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Finally got to meet and hang with my guy
@brentmusburger
today a perfect end to a weekend in Vegas
@VSiNLive
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From
@VSiNLive
Tourney Guide:
Teams that didnt make conference tourney championship game are on first round slide of 18-36 ATS (33%) vs conference champs
On notice: Miss St, V-Tech, LSU, Marquette, Texas Tech, Virginia, Wisconsin, K-State, Purdue, Iowa, UNC, Ohio St, Kentucky
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NFL Week 1 favorites of 6-points or more that lost their game have bounced back with a record of 13-3 SU & ATS (81.3%) in week 2 since '02 - See 16 other similar systems, with the qualifying teams, in my article in this weeks Point Spread Weekly
@VSiNLive
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💯
To Dan's surprise we found that
@BrentMusburger
is not in the
@ProFootballHOF
, so he's making it his business to get him in.
@FBLasVegas
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25 years ago today, I had the honor of marrying the most beautiful, kindhearted, amazing woman in the world. Grateful for God's blessing since & yet to come! 🙏🇺🇸💥🍾
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Happy B-Day to my buddy
@ajmakinen4
!!! Has it really been 18 years already?😢 ~ proud & loving dad...
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My Guy in the Desert
@brentmusburger
giving a shout out to
@MuskegoHSFB
before Friday’s semifinal win!!!
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I've been doing college hoops power ratings for over 10 years now. After last night's rout loss to Grand Canyon, and the corresponding adjustments, Mississippi Valley State's rating of 44.5 is officially the lowest I've had any team in that span 🏀
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Two huge trends from my
@VSiNLive
early mid-major conf tourney trends piece in play today (late MM's & P6 now posted):
L10 years CAA, fav's of -2.5 to -3.5 are perfect 18-0 SU & 17-0-1 ATS!
*UNCW -2.5
Favs in MVC title game have won L12 SU & are 11-0 ATS since ’13!
*Ind St -2.5
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In each of the past three seasons around New Year's, I've been able to pinpoint the eventual NCAA tourney champ using my Shared Traits Analysis. UConn was 20-1 at this time in '23. Here is this year's analysis:
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Super proud of this young man on his graduation today and in reaching a college/athletic goal in the face of countless obstacles...Love ya
@MitchMakinen
, excited for the future
#bestisyettocome
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@VSiNLive
More interesting NFL season finale week trends, from the "old days" when it was week 17, not 18
- Since 2010, HOME TEAMS with <=5 wins going into 16th game: 36-18 ATS
- in same span/situation, ROAD TEAMS with <=5 wins: 17-33 ATS
This week Home: HOU, JAX, NYG, DET
Road: NYJ, CAR
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Conference tourneys start tonight, let the madness begin!
Check out my piece on early mid-major tourney trends, among highlights...
· Home teamss priced as <=5-point favorites (incl. dogs) are 18-0 SU & 17-0-1 ATS in Horizon since '14
via
@vsinlive
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Reliving a birthday tradition at
@BWWings
. Happy 14th to my baby, Molly Mak 😢. Bring back the Buffalo hats!
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Extremely proud of my college graduate (Biology)!
@alimak27
Unfortunately...virtual graduation 🥲 Thank you
@saintpetersuniv
for four quick memorable years. On to LaCrosse for grad school
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Key Saturday trends from
@VSiNLive
conference tourney trends pieces:
*AAC title game UNDER 6-2-1
*Big West dogs <=7: 32-19-3 ATS
*MAAC title favs 8-1 SU & 7-2 ATS
*MEAC champ game 8-1 UNDER
*Mtn West L5 title game UNDER's
*SWAC title favs 2-9 ATS
*WAC champ favs 10-2 SU & ATS
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In my
@VSiNLive
PSW30 Potential Surprises article I called out 6 underdogs with big experience edges for the NCAAs. Four have already played, ALL FOUR won (Norfolk St, Texas Southern, Wisconsin, North Texas. The other two today: Abilene Christian (vs Texas), UCSB (vs Creighton)
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Had the privilege of battling this beast today...what a rush
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Been repping the Peacocks all day in honor of my daughter’s
@alimak27
alma mater...gotta admit for a strange looks all day but well worth it! 🏀
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From my Pre-Bye Week Systems Article a few weeks back in
@VSiNLive
Point Spread Weekly: "Play OVER the total in Monday Night Games featuring a team heading into their bye week. (Record: 37-12 since ‘97, 75.5%, +23.8 Units, 48.6% R.O.I., Grade 75)" - Saints off Wk6 after MNF
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Somehow or other, my wife convinced me to do a yoga session with her this morning...clearly my poses didn't look like those of the instructor on the video, and I have a new appreciation for people with flexibility. UGH 🤣
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Thankful. (Except for having to put in 3.1 miles on Thanksgiving morning) 😃
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"Your Bowl Guide is Ready" Some of the sweetest holiday season words you'll hear 🏈🍺🎄🎅
@VSiNLive
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This week's bullpen system results, coming off solid week highlighted by huge 15-3 (+13.2 units) performance by better SM Bullpen teams riding 3-game win streaks
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My huge NFL Wild Card Trends piece is out, among highlights:
WC home favs of >=9.5 pts won L14 going 13-1 ATS (93%)-ATS L was BUF LY
Sunday hosts 17-20 SU & 13-23-1 ATS (36%) skid
#3
seed favs of <=3 (or dog) lost L12 & are 1-14 SU & 2-13 ATS since 04
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Had great time with
@spshoot
and
@mattyoumans247
on Between the Sidelines in
@VSiNLive
studio yesterday!
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Thank you everyone!!!! Support in Muskego is amazing!
@ajmakinen4
&
@RJBosshart_
win high school POY!!!
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So good
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Continued devaluing of education...very nice. NFL & NBA: please just end the nonsense, create a minor league system for your sports and allow those who don't care about the education to "get paid'. Oh, and BTW, front of the jersey matters in college, not back.
BREAKING: Gov. Newsom HAS signed a bill that would allow California athletes to earn money from the use of their names, images and likenesses, despite warnings from the NCAA that the measure would upend amateur sports
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Check out my latest piece on College Basketball Betting Splits Handicapping Concepts, featuring nine different strategies that have emerged in 2023-24 season. Some very interesting data on games with ranked team(s)
via
@vsinlive
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Conference title game scoring trend: Magic point total for road teams=20 points. Visitors scoring 20+points are 15-9 SU & 19-4-1 ATS when they reach that mark since ‘98. When <20 points, road record has dropped dramatically to 2-22 SU & 5-19 ATS since ‘95.
Can TEN or GB hit 20?
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Last bowl season, the 14 teams I put on the HOT list went 11-3 SU & 9-4-1 ATS, the teams on NOT list 8-12 SU but 11-9 ATS. On totals, the 12 teams on Over runs went 9-3 OVER, while the 10 on Under runs were 8-2 UNDER.
The 2023-24 lists are here:
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Not only Final Four today but another full day or wire-to-wire baseball betting:
VSiN Analytics MLB Betting Trend Report – April 6 via
@vsinlive
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Amazing high school football game, Two elite teams, crazy atmosphere,, comes down to the final play.
ICYMI here is how
@MuskegoHSFB
sealed its 28-27 win over
@cmhfootball
. Memorial’s 2pt conversation is stopped by No. 30 Lenny Roecker and a host of others.
#wisfb
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Miracles of technology, mass from the couch in these difficult times 🙏
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For those partaking in NBA today, from
@VSiNLive
PSW team reports: 1) Milwaukee is 5-2 OVER on 2-days rest, avg 119.9 PPG 2) LA Lakers are just 5-11 ATS on1-day rest (8-8 ATS otherwise) Utah 2-4 SU & ATS on 2-day rest scoring 103.9 PPG (6.4 below average) Merry Christmas wagering
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Finding some footing with our bullpen systems for the '24 season. Better bullpen dogs and teams on winning streaks coming off winning weeks...
MLB Bullpen Betting System Update via
@vsinlive
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Front row at mass, so this is what it looks like way up here 😃. Merry Christmas!
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With totals now 8-0 OVER in NFL preseason, a reminder from my article in
@vsinlive
PSW51 this week: Since 2010, the number 37 has proven to be a benchmark in NFLPS totals. Totals <37 have now gone OVER at rate of 58.3% (263-188). Those >=37 have gone UNDER at 57.1% clip (496-373)
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MLB Bullpen Systems update coming out this afternoon on
@VSiNLive
. STREAK & DOG systems surging. Hopefully my loyal VSiN guys have been hitting em'. After 7-1 record, my better rated bullpen teams are now 46-10 for +36.1 units in stopping 3-game losing skids.
LAA in play Monday
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End of Yankees slump today? System from my
@vsinlive
PSW52 article on Yankees (vs TB): MLB hosts off game in which they had <=4 hits have rebounded w/ 481-396 (54.8%) record in next contest since start of '19 season. Result - profit of 49.04 units for backers & R.O.I. of 5.6%.
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First MLB Analytics Report for the season is live! Will be an expanded report for 2024, including the new DK Betting Splits Systems ⬇️
VSiN Analytics MLB Betting Trend Report – March 28 via
@vsinlive
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Embarrassed to say I left this game in the top of the 9th...😂
#neveragain
A WALK OFF GRAND SLAM FOR DANIEL VOGELBACH
Brewers ML (-242) ✅
Over 7.5 ✅
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Interesting NFL wk 11 situation w/Giants (Was) & Titans (Jac) facing 3rd straight road games
Teams doing this are
46-79 SU & 56-68-1 ATS (45%) since '00 (2-5 SU & ATS LY), incl 15-32 SU & 20-27 ATS (43%) division games
Also, 1-20 SU & 9-11-1 ATS (45%) as dogs of 7+ since '10
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Way to go Sarah!
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Just wrapped up piece for
@VSiNLive
on CFB Season Finale systems. Among the findings:
Since '15, teams trying to clinch bowl bid (5 wins), when facing teams w/better records in season finales have gone 25-40 SU but 39-24-2 ATS (61.9%).
* 7 other systems & qualifying teams*
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A.J. Makinen comes up big for Muskego plus other boys basketball highlights from Jan. 11 via
@journalsentinel
- Thrilling win Warriors !
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Just found out some guy 2000 miles away cashed in my
@BWWings
Blazin' Rewards points??? Like 7500+ of them. How does that happen? Seems like an inside job...🤨
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I have introduced a new College Basketball strength rating metric called the Game Grade Forecast Rating
Read all about it ⬇️ and find the current GGF's for the 68 tournament teams
via
@vsinlive
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Jump Around not quite the same at Camp Randall without fans :-(
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Was asked to dig this up: Early college basketball trend to watch - in these back-to-back games that some conferences are running, through Wednesday of 2020-21 season, the team that lost the first game is 82-67 ATS (55%) in the second (27-17 ATS, 61% if favored)
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Up next...Daytona 500 on Sunday. Read my betting preview, filled with my picks for series title and Daytona winner, as well as links to the season's first race simulation
via
@vsinlive
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Metallica playing the national anthem at game 3 of the finals! Rock on!
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Me and the fam, second deck third row, arms open high and wide, watching Sal Frelick’s first career HR land 25 feet away …
#brewcrew
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GREAT ISSUE...if I can say so myself 🏀
Our latest issue of Point Spread Weekly is out!
Over 90 pages to help with your sports handicapping this week.
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Today's MLB Analytics Report is live, including a new section at the top called "AJ's Angles" where my son A.J., who helps put together the reports each day, handicaps his favorite angles:
May 10) via
@vsinlive
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Two NFL extreme systems live week 10:
* Teams that lose SU as double-digit divisional favorites respond with 12-2 SU & 11-3 ATS record in next game since '15
- BUF vs Min
* Teams that lost, scored <=7 pts & had <=10 first downs on run 30-14 ATS as dogs next game.
- INDY @ LV
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Muskego springs upset over Arrowhead, but Warhawks receive help to clinch share of Classic 8 title via
@journalsentinel
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My next NFL postseason piece in series: Divisional Playoff Round Betting Trends:
Big one for '24: Road teams have been worthy bets in this round when underdogs in +3.5 to +9.5 range, going 26-16-1 ATS (61.9%) in the L43 tries (14-29 SU).
via
@vsinlive
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Interesting angle for first MLB game (12:15 CT)
Teams playing at home vs. same team after blowout loss of 7+ runs have been solid wagers over the L5+ seasons, going 322-295 (52.2%) for +40.74 units, R.O.I. of 6.6%.
Play: STL (-115 vs AZ)
via
@vsinlive
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Just wrapped up this week's tallying of the MLB Bullpen Systems. Another big week - all six drill down systems continue their patterns of success. As such I called this week's update "stacking profits"
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Here are my percentage chances to reach the CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS by power ratings (will update next week):
AFC
KC 67.2%
BUF 51.7%
PIT 29.0%
BAL 27.6%
TEN 15.8%
IND 10.2%
CLE 4.5%
NFL
GB 68.8%
NO 51.2%
TB 31.0%
SEA 27.6%
WAS 8.5%
LAR 6.6%
CHI 5.5%
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Home/Road dichotomy, zig-zag theories, importance of the -140 money line, and much more to help you navigate the NHL postseason, which starts Saturday ⬇️
NHL Playoff Betting Concepts via
@vsinlive
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"Don't get cute" trend for the NCAA title game - OUTRIGHT WINNERS are 21-1 ATS in the L22 tournament championships. Only Duke in 2010 (Hayward half court miss at the buzzer) failed to cover the spread in 61-59 win over Butler.
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Early Monday MLB observation. With Max Scherzer pitching as a +123 underdog today at Atlanta, I looked up the rarity of him going as such. In L7 seasons, he has been dog of more than +120 10 times. Record: 6-4 for +4.57 units, a very strong ROI
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👀🏈🙌🏀
#12
...
@ajmakinen4
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“Sound of freedom”. One of America’s great sights and sounds, love it
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MLB Bullpen Systems on a solid run once again, with last night's 6-3 +2.7 unit record not included in figures, here is the latest update via
@vsinlive
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For defenders of the college bowl opt outs, imagine the draft upgrades OSU WRs Olave and Wilson could be enjoying now if they were in Smith-Njigba’s position now...just saying...
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For Sun/Mon: Second round Top 4 seeds that won but didn’t cover the spread in the first round are 30-12 SU & 23-18-1 ATS (56.1%) since 2013. They are also 27-13-2 UNDER (67.5%) the total while allowing just 64.4 PPG
Teams for 2021:
Baylor
Kansas
Iowa
Michigan
Florida St
Alabama
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Craziest mlb game of 2019, Mil 15, Was 13, mid 14th. Amazing swings of momentum. Glad it kept me up
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Regular season wrap up of the bullpen systems, on surge heading into playoffs. "Easiest system" produced +45.66 units in 2023...better bullpen underdogs produced more than 72 units...
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Among the many things coming in
@VSiNLive
PSW 29 tomorrow...1) ACC tourney favorites of -5.5 or more are now on a 29-2 SU & 20-11 ATS run after Miami's win today. 2) Big West favorites of -1 to -7 have struggled, going 14-12 SU but 6-17 ATS (26.1%) over L5 seasons 3) MUCH MORE
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Just like your pop...many years ago 😜
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WIAA football: The schedule plus a look at the five finals involving Milwaukee-area teams via
@journalsentinel
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For all
@VSiNLive
readers backing the College Football Stability plays for first 3+ weeks of '22 season, last week's 11-4 ATS record pushed final record to 27-20 ATS-57.5%. The fifth straight winning season w/VSiN & 11th straight in all!
CFB Stability plays will be back for '23!
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Love it! Two of my favorite things converging
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Yeah Hunter! Congrats
#Badgers
hand out first in-state offer in 2021 class to Muskego safety Hunter Wohler, an all-state pick who had 155 total tackles as a sophomore. Love his film - more scholarships to come.
@HunterWohler
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