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Man, this chat is a buzz about Colin Moorakawa,

who teed off on whole one at the players' championship and had to withdraw.

A lot of betting implications there for the early-wedge family for some of my tickets.

Let's see how our tickets did yesterday on the recap screen.

We go two and three overall.

Bucket sits as even money play.

Tom misses Jeff Hockman hits USC plus five and a half,

and we miss our sports line pick.

Two and three, certainly not a great day.

Let's try to improve on that day.

I mean, I got to be honest.

It's starting off pretty poorly with the Colin Moorakawa withdrawal.

But we can bounce back, right?

We've got Tom Cassali.

We've got Larry Hartstein.

We've got prop stars.

We've got Martin Green, which means we've got NBA,

college basketball.

We'll be talking, I'll be taking your PGA questions if you've got them.

Of course, we've got soccer as well.

Martin Green, how are you doing today, buddy?

I'm doing great.

Thank you, Sierra.

Yeah, bruising week for English clubs in Champions League.

Six games, zero wins.

But yeah, there's still the second leg to turn things around.

And we've got a good slate of soccer games today.

So yeah, it got some good picks, hopefully.

Speaking of good slates, prop stars.

How would we assess the NBA slate today?

I love today's slate.

I was just thinking, yeah, this is a tremendous slate.

So some great NBA action.

Looking forward to seeing a potential Western conference

finals showdown between Denver and San Antonio.

Oh, Denver and San Antonio.

I feel like that's Bulletin Board material

for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Larry, how are you doing today, buddy?

Well, that was a pretty good tease,

because I'm going to reference some Bulletin Board material

in my pick later on in the show.

But when you got 14 hours of college basketball starting,

basically, when we get off this show,

I think you have to be in a great mood.

I think it's a good point.

We have Tom and we talked about this two days ago.

And yesterday, actually, where we've got basketball all day.

So we don't want to keep you too long.

And we certainly want to get some college basketball picks out there.

And we want to answer your questions.

But Tom, we're going to have a lot of college basketball questions

on the show.

I even have a college basketball play, by the way,

which I sort of tipped my hand to a couple of days ago

when we were talking about the the Mac, the Mid-Atlantic.

But Tom, talk to me about Cal State Fullerton.

Anybody who has college basketball questions,

day questions, NBA questions, soccer questions,

PGA questions, get them in the chat.

Tom, Cal State Fullerton.

Yeah, so you know, you're looking at Cal State Fullerton.

You see Davis.

There's something going on with you see Davis,

that I'm sure most people don't know about.

One of their best players, Niles Cooper's,

but out for the last few games.

I know Mike liked you see Davis yesterday at plus five and a half.

I did, too, but the line implied that he wasn't going to play

and he didn't play.

So I can tell you this,

if you try to find out about his injury,

he's one of the best two or three players,

you can't even find that this guy exists.

Like that, to me, is nonsense.

I think that's got to change at some point.

If everybody wants to get in bed with sports betting,

I got to know if a guy is going to be playing in a tournament or not.

But I don't think he's going to play tonight.

That's going to be more important against Fullerton than it was Santa Barbara.

These two teams just played a while ago.

It was 93, 92 Fullerton.

Cooper had 26 points in that game.

And what Fullerton's going to do tonight that Santa Barbara did it is,

they're going to run up and down the court.

They play at the seventh fastest pace in college basketball.

So here's where an injury like that is going to impact you see Davis,

because they're only going to go about seven deep.

So later in that second half,

and this is a game, Fullerton wins games.

Are they going to be up by 15 at the half?

I can tell you that it's like an NBA game.

Turn it, tune it in in the last two minutes,

because Fullerton kind of wears you down late in games.

And I think that's what we're going to see here.

You know, I think Fullerton is still undervalued in the market,

especially with the injury.

This is a team that improved by 11 wins this season.

They brought in a bunch of transfers.

And I think they're alive to win this tournament.

So I think the wrong team is favored,

considering that they're missing one of their better players.

I'll take Fullerton plus the point and a half.

Cal State, Fullerton plus one and a half minus 120.

Let's get to a college basketball question right off the bat here,

as we're going to transition to soccer and Martin Green in just a second.

Josh Davis wants to know, Tom, thoughts on George Mason minus two and a half minus 125.

Yeah, I like George Mason today.

You know, I think they're one of the two or three best teams in that conference.

I think they got a good matchup today.

I'm surprised the number went that way.

You opened three and a half and then kind of dipped down to two and a half.

But again, this is tournament time.

You got a lot of people betting these games who didn't bet,

you know, most of the season.

So you're going to see different line movements.

But I like George Mason on the short number.

All right.

And always if I'm asking a college basketball question, Larry,

you can always put your hand up if you've got something to add as well.

Martin Green, let's transition to some soccer.

I do want to point out, I'm not 100% sure who this is.

There's a comment in the chat from, let's see,

cooking with buckets.

He says, Martin, it's just a more handsome bucket.

Your response and your picks.

That is very kind of you.

Thank you very much.

Yeah, I'm not sure who that is.

I'm not sure if that's actually buckets with a burner or just one of his greatest fans.

But I appreciate your comments.

Thank you, sir.

Yeah, so the Champions League games took place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

So we're now moving on to the Europa League, which is Europe's second tier competition

and the conference league, which is the third tier competition.

So I can't wait to pick for both of them.

We've got Stuttgart against Porto in the Europa League today.

I think it should be an entertaining game.

Stuttgart have scored in 23 out of 25 league games so far this season.

And they drew 2-2 with minds at the weekend.

They've now scored 17 times in their last seven matches.

But they really struggle in defence.

They haven't kept a single clean sheet in any of those seven games.

Porto are coming off an entertaining 2-2 draw with Ben Fika as well.

That result that left them four points clear at the top of the table in Portugal.

They've scored about two goals per game so far this season.

So they really have the attacking firepower to exploit Stuttgart's defensive frailties.

So I'm just keeping it simple and going with both teams to score in this one.

I think that's a popular bucket bet too.

So hopefully that will keep cooking with buckets happy.

The other game is in the conference league.

And I think that AZ Alkmar should get the better of Sparta Prague in this one.

AZ Alkmar have a very strong home record in 2026.

Six wins, two draws and just one defeat from nine home games.

They've won their last three home matches.

It's called nine goals in the process.

They're really strong in cup competitions as well.

Less so in the league but they really come alive in knockout competitions.

Sparta Prague, they're the second best team in the Czech Republic.

They lost three ones to Slavia Prague at the weekend.

That left them ten points behind their rivals.

They're a decent team but they're missing a few key players through injury.

They're on the road and I think that AZ Alkmar looks stronger in midfield.

So I'm backing them on the money line at minus one ten.

That's it.

All right.

We've got it.

I want to make sure I get this ready.

It's easy Alkmar, right?

Correct, yeah.

You can try and pronounce some people pronounce it in a bit of a Dutch sort of Alzade Alkmar

but we can go with AZ.

We're going to go with AZ.

Let's get to some more college basketball,

prop stars and Larry.

I don't want to keep you on the shelf too long here.

Tom, I'm going to go Creighton plus three and a half,

Purdue minus ten and a half.

Any thoughts on either of those from Steve Fulkerts?

Yeah, I kind of like Purdue today.

You know, I'm not going to late.

I took a UConn today on the opening number at 14.

Well, you couldn't, you can't make a team in a lab

that matches up worse with UConn than Xavier does.

They beat him twice this year by a combined 55 points and coming off a loss.

I think UConn rolls.

I kind of think Purdue rolls too.

I just, I don't trust them as much.

The Creighton ones tough.

I haven't been right on Creighton all year.

They've been a tough team to predict this year.

But I will say this, keep watch out.

Now, we've seen some bad basketball.

That's the way it is every year in the first couple days of these tournaments.

There's bad teams playing.

You're going to get the better teams coming in now,

especially tomorrow and the SEC when some of those top teams come.

I wouldn't be afraid to lay points.

I know people like to take dogs and stuff,

but in these tournament settings, when you start getting these better teams like Purdue coming in,

I like laying the points there.

So I think if you can get them under 11, that's a good number.

Prop starts.

I want to bring you in here because we have a question from Adam,

which I think is a really good philosophical sort of macro question here.

Denver traveling for a back-to-back

after taking a tough W at home against the rocks.

Did they end up losing that game?

Oh my gosh, they were up big when I was watching.

Anyway, how much does the travel affect the props analysis in handicap and props stars?

Of course, Denver at San Antonio today, getting six and a half.

Certainly, yeah, on the back half of a back-to-back,

I would say that you have to be conscientious of that,

but at the same time, I don't think, yeah, you just look at previous splits.

I don't think it's going to make a huge impact,

whether you're going to see anyone have a drastic reduction of minutes,

so it's something to be aware of.

Okay, so Denver won.

I'm sorry. I read that wrong.

He said a tough W, which I don't really hear tough in the context of W.

And it wasn't tough.

They won 129 to 93.

I guess I was confused, but it was inartfully crafted in my opinion.

Adam, I love you, buddy.

So that's probably more on me.

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How about some sports line picks?

Virginia minus five and a half minus 110.

That one courtesy of Chip Patterson.

Then Mikey B says Josh Gidey over 16 and a half rebounds and assists minus 110.

And the Edmonton Oilers money line plus 118.

That one courtesy of Jeff Hockman.

All right, ladies and gentlemen, we got to get to a break.

We're going to come actually Larry.

You go and we're going to come back with your pick as well, but Larry, go ahead.

Oh, yeah, you know, I've been looking at that NC State Virginia game.

That chip is referencing there and by all indications,

yeah, Virginia destroyed them.

I think it was 90 to 61 the last time.

They also won by 18 in Raleigh.

So they match up very well.

They probably should win and cover.

But I just kind of like how efficient NC State was yesterday.

They've already gotten their feet wet in this tournament.

They are, you know, they repeatedly said how embarrassed they were by Virginia.

I think Will Wade said if we played them 10 times,

I don't know if we could even beat them once.

I be careful on that one.

I think it's an NC State angle type of a play.

Interesting. I also feel like Virginia is just so under the radar,

not that they can win it all necessarily, but I think they could make a little bit more noise

than people think, just in general in the tournament.

Just my take there, ladies and gentlemen, we still got to come back with prop stars prop.

We got to come back with Larry's college basketball pick and a college basketball pick from me.

If I have anything on golf that I can update you on during the show, I'm going to do that as well

in terms of live outrights. But to be honest with you, I kind of want to wait till round one is over.

Kind of set the scene in terms of how round one went because it's hard to gauge the wind

and the weather right now might be easier to gauge on Friday in terms of like where

somebody's going to have an advantage after round one.

So I'm probably going to be especially with the Columnmore Caval Play wiped off the map.

I'm probably going to be making a live play.

So look out for that for probably after round one.

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Larry. I promised everybody would get another college basketball pick.

Talk to me about Auburn.

Yeah, I mean, Auburn has been kind of one of the most talked about teams

because of how mediocre their record is and sitting on the bubble.

They had a very impressive performance yesterday.

Even though it was against Mississippi State, they were down 10.

They came back. They blew them out in the second half.

So they are used to this court already in Nashville.

Now Tennessee comes in.

StarFreshman Nate Aiment expected to play even though he has a questionable tag.

He's been dealing with the high ankle sprain.

I don't like the way that that often can affect the team.

He's going to be unlimited minutes.

Is he going to be 100% effective?

What's it going to do to the rotation?

This is a Tennessee team that lost three of their final four going in

to the conference tournament.

The only win over South Carolina.

And Auburn has some bulletin board material in the fact that after that game,

in Knoxville, they lost 77.69.

They got killed on the glass.

There was some comments in the post game about Tennessee players kind of laughing

at this situation and how they dominated them physically.

So I think there's also a narrative angle for Auburn.

Auburn is desperate.

They want to leave no doubt that they can get.

And they will be in the tournament if they win this game.

I'll take the six and a half.

I play this down to six.

Very curious to hear what Tom thinks about this play.

But Auburn has a ceiling.

They beat Florida.

They beat Arkansas.

They beat Kentucky.

We also know they have a very low floor.

I'm betting on the ceiling performance today.

Tom, your thoughts on this one?

Yeah, these are, I would love to fade Tennessee for sure at some point.

I just can't trust Auburn.

The team they beat yesterday is such a corpse.

You know, if you said who are the two corpses entering tournament play,

it was Syracuse and Mississippi State.

Like those two teams couldn't wait for the season to get over.

So I think the matchup is pretty good for Auburn.

Like Larry said, I don't think they want to play, you know, teams that run.

They don't guard well in transition and that's not Tennessee.

So I could see this being kind of a slog of a closer game.

Like Larry said on the boards, I will say that there's going to be an opportunity

to fade whoever wins this game soon.

And that's what I'll be waiting for patiently.

And I'm going to be rooting for Larry's Auburn team to win outright,

because that is the team I would like to fade in the next round.

All right, well, I'll tell you who you don't want to fade as Mike McClure,

who is in the chat right now.

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Prop stars, let's get to some NBA fun.

I'm sure we have some NBA questions.

We got a lot of questions to answer some some college basketball and soccer

on the way on this show, but talk to me about Aaron Gordon.

Yeah, speaking of players to teams to fade,

I think fading Aaron Gordon right now makes a lot of sense.

I'm going to go under one and a half made three pointers for AG.

This is just a big number for Aaron Gordon, who's really not a great three point shooter.

He's also been on the shelf.

He had a hamstring injury.

Mid to late January.

He's just been back for three games.

Since he's been back, he's shooting two of nine for three,

only attempting under three and a half three pointers per game.

And that's just not a strength of Aaron Gordon's game.

Yes, he's capable of making a corner three.

But since January 1st, he's shooting sub 30% from three.

He got off to a really good start at the beginning of the season.

But we're talking about a career 33% shooter on fairly low volume over the course of his career.

As a result, this number is inflated.

A couple of that with the fact he's not playing big minutes right now.

His role and usage is also spotty as he gets back on the court.

He certainly looks rusty.

And then they're playing San Antonio, certainly are above average defense,

ranked third and defensive efficiency.

So yeah, just a tough matchup as well.

I just think this is a line that should have been a half a three pointer.

Not one and a half, so I'm willing to eat some significant juice here.

Because I think the edge is pretty pronounced.

I'll go under one and a half made threes for Aaron Gordon.

All right, we're going to get to some questions in a second.

I want to give out my play.

I saw Big Cheesy.

He's dropping a lot of picks, a lot of knowledge in the chat as well,

like he normally does.

He was talking about Miami Vohios game today.

And that actually leads me pretty well to my pick.

I'm going to take for the Mid-Atlantic winner for the Mac winner.

I'm going to go with Akron minus 115.

I mentioned this on, I guess it would have been Tuesday.

Tom, you were on the show.

And I mentioned how I just, I like Akron as a team better than Miami Vohio,

if they beat in the final, which of course they're projected to do.

I actually like Akron's path to the final a little bit better than Miami Vohios,

but that's not really where the analysis is.

They'll play Kent State, assuming they beat Buffalo today,

which they will by handling.

They'll get Kent State or Ohio in the second round.

And then they're probably going to face Miami Vohio.

I had the presence of mine to text Mike McClure this morning.

I said, okay, well, what does your models say about if Akron meets up with Miami Vohio in the final?

And Mike's got this at around four points, he said,

which we're looking at like a minus 170 minus 180 favorite potentially.

Even if it's three and a half, we're looking at like minus 165 minus 170 likely.

So I think that's where we're going to be.

I think we're going to see Akron and Miami Vohio.

And I think this minus 115 will look pretty good at that point

since Akron will be the deserving favorite in that game.

So Tom, if you don't mind, because I know you did say something

in response to this on Tuesday, but for those that didn't hear the audio podcast

or weren't watching live, how do you feel about just the idea of Akron and Miami

meeting in the final and the idea that Akron will be favored?

Not only will we be favored, I think we'll close four and a half

because people like me will consider a two-unit play on Akron.

I can tell you the biggest faking narrative that like coaches and players give fans

just from being in locker rooms.

It's we take it one game at a time.

That's such nonsense.

Akron has been waiting for them all season since they lost.

All you, they've been waiting in Miami of Ohio back in this tournament.

And I'm telling you, they're just going to beat them.

They're going to run them off the court.

They're going to blow them out.

I think they're miles better overall.

And this is no, listen, I know people have their thoughts on Miami Ohio.

I'm not saying that they're a good basketball team.

But where they struggle defensively,

Akron has not only improved since the first time they played.

They're elite in that area now.

And I think that's where Miami is going to struggle in that area.

So I like your pick here because I think, say the line opens up two and a half,

you're going to see all kinds of money coming in for that game.

Because they're not the only ones that I think who have been waiting for this one.

I think there's a few betters out there who've been waiting for Akron Miami in the finals.

So just to repeat for the audio listeners that aren't watching,

Akron to win the Mac at minus 115, let's see.

All good to you, Larry.

Do you have any thoughts on Kansas minus five and a half over TCU?

And then Tom, I'm going to ask you about that and Georgia minus five and a half.

I don't have it.

I don't have anything on Kansas.

But I kind of like Miami today now that they've gotten through the regular season.

They're playing the team.

They've already beaten twice.

I agree with Tom that Akron is on another level right now.

But I think Miami does get it done today coming up very shortly at 11 a.m.

Oh, wow.

That's right. 11 a.m.

Tom, any thoughts on Kansas minus five and a half or Georgia minus five and a half?

Yeah, I think the Kansas TCU game is one of the toughest games to to cap today.

Because TCU is great as an underdog.

They kind of play up to their competition.

They're coming in hot.

But I also think it's a good spot for Kansas.

They've been off for a while.

They had those two losses at the end of the year.

I could see them coming and focused.

That's a tough one, I think.

The Georgia game was that I went against Ole Miss yesterday.

Texas had all kinds of massive edges in that game.

But the one thing I remember, I love Texas in the matchup.

But the one thing that was in the back of my head was

when Watch Chris Beard went a couple games in this tournament with that awful basketball team.

And then they go out and they dominate Texas.

And they played Georgia.

And it was like 93, 92, 97, 95.

It was a crazy game.

I like the Ole Miss team total over.

Last time I saw it was under 80.

This is going to be back and forth.

I think Georgia is going to get them to run with them.

I kind of leaned taking the points with Ole Miss.

I thought they played really, really well yesterday.

Prop Stars, tailored winnings, acknowledges.

This is outside of your normal scope of picks here.

But he wants to know what you think about the Spurs and the Nuggets

under 238 and a half.

Yeah, that's a big line.

I definitely lean under.

I like the under there quite a bit.

As you mentioned, Denver playing last night.

Spurs also play at a slower pace.

Denver plays at a slower pace as well.

So yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

It does seem high.

Jeff Stanberg Martin wants to know,

are we betting Gank team total over one and a half at plus 150?

Yeah, I do like that.

If you're looking for a plus money play,

I think plus 150 suggests that there's about 40% chance of it paying off.

But I'd say it's closer to 50-50.

Gank have, I think they've gone over 1.5 team total

in seven of their last 10 games.

They're at home and they're playing against the Freiburg team

that are notoriously struggling defense.

I think they've conceded two or more goals

in four of their last five games.

So I should be in an open and entertaining one.

And yeah, I do like that.

Wouldn't go too crazy with my stakes.

But yeah, it looks like a good,

if you want to sprinkle on a plus money play, like it.

I want to shout out Bed MGM,

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You can find it minus 110 at Bed MGM.

It's minus 115 at some other major books.

Some major books have it at minus 130.

So I will tell you that as far as the major books is concerned,

Ryan pointing out that my number minus 115,

you can actually find something a little bit better.

And that's at Bed MGM.

So a good find there.

Let me see if we have any other questions here.

St. John's.

Big cheesy.

He likes St. John's minus 10 and a half.

Tom, any thoughts?

Well, when I wrote up my Yukon play,

I said, I'm not even going to try to overthink the Big East.

There's two teams, and then there's everybody else, right?

So if you're going to bet that that tournament,

it's going to be Yukon and St. John's.

That's the only guarantee I'm going to give you

on tournament for tournaments.

That's going to be the Big East final.

You can book it in.

So then it's just a matter of they cover.

Listen, I think St. John's and Yukon can beat these teams

by as much as they want.

It's either going to be St. John's or nothing.

I would not bet against either one of those two teams

in the Big East tournament.

Larry, I want to go to you.

I know you're responding to the chat here and there.

And I want to see if there's anything I missed

that maybe the audio listeners can get.

But before I do that, Ben,

do you mind popping up the graphic

in terms of what people are going to see

for March madness on this sportsline YouTube channel?

I can tell everybody that at 12 o'clock today,

we've got a show on CBS Sports Network

where we're going to see prop stars among others.

Tom, I think you're on that show.

Larry, you may be on that show as well.

Not 100% sure.

We're going to be talking NBA.

We're going to be talking March madness.

We've been talking a lot of things,

including a PGA update.

I'm going to be doing that segment with Mike McClure.

So maybe some live bets there.

But check this out.

March madness YouTube streams.

Friday, March 13th, we've got the conference tournament live

betting show at one o'clock.

So that's tomorrow at one o'clock.

We've got the early edge at 10.

And then we've got this show at one o'clock.

We're just going to be live betting.

These conference tournaments talking

about some of the games that are coming up that day.

Here's a big one.

Sunday, March 15th, early first round bets at 730.

So what happens is we've got the bracket

that comes out between six and seven.

And at 730, 30 minutes later,

we're already going to have a crew breaking down

the first round lines and talking about the bracket itself

in terms of teams advancing.

We'll have the bracket up for everybody.

But again, we'll be talking about first round games,

maybe getting some lines before they move dramatically.

And Wednesday, March 25th,

that sweet 16 betting stream at 4pm.

But just within the next few days,

we've got the Friday show at one

and we've got the Sunday show at 730.

You're not going to want to miss those.

Let's see.

Larry, was there anything in the chat that I missed?

Yeah, somebody mentioned Utah State UNLV,

which is a fascinating matchup given.

You want to be just destroyed them, 92, 65, probably what?

A week or so ago, 10 days ago,

they also won the game at Utah State.

Utah State, the best team in the conference,

but they can't beat UNLV yet.

All the money continues to come in on Utah State,

going up from, I think, six, six and a half now,

all the way up to seven and a half,

just a fascinating matchup.

The game is in Vegas as well.

But I think everyone is thinking there's no way Utah State's

going to let that happen a third time.

All right.

Good analysis there.

I'm getting conflicting reports on the Morakawa bets.

Of course, I have the Morakawa matchup.

I have Morakawa outright.

I've got them in a crazy parlay off from the early wedge.

Scott's need is saying,

Bet MGM has voided bets involving Morakawa,

but another person said,

I think maybe DK actually settled the bets in it,

and it was a loss.

So I don't know, maybe DK comes around

and changes their mind there.

Maybe it's probably too late,

but really good on Bet MGM.

If that's what's happening, I can't verify this.

If that's what's happening at Bet MGM,

I can't verify it in this moment is what I'm saying.

That would be really good, because that was,

I mean, if we're talking about just a tough luck thing,

he played one whole and then had to withdraw.

So I think that's going to be a loss on the recap screen tomorrow,

unless all the books come around to it,

but sometimes you've got that bad luck that happens in golf

and then every other sport prop stars.

Was there anything in the chat we need to get to

before we get to the recap screen?

Nothing in the chat.

I've just got a little furry friend right here.

Wow.

The one to say hello.

This is Osito.

I didn't even see him.

That's amazing.

He's gone now, unfortunately.

We have the one shot.

Martin Green, anything psycho-wise that I missed?

No, I think we've covered all the questions.

If anyone wants an extra pick,

go Coventry minus 1-1-5 to Beat Southampton at the weekend.

They're on a roll right now, killing everybody.

So they should beat Southampton minus 1-1-5.

All right, it looks like Jerry Adlin saying,

Fandall, it's a loss.

Looks like DK, it's a loss.

And it sounds like Bet MGM, Maracawa is a void,

which is really cool.

This is funny.

How golf hits yourself fast.

Ryan Spinger says,

Jonathan Vegas first round leader, 125 to one,

let's go, birdies.

Well, Johnny Vegas is minus three,

but he's putting for quadruple bogey right now.

So golf comes at you real fast,

and there's a reason that number was 125 to one more golf

on this 12 o'clock show on CBS Sports Network.

Let's get to the recap screen

and get everybody out of here.

Mac winner, Akron minus 115.

That tournament starts up today.

Akron playing Buffalo, a pretty big favorite there.

Cal State Fullerton plus one and a half minus 120.

That one from Tom Cassali, Auburn plus six

and a half minus 115.

That one from the Maestro Larry Hartstein

and Propstars has Aaron Gordon under one

and a half three point field goals at minus 152.

Martin Green, Stuttgart vs. Porto,

both teams to score minus 115.

Shout out buckets.

And Azee Aquamar,

Moneyline minus 110.

Aquamar, I got to mispronounce something.

Virginia minus five and a half minus 110

from Ship Patterson, that's a sports line pick

along with Josh Gidey over 16 and a half rebounds

and assists at minus 110.

That's from Mikey B, the UVA one from Ship Patterson.

Edmonton Oilers, Moneyline plus one 18

from Jeff Hockman,

that's a three pack of sports line picks.

A lot going on today.

Big cheesy says it always says good luck today fam.

Shout out to Propstar, shout out to Larry,

shout out to Tom, Martin Green,

and Ben on the ones and twos and threes and fours.

Have a great and profitable and positive Thursday.

Maybe we'll see you on CBS Sports Network from 12 to 1.

Either way, we'll see you back here tomorrow

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