College Basketball National Championship Odds and Expert Predictions
by George Monroy - 3/17/2015

The 2015 NCAA tournament is set to truly begin on Thursday, March 19, at 12:15 p.m. ET when No. 3 Notre Dame tips off against No. 14 Northeastern in the Midwest bracket during the first of 16 games for the day. The next set of second-round matchups (the play-in games are now considered the first round) will conclude on Friday, March 20, with a Kansas versus New Mexico State game to begin in the morning and a Gonzaga versus North Dakota State matchup to conclude the evening.

March Madness Brackets Advice and Tips: Kentucky’s Road to the National Title
by George Monroy - 3/17/2015

The Kentucky Wildcats are on the verge of becoming the first undefeated team to win a national title since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers and could firmly place themselves on the table as the greatest college basketball team ever. All that stands in the way between Coach John Calipari’s squad and eternal greatness is six more wins: 240 minutes of perfect basketball and a 40th-straight victory. The accomplishment is probably easier said than done.

2015 NCAA Tournament Facts and Figures for Bracket Help
by Trevor Whenham - 3/17/2015

There are approximately 147,573,952,589,676,412,928 different possible brackets with a 68-team field. Last year Warren Buffett got a whole lot of attention by offering a $1 billion prize for anyone who had a perfect bracket. Needless to say, he wasn’t particularly worried about the risk involved in the offer. Look at it this way — if every person on the planet were to fill out a random bracket, the chances against someone having a correct bracket would still be more than a billion to one.

NCAA Basketball Betting 3-Point Play: Three Interesting Opening Lines Wednesday
by Alan Matthews - 3/17/2015

For the first time in 28 years, a team will play an NCAA Tournament game in its own gym as Dayton hosts Boise State in the last of the First Four games on Wednesday. Why not just make the Flyers a slightly different seed so they don't have that advantage? NCAA Tournament committee chairman Scott Barnes said his group was handcuffed by the rules on that and hinted they might be changed going forward. “It is the last four teams selected [in the First Four], rather than last four teams on the seed list,” Barnes said. “That is something we may review in the summertime.”

2015 NCAA Tournament Bracket Picks: Midwest Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/17/2015

I completely understand that The Powers That Be (see: the anti-capitalist fascists that run the whore-outfit known as the “NCAA”) desperately wants to soak the “Can Kentucky go undefeated” storyline for every single penny. TPTB absolutely want the Wildcats to advance to the Final Four and national title game because it would dominate the sports headlines, drive viewership for those games, and ultimately lead to more revenue for the corrupt organization that is responsible for the NCAA Tournament.

Tracking the Wildcats: March Madness Picks and Handicapping for Villanova
by Dave Schwab - 3/17/2015

I have been covering Big East basketball for Doc’s Sports all season long, and, to take the concept of specialization to the next level, I will be handicapping the Villanova Wildcats in their quest for a national title as the No. 1 seed in the East Region of this year’s NCAA Tournament. I will be releasing my picks for the games with the use of Doc’s Unit Betting System.

2015 NIT Bracket Picks and Expert Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 3/16/2015

The NIT — the tournament no team really wants to play in. Once they are forced to play in it, though, most teams are determined to win it. There are 32 teams entered, and only one can come out on top. Of course, our job as handicappers is to figure out which team that will be.

NCAA Tournament Bracket Picks: Toughest Draws
by Aaron Smith - 3/16/2015

March Madness is here once again! It's the best time of the year for college basketball fans. All of the fantastic finishes, upsets, and bracket pools that have made this period so famous are back once again. Doc's Sports wants to help you with filling out your bracket this year. In order to win your bracket pool, you have to be better informed than the average player.

North Carolina Tar Heels Odds to Win the 2015 NCAA Tournament with Picks and Predictions
by George Monroy - 3/16/2015

North Carolina ended up with a No. 4 seed in the West Region after a tough defeat against Notre Dame during the ACC championship, yet they may have been rewarded for the loss by being kicked out of Kentucky’s bracket and into a situation where a Sweet 16 appearance and beyond is within reach for the team. The Tar Heels were overwhelmed during the second half of their ACC title game matchup against the Fighting Irish and gave up a 26-3 run which essentially put the game away.

NCAA Basketball Betting 3-Point Play: Three Interesting Opening Lines Tuesday
by Alan Matthews - 3/16/2015

What a better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than with the start of the NCAA Tournament? The First Four kicks off in Dayton on Tuesday, and the First Four might look a bit different after this season. According to reports, NCAA officials may revisit the principle of locking in the last four at-large teams into the First Four after a possible UConn win Sunday would have sent the Huskies into the general at-large field despite being the last team on the bracket.

Free March Madness Props Picks with Betting Odds and Expert Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 3/16/2015

Each Monday, I normally put together a few player prop bet picks as an excellent way to supplement the action for that night’s games, but once and awhile a few special props bet odds get released for a unique occasion in the world of sports.

2015 NCAA Basketball National Championship Contenders with Futures Odds and Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 3/16/2015

The brackets have been set for this season’s NCAA Tournament with 68 teams vying for a national title. Since half that field will be gone by the end of this Friday’s action and there will only be 16 teams left standing when Sunday’s games are decided, there is a huge difference between a team that is in this tournament as opposed to one that has a legitimate shot at winning it.

March Madness Tuesday Play-in Games Odds Shopper and Betting Picks
by Dave Schwab - 3/16/2015

The madness of March is in full swing with the start of this season’s men’s basketball NCAA Tournament this Tuesday night with two play-in games in the opening round. Matchups such as this offer a tremendous opportunity to track line movement and shop the betting odds since the spreads for both games have already been released.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Odds to Win the 2015 NCAA Tournament with Picks and Predictions
by George Monroy - 3/16/2015

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish tore through the ACC Tournament with dominating victories over Duke and North Carolina to catapult the team into a No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region bracket. The Fighting Irish played inspired basketball throughout the conference tournament and received a huge 24-point performance from their senior guard Jerian Grant during the ACC Championship Game and put the matchup out of reach with a 26-3 second-half run.

2015 NCAA Tournament Seed Statistics and Analysis
by Alan Matthews - 3/13/2015

Americans are funny people. They generally root for the underdogs, in any sport, but bet the favorites. At least casual fans/bettors do. Yet we all yearn for that one dominant team to make things more interesting and to either love or hate. Think the Yankees in baseball (until recently), Patriots in the NFL, Alabama in college football and Duke in NCAA basketball.

Northern Iowa Panthers Odds to Win the 2015 NCAA Tournament with Picks and Predictions
by George Monroy - 3/12/2015

The Northern Iowa Panthers needed a furious second-half comeback during the Missouri Valley Conference Championship to secure their first postseason appearance in four seasons and validate a ridiculous 30-3 record that saw the squad win 19 of their last 20 games. The Panthers have six NCAA Tournament appearances in the school’s history and were able to make a Sweet 16 run during their last outing in 2010. They ended up a missed shot or two away from going even deeper.

2015 AAC Tournament Expert Picks and American Athletic Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/11/2015

No one takes the American Athletic Conference seriously. The league is the illegitimate child of the old Big East and Conference USA and was essentially thrown together by a bunch of schools that still wanted a piece of big time college football money. However, as comically mismatched as this league is, the fact of the matter is that the defending national champion hails from the AAC and this league should end up sending no less than four teams to the NCAA Tournament next week.

2015 Big West Tournament Expert Picks and Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/11/2015

The Big West is one of my favorite mid-major conferences. The league is an oasis for transfer players and cast-offs from major conference programs. It is also a bit of a throwback league in that most of the teams still play in bandbox “arenas” that closely resemble what you’d expect a major metropolitan high school team or a quality junior college team to play in.

Wichita State Shockers Odds to Win the 2015 NCAA Tournament with Picks and Predictions
by George Monroy - 3/11/2015

The Wichita State Shockers may not be entering the NCAA Tournament with an undefeated record and history hanging in the balance like they did last year, but that lack of pressure might be a blessing in disguise for the No. 12-ranked team, who will no longer have a huge target on their back heading into March and hopefully early April. The Shockers are in the middle of a spectacular run that has seen the team make three straight tournament appearances (not including 2015), notching a Final Four appearance and perfect regular season in the process.

College Basketball Handicapping: Tips and Advice for Conference Tournament Betting
by Trevor Whenham - 3/5/2015

We are about to head into college basketball conference tournament season. In the eyes of most people it’s just an appetizer before the main course of the NCAA Tournament. For bettors who are prepared and focused, though, betting conference tournaments can actually be a very profitable activity. In order to do your best at this time of year, though, you need to be very aware of what makes these tournaments different than other games that we bet on.