making the Final Four twice with Ohio State.

Famous birthdays, March 17th:
Cito Gaston, 82
Kurt Russell, 75
Gary Sinise, 71
Danny Ainge, 67
Sam Bowie, 65
Rob Lowe, 62
John Smiley, 61
Juan Lagares, 37
Cordarrelle Patterson, 35
Rhys Hoskins, 33

— Team USA 2, Dominican Republic 1
Gunnar Henderson, Roman Anthony homered for Team USA.
Five relievers got the last 14 outs, didn’t allow a run.
Junior Caminero homered for the Dominican Republic

— Venezuela 4, Italy 2
Venezuela scored three runs in 7th inning to advance to Tuesday’s final.
Venezuela’s bullpen got 23 outs, allowed only five baserunners, no runs.
Team USA-Venezuela play for the championship Tuesday night.

— The way the US-Dominican Republic game ended Sunday night will influence how teams deal with the ABS ball/strike challenge system. Game ended on an awful called strike 3 when the DR had men on base. Had the challenge system existed in the WBC, this called would’ve definitely been overturned.

Teams have to save one of their challenges for the late innings, just for stuff like this; if you lose a challenge early in the game, then you bite the bullet until the late innings, just so you don’t get hosed like Geraldo Perdomo did to end Sunday’s game.

— New Jersey Jets traded QB Justin Fields to Kansas City; in exchange they’re getting a 6th round pick in the 2027 draft. Star QB Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL in Week 15 last year; it is unclear whether he’ll be ready to go when training camp starts.
Fields is 16-37 as an NFL starter, playing for three teams in his five seasons. Gardner Minshew was the Chiefs’ backup QB, but he recently bolted to the Cardinals.

— Sounds like the NBA is going to expand in a couple years, with Seattle/Las Vegas the leading candidates to be where the expansion teams land. Heard a few years ago that when they put a team in Las Vegas, Lebron James will be part of the ownership group.

— Warriors 125, Wizards 117
Steve Kerr won his 600th game as a coach in his 943rd game, the 4th-fastest of any coach who has won 600+ games.

— I think the Selection Committee did an excellent job of picking the right 68 teams for the NCAA Tournament, but these are the four highest-rated teams that got left out.
Auburn, Cincinnati, Indiana, Oklahoma.

— NIT starts tonight; I would advise against wagering on first round NIT games, since it is tough to tell which teams are invested in extending their seasons. If you watch the first round games, you can get a better idea of who cares/who doesn’t.
 

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Liberty VS George Mason
Liberty is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Liberty's last 12 games.
Liberty is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games.
Liberty is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of George Mason's last 5 games.
George Mason is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games.
George Mason is 17-2 SU in its last 19 games at home.
George Mason is 1-10 ATS in its last 11 games against an opponent in the Conference USA conference.

UMBC VS Howard
UMBC is 6-0 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of UMBC's last 8 games.
UMBC is 10-0 SU in its last 10 games.
UMBC is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games against an opponent in the Mid-Eastern conference.
Howard is 11-1 ATS in its last 12 games.
Howard is 8-0 SU in its last 8 games.
Howard is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games played in March.
Howard is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games played on a Tuesday.

Wyoming VS Wichita State
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Wyoming's last 6 games.
Wyoming is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games.
Wyoming is 3-15 SU in its last 18 games on the road.
Wyoming is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games against an opponent in the American Conference conference.
Wichita State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Wichita State's last 6 games.
Wichita State is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games.
Wichita State is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home.

UNC Wilmington VS Yale
UNC Wilmington is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of UNC Wilmington's last 6 games.
UNC Wilmington is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games.
UNC Wilmington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road.
Yale is 3-9 ATS in its last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Yale's last 6 games.
Yale is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games.
Yale is 18-2 SU in its last 20 games at home.

Davidson VS Oklahoma State
Davidson is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Davidson's last 9 games.
Davidson is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Davidson's last 6 games on the road.
Oklahoma State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Oklahoma State's last 6 games.
Oklahoma State is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma State's last 5 games at home.

Stephen F. Austin VS Tulsa
Stephen F. Austin is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
Stephen F. Austin is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games.
Stephen F. Austin is 6-0 ATS in its last 6 games on the road.
Stephen F. Austin is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games played in March.
Tulsa is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tulsa's last 8 games.
Tulsa is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
Tulsa is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games at home.

Texas VS NC State
Texas is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Texas' last 10 games.
Texas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Texas' last 14 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Coast conference.
North Carolina State is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of North Carolina State's last 5 games.
North Carolina State is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
North Carolina State is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against an opponent in the Southeastern conference.

South Alabama VS Auburn
South Alabama is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of South Alabama's last 9 games.
South Alabama is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
South Alabama is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games against Auburn.
Auburn is 2-11 ATS in its last 13 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Auburn's last 6 games.
Auburn is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games.
Auburn is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games at home.

St. Thomas (MN) VS Seattle
St. Thomas (MN) is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Thomas (MN)'s last 5 games.
St. Thomas (MN) is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Thomas (MN)'s last 9 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Seattle's last 20 games.
Seattle is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Seattle's last 10 games at home.
Seattle is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games against an opponent in the Summit League conference.

UNLV VS UC Irvine
The total has gone OVER in 10 of UNLV's last 13 games.
UNLV is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against UC Irvine.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of UNLV's last 7 games on the road.
UNLV is 7-0 ATS in its last 7 games against an opponent in the Big West conference.
UC Irvine is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of UC Irvine's last 10 games.
UC Irvine is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
UC Irvine is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home.


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Liberty VS George Mason
Liberty is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Liberty's last 12 games.
Liberty is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games.
Liberty is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of George Mason's last 5 games.
George Mason is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games.
George Mason is 17-2 SU in its last 19 games at home.
George Mason is 1-10 ATS in its last 11 games against an opponent in the Conference USA conference.

UMBC VS Howard
UMBC is 6-0 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of UMBC's last 8 games.
UMBC is 10-0 SU in its last 10 games.
UMBC is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games against an opponent in the Mid-Eastern conference.
Howard is 11-1 ATS in its last 12 games.
Howard is 8-0 SU in its last 8 games.
Howard is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games played in March.
Howard is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games played on a Tuesday.

Wyoming VS Wichita State
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Wyoming's last 6 games.
Wyoming is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games.
Wyoming is 3-15 SU in its last 18 games on the road.
Wyoming is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games against an opponent in the American Conference conference.
Wichita State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Wichita State's last 6 games.
Wichita State is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games.
Wichita State is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games at home.

UNC Wilmington VS Yale
UNC Wilmington is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of UNC Wilmington's last 6 games.
UNC Wilmington is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games.
UNC Wilmington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road.
Yale is 3-9 ATS in its last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Yale's last 6 games.
Yale is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games.
Yale is 18-2 SU in its last 20 games at home.

Davidson VS Oklahoma State
Davidson is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Davidson's last 9 games.
Davidson is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Davidson's last 6 games on the road.
Oklahoma State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Oklahoma State's last 6 games.
Oklahoma State is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oklahoma State's last 5 games at home.

Stephen F. Austin VS Tulsa
Stephen F. Austin is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
Stephen F. Austin is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games.
Stephen F. Austin is 6-0 ATS in its last 6 games on the road.
Stephen F. Austin is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games played in March.
Tulsa is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Tulsa's last 8 games.
Tulsa is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
Tulsa is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games at home.

Texas VS NC State
Texas is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Texas' last 10 games.
Texas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Texas' last 14 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Coast conference.
North Carolina State is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of North Carolina State's last 5 games.
North Carolina State is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
North Carolina State is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against an opponent in the Southeastern conference.

South Alabama VS Auburn
South Alabama is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of South Alabama's last 9 games.
South Alabama is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
South Alabama is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games against Auburn.
Auburn is 2-11 ATS in its last 13 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Auburn's last 6 games.
Auburn is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games.
Auburn is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games at home.

St. Thomas (MN) VS Seattle
St. Thomas (MN) is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Thomas (MN)'s last 5 games.
St. Thomas (MN) is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Thomas (MN)'s last 9 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Seattle's last 20 games.
Seattle is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Seattle's last 10 games at home.
Seattle is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games against an opponent in the Summit League conference.

UNLV VS UC Irvine
The total has gone OVER in 10 of UNLV's last 13 games.
UNLV is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against UC Irvine.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of UNLV's last 7 games on the road.
UNLV is 7-0 ATS in its last 7 games against an opponent in the Big West conference.
UC Irvine is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of UC Irvine's last 10 games.
UC Irvine is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
UC Irvine is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home.


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