The Braves are still good, the Central Divisions are still open for the taking.
Three Thoughts: Setting Expectations for Jackson Holliday
How good is good for this year’s biggest baseball debutant? Also: How many Sycamores can Josh Schertz bring to SLU? And would you rather play the Knicks or the Bucks?
Today’s Best Bets: Wednesday, April 10th
How to approach Jordan Hicks’s early-season performance.
Three Thoughts: Dan Hurley Has Brought UConn to a New Height
Jim Calhoun and Danny Hurley had to do different things. But this is the best UConn’s ever been. Also: Those worst affected by the pitcher injury problem, and what to think of the Cubs bullpen.
Today’s Best Bets: Tuesday, April 9th
It’s fully baseball season. (Until we start our NBA and NHL futures in a week or two.)
Today’s Best Bets: Monday, April 8th
Today’s MLB action.
Three Thoughts: Dynasties Are Hard; Connecting the Calipari Dots
Dawn Staley’s doing it. Dan Hurley might join her. Then: How Caitlin Clark elevated Iowa, and two implications of the manner in which Calipari ended up at Arkansas.
Today’s Best Bets: Sunday, April 7th
A baseball moneyline, and our last college basketball pick of the year.
Today’s Best Bets: Saturday, April 6th
Today’s MLB moneyline, and rallying around the CBB futures flag.
Is SLU a Top-Half Atlantic 10 Job?
A follow-up from yesterday.
Today’s Best Bets: Friday, April 5th
Only baseball today, as we lick our college basketball wounds.
Three Thoughts: Should Josh Schertz Have Stayed at Indiana State?
Saint Louis is a better job. But how much better? Also: Eric Musselman is a great hire for USC, and there are paths for Alabama and NC State.
Three Thoughts: John Fisher and College Football’s “Super League,” Both Very Dumb
John Fisher missed a layup, the college football “super league” is a terrible and doomed idea, and the Cubs’ grounds crew came through in the clutch.
Today’s Best Bets: Thursday, April 4th
A play on the NIT Championship, and today’s baseball action.
Three Thoughts: Is Free Agency Fun?
College basketball’s getting a taste. Do we like it? Also: This should be a season of Dodgers vs. Braves, and the Kansas City stadium vote was a mixed result.
Today’s Best Bets: Wednesday, April 3rd
Today’s MLB moneyline, and the latest in our college basketball futures effort.
Today’s Best Bets: Tuesday, April 2nd
Our college basketball effort is in trouble. We start to fight back.
Three Thoughts: Ronel Blanco, Shōta Imanaga, and the Health of College Basketball
Joe talks no-hitter unlikeliness, the Cubs’ ace situation, college hoops’ regular season vs. March Madness, and the harassment side of problem gambling.