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Great show for you lined up today.

Let's see how we did on yesterday's recap screen.

Is it another winning recap screen?

Yes, it is.

We go three and two.

I'll tell you what, five, we were five seconds away from four and one.

As that Alcorn state first half team total falls just short by the hook.

But we'll take three and two.

Shout out to A-mags who jumps onto the show and hits Dominican Republic over nine and

a half runs.

Shout out to Larry Hartstein as well.

Mikey Bee goes two for two.

And Mike McClure is in the chat.

Let's bring in the stars of the show.

That includes all of you in the chat.

Of course, Giuseppe Marichino.

Ryan is in here.

Scott Edwards.

We got Buck at Tom Cassali.

Propstars Jeff Hockman.

We've got so much to talk about, including a little bit of PGA, a lot of NBA,

college basketball, some sports line picks as well.

We're going to take your questions here on TalkBack Tuesday.

But Propstars, I have a question for you that has nothing to do with the Tuesday slate.

A ton happening in NFL free agency.

Open-ended question here.

Your reaction.

Yeah, first off, I love that recovering the NFL at this stage.

Of the offseason, though, but it's been absolutely fascinating, thus far,

seeing free agency, I look at a team like the Chiefs.

I haven't gotten a lot better.

I love the addition of Kenneth Walker to that backfield for Kansas City.

So that looks really good seeing a team like the Raiders be ultra-aggressive,

spending a lot, a lot of cap room.

They're working hard on improving that defense by Max Crosby having left,

which I thought they got a pretty great compensation, all things considered.

But they look to be a team certainly pointed in the right direction.

And even a team like the Miami Dolphins is very interesting.

I think they're fully committed to the rebuild.

If you're going to rebuild, you have to go all the way and really tear his down from zero.

So I like what the dolphins are doing here as well.

All right, a lot going on if you've got any comments or reactions to NFL free agency.

Put it in the chat, put it in the YouTube comments.

Zach Kassanki, Zach Kassanki says, good morning buckets.

What's that on your microphone?

This is a little Mickey Mouse soccer figure that Mike McClure sent me in the mail a few months

ago for good luck. And now he's sitting on the mic.

See you real quick.

Yeah.

If you'll give me a moment, you know that I hate to disrupt your flow.

It's not really my thing.

But can I address an elephant in the room real quick?

Sure.

All right, give me 10 seconds.

I'll be right back.

I mean, okay.

Jeff Hockman, what do we have to, we got Hockey today, right?

Yeah, we got Hockey.

A lot of day action with college basketball.

Nothing really stood out for me, but yeah, I'm stealing a little

system strategy from Tom and EC with a parlay.

And as we're waiting for buckets, Tom Kassali,

we are in the throes of conference championship season.

We got the big conferences starting.

We got the little conferences starting.

And what is going, what is that buckets?

See, uh, three weeks ago, you came on a show and made the statement

that guinea pigs aren't real pets and you shouldn't waste your time on them.

So I wanted to see if you still had the same opinion

while I'm watching Pony Boy here for my girlfriend while she's traveling.

Will you tell Pony Boy that he's not a pet?

Okay, first of all, that's not a guinea pig.

That's a lion.

Why is that thing so gigantic?

It's the, but I don't know.

Oh, I just peed on me.

He just peed on me.

Can you, quick, address the, address the allegations.

See, it's like you're a real pet.

Move along now.

Okay.

Cassali, talk to me about conference championship.

Do we have college basketball from you today?

Yeah, real pets are dogs.

That's, you want to go get a dog.

You don't need a snake.

You don't need a guinea pig.

You don't need a rabbit.

Get a dog.

Yeah, the, it's all week this week.

See, as you know, conference tournaments leading up to March madness.

So it's always a fun week.

I always say, listen, I love March madness.

That's, you know, I, I block off four days for March madness.

But I actually want to, in the, just the flow of the games,

I kind of like this week, even better,

because it starts right away.

And you got games every single day throughout the day.

So it's a fun week.

All right.

I think we should get started with some picks.

Larry Hartstein also in the chat.

That thing is not a pet.

By the way, you know, prop starts.

I know you took some offense to Tom's statement there.

I know you have a goose and company.

So we can address that at a later time.

Fuck, it's hopefully you are, you are okay here.

Michael Flores has boots on the ground at the big 12 tournament here in Kansas City.

Go ahead, fuck it.

With the boots on the ground.

I mean, are you like, are we standing here?

I was off camera.

I had to go put the piggy's back.

I thought you raised your hand.

No, I'm out of breath because I had to run to the kitchen and pack.

All right.

Well, you know who's not out of breath is Jeff Hockman.

Jeff Hockman, kick us off with some hockey.

You've got a couple of favorites that you like so much.

You kind of paired them together for a plus money parlor.

Yeah.

Thanks, see, I'm on Carolina and Tampa Bay both on the money line.

It makes it plus 110, which I think is a really good price.

And these two teams are in very similar spots.

So we have the hurricanes coming off the loss.

There are 11, 3 and 3 following a loss this season.

The penguins will be playing their third game in four days.

Never easy, right?

Carolina's five and no outscoring opponents 20 to 10

when they play a team in a three and four situation.

The matchup is also a revenge game for the hurricanes.

They lost five to one in Pittsburgh earlier this season,

December to be exact.

Carolina's 10, one and one in same season revenge games this season.

They're also 10 and five playing with two days of rest.

The hurricanes lead the league and shot differential plus 494.

Only Colorado is over plus 400 in the NHL this season.

I'm expecting a strong performance at home

where they are 23, 8 and 2.

Second leg of the parlay Tampa Bay Lightning.

They're home in two against the blue jackets this season.

Can't believe that, including an eight five loss on January 24th.

This setup benefits the home team.

The lightning are 12, 3 and 2 in same season revenge games this season.

The lightning are coming off an eight seven loss in Buffalo on Sunday

where they allowed a season high 42 shots on goal to be fair.

The loss came on the second night of a back-to-back in Toronto.

The lightning should bounce back.

They're 16, 4 and 3 following a loss this season.

Columbus has not defeated Tampa Bay three straight times since 2017

and they're coming off a overtime home loss on Monday.

Now they travel to Florida to face a motivated Tampa Bay squad.

I think this sets up really well for Carolina.

Tampa Bay to get the job done at home.

The parlay pays 110.

All right, we've got a Carolina Hurricanes,

Money Line plus Tampa Bay Lightning Money Line plus 110.

Parlay, the chat is there's so many random references

always in the chat.

Prop stars, this will get your attention.

MP Sefton, I think that's how you say your name says.

I saw Mike Bibby at my bar after Sacramento State crashed out of the big Sky

tourney.

Propy, before you give out your NBA pick, which you can do right now,

it is, I feel like a fun game is saying is like calling out

a point guard or a guard in the NBA that not a lot of people talk about.

I feel like Mike Bibby would fit that description of a guy that was really good,

but like everybody has forgotten.

I would agree. That was a great King's team as well.

One of the better teams in the Shack and Kobe era arguably

should have beat them.

But yeah, shout out to that King's team, Doug Christie, Chris Weber,

Vlady DeVac, Pacia Stoyacavitch, quite the starting five right there.

And sticking with the hoops here, let's go to the modern NBA Asia.

And I'm going to fade Dyson Daniels, one of my favorite players in the league,

going to go under 24 and a half points rebounds and assists.

Dyson Daniels really had a true breakout season last year,

won the most improved player, led the NBA and steals by a significant margin

with a total menace on the court.

He's been good this year, but it hasn't been quite the same production as scoring

as down as well, despite playing huge minutes for this Hawks team.

But yeah, 24 and a half PRA is just a big number for Dyson Daniels.

Two is credit, has eclipsed this before consecutive games,

which this why this line is a little bit inflated.

However, he's shooting 70% over that four game sample.

That's not sustainable. Dyson Daniels is a pretty streaky score.

And you couple that with the fact, if you look at this Hawks roster right now,

they have a deportation and they're playing quite a few high usage players.

So yeah, I just don't necessarily know that the shot volume is going to continue to be there

for Dyson Daniels to sustain a line this high for him.

Also, a couple that with the fact that the Atlanta Hawks are eight and a half point favorites

versus the Dallas at home tonight.

So there's some blowout potential here as well.

So just think it's a good spot to fade Dyson Daniels under 24 and a half points,

rebounds and assists.

And this is a great 11 game NBA slay.

I think I'll have some additional picks as the game progresses up on sports line.

And we'll have some answers to any questions you have in the chat as well.

Speaking of questions now, buckets and Tom,

we haven't gotten to your official picks yet.

But we do have some questions.

Buckets, I'll start with you from Steve Fulker.

It's Byron Moneyline plus both teams to scores plus 185, your thoughts.

Steve Fulker, I really like this bet.

But as I have not given up my picks yet,

I'm going to not tell you why I like it yet.

Wink, wink, teaser.

Kylie Reynolds, let's see.

Tom Cassali says, hey, Tom Syracuse plus five and a half SMU sucks.

Well, I think you could make the argument that Syracuse sucks.

Either way, what do you think of this five and a half points for Tom?

And then Jeff, if you have anything on this, please feel free to hand up.

Yeah, well, Kylie must not know my association with Syracuse.

Last, I'm a Syracuse fan and I joked in the discord.

They were six and a half point favorite over Pitt in the last game.

And I joked that when I first saw the line, I thought they were playing a scrimmage

against the local middle school.

That's how bad Syracuse is right now.

I get it.

SMU hasn't been playing well, but being close to Syracuse, maybe I'm being influenced here,

but there's a lot of issues going on in that program.

And you see it towards the end of the season.

I think the coach has gone.

It's a little high the line.

I just can't bet Syracuse.

I would lean more towards an over or an SMU team total over in that game to be honest.

That way, you don't have to mess with the line.

Yeah, SMU team total seems like an appropriate play, Jeff, anything on that game.

Yeah, my model had it at four and a half last night.

Is it really up to five and a half now?

I think it might have been four and a half yesterday, the actual line.

That's crazy because both teams don't play any defense.

And I just hate laying points with teams that don't really want to play defense.

Yeah.

I would lean SMU first half, consider that one.

Interesting.

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One from Chip Patterson.

I think he's got a couple up on the site,

including what I really like that I'm going to ask Tom about in a few minutes.

Northwestern minus six minus one 10 that again from Chip Patterson.

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Here's the sports line question, courtesy of Ben.

Did you ever own a fish, guinea pig snake growing up?

Yes, 42% no, 58% buckets your response.

I feel like throwing fish in there was a mistake,

because I think probably out of that 41%

38 of them are fish, because everyone had a fish growing up.

So thank you for the poll, Ben.

But I feel like it's a little skewed,

you know, anti-guinea pig propaganda there.

Yeah, I feel like you could have taken like,

this goldfish was like a thing for so many people.

If it were guinea pig snake or like fair it, that type of, maybe iguana,

I know people who had iguanas.

Would that be like 15% or less you think buckets?

I'd put the over under like 16 and a half percent,

yeah, somewhere around there.

All right, Tom, did you ever have one of these growing up?

Oh, I had a fish, but I guess I am.

You know, that's...

And probably listen, cat is an acceptable pet.

The, I am just not a cat guy,

because I don't like things jumping at my head.

You know, both my kids want a cat.

And I just say, listen, when I was younger,

I used to lay on the couch and the cat would jump at my head.

So, yes, dog and cat are both acceptable pets.

I went dog because that's what I have.

But yeah, I agree with you.

I think fish, I just, here's what gets me, you know,

a few weeks ago, I see somebody walking down the street

with a pig with a collar and a leash.

And that's not sense.

It's a pig.

You know what I mean?

Like, that's where I get a little annoyed.

I've never seen that before.

Go ahead.

It's a pig.

They're island animals, very sensitive as well.

So, I agree, Tom, for the majority that a lot of

are not pets, but I think pigs actually can be a rare exception.

Jeff Hockman.

Yeah, I had a fish, but like, don't people have more than one fish

because when it dies, the parents just replace the fish

and you think it's the same fish?

It was always the same fish, Jeff.

Why, like, do you want to tell me about Christmas too

in Santa Claus?

Like, why are you breaking it?

I always the same, that's right.

So, yeah, my bad.

All right, let's get to some more pigs.

Buckets will, you know what, let's go to Tom's pick first.

And then, because I have a little bit of a discussion

on one of those two money line parlay pieces

and then buckets will get to your three pack of soccer picks.

Tom, go ahead.

Yeah, first of all, Jeff, I can tell you as a dad right now,

owning a fish is the biggest scam on earth.

You should see all the stuff I got to buy.

I got to buy this.

I got to buy plant.

I got to buy plant food.

I said to my wife, we used to just get a bowl

and fill it up with it with sink water and throw the fish.

So, I'm spending hundreds of dollars

so we can replace the fish every three weeks.

All right, going into the picks.

Oh, and here's a guard that didn't quite make the NBA.

I had a prediction that he would be

a multi NBA all star.

He was not.

So, yeah, you might remember him.

God, Sham God.

I put him in the chat.

Tom, I believe in the chat five minutes ago.

I can't believe of all the guards.

That's who you reference.

That's amazing.

I remember God, Sham God, of course.

Yeah, well, I loved them during the NCAA tournament

and a buddy of mine said,

this guy's never going to make the NBA.

He can't shoot.

But I think I was up money, you know,

and I was like, I'll bet you right now $100.

This guy's a multi NBA all star.

I don't think you ever got the $100,

but you get where I'm going.

So tonight, listen,

my games that I like are more Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

this week.

So, I put together a par late tonight

with a team Virginia Tech and then Kentucky tomorrow.

These are two teams I like to win.

I gave it out at plus 39 on the site.

You look at Virginia Tech.

They have suffered a ton of close losses.

Out of their 10 ACC losses,

six are by four points or fewer.

I think they believe their tournament team,

those are the type of teams I like going into this first game

or teams that still are playing for something.

Wake Forest hasn't been as great away from home.

So while this is a two and a half point line,

I went with the money line and then I teamed

them with Kentucky.

A team I don't necessarily like

and don't think they'll last long

on the SEC tournament,

but I like their first round draw against LSU,

dealing with a bunch of injuries throughout the year.

They really only have one score in McMahon.

So I don't think it's a team that can really hurt,

can talk you that badly.

I know it was a one point game way back when,

but that's when LSU had players.

So I think those two teams win.

And another game I'll give you,

because this game came out later in the night

before I set everything in.

So I don't bet the big sky much,

because of the variance.

So I bet it once all season.

Eastern Washington is nine and one in their last 10 games.

Guess the one I bet.

They lost to Idaho 85, 81 at home when the game was tied

with a minute and a half to go.

And I'm not kidding you.

Idaho hit four straight threes in a minute and a half.

Idaho hit four straight threes.

So nine and one last 10.

This spreads pretty much close to even.

I think Eastern Washington gets them this time tonight.

I think Eastern Washington's going to win this tournament

after a slow start.

They've really started playing well.

So you can get that at about minus one and a half if you're interested.

Two quick things.

Some breaking news regarding Duke starting point guard Caleb Foster.

Before we get to that,

I just want to stick with Virginia Tech just for a second time.

Minus two and a half.

I really like tech in this spot.

How about you?

I mean, obviously you like the money line,

but tell me about the actual spread.

Yeah, no, I was really looking at it.

You know, their best player heard his leg last game.

You know, Amani Handsbury.

And I think that's why we haven't seen any line movement.

You can't get any injury information.

You know, the coach said he's doing good.

We're hoping he's going to play.

He had a limited practice.

So that was the reason why I stayed away from the two and a half.

If I knew he was going to play,

I probably would have laid it.

But we're probably not going to know if he's going to play

until, you know, 30 minutes before the game.

Okay.

Well, we know Caleb Foster is out for the duration of the season.

Duke's starting point guard, according to Dylan Barraquette,

says Caleb Foster suffered a fractured foot.

And I'm reading that he just had surgery on it on Sunday.

Tom, your reaction to that?

Yeah, it's big.

You know, I would say in college basketball,

which is a lot different than the NBA,

the one person you don't want to lose before a tournament

is the ball handler.

Is the guy who's running the offense.

Because there's most teams don't have a ton of those guys.

You saw Michigan lose their backup point guard,

and they struggle with turnovers.

So that's something now you look at with two top teams.

One lost their main ball handler,

and the other one lost their backup point guard.

And that's all they have.

They only have one guy who can Michigan,

who can run the offense.

So I think that's an issue now for both of those teams moving forward.

All right.

Let's move on to soccer.

We got a lot of questions to answer as well.

Buckets, you're usually leading us off.

Now you're, well, I've got to pick two.

So you're not exactly at the end here,

but talk to me about you've got a three pack of soccer picks.

I got a three pack of soccer plays for the Champions League

fixtures taking place this afternoon,

which of course you can be watching over on Paramount Plus.

Doing that because Chip normally does that,

but trying to, you know, fill in three big games here this afternoon.

Actually, we have four big games,

but three big bets for us.

And we're starting with this match up as Galatasaray

of the Turkish Super League will host Liverpool.

And it's an important, it's an, it's an important reminder

to everyone.

These are two leg competitions,

which means each match up.

You play one game at home and one on the road,

whoever has the total highest amount of goals

will advance and qualify for the next round.

I say that because when Liverpool

traveled the Rams Park to take on Turkey,

their goal is not to win here.

Their goal is to keep this as close as they can.

So in that second leg,

they can come back home to Anfield,

come back to England in front of their supporters,

their fans, and have a big second leg

where they blow this out of the water.

That is why I think this line is disrespectful.

Galatasaray double chance.

So Galata win or draw is even money right now.

Welcome to Hell is their slogan for teams

that travel to play at the Rams Park.

This is a team that does so good at home.

And then on the road, not really so much here,

but I'm expecting a close fought game

and I'm expecting Galatasaray to at least

be level at the end of this first leg

with the talent they have playing at home.

Second match, we go to Newcastle versus Barcelona.

This is one of the ties

that is a bit more up in the air.

A lot of the matchups we have in the round of 16,

like Arsenal, Leverkusen, Bayern, Adelanta,

are pretty big favorites,

but this one could go either way.

With that being said,

I just think Luminium all is too good right now

for anybody to mess with.

I'm on Barcelona over one and a half team total at minus 125.

It's a little bit of juice here,

and I know that this is Newcastle at home

under the European lights at St. James's Park.

I just don't care.

Newcastle this season have been awful defensively.

Their last three home games saw them concede

two to Carabag, three to Brentford, and three to Everton.

So playing at home, which is usually a big deal for them,

just doesn't seem to matter right now.

And Barcelona under Hansi Flick plays such a dangerously high line.

This is a team that can score two or three against anyone,

and I think they're going to kill this tie in the first leg.

Third and final bet, Adelanta, the last remaining light,

the hope beacon for Syria takes on Bayern Munich

and boy are they in trouble.

This Adelanta team defensively does not have what it takes,

even at home in a two-legged competition

to stop Bayern Munich from scoring.

That front three of Harry Kane, Louis Diaz,

and Michael Alise, are probably the best attacking trio

in the entirety of European football right now.

So I love goals in this fixture.

Both teams have scored an over two and a half at minus 120.

I don't hate Steve Fulkert's bet of both teams

score a money line Bayern.

If you wanted plus 180, a different way to take it.

But Adelanta know they have to make something happen at home.

They're going to press for goals.

They're going to concede at least two here.

This is the game to where if we saw a five-two

kind of score line at the end,

I'm not shocked here by any means.

All right, we got three picks from Buggert's prop stars.

We got some questions in the chat.

Booker over 34 and a half points rebounds and assists.

Any thoughts here?

Yeah, I'd lean over on that.

I like that quite a bit.

Kevin Buggert from playing a very good basketball.

Obviously a high usage player as well.

Looks to be a competitive game environment

versus the Buggert here.

So yeah, that's a look I like.

All right, let's see.

Let me see on Tom Thoughts on Gonzaga minus seven and a half

and Cianna plus three and a half.

The Cianna game I think is going to be a close game.

Miramax, the best team in that conference.

I think Cianna matches up well with them.

The Gonzaga lines I think.

So I like them in this spot, but seven and a half.

I always take the underdog there.

I would, that's one of those where I would actually like

Gonzaga and a money line Parley and I would like the spread

with taking seven and a half.

I just think that numbers too high.

I would make it closer to four and a half or five

and a half to be honest with you.

Jeff, do you have any reaction to either of those two

or Baylor minus two and a half against Arizona State?

A lot of people asking about Arizona State today.

Yeah, the Gonzaga line is way too high.

I would have it at four, four and a half.

So I would lean to St. Mary's there.

Which, which was the other game, Cianna?

Baylor, Arizona State, two and a half.

Baylor, Arizona State, a Baylor.

I lean Baylor at minus two and a half.

Absolutely.

My model makes it four.

Wow.

Tom, any thoughts on that one?

Yeah.

I tell you, I don't like when the coach is fired, right?

I go the opposite way.

I think those kids love Hurley to be completely honest with you.

I think Arizona, I think he's one of those

ones.

If the coach is somebody that kids hate, I try to stay away

from that situation.

I think there's too many variables to try to win at betting

anyway.

And then you throw in.

We just announce that the coach is leaving at the end of the year.

And think about it.

How many times have we seen in the last few years, a coach?

Well, he's gone at the end of the year.

We saw it with Long Beach State.

Remember that they won the tournament?

And they ended up going to the NCAA.

I don't think Arizona State's going to win the tournament,

but I would expect a pretty good effort out of them.

I originally leaned bailer in that game, though.

Go ahead, Jeff.

Rick Funcannon was asking Tom about a conference

championship bet that he likes.

One that I was looking at, and when

like Tom's thoughts on it as well, was Saint John's.

There are plus 170 to win the biggest tournament.

Yukon is like right around even money.

I don't think the difference in these two teams

should be that much of a spread there.

Like Saint John's beat Yukon in the first game, right?

They ended their 17-game winning streak.

And then Yukon got revenge in the second matchup.

I think they won by 32 points.

And it's at Madison Square Garden, right?

And Saint John's won the biggest tournament last year.

They got snubbed two years ago and didn't make the big dance.

Of course, they're going to make the big dance this year.

But I would need Saint John's at plus 170.

What do you think, Tom?

Yeah, no.

I like that play because if there's one conference tournament

where I can tell you what the final is going to be,

that's the one.

They might as well play that game tomorrow.

There's no other team in the big east

going to compete with those two.

And I think where you're seeing this

is because a house Saint John's lost,

missed their last 24 shots or whatever it was, got blown out.

But at the end of the day, a loss is a loss.

It doesn't, I mean, Saint John's dominated them

in the first game, pulled away.

You know what I mean?

So I think that's what you're looking at

is the ugliness of that loss, concerns people.

But you're going to get that on a neutral core.

I think that's going to be a razor-tight game.

I agree.

I think the odds should be a little closer.

Mike McClure in the chat says Kansas

to win the big 12 at plus 8.50 is solid value.

It's a home game for the J-Hawks.

He says, one more in buckets than we have a question

from snug the cat, then we'll get to the recap screen.

Oh, I'll give out my pick as well very quickly.

But Akron to win the Mid-Atlantic.

That seems like it's in that minus 110,

minus 120 range somewhere in between.

I feel like Akron, especially,

we're talking neutral core here,

is just better than Miami, Ohio.

Their path seems to be pretty easy.

Your thoughts there?

Listen, I feel like sometimes you get these teams

who haven't lost either all year or in a while.

And it almost looks like they're dying to lose a game,

right?

You can see it's coming.

And I mean, Ohio had all, it was all there for them.

The guy, you know, missed a shot at the end,

it went in overtime, it went in overtime,

you knew Miami was gonna win that game.

I think Akron is the better team.

I think Akron has had this game,

potential game circled for a long, long time.

And I'm gonna go this far.

I think Akron blows him out.

I don't think the game's close.

I think they're gonna beat him by double digits.

So do you think them winning the Mid-Atlantic

at around minus 115?

Do you think that's a good enough number to better know?

Ah, yeah.

I mean, I don't know, they're not Michigan.

You know what I mean?

Like yesterday, you could have got better odds on Michigan.

So I might just wait for the championship game

and bet that.

Yeah.

Prop starts, go ahead.

I've been thinking about underrated point guards

since you brought up Mike Bibby.

I have three names for you.

Rod Strickland, Andre Miller, Kevin Johnson,

three of the most underrated point guards

of the past couple of decades.

Yeah, nobody talks about those guys.

I put Rod Strickland and I literally put two names

in the chat, which you guys didn't see.

It was Godsham God in Rod Strickland.

And you guys have to pick two of those names,

which is unbelievable.

Put your favorite, you know, underrated guard

in the chat buckets.

What are your thoughts on Atlético Madrid

over one and a half team total of minus one, 15?

Thank you.

I thought you were going to ask my favorite guard.

And I don't.

I can't name one.

So that's great for me.

Snug the cat.

It's a very interesting question

because this line last night, I wanted to play it.

It was minus 160 and you're right.

This is down to minus 110 on some sports books,

which is crazy line movement overnight,

especially considering there's been no injuries

that have been announced for Atlético Madrid.

What we might be seeing is that Romero and Van Daven

are both backed defensively for Spurs.

So maybe books are thinking it's going to be

a bit of a tighter backline.

And they're going to try to keep this more of a cagey one-hill

kind of game.

I think it's great value.

If this was minus 15 yesterday,

it would have been one of my bets for today.

And it's something that I'm going to take now as well here.

Somebody in the chat mentioned Mahmoud Abdul Raouf,

who I guess was also Chris Jackson,

reminds me of Khalid Al-Amin, the Yukon guard.

He did have a stint in the NBA, right?

Everybody I'm pretty sure.

Gilbert Arena is being mentioned.

He still gets talked about because he's in media,

but yeah, that's a certainly an underrated guy.

At least when he was in his prime buckets, go ahead.

I saw this in the chat.

It said, I'm looking to fade.

I read it as I'm looking to fade buckets.

No MPJ.

MPJ is really good.

Any thoughts?

And my brain turned off because I couldn't figure out

who MPJ is.

But what do you guys think about fading the bucks?

That might make a little more sense

in the basketball world.

Probably.

What about fading the bucks?

I'm looking at fading the bucks.

No, Michael Porter Jr.

I don't know what the number is, so sorry.

Yeah, see buckets, this is why you don't play host.

You know, this is like, let's say the numbers eight.

Eight, does that sound good?

Yeah, that's very good.

That's probably what it's around.

Buckets with love, Mugsy Boog says,

Danny Brasco, Brandon Roy, who of course

had to retire early because of those injuries

for the trailblazers.

He was a great, great player as well.

My play, I'm going to be really quick here

because the full analysis is going

to be on the early wedge tonight at seven o'clock.

But you know, last week, I backed Colin Moorakawa

in pretty much every way possible and outside

of the outright itself, every other ticket cashed.

We're going to do it again.

This one's over at DK.

It's round 118 hole matchups.

It's not in the typical matchup section.

You got to find round 118 hole matchups.

And you'll find Colin Moorakawa minus 122

of a Russell Henley.

Again, I'm going back to the guy that I think is playing

better golf.

Mike McClure talked about it yesterday as well.

Better golf than most people on the PGA tour.

If you're not named Scotty Sheffler, Roy McElroy,

Colin's playing better than you.

So Russell Henley's been a little off

with the approach play in particular.

He's going to be just fine at this course.

He's not going to have a bad tournament.

But I don't think he's going to have the tournament

that Colin Moorakawa is going to have.

Good chance Colin Moorakawa is one of my first round leaders

more on that on the early wedge tonight

on this YouTube channel at seven o'clock.

But give me Colin Moorakawa in a round 118 hole matchup,

minus 122 over Russell Henley.

Fogo picks, he has a Warakawa face tattooed on his bicep.

Well, that might be coming, but we'll see.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's get to the recap screen

and get everybody out of here.

Try to get to a lot of your questions

on Talk Back Tuesday.

But here are our official picks.

Colin Moorakawa minus 122 over Russell Henley.

Like I just discussed, Galtosari versus Liverpool,

Galtosari, double chance, even money.

New Castle versus Barcelona.

A Barcelona over one and a half team, total minus 125.

And Adalana versus Bayern.

Both teams score a plus over two and a half goals,

minus 120.

We go to the parlay world with Virginia Tech Moneyline

plus Kentucky Moneyline plus 139.

That one from Tom Cassali, but he discussed a lot of other picks

on this show along with Jeff Hockman.

Jeff Hockman has an NHL Parlay Moneyline style

Caroline Hurricanes Moneyline plus the Tampa Bay Lightning Moneyline.

That one plus 110.

Prop stars Dyson Daniels under 24 and a half points.

We bounce it assist at minus 114.

Then we go to some sports line picks.

We got a couple here Northwestern minus six minus 110

from Chip Patterson.

And Cincinnati minus 10 and a half minus 110 from Micah Roberts.

Monte Ellis.

You love, I mean, Monte Ellis, we all thought Monte Ellis

was better than Steph Curry in the late 2000s.

By we all, I mean me, I still was not a believer in Steph Curry

in the 2008, 2009 range.

Monte Ellis was super fast Baron Davis and other guard.

We can do this all day.

Put your guard in the YouTube comments.

Thank you, Jeff Hockman.

Thank you, prop stars.

Thank you, buckets.

Thank you.

What was the buckets?

What was the lion's name, the dog's name that you held up?

The pony boy or PB for short.

I mean, why would that be a pet's name?

The outsiders.

Oh, that's on me.

That's on me.

Yeah, see it in to get a pop culture reference.

How embarrassing, see?

Well, first of all, you've never even heard of the outside.

I have no idea what it's for.

Okay, please.

Thank you, Tom Cassali.

Thank you, Ben, on the ones and twos at the recent force.

And thank you, Ron Moore, for saying that you appreciate us

and you appreciate this show.

To be the positivity you want to see, you woke up.

That's a blessing to start.

Says Cleveland Cloud.

Yeah, stay positive, everybody.

Eric Snow.

Wow.

That is a deep cut from Brasco.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's have a great Tuesday.

We'll see you tomorrow or we'll see you tonight on the early wedge at seven o'clock.

Either way, have a great day.

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