March Madness First Four Preview: College Basketball Betting Preview

March Madness First Four Preview: College Basketball Betting Preview

Written by on March 17, 2021

After a year’s hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament — March Madness — is back. The 68 teams were finalized in their bracket positions on Sunday night, and the “First Four” games — narrowing the 68 down to 64 — take place on Thursday. Let’s look at these first four games as you start Read More

NCAA News: Rumors Ahead of the Big Dance

NCAA News: Rumors Ahead of the Big Dance

Written by on March 16, 2021

One of the biggest sports betting events of the year is about to get underway, as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament starts on Thursday with the First Four games, followed by the round of 64 games, which start on Friday. The tournament will all take place in Indiana as an effort to keep the tournament from spreading COVID-19, and there Read More

Longshots to Watch in the First Round: March Madness Betting Previews

Longshots to Watch in the First Round: March Madness Betting Previews

Written by on March 9, 2021

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament later this month will be one of the most intriguing in recent years, in large part because of the number of usual suspects who either could miss the bracket altogether or end up sliding in at the last minute — potentially dangerous, but unworthy of favorite status. Gonzaga has advanced to the West Coast Conference Read More

NCAA Basketball National Championship: Updated Odds for the Season

NCAA Basketball National Championship: Updated Odds for the Season

Written by on March 3, 2021

NCAA News: Updated Odds to Win the Basketball National Championship Team Odds Baylor, Gonzaga +275 Michigan +375 Villanova +1100 Iowa        +1300 Ohio State           +1500 Texas      +1700 Florida State, Houston, Alabama, Illinois, Virginia, Kansas, Oklahoma State                                                                      +2000 Oklahoma, Creighton                                                                          +2500 USC, West Virginia                                                                             +3000 Texas Tech         +3500 Purdue, Connecticut, Wisconsin, North Carolina, San Diego State  +4000 Louisville, Tennessee, Loyola-Chicago                                             +4500 Colorado, Read More

Updated College Basketball Power Rankings: Gonzaga Still on Top

Updated College Basketball Power Rankings: Gonzaga Still on Top

Written by on February 24, 2021

An interesting side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020-21 college basketball season has been a reduction in non-conference games. In 2018-19, 2,063 non-conference games took place; in 2019-20, 2,002 happened. This year? 845. Why is that important? Because there have been fewer cross-conference matchups between elite teams this year — and fewer tests for teams like Gonzaga, who Read More

Updated Men's College Basketball Power Rankings: College Basketball Betting

Updated Men’s College Basketball Power Rankings: College Basketball Betting

Written by on February 18, 2021

The 2020-21 men’s college basketball season has been a unusual one, especially for fans of the usual contenders. Kentucky and Florida were long the class of SEC basketball, but it looks like Alabama is, at least for now, taking that mantle. In the ACC, it’s odd indeed to read about Florida State and Virginia leading the way while such schools Read More

Updated College Basketball Title Odds

Updated College Basketball Title Odds

Written by on February 16, 2021

One similarity between this past college football season and the current college basketball season is the difficulty in handicapping teams — and determining which are truly the best in the nation. It seems clear that the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Baylor Bears are a step above the rest, but Gonzaga is working its way through an easy West Coast Conference Read More

Updated Odds to Win the Men's Basketball Championship

Updated Odds to Win the Men’s Basketball Championship

Written by on February 9, 2021

It’s hard to imagine a less typical basketball season than this one, with a regular stream of cancellations and postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic — and the absence of such traditional powerhouses as North Carolina, Duke and Kansas from the AP Top 25. Gonzaga and Baylor have emerged as the top two sports betting favorites to win the national Read More

Ohio State at Iowa: College Basketball Betting Preview

Ohio State at Iowa: College Basketball Betting Preview

Written by on February 3, 2021

We have a matchup of Big Ten contenders when the Ohio State Buckeyes (14-4, 8-4 Big Ten) visit the Iowa Hawkeyes (13-4, 7-3 Big Ten) on Thursday night. The Iowa Hawkeyes were rolling along nicely through conference play until they dropped a home game to Indiana and then went to Illinois and lost. They bounced back by knocking off the Read More

Gonzaga at San Diego: College Basketball Betting Preview

Gonzaga at San Diego: College Basketball Betting Preview

Written by on January 27, 2021

The Gonzaga Bulldogs continue to roll through another season of West Coast Conference play. Their current record (15-0, 6-0 WCC) has them headed for another high seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. They had a scare at St. Mary’s back on January 16 but came back to win by 14, and then they obliterated the College of the Pacific Read More