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Sunday Best Bets, Saturday Recaps

That’s more like it! After having a losing Friday, we returned to the winner’s circle on Saturday in the Tuley’s Takes home office (figuratively and literally).

What I mean is that while we had a winning day with our picks here in this column, we also had a winning day at home. Both of my college-age kids were home on Saturday and won’t be here on Easter next month, so we celebrated with an easter egg hunt (even though our children are 20, 18 and 13, they take after their dad as they’re still kids) and a ham dinner.

Of course, we were following all of our sports betting action as we won our Best Bet on Penn State +5.5 vs. Texas as the Nittany Lions stuck around and only lost 71-66. That landed on the closing line of 5, but we trust our followers were able to grab it earlier in the day. We also won our other NCAA round of 32 play on Tennessee +3.5 vs. Duke as the Volunteers pulled the 65-52 outright upset.

Saturday was better overall for underdog bettors as they went 4-3-1 ATS (and, again, if you got the Penn State +5.5, that improved to 5-3 ATS). Unders bettors also continued to succeed as Under went 6-2 to stay at 75% so far in the NCAA Tournament as they’re 30-10 overall. In fact, Unders were also 3-1 in the First Four/play-in games.

Actually, I’m a little disappointed I haven’t bet more Unders so far in the tourney because last Sunday night on “The Greg Peterson Experience,” Greg and I were speculating that Unders might have some value in the tourney but I’ve only gone 4-1 with my personal Under bets and feel I’ve left a lot of money on the table.

Anyway, I also won my other official Best Bet on the Orlando Guardians +7.5 at the Vegas Vipers in the XFL as the Guardians lost 35-32 to fall to 0-5 but covered as I knew the Vipers (who also entered the game at 0-4 before getting their first win) shouldn’t have been favored by more than a TD.

For good measure, my NHL First-Period Over/Unders – not official Best Bets but they were recommended plays (I suggested a smaller round-robin) – went 4-1, so anyone using them in 3’s or 4’s should have made a tidy profit.

To top off the day, I celebrated by meeting old friends John, Charlie and Dave (who have been coming to Vegas for March Madness for years) along with my nephew Craig for a late dinner at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in the Forum Shops at Caesars.

Let’s recap the rest of Saturday’s and then look for Best Bets on Sunday. I have two NCAA Tournament plays, plus an NHL 1P Under (for those looking for other potential plays, I’d suggest the Jets-Blues 1P Under 1.5 +140 and/or the Canucks-Ducks 1P Over 1.5 -155).

Saturday Recaps

NCAA Tournament: Favorites went 5-3 SU Saturday but underdogs led 4-3-1 ATS with push in Texas (closed -5) 71-66 win vs. Penn State and Northwestern (+8) covered in 68-63 loss vs. UCLA. Unders went 6-2. Overall in the tournament, faves lead 39-11 SU and 21-18-1 ATS (53.8%). Unders still hitting 75% at 30-10.

More NCAA Tournament: No. 8 seed Arkansas upset No. 1 Kansas 72-71 as 4-point dogs and +160 on the money line (game stayed just Under closing betting total of 143.5 points). No. 15 Princeton (+6.5, +230 ML) upset No. 7 Missouri 78-63 (stayed Under 145.5). Earlier, No. 4 Tennessee upset lower-seeded No. 5 Duke 65-52 in the East Regional after closing as 3.5-point dog and +155 on money line (stayed Under 127 points). South No. 5 San Diego State (-4.5) easily covered in 75-52 rout of No. 13 Furman,

  
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