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CLE at DAL07:30 PMCLE -13.5
O 236.5*****		+500 +500
NY at IND07:30 PMNY -13.5*****
O 227.5*****		+500 +500
MEM at DET07:30 PMDET -15.5
O 232.5*****		+500 +500
PHO at TOR07:30 PMPHO +4.5
O 218.5*****		+500 +500
NO at HOU08:00 PMHOU -6.5*****
O 230.5*****		+500 +500
UTA at POR10:00 PMPOR -14.5
O 236.5*****		+500 +500
MIN at GS10:00 PMMIN -6.5
O 224.5*****		+500 +500
CHI at LAC10:30 PMLAC -13.5*****
O 234.5*****		+500 +500
 
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CNOTES NBA BEST BETS THRU MARCH !!

03/13/2026..................5 - 6 - 0................45.45%..................- 8.00
03/12/2026..................5 - 5 - 0................50.00%..................- 2.50
03/11/2026..................5 - 3 - 0................62.50%...................+ 8.50
03/10/2026..................6 - 5 - 0................54.54%...................+ 2.50
03/09/2026..................5 - 3 - 0................62.50%...................+ 8.50
03/08/2026..................8 - 2 - 0................80.00%...................+ 29.00
03/07/2026..................3 - 4 - 0................42.85%..................- 7.00
03/06/2026..................5 - 4 - 0................55.55%..................+ 3.00
03/05/2026..................7 - 2 - 0................77.77%..................+ 24.00
03/04/2026..................5 - 4 - 0................55.55%..................+ 3.00
03/03/2026..................6 - 6 - 0................50.00%..................- 3.00
03/02/2026..................4 - 2 - 0................66.66%..................+ 9.00
03/01/2026..................4 - 7 - 0................36.36%..................- 18.50

TOTALS......................68 - 52 - 0................56.66%..................+ 48.50

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TOTALS.......................119 -99 - 0...............54.58%..................+ 69.50
 
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Saturday’s 6-pack
Teams that won last six Mountain West tournaments:
2025— Colorado State
2024— New Mexico
2023— San Diego State
2022— Boise State
2021— San Diego State
2019— Utah State

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— One metric that matters, but in reverse; what teams get the highest %age of their points on foul shots. Fewer foul shots are taken in March.
I am totally convinced that referees call way fewer fouls in tournament games than in the regular season, so players have to play through contact to be successful.
 
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Brooklyn VS Philadelphia
Brooklyn is 4-10 ATS in its last 14 games.
Brooklyn is 2-12 SU in its last 14 games.
Brooklyn is 5-14 SU in its last 19 games against Philadelphia.
Brooklyn is 2-18 SU in its last 20 games on the road.
Philadelphia is 1-5-1 ATS in its last 7 games.
Philadelphia is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games.
Philadelphia is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home.
Philadelphia is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games when playing at home against Brooklyn.

Milwaukee VS Atlanta
Milwaukee is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games.
Milwaukee is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Milwaukee's last 13 games on the road.
Milwaukee is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta.
Atlanta is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Atlanta's last 11 games.
Atlanta is 8-0 SU in its last 8 games.
Atlanta is 7-0 SU in its last 7 games at home.

Charlotte VS San Antonio
Charlotte is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Charlotte's last 7 games.
Charlotte is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games.
Charlotte is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games against San Antonio.
San Antonio is 13-5 ATS in its last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Antonio's last 5 games.
San Antonio is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Antonio's last 9 games against Charlotte.

Washington VS Boston
Washington is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games.
Washington is 0-10 SU in its last 10 games.
Washington is 4-10-1 ATS in its last 15 games against Boston.
Boston is 10-3 ATS in its last 13 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston's last 7 games.
Boston is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games.
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Boston's last 12 games against Washington.

Orlando VS Miami
Orlando is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Orlando's last 6 games.
Orlando is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games.
Orlando is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games against Miami.
Miami is 7-0 ATS in its last 7 games.
Miami is 7-0 SU in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Miami's last 9 games against Orlando.
Miami is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home.

Denver VS Los Angeles
Denver is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Denver's last 20 games.
Denver is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games.
Denver is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games against LA Lakers.
LA Lakers is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Lakers' last 7 games.
LA Lakers is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of LA Lakers' last 15 games against Denver.

Sacramento VS Los Angeles
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Sacramento's last 6 games.
Sacramento is 4-16 SU in its last 20 games.
Sacramento is 0-6 SU in its last 6 games against LA Clippers.
Sacramento is 2-18 SU in its last 20 games on the road.
LA Clippers is 12-3 ATS in its last 15 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Clippers' last 6 games.
LA Clippers is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Clippers' last 9 games against Sacramento.


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BK at PHI01:00 PMPHI -8.5*****+500
MIL at ATL03:00 PMATL -9.5*****
U 228.5*****		+500 +500
CHA at SA03:30 PMCHA +4.5*****
O 230.5*****		+500 +500
WAS at BOS06:00 PMBOS -20.5
O 230.5*****		+500 +500
ORL at MIA08:00 PMMIA -3.5
O 236.5*****		+500 +500
DEN at LAL08:30 PMLAL +2.5
U 244.5*****		+500 +500
SAC at LAC10:30 PMLAC -13.5
U 231.5*****		+500 +500
 
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CNOTES NBA BEST BETS THRU MARCH !!

03/14/2026..................4 - 5 - 0................44.44%..................- 7.50
03/13/2026..................5 - 6 - 0................45.45%..................- 8.00
03/12/2026..................5 - 5 - 0................50.00%..................- 2.50
03/11/2026..................5 - 3 - 0................62.50%...................+ 8.50
03/10/2026..................6 - 5 - 0................54.54%...................+ 2.50
03/09/2026..................5 - 3 - 0................62.50%...................+ 8.50
03/08/2026..................8 - 2 - 0................80.00%...................+ 29.00
03/07/2026..................3 - 4 - 0................42.85%..................- 7.00
03/06/2026..................5 - 4 - 0................55.55%..................+ 3.00
03/05/2026..................7 - 2 - 0................77.77%..................+ 24.00
03/04/2026..................5 - 4 - 0................55.55%..................+ 3.00
03/03/2026..................6 - 6 - 0................50.00%..................- 3.00
03/02/2026..................4 - 2 - 0................66.66%..................+ 9.00
03/01/2026..................4 - 7 - 0................36.36%..................- 18.50

TOTALS......................72 - 57 - 0................55.81%..................+ 41.00

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TOTALS.......................119 -99 - 0...............54.58%..................+ 69.50
 
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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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Minnesota VS Oklahoma City
Minnesota is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 8 games.
Minnesota is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games.
Minnesota is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games against Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City is 0-7 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oklahoma City's last 6 games.
Oklahoma City is 7-0 SU in its last 7 games.
Oklahoma City is 6-0 SU in its last 6 games at home.

Detroit VS Toronto
Detroit is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games.
Detroit is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games.
Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games against Toronto.
Detroit is 7-0 SU in its last 7 games against Toronto.
Toronto is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games.
Toronto is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games against Detroit.

Dallas VS Cleveland
Dallas is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Dallas' last 9 games.
Dallas is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games.
Dallas is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games against Cleveland.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games.
Cleveland is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games against Dallas.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 5 games at home.

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

Portland VS Philadelphia
Portland is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Portland's last 18 games.
Portland is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games against Philadelphia.
Portland is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road.
Philadelphia is 1-6-1 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 6 games against Portland.
Philadelphia is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.
Philadelphia is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Portland.

Golden State VS New York
Golden State is 4-10 ATS in its last 14 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Golden State's last 5 games.
Golden State is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games.
Golden State is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games against New York.
New York is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of New York's last 12 games.
New York is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of New York's last 12 games at home.

Utah VS Sacramento
Utah is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games.
Utah is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games.
Utah is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games against Sacramento.
Utah is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games against Sacramento.
Sacramento is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Sacramento's last 7 games.
Sacramento is 5-15 SU in its last 20 games.
Sacramento is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games at home.


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GameTime(ET)PickUnits
MIN at OKC01:00 PMMIN +8.5*****
O 228.5*****		+500 +500
DAL at CLE03:30 PMCLE -15.5
O 235.5*****		+500 +500
IND at MIL03:30 PMMIL -6.5*****
U 227.5		+500 +500
DET at TOR03:30 PMDET -3.5*****+500
POR at PHI06:00 PMPHI +8.5
O 228.5*****		+500 +500
GS at NY08:00 PMGS +14.5*****
O 218.5*****		+500 +500
UTA at SAC10:00 PMSAC -3.5*****
O 233.5		+500 +500
 
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CNOTES NBA BEST BETS THRU MARCH !!

03/15/2026..................3 - 5 - 0.................37.50....................- 12 .50
03/14/2026..................4 - 5 - 0................44.44%..................- 7.50
03/13/2026..................5 - 6 - 0................45.45%..................- 8.00
03/12/2026..................5 - 5 - 0................50.00%..................- 2.50
03/11/2026..................5 - 3 - 0................62.50%...................+ 8.50
03/10/2026..................6 - 5 - 0................54.54%...................+ 2.50
03/09/2026..................5 - 3 - 0................62.50%...................+ 8.50
03/08/2026..................8 - 2 - 0................80.00%...................+ 29.00
03/07/2026..................3 - 4 - 0................42.85%..................- 7.00
03/06/2026..................5 - 4 - 0................55.55%..................+ 3.00
03/05/2026..................7 - 2 - 0................77.77%..................+ 24.00
03/04/2026..................5 - 4 - 0................55.55%..................+ 3.00
03/03/2026..................6 - 6 - 0................50.00%..................- 3.00
03/02/2026..................4 - 2 - 0................66.66%..................+ 9.00
03/01/2026..................4 - 7 - 0................36.36%..................- 18.50

TOTALS......................75 - 62 - 0................54.74%..................+ 28.50

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TOTALS.......................119 -99 - 0...............54.58%..................+ 69.50
 
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Monday’s 6-pack
Over/under win totals for baseball:
65.5— Nationals
68.5— White Sox, Cardinals
70.5— Angels
72.5— Marlins
73.5— Twins
76.5— A’s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thru Saturday, those auctions had raised $93,656,609; most of the stuff is music-related- he had an amazing collection of guitars used by famous musicians, but he also had the saddle used by jockey Ron Turcotte when he rode Secretariat to 1973 Triple Crown; it sold for $1.524M, and the jersey Wayne Gretzky wore when he scored his 500th NHL goal sold for $952,500.
 
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Golden State VS Washington
Golden State is 6-12 ATS in its last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Golden State's last 14 games.
Golden State is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games.
Golden State is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games against Washington.
Washington is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 8 games.
Washington is 0-10 SU in its last 10 games.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 8 games against Golden State.

Orlando VS Atlanta
Orlando is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Orlando's last 5 games.
Orlando is 7-0 SU in its last 7 games.
Orlando is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games against Atlanta.
Atlanta is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Atlanta's last 12 games.
Atlanta is 9-0 SU in its last 9 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Atlanta's last 10 games against Orlando.

Portland VS Brooklyn
Portland is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Portland's last 19 games.
Portland is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games against Brooklyn.
Portland is 13-7 SU in its last 20 games against Brooklyn.
Brooklyn is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games.
Brooklyn is 2-13 SU in its last 15 games.
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Brooklyn's last 11 games at home.
Brooklyn is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Portland.

Phoenix VS Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Phoenix's last 5 games.
Phoenix is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
Phoenix is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games against Boston.
Phoenix is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games against Boston.
Boston is 10-4 ATS in its last 14 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Boston's last 8 games.
Boston is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Boston's last 11 games against Phoenix.

Memphis VS Chicago
Memphis is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Memphis' last 6 games.
Memphis is 0-7 SU in its last 7 games.
Memphis is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games against Chicago.
Chicago is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chicago's last 10 games.
Chicago is 3-15 SU in its last 18 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games against Memphis.

Dallas VS New Orleans
Dallas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Dallas' last 10 games.
Dallas is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games.
Dallas is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games against New Orleans.
New Orleans is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans' last 5 games against Dallas.
New Orleans is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New Orleans' last 5 games when playing at home against Dallas.

Los Angeles VS Houston
LA Lakers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games.
LA Lakers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games.
LA Lakers is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games against Houston.
LA Lakers is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games against Houston.
Houston is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games.
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home.
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against LA Lakers.

San Antonio VS Los Angeles
San Antonio is 14-5 ATS in its last 19 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Antonio's last 5 games.
San Antonio is 17-2 SU in its last 19 games.
San Antonio is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games against LA Clippers.
LA Clippers is 12-4 ATS in its last 16 games.
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Clippers' last 7 games.
LA Clippers is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Clippers' last 5 games against San Antonio.


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