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College Basketball Betting: Teams Better Than Expected
by Trevor Whenham - 12/21/2010

Conference play is about to get under way in college basketball, and the calendar is about to turn. That means that while we don’t know everything about teams and there will still be a ton of surprises between now and early April when the nets are cut down, we do have a much better sense of how good or bad teams are.
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College Basketball Picks: USC at Kansas Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/17/2010

So why did I pick USC at Kansas as the game of the day in college basketball on Saturday over, say, Kansas State-Florida or Texas-North Carolina? Not so much for the game itself, as the Jayhawks most certainly will win. But it’s because this is the debut of possibly the best freshman in the land in Josh Selby for KU.
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College Basketball Picks: Odds and Predictions for Marquee Saturday Games
by Robert Ferringo - 12/10/2010

Below are some odds and predictions for marquee Saturday games. It is also a list of what you should be watching for seven hours on Saturday if, you know, you don’t have any family or friends, are a raging gambling addict like myself, and would rather spend your day making college basketball picks than trolling the mall looking for a (robot) baby that acts just like own baby:
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College Basketball Picks: Jimmy V Classic Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 12/7/2010

We have a terrific quartet of teams for this year’s Jimmy V Classic on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden as No. 4 Kansas faces No. 13 Memphis in the opener and No. 7 Michigan State faces No. 8 Syracuse in the nightcap. Certainly it wouldn’t be a surprise at all to see one or more of these teams in the Final Four this spring.
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College Basketball Picks: Odds and Predictions for Marquee Saturday Games
by Robert Ferringo - 12/3/2010

Below are some odds and predictions for marquee Saturday games. It’s also a list of what you should be watching for seven hours on Saturday if, you know, you don’t have any family or friends, are a raging gambling addict like myself, and would rather spend your day making college basketball picks than trolling the mall looking for the Apple Store:
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College Basketball Betting: The Surprises
by Trevor Whenham - 11/26/2010

We’re only a few games into the college basketball season, but already some teams have been far less than we expected them to be, and others have far exceeded expectations. All this is just proof of what smart college basketball handicappers should already know - predicting what 18-21 year olds are going to perform like under pressure is an inexact science at best.
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College Basketball Power Rankings - The Conferences
by Trevor Whenham - 11/24/2010

I'm a die hard sports fan. Like most people with the same disease, I love rankings. You put anything into order and the world becomes a better place immediately - no matter wow meaningless the rankings really are. With that spirit in mind I want to set out to rank the six major conferences in college basketball at this early point in the season:
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College Basketball Picks: Maui Invitational Odds and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 11/19/2010

The tournament is regularly able to convince top teams to travel to Hawaii, and this year is no exception. Michigan State, Kentucky, and UConn have 11 National Championships between them. Oklahoma, Washington, and Virginia are feisty squads. Wichita State is a scrappy mid-major always looking for chances to earn respect. Chaminade is the host, so it would be rude to say anything unkind to them.
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College Basketball Picks: Illinois vs. Texas Betting Odds and Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 11/18/2010

Tournaments are the defining characteristic of college basketball success. Of course, the conference and NCAA tournaments at the bedrock of March Madness are the most renowned and revered of the college basketball tournaments. However, if you want a good indicator of who is game to run the table in the tournaments in March, it helps to keep an eye on the tournaments in November.
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College Basketball Betting: Overrated Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 11/10/2010

Every year when the preseason college basketball polls come out there are a few teams that inevitably end up ranked higher than they probably deserve to be. It’s not that they may not end up where they are ranked, or that they aren’t good teams. It’s just that people give a lot of teams more credit than they deserve because of the names on their jersey. Here are three teams that are, at this point, overrated. What this proves more than anything else is just how ridiculous and meaningless preseason rankings are.
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Big East College Basketball Picks With Projected Order of Finish and NCAA Bids
by Robert Ferringo - 11/9/2010

The Big East has been a 16-team behemoth over the last few seasons and is college basketball’s mega-conference. It’s the only conference whose odds include a wager on “The Field,” and the league’s setup mirrors its preferred style of play: menacing, overwhelming, deep, and physical. But quantity doesn’t always mean quality and mediocrity abounds in this league this season.
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SEC College Basketball Predictions With Projected Order of Finish and NCAA Bids
by Robert Ferringo - 11/9/2010

As far as college basketball conferences go – the SEC sure is great at football. The SEC has left something to be desired on the college hoops scene over the course of the past several years. Perhaps, not coincidentally, the SEC’s slide to the bottom of the BCS-conference hoops ladder has occurred while the South’s football programs have taken a stranglehold on the college football landscape
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College Basketball Odds: High-Value Teams for Betting
by Trevor Whenham - 11/9/2010

As we head into the new college basketball season, everyone is looking for the teams that they will be able to trust to deliver them consistent profits against the college basketball lines over the course of the season. One way that teams can pad your bankroll is by being better than people expect them to be. Here are four teams that seem to me to be underrated at the brink of the start of the season – teams that could be betting sensations:
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College Basketball: Georgetown Hoyas Predictions with Futures Odds and Betting Picks
by Aaron Smith - 11/9/2010

The Georgetown Hoyas were inconsistent last year, and that came back to bite them in the NCAA Tournament. Despite earning a No. 3 seed in the Big Dance, the Hoyas were upset by the Ohio Bobcats in the first round. Coach John Thompson III expects a lot from his team, and the way they finished last year was definitely a disappointment. Thompson will clearly be looking for some more consistent play from this talented team in the season ahead.
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College Basketball: San Diego State Aztecs Predictions with Futures Odds and Betting Picks
by Aaron Smith - 11/8/2010

Steve Fisher has done a great job building up the program at San Diego State over the last few years. The Aztecs have flown under the radar a bit in the Mountain West Conference, but they have been solid every year. Last year the team finished with a 25-9 record and made it into the NCAA Tournament. The Aztecs lost a hard-fought battle with Tennessee in the first round, but this year’s team has the potential to be even better than the 2009-10 team. Look for Fisher’s veteran team to do some major damage this season.
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ACC College Basketball Predictions With Projected Order of Finish and NCAA Bids
by Robert Ferringo - 11/8/2010

The Boys on Tobacco Road have to be feeling pretty good about themselves as we head into another college basketball season. One of their spawn, the Duke Blue Devils, is the reigning college basketball champion. That is now back-to-back title winners for the ACC and over the course of the past decade this league has produced five of the last 10 winners of the March Madness brackets. Surely that is the perfect symbol of this league’s dominance on the college basketball landscape.
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Big 12 College Basketball Picks With Projected Order of Finish and NCAA Bids
by Robert Ferringo - 11/8/2010

A team from Kansas is the consensus preseason No. 1 in this league, which is no different than just about any other year. But this year it is the Kansas State Wildcats and not the Kansas Jayhawks that are enjoying the hype and plaudits that come from being the league favorite. To say that’s a significant change is an understatement.
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Villanova Wildcats Predictions with College Basketball Futures Odds
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 11/6/2010

An experienced and talented Villanova enters the season ranked No. 6 in the Coaches and AP polls, but not expected to win the Big East. Such is life in the country’s best basketball conference where the Wildcats are picked to finish behind Pitt. In fact, Villanova received fewer first-place votes than both Pitt and Syracuse.
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Pac-10 College Basketball Predictions With Projected Order of Finish and NCAA Bids
by Robert Ferringo - 11/3/2010

It's a good thing for the Pac-10 that plenty of attention is being paid on its impending realignment for 2011. All the focus on what the new league will look like in the future is keeping people from talking about how awful the league is in the present.
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Big Ten College Basketball Predictions With Projected Order of Finish and NCAA Bids
by Robert Ferringo - 11/2/2010

For years and years I have been screaming about how overrated and unproductive Big Ten basketball has been on the national scene. Between Ed Hightower, Brent Musburger, and teams that score – literally – in the 30s, this conference has been college basketball’s idiot cousin for the better part of a decade.
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Texas Longhorns College Basketball Predictions with Futures Odds and Betting Picks
by Aaron Smith - 11/2/2010

The Texas Longhorns may have been the most disappointing team in all of college basketball last year. On Jan. 16 of last season, this team was ranked first in the country and had a flawless 17-0 record. They would then proceed to lose 10 of their last 17 games and finish at 24-10. The Longhorns lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Wake Forest.
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Kentucky Wildcats College Basketball Predictions with Futures Odds and Betting Picks
by Aaron Smith - 11/2/2010

The Kentucky Wildcats were a top seed in last year’s NCAA Tournament thanks to their terrific freshman class. However, most of their stars have already moved on to the NBA. John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins made their one year in college special, but now the school is left with the tough task of replacing them. There was certainly some disappointment when the Wildcats were beaten by West Virginia last year, but Kentucky had a terrific season overall. John Calipari was rumored to be leaving for an NBA coaching job, but he is still here to guide this basketball team in 2010-11.
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2010-11 Florida Gators College Basketball Predictions with Futures Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 11/1/2010

The Florida Gators returned to the NCAA Tournament last season – losing to BYU in the first round -- after a two-year absence followed those back-to-back National Championships. And with all five starters back this year’s team should be the best in Gainesville since Joakim Noah, Al Horford and Co. left. Of course, coach Billy Donovan also left following the repeat, albeit only briefly, to the Orlando Magic.
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2010-11 Kansas Jayhawks College Basketball Predictions with Futures Odds and Betting Picks
by Aaron Smith - 10/30/2010

Going into the NCAA Tournament last year, Kansas was the heavy favorite to win it all. People around the country were putting Kansas on the final line in their March Madness brackets office pools. The Jayhawks cruised through the first round, but Northern Iowa stunned them in the second round. The upset was the biggest of the tournament, and one of the biggest in the last few years.
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College Basketball: Tennessee Volunteers Predictions with Futures Odds and Betting Picks
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 10/28/2010

Allegations and questions are swirling around outspoken Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, but the 2010-11 season is set to move forward and a promising squad is looking to block out the distractions and focus on returning to the NCAA Tournament for a sixth consecutive year.
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College Basketball Predictions: Gonzaga Bulldogs Futures Odds and Betting Picks
by Aaron Smith - 10/28/2010

The 2009-10 season was supposed to be when Gonzaga was in rebuilding mode. Mark Few and the Bulldogs weren’t even expected to win the West Coast Conference. However, they proved the doubters wrong in their dominance of the league. It’s no longer a surprise when the Bulldogs beat major conference opponents, because they have proven they are a dominant basketball program.
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2010-11 Pitt Panthers College Basketball Predictions with Futures Odds and Betting Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 10/27/2010

Jamie Dixon is a very good basketball coach. Now he has to prove that. Sure, he has a spectacular record - the most wins of any coach ever in his first seven years. He has never made it as far as the Final Four, though, and his teams have underachieved in the NCAA Tournament more than once.
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College Basketball Picks: Washington Huskies Predictions with Futures Odds
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 10/27/2010

The rollercoaster ride that was the Washington Huskies 2009-10 season started with lofty preseason expectations and ended with a surprise run to the Sweet 16. What happened in between is anyone’s guess. The Huskies, a pick to contend for the conference crown, started Pac-10 play 1-3 and later 3-5. They got back on track and eventually closed the regular season with four consecutive wins, but remained a ‘bubble’ team heading into the conference tournament.
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College Basketball Predictions: Butler Bulldogs Futures Odds and Betting Preview
by Trevor Whenham - 10/27/2010

I’m not sure if other coaches envy Butler Coach Brad Stevens or pity him. Probably a little of both. Stevens looks like he is about 12 years old, but he has already led his team closer to a National Championship - one missed shot by Gordon Hayward - than any other mid-major coach has come. That’s definitely something to envy.
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Mountain West Conference Predictions and MWC College Basketball Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/26/2010

Well, apparently The Mountain West didn’t make enough of an impression by dominating West Coast basketball last year and being one of the most reliable conferences in the country to make a profit betting in. Last year The Mountain had a coming out party with four teams earning NCAA Tournament bids.
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College Basketball Picks: Duke Blue Devils Predictions with Futures Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 10/26/2010

I hate Duke. Always have. Still, it’s hard to have anything but begrudging respect for what Coach K has done with this program. Last year he changed his approach to suit his personnel - something he does better than anyone - and built a team that just kept getting better as the season went along before peaking at exactly the right time. Now he will be changing his playing style radically again, but this time he won’t be sneaking up on anyone - the Blue Devils are the favorites and the ones wit the targets on their back.
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2010-11 Kansas State Wildcats College Basketball Predictions with Futures Odds and Betting Picks
by Trevor Whenham - 10/26/2010

Hope is running wild in the Manhattan that isn’t in New York. Kansas State won 29 games last year and made a run to the Elite Eight. That was an impressive season, but if they were to replicate it this year it would be a disappointment. Everything seems to be setting up perfectly for them this season - they are talented and ready to play at a time when the other powers in the Big 12 are younger or less established.
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College Basketball Picks: North Carolina Tar Heels Predictions with Futures Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 10/26/2010

Last year’s UNC team was a perfect illustration of just how hard it is to win in college basketball. After winning a National Championship, the team lost four starters. That left them with a stunning lack of leadership. Despite a major influx of impressive young talent, the team just wasn’t good enough.
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Basketball Props Predictions: Where Will Izzo Coach in 2010-11?
by Alan Matthews - 6/7/2010

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert obviously cares more about his NBA franchise than he does his alma mater because Gilbert is trying to lure Coach Tom Izzo away from Michigan State. Of course, the Cavs canned Mike Brown after they were surprised by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals. And soon after that, GM Danny Ferry stepped down.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Big 12 Tournament Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 3/9/2010

While the Big East is getting all of the love and attention for the mediocre teams that are playing their way into the NIT, the Big 12 currently sits as the best conference in college basketball. And we’ll get to see this group go at it starting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday in Kansas City as the Big 12 Conference Tournament gets underway.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Mountain West Conference Tournament
by Robert Ferringo - 3/9/2010

One of my favorite conferences in the country – The Mountain West – starts its tournament on Wednesday with a play-in game between Wyoming and Air Force. The winner advances to the quarterfinals, and the rest of the tournament begins in earnest at noon on Thursday, March 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Pac-10 Tournament Preview
by Matt Severance - 3/9/2010

This year’s Pac-10 Tournament should in a way be more fascinating than any in recent memory because it’s basically in the same boat as, say, the Horizon League or Sun Belt (or pick your mid-major conference) in that only the Pac-10 winner might reach the NCAA Tournament. That’s how down the conference is this season – it ranks eighth in conference RPI behind the five other BCS conference as well as the Atlantic 10 and Mountain West.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Atlantic 10 Tournament Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 3/9/2010

The Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament will be one of the more closely watched tourneys in the country this week as bubble teams from the major conferences sit around and sweat out how fellow bubblers Charlotte, Dayton and Rhode Island perform in Atlantic City this week. All three of those teams are presently on the outside looking in on the NCAA Tournament, but all three are also capable of making a significant run and potentially swiping a bid.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Betting Conference Tournaments
by Trevor Whenham - 3/9/2010

The NCAA Tournament is so close that we can almost taste it. Before we can enjoy the perfect madness of March, though, we have to get through the rest of the conference tournaments, including all of the major conference tournaments. With the obvious exception of the Pac-10, where there doesn't seem to be any good teams, those major conference tournaments aren't likely to significantly change the perceptions of the teams at the top of the conferences - though they will settle some big bubble questions.
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College Basketball handicapping: Big East Tournament Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 3/8/2010

There is no conventional way to break down the absolutely mammoth Big East Tournament, which begins at noon on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York. So instead of parsing through sleepers, favorites, dark horses, and permutations of matchups I will simply take a look at each of the 16 teams headed to NYC and discuss their prospects and motivations.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Big Ten Tournament Preview
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 3/8/2010

The Big Ten is as top heavy of a conference as you will see in college basketball, and considering the format of the 11-team conference tournament that starts Wednesday, seeing an upset winner at Conseco Fieldhouse this week is unlikely.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Conference USA Tournament Preview
by Matt Severance - 3/8/2010

Thanks to John Calipari leaving Memphis for Kentucky, this year’s Conference USA Tournament actually might have some drama. Under Coach Cal, Memphis was completely dominant in CUSA and had won the previous four conference tournaments. This year’s Tigers may need to make it five in a row if they want to return to the Big Dance as they are squarely on the bubble of the NCAA Tournament.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Purdue Without Hummel
by Trevor Whenham - 3/4/2010

Ten days ago my NCAA Tournament projections had Purdue as a No. 1 seed, and there was a very good chance that I was going to have them going very deep in my March Madness bracket. Now, thanks to one bad step by junior forward Robbie Hummel, they are the biggest college basketball handicapping puzzle in the whole tournament.
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College Basketball Handicapping: High-Profile Bubble Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 3/4/2010

The NCAA Tournament is now just around the corner. That means that for a lot of teams the next week or two are absolutely crucial - the difference between going to the dance and having to settle for a lesser tournament that no one cares about. There are some big-name programs fighting for their lives right now - and perhaps fighting a losing battle. Here's a look at five high-profile bubble teams:
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NCAA Hoops Betting: Under the Radar
by Christopher G. Shepard - 3/3/2010

A glance at the calendar tells me that it’s already March. However, there is still a significant amount of NCAA hoops to help the sports investor to build his or her bankroll in this final week of the regular season before the uber-lucrative conference tournaments begin. In this edition of the equally uber-lucrative Under-the-Radar column at Doc’s Sports I have three teams that have been doing their best to avoid the highlight reels, yet they keep on cashing at the betting window. Come witness the insanity.
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Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 3/1/2010

Time for a little Arch Madness. For the 20th straight year the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament tips off Thursday in St. Louis with everyone chasing top-seeded and 25th-ranked Northern Iowa. Unfortunately for Northern Iowa, the Missouri Valley tournament has been fairly predictable. And the No. 1 seed hasn’t had as much luck as you would think.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Mid-Major Conference Tournaments
by Robert Ferringo - 3/1/2010

These small, regional teams aren’t playing for banners as much as they are playing for pride and bragging rights. Sure, everyone wants a trip to the Big Dance. But as you wander through the smaller conferences you’re going to find that the intensity level in these tournament games is maxed out. I mean, no one out of the Sun Belt is going to be playing for the national title. But for four days in Arkansas those 13 teams are going to toe the line and go all-out in order to earn their own regional championship.
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College Basketball Betting: Weekday Primer
by Matt Severance - 3/1/2010

At one point, the Georgetown Hoyas looked like they might be worthy of a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament but now GU is probably just going to sneak into the Big Dance. Since starting 13-2, the Hoyas are just 6-6 (and ATS) and have lost three of their past four. Saturday’s 14-point home loss to Notre Dame is unacceptable, especially with the Irish not having star Luke Harangody.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Villanova at Syracuse Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 2/26/2010

No. 8 Villanova will trek to Upstate New York to take on No. 4 Syracuse at 9 p.m. Saturday. This game will determine the Big East regular season title and should go a long way to establishing which one of these two upper echelon teams will be granted a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. These are the two best teams in the nation’s deepest and most talented conference, and one or both of these teams will be penciled into the Final Four on about 95 percent of the March Madness brackets in the country in about two weeks.
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College Basketball Handicapping: New Mexico at BYU Preview
by Matt Severance - 2/26/2010

There’s a much-anticipated college basketball game on Saturday between two highly ranked teams that are a combined 52-6 and are battling for the regular-season conference title and a likely high seed in the NCAA Tournament. Did I mention it’s also being played in one of the hardest places for any opponent to win in the country?
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College Basketball Handicapping: Conference Races
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 2/26/2010

Just about any team in college basketball has the ability to play itself into the NCAA Tournament no matter how bad it played in the regular season, just as long as it wins its conference tournament. Earning the top seeds in those conference tournaments usually helps a lot and more so in the smaller conferences than anywhere else.
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College Basketball Totals Betting: It’s All About Pace
by Aaron Smith - 2/26/2010

In the world of college basketball betting, there is a little bit less public information to go off of than there is in the NBA. In pro basketball, we can review referee trends and see which referees will be calling each game, but in college basketball we don’t know who will comprise the referee crew before tipoff. While this may worry you, and make you feel as if college basketball totals are more difficult to beat. However, many find that this is not true at all.
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NCAA Hoops Betting: Under the Radar
by Christopher G. Shepard - 2/25/2010

As the twilight of the 2009-10 NCAA hoops season approaches and the dawn of Conference Tournaments edges onto the horizon, keeping a steady diet of under-the-radar teams will keep you in good stead come March. Here are three teams that should increase your bankroll the last week of February.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Big Ten vs. Big East
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 2/24/2010

The Big 12 and the SEC may have the top two teams in college basketball but when it comes to conference supremacy and getting the most teams in the NCAA Tournament the Big East and Big Ten have bragging rights. In this week’s rankings No. 3 Purdue, No. 9 Ohio State, No. 14 Michigan State and No. 17 Wisconsin are all ranked in the Top 20 from the Big Ten with No. 4 Syracuse, No. 7 Villanova, No. 8 West Virginia, No. 11 Georgetown and No. 12 Pitt all ranked in the Big East.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Senior Night
by Robert Ferringo - 2/23/2010

Every college team celebrates a Senior Night, generally as the last home game of the season. It’s a chance for the guys playing in their final game in their own gym to say thanks to the fans, parade out their awkward parents, get a little love from the hoops community, and then go out and play with the abandon of someone who sees that The End is near. It’s a night of reflection, passion, fervor and enthusiasm and can provide the host team with just that little extra motivational edge to score a key win and cover a solid spread.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Surprising Bubble Teams
by Robert Ferringo - 2/23/2010

Keeping your finger on the pulse of the college basketball betting landscape this time of year is a dizzying exercise. With all of the talk of bubbles, brackets, and Bob Knight it’s tough to keep track of who is streaking and peaking and who is crashing and not cashing.
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College Basketball Betting: Weekday Primer
by Matt Severance - 2/22/2010

Hard as it is to believe this is the final week of February, which means that some of the small conference tournaments already will be tipping off next week. With that said, it means some bubble teams are running out of time to add to their resume. Here’s the most intriguing matchup each night this week (nothing worth watching on Friday). I’ll be back with a Game of the Day preview on Saturday.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Biggest Home/Road Differentials
by Aaron Smith - 2/18/2010

In the world of college basketball betting, following the key trends and being able to stay ahead of the oddsmakers is absolutely crucial to profiting. Mental toughness is essential in basketball, and there are huge variations in the amount of mental toughness different teams have, especially when the players are only 20 years old, on average. In the NBA, it is typically difficult to find single teams that are far better against the spread at home or away, but that is definitely not the case in college basketball.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Bracket Buster Betting Trends
by Robert Ferringo - 2/18/2010

I've analyzed the last five years of the mid-February mid-major hoops orgy known as Bracket Buster Weekend to see if I could establish any useful betting angles or trends. Instead of working over every single "official" Bracket Buster game I squared my focus on the ones that featuring the mid-major conferences that were routinely wagered upon.
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NCAA Hoops Betting: Under the Radar
by Christopher G. Shepard - 2/18/2010

There is nothing better in college hoops than investing in an under-the-radar team that you have been locked onto when that team upsets a national power; this week Mizzou beat No. 12 Texas, 82-77, and Rutgers upset No. 8 Georgetown, 71-68. First you have to find theses teams that are flying under the radar. This week here are three teams that I think will bring positive income for NCAA hoops bettors.
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College Basketball Betting: Weekday Primer
by Matt Severance - 2/15/2010

Coach Jim Calhoun’s return from a medical leave couldn’t stop UConn’s tailspin from continuing Saturday, as the Huskies lost for the fifth time in their past six games. At 14-11 and 4-8 in the Big East, that makes tonight’s game at Villanova almost a must-win for UConn to have a prayer of an at-large NCAA Tournament bid. Nova leads the Big East and has won two straight since its lone conference loss (to Georgetown).
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Saturday NCAA Game of the Day: Tennessee at Kentucky
by Matt Severance - 2/12/2010

Kentucky point guard John Wall gets all the hype as not only the nation’s top freshman, but also the potential National Player of the Year and likely No. 1 overall pick in next year’s NBA Draft. But right now, Wall’s not even the best freshman on his own team.
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NCAA Hoops Betting: Under the Radar
by Christopher G. Shepard - 2/12/2010

As the college hoops season makes its push toward March Madness savvy gamblers can still find value in the teams that have yet to capture the public’s imagination. This week I have found three more schools to put on your ‘strong buy’ list when investing in the final weeks of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Exchange.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Go Against Public Teams for Profit
by Aaron Smith - 2/11/2010

In the world of college basketball handicapping it’s all about finding an edge over other sports bettors and the oddsmakers. As you bet on these games do remember that oddsmakers set college basketball odds at the point where they will receive even money on both sides of the bet, thus ensuring a profit via the vig.
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College Basketball Handicapping: St. Mary’s at Gonzaga Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 2/11/2010

Kangaroos have no natural enemies. But the St. Mary’s basketball team certainly does. St. Mary’s heads to Gonzaga at 11 p.m. on Thursday night to play in one of the burgeoning mid-major rivalries in the country. The visiting Gaels have been instilled as six-point underdog and the total is set at a healthy 152.0.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Motivated Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 2/9/2010

This time of year always sneaks up on me. As soon as the Super Bowl ends we are right into the do-or-die period of the college basketball season. A few lucky teams have already secured their spot in the tournament, but many more still have some work left to do before they can dance. Teams poised on the bubble, provided they are moving in the right direction, can be very useful for bettors because they will be particularly motivated to put their best efforts forward.
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College Basketball Betting: Weekday Primer
by Matt Severance - 2/8/2010

It’s “Rivalry Week” on ESPN, which basically means that Duke and North Carolina are playing. But it is a great week of matchups, and there’s even one worth watching – and betting on – Friday. Check back Saturday for a Game of the Day preview.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Correlation Between Offensive Stats and ATS Success
by Trevor Whenham - 2/5/2010

Let's avoid the lengthy preamble this time around. What I wanted to do this time is look at the relationship between several different common offensive statistics and against-the-spread performance in college basketball. We're going to look at the top five teams in five different statistical categories to see how they stack up ATS. Nothing may come of it, but then again something interesting may be learned.
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NCAA Hoops Betting: Under the Radar
by Christopher G. Shepard - 2/4/2010

Four of the Top 5 college hoops teams against the spread have been prominently featured in this space at Doc’s Sports with St, Mary’s (CA) currently in the top spot, earning +1050; Cornell is in second to the tune of +970; Villanova is tied with two other teams for third at +950 (but they are dropping); Northern Iowa and Sacramento State also have earned backers +950 on the season.
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College Basketball Betting: Weekday Primer
by Matt Severance - 2/1/2010

You know the drill – here’s the best game each weeknight this week and I’ll have a Game of the Day for you on Saturday. Get out of the house on Friday night because there’s nothing much worth watching or betting on in the NCAA basketball world.
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Saturday College Basketball Preview: Kansas at Kansas State
by Robert Ferringo - 1/29/2010

On Jan. 18 the Wildcats welcomed the No. 1 team in the country, Texas, into a raucous atmosphere in Manhattan. Kansas State overpowered the Longhorns to knock off the top team in the land. Now, on Saturday, they welcome the No. 1 team-in-wait, in-state rival Kansas, and are looking to take down another one of the best teams in the country.
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Saturday College Basketball Preview: Vanderbilt at Kentucky
by Matt Severance - 1/29/2010

Apologies to Duke-Georgetown and Kansas-Kansas State, but the game of the day on Saturday is No. 23 Vanderbilt and No. 1 Kentucky because it features one of the hottest teams in the country … Vandy. Yes, the Commodores (16-3) are the team on the roll entering Saturday’s game, having won 10 straight (7-2-1 ATS) with Kentucky coming in off its lone loss of the season.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Kentucky Not Worthy of No. 1 Ranking
by Robert Ferringo - 1/26/2010

Right now Kentucky reminds me of a little kid trying on his dad’s clothes and shoes as kind of a joke. As of Monday the Wildcats were the No. 1 team in the country in college basketball. I have been banging against the Kentucky bandwagon all season long and I’m hear to tell you once again that they aren’t the best team in the country. Not even close. They are good. They are better than I thought they would be.
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Syracuse Stacks Up Well With Classic Florida Teams
by Robert Ferringo - 1/26/2010

Obviously, I’m feeling pretty good about Syracuse right now. I think that they are the best team in the country right now and that’s coming from a guy that is always quick to take a pessimistic stance on his alma mater. The reason that I think that they are the best team and, right now, the favorite to win the National Championship, is that I think that they have every single aspect covered that a championship team needs.
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College Basketball Betting: Weekday Primer
by Matt Severance - 1/25/2010

Hard to believe it’s the last week in January, which means it’s really time to start focusing your betting attention on college basketball -- except for Super Sunday, of course. Here is a look at the best game to watch each night this week (as usual, not much worth watching on Friday). Check back Saturday for our Game of the Day preview.
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Saturday College Basketball Betting: Duke at Clemson Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 1/22/2010

Every time Duke shows up in an opponent’s gym they have to know that the crowd will be louder and rowdier and the players will be hungrier and feistier than they are when anyone else comes to town. No matter where they go they are going to catch a team’s best game and they have to be ready to handle it at every turn.
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Saturday College Basketball Preview: Texas at Connecticut
by Matt Severance - 1/21/2010

UConn seemed to fix a lot that was wrong during the skid, as it made 6-of-14 three-pointers after hitting only 6-of-28 during the three-game losing streak as well as 11-of-12 free throws after shooting just 59 percent from the line during the previous three games. UConn made 56.9 percent of its shots overall and 65.4 percent in the second half. Interim coach George Blaney started a three-guard lineup against the Red Storm and may again Saturday – Blaney is 5-3 in games in which he has subbed for Calhoun.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Struggling Programs
by Trevor Whenham - 1/22/2010

One of the trends that has emerged so far this year in college basketball is the underachievement of big-name programs. In some cases, teams that we have grown to expect consistent excellence from have struggled. In others, teams that came into the season with high hopes have found ways of disappointing us during the season. Here's a look at three teams that fit into each category, and what that means from a betting perspective:
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NCAA Hoops Betting: Under the Radar
by Christopher G. Shepard - 1/21/2010

While public teams like Syracuse 18-1 SU (+870 ATS) and Villanova 17-1 SU (+860 ATS) are among the best cashing teams in NCAA basketball, in my opinion it is the non-public teams with losing records that bring more value for your sports investment V-Chips and this week I have uncovered a few such teams that meet this criteria.
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College Basketball Betting: Weekday Primer
by Matt Severance - 1/18/2010

You know the drill: Here are the best games to watch or bet on each night during the week of Jan. 18, but again nothing worthwhile on Friday night -- so go see your local high school team that night! I’ll be back with a Game of the Day preview for Saturday’s action.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Mississippi at Tennessee Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 1/15/2010

The Tennessee Volunteers entered the season as a Final Four sleeper and through December, in my opinion, they were casting the largest shadow in the SEC. But, as I’m sure you’ve heard (and if you haven’t, politely move along), that’s when half of the Vols roster started acting out their own scene from “The Wire”. But instead of earning Emmy’s, the four players – Tyler Smith, Cameron Tatum, Brian Williams and Melvin Goins – left the Vols with an empty bench and almost no shot at postseason glory.
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Saturday NCAA Game of the Day: Syracuse at West Virginia
by Matt Severance - 1/15/2010

Well, hopefully we’ve found something here with the Saturday NCAA Game of the Day feature, as I recommended taking Wisconsin last week against Purdue – and of course the Badgers knocked the Boilermakers from the ranks of the unbeaten. Honestly, I rarely will recommend a total because I think those are too unpredictable (and those bets account for maybe 10 percent of a book’s action), but let’s make it 2-0 this week on the side.
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NCAA Hoops Betting: Under the Radar
by Christopher G. Shepard - 1/14/2010

While the debate rages on about which team should be the No. 1 team in men’s college basketball the No. 1 team for sports bettors is obvious: St. Mary’s. The Gaels lead all schools as a top cash earner with +980 return for bettors on the season but they are not the only mid-major team to fly under the radar with consistent cashes.
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College Basketball Handicapping: Injuries Not Always Cut and Dry
by Robert Ferringo - 1/12/2010

Injuries to key players in sports aren’t always what they seem. In NBA it’s been a widely held maxim to always bet on a team that just lost its best player to injury. (Milwaukee covered at Phoenix this week right after losing Michael Redd for the season. That’s just the latest in a long line of examples.) And if you’ve been following the rise of the Volunteers over the last week it would appear that it holds up in college hoops as well.
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College Basketball Betting: Weekday Primer
by Matt Severance - 1/11/2010

Here is our look at the best games to watch each night this week (Friday, as usual, is a weak night, so go see a movie that night), and I’ll have a weekend Game of the Day story coming Friday – hopefully you took my betting advice on last weekend’s spotlight game: Wisconsin upsetting Purdue.
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College Basketball Betting: Connecticut at Georgetown Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 1/8/2010

If you threw the numbers "13" and "12" at me in regards to Connecticut and Georgetown basketball this year my Jeopardy-style response would have been, "What is the number of losses that each team has this year?" Nope. The numbers "13" and "12" are the respective rankings for the Huskies and the Hoyas as they enter their marquee matchup at noon on Saturday at Georgetown. Somehow these two teams, despite significant personnel losses in the offseason, have managed to work their way into the Top 15.
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College Basketball Betting: Purdue at Wisconsin Preview
by Matt Severance - 1/8/2010

When choosing the game of the day in college basketball on Saturday, it really came down to three matchups that featured two Top 25 teams: No. 4 Purdue at No. 20 Wisconsin, No. 5 Duke at No. 17 Georgia Tech or No. 13 Connecticut at No. 12 Georgetown.
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College Basketball Totals Betting
by Trevor Whenham - 1/7/2010

We are well into college basketball conference play now, so teams have played more than enough games for us to get a sense of what they really are and how we should be dealing with them. Here's a look at 10 teams that have proven themselves trustworthy on totals so far this year - the ones that most consistently stay ‘under’ or go ‘over’.
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NCAA Hoops Betting: Under the Radar
by Christopher G. Shepard - 1/7/2010

As the NCAA nightly basketball lottery teaches us this New Year has not been a good time to back marquee favorites like UNC, Texas, and Boston College. Looking below the radar you would have seen Charleston, Arkansas, and Maine as three teams with little chance of covering the spread, but they did and that is why sports investing is a challenge.
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College Basketball Handicapping: How to Deal With USC Death Sentence
by Robert Ferringo - 1/6/2010

On Sunday, USC’s administration announced that they were going to self-impose sanctions on the basketball program. The deathblow: no postseason appearances for the Trojans this year. USC will not play in the Pac-10 Tournament and they will not accept an invitation to any postseason tournament.
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College Basketball Betting: Weekday Primer
by Matt Severance - 1/4/2010

This is our first installment of the NCAA basketball weekday primer – sort of the big games or storylines to watch each day this week when deciding on those potential bets. Check back for a weekend primer.
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