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December 17, 2023
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NCAAMB TOP 25 PREVIEW December 17th
Colgate travels to #16 IL as a 16.5 point dog with a total of 145.5
Colgate Capitano is out. IL’s Moretti.
Early public action shows 69% lean toward Colgate and 71% favor the over.
NBA PREVIEW December 17th
Orlando travels to Boston as an 8.5 point dog with a total of 228.5
Orlando’s Suggs, Ingles, Fultz are game time decisions. Carter is out.
Boston’s Karnett is out and Batum is a game time decision.
Early public action shows 60% lean toward Orlando and 78% favor the over.
NO travels to SA as a 7.5 point fave with a total of 237.5
NO Ryan and Nance are out. Seabron is a game time decision. SA’s Jones and Collins are game time decisions.
Early public action shows 54% lean toward NO and 56% favor the over.
Houston travels to Milwaukee as a 7.5 pt dog with a total of 230.5
Houston’s Thompson and Tate are game time decisions. Oladipo is out.
Milwaukee’s Middleton and Beasley are game time decisions. Crowder is out.
Early public action shows 65% lean toward Milwaukee and 94% favor the over
Washington travels to Phoenix as a 13.5 point dog with a total of 245.5
Wash’s Wright, Shamet and DAvis are out, Phoenix’s Okogie, Lee, Beal are out. Little and Gordon are game time decisions.
Early public action shows 56% lean toward Phoenix and 83% favor the over
GS travels to Portland as a 5.5 point favorite with a total of 231.
Warrior’s Payton and Green are out.
Early public action shows 72% lean toward GS and 86 favor the over.
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Well, things are getting interesting.
Most of the polls up until now have shown Andrew Cuomo with a clear lead but today Emerson dropped a poll with Cuomo narrowly leading Mamdani on a first pass but after all the rounds of ranked choice voting had Mamdani ahead of Cuomo by 4. When this poll came out Cuomo's price took a plunge from mid 60s to mid 30. Later in the day a poll from HarrisX / Fix The City came out with Cuomo winning comfortable. Many are skeptical of the poll because of its crosstabs. Nonetheless, Cuomo rebounded and now both candidates are close to 50c each with the election day being tomorrow.
This has been a difficult race to read. Mamdani's momentum seems to be everywhere now, almost to an absurdly astroturfed extent. At the same time, his momentum seems to be primarily among affluent whites who are very vocal online whereas Cuomo hasn't really had a ground game but has been blitzing the TV networks. Cuomo is also polling better ...
