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Cincinnati Reds Lose Series to the Mets. Coach Calipari. March Madness Final | OTB presented by UDF

John Calipari to arkansas? When i read it this morning, i wondered if it was april fools day and not solar eclipse day. No way that’s true right? Kentucky to arkansas? Apparently that’s going to happen. After 15 seasons where he won over 420 games, a national title, four final fours…..it’s bye, bye Cal. Elsewhere In college hoops….who do you like tonight…..defending champ UConn or Purdue? This is actually the game just about everyone hoped for when the season began…..a team that won it all vs a team that lost in the first round last year and had to play with that anvil around the=ir necks this entire tournament. Zach Edey has been the best player by far in this tournament so far and he will have to be at his best tonight. Tip off at 9:20 eastern on cbs. On the womens side, what a story book ending to a story book season……the most successful season by virtually every metric in the history of womens ncaa hoops. South carolina became the 10th team to go undefeated in an 87-75 win over caitlin clark and iowa. Remember the gamecocks were unbeaten when they lost to iowa in the final four a year ago. It’s the second straight season the lady hawkeyes lost in the national championship game. South carolinas bench outscored the iowa bench 37-0 . Clark finished with 30 points and ends her career 3951 points, the most ever in womens or mens division i basketball history. On to the reds…. The first full week of the season was solid. Two series wins over washington and philadelphia….a 4-2 record with some timely hitting and good pitching by and large. The start of week two…? Not so good. The new york mets did not have a single win until the day before arriving in the queen city for the weekend. Hunter greene was rock solid friday night but the reds lost 3-2. Saturday, Nick martinez was knocked around but his team railled for 5 runs in the eighth inning to win 9-7. Then came yesterday….. Series finale…rubber game….and the reds bats disappeared in a 3-1 loss. Over the weekend, the reds were 3-28 with runners in scoring position…..3-28!! Thru the first nine games, the team is hitting .242 with an on-base percentage of .319. AND They are averaging 10 strikeouts per game. In fact, of the 78 outs they committed this weekend, 32 came via the strikeout….that’s over 40 percent! So at 5-4 on the year, cincinnati sits 2 ½ games behind the pirates in the nl central. Milwaukee is in second place and guess who comes to gabp tonight? You got it…Milwaukee. The brewers beat the reds 10 out of 13 meetings last season, which was a big reason they won the division. Coming into this season, everyone says No Criag COUNSELL, NO Corbin Burns, and brandon woodruff….they’re done. Not so fast, milwaukee has a 6-2 mark to begin the year. Pitching matchup tonight has graham ashcraft for the red legs. Aaron ashby gets the ball for milwaukee.

Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets. Shohei Ohtani Drama... Most Fun MLB Teams! | OTB presented

The Cincinnati Reds are 4-2 on the year after yesterday's game against the Phillies. Frankie Montas was incredible going 5 and two thirds striking out 5 and only giving up 1 earned run. Elly De La Cruz continuses his hit streak to 11 on and brought in a run last night. Closer Alexis Diaz had all of us scared as he was examined by the Umpires for illeagal substances but was allowed to continue to pitch and closed the night out for the Reds as they win 4-1. March Madness is down to the final stages Purdue, Uconn, Alabama, and NC State?!? The Cinderella team that everyone wrote off in the first four is in the final four. We also can't forget about the women's Tournament! Iowa vs LSU rematchup yesterday was one of the more entertaining games to watch this year where Caitlin Clark got her revenge and beat LSU. The Bengals Top 30 Prospects visited are starting to ramp up as major Offensive Tackles are coming in to visit along with some Big Defensive Tackles. NFL is about 3 weeks away from the Draft so we will cover that later down the line. Leave a comment down below if you'd like to see GM Casey and Reid do some mock draft videos.

Cincinnati Reds win 4-1. Bengals Prospect Visits. Bearcats Transfer Portal | OTB presented by UDF

The Cincinnati Reds are 4-2 on the year after yesterday's game against the Phillies. Frankie Montas was incredible going 5 and two thirds striking out 5 and only giving up 1 earned run. Elly De La Cruz continuses his hit streak to 11 on and brought in a run last night. Closer Alexis Diaz had all of us scared as he was examined by the Umpires for illeagal substances but was allowed to continue to pitch and closed the night out for the Reds as they win 4-1. March Madness is down to the final stages Purdue, Uconn, Alabama, and NC State?!? The Cinderella team that everyone wrote off in the first four is in the final four. We also can't forget about the women's Tournament! Iowa vs LSU rematchup yesterday was one of the more entertaining games to watch this year where Caitlin Clark got her revenge and beat LSU. The Bengals Top 30 Prospects visited are starting to ramp up as major Offensive Tackles are coming in to visit along with some Big Defensive Tackles. NFL is about 3 weeks away from the Draft so we will cover that later down the line. Leave a comment down below if you'd like to see GM Casey and Reid do some mock draft videos.

Cincinnati Reds lose 9-4. The Brenna-Men! Bengals Don't Communicate? | OTB presented by UDF

The Cincinnati Reds are 3-2 on the year after yesterday's Disaster game. Elly De La Cruz had his worst game of his young career versus the Phillies as Bryce Harper hit 3 Home Runs including a Grand Slam. Reds Lose 9-4. This Reds team is electrifying to start the year and they might be the most entertaining team in all of baseball right now even without their full starting lineup... However, their Defense is atrocious... March Madness is down to the final stages Purdue, Uconn, Alabama, and NC State?!? The Cinderella team that everyone wrote off in the first four is in the final four. We also can't forget about the women's Tournament! Iowa vs LSU rematchup yesterday was one of the more entertaining games to watch this year where Caitlin Clark got her revenge and beat LSU. NFL is about 3 weeks away from the Draft so we will cover that later down the line. Leave a comment down below if you'd like to see GM Casey and Reid do some mock draft videos. DJ Reader joined Kay Adam's show yesterday and said some revealing things about the Bengals Organization and their Practices

RED HOT CINCINNATI REDS! SPENCER STEER! March Madness Final Four. | OTB presented by UDF

The Cincinnati Reds are 3-1 on the year after yesterday's thrilling game. Spencer Steer the Unsung Hero most overlooked Red on the Roster Hits a Grand Slam to win the game versus the Phillies 6-3. This Reds team is electrifying to start the year and they might be the most entertaining team in all of baseball right now even without their full starting lineup. March Madness is down to the final stages Purdue, Uconn, Alabama, and NC State?!? The Cinderella team that everyone wrote off in the first four is in the final four. We also can't forget about the women's Tournament! Iowa vs LSU rematchup yesterday was one of the more entertaining games to watch this year where Caitlin Clark got her revenge and beat LSU. NFL is about 3 weeks away from the Draft so we will cover that later down the line. Leave a comment down below if you'd like to see GM Casey and Reid do some mock draft videos.

Cincinnati Reds are 1-0! Nick Martini! March Madness is heating up! | OTB presented by UDF

Headlines 
We start in Major League baseball
Your Cincinnati Reds cruise to an 8-2 victory over the Washington Nationals.  Frankie Moontas goes 6 innings only allowing 4 hits, 0 walks and striking out 4.  He only threw 81 pitches.  
Fraley, Steer, and Martini each had multi hit games but Nick Martini sends two  to the moon adding 5 RBI’s. 
Suter Closed the games off going 2 innings striking out 4
Red Sox beat the Luis castillo and the mariners 6-4. Tyler oneil hit his 5th straight opening day home run. 
The diamondbacks scored 14 runs in the 3rd inning on the way to their easy blowout of the sad Colorado rockies 
Guardians beat the A’s 8-0 in front of tens of fans
Cubs lose to the Rangers 4-3 after MLB umpiring tried to rig the game
Tigers blank the white sox 1-0
Twins take care of the royals 4-1
Yankees come back to beat the astros 5-4
Dodgers dismantle the st louis Fraudinals 7-1
Padres beat the giants 6-4 and the blue jays beat the rays 8-2
Pirates beat the Marlins 6-5
6 seeded clemson upsets Arizona 77-72 . Caleb love contributed 5-18 shooting and 0-9 from three for the wildcats
Uconn throttles San Diego st 82-52 after it being a 4 point game with 3 minutes to go in the first half
Alabama’s Grant Nelson scores 12 of the last 14 in the Tide’s 2 point victory over north carolina.  First elite eight since 2004 
Terrence Shannon Jr dropped 29 points in their 3 point win over Iowa st. It is their first elite 8 in the last 19 years.  
Scottie Scheffler now has the most consecutive rounds under par (28) on the pga tour after yesterdays 65 at the houston open

CINCINNATI REDS OPENING DAY! MLB SEASON STARTS TODAY! BEST BETS! | OTB presented by UDF

CINCINNATI REDS OPENING DAY! 

The Cincinnati Reds Roster is Set. Shohei Ohtani Speaks. New NFL Rules! | OTB presented by UDF

Off the Bench is BACK! Reds Roster Set (5 biggest surprises of the season) Shohei Ohtani speaks Gambling Problem in sports NFL rule change Intro and Headlines Women’s college basketball Paige Bueckers leads UConn to a 72-64 win over syracuse Iowa holds on against 8th seeded syracuse. West Virginia started the fourth quarter on a 10-0 run to tie the game, but it was all iowa after that. Caitlin clark had 32 points. Mens basketball Seattle beat evansville 71-57 in the cbi Fairfield barely defeated chicago st 77-74 Arkansas st dominated against Montana 74-61 High point crushed cleveland st 93-74 PFW came back to beat tarleton st 73-72 NBA The Celtics were up 30 points on the Hawks but atlanta stormed back to win 120-118 Donte Divincenzo of the Knicks hit 11 3’s in their blowout win over the pistons 124-99 College basketball today The Bearcats take on Indiana st at 9 pm. Indiana st is favored by 3.5 points Georgia is taking on Ohio State and Diebler in the NIT quarters. The Buckeyes are 8 point favorites

March Madness Recap and Reactions! Reds Season Opener! | OTB presented by UDF

They call it march madness for a reason , but outside of an upset here….aka Kentucky and an upset there, most games in this years first round were rarely competitive. In fact, there were more games decided by 15 points or more in this years first-round games than any ncaa tournament EVER. We started with 68 teams…now we are down to 16. All four number one seeds are still alive….houston, carolina, purdue and defending champion Uconn. All four number 2 seeds are still alive….that is quite rare for a sweet 16. Two threes are still with us….In fact, there’s only one team, acc champion nc state , that’s higher than a 6-seed. The wolfpack will play marquette in the south region. Lets walk thru the matchups which begin on thursday night…. GRAPHIC Uc is still alive in the nit….the cats are in the elite 8 after they steamrolled bradley at fifth third arena on saturday and will next meet indiana state in terre haute on tuesday night at 9 o’clock. Ohio State is also still alive. The Buckeyes host Georgia on tuesday night at 7. A win by each and the next stop is madison square garden for the final four of the nit. The lady buckeyes were shocked in round two of the womens tournament by duke 75-63. Caitlin Clark and Iowa play tonight with a trip to the sweet 16 on the line. The hawkeyes face west virginia. In baseball, shohei otani will speak with the media for the first time since this bizarre story broke. At first, Ohtani’s interpretter told the world that the dodger slugger paid off all of his gambling debts for him…to the tune of 4.5 million dollars to an illegal bookie. A day later, ohtani’s lawyer said the interpreter stole the money from ohtani. The world we be watching and waiuting for ohtani’s comments later today. The Reds are on their way back from Arizona as spring training officially ended yesterday in goodyear. The reds lost to cleveland 10-7. Hunter greene went three innings and allowed a solo home run. Alexis Diaz was awful again as he gives up three runs in the cleveland ninth inning on two hits and a walk. Diaz has been fabulous in his role as the reds closer for the last two years although he did falter badly down the stretch last season. NFL News, nothing new on the bengals after a very fast start to free agency last week. Mike tomlin says russell wilson has the pole position to be the steelers starting quarterback this season. Justin fields will try and change tomlins mind. The chiefs traded star corner jaderius sneed to the tennessee titans for a third-round pick this year and a seventh-round drafy pick next year.

March Madness Recap! Coach CAL! Samford Robbed... Reds Spring Training | OTB presented by UDF

NCAA tourney Recap, i think i watched them all.  
Michigan St destroyed mississippi st 69 - 51 . 9 over 8
Duquesne who hadnt won a tournament game since 1969, upset BYU 71-67.  11 over a 6
Creighton crushed Akron 77-60.  AKron now 0-6 all time in the tournament.  
Dan Monson and Long Beach St’s magical run has come to an end as #2 Arizona takes care of business winning 85-65
North Carolina dismantled Wagner 90 - 62
Morehead St was down 1 at the half against Illinois.  Then, the wheels fell off.  Illini win 85-69. 3 over 14
Jermaine Couisnard dropped 40 against his former team south carolina as the 11 seeded bid stealer oregon cruises to an 87-73 win
7 seeded Dayton was down 19 points with 7 minutes to go.  They went on a 22-4 run to end it.  Nevada gets a taste of their own medicine and chokes.  Its the single biggest comeback in ncaa history since… nevada came back against the Bearcats 
10 seeded Colorado St scored 11 points at halftime.  They lose to 7 seeded texas 56-44
14 seeded oakland shocks Kentucky 80-76. Jack Gohlke dropped 32 points.  10-20 from the field.  10-20 from 3.  
Iowa St beat the jack rabbits of south dakota st by 17 points.  
Gonzaga crushed Mcneese 86-65.  It was the most bet 5-12 upset.  
St peters had a less fun tournament run this time around. Tennessee won 83-49
NC state the 11 seeded upset Texas tech winning easily 80-67
10 seeded Drake choked away a win losing to washington st 66-61. 6-14 from the free throw line
13 seeded samford was robbed against Kansas last night.  A clear all ball block was called a foul. They lose 93-89. 
The Reds lose 7-6 to the mariners in spring training.  But Elly De La Cruz hit a triple! 
Spencer Steer went 2-4 with a home run
Will benson went 1-3 with a walk and a home run
Mike Ford hit 2 home runs and stuart fairchild also got another hit
Pitching wise, Martinez and Moll got crushed but Farmer, Antone and Cruz went a combined 3 innings striking out 4