The 15-Minute Advantage

Hi friends!

Wow! Look at the super smart people in our basketball contest! People like mollydog and skunty4 are really, really good at it.

You know how sometimes you see a super cool toy, but if you don't grab it right away, it gets taken away? That's what they are so good at!

They have a special robot friend on their computer. This robot friend watches all the basketball numbers for them.

When it sees a really, really good number, it goes BEEP! BEEP! and tells them, Quick, grab it now!

And because our contest has a special rule that says you have 15 whole minutes to pick, they have plenty of time to click the button and get the best, best number.

It's like they have a super-fast helper that lets them get the best toy before anyone else even sees it!

Pretty cool, huh? It's a different way to play the game!

To truly appreciate the human effort involved, here is a timeline of pick activity from a single day. You can almost feel the intense focus and constant vigilance radiating from these timestamps, a pattern that is consistent with their past efforts:

Friday November 28, 2025 Timeline - mollydog

7:35 AM
7:41 AM
7:52 AM
8:15 AM
8:20 AM
8:53 AM
8:59 AM
9:05 AM
9:10 AM
9:16 AM
9:22 AM
9:33 AM
9:39 AM
10:03 AM
10:09 AM
10:13 AM
12:59 PM
1:28 PM
1:56 PM
4:25 PM
4:27 PM
4:30 PM
4:31 PM
4:38 PM
5:01 PM

So, a genuine tip of the hat to mollydog and skunty4. It is a powerful reminder that in today's competitive landscape, winning is not just about picking winners it is about perfectly gaming the system you are in, and doing so as a premeditated, repeat strategy. It certainly sets an interesting bar for what constitutes a victory.

Best of luck to everyone.

Ahhhhh...I see what you did there.

It's not foolproof, as they both have taken losses (and this doesn't seem to work with other sports), but that's some interesting insight.

So how did you get the timestamp of their picks?

@tvigilante2020

While any single bet can't win or lose regardless of the closing line, your long-term success is highly correlated with your ability to consistently beat the market's final price. Tracking your CLV over hundreds of bets is considered a superior metric for gauging your skill as a bettor than a simple win/loss record. 

i cant be bothered with waking up by noon, let alone to wake up at 7am to check for stale lines for a contest