YESTERDAY'S RECAP

We still have a few days until the Final Four, but there are still some great College Basketball games going on. The Crown Tournament began last night in Vegas and we easily nailed both games. Bobby is now on a 25-13 (66%) Best Bet run, while Jay is on a 27-14 (66%) run. We have two more Crown games on tap for tonight and the NIT semifinals. You can find our picks below.

Bobby nailed his MLB Best Bet on the Yankees yesterday and has now won two in a row. Jay dropped both of his Best Bets and has a play in tonight's Mets vs. Giants game. You can find both of our Best Bets in today's newsletter.

Jay and Bobby are on a combined 4-1 run in the NBA after splitting their picks on Wednesday. We have our free picks for all 6 games on today's schedule, including two Best Bets.

MARCH MADNESS FREE PICKS
NIT FREE PICKS

Check out our daily YouTube videos to get Jay Cooper and Bobby Babowski's Best Bets of the day including recaps of last night's picks.
 

🔥 ULTIMATECAPPER'S HOT HANDICAPPERS 🔥

Remember, all of our picks are 100% FREE and available every morning on our website. Below, you will find our Best Bets for Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 from our expert handicappers including some future bets at the bottom. Good luck to everyone today!
 

MLB Best Bets - Bobby Babowski
Royals (Ragans) -1.5 +128 over Twins (Bradley)

MLB Best Bets - Jay Cooper
Giants (Ray) +110 over Mets (Peterson)

Updated MLB Odds - courtesy of DonBest

NBA Best Bets - Jay Cooper
Hornets -5.5 over Suns

Thursday's NBA Free Picks [All Games]

NBA Best Bets - Bobby Babowski
Pelicans +6.5 over Blazers

Updated NBA Odds - courtesy of DonBest

CBB Best Bets - Jay Cooper | 27-14 (66%) Run
New Mexico -3 over Tulsa
Creighton -4 over Rutgers

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CROWN TOURNAMENT

CBB Best Bets - Bobby Babowski | 25-13 (66%) Run
Illinois State +7 over Auburn

NHL Best Bets - Jay Cooper
Senators -111 over Sabres

NHL Best Bets - Bobby Babowski
Kings -117 over Predators

Updated NHL Odds - courtesy of DonBest

THURSDAY'S FREE HORSE PICKS

Aqueduct - 1:10 ET
Race 1: 4 Acoustic Ave
Race 2: 1 Proud Foot
Race 3: 2 Grace Reformed
Race 4: 4 Good Cop
Race 5: 5 Heavenly Light
Race 6: 3 Smilensaycheese
Race 7: 7 Alan Turing
Race 8: 3 Rare Society

Gulfstream Park - 12:50 ET
Race 1: 7 Gondorff
Race 2: 2 Soda
Race 3: 5 Flag Officer
Race 4: 8 Hope Town Girl
Race 5: 1 Smokin Jack Flash
Race 6: 3 Night
Race 7: 6 Chapita
Race 8: 2 Fear
Race 9: 4 Stella Bionda

Oaklawn Park - 12:45 CT
Race 1: 5 Miracle Minded
Race 2: 3 My Noble Knight
Race 3: 5 What's the Tea
Race 4: 2 Pronghorn
Race 5: 3 Winter's Ghost
Race 6: 6 Feminism
Race 7: 3 Colonel Caliente
Race 8: 1 Copper Wind
Race 9: 2 Strato

Santa Anita Park - 1:00 PT
Race 1: 4 Preem
Race 2: 3 Shared Future
Race 3: 1 Plagarist
Race 4: 6 None Above the Law
Race 5: 2 King's Ride
Race 6: 1 Bust Out
Race 7: 7 Novinophobia
Race 8: 2 Robin With a Why
 

NHL Futures Jay Cooper
Stars +700 to win the Western Conference 12/26/2025
Wild +900 to win the Western Conference 12/26/2025

MLB Futures Bobby Babowski
Yankees to win World Series (+800) 2/25/2026
Phillies to win World Series (+1100) 2/25/2026
Brewers OVER 81 Wins 3/22/2026

MLB Futures Jay Cooper
Athletics OVER 75.5 Wins 2/17/2026
Reds OVER 82.5 Wins 2/17/2026
Rockies UNDER 54.5 Wins 2/17/2026
Pirates UNDER 78.5 Wins 2/17/2026
Nolan McLean to Win Cy Young (+2200) 2/17/2026
Logan Gilbert to Win AL Cy Young (+1400) 2/17/2026