Al McMordie

Al McMordie is the most honored technical handicapper in the country. Overall, in the last 32 years, Big Al has garnered 57 NUMBER ONE awards in football, basketball, baseball and hockey; 232 Top 5 finishes; and 435 Top 10 finishes.

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OVERALL RECORD

League Won Lost Win % Units
Last 12 Months 907 705 56.3% + 11,002
NBA 2024-2025 79 65 54.9% + 746
College Basketball 2024-2025 243 178 57.7% + 4,586
NFL 2024-2025 80 68 54.1% + 562
College Football 2024 95 64 59.8% + 2,475
NHL 2024-25 25 12 67.6% + 886

PICK HISTORY

Pick Title League Game Date Pick Score Result
BIG AL's 100%, 8-0 ATS NCAA HOOPS HIGH ROLLER College Basketball Akron (18-5) vs Western Michigan (7-16) 2025-02-11 07:00 PM Western Michigan: +17.5 -118 105-92 Win
BIG AL's 26-4 ATS NCAA HOOPS PAYBACK PAYDAY! College Basketball Michigan (18-5) vs Purdue (19-5) 2025-02-11 07:00 PM Michigan: -1.5 -113 75-73 Win
BIG AL's 100% ATS NCAA HOOPS PAYBACK PAYDAY! College Basketball Incarnate Word (11-13) vs New Orleans (4-20) 2025-02-10 07:30 PM New Orleans: +11.5 -106 75-65 Win
BIG AL's 100% (12-0) NCAA CONF. GAME OF YEAR! College Basketball Alabama State (9-14) vs Southern (15-8) 2025-02-10 07:00 PM Alabama State: +3 -107 82-81 Win
BIG AL's NCAA HOOPS HIGH ROLLER WINNER! College Basketball McNeese State (18-6) vs Texas A&M Commerce (0-2) 2025-02-10 07:00 PM Texas A&M Commerce: +19.5 -112 67-51 Win
BIG AL's 5* NFL GAME OF THE YEAR! NFL Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) vs Kansas City Chiefs (15-2) 2025-02-09 06:30 PM Philadelphia Eagles: +1.5 -115 40-22 Win
BIG AL's NCAA HOOPS NIGHTTIME 5-GAME CARD! College Basketball UC Riverside (15-9) vs CSU Bakersfield (10-14) 2025-02-08 10:00 PM CSU Bakersfield: +8.5 -112 69-64 Win
BIG AL's NCAA HOOPS TRIPLE PACK (GO 3-0)! College Basketball Weber State (9-15) vs Idaho State (10-11) 2025-02-08 09:00 PM Weber State: +2.5 -114 67-72 Loss
BIG AL's NCAA HOOPS NIGHTTIME 5-GAME CARD! College Basketball Arkansas (14-8) vs Alabama (19-3) 2025-02-08 08:30 PM Arkansas: +5.5 -120 81-85 Win
BIG AL's NBA ELITE INFO WINNER! NBA Memphis Grizzlies (35-16) vs Oklahoma City Thunder (41-9) 2025-02-08 08:00 PM Memphis Grizzlies: +2.5 -115 112-125 Loss

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Al McMordie is the most honored technical sports handicapper in the country, with 66 handicapping championships since 1992.

Active since: 1992

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Al McMordie is the most honored technical sports handicapper in the country. Overall, in the last 33 years, Big Al has garnered 66 NUMBER ONE awards in football, basketball, baseball and hockey; 244 Top 5 finishes; and 450 Top 10 finishes. Al is a featured handicapper at the most prestigious gambling web sites, and was a panelist on The Winning Edge and Proline Television shows from 2001 through 2010. Additionally, in 2002, Big Al was featured in FHM Magazine, and he was featured in ESPN Magazine in 2010.

Some highlights:

In 2024-25, Al finished #1 in NFL/NCAA Combo Football in win percentage, return on risk and net profit at SportsWatchMonitor.com. Al ranked #1 in NCAA Football, and also had his 12th winning NFL season of the last 13 years.

In 2024, Al cashed his NBA Futures pick on the Boston Celtics (at 4-1 odds) to win the NBA Championship.

In 2023-24, Al was 478-377 in NBA/NCAA Hoops and ranked #1 in Combo Hoops Net Return on Risk, #1 in NBA Win Percentage, and #2 in NCAA Basketball Net Profit at SportsWatchMonitor.com.

In 2023-24, Al was #1 in the NCAA Bowls in Net Profit at SportsWatchMonitor.com, and had another winning NCAA Football season.

In 2023, Al was 503-407 in NBA/NCAA Hoops, and ranked #1 in NBA/NCAA Basketball Combined win percentage, return on risk, and net profit at SportsWatchMonitor.com (his 3rd straight year that he ranked #1 in NBA/NCAA return on risk). Big Al also ranked #1 in NBA Playoffs win percentage, with a 37-18 record, and #3 in NCAA Basketball net profit. And he won in the NFL for his 11th straight season.

In 2022, Big Al ranked #1 in NBA/NCAA Basketball Combined win percentage, return on risk, and net profit at SportsWatchMonitor.com, with a 469-392 record; and #3 in NBA Regular Season return on risk, with a 9.09% ROI.

In 2021, Big Al ranked #1 in NBA/NCAA Basketball Combined win percentage, with a 315-246 record; #2 in NCAA Basketball with a 157-115 record, and correctly forecast in the preseason that the Milwaukee Bucks (at 13-2 odds) and Baylor (at 12-1 odds) would win the NBA and NCAA championships, respectively.

In 2020, Al predicted before the season that the Tampa Bay Lightning (at 7-1 odds) and Los Angeles Dodgers (at 4-1 odds ) would win their respective championships.

In 2019, Al forecast that the Washington Nationals (at 18-1 odds) and Virginia Cavaliers (at 22-1 odds) would win championships.

In 2018, Big Al ranked #1 in NFL Net Wins, with a 72-48 record, as documented by The Sports Monitor. Al also correctly predicted the Golden State Warriors would win the NBA title.

And from 2012, when he also ranked #1 in the NFL with a 76.7% record on his Late Phone Service (as documented by The Sports Monitor), through 2023, Big Al’s won 11 of 12 NFL seasons.

In 2017, Al finished #1 in the NHL, and also ranked #1 in the NHL in 2014.

In 2017, Al correctly predicted the Houston Astros (at 10-1 odds) would win the World Series.

In 2017, Al hit another NBA futures pick with Golden State (at -125) to win the championship.

In 2015, Al also finished #1 (of 1727 entrants) in the Westgate Casino NFL Mini-Contest, and #2 in NCAA Football in 2016 (at both The Sports Monitor and Handicappers Watchdog).

In 2014, Al forecast the San Antonio Spurs (at 14-1 odds) would win the NBA title.

In 2012, Al won his futures prediction on the Kentucky Wildcats (at 11-2 odds) to win the NCAA basketball championship.

In 2011, Al correctly predicted the Green Bay Packers (at 10-1 odds) would win the Super Bowl.

In 2009, Al predicted the New York Yankees (at 5-2 odds) to win the World Series.

In 2007, Big Al won the $100,000 World Series of Sports Handicapping, and also finished #1 in NCAA Basketball March Madness.

In 2004, Al won the most prestigious handicapping contest in Las Vegas -- The Stardust Invitational.

In 2000, Al was 157-114 in football, including 10-0 (100%) in the NFL Playoffs. Al has won 25 of his 33 football seasons. Another highlight of Al's career came in 1997, when Big Al was ranked #1 by SPORTS WATCH in NCAA Football/NFL Win Percentage, and #1 in NCAA Football Regular Season/Bowls by THE SPORTS MONITOR. Al has one of the best basketball records over the past 32 seasons (winning 24 of 32 seasons), and was ranked #1 in baseball for the 1996 and 2001 seasons. For consistency across all four sports, you can count on Al McMordie.

Indeed, the Las Vegas Sporting News recognized Al in its December 17, 1996 issue, and wrote that: "[Al's] honesty, integrity, [and] skills...are obvious....We have been impressed by [his] uncanny ability to pick big underdogs that win the game straight-up....We've seen handicappers come and go, and get hot and cold, but no one has been as consistent over time as McMordie, and we strongly urge you to consider him as your handicapper."

Besides being a champion handicapper, Al McMordie is a corporate attorney, and earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan. Al resides in Los Angeles, California.

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