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Crick's Picks: College Basketball 2/20/23

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  • Well Folks, there is no two ways about it, we had a ROUGH week last week!! Took a few tough beats, but these things happen. All we can do is stand back up, dust ourselves off, and move forward. I wouldn't blame you for not riding these picks right now, seeing how I didn't have a great run last week. However, make sure and continue to monitor them, because it WILL turn around, and we'll go on a TEAR!! Not going to make excuses!! Just gonna get back at it, and keep chuggin' along. Below, will be a breakdown of how we did each day last week, as well as my picks for tonight. I'll have another "Game of the Night" preview out for you guy's tomorrow. Just wanna say Good Luck Tonight!! Hopefully, I can turn it around for us!!

Crick's Picks Results 2/14/23-2/19/23

2/14/23

  • 4-4 ATS

  • 7-1 ML's Parlay Lost

  • No "Longshot"

2/15/23

  • 6-2 ATS

  • 7-1 ML's Parlay Lost

  • 0-1 "Longshots"

2/16/23

  • 5-6 ATS

  • 7-3 ML's Parlay Lost

  • 0-1 "Longshots"

2/17/23

  • 3-5 ATS

  • 4-2 ML's Parlay Lost

  • 0-1 "Longshots"

2/18/23

  • 7-9 ATS

  • 7-1 ML's Parlay Lost

  • 1-1 "Longshots"

2/19/23

  • 2-4-1 ATS

  • 3-3 ML's Parlay Lost

  • 0-1 "Longshots"

Totals for 2/14/23-2/19/23

  • 27-30-1 ATS

  • 35-11 ML's 0-6 ML Parlays

  • 1-5 "Longshots"

"Game of the Night" Picks

  • 2-0 ATS

  • 2-0 Straight Up

Crick's Picks 2/20/23

  • Duke -18 vs Louisville 7:00 PM EST

  • West Virginia -6 vs Oklahoma State 7:00 PM EST

  • Norfolk State -15 vs Coppin State 7:30 PM EST

  • CSU Bakersfield + 6 vs Hawai'i 8:00 PM EST

  • Kansas +1.5 @ TCU 9:00 PM EST

  • Illinois -15 vs Minnesota 9:00 PM EST

  • Cal State Fullerton +6 @ UC Santa Barbara 10:00 PM EST

Favorite "Longshot" (+400 or worse) of the Night

Only 10% (or less) of "Unit Bet" Recommended for "Longshots"

For Example: If you normally bet 20$ per play, you shouldn't risk more than 2$ per play on these "Longshots"

  • Cal Poly +490 vs UC Irvine 10:00 PM EST

Free ML Parlay (6 Picks)

  • UC Davis -400

  • Howard -280

  • Alabama A&M -440

  • Bethune-Cookman +150

  • Texas Southern -300

  • Prairie View -670

Total Odds Boost = +697

10.00 to win 69.75

100.00 to win 697.00

Let's get this MESS turned around!!

Good Luck This Evenin!!

-Crickett

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