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January 11, 2024
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NCAAMB TOP 25 PREVIEW Jan 11th
#24 FL ATL travels to Tulane as a 7.5 point fave with a total of 161.5
Tulane’s Williams is a game time decision.
Early public action shows the spread is a pick ‘em and 60% favor the under.
MI ST travels to #10 IL as a 3.5 point dog with a total of 149.5
MI ST Fears is out. IL’s Mortti, Hansbury are game time decisions.Shannon is out.
Early public action shows 51% lean toward MI ST and 62% favor the under.
#23 Gonzaga travels to Santa Clara as an 8.5 point favorite with a total of 158.5
Gonzaga’s Krajnovic is out.
Early public action shows 64% lean toward Santa Clara and 51% favor the over.
NBA PREVIEW Jan 11th
Boston travels to Milwaukee as a 2.5 point dog with a total of 244.5
Boston’s Horford is out. Mil’s Crowder is out.
Early public action shows Spread shows pick’em and 86 % favor the over.
Portland travels to OKC as a 12.5 point dog with a total of 236.5
Portland’s Walker and Ayton are game time decisions. Brown is out.
Early public action shows 57% lean toward OKC and 78% favor the over.
NY travels to Dallas as a 4.5 point favorite with a total of 234.5
NY’s Robinson is out. Dallas’ Exum and Luka are out. Williams,
Lively, and Kleber are game time decisions.
Early public action shows 90% lean toward NY and 81% favor the over.
Phoenix travels to LA Lakers as a 1.5 point favorite with a total of 238.5
Phx’s Lee is out. Lakers’ Reddish, James, Hachimura and Davis are game time decisions.
Early public action shows 61% lean toward Phoenix and 80% favor the under.
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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 ...
