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In the present day is likely to be my favourite column of the 12 months. No, not as a result of we’re recapping what occurred on the Ladies Inform All. No, no, no. C’mon. Priorities individuals. It’s the day I launch my March Insanity picks, which have develop into considerably legendary (in my very own thoughts). I began it again in 2017 the place I gave out one first spherical decide (a sport performed both Thursday or Friday) for individuals to guess on. Evidently, it’s been worthwhile. The truth is, I began out 5-0 as you’ll see beneath. The final couple years had some powerful breaks as I’ve been 1-3 the final 2 years to convey my report to 6-3. Hey, any gambler will let you know in the event you’re hitting 66%, you’ll win cash. I solely gave out one decide a season between 2017-2019. However since then, I’ve given out 2 picks a season. After which the final 2 years, whereas giving out 2 picks, I might give out 4 different ones that I actually like, and even these have performed effectively. So lets see if I can maintain my streak going and knock out some extra winners for you. Though this season, you’re gonna have to attend til Friday since each of my video games are on that day.
Don’t overlook to ship your “Reader Emails” in for tomorrow at steve@realitysteve.com. I feel I’m gonna put up the weekly podcast tomorrow morning since I depart for Vegas within the morning and I’d moderately simply have it on the market then should put up it on Thursday. So tomorrow would be the weekly podcast AND your “Reader Emails,” together with each the Each day Roundup and the Sports activities Each day. Enjoyable instances for all.
So right here is my report since I began giving out first spherical performs 7 years in the past. Each sport I’ve guess has been an underdog and I’m 6-3 with 4 outright winners. It makes essentially the most sense since we all know there will probably be upsets each season, so, I try to concentrate on the underdogs who I feel will win the sport outright. Even a pair that misplaced outright however lined have been near successful:
2017: UNC-Wilmington (+8 ½) vs Virginia – Winner (misplaced 76-71)
2018: Loyola-Chicago (+4 1/2 ) vs Miami – Winner (received outright 64-62)
2019: UC Irvine (+4) over Kansas St. – Winner (received outright 70-64)
2020: No event – COVID
2021: Ohio (+7) vs Virginia – Winner (received outright 72-68)
2021: BONUS PICK: UCSB (+7) vs Creighton – Winner (misplaced 63-62)
2022: South Dakota St (+2) over Windfall – Misplaced (misplaced 66-57)
2022: BONUS PICK: Virginia Tech (+1) over Texas – Misplaced (81-73)
2023: Furman (+5.5) over Virginia – Winner (received outright 68-67)
2023: BONUS PICK: Kent St (+4) over Indiana – Misplaced (misplaced 71-60)
With none additional ado, listed here are your two picks for this 12 months. Each video games tip off on Friday:
Coll of Charleston (+9.5) vs Alabama
BONUS PICK: JMU (+5.5) vs Wisconsin
The Faculty of Charleston sport is the third to final sport to tip off on Friday, so that you’ll have to attend a bit for that one, nevertheless it’s one I actually like because of the truth that they’re skilled, they took San Diego St. to the wire in Rd 1 final season (who ended up enjoying for the nationwide championship), and Alabama is horrible, and I imply horrible, defensively. Undecided they need to be nearly double digit favorites versus anybody. And sure, JMU might be some of the public underdogs in Rd 1 however I don’t care. I feel they win outright vs Wisconsin regardless. Different video games that I like as effectively and will probably be betting: McNeese St. (+6) vs Gonzaga, Drake (-2) vs Wash St., Oregon (+1) vs S. Carolina, New Mexico (-2) vs Clemson.
In the event you look over all my picks since 2017, together with the 4 bonus picks I gave in each 2022 and 2023, each single considered one of them has additionally lined an 8 pt. teaser. That’s 17 picks (6-3 on prime performs, and eight bonus picks) I’ve given in 7 years, and each single considered one of them stayed inside 8 pts of the closing line. The three crew, 8 pt teaser is one thing I get pleasure from enjoying, in order that’s why I say whereas I just like the performs I gave you, I at all times get pleasure from teasing the road 8 pts in my favor as effectively only for some added enjoyable. You don’t should. Or you may if you wish to be livin’ massive. Kidding. However after I’m 17-for-17 in these, perhaps it’s a good suggestion to start out together with them in teasers. If I needed to give one 3 crew, 8 pt teaser this 12 months, I’d go together with Coll of Charleston (+17.5), JMU (+13.5), and Oregon (+9). Dana Altman has by no means misplaced a primary spherical sport as head coach at Oregon (7-0). So I don’t really feel like betting towards that. And teasing that line as much as +9 looks like the factor to do, as a result of even when he loses for the primary time in Rd 1 at Oregon, I feel that sport will probably be shut versus South Carolina. Good luck everybody!
So one of many issues that was totally different about final nights episode was the format of it. They’ve performed this earlier than the place there was a cliffhanger on the in a single day date episode and the next episode had the decision to that earlier than going into the Inform All present. However we didn’t see the decision of the letter Kelsey wrote after which the rose ceremony of Rachel’s elimination till an HOUR into the present. I most likely suppose most viewers forgot there was even footage in Mexico we wanted to see since they instantly began with the taped WTA, displaying Joey and Jesse parading round LA crashing events, introducing the ladies, then getting straight into the cat preventing. I’ve obtained some ideas…
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