CNOTES COLLEGE BASKETBALL BEST BETS/ NOTES/NEWS/GOSSIP !
- Thread starter Cnotes53
- Start date
Sunday, February 15
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTSA at CHAR | 12:00 PM | UTSA +14.5***** | +500 |
| MD at RUTG | 12:00 PM | RUTG -1.5***** | +500 |
| UTAH at CIN | 12:00 PM | UTAH +11.5 | +500 |
| DEN at NEOM | 01:00 PM | DEN +2.5***** O 160.5 | +500 +500 |
| HC at L-MD | 01:00 PM | HC +3.5***** | +500 |
| MAN at CAN | 01:00 PM | MAN -1.5***** | +500 |
| IND at ILL | 01:00 PM | IND +10.5***** | +500 |
| YSU at DET | 01:00 PM | DET +3.5***** | +500 |
| IONA at NIAG | 02:00 PM | IONA -5.5***** U 132.5***** | +500 +500 |
| RID at SHU | 02:00 PM | SHU -8.5 U 148.5***** | +500 +500 |
| MW at QUIN | 02:00 PM | QUIN -1.5***** | +500 |
| UNT at TEM | 02:00 PM | UNT +2.5***** U 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| USF at FAU | 02:00 PM | USF -4.5 | +500 |
| SIE at MRST | 02:00 PM | MRST -1.5***** | +500 |
| INST at VALP | 02:00 PM | VALP -5.5***** O 142.5 | +500 +500 |
| IUPU at IPFW | 02:00 PM | IPFW -6.5***** | +500 |
| BRAD at SIU | 02:00 PM | BRAD +3.5***** | +500 |
| FAIR at SPC | 02:00 PM | SPC -3.5***** U 142.5***** | +500 +500 |
| TULN at UAB | 02:00 PM | UAB -6.5***** U 152.5 | +500 +500 |
| OAK at RMU | 02:00 PM | OAK +1.5***** | +500 |
| WRST at CLEV | 02:00 PM | WRST -7.5***** | +500 |
| ILST at UIC | 03:00 PM | ILST +1.5 | +500 |
| DRKE at UNI | 03:00 PM | DRKE +9.5***** | +500 |
| GB at MILW | 03:00 PM | GB +1.5***** | +500 |
| EKY at UNA | 04:00 PM | UNA +4.5 | +500 |
| DAV at DAY | 04:00 PM | DAV +4.5***** | +500 |
| COFC at CAMP | 05:00 PM | CAMP -1.5 U 158.5***** | +500 +500 |
| SF at USD | 06:00 PM | USD +2.5***** | +500 |
| HALL at BUT | 06:00 PM | HALL -1.5***** U 143.5***** | +500 +500 |
| BEL at MURR | 06:00 PM | MURR -1.5***** U 167.5***** | +500 +500 |
| TOWS at MONM | 07:00 PM | TOWS +2.5***** | +500 |
| ORST at SEA | 08:00 PM | ORST +6.5***** | +500 |
CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !
02/15/2026............14 - 19 - 0................42.42%..............- 34.50
02/14/2026...........16 - 17 - 0.................48.48%..............- 13.50
02/13/2026.............13 - 6 - 0.................68.42%...............+ 32.00
02/12/2026.............15 - 12 - 0...............55.55%...............+ 9.00
02/11/2026.............11 - 14 - 0...............44.00%...............- 22.00
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.................189 - 189 - 0...............50.00%..............-89.50
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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50
02/15/2026............14 - 19 - 0................42.42%..............- 34.50
02/14/2026...........16 - 17 - 0.................48.48%..............- 13.50
02/13/2026.............13 - 6 - 0.................68.42%...............+ 32.00
02/12/2026.............15 - 12 - 0...............55.55%...............+ 9.00
02/11/2026.............11 - 14 - 0...............44.00%...............- 22.00
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.................189 - 189 - 0...............50.00%..............-89.50
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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50
Monday’s 6-pack
Teams who get the highest %age of their points on foul shots:
— Dayton (16-9)
— Tulane (15-10)
— Sacramento State (9-16)
— Nevada (17-8)
— Oregon State (14-14)
— Cal-Bakersfield (8-18)
Quote of the Day
“These dudes do not deserve to wear this uniform. There will be very few of them in it next year. I’m embarrassed for the university, I’m embarrassed for our fans, our student section. It is ridiculous … I have no answer. No words.”
Jerome Tang; this rant helped get him fired this weekend
Monday’s quiz
Who led the major leagues in hits last season?
Sunday’s quiz
New York Nets won two of the last three ABA titles; Kevin Loughery was their coach.
Saturday’s quiz
Pat Boone is the singer/actor who was part owner of the ABA’s Oakland Oaks.
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Woke up Sunday morning to a text saying that the CBS website that hosts our league eliminated all the rosters; 30 players on 14 teams went bye-bye. For the next six or seven hours, I managed to get 378 of those 420 players back on the correct team, but there is still work to do.
Not the best way to start the day.
— NBA star Cade Cunningham will make $52M a year for the next four years; that $1M a week, if you’re scoring at home, and he’s only 24 years old.
Cade Cunningham is from Arlington, TX; couple weeks ago, he bought a minority ownership stake in the Texas Rangers. He threw out a first pitch before a Rangers home game last summer.
Cunningham is among the athlete investors in Sportsology Capital Partners, which recently completed the minority investment in the Rangers. Must be pretty cool to be 24 years old and be a part-owner of a major league team.
— Friend of mine’s son plays baseball for Mississippi State; was watching their game on TV Friday- they had a crowd of 12,824 for Opening Night in Starkville.
— This winter, players went 8-4 against the owners in arbitration cases; since abritration started in 1974, owners have a 362-278 advantage in arbitration.
— P Zac Gallen agreed to a one-year, $22M contract to stay with the Arizona Diamondbacks; $14M of that money is deferred; Gallen had a rough season last year, going 13-15, 4.83, but he was 6-3, 3.00 in 11 August/September starts.
— San Diego Padres signed OF/DH Nick Castellanos and P Griffin Canning. Castellanos might platoon at first base with Gavin Sheets; he hit .250 with a .694 OPS for the Phillies last year. Canning was 1-3, 3.77 in 16 starts for the Mets last year.
— Blue Jays/Astros traded outfielders; Toronto acquired Jesús Sánchez, dealt Joey Loperfido back to Houston.
Sanchez hit .237 with 14 homers for the Marlins/Astros last year; his career OPS is .727.
Astros traded Loperfido to Toronto during the ’24 season; he hit .333 in 41 games for the Blue Jays last year.
— Famous birthdays, February 16th:
Tim Cullen, 84
Glenn Abbott, 75
Tracy Marrow, 68 (Ice-T)
Kelly Tripucka, 67
Craig Neal, 62
Jerome Bettis, 54
Tommy Milone, 39
— Prime Video has an interesting four-hour program on the history of the ABA; the basketball parts of it are tremendous, lot of excellent history. The ABA lasted nine years, changed the way a lot of us watched basketball.
— Kevin Loughery played 11 years in the NBA, for three different teams; he scored 15.3 in his career, pretty good player. Then he became a coach. He won two ABA titles with the Nets, with Julius Erving as their star, but things went south after the Nets traded Erving to the 76ers with the Nets having $$$ problems.
Loughery then coached the Atlanta Hawks for two years, including Dominique Wilkins’ rookie season. From there he coached the Chicago Bulls, where he coached Michael Jordan when he was a rookie.
Pretty interesting career; he coached Dr J, Dominique Wilkins and Michael Jordan, and got fired in all three places. He was replaced in Chicago by Stan Albeck, who was fired after one year, replaced by Doug Collins. Phil Jackson didn’t become Chicago’s coach until Jordan’s sixth season in the NBA.
— Nevada Wolf Pack lost to San Diego State Saturday night; they are now 0-14 at Viejas Arena.
— BYU retired Jimmer Fredette’s number 32 over the weekend; he was Player of the Year during the 2010-11 college season, was the 10th pick in the first round of the 2011 Draft. Fredette grew up in Glens Falls, NY, an hour north of where I live. He was a hell of a scorer.
— Kansas State fired basketball coach Jerome Tang; Wildcats are 10-15 this year, 1-11 in the Big X, after going 18-32 in conference games the last three years. Tang led K-State to the Elite 8 in his first season coaching the Wildcats.
K-State will try to fire Tang for cause. Tang has a buyout of more than $18M, per the terms of his contract, but Taylor believes Tang’s recent public criticisms of the players and the response a press conference spurred in the national media violated the terms of his contract.
— Caden Pierce, the 2024 Ivy League Player of the Year, will transfer to Purdue and play for the Boilermakers next season. Pierce is sitting out this season to finish his degree at Princeton; he is a 6-7 forward whose brother is a receiver for the Indianapolis Colts.
Pierce was hobbled by an ankle injury last year, but still scored 11 ppg, grabbed seven rebounds a game. He scored 16.6 ppg, grabbed 9.2 rebounds/game two years ago.
— Bracketology gives us the top 16 seeds, as of Sunday:
#1 seeds- Michigan, UConn, Duke, Arizona
#2 seeds- Iowa State, Houston, Illinois, Purdue
#3 seeds- Florida, Nebraska, Kansas, Gonzaga
#4 seeds- Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Michigan State
Teams who get the highest %age of their points on foul shots:
— Dayton (16-9)
— Tulane (15-10)
— Sacramento State (9-16)
— Nevada (17-8)
— Oregon State (14-14)
— Cal-Bakersfield (8-18)
Quote of the Day
“These dudes do not deserve to wear this uniform. There will be very few of them in it next year. I’m embarrassed for the university, I’m embarrassed for our fans, our student section. It is ridiculous … I have no answer. No words.”
Jerome Tang; this rant helped get him fired this weekend
Monday’s quiz
Who led the major leagues in hits last season?
Sunday’s quiz
New York Nets won two of the last three ABA titles; Kevin Loughery was their coach.
Saturday’s quiz
Pat Boone is the singer/actor who was part owner of the ABA’s Oakland Oaks.
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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend…….
— This will be the 22nd year of the fantasy baseball league I’m in; it is a keeper league, you have mostly the same roster every year.Woke up Sunday morning to a text saying that the CBS website that hosts our league eliminated all the rosters; 30 players on 14 teams went bye-bye. For the next six or seven hours, I managed to get 378 of those 420 players back on the correct team, but there is still work to do.
Not the best way to start the day.
— NBA star Cade Cunningham will make $52M a year for the next four years; that $1M a week, if you’re scoring at home, and he’s only 24 years old.
Cade Cunningham is from Arlington, TX; couple weeks ago, he bought a minority ownership stake in the Texas Rangers. He threw out a first pitch before a Rangers home game last summer.
Cunningham is among the athlete investors in Sportsology Capital Partners, which recently completed the minority investment in the Rangers. Must be pretty cool to be 24 years old and be a part-owner of a major league team.
— Friend of mine’s son plays baseball for Mississippi State; was watching their game on TV Friday- they had a crowd of 12,824 for Opening Night in Starkville.
— This winter, players went 8-4 against the owners in arbitration cases; since abritration started in 1974, owners have a 362-278 advantage in arbitration.
— P Zac Gallen agreed to a one-year, $22M contract to stay with the Arizona Diamondbacks; $14M of that money is deferred; Gallen had a rough season last year, going 13-15, 4.83, but he was 6-3, 3.00 in 11 August/September starts.
— San Diego Padres signed OF/DH Nick Castellanos and P Griffin Canning. Castellanos might platoon at first base with Gavin Sheets; he hit .250 with a .694 OPS for the Phillies last year. Canning was 1-3, 3.77 in 16 starts for the Mets last year.
— Blue Jays/Astros traded outfielders; Toronto acquired Jesús Sánchez, dealt Joey Loperfido back to Houston.
Sanchez hit .237 with 14 homers for the Marlins/Astros last year; his career OPS is .727.
Astros traded Loperfido to Toronto during the ’24 season; he hit .333 in 41 games for the Blue Jays last year.
— Famous birthdays, February 16th:
Tim Cullen, 84
Glenn Abbott, 75
Tracy Marrow, 68 (Ice-T)
Kelly Tripucka, 67
Craig Neal, 62
Jerome Bettis, 54
Tommy Milone, 39
— Prime Video has an interesting four-hour program on the history of the ABA; the basketball parts of it are tremendous, lot of excellent history. The ABA lasted nine years, changed the way a lot of us watched basketball.
— Kevin Loughery played 11 years in the NBA, for three different teams; he scored 15.3 in his career, pretty good player. Then he became a coach. He won two ABA titles with the Nets, with Julius Erving as their star, but things went south after the Nets traded Erving to the 76ers with the Nets having $$$ problems.
Loughery then coached the Atlanta Hawks for two years, including Dominique Wilkins’ rookie season. From there he coached the Chicago Bulls, where he coached Michael Jordan when he was a rookie.
Pretty interesting career; he coached Dr J, Dominique Wilkins and Michael Jordan, and got fired in all three places. He was replaced in Chicago by Stan Albeck, who was fired after one year, replaced by Doug Collins. Phil Jackson didn’t become Chicago’s coach until Jordan’s sixth season in the NBA.
— Nevada Wolf Pack lost to San Diego State Saturday night; they are now 0-14 at Viejas Arena.
— BYU retired Jimmer Fredette’s number 32 over the weekend; he was Player of the Year during the 2010-11 college season, was the 10th pick in the first round of the 2011 Draft. Fredette grew up in Glens Falls, NY, an hour north of where I live. He was a hell of a scorer.
— Kansas State fired basketball coach Jerome Tang; Wildcats are 10-15 this year, 1-11 in the Big X, after going 18-32 in conference games the last three years. Tang led K-State to the Elite 8 in his first season coaching the Wildcats.
K-State will try to fire Tang for cause. Tang has a buyout of more than $18M, per the terms of his contract, but Taylor believes Tang’s recent public criticisms of the players and the response a press conference spurred in the national media violated the terms of his contract.
— Caden Pierce, the 2024 Ivy League Player of the Year, will transfer to Purdue and play for the Boilermakers next season. Pierce is sitting out this season to finish his degree at Princeton; he is a 6-7 forward whose brother is a receiver for the Indianapolis Colts.
Pierce was hobbled by an ankle injury last year, but still scored 11 ppg, grabbed seven rebounds a game. He scored 16.6 ppg, grabbed 9.2 rebounds/game two years ago.
— Bracketology gives us the top 16 seeds, as of Sunday:
#1 seeds- Michigan, UConn, Duke, Arizona
#2 seeds- Iowa State, Houston, Illinois, Purdue
#3 seeds- Florida, Nebraska, Kansas, Gonzaga
#4 seeds- Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Michigan State
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Monday, February 16
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLG at BU | 06:00 PM | COLG -2.5***** O 143.5***** | +500 +500 |
| WAG at LIU | 07:00 PM | U 135.5 | +500 |
| NORF at UMES | 07:00 PM | O 136.5 | +500 |
| HOW at DSU | 07:00 PM | HOW -11.5***** | +500 |
| MORG at NCCU | 07:00 PM | NCCU -4.5 U 150.5***** | +500 +500 |
| COOK at JKST | 07:00 PM | COOK -5.5***** | +500 |
| GRAM at PV | 07:00 PM | PV +2.5***** U 151.5***** | +500 +500 |
| USA at MRSH | 07:00 PM | O 150.5 | +500 |
| SYR at DUKE | 07:00 PM | SYR +19.5***** | +500 |
| MVSU at ALST | 07:00 PM | MVSU +16.5***** | +500 |
| UNO at IW | 07:30 PM | IW -1.5 U 153.5***** | +500 +500 |
| MCNS at NWST | 07:30 PM | MCNS -13.5***** | +500 |
| LAM at UTRGV | 07:30 PM | U 142.5 | +500 |
| FAMU at ALCN | 08:00 PM | FAMU +1.5***** O 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| SOU at TXSO | 08:00 PM | SOU -3.5 O 151.5***** | +500 +500 |
| ARPB at AAMU | 08:00 PM | U 140.5 | +500 |
| DREX at STON | 08:00 PM | STON -3.5***** O 135.5***** | +500 +500 |
| SFA at AMCC | 08:00 PM | SFA -5.5***** | +500 |
| NICH at HBU | 08:00 PM | O 142.5 | +500 |
| AC at TST | 08:00 PM | AC +1.5***** | +500 |
| HOU at ISU | 09:00 PM | HOU +2.5 U 135.5***** | +500 +500 |
CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !
02/16/2026..............7 - 10 - 0................41..76%.............- 20.00
02/15/2026............14 - 19 - 0................42.42%..............- 34.50
02/14/2026...........16 - 17 - 0.................48.48%..............- 13.50
02/13/2026.............13 - 6 - 0.................68.42%...............+ 32.00
02/12/2026.............15 - 12 - 0...............55.55%...............+ 9.00
02/11/2026.............11 - 14 - 0...............44.00%...............- 22.00
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.................196 - 199 - 0...............49.62%..............-109.50
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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50
02/16/2026..............7 - 10 - 0................41..76%.............- 20.00
02/15/2026............14 - 19 - 0................42.42%..............- 34.50
02/14/2026...........16 - 17 - 0.................48.48%..............- 13.50
02/13/2026.............13 - 6 - 0.................68.42%...............+ 32.00
02/12/2026.............15 - 12 - 0...............55.55%...............+ 9.00
02/11/2026.............11 - 14 - 0...............44.00%...............- 22.00
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.................196 - 199 - 0...............49.62%..............-109.50
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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50
Tuesday’s 6-pack
How much $$$ Nevada sports books banked on last six Super Bowls:
2026— $9,892,055
2025— $22,134,104
2024— $11,182,973
2023— $4,361,646
2022— $11,063,412
2021— $12,574,125
Quote of the Day
“We haven’t won. I really want to win. Each year that goes by, I get a little more annoyed.”
Mets’ owner Steve Cohen
Tuesday’s quiz
Which major league team used to be owned by the same guy who owned the McDonald’s fast food franchise?
Monday’s quiz
Bobby Witt Jr led the major leagues in hits last season.
Sunday’s quiz
New York Nets won two of the last three ABA titles; Kevin Loughery was their coach.
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Just a great career. RIP, sir.
— Memo to ESPN: Your Monday night college basketball schedules suck; Syracuse isn’t good anymore, stop putting them in stand alone games.
Back in the day, ESPN had Big Mondays, which were good
7:30- Big East game
9:30- Big 10 game
midnight- Big West game
The smaller leagues out west would be good with a national TV game on Mondays.
— Big West conference tournament will be fun to watch; they are the 11th-ranked league right now, their highest rank in the last 30 years.
Here are the last few tourney champs:
2025- Cal-San Diego
2024- Long Beach State
2023- Cal-Santa Barbara
2022- Cal State-Fullerton
2021- Cal-Santa Barbara
2019- Cal-Irvine
2018- Cal State-Fullerton
2017- Cal-Davis
2016- Hawaii
Last nine tournaments, seven different champs. Competitive league.
— Michigan Wolverines’ basketball team has six student managers, guys who help out the team by doing lot of the little things that make life easier for coaches/players.
Back in the day, I was a student manager in college, but I was our team’s only manager, being a Division III team. Big-time coaches who were student managers:
Will Wade, NC State
Mark Daigneault, Thunder
Frank Vogel, head coach of four NBA teams
Buzz Williams, Maryland
— World Series of Poker will be in Las Vegas, from May 26-July 15; I went to this once, watched people play cards for about a half hour, then realized it isn’t that much fun to watch if you can’t see their hole cards, and watch the decisions they’re making.
Picture a big gym jammed with card tables; the only sound is chips clicking together, unless one of the players goes all-in on a hand, then they called a hand-held camera over to film the hand.
— Dodgers’ utility guy Tommy Edman (ankle) will start the season on the IL; he’s played for the Dodgers for two years, and they won the World Series both years.
— San Diego Padres signed GM AJ Preller to a multi-year contract extension; Padres made the playoffs four of the last six years. Preller has run the San Diego organization since late 2014; this year Craig Stammen will the Padres’ 6th full-time manager in 12 years, which seems like a lot for a team that has been winning.
— Famous birthdays, February 17th:
Dick Bosman, 82
Jamie Easterly, 73
Rene Russo, 72
Neil Lomax, 67
Lou Diamond Phillips, 64
Michael Jordan, 63
Jerry O’Connell, 52
Kelly Carlson, 50
Case Keenum, 38
Sony Michel, 31
— NBA All-Star Game was good to watch; the players actually tried. Not sure if the new format helped, or the fact that President Obama was sitting in the front row, but when players who are that good are competitive, it is fun to watch.
— Baseball needs to market itself better; MLB Network should host a 12-team fantasy league, with celebrities/former players the team managers, and the league could have a weekly show, featuring a different celebrity every week.
The show where they draft the team would be great TV.
How much $$$ Nevada sports books banked on last six Super Bowls:
2026— $9,892,055
2025— $22,134,104
2024— $11,182,973
2023— $4,361,646
2022— $11,063,412
2021— $12,574,125
Quote of the Day
“We haven’t won. I really want to win. Each year that goes by, I get a little more annoyed.”
Mets’ owner Steve Cohen
Tuesday’s quiz
Which major league team used to be owned by the same guy who owned the McDonald’s fast food franchise?
Monday’s quiz
Bobby Witt Jr led the major leagues in hits last season.
Sunday’s quiz
New York Nets won two of the last three ABA titles; Kevin Loughery was their coach.
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….
— We lost one of our greatest actors Monday; Robert Duvall, who has 388 acting credits on IMDB, passed away at age 95. What an epic career he had, from the sportswriter in The Natural, to Frank Burns in M*A*S*H (the movie), the race car pit boss in Days of Thunder, a musician in Tender Mercies, and the father of a great poker player in Lucky You.Just a great career. RIP, sir.
— Memo to ESPN: Your Monday night college basketball schedules suck; Syracuse isn’t good anymore, stop putting them in stand alone games.
Back in the day, ESPN had Big Mondays, which were good
7:30- Big East game
9:30- Big 10 game
midnight- Big West game
The smaller leagues out west would be good with a national TV game on Mondays.
— Big West conference tournament will be fun to watch; they are the 11th-ranked league right now, their highest rank in the last 30 years.
Here are the last few tourney champs:
2025- Cal-San Diego
2024- Long Beach State
2023- Cal-Santa Barbara
2022- Cal State-Fullerton
2021- Cal-Santa Barbara
2019- Cal-Irvine
2018- Cal State-Fullerton
2017- Cal-Davis
2016- Hawaii
Last nine tournaments, seven different champs. Competitive league.
— Michigan Wolverines’ basketball team has six student managers, guys who help out the team by doing lot of the little things that make life easier for coaches/players.
Back in the day, I was a student manager in college, but I was our team’s only manager, being a Division III team. Big-time coaches who were student managers:
Will Wade, NC State
Mark Daigneault, Thunder
Frank Vogel, head coach of four NBA teams
Buzz Williams, Maryland
— World Series of Poker will be in Las Vegas, from May 26-July 15; I went to this once, watched people play cards for about a half hour, then realized it isn’t that much fun to watch if you can’t see their hole cards, and watch the decisions they’re making.
Picture a big gym jammed with card tables; the only sound is chips clicking together, unless one of the players goes all-in on a hand, then they called a hand-held camera over to film the hand.
— Dodgers’ utility guy Tommy Edman (ankle) will start the season on the IL; he’s played for the Dodgers for two years, and they won the World Series both years.
— San Diego Padres signed GM AJ Preller to a multi-year contract extension; Padres made the playoffs four of the last six years. Preller has run the San Diego organization since late 2014; this year Craig Stammen will the Padres’ 6th full-time manager in 12 years, which seems like a lot for a team that has been winning.
— Famous birthdays, February 17th:
Dick Bosman, 82
Jamie Easterly, 73
Rene Russo, 72
Neil Lomax, 67
Lou Diamond Phillips, 64
Michael Jordan, 63
Jerry O’Connell, 52
Kelly Carlson, 50
Case Keenum, 38
Sony Michel, 31
— NBA All-Star Game was good to watch; the players actually tried. Not sure if the new format helped, or the fact that President Obama was sitting in the front row, but when players who are that good are competitive, it is fun to watch.
— Baseball needs to market itself better; MLB Network should host a 12-team fantasy league, with celebrities/former players the team managers, and the league could have a weekly show, featuring a different celebrity every week.
The show where they draft the team would be great TV.
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Wednesday’s 6-pack
Teams getting highest %age of their points on 2-point shots;
62%— Southern Illinois (12-15)
61.1%— Gonzaga (25-2)
60.7%— Texas State (17-11)
58.9%— Rider (3-22)
58.4%— Miami FL (21-5)
58.4%— Arizona (23-2)
Quote of the Day
“I did not come to Kansas State to be the head coach. Coach Tang and I are thicker than thieves. He is an amazing human being. He did amazing things at Kansas State.”
Kansas State interim coach Matthew Driscoll, who won his first game Tuesday
Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie The Natural, what uniform number did Robert Redford’s character wear for the New York Knights?
Tuesday’s quiz
San Diego Padres used to be owned by Ray Kroc, the same guy who owned the McDonald’s fast food franchise.
Monday’s quiz
Bobby Witt Jr led the major leagues in hits last season.
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Michigan shot 13-23 on the arc, scored 1.31 ppp
Wolverines led 48-28 late in the first half.
Michigan has won eleven games in a row.
— NC State 82, North Carolina 58
Tar Heels played without their top two scorers.
Wolfpack shot 9-20 on the arc, Carolina 5-33.
This was State’s biggest win over UNC since 1962.
— Michigan State 82, UCLA 59
UCLA has lost consecutive games by 20+ points for first time since 1945.
Spartans shot 14-27 on arc, led 43-23 at halftime.
Bruins are 1-5 SU outside of the Pacific time zone this season
— Villanova 92, Xavier 89 OT
Villanova was +10 (6-16) in turnovers.
Wildcats have won six in a row, are 12-3 in Big East.
Xavier lost 6 of last 8 games; their last two losses were in OT.
— Iowa 57, Nebraska 52
Nebraska is 2-4 in last six games, after a 20-0 start.
Cornhuskers only played seven guys the whole game.
Hawkeyes had 37-24 edge on the boards.
— Miami OH 86, UMass 77
Redhawks improve to 26-0, country’s only unbeaten team.
Miami was 24-33 on foul line, Minutemen 9-16
In its MAC games, Miami is shooting 63.9% inside the arc.
— Upsets of the Night:
Rhode Island (+11.5) 81, Saint Louis 76
San Jose State (+10.5) 87, Nevada 71
Northern Illinois (+8.5) 72, Buffalo 70
Grand Canyon (+7.5) 73, San Diego State 63
Georgia (+7.5) 86, Kentucky 78
Arizona State (+7.5) 72, Texas Tech 67
Kansas State (+4.5) 90, Baylor 74
This has been a rough week, with Robert Duvall dying and now this……
— Dwight (Bo) Lamar, who scored 3,493 points at Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette) before the 3-point shot was a thing, passed away this week at age 74. Lamar was a first team All-American in 1972 and 1973.
Only Pete Maravich (3,667) and Antone Davis (3,664) scored more points in Division I.
Lamar then played three years in the ABA, scoring 19.7 ppg and one year with the Lakers; too bad he played before ESPN existed. Would have been fun to watch him play. RIP.
— Doug Moe, who played at North Carolina and in the ABA, then later had a very good coaching career, passed away at age 87.
Moe went 628-529 over 15 seasons as a head coach; he was the NBA Coach of the Year in 1988, three years after his best Nuggets team lost in the Western Conference finals to the Lakers. His Nuggets led the NBA in scoring over five straight years in the early ’80s, and he rarely ran a set play, instead stressing movement and a lot of passing.
Moe was from Brooklyn; he was irreverent, kind of a character in a good-natured way. When he was playing in the early 60’s, afraid of flying, Moe would read books to distract himself from the ongoing flight.
On one flight, with North Carolina’s team, there was a famous passenger on the flight (Richard Nixon) who went to the back of the plane to talk to the players. Nixon saw Moe reading the book and said to him “You must be the student in the group”
Moe didn’t know it was Richard Nixon talking to him; he looked up at hm and replied “What are you, a wise guy?”
Doug Moe was a really good coach and a unique personality. RIP, coach.
— Famous birthdays, February 18th:
Cybill Shepherd, 76
John Travolta, 72
Gary Reasons, 64
Chuck Long, 63
Molly Ringwald, 58
Le’Veon Bell, 34
Isaac Paredes, 27
Jordan Westburg, 27
— P Walker Buehler signed a free agent deal with San Diego; he pitched for the Phillies/Red Sox last year, after pitching eight years for the Dodgers. In his career, Buehler is 57-29, 3.52 in 146 career starts, 4-4, 3.04 in 18 playoff starts.
— Twins P Pablo López has a “significant tear” in the UCL in his pitching arm, and is expected to need Tommy John surgery. He was 5-4, 2.74 in 14 starts LY, is 59-53, 3.81 in 172 career starts.
— A reminder about the NBA Draft: Stephen Curry was the 7th player taken in the 2009 NBA Draft, being luminaries like Hasheem Thabeet and Jonny Flynn.
Shea Gilgeous-Alexander was the 11th pick in the 2018, taken behind Mo Bamba, Kevin Knox and Marvin Bagley.
Much like the NFL Draft, smarter NBA teams gain an advantage thru the draft.
— Hannah Storm has been on TV for 40+ years now; these days, she works on ESPN.
Back in the day, her father was Mike Storen, who once ran the Atlanta Hawks, two ABA teams and was also commissioner of the ABA for a while. He was the first general manager of the Indiana Pacers, who were originally an ABA team.
— Miami Dolphins are cutting their payroll; they’re now $13M under the salary cap after letting WR Tyreek Hill go, and releasing DE Bradley Chubb, WR Nick Westbrook-Ihkine and OL James Daniels.
Last week the Dolphins admitted that QB Tua Tagovailoa’s future in Miami is undecided, and Miami has publicly let it be known that Tagovailoa, who is due $54M in 2026, is available via trade. If they can’t trade him, his contract will greatly hamper their salary cap situation.
Teams getting highest %age of their points on 2-point shots;
62%— Southern Illinois (12-15)
61.1%— Gonzaga (25-2)
60.7%— Texas State (17-11)
58.9%— Rider (3-22)
58.4%— Miami FL (21-5)
58.4%— Arizona (23-2)
Quote of the Day
“I did not come to Kansas State to be the head coach. Coach Tang and I are thicker than thieves. He is an amazing human being. He did amazing things at Kansas State.”
Kansas State interim coach Matthew Driscoll, who won his first game Tuesday
Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie The Natural, what uniform number did Robert Redford’s character wear for the New York Knights?
Tuesday’s quiz
San Diego Padres used to be owned by Ray Kroc, the same guy who owned the McDonald’s fast food franchise.
Monday’s quiz
Bobby Witt Jr led the major leagues in hits last season.
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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….
— Michigan 91, Purdue 80Michigan shot 13-23 on the arc, scored 1.31 ppp
Wolverines led 48-28 late in the first half.
Michigan has won eleven games in a row.
— NC State 82, North Carolina 58
Tar Heels played without their top two scorers.
Wolfpack shot 9-20 on the arc, Carolina 5-33.
This was State’s biggest win over UNC since 1962.
— Michigan State 82, UCLA 59
UCLA has lost consecutive games by 20+ points for first time since 1945.
Spartans shot 14-27 on arc, led 43-23 at halftime.
Bruins are 1-5 SU outside of the Pacific time zone this season
— Villanova 92, Xavier 89 OT
Villanova was +10 (6-16) in turnovers.
Wildcats have won six in a row, are 12-3 in Big East.
Xavier lost 6 of last 8 games; their last two losses were in OT.
— Iowa 57, Nebraska 52
Nebraska is 2-4 in last six games, after a 20-0 start.
Cornhuskers only played seven guys the whole game.
Hawkeyes had 37-24 edge on the boards.
— Miami OH 86, UMass 77
Redhawks improve to 26-0, country’s only unbeaten team.
Miami was 24-33 on foul line, Minutemen 9-16
In its MAC games, Miami is shooting 63.9% inside the arc.
— Upsets of the Night:
Rhode Island (+11.5) 81, Saint Louis 76
San Jose State (+10.5) 87, Nevada 71
Northern Illinois (+8.5) 72, Buffalo 70
Grand Canyon (+7.5) 73, San Diego State 63
Georgia (+7.5) 86, Kentucky 78
Arizona State (+7.5) 72, Texas Tech 67
Kansas State (+4.5) 90, Baylor 74
This has been a rough week, with Robert Duvall dying and now this……
— Dwight (Bo) Lamar, who scored 3,493 points at Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette) before the 3-point shot was a thing, passed away this week at age 74. Lamar was a first team All-American in 1972 and 1973.
Only Pete Maravich (3,667) and Antone Davis (3,664) scored more points in Division I.
Lamar then played three years in the ABA, scoring 19.7 ppg and one year with the Lakers; too bad he played before ESPN existed. Would have been fun to watch him play. RIP.
— Doug Moe, who played at North Carolina and in the ABA, then later had a very good coaching career, passed away at age 87.
Moe went 628-529 over 15 seasons as a head coach; he was the NBA Coach of the Year in 1988, three years after his best Nuggets team lost in the Western Conference finals to the Lakers. His Nuggets led the NBA in scoring over five straight years in the early ’80s, and he rarely ran a set play, instead stressing movement and a lot of passing.
Moe was from Brooklyn; he was irreverent, kind of a character in a good-natured way. When he was playing in the early 60’s, afraid of flying, Moe would read books to distract himself from the ongoing flight.
On one flight, with North Carolina’s team, there was a famous passenger on the flight (Richard Nixon) who went to the back of the plane to talk to the players. Nixon saw Moe reading the book and said to him “You must be the student in the group”
Moe didn’t know it was Richard Nixon talking to him; he looked up at hm and replied “What are you, a wise guy?”
Doug Moe was a really good coach and a unique personality. RIP, coach.
— Famous birthdays, February 18th:
Cybill Shepherd, 76
John Travolta, 72
Gary Reasons, 64
Chuck Long, 63
Molly Ringwald, 58
Le’Veon Bell, 34
Isaac Paredes, 27
Jordan Westburg, 27
— P Walker Buehler signed a free agent deal with San Diego; he pitched for the Phillies/Red Sox last year, after pitching eight years for the Dodgers. In his career, Buehler is 57-29, 3.52 in 146 career starts, 4-4, 3.04 in 18 playoff starts.
— Twins P Pablo López has a “significant tear” in the UCL in his pitching arm, and is expected to need Tommy John surgery. He was 5-4, 2.74 in 14 starts LY, is 59-53, 3.81 in 172 career starts.
— A reminder about the NBA Draft: Stephen Curry was the 7th player taken in the 2009 NBA Draft, being luminaries like Hasheem Thabeet and Jonny Flynn.
Shea Gilgeous-Alexander was the 11th pick in the 2018, taken behind Mo Bamba, Kevin Knox and Marvin Bagley.
Much like the NFL Draft, smarter NBA teams gain an advantage thru the draft.
— Hannah Storm has been on TV for 40+ years now; these days, she works on ESPN.
Back in the day, her father was Mike Storen, who once ran the Atlanta Hawks, two ABA teams and was also commissioner of the ABA for a while. He was the first general manager of the Indiana Pacers, who were originally an ABA team.
— Miami Dolphins are cutting their payroll; they’re now $13M under the salary cap after letting WR Tyreek Hill go, and releasing DE Bradley Chubb, WR Nick Westbrook-Ihkine and OL James Daniels.
Last week the Dolphins admitted that QB Tua Tagovailoa’s future in Miami is undecided, and Miami has publicly let it be known that Tagovailoa, who is due $54M in 2026, is available via trade. If they can’t trade him, his contract will greatly hamper their salary cap situation.
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| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUTG at PSU | 06:00 PM | U 148.5***** | +500 |
| CLEV at YSU | 06:30 PM | CLEV +11.5****** O 157.5****** | +500 +500 |
| BUT at GTWN | 06:30 PM | O 147.5***** | +500 |
| L-IL at FOR | 07:00 PM | U 136.5***** | +500 |
| ARK at ALA | 07:00 PM | ARK +4.5***** U 184.5***** | +500 +500 |
| UAB at TEM | 07:00 PM | TEM -1.5***** | +500 |
| MISS at TXAM | 07:00 PM | O 153.5***** | +500 |
| CREI at CONN | 07:00 PM | CREI +15.5****** | +500 |
| ARMY at L-MD | 07:00 PM | L-MD -5.5***** | +500 |
| WICH at ECU | 07:00 PM | O 147.5***** | +500 |
| BRAD at VALP | 07:00 PM | O 144.5***** | +500 |
| UNI at INST | 07:00 PM | O 136.5***** | +500 |
| QNC at UNA | 07:00 PM | U 155.5***** | +500 |
| MD at NW | 08:00 PM | MD +8.5***** | +500 |
| FAU at UTSA | 08:00 PM | O 158.5***** | +500 |
| KENN at MOSU | 08:00 PM | U 153.5***** | +500 |
| NDSU at SDST | 08:00 PM | SDST +1.5***** | +500 |
| UTAH at WVU | 08:30 PM | O 131.5***** | +500 |
| SMC at SEA | 09:00 PM | O 132.5***** | +500 |
| VAN at MIZZ | 09:00 PM | MIZZ +3.5***** U 153.5***** | +500 +500 |
| KU at OKST | 09:00 PM | OKST +6.5***** | +500 |
| BYU at ARIZ | 09:00 PM | BYU +11.5***** O 162.5***** | +500 +500 |
| AUB at MSST | 09:00 PM | MSST +5.5***** O 155.5***** | +500 +500 |
| MURR at ILST | 09:00 PM | MURR +1.5***** | +500 |
| ILL at USC | 10:00 PM | USC +9.5***** | +500 |
| GONZ at SF | 11:00 PM | SF +14.5***** | +500 |
| CSU at UNLV | 11:00 PM | UNLV -2.5***** | +500 |
CNOTES COLLEGE HOOPS BEST BETS THRU FEBRUARY !
02/18/2026............15 - 17 - 0...............46.87%...............- 18.50
02/16/2026..............7 - 10 - 0................41..76%.............- 20.00
02/15/2026............14 - 19 - 0................42.42%..............- 34.50
02/14/2026...........16 - 17 - 0.................48.48%..............- 13.50
02/13/2026.............13 - 6 - 0.................68.42%...............+ 32.00
02/12/2026.............15 - 12 - 0...............55.55%...............+ 9.00
02/11/2026.............11 - 14 - 0...............44.00%...............- 22.00
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.................211 - 216 - 0...............49.41%..............-128.00
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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50
02/18/2026............15 - 17 - 0...............46.87%...............- 18.50
02/16/2026..............7 - 10 - 0................41..76%.............- 20.00
02/15/2026............14 - 19 - 0................42.42%..............- 34.50
02/14/2026...........16 - 17 - 0.................48.48%..............- 13.50
02/13/2026.............13 - 6 - 0.................68.42%...............+ 32.00
02/12/2026.............15 - 12 - 0...............55.55%...............+ 9.00
02/11/2026.............11 - 14 - 0...............44.00%...............- 22.00
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.................211 - 216 - 0...............49.41%..............-128.00
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JANUARY BEST BETS RECORD:
TOTALS................314- 265- 0..................54.23%................ +109.50
Thursday’s 6-pack
Teams with best eFG% defense in the country:
43.0%— Saint Louis (24-2)
43.2%— Michigan (25-1)
44.8%— Kansas (20-6)
44.8%— Virginia (23-3)
44.9%— Arizona (24-2)
44.9%— Cal-Irvine (17-9)
Quote of the Day
“That locker room is still healing, and they needed a shot in the arm. We have been through a lot as a group; we’ve shed a lot of tears, and they needed something like this. It’s a great win for us. I’m not sure I’ve ever been prouder of a group.”
Creighton coach Greg McDermott; the mom of one of Creighton’s players recently passed away
Tuesday’s quiz
Who is the all-time leading scorer (points/game) for the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder franchise?
Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie The Natural, Robert Redford’s character (Roy Hobbs) wore number 9 for the New York Knights.
Tuesday’s quiz
San Diego Padres used to be owned by Ray Kroc, the same guy who owned the McDonald’s fast food franchise.
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Arkansas led by 13 with 12:44 left in the game.
Alabama was 27-34 on foul line, Arkansas 16-19
Razorbacks had four guys foul out; they used two subs who almost never play.
Darius Acuff scored 49 points for Arkansas.
— Creighton 91, UConn 84
Creighton was 27-32 on foul line, UConn 11-18.
Just second win in last seven games for the Bluejays.
UConn split its last four games, after a 22-1 start.
— Texas A&M 80, Ole Miss 77
Ole Miss led by 13 with 11:47 left in the game.
Rebels have now lost eight games in a row.
Win snaps Aggies’ four-game losing skid.
— DePaul 69, Seton Hall 57
Big East underdogs were 3-1 SU/4-0 ATS Wednesday
Blue Demons had 35-22 edge on the boards.
Seton Hall has 45.9 eFG% in Big East games, worst in league.
— St John’s 76, Marquette 70
Marquette led by 6 with 11:53 left in the game.
6-7 senior Hopkins scored 23 points, had 10 rebounds.
Red Storm have now won 12 games in a row.
— Wake Forest 85, Clemson 77
Wake Forest led by 20 late in the first half.
Deacons shot 62.1% inside arc, scored 1.28 ppp.
Third straight loss for Clemson, after a 20-4 start.
— Arizona 75, BYU 68
6-6 senior Dell’Orso scored 22 points in 26:00 off bench.
Arizona snaps a two-game skid, which followed its 23-0 start.
Wildcats have the 5th-best eFG% defense in the country.
— Upsets of the Night:
Creighton (+16.5) 91, UConn 84
Utah (+10.5) 61, West Virginia 56
DePaul (+8.5) 69, Seton Hall 57
Butler (+6.5) 93, Georgetown 89
Mississippi State (+4.5) 91, Auburn 85
St Joe’s (+4.5) 71, St Bonaventure 65
— Famous birthdays, February 19th:
Paul Krause, 84
June Jones, 73
Jeff Daniels, 71
Rudy Macklin, 68
Mike Miller, 46
Dwight Freeney, 46
Josh Reddick, 39
JP Sears, 30
— Injuries are starting to take their toll:
Texas Tech lost their best player (JT Toppin) for the year with a torn ACL. Toppin scored 21.8 ppg this season for the 19-7 Red Raiders.
BYU lost Richie Saunders for the year with a torn ACL; he scored 18 ppg for the 19-7 Cougars, who are 3-6 in the last nine games.
Random trivia: Saunders’ grandfather is the guy who invented Tater Tots.
— San Diego Toreros fired basketball coach Steve Lavin after four years on the job. San Diego is 11-17 this year, 5-10 in the WCC. They’re 18-47 in WCC games under Lavin.
San Diego hasn’t been in the NCAA’s since 2008; Lavin is a good guy who was a very good TV analyst. Hope he goes back on TV next season.
— Iowa State only had 3 turnovers in their win over Houston Monday; in a slow-paced, 58 possession game, Cyclones took good care of the ball, and improved to 10-3 in the Big X
— Saint Mary’s 72, Seattle 70
Gaels narrowly avoid what would’ve been a damaging loss.
Teams combined to shoot 8-32 on the arc.
Saint Mary’s has won five in a row, is 13-2 in the WCC.
— Mississippi State 91, Auburn 85
MSU’s Josh Hubbard scored 46 points, 35 in first half.
Miss State led by 18 early in second half.
Auburn rallied to lead 80-73 with 3:56 left in the game.
Bulldogs shot 16-30 on arc, scored 1.35 ppp.
— Western Kentucky 88, Delaware 87 OT
Blue Hens led by 16 late in the first half.
Delaware lost despite shooting 64.3% inside the arc.
Hilltoppers won four of their last five games.
— Missouri 81, Vanderbilt 80
Mizzou led by 21 with 8:33 left, hung on for dear life.
Tigers were 25-32 on foul line, Vandy 14-18
Both teams are 8-5 in SEC games.
Teams with best eFG% defense in the country:
43.0%— Saint Louis (24-2)
43.2%— Michigan (25-1)
44.8%— Kansas (20-6)
44.8%— Virginia (23-3)
44.9%— Arizona (24-2)
44.9%— Cal-Irvine (17-9)
Quote of the Day
“That locker room is still healing, and they needed a shot in the arm. We have been through a lot as a group; we’ve shed a lot of tears, and they needed something like this. It’s a great win for us. I’m not sure I’ve ever been prouder of a group.”
Creighton coach Greg McDermott; the mom of one of Creighton’s players recently passed away
Tuesday’s quiz
Who is the all-time leading scorer (points/game) for the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder franchise?
Wednesday’s quiz
In the movie The Natural, Robert Redford’s character (Roy Hobbs) wore number 9 for the New York Knights.
Tuesday’s quiz
San Diego Padres used to be owned by Ray Kroc, the same guy who owned the McDonald’s fast food franchise.
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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud……
— Alabama 117, Arkansas 115, 2OTArkansas led by 13 with 12:44 left in the game.
Alabama was 27-34 on foul line, Arkansas 16-19
Razorbacks had four guys foul out; they used two subs who almost never play.
Darius Acuff scored 49 points for Arkansas.
— Creighton 91, UConn 84
Creighton was 27-32 on foul line, UConn 11-18.
Just second win in last seven games for the Bluejays.
UConn split its last four games, after a 22-1 start.
— Texas A&M 80, Ole Miss 77
Ole Miss led by 13 with 11:47 left in the game.
Rebels have now lost eight games in a row.
Win snaps Aggies’ four-game losing skid.
— DePaul 69, Seton Hall 57
Big East underdogs were 3-1 SU/4-0 ATS Wednesday
Blue Demons had 35-22 edge on the boards.
Seton Hall has 45.9 eFG% in Big East games, worst in league.
— St John’s 76, Marquette 70
Marquette led by 6 with 11:53 left in the game.
6-7 senior Hopkins scored 23 points, had 10 rebounds.
Red Storm have now won 12 games in a row.
— Wake Forest 85, Clemson 77
Wake Forest led by 20 late in the first half.
Deacons shot 62.1% inside arc, scored 1.28 ppp.
Third straight loss for Clemson, after a 20-4 start.
— Arizona 75, BYU 68
6-6 senior Dell’Orso scored 22 points in 26:00 off bench.
Arizona snaps a two-game skid, which followed its 23-0 start.
Wildcats have the 5th-best eFG% defense in the country.
— Upsets of the Night:
Creighton (+16.5) 91, UConn 84
Utah (+10.5) 61, West Virginia 56
DePaul (+8.5) 69, Seton Hall 57
Butler (+6.5) 93, Georgetown 89
Mississippi State (+4.5) 91, Auburn 85
St Joe’s (+4.5) 71, St Bonaventure 65
— Famous birthdays, February 19th:
Paul Krause, 84
June Jones, 73
Jeff Daniels, 71
Rudy Macklin, 68
Mike Miller, 46
Dwight Freeney, 46
Josh Reddick, 39
JP Sears, 30
— Injuries are starting to take their toll:
Texas Tech lost their best player (JT Toppin) for the year with a torn ACL. Toppin scored 21.8 ppg this season for the 19-7 Red Raiders.
BYU lost Richie Saunders for the year with a torn ACL; he scored 18 ppg for the 19-7 Cougars, who are 3-6 in the last nine games.
Random trivia: Saunders’ grandfather is the guy who invented Tater Tots.
— San Diego Toreros fired basketball coach Steve Lavin after four years on the job. San Diego is 11-17 this year, 5-10 in the WCC. They’re 18-47 in WCC games under Lavin.
San Diego hasn’t been in the NCAA’s since 2008; Lavin is a good guy who was a very good TV analyst. Hope he goes back on TV next season.
— Iowa State only had 3 turnovers in their win over Houston Monday; in a slow-paced, 58 possession game, Cyclones took good care of the ball, and improved to 10-3 in the Big X
— Saint Mary’s 72, Seattle 70
Gaels narrowly avoid what would’ve been a damaging loss.
Teams combined to shoot 8-32 on the arc.
Saint Mary’s has won five in a row, is 13-2 in the WCC.
— Mississippi State 91, Auburn 85
MSU’s Josh Hubbard scored 46 points, 35 in first half.
Miss State led by 18 early in second half.
Auburn rallied to lead 80-73 with 3:56 left in the game.
Bulldogs shot 16-30 on arc, scored 1.35 ppp.
— Western Kentucky 88, Delaware 87 OT
Blue Hens led by 16 late in the first half.
Delaware lost despite shooting 64.3% inside the arc.
Hilltoppers won four of their last five games.
— Missouri 81, Vanderbilt 80
Mizzou led by 21 with 8:33 left, hung on for dear life.
Tigers were 25-32 on foul line, Vandy 14-18
Both teams are 8-5 in SEC games.
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Thursday, February 19
| Game | Time(ET) | Pick | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNH at MASSL | 06:00 PM | O 151.5 | +500 |
| FIU at LIB | 06:00 PM | O 153.5 | +500 |
| BING at BRY | 06:00 PM | BING +5.5 | +500 |
| UVM at UMBC | 06:00 PM | UMBC +1.5 | +500 |
| MRSH at APP | 06:30 PM | APP -3.5 | +500 |
| SCUS at WIN | 06:30 PM | O 155.5 | +500 |
| WAG at MEHST | 07:00 PM | MEHST -5.5 | +500 |
| WEBB at RAD | 07:00 PM | WEBB +19.5 U 162.5 | +500 +500 |
| LIU at SFPA | 07:00 PM | SFPA +8.5 | +500 |
| FDU at CHS | 07:00 PM | CHS +2.5 | +500 |
| DREX at NE | 07:00 PM | NE +1.5 | +500 |
| ALST at COOK | 07:00 PM | COOK -5.5 | +500 |
| PEAY at UNF | 07:00 PM | UNF +11.5 O 164.5 | +500 +500 |
| SAM at CIT | 07:00 PM | O 141.5 | +500 |
| IUPU at WRST | 07:00 PM | WRST -12.5 | +500 |
| MEM at USF | 07:00 PM | MEM +9.5 | +500 |
| WM at CAMP | 07:00 PM | WM -2.5 O 169.5 | +500 +500 |
| UNCA at HP | 07:00 PM | O 151.5 | +500 |
| CHAT at MER | 07:00 PM | CHAT +10.5 | +500 |
| MONM at UNCW | 07:00 PM | UNCW -6.5 | +500 |
| COFC at NCAT | 07:00 PM | COFC -4.5 | +500 |
| LMC at CCSU | 07:00 PM | CCSU -4.5 | +500 |
| ALBY at NJIT | 07:00 PM | NJIT -4.5 | +500 |
| STONE at NHC | 07:00 PM | NHC -2.5 | +500 |
| LONG at PRE | 07:00 PM | PRE -2.5 | +500 |
| HAMP at HOF | 08:00 PM | HAMP +12.5 | +500 |
| ARST at ULL | 08:00 PM | ULL +7.5 | +500 |
| UMKC at UND | 08:00 PM | UND -10.5 | +500 |
| GASO at GAST | 08:00 PM | GAST +1.5 | +500 |
| TXST at USA | 08:00 PM | TXST +4.5 | +500 |
| CARK at STET | 08:00 PM | CARK -9.5 | +500 |
| CBU at UVU | 08:00 PM | CBU +8.5 | +500 |
| SUU at TST | 08:00 PM | TST -4.5 | +500 |
| UTECH at UTA | 08:00 PM | UTA -5.5 | +500 |
| AAMU at FAMU | 08:30 PM | FAMU -1.5 | +500 |
| PV at MVSU | 08:30 PM | PV -9.5 | +500 |
| LINW at TNST | 08:30 PM | TNST -4.5 | +500 |
| SIUE at TNTC | 08:30 PM | SIUE -1.5 O 135.5 | +500 +500 |
| USI at WIU | 08:30 PM | USI -2.5 | +500 |
| MORE at EIU | 08:30 PM | MORE -2.5 | +500 |
| TXSO at ARPB | 08:30 PM | O 152.5 | +500 |
| CSN at UCSB | 09:00 PM | CSN +5.5 | +500 |
| TULN at UNT | 09:00 PM | UNT -6.5 U 137.5 | +500 +500 |
| SDAK at DEN | 09:00 PM | DEN -6.5 O161.5 | +500 +500 |
| MONT at IDST | 09:00 PM | MONT -1.5 | +500 |
| IDHO at PRST | 09:00 PM | IDHO +3.5 | +500 |
| UCD at CSF | 10:00 PM | UCD +1.5 | +500 |
| UCI at LBSU | 10:00 PM | UCI -5.5 | +500 |
| CSB at UCRV | 10:00 PM | UCRV -5.5 | +500 |
| EWU at SAC | 10:00 PM | SAC +2.5 | +500 |
