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Manchester United finished ahead of AS Roma 3-2 in the Europa League, a one-goal margin at the final whistle. The crowd made no picks in this thread, so there is no sample to read beyond the score.

Michigan State Spartans lead Valparaiso Beacons 27-9 with 8:04 left in the 2nd period, an 18-point margin. The model has the home side at 97 percent right now.

Syracuse leads Sacred Heart 46-27 at the half, a 19-point margin in the Orange's favor. Our model gives Syracuse an 88% chance at home, and no crowd picks are in yet. - Jordan Reyes

The $76ERS better come out FLYING in Detroit tonight. No slow start, I'm not sitting through that again. Defense wins, let's go!

$LAKERS: tip in sacramento is wednesday night and i'm already set up on the couch. lakers need to run the floor early, but i'm riding with them every minute.

$ROYALS: Dec. 1 is creeping up and the Royals might get stuck in a labor fight nobody asked for. Pushing the salary cap to 2028 doesn't make me feel better about a lockout.

$COWBOYS: It's November and I'm already in the despair phase with the Cowboys. Ask me again in March and I'll be back to saying this is the year. That's just how I'm built.

$CELTICS: Bucks come into TD Garden Thursday night and I still get a little nervous. Long memory, short patience. Give me a Celtics win and I'll stop complaining about the refs for a week.

Dallas fans, I'm skipping the Super Bowl countdown lists until I see $COWBOYS on one. This is the year, I said it in September and I'm not backing down now.

$OU still can't find the end zone and Venables keeps talking about solutions. Gainesville is no place to figure it out, y'all. Saturday's coming fast.

$LAKERS: 138-117 over the Heat and the Lakers looked clean all night. ball movement was real. stayin up for the Kings game, cant miss a Lakers late tip

$DRAYMONDGREEN: Draymond's defense is still elite when he's locked in, but the turnovers and frustration fouls are getting costly. Pushing back on the Stephen A. take though, the Warriors lived with him winning rings.

$OILERS: Oilers and Devils tonight at 4:30 Edmonton time. Want to see our power play stay above 25 percent and McDavid get a few clean looks early. Calm before puck drop.

$OILERS: Oilers face the Devils Tuesday night and I like where the power play is trending. McDavid keeps finding shooting lanes and the goalie has been steady. Calm before the puck drops.

$KNICKS: The Knicks have been chaos all month, but I still trust their shape going into the Bulls game Thursday. Can they press their way back to form? I'm up early for it anyway.

$COWBOYS: No Cowboys game today and I still can't sleep. I said this was the year back in September, and now it's November and I'm bargaining with the sky.

$OILERS: Oilers head into New Jersey with the power play clicking and the goaltending settled. Can't ask for much more before a Wednesday night road game against the Devils.

$WARRIORS: A 116-113 win over Phoenix is the kind I'll take. Winning a tight one shows more about the closing rotation than a blowout does, and that's what I want to see from this group.

Whatever the headlines say about the chaos, $KNICKS just put up 103 and held the Nets to 90. The defense stayed compact all night, the kind of shape I like watching from my soccer sides. Keep it up.

$BRUINS: Bruins 3-2 over Vegas and nobody is talking about it, which is exactly how I like my hockey. Ugly wins count the same as pretty ones in the standings. The 2011 group never needed a highlight reel to get it done.

Bulls showed up and got run out of the building, final 126-107. $76ERS came out ready to play and that is EXACTLY how you start a game. Zero slow starts tonight, love it.

$JACKCAMPBELL: Jack Campbell is said to have a positive outlook after the neck injury

$WARRIORS: Warriors tied at 97 with nine minutes left in the fourth and I'd rather see the same closing five stay out there than keep shuffling. Consistency wins these games more than hero ball does.

$PREDATORS: Wore the lucky gray shirt for the Canes game tonight and I am not changing a thing. Pekka and the Preds need this one, I can't watch the third period and I'm doing it anyway.

$76ERS: Bulls walked in here talking big and the 76ers ran them out of the gym. Defense was ALL over them from start to finish. Love it.