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Contains: the 2024 results by each conference, how teams do after getting swept and teams off two straight series losses,

how hot and cold teams do including an 85% hit versus cold system, teams with no rest playing a team with a bye,

how AP Top 5 teams fair, off wins as an underdog, both teams off Overs or Unders, plus teams off an overtime game and teams off wins by 20+ points

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CBB

(751) USC at (752) Purdue

9:00pm EDT - Mar 13/2025

THE PLAY: Total Over 149.5 (-110)

(751) USC at (752) Purdue

Total Over 149.5 (-110)

With USC playing with no rest and off a double OT win Purdue will likely press the pace.
Teams off at least a 2 OT game with 2 days or rest or less are 123-76-2 (62%) O/U. It jumps to 72% O/U with no rest.

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Date

Sport

Pick

Result

Mar 13

CBB

5% – Ohio -150
(Analysis)

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Mar 12

CBB

1.5% – (306505) Lamar at (306506) McNeese State Total Under 133.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Win

Mar 12

CBB

2% – Arkansas -4.0 (-105)
(Analysis)

Push

Mar 12

NHL

2% – Calgary Flames -136
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 12

CBB

2% – Georgetown -4.0 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 12

CBB

3% – CBB parlay - Ohio St with Liberty
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 11

CBB

1.5% – (631) Idaho at (632) Montana Total Over 146.0 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 11

NHL

4% – REGULATION Florida Panthers -125
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 10

NHL

4% – Ottawa Senators -158
(Analysis)

Win

Mar 10

CBB

1.5% – (835) Arkansas State at (836) Troy Total Under 139.0 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 10

NBA

2% – NBA ML parlay: Miami with San Antonio
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 10

CBB

1.5% – (837) Wofford at (838) Furman Total Under 137.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 09

CBB

1.5% – (805) Bradley at (806) Drake Total Under 118.5 (-115)
(Analysis)

Win

Mar 09

NHL

4% – REGULATION Washington Capitals -160
(Analysis)

Win

Mar 09

CBB

1.5% – (306549) Winthrop at (306550) High Point Total Under 160.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Win

Mar 09

CBB

3% – William & Mary -3.5 (-108)
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 09

NBA

2% – (525) Cleveland Cavaliers at (526) Milwaukee Bucks Cleveland Cavaliers Total Over 123.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 09

CBB

1.5% – (823) St. Thomas at (824) Nebraska Omaha Total Under 150.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

Mar 08

NHL

4% – REGULATION Florida Panthers -163
(Analysis)

Win

Mar 08

NHL

1% – (47) Buffalo Sabres at (48) Florida Panthers Florida Panthers Total Over 3.5 (-135)
(Analysis)

Win

Consultant Bio

Ralph was raised in the home of handicappers in Cleveland, Ohio. Starting in the industry as a key member of Phil Steele's early team, which expanded Northcoast Sports during the mid-90s. Ralph's personal following grew fast, allowing him to strike out on his own as the founder of California Sports. Over the next dozen years as General Manager of Phil Steele Publications and lead handicapper of Northcoast Sports, Ralph managed the creation of some of the most popular sports betting content ever, including Phil Steele's College Football Preview Magazine and Northcoast's Power Sweep Newsletter. Content displaying expertise so elite that Ralph was invited into college football's most exclusive club: Heisman Trophy Voter
Ralph Michaels has a math mind, steadily searching for a value in the numbers in addition to matchup edges, situational advantages, and hidden gems of information. Ralph finds more big bets in the college versions of football and basketball, but his handicapping approach also uncovers selective winners in the professional leagues like MLB. Small conferences are particularly profitable due to mispriced injuries and his profiling of exploitable coaching tendencies.

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