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Crick's Picks: College Basketball 3/12/23

These are not Sportspicks "Recommended Picks"

  • Well Folk's, we FINALLY put together a SOLID day yesterday with our ATS picks!! Not so much with our ML picks, and our "Longshot" put up a valiant effort, but ultimately came up short.. However, All in all, we made a nice PROFIT to add to our accounts!! We don't have a very big slate of games on Sunday, as the majority of Conferences have already crowned their Champions. I'm gonna have to apologize, again, for not having another "Game of the Night" preview ready for y'all. I simply didn't have enough time to put the effort into it that you guy's deserve, and didn't want to give you a bad product. I'll have several different things out for you guy's in the coming day's, leading up to the NCAA Tournament. So keep your eye's open!! We'll also be putting out several videos pertaining to the "Big Dance", all the way up until the first games tip-off on Thursday. Gonna be a FUN and EXCITING couple of weeks, so EVERYONE get geared up and ready to go!! Let's keep this little HOT STREAK rollin on "Championship Sunday"!!

Results 3/11/23

  • 9-4 ATS

  • 2-2 ML's Parlay Lost

  • 0-1 "Longshots"

  • No "Game of the Night"

Crick's Picks 3/12/23

All Conference Tournament Games Played at "Neutral Sites"

  • Yale -3 vs Princeton 1:00 PM EST

  • Alabama -4.5 vs Texas A&M 2:00 PM EST

  • VCU -2.5 vs Dayton 2:00 PM EST

  • Memphis +5.5 vs Houston 4:15 PM EST

  • Penn State +6 vs Purdue 4:30 PM EST

No Favorite "Longshot" Today

Free ML Parlay (5 Picks)

  • Yale -175 vs Princeton 1:00 PM EST

  • Alabama -220 vs Texas A&M 2:00 PM EST

  • VCU -130 vs Dayton 2:00 PM EST

  • Houston -275 vs Memphis 4:15 PM EST

  • Penn State +200 vs Purdue 4:30 PM EST

Total Odds Boost = +1554

10.00 to win 155.43

100.00 to win 1,554.00

  • Here's my Golf Picks for the Final Round of the "Player's Championship" on Sunday for anyone who might be interested.

Final Standings Picks

  • Scottie Scheffler Outright Winner -250

  • Collin Morikawa to Finish Top 10 +210

  • Rickie Fowler to Finish Top 10 +300

  • Tony Finau to Finish Top 10 +400

  • Justin Rose to finish Top 5 +500

Final Round Match-Up Picks

These are my ML "Heads-Up" Picks. I Recommend betting them individually, but I will provide the Parlay Odds as well.

  • Cameron Young -170 vs Ryan Fox 10:35 AM EST

  • Tony Finau -240 vs Byeong Hun An 11:00 AM EST

  • Jason Day -110 vs Viktor Hovland 12:00 PM EST

  • Rickie Fowler +130 vs Patrick Cantlay 12:35 PM EST

  • Denny McCarthy +135 vs Jordan Spieth 12:45 PM EST

Total Odds Boost on 5 Pick Parlay = +2221

10.00 to win 222.16

100.00 to win 2,221.00

Favorite "Longshots" (+1000 or worse)

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"

  • Hideki Matsuyama to Finish Top 5 +1800

  • Cam Davis Outright Winner +2500

  • Justin Rose Outright Winner +10000

A LOT of GREAT action in store on Sunday, with PLENTY of spots to make some CASH!!

ENJOY and GOOD LUCK!!!!

-Crickett

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The House tends to be more responsive to midterm dynamics, but, like the Senate, swings hard in elections where some combination of the Four Factors are present -- cost of living crisis or recession; war; major scandal; betrayal or down-ballot realignment. A fun map to use is this simulator, which takes partisan averages from existing models, and plugs in the map based on your adjustment of the generic ballot edge for one party or another. https://globalelectionsimulator.com/#/usa-house
 
Historic Norms: When a combination of the Four Factors are present, this is the kind of swing you get:
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1974: 49 seat swing
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