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2013 NCAA Championship Game Predictions: Michigan vs. Louisville
by Trevor Whenham - 4/7/2013

I was assigned an article to make 2013 NCAA Championship Game predictions. For a while I flirted with being objective — I really did. If you have read anything I have written over the last several years, though, you will know how obsessed I am with Michigan, and therefore how I couldn’t be even remotely objective if I tried. I mean, I have watched every game this team has played for years, and mostly it has been painful.
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2013 Final Four Betting: Props Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 4/4/2013

Louisville? Yep, it was expected to be in the Final Four. The Cardinals were pre-tournament favorites with Indiana and now are overwhelming -140 favorites at Bovada to win the school's first National Championship since 1986. U of L has won 14 straight games and is pretty much kicking everyone's butt in that stretch. Only two wins have been by single digits. The closest? To fellow Final Four team Syracuse at the Carrier Dome on March 2.
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Final Four Odds: How the Betting Public is Wagering
by Trevor Whenham - 4/4/2013

As a fan I couldn’t be happier with this Final Four. As a bettor, though, it’s also a very interesting couple of puzzles. On one hand, you have a game that is essentially a coin flip — either team could easily win depending upon whether they can exert their advantages. The other game isn’t quite as close, but it’s just as much of a coin flip because of the significant spread. You don’t have to work very hard to make a case for all four teams to cover the spread on Saturday. That’s what makes things interesting when it comes to handicapping.
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Final Four Picks: Betting Odds and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 4/1/2013

I’ll start with the important stuff. My 2013 Final Four picks are simple — Louisville will meet Michigan on Monday night for all of the marbles. Louisville is too talented to make the mistakes that cost Ohio State and Gonzaga against this very good Wichita State team. Michigan’s offense is dialed in and ridiculously efficient, and they will find a way to score more on the Syracuse zone than the Orange can respond with.
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2013 Final Four Handicapping: the Coaches
by Trevor Whenham - 4/1/2013

One constant in the Final Four seems to be that the coaches are always very impressive. You can’t fluke your way into a Final Four berth. It takes skill and preparation that most guys just aren’t capable of. It’s why guys like Coach K, Roy Williams, Boeheim, Pitino, Self, Calipari and others can get here far more than their share while other guys can have all sorts of talent but never make it. This year’s collection of Final Four coaches is as interesting and impressive as always. Let’s examine each of these guys to see if we can gain any insights for 2013 Final Four handicapping:
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2013 Final Four Betting Trends
by Trevor Whenham - 4/1/2013

From a betting perspective, these are four pretty solid teams assembled for this year’s Final Four. All four teams delivered at least a small profit to bettors who backed them all season. That’s not the most common situation at this stage of the tournament.
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NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Handicapping: How Large Dogs have Fared
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 3/27/2013

Cinderella stories are usually the highlight of the NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately, looking at recent history, the Sweet 16 is usually when the clock strikes midnight and these mid-major “Cinderfellas” turn into pumpkins rather than Elite 8 contenders.
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NCAA Tournament: Starting a New Bracket from Sweet 16
by Trevor Whenham - 3/26/2013

I don’t know about you, but my bracket is in rough shape. I still have my final game intact, but thanks to Georgetown, and especially New Mexico, I was done almost before the whole thing started. When things go badly there is only one thing you can do — change the rules and start again. With that in mind, here’s how I would break down the bracket starting from now:
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Big Ten in the Sweet 16: Handicapping the Remaining Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 3/26/2013

The Big Ten badly needs to win the NCAA Tournament this year. They haven’t won it since 2000 when Michigan State cut down the nets, and even though — or perhaps because — they have lost in the Championship Game four times since, they really need to show that they are good enough to take it all down again. Since the last Big Ten win we’ve seen four different teams — Duke, North Carolina, UConn and Florida — win the title twice each. It’s getting downright embarrassing for the conference.
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Sweet 16 Predictions: Best Underdogs Left in Field
by Indian Cowboy - 3/26/2013

The NCAA Tournament field is now dwindled down to the Sweet 16. The First week of the Big Dance came with its expected excitement as much as it did its unexpected upsets. Sent home were No 1 seed Gonzaga, No. 2 Georgetown and No. 3 New Mexico. Of the remaining teams left dancing, this article examines the best trio of sleeper schools that have found a way to win at the betting window all season long. Here is a look at the top three underdogs and their successful ATS records along with some Sweet 16 predictions.
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Sweet 16 Handicapping: Examining the Unexpected Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 3/26/2013

If everything went according to expectations, the Sweet 16 each year would be made up of all of the No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 seeds. Of course, it almost never works out that way. Eleven of the 16 teams in the next round are Top-4 seeds like they are supposed to be. Arizona is technically an outsider, but as a No. 6 seed they are hardly unexpected. There are always a few interesting party crashers, though, and this year is certainly no exception.
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Sweet 16 Predictions: Five Biggest Questions
by Trevor Whenham - 3/26/2013

As bettors get ready for the next wave of NCAA Tournament games, there are all sorts of questions that bettors need to find answers for. The more right answers, the more money you’ll have in your pocket by Sunday night. Here are five of the biggest questions to ponder along with some Sweet 16 predictions:
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NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Updated Odds and Picks
by Alan Matthews - 3/25/2013

The good news is that my two NCAA Tournament Championship Game selections are still around, Duke and Indiana. Other than that, my bracket is probably in as bad of shape as yours is. If you can honestly tell me with a straight face that you had picked Florida Gulf Coast to reach the Sweet 16, well, then you clearly have a family member on the team or some other blind rooting interest. The Eagles are the first No. 15 to reach this round. It also should be noted that not a single bracket in the ESPN Challenge has all 16 correct teams still standing.
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Sweet 16 Betting: Ranking the Best Games
by Trevor Whenham - 3/25/2013

I don’t know about you, but after four great days of basketball I am suffering some serious withdrawal. Come Thursday, though, we’ll see the start of eight more glorious games. The Sweet 16 is always good, but as both a fan and a bettor I find this collection of games particularly compelling. Here is how I ranked the eight games in terms of their betting intrigue:
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NCAA Tournament Handicapping: Updated Futures Odds Sweet 16
by Dave Schwab - 3/25/2013

It took the First Four, the Round of 64 and the Round of 32, but the original field of 68 teams for this season’s NCAA Tournament has been pared down to the Sweet 16. This year’s Big Dance has its fair share of top seeds left with only one No.1 and one No.2 sent packing, but there also a few Cinderella’s trying to hold off the stroke of midnight, which for the first time in tournament history includes a No.15 seed.
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NCAA Tournament Wins Props and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/21/2013

I touched on the total number of wins for the Big Ten, the nation's best conference, in an earlier NCAA Tournament props story and recommended “over” 13. Now let's look at the prop options for the other power six conferences in the Big Dance:
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NCAA Tournament Handicapping: Can No. 16 Beat No. 1?
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 3/21/2013

The popular thing to say last year was that 2012 was finally going to be the year a No. 16 seed would beat a No. 1 seed. Alas, the predictions did not come true. No. 1 seeds improved to 112-0 against No. 16 seeds, quite possibly the most consistent trend in the history of sports.
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2013 NCAA Tournament Props Odds and Betting Picks
by Alan Matthews - 3/20/2013

It’s time to buckle down and enjoy the ride as -- in my opinion -- the next three weeks or so are the best of the betting year. You can have your NFL Playoffs, but I'll take the NCAA Tournament Major League Baseball futures props and Opening Day and then the Masters.
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NCAA Tournament Handicapping: Tourney Champs in March Madness
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 3/20/2013

No two conference tournaments are the same, and that is a major reason why conference championships can either be a gift or a curse once it comes time for the NCAA Tournament. With some tournaments ending Saturday night before Selection Sunday, others ending on Selection Sunday and even others ending over a week before Selection Sunday, teams head to March Madness on different rest and with different momentum working for them or against them.
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2013 March Madness Bracket Predictions: South Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/19/2013

If scoring, well-choreographed offense, three-point marksmanship, and artful individual performances are what piques your college basketball interests, then I would say to avert your eyes from the South Region. The South Region is stacked with some of the best defensive teams in the country. Kansas (No. 1), Georgetown (No. 4) and Florida (No. 6) are all in the Top 10 in the country in field goal defense.
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2013 NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions: West Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/19/2013

There is already an emerging theme heading into this year’s NCAA Tournament: The Rise of the Little Guy. The concept is not a fresh one. In fact, it is kind of a tried-and-true axiom that March Madness is a time for underdogs as much as it is a time for champions. But this year’s tournament field seems to be taking that theme to its logical conclusion: at some point the Little Guy will eventually become the Big Guy.
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2013 NCAA Tournament Bracket Advice and Tips
by Aaron Smith - 3/19/2013

March Madness is here once again, which means it is time to fill out those NCAA Tournament Brackets. Passionate sports fans have been following college basketball all year long, but everyone else is jumping on board this week as March Madness brackets have a way of bringing in the public by the bunches. Before the end of this week, you’re likely to hear a lot of talk about March Madness around the office. It’s one of the best times of the year for a sports fan, and filling out that bracket never gets old!
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March Madness Trivia Questions and Answers
by Alan Matthews - 3/19/2013

Here are a few challenging and perhaps not-so-challenging trivia questions to get your mind right for picking those NCAA Tournament brackets this week. Eight of 10 means you know your college basketball. Any less, and that is up for debate.
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2013 March Madness Bracket Predictions: East Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/19/2013

The East is one of the most dangerous brackets in the tournament because I could realistically see any of five teams survive this region. At the same token, three of those teams I could also realistically see losing in the first round, and I think that all four of them will have to claw their way out of the opening weekend if they even want a chance at a berth in Atlanta.
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March Madness Predictions: Reseeding the Brackets
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 3/19/2013

When seeding for the NCAA Tournament, the NCAA Selection Committee is hindered by certain guidelines. There are automatic qualifiers, there is a need to avoid conference rematches in the first two rounds, there are site locations to be aware of, etc. Las Vegas oddsmakers are bound by no such criteria when setting March Madness point spreads and NCAA Tournament future odds. It is not uncommon to see a No. 11 or No. 12 seed favored over a No. 6 or No. 5 seed.
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2013 March Madness Brackets Strategy
by Alan Matthews - 3/19/2013

It's that time of year again in which I give you a few dos and don'ts in terms of managing your NCAA Tournament office/online pool. I don't pretend to have all the answers, but I can certainly give you relevant numbers and let you make informed decisions.
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Using Futures Odds to Fill Out Your NCAA Tournament Bracket
by Dave Schwab - 3/19/2013

The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee not only decides which at-large teams make it into the field of 68 after all the automatic bids have been handed out, but they also rank every team from No.1 to No.16 within one of the four regions based on past performance and future potential to make it out of that part of the bracket all the way to the Final Four.
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2013 NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions: Midwest Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/18/2013

The Louisville Cardinals earned the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed By virtue of being the best team from the best conference in college basketball. But that top seed is certainly a paper crown. And, if the Cardinals want to earn back-to-back Final Four appearances, they will have to fight their way through potential matchups with Top 10 staples Duke or Michigan State.
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2013 NCAA Tournament Handicapping: Best Value Bets
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

Betting NCAA Tournament futures requires a very different mindset than filling out a bracket does. With a bracket you are interested in picking the teams you think are mostly likely to win. In futures you aren’t necessarily concerned about that. Instead, you are focused on teams that have a better chance of winning than the odds suggest. If a team is at 200/1, but they have about a 1-in-100 chance of winning in your eyes, then they would be a much more attractive bet over the long run than a team that has a 1-in-10 chance of winning but is paying 5/1.
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2013 March Madness Handicapping: No. 5 vs. No. 12 Seeds
by Aaron Smith - 3/18/2013

With Selection Sunday in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to focus on this year’s NCAA Tournament. March Madness is such a huge event for a couple main reasons. First of all, NCAA Tournament Bracket pools are extremely popular with sports and non-sports fans alike. Second, March is the time of the year for the underdog, and there aren’t many people who don’t love a good underdog story.
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2013 NCAA Tournament Betting: Tough Teams to Trust
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

A team seeded in the Top 4 in their region should, if things turn out as expected, make it to the Sweet 16. Of course, it doesn’t always turn out that way. There are some high seeds that you can feel very confident in — it would take a massive upset for them to fail to advance. Last year’s Kentucky team that went on to win the title is the best example of that in recent memory, though Louisville certainly qualifies this year.
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March Madness Handicapping: Potential Sweet 16 Surprises
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

If everything went according to expectations, the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament would be made up of the top four teams in each region. Of course, it almost never works out that way. Almost every year in the Sweet 16 we see some surprise teams. Some are only mild surprises — a No. 5 or No. 7 seed that plays well at the right time. But then there are the real longshots that just got hot at the right time. Last year we saw No. 10 Xavier, No. 11 North Carolina State, and No. 13 Ohio crash the party, and those were far from the only double-digit seeds we have seen on the second weekend in recent years.
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2013 NIT Bracket Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

The top storyline of the NIT this year is that No. 1 overall seed, Kentucky, was the top seed in the NCAA Tournament last year and won it all. That’s not nearly as rare as it seems, though — Kentucky is actually the 20th defending champion not to make the Big Dance the next year. North Carolina was the last, in 2010. They were even worse than Kentucky — they were just a No. 4 seed in the NIT. They got hot at the right time, though, and made it all the way to final game before losing to Dayton.
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2013 NCAA Tournament Betting Trends
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

Thursday is the official start of the best three weeks in sports — the NCAA Tournament. People are mostly focused on filling out their brackets right now. For those of you who are more focused in making bets than winning pools, though, here are some NCAA Tournament betting trends to help you spot the winners and avoid the bad bets:
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March Madness Seed Statistics
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

The greatest three weeks annually in sports are about to get underway as March Madness tips off this week. As we get ready for the tournament, the focus of nearly everyone in the country is on filling out a bracket. Where are the upsets? Which teams are going all the way? How am I going to win my pool and steal all the glory? To help you in your quest for bracket greatness, here are some March Madness seed statistics to guide you towards the upsets and away from the bad decisions:
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NCAA Tournament Seed History
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

When you set out this week to fill out a bracket that will dominate your pool and bring your opponents to their knees, it will be important to keep NCAA Tournament seed history in mind. You want to pick a couple of upsets along the way, but successful brackets will have a strong understanding of history, and will reflect what has happened in the past. To help you draw up a winner here are some key numbers to keep in mind:
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2013 March Madness Predictions: Vulnerable Higher Seeds
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

The NCAA Tournament can crush the souls of fans better than almost anything else on the planet. A team can play all season to secure a good seeding only to see their season evaporate in seconds thanks to a lucky shot, bad play, or an upstart Cinderella. The fans of these four teams should brace themselves for potential frustration earlier in this tournament than they are hoping for.
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2013 NCAA Tournament Predictions: Dangerous Lower Seeds
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

There are about a million different things that make the NCAA tournament so ridiculously great. Right near the top of that list is the crazy upsets that can happen. Sometimes they come from absolutely nowhere — like Lehigh over Duke last year. More often, though, the upsets at least make a little bit of sense for people who have done their homework.
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2013 March Madness Bracket Trends: Handicapping No. 1 Seeds
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

There were a lot of teams that could have been named a No. 1 seed this year in the NCAA Tournament — at least seven. There was only room for four, though. Here’s a look at each of the lucky four that got what is at least theoretically the easiest path through their regions:
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2013 March Madness Brackets Advice and Tips
by Trevor Whenham - 3/18/2013

The bracket is set, and you are probably already getting the invitations to fill out brackets and enter pools. Of course, you want to win. To help give you the best possible chance to fill out a winning bracket, here is some prime March Madness bracket advice and tips for 2013:
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Tips for Filling Out Your March Madness Brackets
by George Monroy - 3/18/2013

Filling out a March Madness tournament bracket can be one of the most difficult, yet fantastically entertaining, things a sports bettor can be a part of. Trying to decide on a bracket filled with 68 teams can be an easy, or a ridiculously time-consuming processes — it all depends on what you make of it. And that is why March Madness is so fantastic. Any one can do it. An NCAA basketball expert, to the novice, to a grandmother, to someone just wanting to be a part of the office pool, can all partake in this exciting time of the month and not feel overwhelmed at all.
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How to Run a March Madness Brackets Pool
by Alan Matthews - 3/14/2011

It’s mid-March, so that means words like “bracketology” and “office pool” will become prevalent around your workplace. It’s also a time most employers dread because there will be very little work done next Thursday and Friday in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament. Well, technically the opening round is on Tuesday now with the “First Four” – four opening-round games with those winners then advancing to the second round. But in reality the First Four is just four play-in games instead of the usual one we had when the tourney was at 65.
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