The NCAA baseball tournament begins today. Download the 24-page guide produced by VSiN regular Matt Grissom and his crew at College Baseball Insiders. VSiN will be doing shows from the College World Series in Omaha.
Wait a New York minute
The Stanley Cup Final is set.
The Oilers (+110) dispatched the Stars 6-3 on Thursday night to advance to the Final against the defending champion Panthers.
At DraftKings Sportsbook, the Panthers and Oilers are both -110 to win in a rematch of last year’s Cup Final.
The NBA Finals matchup will have to wait.
The Knicks defeated the Pacers 111-94 (and covered the closing -4.5) to keep the Eastern Conference Finals alive. Indiana, still up 3-2, is a 4-point favorite in Indianapolis for Saturday’s Game 6.
MLB today
I will be at the Cubs-Reds game today along the Circa Sports crew, including Derek Stevens and Mike Palm. If you are in the neighborhood, Circa is throwing a pre-game tailgate at Wrigleyville Dogs on Clark.
(I felt like I was in Las Vegas on Thursday night because there were so many people from Circa at the hotel bar in Chicago. When last call came at 12:15, we knew we weren’t in Las Vegas.)
Greg Peterson already has filed his top plays for today, though no guidance on the Cubs-Reds.
Josh Appelbaum and Steve Makinen will post their Best Bet contributions later this morning.
Quick Hits
Tennis: Zach Cohen posts his Best Bets daily during the French Open on our tennis page the day before. He and Gill Alexander have their plays on the tennis picks page.
College Football: The season is still three months away, but Tim Murray is pumping out podcasts on the VSiN College Football Betting Podcast with VSiN regular Brad Powers and ESPN’s David Hale.
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