College Basketball Handicapping Articles

2025 College Basketball National Championship Odds and Expert Predictions
by Matt Zitt - 4/15/2024

The Connecticut Huskies made history on Monday night by becoming the first back-to-back National Champions since Florida in 2006 and 2007. This past college basketball season had a ton of great moments and memories, but the Huskies were dominant. They increased their NCAA tourney streak to 12 straight double-digit victories over opponents. Is a three-peat in store for Dan Hurley’s squad next season?

Expert College Basketball Handicapping Roundup + Saturday Free Pick for 3/9/2024
by Ryan Cobbett - 3/8/2024

As we head into the final weekend of the regular season, it is time to start getting pumped for March Madness. With Selection Sunday just nine days away, it’s do or die for a lot of teams around the nation as they vie for a spot in the most coveted playoff in all sports. Some conference tournaments have already gotten underway, while there are a few games this weekend that are important for seeding as most of the bigger conference tournaments will start next week. With all eyes on the tournaments ahead, it’s time to start studying the teams who will likely be featured in our brackets.

Analytics and College Basketball Betting: the Numbers Sometimes Lie
by Joey House - 3/8/2024

I've always been a numbers guy. If you've ever seen the movie "Fever Pitch" starring Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore, Drew's character Lindsey Meeks is a business consultant who deals with numbers and statistics. She asked a group of kids that she was talking to during a school trip "Are any of you in the habit of looking at numbers... rearranging them in your head to make more interesting patterns?" and one of the kids replied, "Oh, my God, she knows my secret shame." I was that kid growing up.

Hot and Cold College Basketball Betting Teams ATS and Over Under 3/4/2024
by Joey House - 3/4/2024

The Madness has arrived. With apologies to college football's bowl season, March is the best month in collegiate sports. With the Atlantic Sun Tournament commencing on March 4th, the significance of the month swiftly accelerates as teams vie for coveted berths in the NCAA Tournament bracket, culminating in the bedlam of March Madness.

Expert College Basketball Handicapping Roundup + Saturday Free Pick for 3/2/2024
by Ryan Cobbett - 3/1/2024

Selection Sunday is just 16 days away, and continued chaos is on the forecast. Purdue, Houston, and UConn seem like locks on the top line, with Arizona projecting to lock up the fourth top seed. The Big 12 has continued their dominant season and has a nation-leading nine teams featured in the latest version of Bracketology, followed by the SEC with seven, and the Big Ten and Mountain West follow with six. With the regular season winding down, and some conference tournaments starting next week, let’s take a look at some sleepers, dive into a conference tournament race, and see some consistent regular-season trends to add a few dollars before March Madness.

Expert College Basketball Handicapping Roundup + Saturday Free Pick for 2/17/2024
by Ryan Cobbett - 2/16/2024

Another crazy week of college hoops has passed by with multiple storylines. Farleigh Dickinson’s squad was stuck in an elevator, delaying the game, Bill Self was ejected after a bad loss at Texas Tech, Ohio State has moved on from their coach, and four unranked teams took down their Top 25 ranked opponents. But in perhaps the biggest news of the week, the Detroit Mercy Titans have claimed victory number one on the season, improving their record to 1-26.

Hot and Cold College Basketball Betting Teams ATS and Over Under 2/15/2024
by Joey House - 2/15/2024

With the Atlantic Sun conference slated to kick off their conference tournament just 18 days from today, college basketball is rapidly heading toward the insanity of March Madness. Of course, Doc's has all of your college basketball needs covered, and we've been working hard all season. Here are some teams that have been doing well for bettors ATS and Over or Under on totals and teams that have been losing bettors a lot of money at the ticket window.

Expert College Basketball Handicapping Roundup + Saturday Free Pick for 2/10/2024
by Ryan Cobbett - 2/9/2024

With Selection Sunday six weeks away, teams are really needing to polish their resumes with important wins while avoiding the silly losses. Staying to the trend of the season, the SEC and Big 12 both are neck-and-neck with the number of teams showcased in the latest projection of the bracket, each with nine teams making the list. This week has been another chaotic week, with seven unranked teams taking down Top 25 clubs.

Expert College Basketball Handicapping Roundup + Saturday Free Pick for 2/3/2024
by Ryan Cobbett - 2/2/2024

In another crazy week of college basketball, we saw a handful of ranked teams fall to their unranked opponents, including #3 North Carolina, #5 Tennessee, #10 Kentucky, #19 New Mexico, and #6 Wisconsin. As chaos is common this time of year, we are headed into another crazy weekend slate that includes five Top 25 matchups, with another six ranked teams on the road: more on this later. Before we head into the weekend, let me share three noteworthy and moneymaking trends to pay attention to as we enter the back-half of conference play and highlight all the chaos we will see in the coming days.

Expert College Basketball Handicapping Roundup + Saturday Free Pick for 1/27/2024
by Ryan Cobbett - 1/26/2024

As we near the final stretch of the season, there is the potential for a lot of chaos to ensue over the next 60 days. With all the potential, we need to take a look at some of those teams primed for the storm and those who may not reach the penultimate goal of making it to March. In this article, I will discuss two teams who have fallen from their normal standing while looking at two teams who have quietly risen the rankings and are looking to make a deep run this postseason.

2024 Wooden Award Odds and Predictions with Expert College Basketball Handicapping
by Matt Zitt - 1/22/2024

Can anyone catch Purdue’s Zach Edey? The defending award winner from last year is the clear-cut favorite to repeat in 2024 and an expensive price to pay if you want to throw a wager on the Boilermaker. Have no fear, because there are plenty of good value bets to place on his competition. A few bad weeks or an injury can put other players right back in the race for the coveted award.

Expert College Basketball Handicapping Roundup + Saturday Free Pick for 1/20/2024
by Ryan Cobbett - 1/19/2024

After another crazy week full of upsets, it is time for another edition of our CBB Friday Roundup series. This week we have seen six Top 25 teams fall to unranked opponents, further adding to the conference play noise that has been so prevalent this year. As we march our way towards the postseason, let’s take a look at not only the best conference, but how it will be next season, as well as two more teams to highlight as chaos candidates, and who has been beating Vegas the most since conference play began.

Expert College Basketball Handicapping Roundup + Saturday Free Pick for 1/13/2024
by Ryan Cobbett - 1/12/2024

Last night, three Top 25 teams took the court, and all three games were decided by one possession. No. 10 Illinois held off Michigan State, No. 24 Florida Atlantic edged out Tulane on a questionable call, and No. 23 Gonzaga suffered their fifth loss of the season already as they fell to Santa Clara, 77-76. On Wednesday, three Top 10 teams lost as Kansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee lost to unranked opponents. Things are heating up as we continue through conference play, so let’s take a look at some other interesting notes around the country.

2024 Big 12 Basketball Predictions for the Regular Season
by Matt Zitt - 1/11/2024

The Big 12 Conference has six teams inside the Top-25 and should be an exciting race for the conference title. Kansas is always the popular play as Bill Self and the Jayhawks have had at least a share of the Big 12 regular season title in 17 seasons since 2003. The regular season test will not come easy to Kansas this year, with new additions of Houston, Cincinnati, BYU and UCF, and the always tough-challengers of Baylor, Kansas State, Texas and others lying in wait. Doc’s Sports will break down how the Big 12 could shake out below.

2024 SEC Basketball Predictions with Futures Odds
by Matt Zitt - 1/9/2024

Last season, the SEC sent the most teams into the NCAA Tournament, with eight programs participating. This season should be more of the same, as the competition within the SEC is some of the best in the entire country. The regular season conference title is up for grabs, as six teams have less than 20-1 odds to be crowned a champion. The biggest SEC storyline must be the Kentucky Wildcats and John Calipari.

2024 ACC Basketball Predictions with Futures Odds
by Matt Zitt - 1/5/2024

In my opinion, there is nothing better than Duke vs. North Carolina on the hardwood. It is like the Yankees playing the Red Sox or the Steelers playing the Ravens. You know you will be entertained until the clock hits zero. So, no surprise the two blue bloods are the leading odds to win the ACC this season. Can anyone catch them? There are currently six teams with odds at less than 10-1 to win the ACC regular season title. Doc’s Sports will break down some of the best bets below on who can win the crown.

2024 Big East Basketball Predictions for the Regular Season
by Matt Zitt - 1/4/2024

One of the best parts of the new year is college basketball ramps up with conference play. The Big East Conference held the last laugh last season as the UConn Huskies cut down the nets after a 16-point victory over San Diego State in the National Championship Game. What is funny is that the Huskies finished fourth last year in the regular season in the Big East. Dan Hurley’s squad looks just as good this year, and it appears most teams in the conference will be chasing UConn and Marquette.

Expert College Basketball Handicapping Roundup + Friday Free Pick for 12/29/2023
by Ryan Cobbett - 12/28/2023

With the holiday, we are pushing up our Friday Round-up series to Thursday this week. We are coming off the holiday break, and teams are back to practicing, with some in action tonight. As it stands now, Purdue sits atop the country, while Kansas, Houston, and Arizona round out the top four and other No. 1 seeds in Bracketology. The three remaining unbeatens mentioned in last week’s article still remain, as Houston, James Madison, and Ole Miss have yet to lose this season. With little action to cover from the last article, let’s take a look at some notes around the league.

Expert College Basketball Handicapping Roundup + Saturday Free Pick for 12/23/2023
by Ryan Cobbett - 12/22/2023

Let’s take a look at some money-making trends around the nation in CBB. We have seen an insane number of upsets this season as nonconference play has been surreal. We have had teams rise and fall out of the No. 1 spot, while teams like Michigan State have just been beaten up to start the year. We are just a few games away from conference play, so let’s look at some talking points from nonconference play so far.

College Basketball Handicapping: Major Conference Dark Horses
by Ryan Cobbett - 11/7/2023

With the college basketball season upon us, let’s take a look at some dark horse candidates ahead of tipoff. How do we define a dark horse in a league with so much chance and opportunity with all these automatic bids and deep tournament roster? In the November edition of this article, a dark horse will be a team that could sneak into the tournament bracket later this season. When we make our brackets in the spring, we all hope to find the Miami’s and the Pittsburgh’s to mess up the brackets, so here are some Major Conference teams that might be worth some attention as we begin another glorious season of college hoops.