VSiN By The Books | March 6, 2026 | Hour 1

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1:00Done, obviously seven. This is V-SEN by the books on V-SEN. V-SEN, V-SEN sports betting network. It is the Friday morning edition of V-SEN by the folks Dave Ross right here at the Midgaming Hall. It, frankly, Kentucky, there he is, our closer back home in Cleveland, Ohio. The weather is changing. It is March, baby. We got basketball. We got a lot to discuss. A lot of golf to discuss. You have seen 326 and the NFL, Jensen, they never quite go away. We got a jam-pack show, my guy, four amazing guests on this Friday. Are you ready to get this thing started? I am, buddy. If you hear me out there where every listening or watching, we play heard on this show sometimes. So the allergies have certainly gotten to me here. We'll probably be fine. Dave, in very real reliever form here, I'm not usually good in the early part of the games, but when we get to the 7th, 8th, and the 9th and the closing time you watch, I'll probably sound normal by the time we're ready to sign off.

2:03That's what signs of, you sign up for all of these three hours here, like a true pro that you are, Jensen Lewis. That's what I'm talking about. T.G. Thomas Gable, of course, going to join us here from the boycott I later on in this hour, talk some college basketball, including my alma mater with T.G. here at the ECU, Marty Herney. RGM here at the network cannot wait. With all the changes going on in the NFL here with the league year starting next week, Luke Finicero, UFC 326. As we mentioned in Rubin, a moral junior at former GM in the Philadelphia Phillies, that's going to be a really fun breakdown to have Rubin on the program here to talk all things daily diamond with Philadelphia. But the NFL, man, trades are having Jensen teams are reshaping their rosters in real time. Let's get to it with our highlights and headlines. For a couple of years ago, Maddie confuses the head coach and the Chicago Bears aren't hard knocks and they make DJ more at the time. The highest paid Chicago Bear of all time in the history of the organization at wide receiver.

3:08And you go, wow, this is a bear for life. A couple of years later, he's been traded to Buffalo. So it's going to be an exchange for a second round pick here. So it feels like Josh Allen maybe gets some help with the DJ more acquisition here. Let's start there. What's your takeaway now? Does that look like all right? We talk about the wide receiver health that the bills need. It feels like that's exactly what they just got. Yeah. And I guess we have to kind of decide it is DJ more a legit number one wide receiver. And that's what you and I had kind of discussed as we saw where the off season might start to shape up, especially with that division yesterday, talked about Stefan Diggs leaving or being let go from the New England Patriots and how he actually kind of helped Drake May, especially in the second half of the season, really get a go to guy. That would be something that Josh Allen, I'm sure outside of Khalil Shakir would love to have. Right now when you add DJ more to Khalil Shakir and now we think Keon Coleman might stay,

4:11there's probably been a little kumbaya there. We'll see what happens. And then Josh Palmer, okay, it's, it's okay to me, Dave. And I, I think that's the part of it from the bill side that I still have some questions about. Did you really improve that room enough to put yourself into an upper echelon of receiver room? Ryan Poles did, man, you clear what, 16 and a half million in cap space off a DJ more and then even more on on where the cap hit would have been, I think, north of 28 and a half million strategic move for them in Chicago to be able to get some flexibility and be able to improve on what was a remarkable campaign in 2025. There are also going to be releasing a former bill in Tremaine Edmunds, their talented linebacker. So he's their, their leading tack where he's gone is going to be gone here. And when we talked about this earlier in the week and the heels of Drew Daumann, their talented center at 27 retiring here with some of the issues he's been having off the field. Is this, is this quite the change so far from three pieces that the bears counted on

5:12a year ago that will not be there next year. So again, some real big changes coming, but freeing up some of that salaries you alluded to Jensen to maybe replace some of those key cogs in that bear's machine. We are underway right now. Look, if you're looking for Japan and you want to get in 13, nothing is what I'm seeing live right now in the World Baseball Classic. And again, it's going to begin for team USA tonight here as they're going to be taking out in Brazil, you know, very quickly we're going to move for the care on the program later on today. I know he really likes Japan in this thing as well. USA still is the overall favorite Jensen to win the WBC. What's your early takeaway with what you're watching Japan do this morning? Yeah, overnight, go figure. Shoei Otani right in the middle of this offensive outburst. He hits a grand slam. He's three for five, I think, with five RBI and remarkable job here by this team, Japan club already out in force. You mentioned where USA and Brazil will match up tonight. It'll be Logan Webb against Takahashi there for Brazil.

6:13Just again, one of those spots where let's kind of see where a team playing with ultimate expectations is able to kind of get out. You get tonight. You get tomorrow. So it'll be great to see a full doc at a March Madness field, Dave, for really opening day of pool play in earnest as we'll get an 11 a.m. first pitch, Cuban Panama, high noon Eastern time, the Netherlands and Venezuela. And then at one o'clock, Mexico and Great Britain, we've got six, seven and 8 p.m. Eastern first pitches. So very, very cool to have a March Madness feel for the opening round here of the World Baseball Classic. Going to talk about a golf betting live betting strategy a little bit later on in the next segment here. But if you want to get in live on Japan against Chinese Taipei, you just have to lay 14 and half runs. Don't know that I'm going to be willing to do that, but I don't want to pack Chinese Taipei with a run and a half here. We talked about this all week and it did feel like this is the reason why some of the numbers in the Eastern Conference were changing gents into the Boston Celtics. Jason Tatum is coming back, people, okay? But we don't know if it's going to be specifically tonight.

7:14He is listed as questionable for potential return against the Mavericks. And you know, again, I think that's why we're seeing some of the changing numbers. Big news overnight, of course, the spurs did beat the pistons again. So they beat them twice in a row now in the last two times they face them in San Antonio and Detroit. First with the Celtics, again, expecting him in to get back. Is there a rush 15 point favorites tonight against Dallas or one of those deals where you feel like he's ready to go? He might tee it up tonight. If he tees it up tonight, great. I mean, what a homecoming it would be and a season debut there at TD Garden for sure. Mavericks, we know a team that is not really playing for anything here. So do you dip your toe in? Does he play, you know, kind of the first quarter, second quarter and you kind of see where you're at? Celtics laying 15 and a half. I'm seeing right now in some places, but I think ultimately this is about the long term, right? Let's try and kind of walk before we run literally and figuratively. By the way, we mentioned it yesterday, you look at that Pistons team who was a perfect

8:16seven and O as a road underdog. They get blown out by the spurs and we asked the question, you know, where do you put San Antonio kind of in that pecking order of teams you would want to back come the NBA playoffs. But I know about you, but they have shown us a lot here, especially out of the gates in the second half and against the premium competition. So not only are they for real, but if I'm the Oklahoma City Thunder, you already know they're the kryptonite, you better have everything buttoned up by the time we get to middle May and potentially into early June. Yeah, that's interesting now because if that was a potential finals preview, you know, at that point, we go, remember what they did at the end of the year, beat him pretty easily here twice a year, both in San Antonio and also in Detroit. You know, we talked about Michigan a little bit and I asked the question to Greg Hoops, Peterson yesterday about, you know, some of the depth of the bench has been eroded with injuries. Are we starting to wonder about the block end? They get the win at Iowa yesterday. They don't cover in that close victory here.

9:16They win by three and Sparty gets a close four point high scoring win against Rutgers on the road. So I think we look at this as potentially a one seat obviously in Michigan and a two seat in Michigan state. The numbers are very different. Obviously out there 40 to one long shot for Michigan state, even though they, they might be on the two line here. It's an anything to take away from that or say, Hey, it's still a win as a win as a win. And we're not going to ask by how many? Yeah, agreed. I mean, inspired basketball from Iowa and Rutgers covering all numbers, no matter what first half full game would have you that Michigan Iowa game tied at halftime too. And, and we saw also Michigan state only a point lead when they went to the break. I think what was remarkable is seeing that Rutgers with the opportunity to really shock the world and take down a top 10 opponent late in that one. Even with Iowa two, I know the score is what it is. I don't feel like we were ever in doubt. Yes, Michigan had to hold off kind of a late rally there from the Hawkeyes. But I'm with you. It's win as a win as a win. It's the big 10, you know, you're going to get the best shots from these, you know,

10:18teams that that are really at their end of what they have here in the regular season. But ultimately, we've said it counter turns to March. We love Sparty. It was a team I wrote up in our visa in college betting guide before the season. If you want to jump on a future and a proven winner, boy, Sparty looks the part right now to make that late run, especially into the second weekend. And then shout out to Greg Hoopspeederson. Remember, he said yesterday he was going to be on Iowa in a suppressed score. And that's exactly what happened in that ballgame yesterday. It pays to watch visa and buy the books. That's for sure. Didn't have this on my bingo card. But congratulations to you guys will be like to say the English American Daniel Bougue, the 900 par to get that first round lead at the API, Jensen. And Berger said afterward that it was the best round of professional golf that he's played. Nine birdies, Naria Bougue on that golf course. It was the outlier, certainly round of the day. So he is now the tournament favorite to win this. I don't know that I want to back him at plus 530 here.

11:20Scotty said for, by the way, 200 par. So a good solid day. And Scotty said after the round two, Jensen, hey, you should under par at this place. That's a good round of golf. He's the second betting choice at six to one. We'll get to the big suite a good day. But Daniel Berger really was the story of day one. Watched it a little bit yesterday, as I was trying to fight these allergies. And I did not know that we were going to have to fight. Yes, the American Englishman just looked very in control. Dave, the accuracy we talked about it yesterday. If you were accurate and long off the tee, you were going to have a lot of opportunities to go low, calm or cala, some early scrambles and got himself there. And I know you'll, you'll touch on the big suite and some big tickets for you. But I think I'm really intrigued to see now day two here, especially some of these euros, Tommy Fleetwood. What the hell? I'm every time I want to let you back into the circle of trust. Do you pull what you pull yesterday for over 76? Just absolutely not competitive whatsoever.

12:21Yeah, it did. And I think some guys out there are going, what golf course was Daniel Berger playing? He was not playing the same one that Tommy Fleetwoods and Roorys had even far were playing yesterday. That's for sure. We'll get into that here in a bit. But stop paying full price for gas people. You don't have to do that any longer with the free upside app. You're going to earn real cash back every time you fill up with the pump. You use the promo code books title of this show, 25 cents back per gallon on your first tank. So again, just download the app. That's all you got to do offers do vary by user and location and check out upside.com for all of the details. So you're listening to this podcast because you want an edge. But what if I told you, you're only halfway there. You've got the mindset. Now it's time to get the toolkit to match it. Here's the thing, pro betters, they spend thousands of on data and tools. But what they don't know and don't want you to know is that you can get the same edge for a fraction of the cost with these in pro with these in pro. You're going to get access to expert picks, public betting data, prop projections, powerful tools, analytics, and so much more. Just tap the link in the description and see why thousands of betters are already

13:24using decent pro to cash more bets. That's pure automotive joy. I'm Peter, the owner of Muscle Car Junior. It started as a hobby. Then I started posting about it. Before I knew it, I built the business for storing muscle cars on Facebook marketplace and the community of car lovers on Instagram. Today, new customers send me what's that message is from all over. Not bad for a hobby. Learn how meta helps over 35 million American businesses like Peter's grow at meta.com slash community. Right now, new fan dual customers can get up to $300 back in bonus bets every day for 10 days. Place a tournament bet using the token. And if it doesn't win, you'll get up to $300 back in bonus bets every single day for 10 days straight. You can even mix things up with same game parlays for a shot at a bigger payout. Fan dual, it's time to dance 21 plus and president selects seats. Bonus bets are nonwithdrawable and expire seven days after receive tokens are

14:24received in increments of one per day restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fandal.com gambling problem call 1-800-GAMBLER. You're too dim to fleecing by the books right here on visa. We continue these by the books. The show is sponsored by upside. You can download the free upside app right now. You can turn cash back at the pump every time you fill up. So you use the promo code books title of this show. You get 25 cents back per gallon on your very first fill up. So check it out today at upside.com. We had some very interesting days in college basketball and the golf betting side that we're going to talk about. First, you sir, we're all over a bunch of these unders in arch madness out there in the Missouri Valley Conference of the March for Arch. What did you play yesterday? And did you have any sweats that you had to really monitor there?

15:25We certainly did. So if you remember in our visa.com conference write-ups, Steve McAnon, one of the big trends in the MVC, was that this is typically a lower scoring tournament. And over the last 10 seasons, Dave, totals of 131.5 or higher. The under was on a 46 and 22 run, about 68% hit percentage to the under there. And so yesterday, I'm looking at the numbers and I'm thinking, you know what, I'm liking where some of the splits are. And again, it pays to be a decent pro subscriber to see those splits in real time. It really kind of gives you a really solid filter of what to look at. So first game of the day is that Drake Southern Illinois at 430 Eastern. Well, I had bought up as I told you on Best Pets yesterday. I bought up a bucket on all three of the first round MVC games. So Drake Southern Illinois is down to like 135 and I'm like, oh, we're in great shape. And then I look in the afternoon about an hour for a tip time. It's all the way up to like 138.5, 139.

16:26I'm like, oh, hell, what are these syndicates? It's just weighted and weighted and weighted and then just unloaded the clip on the over because it was a suppressed number. Well, it never gets close there. The undercaches easily at 130 total points. Any at a state Valparaiso did play under 137.5. That never gets close 125 total. The one that I am so fortunate that I bought a bucket on was the one that probably could have just been 100 points or fewer. And we wouldn't have bat and I because it was Evansville and Northern Iowa to the slowest teams in all of college basketball. Dave, I bought up to 127 and a half. It falls 127. So we win by the hook and we hit a perfect three for three on the hunters in the arch madness of the Missouri Valley Conference on day one. We'll see what happens. A monitor kind of throughout the morning here to see if we're going to continue the under train. But man, it's just wild how some of these trends continue regardless of kind of what we've seen pace wise here

17:28in this college basketball regular season. What a great sweat. It's nice for once when it comes out on our side. You're like, yeah, you know what? I got it by the hook. I want it by the hook. That's kind of nice to win it that way every once in a while. Great job. And again, it really does. And you got to check out Steve Macken's numbers. They are fantastic. That's why we cannot urge you enough to become a decent pro subscriber. Now, look, if you follow me on Twitter, hopefully you're not going to take yourself too seriously. It's going to be a lot of fun at D Ross Sports. I'm going to give out some of these plays as we go in real time and golf. And unlike other sports, it's hard sometimes to formulate some of these plays that you're going to make. And you and I talked about yesterday in the show that was going to race home, watch the early part of the golf. And I think people, the exercise here is you can take advantage of numbers when they populate as the round is going out when you get the splits. And really, I think it's germane just to golf betting because of the nature of a Thursday Friday event where you're going to have half the field that hasn't teed off yet. And you already have half the field out there. And then the numbers start to drift on the afternoon guys.

18:28Now, as we talked about yesterday here in the show, I gave out three plays. I gave out calm work out. Each way tickets here to get one through eight. And that looks really good. I took Jake nap. He withdrew from the tournament. And Jensen, I'm texting with Kelly like, what in the world this our guy, Jake nap, what happened? He's out. Well, that money gets refunded into your account with withdrawal. Thankfully, check your books because normally they will say, as it does a mind, must te off for action. And Jake nap did not te off. So I've got that money back in the account. And Jensen, I started to do that work that we like to do. And you knew that it was going to get a little bit tougher in the afternoon. And you start to see the winds are going to be coming up a little bit. And I go, okay, wait a minute. Daniel Berger is in the clubhouse at 900 par. That is an outlier round. So you got to know that people, that's an outlier. Everybody else isn't doing what Daniel Berger did yesterday. So you got to go, well, that's going to be first round leader. There's no reason to play that market anymore. Even though half the field hasn't teed off yet, it feels like that's going to be a dead market with the winds coming up.

19:28Good luck shooting the course record, which would be a 10 under par 62. So you have to take that one right out of consideration. And then it did, I started to look at and what triggered it was Cameron Young, a guy you and I talked about. He bogey to 18 and that dropped him back to 500 par. And what that meant in real time was is that Daniel Berger at nine, the next closest was Cameron Young at five. And Jonathan Vegas, a guy we talked about yesterday in the program. He was the first rabbit out there who was already in the clubhouse at five. So Jensen, I started to do that math of if you can get to 500 par more than likely, that's going to get you a tied for second place. The numbers on the big suite had drifted without him teeing off to plus 350 for top 10 and seven to one for top five. And he hadn't teed. And I'd seen that the weather wasn't going to be changing for quite some time, meaning he still had the opportunity to go out early and put up a score. And that's exactly what he did.

20:30He shot four under on the front side. I went, oh, my goodness. Finally, the diligence of watching the tournament, seeing what's transpiring before your eyes, capitalizing on a changing market before they've re-adjusted, you can do this every week in golf. If the weather, you got to play part weatherman here, is going to be able to cooperate. So Jensen, I hopped in. Remember yesterday in the program, I gave out just the top 10 at plus 375 for Ludwig. Well, then when you saw that the way it was playing out in Scotty Shepherd was not going nuts, he's always the guy you should be looking at. In the context of the rest of the field, with all due respect to Daniel Berger, that's not the guy I'm worried about in these markets. It's Scotty Shepherd. And when I saw that he was coming in about 200 par, which is where he finished, I thought, that's very doable for Ludwig Oberg to get in these markets. So I took one really long shot play here. At 41 is where his number drifted in the each way market. So I put a unit on that right now and then thank goodness the big sweep came through for me

21:32in those first round plays, top five and top 10. We've already cashed that. The term, it's already a success now. And we're sitting on really good numbers for common work out, which you and I liked all week on the each way market and that Ludwig Oberg at 41. Look, it's not going to present itself that often for these type of situations to arise. But Jensen, engulfed betting, I think you're really like you and I talked about yesterday. You got to get back and watch and see how it's playing out. Because if you're not, I think you're leaving some potential money on the table. And hopefully we're going to be able to get home with not only Colin in this market, but hopefully also the big suite. I would agree. And you know, you look at a couple of the other big names too that might have gotten off to some pedestrian starts and they're going to have some advantageous numbers. You can kind of look down into the 20s and the 30s. I'm on Stepstrakka at a long number, even par, fine. Robert McIntyre, big name, fine. You know, as we said, if you're under par, that is a win if you're at even par.

22:32That's a win just so you can kind of get a feel of how this course is going to play. Let me ask you because I didn't get a chance to text you yesterday once the big boys got off. Didn't feel like the elements had too much to do yesterday. It felt like the wind was not necessarily tame, but it was not one where you're like, okay, this is kind of out of the realm of the norm. Well, that be something you monitor here because it looks like we're pretty clear. Well, that kind of change after this first round and be like, okay, guys going early might be a way to avoid some of that potential weather issue versus some of the other big boys that are going to be teething off around noon or one o'clock. If the trend continues, then what it looks like is you could be advantageous to tee off early again today and then buckle up a bit in the afternoon. And you're right, it's not like this ridiculous gusts of 20 to 30 miles an hour. What it does is it's drying out these greens. And if you notice yesterday, I say by watching Ludwig's round, he's getting everything to the hole in the puts. And if you miss, you're going to have a five, six footer

23:32on the comebacks. Everything at the hole are running past the hole. So you've got to be a confident putter this week if you're going to win here. And look, Rory shot even par. I don't think Rory's out of this tournament either. If you got tickets on these guys and you want to hop back in, Scottie Sheffler's only six to one. So that's, you know, getting close to $3 value here and he's going to be seven off the lead of Daniel Berger. But again, I think that's kind of an outlier. The guys I'd look at are glued to go, Berged six in Kalamore, Cala at six as the guys at Scotty truly is looking at. Look, if Daniel Berger goes out today in the afternoon and shoots a five, six under par, you're going to tip your cap because that might be tournament record stuff that we're talking about through 36 holes. But you have to look at that people as an outlier and not the norm for the rest of the field. Scottie, Rory, Sepstrakka, Robert McIntyre, those tickets you're talking about. Those are not dead by any stretch of the imagination here. And again, I don't have any visions of grandeur that Ludwig's going to go nuts. He will hopefully have the advantageous tee time if early today, same with Kalamore, Cala.

24:33So I think our guys can get out there, but at the weekend, you're going to be playing on the back end if you're up there at the top of the leaderboard and it looks like over the weekend, it will get tougher for the afternoon waves here for the guys up there at the top of the leaderboard on Saturday and Sunday. Traditionally, Arnold Palmer golf courses, you're not going to run out there at 1920 under. We're going to be looking to middle teens here. So think about those projected scores as the weather might change ever so slightly. If you want to bet smarter people, you can do so with smarter insights. Right now, you can check out our conference tournament betting guide. Today, we're going to focus on the CAA and the SoCon conferences as those tournaments begin. Koops Peterson's got his best bets up there right now. He's all over yesterday here in the program. MLB betting guide, Jensen, UN Adam Burke, great work there. That's available now. So Zachary Cohen's got his Wells Fargo play or Indian Wells tennis picks as well. And John the Davis with his NHL best bet. So right now, Vison Pro access through May 1st for just $29.99 with our hoops, maybe a split. You're too dim to Vison by the books right here on Vison.

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26:41We talk about this with the new league changing here and the league starting next week in earnest. But these deals are being announced. They'll be official next week. The Chargers, a splash in free agency. Boy, this is not a gym harball type splash for your offensive line center, right? Not wide receiver anyway. Let's get some guys up front. Tyler Beattuch is coming over. Let go by the commanders, former cowboy. Of course, three year deal worth $30 million. So the Chargers are fortifying that offensive line. Hopefully for them, they get their stud left and right tackles back later and all from injury. Watch out for the Chargers next year up front. It looks like Jensen, they are pushing some chips in here to beat you up up front. Exactly what Harball wants to do. We're talking a little bit about what's going on right now with Chinese Taipei. They're down 13, nothing to Japan. I don't know that I've ever seen a number like this. You probably have in the WBC that the United States tonight in H town against Australia. All right, excuse me, it's Ken's Brazil. Sorry, Brazil.

27:42We're gonna lay nine and a half runs at minus the hour 25, Jensen. Are we gonna do that for the United States? Are we gonna beat them by 10 or more tonight? Yeah, I think it could get kind of ridiculous. If you're watching what Team Japan is doing and Chinese Taipei has a lot of not only former Big League talent but also a handful of current Big League talent. And you do have a run rule situation that is present here in pool play for the World Baseball Classic. If you're up 15 after seven, I believe, then that's it. So I would not surprise me nine and a half. I'm seeing is the run line minus a dollar 25 here on draft Kings. I think what's fascinating about this setup here, Dave, and remember, they're at Diken Park, which is the home of the Houston Astros. That is pool play for pool B here. And so remarkable to think that you have to lay seven and a half dollars for Aaron Judge to record a hit.

28:45Seven and a half dollars for Bobby with Jr. to get a hit. You would, if you want to have a little bit of fun tonight, I would almost target three or four of the right hand at bat. So you're thinking Aaron Judge, you're thinking probably Byron Boxden, Bobby with Jr. Alex Braggman just off the top of my head. You could round rob in them all to hit a home run because remember, it's the Crawford Box is a short left field porch there. Braggman is almost kind of a gimme just knowing where his bad path and he's a pool happy guy anyway. So it might be a way to attack tonight. Again, just have some fun with it. Kind of see where things are. Logan Webb will get the start here for people that don't know, Dave, and this is also part of the handicap. There is a limit on pitches in pool play, okay? So they're not going to extend these starters. You're going to see kind of a parade of pitchers come through here and that's something also to factor in. I believe that Brazil does not have

29:46any current active professional players I'll go back and double check that, but yeah, it would not shock me if the US gets into double digits tonight. No question about it. You know, let me ask you when you mentioned kind of that mercy rule, if you will, if you're up 15, we're in this thing here. Would you say after seven innings? After seven? Yeah, after seven, right? So would that incentivize these teams to go for that, right? To say, hey, let's get there. Like we want to get there. So like normally you'd say, well, why would you run it up, right? Well, no, there's actually a target score, if you will, to get to that 15 at that time, a lot at after seven innings and we save the bullpen or whatever it might be for bigger fish to fry. I think that is a potential way to look at it. And Jensen, I think you sold me that if you made me play it, I think I'd lay the nine and a half runs with the United States at the small price point of $1.25. As absurd as that sounds from a betting market, with that incentive out there, that makes some sense. Great point. And remember, this is still spring training for these guys. So Mark DeRosa, manager for Team USA,

30:46is going to have no problem being able to try and get as many guys in position, player wise, to at least get at bats if not get reps in the field here. So you're thinking of, you know, Will Smith's going to back up Cal Raleigh, you know, thinking about Gunner Henderson, Ernie Clement, you know, Roman Anthony would be anxious to see what that starting lineup will look like tonight. I would imagine Kyle Schwarvers, you're starting designated hitter, but you can kind of see, you know, Peter Armstrong might get the start in center field, and then Bucston comes to relieve. We'll see how it all plays out. But remember, this is still camp for these position players. They're going to try and, and it approves your point more so of like, they're, they're going to be incentivized to try and get these reps so you can get the bench guys in and you can limit how many arms are going to have to throw out there, especially out of the Team USA bullpen. I do believe before this show is over in best bets, that's going to be an official play in my account, and I love that handicap there. So really well done by you to break down why that might be

31:49advantageous to lay the nine and a half tonight here with USA really is actually incentivized to do so. We mentioned Jason Tatum off the top of the show. That's big news here for C's fans. If you've got Celtic tickets here for the Eastern Conference and or to win the Larry O'Brien trophy here for most valuable player, I don't know if he's going to be able to get that. I know that Jalen Brown's in the running for that, but they want to win the NBA championship here. And I'm looking at this thing for the Celtics tonight. Big favorites against the Mavericks. We don't know if he's going to be able to go tonight. There are prop markets out there. Fandall has got one listed here for 12 and a half points tonight, four and a half rebounds and one and a half threes made. Now kind of unlike what we're talking about with the World Baseball Classic, I don't know how much Joe Mizzou is going to push him. What exactly, I'm sure internally Jensen, they've said we'd like to get X minutes out of Jason. The results, I don't know how much they really matter. I don't know that I'd be willing to jump into these markets here knowing that if he does play tonight,

32:50do I want to bank on that at least gets 13? I don't know how much they're really going to push him out there first time back from that devastating Achilles. Totally agree. What was going to be a stay away from me. Let's see how he is. We always hear these things about some rust, you know, and trying to shake it off, getting back to actual game speed. As I look at it right now, Dave, just off of the game itself, this number did open plus 15 and a half. It has come down a half in some places. I'm seeing 15s, not only at circa, but also at fanatics checking a couple of, I actually see a 14 and a half at Ben NGM. So a full point move in some of these spots. And really it is about, you know, what on the Jason Tatum front, what can you envision minutes wise? I'm with you. If it's anything, I can't envision more than a half, right? Just kind of getting back, get a little sweat, you know, kind of get a couple of rotations, get in and out and that's it and kind of build that crescendo for where ultimately they'll need him come tournament

33:50or come NBA playoff time here in late April. You know, it's weird because I'm talking about MVP and I, we know Jason Tatum's a great player and I think every year when healthy, he's going to be one of those guys in the first page of that board every year. But Jason, don't you get the feel that I don't want to say he's underappreciated Jason Tatum. But that like, I think the Celtics know exactly how important he is to winning a championship. But doesn't it feel like he just doesn't get the pop of say a Wembee? Cause it doesn't look like what when Wembee does it or it doesn't look like, you know, potentially when LeBron and his heyday, what it looks like when he's winning multiple MVP's. There's just something almost sedated about his game that doesn't pop yet. He's such a key cog in that machine. That's the reason why he always is in that MVP conversation. It's remarkable to see where some narrative streets go in the association. I am not one that would discount him in any stretch. He is someone that, you know,

34:50we think of Jalen Hertz, right, with Eagles. It's not enough fusive personality. It's not someone that's run into the mic to kind of, you know, tell you how he feels. It just feels like Tatum is one of the, I'm just going to take care of my business. We're going to go win and that's the talking that I'm going to do. So they're going to be a force, man. It is going to be pretty crazy because the depth of the sell, think about that for the thunder last year, right? There were some guys that got some key minutes and then with the SGA injury this year, there's guys that have been forced into some accelerated minutes and maybe a bit more leverage positioning late in games. I think that's been the benefit for Jalen Company. Learn how to win with that arguably your best player. They've done that and then some imagine now at full strength what this club looks like. I think it's a great comp. I love the Jalen Hertz comp. I mean, for as much flack as a guy like Jalen Hertz gets with the Eagles, the guy should have been the MVP in my estimation. One year when he got hurt and garter meant you had to come and play two games and they went one and one of those games. So like you saw the value of Jason of Jalen Hertz right there

35:53and you know, goes to back to back super balls and arguably was the MVP and the one they lost to the chiefs. He was unbelievable in that game for some reason. Seems like stigma's out there with each of these guys. By the way, the Celtics, they're getting shorter to win the Easter conference down to plus 240 in the marketplace here. So we've been looking for that kind of demarcation lines. The Cavaliers $3.60 shorter now that bunch of those four it's starting to elongate ever so slightly. Let's go out to the Borgata next. Catch up with our buddy Thomas Gabel. See what's cooking there in Atlantic City. That is next right here on Be Some Other Books. In 2024, a truck crashed into Cannot and more rescue where I work. 146 of our dogs needed homes fast. We asked for help on Facebook. Our stories spread through WhatsApp messages and Instagram reposts. Immediately people stepped up and just six hours later every dog was fostered.

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38:54All right. Well, what's not cool is the allergies getting to me TG today. So bear with me. We play hurt here on by the books. No days off no matter what happens. There have been no games off at least watching the Miami of Ohio Red Hawks. They have a chance to finish the perfect regular season tonight. But they've got to do it TG on the road in a place where it has been really tough for them to win in the last half decade to a decade plus. The Red Hawks laying five and a half on the road against Ohio. How do you size it up? And can they get this thing across the line? Yeah, looking to make history tonight and go undefeated. You've seen them escape in their last two games with only two point victories. I think the pressure is being felt by these kids. And let's face it, this is a program that is not used to the national spotlight or being the subject of any conversations going on in the national media. And suddenly, they are due to their season. And now in the cusp of doing something

39:55that hasn't been done for a few years. So I think you have to take that into account here. And the debate that is swirling on whether they should get into the big dance, if they somehow trip up and lose a game in the conference tournament, which is a real possibility, I think you need to take all this into account. These are kids that, and right now, they're programs under a spotlight. And these are not kids that signed up for this really when it comes down to. So I think there's probably some value here on the dog here tonight in Ohio. This is a team that hasn't quite played up the expectations this season. There's certainly one of the poor shooting teams from three point land in the country at only 29.6%. But I think Miami's going to feel the pressure tonight to get this done. And while I certainly hope they win the game, they should win this game. I think if you're going to bet it, I personally would only look at the dog here and then take the points with the line.

40:56All right, TG. I have one of my favorite shirts from yesterday here is a picture in VCU colors. My alma mater of Gary Coleman, God rest his soul. And it says, what are you talking about, Billis from his old catchphrase of what are you talking about, Willis? And it was back when Jay said that VCU did not to deserve to go to the NCAA. Which I'm probably, I love Jay Villis. He's a good, good dude. But he got a lot of flack for that. And then VCU, my alma mater went to the final four back in 2011. VCU is back in the bubble here again this year. And I look up, and I feel like my squad's done. The rec was at work to get in. There are point and half dogs tonight at Dayton. One, where are you on my squad here? And could they pull this out tonight? And if they do be Dayton on the road, should that be good enough to get an at-large potentially? I believe so. I believe so. So Dayton opened one and a half here tonight. You're seeing it jump the two in some spots. There's still one and a half and a lot, but there are some two starting to pop up. So VCU, they just held their senior night on Tuesday night.

41:56They enjoyed a five-point win there against George Mason. Now they have to go on the road here to Dayton and close out the regular season. Dayton also got a win on Tuesday against Richmond. Dayton covered the first half, why in that game? But failed to cover the full game spreadbook. Both of these teams are in the top four of the Atlantic 10. And they both have secured a double buy for the department, along with St. Louis and St. Joe's. Of course, the Atlantic 10 tournament next week. So I think this is a conference tournament. I think it's going to be extremely interesting to watch. VCU, you said certainly on the bubble here for the NTA tournament, looks like they could be in as of right now. Obviously, St. Louis is the class of the conference, but I really feel like VCU has closed the gap between them. At one point, I had St. Louis about a seven-point favorite against VCU on a neutral. And as of today, I would say that number is closer to three. So I'm not saying that this is because they're

42:59you're all in the modern day. But VCU, I feel, should be in the tournament. And two of their three conference losses have come at the hands of St. Louis. This is a solid basketball team. If you look at who they lost to in their non-conference schedule, there's no shame in that. I'd like to see them make a deep run next week to really help their case to get in. But this team, they're playing the night in Dayton, and even St. Joe's with the way they're playing right now. If either one of them somehow are able to pull out an upset conference tournament title and see a little bit, I mean, I hope VCU would still get in that large, but they may then be on the outside looking in. If somehow you get a Dayton or St. Joe's upset conference tournament title next week, but as of right now, I think VCU is in and deserve to begin. All right, in your neck of the woods there, it's a tradition unlike any other here, TG, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

44:00from storied boardwalk hall. We get a unique tournament set up here because it does kind of favor the top couple of seeds, both in Merrimack and in St. Peter's. So they'll be in action tonight. And then if they win, they get the day off on Saturday, get a little rest advantage head into the semi-finals here. On these one bid leagues as far as getting into the tournament, how do you handicap that and for people out there looking to try and take advantage of some of these spots where you're not playing every day and you do have some of those days off? Give us your feel on that tournament right in your neck of the woods and kind of the overall landscape of some of these smaller conference tournaments too. Yeah, I mean, I definitely like Merrimack for that conference tournament. It's unfortunate that the way the walls are written in New Jersey that even a tournament is being played right outside that right on the boardwalk at boardwalk hall can't take action on it because it's being played in the state of New Jersey. So we can't book those games,

45:01but it's still good, I think for the town, it's still good to have the conference tournament here and have those schools come in and certainly with the fan bases, but I definitely like Merrimack in that tournament, you know, some of these conference tournaments for this week where it's the smaller conferences as my buddy Richie B. likes to say you get to go down and play in the trash a little bit with some of these schools, but, you know, for instance, you have the whole Missouri Valley Conference narrative which we saw play out yesterday with the unders there that continue to come in in that tournament, I mean, you saw that first drake game of the day and the big line moved there overnight and then it kind of sat around, you know, 135, the total sat of that round rolled 35 most of the day and then as the limits increase the full amount that total got steamed up, you know, back into over 140. So, and it still played to the under,

46:03it still played to the under, so the under still came in there. Now, the first game of the day and that tournament today with Drake and Belmont, totals much higher. So, you see in the total around 153 for that game and that's really due to Belmont. Belmont is a great, great three point shooting team, but it's something about the characteristics of where they play that tournament where whether it's the shooting lines, whether it's the rims, there just is something about that this tournament plays to the under. So, while you're seeing a very high total in that game, really because of the offensive strength of Belmont, I could see that game still playing under 153 and half drake is not an offensive jug or not by any means. Belmont's certainly gonna look to push the pace, but, you know, I could certainly see that one come still under, but then you have the extreme in that tournament

47:06where tonight you have the Northern Iowa, Illinois State game and that totals line in the mid 120s and you think, well, there's no shot clock. We're back to these and no shot clocking college basketball. Now, there will be a shot clock, but, you know, these are two slower pace teams and again, you have to take into account just the way that the games play there at the Enterprise Center. So, you know, a lot of these smaller conference tournaments that are being played out this week, they all kind of have their own little idiosyncrasies that you have to take into account when you are handicapping them. You know, whether it's the big South there in Tennessee and, or, you know, the A-SUN tournament that's being played there in order. So, really be to a deep dive into some of these tournaments and, you know, there's plenty of data out there to help you along.

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