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On the Wednesday February 26 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Wes Reynolds to talk some XFL for Week 4, tonight’s Maryland vs. Minnesota game, and the Honda Classic at PGA National. Adam and Wes ran through all four XFL games for this week with some picks and predictions and also talked about some of the hardships and challenges for both bettors and oddsmakers.On the college basketball and golf sides of things, the guys hit Maryland vs. Minnesota, a coin flip game of two teams in very different spots, and then talked Honda Classic, where Wes is taking a long, hard look at a lot of different players as the Florida Swing begins.

On the Monday February 24 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke did another edition of The Bettor’s Box, his MLB betting podcast with a focus on the AL Central Division. During his new “Five and Fly” segment, Adam spent just about five minutes on each of the five teams in the AL Central, with betting tips, thoughts, and analysis on the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, and Minnesota Twins.Adam also spent a few minutes on some injury updates for Spring Training and the impact that they could have as we move forward towards the regular season.

On the Monday February 24 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com for this week’s Handicapping the Hardwood segment. Adam and Kyle talked about late-season college basketball betting with conference tournament formats and motivation as big considerations for these teams and for bettors.They also talked about a handful of games for this week’s action, including Akron vs. Bowling Green, Iowa vs. Michigan State, Virginia vs. Virginia Tech, Furman vs. UNC Greensboro, ETSU vs. Wofford, South Dakota State vs. North Dakota State, New Mexico State vs. Grand Canyon, and Wright State vs. Northern Kentucky.

On the Friday February 21 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke wrapped up Friday’s show and the week with some of his own college basketball betting insights and some situational spots that are on his radar for this weekend’s action. Adam talked about Cal Baptist vs. Chicago State, Villanova vs. Xavier, Troy vs. Appalachian State, UCLA vs. Colorado, and Southern Illinois vs. Northern Iowa.He also hit the ice for a few NHL spots to be wary of for this weekend as well.

On the Friday February 21 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Greg Peterson of the Hoopin’ With Hoops podcast to chat about this weekend and beyond in college basketball. The guys talked about Senior Day and what that means as teams play out the string and then looked at a whole bunch of games for Friday and Saturday night.Adam and Greg talked about VCU vs. Saint Louis, Buffalo vs. Kent State, Rider vs. Iona, Gonzaga vs. BYU, Kansas vs. Baylor, Florida State vs. NC State, Florida vs. Kentucky, Montana vs. Montana State, and Louisiana Tech vs. North Texas with some projected lines, picks, and insights.

On the Thursday February 20 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper John Ryan to talk about the NBA coming out of the All-Star Break, and the games in the Big Ten and Big East Conferences for this weekend. Adam and John started in the NBA to find some buy and sell teams as games get back underway.On the college side, they looked at Ohio State vs. Iowa for tonight, as well as Michigan State vs. Nebraska. Then they looked at the Saturday and Sunday slates for both conferences, including some key games in the Big East on both Saturday and Sunday.

On the Thursday February 20 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke opened up the show with a new edition of The Bettor’s Box, his MLB betting podcast. On a day when Adam started posting his MLB season win total picks and previews, he spent the majority of the segment talking about the AL East and spent a few minutes on some Spring Training injury notes at the end.In a new segment called “Five and Fly”, Adam spent about five minutes on each team in the AL so he could break down the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, and Toronto Blue Jays, including his favorite season win total picks of the bunch. He’ll do that on every segment going forward until all six divisions have been covered.

On the Wednesday February 19 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Wes Reynolds of VSIN to talk Week 3 of the XFL season and this week’s two golf tournaments, the WGC-Mexico Championship and the Puerto Rico Open. Adam and Wes shared their picks, predictions, and analyses for all four XFL games and both golf events.Roughnecks vs. Vipers, Renegades vs. Dragon, Guardians vs. BattleHawks, and Defenders vs. Wildcats is your schedule for Week 3 and Adam and Wes hit all four of those games. They also gave picks for the WGC-Mexico Championship and the Puerto Rico Open to finish out the segment.

On the Wednesday February 19 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Bryan Leonard of WagerTalk.com for this week’s Sports Wagering Talk segment. Adam and Bryan talked about some betting tips for Spring Training, which starts on Saturday, and also NBA betting coming off of the All-Star Break.Adam and Bryan broke down what to watch for and what matters the most in Spring Training for those that are looking to bet baseball’s exhibition games. They also talked about the return of the NBA on Thursday night and whether or not to ease back into things or take advantage of the opportunities that are out there.

On the Tuesday February 18 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Brian Blessing of Sportsbook Radio and Vegas Hockey Hotline for this week’s Betting the Board segment. The guys talked about the NHL card for Tuesday night and also looked ahead to the Trade Deadline next Monday.On the golf side, we actually have two events this week, with the WGC-Mexico Championship and the Puerto Rico Open, so the guys had two golf tournaments to handicap on this week’s show. Finally, they talked about the upcoming NASCAR weekend in Las Vegas with the Boyd Gaming 300 on the Xfinity Series side and the Pennzoil 400 on the Cup Series side.

On the Monday February 17 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com for this week’s Handicapping the Hardwood segment. Kyle is still easing back into his regular routine, so this week’s segment was a little shorter once again, but featured notes on some regression candidates and breakdowns of seven games for this week.Adam and Kyle addressed some conference play stats from teams around the country, including big names like Michigan State and Washington and smaller names like UC Davis and UC Riverside. As far as games go, they guys talked about Robert Morris vs. Saint Francis (PA), Dayton vs. VCU, Boston U vs. Lafayette, Furman vs. ETSU, and Vermont vs. Stony Brook. Nobody does under-the-radar games better than these guys.

On the Monday February 17 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke talked individual player regression and some additional betting tips on The Bettor’s Box, his MLB betting podcast. We’ve incorporated The Bettor’s Box into our weekly routine on Mondays and Thursdays now in the lead-up to the season and interested listeners can email adam(at)bangthebook(dot)com to get the segment notes.On this particular segment, Adam talked about individual player regression candidates and how we use the metrics to attempt to isolate some of those players. He talked about how that factors into the season win total handicapping and the game-by-game handicapping. Finally, Adam updated some injury news and notes from Spring Training.

On the Friday February 14 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke did a short segment on his own to finish out this week on the show with some chatter about college basketball situational spots for this weekend and the top NHL spots to consider.This was a good follow-up to our opening segment with Greg Peterson and a good opportunity to point out some games that should be on your radar. Situational spots in the article have been very kind to us this week and we’ll try to carry that over into the weekend as well.

On the Friday February 14 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Greg “Hoops” Peterson of the Hoopin’ With Hoops podcast and VSIN to chat some college basketball for this weekend. The guys started by talking about the mental side of handicapping and how to deal with the swings of good days and bad days. They also looked at Friday’s card to single out the most intriguing games of the evening.Most of the focus on the segment was for Saturday’s action, as the guys took detailed looks at West Virginia vs. Baylor, VCU vs. Richmond, LSU vs. Alabama, Northern Iowa vs. Loyola Chicago, and a clear-cut look-ahead spot with Binghamton vs. Vermont.

On the Thursday February 13 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper John Ryan to discuss the NBA going into the All-Star Break and this week in college basketball in the Big Ten and the Big East. Adam and John talked about tonight’s two games in the NBA and John shared what he does over the All-Star Break to work on his NBA stuff.Then the focus shifted to the college hardwood, as the guys discussed Iowa vs. Indiana tonight, the Big Ten slate for the weekend, and then the Big East card for Saturday with some picks and analysis.

On the Thursday February 13 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke opened up the show solo with a new edition of The Bettor’s Box, our MLB betting podcast. Adam talked about the PECOTA projections that came out this week and the application of those in his handicapping. He also talked about the Spring Training injuries that we have seen so far and also about the continued fallout from the Astros’ sign-stealing scheme.Adam will be doing some of these Bettor’s Box segments this month before our college basketball coverage ramps up for conference tournaments and March Madness, so you’ll get your fill of MLB content as we head into the season that begins on March 26.

On the Wednesday February 12 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Wes Reynolds of VSIN for this week’s Wednesday Wagering segment. Adam and Wes recapped Week 1 in the XFL and looked ahead to Week 2 with thoughts on Guardians vs. Defenders and Vipers vs. Dragons on Saturday and also Renegades vs. Wildcats and BattleHawks vs. Roughnecks on Sunday.They also took a look at the Big Ten in college hoops and then focused on this week’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club with Wes’s favorite picks for this weekend’s PGA Tour event.

On the Wednesday February 12 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Bryan Leonard from WagerTalk.com for this week’s Sports Wagering Talk segment. Adam and Bryan discussed MLB betting, with a focus on the futures markets for divisions, pennants, and the World Series, and also talked about the PECOTA projections that came out on Tuesday.On the NBA side, the guys discussed the final big night of action this evening and tomorrow’s games to discuss pre-All-Star Break betting and then talked about how people can get in trouble with college basketball if they get too involved with the NBA going dark for a week.

On the Tuesday February 11 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Brian Blessing of Sportsbook Radio and Vegas Hockey Hotline for this week’s Betting the Board segment. We use our Tuesday segments with Brian to talk about a lot of different sports betting markets and that was the case here with NHL, golf, NASCAR, and horse racing.The guys talked about Tuesday’s NHL card and some long-term betting spots and situational angles that have been profitable all season long. Adam and Brian also looked at this week’s Genesis Invitational for some betting picks and then focused in on the Daytona 500 and the upcoming NASCAR season. Finally, they talked a few minutes of horse racing to consider the Road to the Kentucky Derby and the prep races over the next two months.

On the Monday February 10 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com and BetterSportsPicks.com to talk about college basketball. As Kyle works his way back into rhythm, the guys had a shorter version of the segment today, but still wanted to get some good CBB knowledge out to the listeners.The guys talked about a handful of regression candidates, an awesome box score from the weekend, and then previewed five games for the week ahead with looks at Penn State vs. Purdue, Rhode Island vs. Dayton, Alabama vs. Auburn, and Creighton vs. Seton Hall.