VSiN's Weekend Morning Line | March 29, 2026 | Hour 2

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1:00Welcome to the V-Syn weekend morning eye on V-Syn. V-Syn, these sports betting network. We roll into our two of the V-Syn weekend morning line. I am Grash along with Will Hill. And this hour is sponsored by Edge Boost. New users sign up with promo code V-Syn. And Edge Boost will match your first deposit up to $50 head to edge boost dot bet and use promo code V-Syn to get started today. Well, we know we got a lot of hoop and we will get back to that. We just touch on some of the NBA games. We know we got two big college games today, but a full card of baseball. As Major League Baseball wraps up their first weekend, for me, Will, I admit, I'm trying to play catch up ball

2:01when it comes to baseball. There's been so much basketball on and into the throws of the NCAA tournament, not that I'm not paying attention or at least knowing what's going on, but in terms of across the game, it's the whole trying to play catch up. Is there any game that stands out to you today on this MLB card? Yeah, the game Johnson Lewis brought up is an interesting one. Phillies and Rangers here, Mackenzie Gore and Lazardo, two talented lefties. I know it's a small ballpark, but I like to play these first few innings. I don't like playing because I play a lot of unders. I don't want to play the full game under because the possibility of extra innings that just crushes your bet because you can get so many runs in those extra innings. But under four and a half is minus one for 40 for the first five. That's one where I could look at. I would look at the under just because said, good pitching matchup. Whether this time of the year, it's a little cold, the ball's not caring as well. So that's one, I would look at under four and a half

3:04in the first five and that four and a half is a key number because so often, it's three to one or it's two to two. The fact that you win on four. It's a good scenario just looking through the board. A's blue J's, A's of scored a lot of runs yesterday, but blue lead, Met's going for the sweep. That was a nice win for them yesterday. I don't know if you saw this stat last year. I think they were only 81 when trailing after eight innings. They did not have one ninth inning rally, one ninth inning come back all year and they snapped that yesterday. They came from behind, he had a three run home but a win the game. So they're two and a, pirates a team, a lot of people were high on their win total, got that from 72 and a half all the way up to, I think Circa closed around 80 and a half. They're a win total, jump eight wins in some spots. Everyone loved the pirates and who knows? Maybe it'll turn out to be right, but so far, that's at least not looking good. Owen two on the season, Owen two start here. Met's are a tough draw to open your season, but not a good start for them. And yeah, just kind of taking it all in. Again, I think if you're changing how you feel

4:05about these teams, two, three, four games into the season, you're probably overreacting because as you know, Andy, it's a very long season. This is not football where one game means a whole lot. This is a, you wouldn't react to three or four games in June or July. You shouldn't be reacting to three or four games in late March or not even in April yet. That being said, it's a very small sample but it's 100% of the sample, it's 100% of the results we have right now. It's all we can really go by. So I understand why people want to react, but just kind of taking it easy, taking it all in, to order for the Guardians is obviously how the tremendous start hit a bunch of home runs. He was 22 to one to win rookie of the year. He's down to three to one already. So some movement in these awards markets. Yeah, for me, you know, it's like grandpa's underwear. Where are the streaks? And right now Tampa Bay and St. Louis, both bullpen's have been god awful in this series. You know, the raised bullpen's allowed 11 runs,

5:0810 of which are earned in six and a third innings. That's not good for a, that's not good for a Sunday. Who am I going to turn to out of the bullpen for either manager? And you look at the, you know, the Cardinals bullpen's allowed 11 runs, 10 of which have been earned in like eight innings. So I know I got some bullpen's that are struggling, ton of pressure on the starters. If those starters get knocked out by the fifth, what are each of these managers turning to? I just think that, you know, I think there's a really good chance and an overplay here. And yeah, here's another one too, the white socks, right? So the white socks have Anthony Kay, who was making his first starts since 2023 after he went to Japan and played in the Nippon baseball league. Where the guy to 174 ERA did really well, but, you know, this Brewer's lineup,

6:10I think they got a, I think this isn't a, this isn't the y'all called swallows that he's going against Anthony Kay. This is the Milwaukee Brewer's who have been pretty good and hit very well at American Family Field. So those are just two games that kind of jump out to me today. But I'm with you, Will, like in terms of season long purview, I'm not there. I'm looking for like the delouter kid who's on a heater right now. I'm looking for teams with bad bullpens to be able to go over. And it's the very short-term snapshot that at least for me from away during standpoint, I'm reacting to today. The one team that I would have more of a big picture thought on after just seeing their roster, seeing the team that I think is something that could be actionable going forward. Like the Astros today, minus 181 at Draft Kings. I think they're being priced like the team that they've been the last decade that team that had Alex Bregman in Korea

7:12and Al-Tuvae in his prime and all these stars. A lot of those guys are gone. This is not the same team of the last five or 10 years. The team that went to all the World Series and all the ALCS, I think they're being a little overrated in the market. And the Angels, they've got their issues. Their bullpen's not very good. But Astros are a team I'm going to be looking to play against. I just think based on their name brand here, the talent doesn't quite match the name brand. When you look at some of the names in the lineup, the pitching's not as good as it used to be. They're just not as good a team as they've been. Let me ask you, what is the vibe in Boston? Is it, you know what, we got a young team. We'll hope for the best, but we don't have big expectations. Is it like playoffs or bust? Well, what's kind of the feel on the Red Sox where you are? Well, I think people are a little twisted in terms of the Red Sox because it's been like five straight years where they haven't won 90 games. But it's not like they haven't been successful, right? So I think it's more of the, well, if Alex Cora can find a way to, you know,

8:14get the magicians wand and sort of find a way to keep the lineup moving forward every day. I think a lot of people are bullish on the Red Sox. If they had, if the Red Sox had, I know there's a lot on Roman Anthony, but if we're going to be fair to Roman Anthony, and I've been screaming this from the mountaintops, people are expecting Roman Anthony to be like Manu Ramirez this year. If Roman Anthony hits, you know, a second year player, if he hits 25 bombs and drives in 90, that's a pretty good step forward from last year. So if they had one middle of the order bopper, if they had one guy in the lineup that struck fear in people, the way Garrett Crochet strikes fear in people when he's on the mount, then they would be okay. I think there is a little bit of uneasiness will because you just don't trust the lineup. And if there's one thing in Boston that they've normally had, were big bleepers who can hit it out of the ballpark

9:15if I steal from Earl Weaver. It doesn't look like there's a lot of that. They look more like a team that's going to hit the ball into the gap and they better be really good at base running. So I think there is confidence in this team. There's confidence in Cora, but right now there's a little bit of a wait and see attitude in terms of will they score enough runs to back what looks like on paper will to be a championship pitching staff. Is there frustration with ownership where they don't really spend like they used to? They seem like satisfied that they want a few championships. They obviously they broke the streak in 2004 and they've won a few sins. They've been a really good organization, but is there frustration among the fans that you know what? They just they don't have that same desire. Same thing here in the Northeast with Yankee fans that you know, House Timebanner is not George Timebanner. That desire to win and eight, I mean, you remember how it used to be, the arms race of there's a big reagent. He's either going to the Yankees or the Red Sox or you know, shillings available. The Yankees are Red Sox are going to, you know, duel to the death to get one of them to get him

10:16and he's going to go one of those places that's not how it is anymore. Are fans frustrated by that? Yeah, a little bit because John Henry also hasn't come out of the bunker. And you know this, right? Like the one thing about Big Stein back in the day was you saw him, you heard him, you felt his presence, right? And that was a big part of the award being a Yankee fan. I like to your point, I know my guy cares. John Henry looks at it. I've won four World Series. Why are people upset at me? Like this guy, everybody has lost confidence in him in New England because this was a dude who once sat at a press conference, John Henry and said, maybe I'm the wrong guy to own the team. Oh my God, Boston fans jumped all over that and it was like, what is wrong with you? He never comes out, he never comes out to address fans or the media. They don't even do the spring training stuff anymore.

11:19John Henry, the owner of the Red Sox, a couple of years ago, got booed at an event at MGM Springfield where it was literally like, you know, the Red Sox caravan. So it's, you know, Red Sox tickle butt is really what it was. And I gotta say, when he got booed, he was stunned. He was stunned. He couldn't understand why people didn't like him. So now he's just gone into hiding. And now Craig Brezlow says, or no, it's really the president Sam Kennedy is the one that they rolled out on Boston radio to go tap dance and speak for the organization. So I know I got along winded, but yeah, Will, there's, if they did the old confidence vote, there would be, it would be a zero confidence vote in John Henry right now. And you bring up George Steinbritter, man, how I miss him. What a character. He was so good for the sport. He wasn't perfect. He wanted to trade the prospects. He had his moments where he was just so temperamental

12:21that it worked against them. But man, the quotes, just the fear he struck in the players, the GMs, there's just, they don't make them, they don't make them like that anymore. There's no equivalent. No, I agree. I mean, it feels like a relic. It's terrible. Hey, who will take over the North Carolina basketball program? We will dive deeper into that next here on the Vs and weekend morning. 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. I'll never forget how our community showed up for us. Learn however, 3.5 billion people connect to what matters

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14:23New users signed up with promo code Vsyn and EdgeBoost will match your first deposit up to $50 head to EdgeBoost. Bet and use promo code Vsyn to get started today. We've talked to them before joining us now. Here's the host of the locked on college basketball and locked on heels podcast. Our guy Isaac Shade is with us. And Isaac, first you have NC State making news. Then you get UNC making news. It's crazy, the two of the bigger jobs that are open in all of college basketball are both right there and not very far apart in North Carolina. What's the vibe down there as you guys, as not only UNC, but NC State is on the hunt for a head coach. It's crazy, as you can imagine.

15:24A lot of Tar Heels fans are absolutely crashing out right now because Coach Davis was fired last Tuesday here we sit Sunday and there's no official news on anybody new. Well, the problem is because two of their main targets are still coaching in the NCAA tournament. Dusty May is going to be coaching for Michigan today. Tommy Lloyd just punched his ticket to the final four last night. And then the third guy in that conversation is Billy Donovan who's still the head coach of the bulls right now. So North Carolina fans, I'm like, you all, you just need to sit and be patient, let things play out as for NC State. My goodness, will Wade just absolutely dumping all over all in North Carolina after making, you know, he said a little while ago, this will be the worst team we ever have at NC State. Turns out he was exactly right and also by definition, it's the best team he ever had at NC State because he was there for one whole year. Now he's part of what I'm calling the Bermuda triangle coaches in Baton Rouge along with Lane Giffin and Mokey.

16:30Another big time job that could be open is Kansas. So boy, you have a coaching carousel where Kansas, North Carolina, and you throw an NC State, that's going to shake up the snow globe. So to speak, that's going to get people moving. Do you have any candidates in mind for Kansas and something we kicked around earlier? Is there any chance I know he's older? Is there any chance Rick Patino who always seems to be looking for a better job says, you know what, Kansas, North Carolina? Maybe I can go to greener pastures. What's your thoughts on Patino and maybe, you know, what Kansas does here for a coach? It's a great thought on Patino. I think if this was five, 10 years ago or maybe when he was leaving Iona, that would make a ton of sense. But he's at home in New York with St. John's. Boy, they had a great shot the other night to knock off Duke just couldn't quite get it done. I think Rick Patino stays home there in St. John's. That's for Kansas. It's kind of been back and forth on Bill Self. The most recent thing is that he said, hey, I actually am planning to stick around. We know he's had the health issues.

17:30The person I think they should target is the man that just lost last night in the elite eight. Then McCullough, all this dude has done is one and one and one at the D2 level two years ago. He had won four national championships at Northwest Missouri State. He then went to Drake last year, got his first D1 job, got them to the NCAA tournament. They won a game. Now he gets another D1 job at the high major level in the big 10 and takes Iowa all the way to the elite eight with a D2 player leading the way in Bennett Sturts and a whole bunch of players from Drake. I think Ben McCullough is maybe the best ex-anogue coach. He's rising like a rocket. He coached in Missouri. He's at home in Iowa right now. But, man, if I am the AD in Lawrence, Kansas, I am dumping the truck for Ben McCullough. Hey, Isaac, in terms of UNC, what do they want? Do they want the big celebrity coach?

18:30Do they want to show that they're still US or UNC by poaching a guy from a big program? Do they need someone with connective tissue to the program? Do you have any feel or vibe as to what North Carolina would be looking for in a candidate? Because they know they're going to get somebody who can coach. That's a great question. There's several things to this. Number one, when you talk connective tissue, the conversation has been, does Carolina keep it in the family again? Because Dean Smith obviously came from Kansas. He was not family, but he set the Carolina way. Every coach since then has been an alum or connected very similarly. There was no very obvious person this time around, like there was with Roy Williams a couple of hires ago. And so, what I have consistently said is that North Carolina is not going to hire somebody that's biological family. But you can find somebody that's what I'm calling adopted family.

19:31Somebody that understands and appreciates and would get Carolina. But because they went out and got Hubert Davis, who had zero head coaching experience at the D1 level, outside of coaching, Carolina's JV team, they can't go do that again. They have to get an established head coach with high major success. But also, you can't just go get some celebrity coaches, which is a great phrase that you just used, because there's a guy over in the football building that in that right now. And you don't want two of those, a billbellicic situation, and somebody like a John Calapari, as I sit here in the XNA airport, and just a little bit north of Fayette, the Arkansas. Right, like that's not the type of coach you need. You need somebody, like you know, we mentioned Tommy Lloyd's name earlier. He is a Mark Fue disciple from Gonzaga. If this was 10 years ago, I think Carolina goes hard after Mark Fue. The next best option in my opinion is Mark Fue's head man that was right underneath him, that's now at Arizona in the final four. I think they need to dump everything they can

20:33into trying to pry Tommy Lloyd away from Arizona after this final four run. Isaac, the games today will start with, to me, this is the best game of the tournament so far, at least it looks to be on paper. Yukon vs Duke, it's hard to bet against Hurley. You're getting points with Hurley from a betting perspective. And Duke is trailed in the second half of all of these games. Does Yukon pick them off? Does Duke survive and go to the final four? What are you looking for here today? Oh, your eyes, this game is electric. So Dan Hurley has never lost in the sweet 16 or beyond in the NCAA tournament. So it would take something literally historic to change that today. But Duke, as you said, has trailed multiple times, but they are six and no on this season when they get down by double digits, including that game against St. John's on Friday. The thing is that the return of Caleb Foster, shockingly, surprisingly, we sit here on Palm Sunday. Maybe there was some sort of miracle that Caleb Foster gets back from foot surgery less than three weeks later, but Caleb Foster.

21:34If he is back again today and able to help manage the shift in the same way he did Friday night, he's questionable on the official injury report. If they can do that, they might be in good shape. But as you said, Yukon getting five and a half points right now, this is going to be a one-two possession game. At worst, you got to take Yukon to cover, but I'm going to take the Huskies straight up to win this thing, because I think Terrace Reeves is going to be able to dominate inside. You're looking at Silas Demory, who's a kid from Raleigh, North Carolina, so who is jacked up to be able to play a team from his home state. I got Yukon straight up in this thing. Isaac thoughts on Michigan Tennessee. This Tennessee finally break through. Yeah, Tennessee trying to get to the final four for the first time ever. I think it's too much Michigan, but let's go there and let's see what would happen in a world where Tennessee is able to knock off Dustin May's team. They've got this incredible front line Michigan does.

22:34A three-headed monster of Morez Johnson, a dimara, the big 10 player of the year, and Gaxle Lendaborg. But Tennessee is the number one team in the nation in offensive rebound percentage. So if the balls can get on the glass, get a bunch of second chance points, if they can out physical Michigan, some way somehow they might have a shot that way. The one other thing I'll say as a vacuum cleaner is suddenly going behind me, this is perfect here in the airport, is that Tennessee's point guard, Jacobi Gillespie is a steady, absolute dude for Michigan. You've got Elliott Kendo, who has been more consistently, but is typically an up and down point guard, has some struggles. Turnovers at times is not a knockdown shooter. And so if Tennessee's Jacobi Gillespie can be the dominant back court factor, that's another way that Tennessee could get this W. All that said, give me Michigan, moving on to the final four, setting up an electric, electric matchup on the right side of the bracket between Michigan and Arizona next Saturday in Indianapolis.

23:34Isaac, thanks for the time, brother. We appreciate it. Always great talking to you. Thanks a bunch. Travel safe. We'll catch you down the road. Thank you guys. Have a great Sunday. Let's get it. There we go. Hey, this hour of the Veecin Weekend morning line is brought to you by Edge Boost. If you're serious about betting this March, meet Edge Boost, the Visa debit card and bank account built specifically for gamers. No more decline deposits. No more waiting on bank transfers. Edge Boost gives you real-time access to your funds 24-7365 nights, weekends, holidays, all of it. Use it across all your favorite sportsbooks and DFS platforms. Earn up to 0.5% cash back on eligible deposits and access up to 1 million in daily deposit limits with no usage fees and no minimums. New users signed up with promo code Veecin and Edge Boost will match your first deposit

24:36up to $50. It's the smarter way to manage your gaming bank role head to edgeboost.that and use promo code Veecin to get started today. You're tuned in to the Veecin Weekend morning line. Halfway home on today's program. Hopefully everybody is getting settled in to watch some Elite 8 basketball a little bit later today. We know we have a healthy card of NBA games. We also have a healthy card of MLB games. But, well, it's kind of time to look at the MLB futures. I know that we had Jensen Lewis with us a little bit earlier.

25:37And he was like, you know, don't alter too much of your thinking based on what some of the early returns might be. But as we kind of dig into these, I almost feel like why post odds on the old NL West. I mean, really, you know, why? Well, at minus 650 for the Dodgers right now. And then you have the Padres and the Giants sliding in. And the D-backs are 22 to 1. And the Rockies are 300 to 1. It feels like the Rockies are never really going to be able to pull out of it. Will, for your money, is there really only one bet in terms of a future in the NL West? If you're willing to lay 650? Yeah, I hadn't looked at the odds for the NL West in a couple of days or whatever. It's just one of those. It's kind of out of sight out of mind because you assume it's going to be the Dodgers.

26:38But you know, minus 650, I mean, I don't want to sit here on air and have people, you know, bet that big. It's just, I would say this, if you were going to bet it, let's just for round numbers say you bet a hundred bucks a game, something like that. Don't risk 650 dollars to win a hundred. If you're going to bet this, just bet your normal 100 and take the smaller pay out. Again, it's tying up your money for a long time. But as far as like the value and the chances it's going to lose, I mean, I guess anything is possible. But and they didn't have like a dominant season last year and the Podgers had their chances to win the division. Podre seemed like they might be taking a step back. Arizona's not one of that division. Colorado's obviously not winning it. San Francisco, we've seen the start there off too. Boy, that does seem like a pretty, pretty safe bet that the Dodgers at minus 650 do in that divisions. Yeah, I thought maybe peaking it at the Podre's at plus 900 might be something because here was the theory behind me, even thinking that will. At some point, aren't the Dodgers going to be like the Golden State Warriors?

27:43It doesn't matter our seating. It doesn't matter whether we win the division, just be healthy for the playoffs. And I wonder for the Dodgers how they balance that at some point. And I do wonder if it ultimately costs them a division title along the way because as long as they're in the postseason, that's all the Dodgers really need to care about quite honestly. And you know, with the injury factor and they sign older guys year after year after year and their guys get worn down, you know, it did make me just wonder for a second. Could there be another team that would steal that division because of a changing Dodgers mindset? The numbers in the NL East are like the numbers in the AL East in some ways. I know the AL East has four deep that you may consider credible for winning that division. And in the NL East, you have three teams in the Metz and the Phillies and the Braves. The Marlins are way off the board at 40 to one.

28:44The Nats are not credible, but will you got a plus 140, a plus 175, and a plus 250? We're talking razor thin margins here in terms of winning this division. Do you have a lean in the NL East? The Metz, I think the Metz are the most complete team. It's always dangerous kind of trusting that franchise because it just seems like there's a black cloud over their head that collapsed last year. It seems like it's there's just always something that goes wrong, but you know what, those things can change. And to me, the Phillies, who knows when Wheelers going to come back and what he's going to look like. I know he pitched in the minor leagues yesterday for Lehigh Valley and looked pretty good, but we'll see that was what a blood clot last year. That's a serious issue. We'll see if he's the same picture and when he's back, but they lose Ranger Suarez. It feels like those position players a little bit older, Harper and Turner and even Shorber, although Shorber seems to just be still a machine on offense. And the Braves had a nightmare off season. I know they've started the season while yesterday they had to walk off Grand Slam to go to 2-0, but they lost so much pitching. They have so much

29:49pitching on the injured list that it's sale and they're really trying to piece together with duct tape around that. I just think by process of elimination, the Metz, really good lineup still. They add Peralta. I think the bullpen will be fine. And if they get in a position near the deadline, which I'm sure they'll, they will where they can add players. Cohen is an aggressive, aggressive owner. So I'll go with the Metz. I don't think it's a great price at the short number. And it's a good division. I don't buy this idea that the Marlins can win and I know people have made a case for them. I would go with the Metz, even though they're the favorite in the short shot. Yeah, if I were going to take a chance on anybody, it would be the Braves at plus 2-50, but you brought up something about Steve Cohen and the aggressiveness at the deadline. If the Braves are close, they're not going to make big moves at the deadline. They're not going to add to that team. And to me, that was a pretty easy to talk myself out of thinking about the Braves. In the NL Central, we know the Cubs went out and signed Bregman. The Brewers have a good

30:51young lineup and have been consistent for a couple of years now. But in the NL Central, we got the Cubs at plus 1-10. The Brewers at plus 2-35. The Reds are in there at plus 5-50. And then, I mean, this is pure. We're going to take your money because they have players that tickle you. The Pirates at plus 600 to win the NL Central. Look, I grew up in Western pencil tucky for the first 15 years of my life. If in a Jim Leeland and Barry Bonds and Bobby Bonilla, I'm not betting on the Pirates to win a division. I just found it interesting that it was all the way down to plus 600, like people were going to jump on that for the notorious budget conscious buckles. Pirates have some pitching and you know, all in two start, okay, you can overcome that. I'm with you. I'm surprised it's six to one. They were a very, if there was any team that was trendy and buzzy heading into the season, it's the Pirates. And again,

31:55look, you got skins. He's a dominant. Is anyone in the sport bad start on opening day, but a lot of that was only old crews who could catch a pop up in center field. These numbers were not as bad as it seemed. That was a terrible performance, man. Almost from that form. He's coming in when he should have gone back. Then he lost the ball on the side. That was not a big league center field or performance on an opening day there. Yeah, to me, it's probably the Cubs. I just think similar to the Met's most complete roster. I know you always have to respect the brewers, what they do with their culture, their infrastructure, their ability to develop pictures and relief pictures. I think it'll be a two team race between those teams. I would like to say the reds, but it seems like the reds are always, and Frank Kohn is a great manager as you know, and he gets the most out of his players. Seems like it's always something with their pictures, with Dolor, Hunter Green. Those guys are super talented, but whether it's a blister, arm soreness, I mean, you name it. Those guys just find ways to get hurt. I think that's enough to keep them away from winning the division. So I will go with the the Cubs here to win the NL Central. Hey, let's jump to the AL East where I mentioned there are arguably

32:56four betterable teams, the Yankees, the Blue Jays, the Red Sox, and the Orioles. And in order, the Yankees are plus 180. Toronto is plus 250. Boston plus 320. The Orioles at plus 425. I guess signing Pete Alonzo gets you down in the, what, you know, almost four and a half the one range there for Baltimore. There's no way I can play Baltimore. I just don't trust them. To me, it's really New York, Toronto, or Boston, and it's kind of take your pick. I lean the Yankees to win the division just because of their offense. I think there are going to be days where they're just going to outslug the crap out of teams who are in bad pitching situations, but thoughts on the AL East will Yankees have been dominant here. Three dominant pitching performance is free. Schlitler Warren didn't go deeper to the games. He can't really credit Warren too much, but the bullpen did a nice job yesterday. They got a bunch of double plays.

33:57I just worried judge at some point gets hurt at this stage of his career and misses, you know, three to six weeks or something like that. And then can they sustain their offense? Can they survive without him? I actually, I do like Baltimore. I think they, their pitching was so hurt last year. It should be much better this year, much healthier. I think they got a chance to lead the league in homers at Alonzo to that lineup. And they lost yesterday to Minnesota, but I think taking a shot. It's a very competitive division. You told me Boston wins the division. I wouldn't blink. Toronto was a play away from it in the world series last year and how they didn't win it last year is amazing, but I'll take a shot of Baltimore. But again, you could talk me and anyone besides Tampa, Tampa is not one of that division. Any of the four I think are viable. Very good division, very, very competitive and very deep. Yeah, it'll all, you know, that, that also alters the way you have to think about picking a winner for that division because it used to be, oh, we got 18 games against Baltimore. We'll win 15 of those. Now that's kind of out the window. You got to start to think about some of these seems a little differently. If you're looking for an edge in baseball betting, check out the decent daily diamond sharp daily

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37:16wagering welcome into the visa weekend morning line, I am Gresh along with Will Hill. We've got NASCAR today. We have college basketball today. We've got NBA. We've got a full slate of baseball games. Lots of things to think about now. Two weeks ago, my NASCAR bets were good. Last week Kyle Larson, who I had for a top five, started on, it was a late restart where he was 11th and then had car issues and ended up finishing like in the 30s or something like that. So I'm looking for the old personal bounce back when it comes to the when it comes to the NASCAR bets. And today I'm going with Christopher Bell to have a top 10 at Martinsville. For those who don't know about the Martinsville track, it looks like a paperclip. I mean, it really truly does. It is a unique track where Bell has now elevated his team's performance at Martinsville, let alone his.

38:22So seventh or better in four of the last seven starts at this track for C Bell. He is also one here a couple of times. He had a 2022 victory that secured him a spot in the then championship four. So I will go minus 165 for C Bell to have a top 10 today. And I might be sharing a brain with a guy who won a college basketball handicapping contest at one point in time. The great will hill. I am sharing a brain with him on the Yukon plus five and a half. This is weird will because that's such a skinny number. I know a lot of people. Well, I was told by an old sports writer years ago. Don't bet a team that you don't think can actually win the game. I think Duke is going to win the game. I think Yukon is going to cover. I don't know where you land on that. But you and I have gone

39:22around and around talking about the Huskies hard not to like them right now plus five and a half. And they're very live to win the game outright. Hard to bet against Hurley hard to bet against Hurley when you got a lay points on top of it that free throw disparity that Duke had famously in the game Friday night. And look, a lot of it anytime Duke has the free throw advantage. People are going to complain to it. You know, bogus whistle. They were more aggressive. They were going to the hoop more. St. John's was settling for a lot of threes. I think St. John shot 32 threes. It's hard to get foul calls when you're shooting 32 threes. You're not going to get called. You're not going to go to the free throw line. You're not going to get the other opponent in foul trouble by shooting threes. That aside, I don't think that foul disparity will be there today against Yukon. The first time they blow the whistle on Yukon for a foul. We know Hurley is going to lose his mind. He will lose his mind also on the second third fourth and fifth time that Yukon gets called for foul. So I do actually think that might help Yukon here. And even out the fouls, even out the whistle. And look, it's just a hard team to prep for in terms of their motion offense and everything

40:24you have to deal with. And look at Duke. They trailed all three of these tournament games in the second half. Sienna was up big on them. TCU had the lead briefly in the second half. I think by four points. And then St. John's led pretty deep into that game by 10 points. I thought St. John's was going to beat him and deliver the knockout punch. They couldn't just they just couldn't get enough stops. So they needed to. But Yukon is a different animal here. A little bit of house money for Yukon too. I know they always have big expectations. But give me the five and a half here. I think this game is right down to the wire. Well, I mean, they've won two out of the last three national championships. It's not like they're going to go out in the round of 32. All right, I mean, look, Hurley, I'm sure they want to get to the final four, but you got to an elite eight, a couple years after, you know, going to back to back or winning back to back titles here. This is not like they've had a bad year regardless of what happens. Duke and Shire, they've had some of these trip ups. That was a terrible loss last year in the final four to Houston with flag and Shire, the two favorites for rookie. They're yet both of them. And he had a seven point lead with a minute to go and he blew that game. And they lost the NC State a couple years ago in the elite

41:25eight, which was a terrible loss. So I think there's much more pressure on Duke. And I'll take the five and a half with Yukon. I will pick Yukon to win the game and go to the final four. And I'll give me 10 a C plus seven and a half. I don't think they're going to win. Yep. I think this is a close game, though. I think they've got the athletes, the bodies, the size to at least hang on the boards and give themselves second chance opportunities and keep Michigan getting second chance opportunities. Can they make enough shots? Can they spread the floor and just hit enough threes to hang in this game? To me, that's the question. And I don't think they're going to win. I do think I'd be very surprised if not shocked Michigan doesn't find a way to win this game and go to the final four. But I'll say 10 a C hangs around and gets the cash here. And I wonder, because I'm surprised about the five and a half with Yukon. I wonder if these books are saying, you know what, enough of these favorites winning and covering and the money line, Parley favorites from all these, you know, the college kids that just want to bet the favorites and Parley them on the money line. They're all caching. So I wonder if the books are saying, you know what, we got to jack these lines up a little bit. Maybe that's why you're getting a little extra here with Yukon is up to five and a half. Yeah, I think there could be a little bit of that. But the reason that I reacted to you saying that Yukon house

42:30money is because it really all depends on how invested you are. And what I mean by that is they're in New England. There, uh, there's a furniture store called Jordan's furniture. And one of the one of the brothers who owned it, right? Elliott is still does these commercials. Get the wicked thick accent and stuff like that. But anyway, they sold out like years ago too. I think like the Merve Griffin group. I'm really not kidding. Like the the the brothers who owned that have had big cash. All right. So years ago, the guy Elliott from Jordan's furniture in New England did the whole, if the Red Sox win the champion chip, if you buy it before dead and everything will be free, right? So they got panced on that. They got panced on a patriot one. So what did Jordan's do this year? They changed it to the Yukon men's and women's basketball team. So in Elliott voice,

43:31I'll say all they have to do is win the champion chip and your your furniture is free. So for those who went and made the big furniture purchase, it isn't playing with house money for Yukon. They're banking on them to be able to at least go to the final. And that's the hook of this. The men and the women just have to go to the final. Each of them, if each Yukon men and women team are playing for the national championship, then you're getting all that furniture for free. So that's why I kind of reacted the way I did because I'm sure there are a lot of people sitting around New England who are going to be rooting very hard for the really the men to be able to carry the mail over on the women's side will Yukon is only a 27 and a half point favorite against Notre Dame. Notre Dame has one of the best players in the country. There are multiple number one seeds on the women's side. All of them

44:31have big numbers attached, none as big as Yukon. So I don't know. I find that interesting because I'm sure there are a lot of people who are going to be gripping, hoping that, you know, they're that the recliner that they're farting in ends up for free because Yukon makes it to the nanny. I wonder if people do people actually buy the furniture thinking, you know what? And they make it calculated risks and you know what? I actually think both these things are going to happen and it's a free roll. You think so because that's a man. That's a. Oh yeah. I know. I know. I know. I know. I know. I guess it's possible now. I mean, but when you when you think about it, I mean the women are almost a mortal lock to be able to make a championship game. And I know they're going to have to deal with South Carolina. So that could be the that could be the flying the ointment. What's really interesting is the Yukon men are catching five and a half against Duke. The women are minus 27 and a half against Notre Dame. Duke obviously laying five and a half to Yukon. The Duke women are catching

45:3411 and a half against UCLA. Michigan is in action today. Michigan's what a seven and a half point favorite against Tennessee. The Michigan women are 10 and a half point underdogs against Texas. So we have like multiple schools where the men and women can both punch their tickets to the final four. Pretty interesting that there's that kind of, you know, the the program strength of those schools. And the unders have done very well in the women's tournament. And I don't know if you saw the comments from Orianna yesterday, we were saying this is ridiculous. He put the sport on blasting. We got to come in and do our media. We don't get a chance to shoot. We don't get a chance for shoot around. We're using these inflated balls. That's why all the shooting percentages are bad. He basically gave you a three minute dissertation, three minute dissertation there on why you should be better than the unders on these games. It's really crazy when you when you think about what these college coaches complained about. Patino had no issue with the interview schedule

46:35till they lost and then decided to bring it up after the game. Anyway, this hour of the weekend morning lines brought to you by Edgeboost. If you're betting on the tournament, you need Edgeboost the these the debit card and bank account built for gamers enjoy real time transfers 24 seven up to 0.5% cashback on eligible deposits and up to $1 million in daily deposit limits with no usage fees and no minimums new users sign up with promo code decent and get a $50 deposit match on your first deposit again sign up with promo code decent get a $50 deposit match on your first deposit head to edgeboost.bett and get your edge today. We'll talk college troops next as we continue on the Vsyn Weekend morning line.

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