CNOTES 2025 2026 NHL NEWS, BEST BETS, AND OPINION !

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/14/2026................6 - 8 - 2................42.57%..................- 10.10
03/13/2026................1 - 3 - 0................25.00%..................- 10.60
03/12/2026................5 -5 - 0.................50.00%..................+ 13.45
03/11/2026................3 - 1 - 0................75.00%..................+ 14.15
03/10/2026................4 - 9 - 1................30.76%...................- 26.10
03/09/2026................3 - 3 - 0................50.00%...................+ 4.60
03/08/2026................7 - 2 - 0................77.77%..................+ 26.90
03/07/2026................6 - 8 - 0................42.85%..................- 11.20
03/06/2026................4 - 4 - 0................50.00%..................+ 1.45
03/05/2026................5 - 5 - 0................50.00%..................- 1.75
03/04/2026................4 - 3 - 0................57.14%..................+ 6.45
03/03/2026................4 - 3 - 2................57.14%..................+ 4.75
03/02/2026................3 - 5 - 0................37.50%..................- 8.10
03/01/2026................2 - 6 - 0................25.00%..................- 13 .70

TOTALS...................57 - 63 - 2................47.50%...................- 8.05


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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU JANUARY !

TOTALS.............116 - 105- 0..............52.48%................+ 139.55

CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

TOTALS...................44 -69 - 0.............38.93%.............- 15.24

 

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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.