CNOTES COLLEGE BASKETBALL BEST BETS/ NOTES/NEWS/GOSSIP !

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CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/07/2026..............38 - 44 - 0...............46.34%..............- 52.00
02/06/2026..................7 - 5 - 0................58.33%..............+ 7.50
02/05/2026................13 - 8 - 0...............61.90%..............+ 21.00
02/04/2026..............11 - 17 - 0..............39.28%..............- 38.50
02/03/2026..............12 - 13 - 0..............48.00%..............- 11.50
02/02/2026..................6 - 5 - 0...............54.54%...............+ 2.50
02/01/2026................11 - 7 - 0...............61.11%..............+ 16.50

TOTALS.....................98 - 99 - 0..............49.74%..............- 49.50

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

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

 

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Sunday’s 6-pack
Tarik Skubal’s salary, the last six years:
2021— $574,000
2022— $714,000
2023— $744,000
2024— $2.65M
2025— $10.15M
2026— $32M

Quote of the Day
“Nothing is really fun unless it’s hard. Embrace the fact that it’s hard.”
Mike Leach

Thursday’s quiz
Who was QB for the Seahawks, the first time they played in a Super Bowl?

Saturday’s quiz
Sam Cunningham is the New England Patriots’ all-time leader in rushing yards.

Friday’s quiz
Joe Torre is the last player to ground into four double plays in one game; he did it in 1975, the only other guy to do it was in 1934.

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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a college basketball Saturday……​

— ACC
North Carolina 71, Duke 68
Tar Heels hit a 3-pointer with 0:00.4 left, their first lead of game.
Duke led 18-5 right out of the gate.
UNC has won five in a row, is 19-4, 7-3 in ACC.

Clemson 77, California 55
Clemson shot 12-26 on arc, improved to 10-1 in ACC
Cal is shooting only 45.3% inside arc in ACC play (#18 of 18)
Why are these teams in the same league? Seriously?

Bracketology has ACC getting eight teams in NCAA Tournament
42.1% of shots taken in ACC games are 3’s (#4 in country)

— SEC
Oklahoma 92, Vanderbilt 91
Sooners snap a nine-game losing streak.
Oklahoma led by 21 with 4:59 left, hung on for dear life.
Vandy is 3-4 in last seven games, after a 16-0 start.
Tyler Tanner scored 37 points, had nine assists for Vandy.

Alabama 96, Auburn 92
Auburn led by 10 late in first half.
Alabama shot 12-23 on the arc, scored 1.29 ppp.
SEC teams are shooting 39% on arc vs Auburn this year.

Bracketology has SEC getting ten teams in NCAA Tournament
SEC games are the 3rd-fastest of any league in country.

— Big 18
Indiana 78, Wisconsin 77 OT
Wisconsin was up by 4 with 0:57 left in regulation.
Hoosiers shot 61% inside the arc.
Indiana won four of last five games, is 7-6 in conference.

Michigan State 85, Illinois 82 OT
MSU’s Jeremy Fears scored 26 points, had 15 assists.
Loss snaps Illinois’ 12-game winning streak.
Spartans won eight of their last ten games.

Bracketology has Big 18 getting 11 teams in NCAA Tournament
42.7% of shots taken in Big 18 games are 3’s (#3 in country)

— Big East
Creighton 69, Seton Hall 68
Seton Hall led by 9 with 1:35 left in the game.
Pirates are 2-6 in last eight games, after a 14-2 start.
Bluejays snap three-game skid, are 7-6 in conference.

Marquette 70, Butler 55
Golden Eagles shot 14-31 on the arc.
Butler has won four in row, eight of last 11 games.
Marquette won its last three home games.

Bracketology has Big East getting three teams in NCAA Tournament
Big East teams are shooting only 71.5% on foul line in league games (#26 in country)

— Mountain West
UNLV 80, Grand Canyon 78
Rebels hung on and snapped four-game skid.
Gibbs-Lawhorn played all 40:00, scored 29 points.
Grand Canyon is 8-4 in their first year in Mountain West.

Utah State 85, Wyoming 83
Utah State shot 69.7% inside arc, scored 1.26 ppp
Utah State has #14 eFG% in the country.
Aggies have won five in row, are 11-2 in Mountain West.

Bracketology has Mountain West getting two teams in NCAA Tournament
Only ten MW games all season were decided by 4 or less points, or in OT.

— WCC
Gonzaga 81, Oregon State 61
Zags shot 63% inside arc, scored 1.46 ppp
Graham Ike scored 35 points, had 7 rebounds.
Beavers shot 10-18 on arc, only 36% inside arc.

Santa Clara 96, Washington State 92
Game was 49-49 at halftime.
Broncos have won eight in row, 12 of last 13 games.
Santa Clara shot 63.6% inside arc, scored 1.35 ppp.

Bracketology has WCC getting three teams in NCAA Tournament
Home teams have won 65.8% of WCC games, #3 in country.

— Atlantic 14
George Mason 60, Saint Joseph’s 52
St Joe’s led by 6 with 13:18 left in the game.
Hawks had 20 offensive rebounds, had 44-35 edge on boards.
Patriots are 9-2 in A-14, tied for second with VCU.

Saint Louis 82, La Salle 58
Billikens have won 17 in a row, are 11-0 in conference.
Saint Louis shot 13-30 on arc, shot 60.9% inside arc.
Saint Louis has a 61.1 eFG%, #2 in country.

Bracketology has A-14 as a one-bid league in NCAA Tournament
Home teams have won only 50.6% of A-14 games, #29 in country.

— Famous birthdays, February 8th
Nick Nolte, 85
Mary Steenburgen, 73
Marques Johnson, 70
Mary McCormack, 57
Alonzo Mourning, 56
Jamie Martin, 56
Susan Misner, 55
Julio Jones, 37
Klay Thompson, 36
Jared Triolo, 28

— MAC-Sun Belt challenge
Miami OH 90, Marshall 74
Miami led 41-17 late in first half.
RedHawks improved to 24-0 this season.
Miami is shooting 63% inside arc this year (#2 in country)

Southern Mississippi 66, Kent State 65
Kent State led by 9 with 6:59 left in the game.
Golden Flashes were only 8-18 on the foul line.
USM’s Isaac Taveras scored 16 points in 17:00 off the bench.

Sun Belt teams won 10 go the 13 games in this challenge Saturday.
Both of these leagues are one-bid leagues; the conference tournaments will be fun.

— Big X
TCU 84, Kansas State 82
K-State led by 10 with 5:26 left in the game.
TCU was 22-26 on foul line, Wildcats 5-8
Just third win in last nine games for the Horned Frogs.

Iowa State 72, Baylor 69
Iowa State shot 63.6% inside arc, had 37-25 edge on boards.
Cyclones have won five in a row, are 21-2, 8-2 in conference.
Three of Baylor’s five starters played all 40:00.

Bracketology has Big X getting 7 teams into the NCAA Tournament
Out of 31 leagues, Big X games have 6th-fastest tempo.

— Horizon
Wright State 73, Fort Wayne 68
Wright State shot 63.3% inside arc, had 39-24 edge on boards.
Raiders are 11-2 in last 13 games, after a 5-7 start.
Wright State leads Horizon by a game over Oakland.

Green Bay 76, Detroit 63
Green Bay never trailed, led by 18 early in second half.
Detroit shot only 31.4% inside the arc.
Green Bay is 14-12 this year; they were 4-28 last year.

Bracketology has Horizon as a one-bid league in NCAA Tournament
Horizon games have #3 eFG% in country; good offense/bad defense??

— Southern
East Tennessee State 87, VMI 70
Buccaneers shot 67.7% inside the arc.
ETSU has won three in row, 10 of last 12 games.
ETSU leads Wofforrd by a game, atop SoCon standings.

Citadel 78, Chattanooga 71
Citadel shot 69% inside the arc.
Citadel is 5-3 SU/6-2 ATS in their last eight games.
Chattanooga lost five of its last six games.

Bracketology has SoCon as a one-bid league in NCAA Tournament
43.9% of shots in So-Con games are 3’s, highest %age in country.

 

[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Sunday, February 8

NCAAB

Sunday, February 8

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USC VS Penn State
USC is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games.
USC is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of USC's last 5 games on the road.
The total has gone OVER in 7 of USC's last 8 games played in February.
Penn State is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Penn State's last 6 games.
Penn State is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games.
Penn State is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home.

Tulsa VS South Florida
Tulsa is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Tulsa's last 15 games.
Tulsa is 7-0 SU in its last 7 games.
Tulsa is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games against South Florida.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of South Florida's last 12 games.
South Florida is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of South Florida's last 10 games against Tulsa.
South Florida is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games at home.

UNC Greensboro VS Furman
UNC Greensboro is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of UNC Greensboro's last 6 games.
UNC Greensboro is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games.
UNC Greensboro is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games against Furman.
Furman is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Furman's last 5 games.
Furman is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games.
Furman is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games at home.

Michigan VS Ohio State
Michigan is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Michigan's last 7 games.
Michigan is 7-0 SU in its last 7 games.
Michigan is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games against Ohio State.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Ohio State's last 6 games.
Ohio State is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
Ohio State is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Ohio State's last 5 games when playing at home against Michigan.

Texas Tech VS West Virginia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas Tech's last 6 games.
Texas Tech is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games.
Texas Tech is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games against West Virginia.
Texas Tech is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games against West Virginia.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of West Virginia's last 7 games.
West Virginia is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of West Virginia's last 6 games against Texas Tech.
West Virginia is 16-1 SU in its last 17 games at home.

Maryland VS Minnesota
Maryland is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Maryland's last 6 games.
Maryland is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games.
Maryland is 9-2-1 ATS in its last 12 games against Minnesota.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games.
Minnesota is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games.
Minnesota is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games at home.
Minnesota is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Maryland.

Central Florida VS Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Central Florida's last 10 games.
Central Florida is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games.
Central Florida is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games against Cincinnati.
Central Florida is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games against Cincinnati.
Cincinnati is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Cincinnati's last 14 games.
Cincinnati is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati's last 6 games against Central Florida.

Charlotte VS Memphis
Charlotte is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Charlotte's last 13 games.
Charlotte is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Charlotte is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games against Memphis.
Memphis is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Memphis' last 9 games.
Memphis is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games at home.
Memphis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Charlotte.

Wichita State VS Tulane
Wichita State is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Wichita State's last 6 games.
Wichita State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Wichita State is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games against Tulane.
Tulane is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Tulane's last 8 games.
Tulane is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tulane's last 5 games against Wichita State.

Northwestern VS Iowa
Northwestern is 7-13 ATS in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Northwestern's last 7 games.
Northwestern is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games.
Northwestern is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games against Iowa.
Iowa is 14-6 ATS in its last 20 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Iowa's last 8 games.
Iowa is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Iowa's last 6 games against Northwestern.

Rice VS UAB
Rice is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Rice's last 7 games.
Rice is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games against UAB.
Rice is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games against UAB.
UAB is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of UAB's last 6 games.
UAB is 13-7 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of UAB's last 12 games against Rice.



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[Cnotes53]

Sunday, February 8​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
TTU at WVU	01:00 PM	WVU +4.5*****	+500
UNCG at FUR	01:00 PM	UNCG +11.5*****	+500
MICH at OSU	01:00 PM	MICH -9.5*****	+500
MD at MINN	02:00 PM	MINN -9.5*****	+500
UCF at CIN	02:00 PM	CIN -3.5***** O 146.5*****	+500 +500
WICH at TULN	02:00 PM	WICH -5.5*****	+500
CHAR at MEM	02:00 PM	MEM -9.5*****	+500
RICE at UAB	03:00 PM	RICE +8.5*****	+500
NW at IOWA	03:00 PM	IOWA -12.5***** O 138.5*****	+500 +500

 

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CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/08/2026................8 - 3 - 0..................72.72%..............+ 23.50
02/07/2026..............38 - 44 - 0...............46.34%..............- 52.00
02/06/2026..................7 - 5 - 0................58.33%..............+ 7.50
02/05/2026................13 - 8 - 0...............61.90%..............+ 21.00
02/04/2026..............11 - 17 - 0..............39.28%..............- 38.50
02/03/2026..............12 - 13 - 0..............48.00%..............- 11.50
02/02/2026..................6 - 5 - 0...............54.54%...............+ 2.50
02/01/2026................11 - 7 - 0...............61.11%..............+ 16.50

TOTALS..................106 - 102 - 0...............50.96%..............- 26.00

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

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

 

[Cnotes53]

Monday’s 6-pack
Last six Super Bowl champs (QB):
2025— Seahawks (Darnold)
2024— Eagles (Hurts)
2023— Chiefs (Mahomes)
2022— Chiefs (Mahomes)
2021— Rams (Stafford)
2020— Buccaneers (Brady)

Quote of the Day
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
Benito Ocasio

Monday’s quiz
JJ McCarthy was the Vikings’ QB this year; Sam Darnold was their QB last year. Who was Minnesota’s QB in 2023?

Sunday’s quiz
Matt Hasselbeck was QB for the Seahawks, the first time they played in a Super Bowl.

Saturday’s quiz
Sam Cunningham is the New England Patriots’ all-time leader in rushing yards.

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up Super Bowl Sunday……​

— Seahawks 29, Patriots 13
Seattle wins their second Lombardi Trophy.
Kenneth Walker carried ball 27 times for 135 yards.
Jason Myers kicked five FG’s, outscored New England by himself.
Seahawks were +3 in turnovers, scored a defensive TD.

Patriots’ first nine drives: 38 plays, 79 yards, zero points.
Seattle’s first six drives: 42 plays, 183 yards, three FG’s.
Seahawks sacked Drake Maye six times, for 43 yards.
NE was first team since 1974 not to score in first 3 quarters of a Super Bowl

— Weird stat: last ten times New England was in the Super Bowl, they were outscored 27-3 in the first quarter of those games.

— Prop bet update: national anthem was done in 1:57, the under hits.

— I’m oblivious about certain things, and I had never watched the halftime show of any Super Bowl before. Before this week, I’d never heard of Bad Bunny, so I looked him up.
Real name: Benito Ocasio; he is 32 years old
For a while couple years ago, he was a pro wrestler.
He has helped make rap music more popular, world-wide.
During the halftime show, they had a couple on stage getting married, looked like it was part of the act, but apparently, that was an actual marriage ceremony that happened during halftime.

— Thursday night in Week 1 this coming September, Seahawks will be the home team.

— Jim Schwartz was defensive coordinator for the Browns this year; he interviewed for the head coach’s job in Cleveland when it opened, and when he didn’t get it, he bolted, even though he has two years left on his contract.

— Former Browns coach Kevin Stefanski was quickly hired by the Atlanta Falcons, who were 5-3 with Kirk Cousins starting this year, 3-6 when he didn’t start, but rumor has it that the Falcons are going to cut him this spring. If he gets cut, he won’t be on the market very long.

— Famous birthdays, February 9th:
Joe Pesci, 83
Jim Nash, 81
Vince Papale, 80
Judith Light, 77
Danny White, 74
Mookie Wilson, 70
John Kruk, 65
Todd Lyght, 57
Vladimir Guerrero Sr, 51
Michael B Jordan, 39
Saquon Barkley, 29
Cobie Durant, 28

— Joe Pompliano posted the following info:
The average TV ad for the Super Bowl was $8M
5-10 ads sold for as much as $10M
For 40% of advertisers, this was their first Super Bowl ads.
NBC requires brands to match the $$$ they spend on Super Bowl on other events too
All in all, NBC was expected to rake in $800M in advertising revenue.

— USC 77, Penn State 75
Freshman G Arenas scored the game-winning hoop with 0:00.7 left.
Penn State shot 60% inside arc, led by 12 early in second half.
Trojans have won three in row, prove to 18-6, 7-6 in conference.
USC. Penn State. Why the bleep are these teams in the same league?!?!?!

— Coastal Carolina 94, UMass 91, 3OT’s
UMass led by 14 with 14:39 left in regulation.
Chanticleers shot 16-34 on the arc, only 8-16 on foul line.
K’Jei Parker scored 31 points in 34:00 for UMass; he didn’t start.

— Texas Tech 70, West Virginia 63
Red Raiders never trailed, shot 13-24 on the arc.
Tech only used two subs, who played 12-3 minutes.
West Virginia shot 66.7% inside arc, 2-22 outside arc.
Tech improves to 17-6, 7-3 in Big X

— South Florida basketball coach Bryan Hodgson used to be an assistant coach at Fredonia State in western New York. I was the student manager of our basketball team in college; we played at Fredonia once, it is a long freakin’ way from Albany, about an hour west of Buffalo.
Very cold there; the young lady who sang the national anthem was very good, that’s all I can remember from that night, 45 or so years ago. Other than thinking, why would anyone want to live here for four years? It was like ten miles past the middle of nowhere.
But coach Hodgson became an assistant to Nate Oats at Buffalo, and moved up the ladder from there. He was 45-28 in two years at Arkansas State and this year his USF Bulls are 16-8, 8-3 in the AAC, so Hodgson is apparently a very good coach.

— North Dakota State is moving up to I-A football and will play in the Mountain West, starting this fall; the move is going to cost the school $17M. Bison have been D-I in basketball for couple decades, but this is a big jump for them.

— NBC is going back to broadcasting baseball this year; Clayton Kershaw, Joey Votto, Anthony Rizzo are going to be their studio analysts.

— Pitchers and catchers report on Tuesday; let’s play ball!!!!

 

[Udog]

NCAAB

Monday, February 9

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[Udog]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Monday, February 9

 

[Cnotes53]

Monday, February 9​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
NAVY at BUCK	06:00 PM	U 134.5*****	+500
XAV at SJU	06:30 PM	U 160.5*****	+500
JKST at ARPB	06:30 PM	U 155.5*****	+500
NCST at LOU	07:00 PM	LOU -7.5***** U 161.5*****	+500 +500
YALE at HOW	07:00 PM	YALE -6.5***** O 147.5*****	+500 +500
IW at SELA	07:00 PM	IW -1.5*****	+500
TXSO at COOK	07:00 PM	COOK -7.5*****	+500
CARK at UNA	07:00 PM	UNA +6.5*****	+500
HBU at MCNS	07:30 PM	MCNS -19.5*****	+500
TAMC at SFA	07:30 PM	O 142.5*****	+500
BEL at BRAD	08:00 PM	BRAD +1.5***** O 152.5*****	+500 +500
ILST at EVAN	08:00 PM	EVAN +10.5*****	+500
ORE at IND	08:30 PM	ORE +10.5*****	+500
ARIZ at KU	09:00 PM	ARIZ -2.5*****	+500
UNI at MURR	10:00 PM	UNI +3.5*****	+500

 

[Cnotes53]

CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/09/2026................9 - 9 - 0..................50.00%..............- 4.50
02/08/2026................8 - 3 - 0..................72.72%..............+ 23.50
02/07/2026..............38 - 44 - 0...............46.34%..............- 52.00
02/06/2026..................7 - 5 - 0................58.33%..............+ 7.50
02/05/2026................13 - 8 - 0...............61.90%..............+ 21.00
02/04/2026..............11 - 17 - 0..............39.28%..............- 38.50
02/03/2026..............12 - 13 - 0..............48.00%..............- 11.50
02/02/2026..................6 - 5 - 0...............54.54%...............+ 2.50
02/01/2026................11 - 7 - 0...............61.11%..............+ 16.50

TOTALS..................115 - 111 - 0...............50.88%..............-30.50

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:

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

 

[Cnotes53]

Tuesday’s 6-pack
Raiders’ last six full-time head coaches:
2015-17— Jack Del Rio
2018-21— Jon Gruden
2022-23— Josh McDaniels
2023-24— Antonio Pierce
2025— Pete Carroll
2026— Klint Kubiak

Quote of the Day
“You guys know I’m going to Las Vegas. I’m fired up about it.”
Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak, new coach of the Las Vegas Raiders

Tuesday’s quiz
Who is the Raiders’ all-time leader in passing yards?

Monday’s quiz
JJ McCarthy was the Vikings’ QB this year; Sam Darnold was their QB last year. Kirk Cousins was Minnesota’s QB in 2023.

Sunday’s quiz
Matt Hasselbeck was QB for the Seahawks, the first time they played in a Super Bowl.

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Tuesday’s Den: College hoop conference trends, and other stuff…….​

— Kansas 82, Arizona 78
Arizona led 45-42 at halftime.
Melvin Council scored 23 points (6-25 from floor) had six assists.
Kansas was 21-25 on foul line, Arizona 8-14.
Darryn Peterson didn’t play, 11th game he’s missed for 19-5 Jayhawks.
Miami OH is the last unbeaten team in the country.

— St John’s 87, Xavier 82 OT
Red Storm were 28-41 on foul line, Xavier 9-17
Zuby Ejiofor scored 25 points, had five assists.
Xavier led by 5 with 8:04 left in the game.
When Rick Pitino coaches against his son, who does Mrs Pitino root for?

— Dylan Darling is a key player for St John’s, their point guard off the bench; he had 16 points, four assists in this game. It strikes me as odd that one of St John’s key players is a transfer from freakin’ Idaho State, not exactly a basketball factory.

— Louisville 118, NC State 77
118 points in 80 possessions; not a stellar job by NC State
Louisville made 18 of 30 shots on the arc, scored 1.47 ppp.
Cardinals scored 118 points, had only two players in double figures.
Mikel Brown scored 45 points, Ryan Conwell 31.
Bracketology has Louisville as a 6-seed in NCAA’s; if they’re a 6-seed, I would NOT want to be the #3-seed in that region. Louisville needs to be better than a 6-seed.

— Bradley 96, Belmont 84 OT
Belmont led by 3 with 0:37 left in regulation.
Loss snaps Belmont’s nine-game winning streak.
Bradley shot 17-36 on the arc, only 38.7% inside arc.
Belmont shot 60% inside arc, only 10-33 on arc.

— Anthony Roy is a 6-5 senior F for Oklahoma State; he’s had an interesting career:
2021- San Francisco
2022- Wenatchee Valley CC, in state of Washington
2023- New Mexico State
2024- Langston U, an NAIA school in Oklahoma
2025- Green Bay
2026- Oklahoma State
Six years, six different teams. 43.9% career shooter behind the arc.

— Alabama big man Charles Bediako’s college career is over; NCAA declared him ineligible and a court upheld that Monday. Bediako scored 10 ppg in five games for Alabama, gave them some force in the paint. He had played 21.6 minutes/game.

— Famous birthdays, February 10th:
Robert Wagner, 96
Daryl Johnston, 60
Elizabeth Banks, 52
Lance Berkman, 50
Paul Millsap, 41
Liam Hendriks, 37
Travis d’Arnaud, 37
Brandon Woodruff, 33
Max Kepler, 33
Cal Quantrill, 31

These trends are for conference games

— ACC
Boston College is 8-1 ATS last nine games (5-0 HU)
Clemson is 5-1 ATS as a road favorite.
Florida State is 5-1 ATS last six games.
Georgia Tech is 5-1 ATS as a road underdog.
Miami is 0-5 ATS as a home favorite.
Underdogs are 8-2 ATS in North Carolina games.
Wake Forest is 0-6 ATS last six games.

— American
Underdogs are 8-2 ATS in UAB games.
East Carolina is 4-1 ATS as a road underdog.
North Texas is 1-4 ATS last five games
Rice is 4-1 ATS as a home underdog
South Florida is 2-4 ATS as a home favorite.
UTSA is 0-11 SU/3-8 ATS
Tulsa is 7-1 SU/5-3 ATS last eight games.
Wichita State is 4-1 ATS as a home favorite.

— Atlantic 14
Dayton is 0-6 ATS last six games.
LaSalle is 4-1 ATS as a home dog, 1-5 ATS as road dog.
Duquesne covered six of its last seven games.
George Washington is 2-5 ATS last seven games
LaSalle is 0-4 ATS last four games.
Loyola Chi is 1-6 ATS last seven games.
St Joe’s covered its last nine games.
Saint Louis is 5-1 ATS as a home favorite
VCU is 1-5 ATS as a home favorite.

— Big East
Butler is 2-8 ATS last ten games
Crieghton is 0-8 ATS last eight games
Georgetown is 6-2 ATS last eight games
St John’s is 7-2 ATS last nine games
Villanova is 5-1 ATS in Big East road games.

— Big 18
Maryland is 2-9 ATS last 11 games.
Nebraska is 6-1 ATS in Big 18 road tilts
Oregon is 2-7 ATS last nine games
Purdue is 1-8 ATS last nine games (1-5 home favorite)
Rutgers is 8-3 ATS in last 11 games
Washington is 6-1 ATS as a road dog.
Wisconsin is 4-1 ATS in Big 18 road games.

Big X
Arizona is 4-1 ATS as home favorite
BYU is 0-8 ATS last eight games
Cincinnati is 2-5 ATS last seven games
Colorado is 1-4 ATS last five games
Houston is 7-1 ATS last eight games
Iowa State is 5-1 ATS last six games
Kansas covered six of last seven games.
Kansas State is 0-5 ATS in Big X home games.
TCU is 1-4 last five games.
Utah is 4-1 ATS as a road underdog.

SEC
Florida covered eight of last nine games
Georgia is 1-4 ATS as a home favorite
Arkansas is 6-2 ATS as a favorite
Auburn covered four of last five games
Mississippi State is 2-6 ATS last eight games
Missouri is 1-5 ATS last six games.
South Carolina is 1-4 ATS last five games.
Vanderbilt is 2-6 ATS last eight games.
Texas A&M covered eight of last nine games.

 

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Tuesday, February 10​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
MILW at IUPU	06:30 PM	U 157.5	+500
UNC at MIA	07:00 PM	UNC -1.5	+500
PUR at NEB	07:00 PM	NEB -1.5*****	+500
ND at SMU	07:00 PM	SMU -10.5	+500
VAN at AUB	07:00 PM	O 160.5	+500
UVA at FSU	07:00 PM	FSU +7.5	+500
BYU at BAY	07:00 PM	BAY +3.5*****	+500
GMU at RICH	07:00 PM	O 141.5	+500
FOR at JOES	07:00 PM	JOES -4.5*****	+500
URI at GW	07:00 PM	URI +3.5*****	+500
MARQ at VILL	07:30 PM	VILL -9.5*****	+500
WIS at ILL	08:00 PM	U 152.5*****	+500
EIU at WIU	08:30 PM	U 132.5*****	+500
OKST at ASU	09:00 PM	ASU -3.5	+500
ARK at LSU	09:00 PM	ARK -4.5*****	+500
DUKE at PITT	09:00 PM	DUKE -18.5*****	+500
ISU at TCU	09:00 PM	TCU +7.5*****	+500
FRES at USU	09:00 PM	FRES +20.5*****	+500
CSU at AFA	09:00 PM	CSU -16.5*****	+500
HOU at UTAH	09:00 PM	HOU -17.5*****	+500
SJSU at UNLV	11:00 PM	UNLV -12.5 U 151.5*****	+500 +500
WSU at GONZ	11:00 PM	U 156.5*****	+500

 

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CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !

02/10/2026...............5 - 10 - 0................37.00%...............- 30.00
02/09/2026................9 - 9 - 0..................50.00%..............- 4.50
02/08/2026................8 - 3 - 0..................72.72%..............+ 23.50
02/07/2026..............38 - 44 - 0...............46.34%..............- 52.00
02/06/2026..................7 - 5 - 0................58.33%..............+ 7.50
02/05/2026................13 - 8 - 0...............61.90%..............+ 21.00
02/04/2026..............11 - 17 - 0..............39.28%..............- 38.50
02/03/2026..............12 - 13 - 0..............48.00%..............- 11.50
02/02/2026..................6 - 5 - 0...............54.54%...............+ 2.50
02/01/2026................11 - 7 - 0...............61.11%..............+ 16.50

TOTALS.................120 - 121 - 0...............49.79%..............- 60.50

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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50

 

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Wednesday’s 6-pack
Teams with best eFG% defense in country:
42.7%— Saint Louis (23-1)
43.1%— Michigan (22-1)
44.3%— Marist (16-8)
44.4%— Hawai’i (17-5)
44.4%— UConn (22-2)
44.6%— Arizona (23-1)

Quote of the Day
“Be curious, not judgmental.”
Walt Whitman

Wednesday’s quiz
Before he became coach at Kansas, where did Bill Self coach?

Tuesday’s quiz
Derek Carr is the Raiders’ all-time leader in passing yards.

Monday’s quiz
JJ McCarthy was the Vikings’ QB this year; Sam Darnold was their QB last year. Kirk Cousins was Minnesota’s QB in 2023.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….​

— Nevada sports books made a profit of $9.89M on the Super Bowl; last year, they made a $22.1M profit, when the Eagles beat Kansas City.

— It takes a little bit of luck to win a championship; you have to be really good, but you need a few things to go your way, too.

Last year, Minnesota Vikings went 14-3, their best record since 1998; they lost in the playoffs and they moved on from Sam Darnold as QB, deciding to play JJ McCarthy instead.
Darnold went to Seattle and made history last week; the Vikings fired their GM last month. If Minnesota had held onto Darnold, this season would’ve had a different ending.
Kind of like two years ago, when the Giants let RB Saquon Barkley walk, and he moved on to help their divisional rival Eagles win the Super Bowl. If the Giants had paid their star player, who knows what would’ve happened?

— Pitchers/catchers reported to spring training this week; thinking about baseball makes it seem warmer, in what has been a dismal winter here in upstate New York.

— Milwaukee Brewers traded IF Caleb Durbin to the Red Sox in a six-player deal; Milwaukee gets P Kyle Harrison, and some minor leaguers also changed hands.

— Kind of a busy baseball day Tuesday, seeing how it was February 10th:
Detroit Tigers signed Justin Verlander for one year, $13M
Mets’ SS Francisco Lindor has a left wrist injury, may need surgery; if he has hamate surgery, he is expected to be out for six weeks.
Mets’ OF Juan Soto is moving from right field to left field.
Braves signed C Jonah Heim.
Pirates signed DH/OF Marcell Ozuna
A’s signed P’s Aaron Civale, Scott Barlow.
Rockies signed P Tomoyuki Sugano
Braves put P Spencer Schwellenbach on the 60-day DL (elbow)

— Right now, Minnesota Twins’ payroll is $60M less than it was three years ago, when the Twins went 87-75 and made the playoffs.

— Arizona P Brandon Pfaadt had some interesting home/road splits last year:
Home: 9-3, 3.24 in 17 home starts, with a 1.17 WHIP
Road: 4-6, 7.71 in 16 road starts, with a 1.53 WHIP

— Famous birthdays, February 11th
Tina Louise, 92
James Silas, 77
Carey Lowell, 65
Todd Benzinger, 63
Jennifer Aniston, 57
Damian Lewis, 55
Jacque Vaughn, 51
Dansby Swanson, 32
Graham Ashcroft, 28
The great actor Leslie Nielsen was born 100 years ago today.

— In the NBA, Chicago Bulls are 6-17 ATS as a favorite this season.

— If you have Prime Video, there is a series starting this week on the history of the old ABA, a basketball league that existed from 1967-76. The ABA used a red-white-blue basketball; it is where the 3-point shot became popular. Teams generally played at a much faster tempo.
In 1976, the league folded, but the NBA took in four of their teams: Nuggets, Pacers, Nets and the Spurs. Lot of great players played in the ABA: Rick Barry, Julius Erving, Artis Gilmore, Dan Issel, George Gervin. The show should be fun to watch.

— Purdue 80, Nebraska 77, OT
Purdue led by 22 early in the second half.
Boilermakers out-rebounded Nebraska, 54-37
Nebraska lost three of last four games, after a 20-0 start.

— Wisconsin 92, Illinois 90, OT
Illinois led by 12 with 8:10 left in the game.
Badgers shot 16-36 on arc, were +9 (13-4) in turnovers.
Illinois played six guys 30+ minutes, a 7th guy played 1:00.
20-5 Illinois lost their 2nd game in row, both in overtime.

— TCU 62, Iowa State 55
Cyclones led 28-19 with 3:23 left in first half.
Horned Frogs were 15-23 on foul line, Iowa State 2-8.
Loss snapped Iowa State’s five-game win streak.

— Miami 75, North Carolina 66
Tar Heels follow up their win over Duke by laying an egg on the road.
Miami won four of last five games, improves to 19-5, 8-3 in ACC.
Hurricanes never trailed, shot 53.1% inside the arc.

— Villanova 77, Marquette 74
Marquette led by nine with 6:13 left in the game.
Villanova has won four in a row, improved to 10-3 in Big East.
Marquette is 0-9 in true road games this season.

— Virginia 61, Florida State 58
Seminoles led by 9 with 8:22 left in the game.
Florida State was 16-22 on foul line, Virginia 5-8
Virginia is 21-3; none of their starters scored in double figures.

— My phone says the high temperature in Albany Wednesday will be 35 degrees; if so, it’ll be the first time in 19 days the temperature has been above freezing in my hometown. Spring cannot get here soon enough.

 

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Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
IOWA at MD	06:00 PM	MD +10.5*****	+500
USC at OSU	06:30 PM	USC +7.5*****	+500
VCU at LAS	06:30 PM	LAS +12.5*****	+500
VT at CLEM	07:00 PM	U 136.5*****	+500
VMI at UNCG	07:00 PM	UNCG -8.5*****	+500
ALA at MISS	07:00 PM	O 164.5*****	+500
FLA at UGA	07:00 PM	UGA +9.5***** O 165.5*****	+500 +500
TOL at WMU	07:00 PM	WMU +6.5*****	+500
PEAY at QNC	07:00 PM	U 161.5*****	+500
USF at WICH	07:30 PM	WICH +1.5*****	+500
CONN at BUT	07:30 PM	BUT +10.5	+500
TEM at TULN	07:30 PM	TEM +1.5*****	+500
UND at SDAK	08:00 PM	O 156.5*****	+500
TROY at TXST	08:00 PM	TXST +5.5*****	+500
COLO at TTU	08:00 PM	COLO +15.5*****	+500
FAU at RICE	08:00 PM	RICE +3.5*****	+500
ULM at ARST	08:00 PM	ARST -19.5******	+500
UAB at TLSA	08:00 PM	TLSA -9.5*****	+500
MICH at NW	08:30 PM	NW +14.5*****	+500
MIZZ at TXAM	09:00 PM	MIZZ +6.5*****	+500
TENN at MSST	09:00 PM	MSST +7.5*****	+500
CIN at KSU	09:00 PM	KSU +2.5*****	+500
SEA at SCU	10:00 PM	SCU -13.5*****	+500
UNM at GC	10:00 PM	GC -1.5*****	+500