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.

 

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NHL

Sunday, March 15

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Trend Report
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St. Louis VS Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of St. Louis' last 8 games.
St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games.
St. Louis is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games against Winnipeg.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis' last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Winnipeg's last 7 games.
Winnipeg is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Winnipeg's last 7 games against St. Louis.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 5 games at home.

San Jose VS Ottawa
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games.
San Jose is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games against Ottawa.
San Jose is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of San Jose's last 11 games when playing on the road against Ottawa.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Ottawa's last 5 games.
Ottawa is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Ottawa's last 6 games against San Jose.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa's last 7 games at home.

Anaheim VS Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Anaheim's last 8 games.
Anaheim is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games.
Anaheim is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games against Montreal.
Anaheim is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Montreal's last 6 games against Anaheim.
Montreal is 10-4 SU in its last 14 games at home.
Montreal is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Anaheim.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 7 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.

Toronto VS Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games.
Toronto is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games.
Toronto is 0-6 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Toronto's last 12 games when playing on the road against Minnesota.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing at home against Toronto.
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Minnesota's last 12 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
Minnesota is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Division division.

Florida VS Seattle
Florida is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Florida's last 20 games played in March.
Florida is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games played on a Sunday.
Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games against Florida.
Seattle is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games at home.
Seattle is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.

Nashville VS Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Nashville's last 9 games.
Nashville is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
Nashville is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games against Edmonton.
Nashville is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Edmonton's last 10 games.
Edmonton is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 8 games at home.
Edmonton is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Nashville.


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[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Sunday, March 15

 

[Udog]

 

[Udog]

 

[Cnotes53]

Sunday, March 15​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
STL at WIN	03:00 PM	STL -104 U 5.5*****	+500 +500
SJ at OTT	05:00 PM	SJ +183***** U 6.5*****	+500 +500
ANA at MON	07:00 PM	ANA +130***** U 6.5*****	+500 +500
TOR at MIN	07:30 PM	MIN -244 O 6.5*****	+500 +500
NAS at EDM	08:00 PM	EDM -170 O 6.5*****	+500 +500
FLA at SEA	08:00 PM	FLA -115 U 6.0*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/15/2026................2 - 6 - 0................25.00%..................- 20.50
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...................59 - 69 - 2................46.09%...................- 28.55


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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

 

[Cnotes53]

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.

 

[Udog]

NHL
Dunkel

Monday, March 16

NHL

Monday, March 16

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Trend Report
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Calgary VS Detroit
Calgary is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games.
Calgary is 0-7 SU in its last 7 games against Detroit.
Calgary is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
Calgary is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games.
Detroit is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Detroit's last 9 games against Calgary.
Detroit is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Boston VS New Jersey
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games.
Boston is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games against New Jersey.
Boston is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 7 games when playing on the road against New Jersey.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Jersey's last 6 games.
New Jersey is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 6 games against Boston.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Jersey's last 5 games at home.

Los Angeles VS New York
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Los Angeles' last 6 games.
Los Angeles is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games.
Los Angeles is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against NY Rangers.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Los Angeles' last 9 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Rangers' last 7 games.
NY Rangers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Rangers' last 7 games at home.
NY Rangers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Los Angeles.

Utah VS Dallas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Utah's last 8 games.
Utah is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Utah is 2-12 SU in its last 14 games against Dallas.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Dallas' last 7 games.
Dallas is 14-1 SU in its last 15 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Dallas' last 8 games against Utah.
Dallas is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games at home.

Pittsburgh VS Colorado
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games.
Pittsburgh is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
Pittsburgh is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing on the road against Colorado.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games.
Colorado is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games.
Colorado is 13-7 SU in its last 20 games at home.
Colorado is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh.

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Monday, March 16​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
CAL at DET	07:00 PM	CAL +161***** U 6.0*****	+500 +500
LA at NYR	07:00 PM	NYR +100***** U 6.0	+500 +500
BOS at NJ	07:00 PM	NJ -121 O 6.0*****	+500 +500
UTAH at DAL	08:00 PM	DAL -152 U 6.0*****	+500 +500
PIT at COL	09:30 PM	PIT +196***** O 6.5*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES NHL BEST BETS THRU MARCH !

03/16/2026................4 - 4 - 0................50.00%..................+ 3.80
03/15/2026................2 - 6 - 0................25.00%..................- 20.50
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...................63 - 73 - 2................46.32%...................- 24.75


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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

 

[Cnotes53]

Tuesday’s 6-pack
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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Carolina VS Columbus
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Carolina's last 9 games.
Carolina is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games.
Carolina is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games against Columbus.
Carolina is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road.
Columbus is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Columbus' last 6 games against Carolina.
Columbus is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Columbus' last 9 games when playing at home against Carolina.

Boston VS Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Boston's last 10 games.
Boston is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games against Montreal.
Boston is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games on the road.
Boston is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing on the road against Montreal.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Montreal's last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Montreal's last 9 games against Boston.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Montreal's last 6 games at home.
Montreal is 3-12 SU in its last 15 games when playing at home against Boston.

New York VS Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Islanders' last 6 games.
NY Islanders is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games.
NY Islanders is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games against Toronto.
NY Islanders is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
Toronto is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 9 games against NY Islanders.
Toronto is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 8 games when playing at home against NY Islanders.

Minnesota VS Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games.
Minnesota is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games against Chicago.
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Minnesota's last 17 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chicago's last 10 games.
Chicago is 4-12 SU in its last 16 games.
Chicago is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games at home.
Chicago is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Minnesota.

Nashville VS Winnipeg
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Nashville's last 10 games.
Nashville is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games.
Nashville is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against Winnipeg.
Nashville is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Winnipeg's last 8 games.
Winnipeg is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Winnipeg's last 6 games against Nashville.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Winnipeg's last 11 games at home.

San Jose VS Edmonton
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 6 games.
San Jose is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
San Jose is 2-15 SU in its last 17 games against Edmonton.
San Jose is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Edmonton's last 9 games against San Jose.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 9 games at home.
Edmonton is 8-0 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against San Jose.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Edmonton's last 5 games against an opponent in the Pacific Division division.

Tampa Bay VS Seattle
Tampa Bay is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games.
Tampa Bay is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games against Seattle.
Tampa Bay is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Tampa Bay's last 9 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.
Seattle is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games.
Seattle is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home.
Seattle is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Seattle's last 13 games against an opponent in the Atlantic Division division.

Florida VS Vancouver
Florida is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games.
Florida is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games against Vancouver.
Florida is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Florida's last 5 games when playing on the road against Vancouver.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Vancouver's last 7 games.
Vancouver is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games.
Vancouver is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games at home.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vancouver's last 5 games when playing at home against Florida.

Buffalo VS Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Buffalo's last 7 games.
Buffalo is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games.
Buffalo is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games against Vegas.
Buffalo is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas' last 5 games.
Vegas is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Vegas' last 7 games at home.
Vegas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Buffalo.


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