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#1 CBB $$ THIS SEASON! • 10-1 (91%) & 49-22 (69%)!

5% MAX CBB PLAYS 4-0 (100%) & 11-2 (85%)!

COLLEGE HOOP SIDES - 41-16 (72%) SINCE MID-JAN!

#1 FOOTBALL 5% SINCE OCT 2024.....24-10 (71%)!

NFL TEASERS ARE AN AMAZING 32-14 (70%)

MLB FIRST INNING PLAYS 10-2-3 (83%) & 16-8-3 (67%)!

Last updated Mar 1, 8:08 AM EST

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CBB 5%....#1 CBB PROFIT! •  5% ARE 4-0 (100%) & 12-2 (86%)!

5% ALERT (EXTRA GAME)...CBB 5% ARE 4-0 (100)...HERE IS 5X & HOOPS 5% ARE 12-6 (86%)!

•• Ralph if only his second losing day the L10 but his #1 CBB runs are still a solid 10-2 (83%) and 47-22 (68%) with CBB Best Bets 30-13 (70%)!

•• Note: this game is from the Extra Games on the WagerTalk Odds page.

•• CBB top rated 5% are 4-0 (100%), 11-2 (85%) with Basketball 5% going 12-2 (86%)!

•• Best Bets (4% & 5%) are 10-2 (83%) & 31-13 (71%)

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#1 in CBB | #1 in CBB 5% | #1 LY in March Madness!

#1 in College Basketball This Season (Out of 22) | #1 in 5% CBB Plays | #1 Last March Madness

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Ralph leads the board at +90.47 units, hitting 61.7% (82-51), with a dominant 84.6% (11-2) on 5% plays.

Last March Madness? +16.57 units, 64.3% (18-10).

The top-ranked capper. Proven in March. Locked in through April 6th.

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Date
Sport
Pick
Result
Mar 01
NHL
Utah Mammoth -1.5 (-114)
(Analysis)
Loss
Mar 01
CBB
NC Wilmington -4.0 (-110)
(Analysis)
Loss
Feb 28
CBB
Pacific -3.5 (-120)
(Analysis)
Loss
Feb 27
CBB
Iona -12.0 (-115)
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 26
CBB
Gardner Webb +13 (-110)
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 26
CBB
Utah Tech -3.5 (-105)
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 25
CBB
1H St. Josephs -112
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 24
CBB
Illinois Chicago -155
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 23
CBB
Nicholls State +4.5 (-115)
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 22
CBB
Drexel +2.5 (-110)
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 21
CBB
Morgan State -5.5 (-110)
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 21
CBB
Santa Clara -7.0 (-110)
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 20
CBB
Detroit -137
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 19
CBB
Mercer -10.5 (-115)
(Analysis)
Loss
Feb 18
CBB
1H Arizona -6.5 (-116)
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 17
CBB
Bowling Green -3.0 (-112)
(Analysis)
Loss
Feb 16
CBB
UT Rio Grande Valley -6.0 (-110)
(Analysis)
Loss
Feb 15
CBB
Northern Iowa -9.5 (-112)
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 14
CBB
Florida Intl -3.0 (-110)
(Analysis)
Win
Feb 14
CBB
Morehead State +1.5 (-114)
(Analysis)
Win
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Consultant Bio

Ralph was raised in the home of handicappers in Cleveland, Ohio. Starting in the industry as a key member of Phil Steele's early team, which expanded Northcoast Sports during the mid-90s. Ralph's personal following grew fast, allowing him to strike out on his own as the founder of California Sports. Over the next dozen years as General Manager of Phil Steele Publications and lead handicapper of Northcoast Sports, Ralph managed the creation of some of the most popular sports betting content ever, including Phil Steele's College Football Preview Magazine and Northcoast's Power Sweep Newsletter. Content displaying expertise so elite that Ralph was invited into college football's most exclusive club: Heisman Trophy Voter
Ralph Michaels has a math mind, steadily searching for a value in the numbers in addition to matchup edges, situational advantages, and hidden gems of information. Ralph finds more big bets in the college versions of football and basketball, but his handicapping approach also uncovers selective winners in the professional leagues like MLB. Small conferences are particularly profitable due to mispriced injuries and his profiling of exploitable coaching tendencies.

 

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