212 Results for year: 2018
Solomini Makes
2018 Debut in Rebel Stakes with Kentucky Derby Spot to Winner
Race fans familiar with the great Curlin may want to tune in and watch his son Solomini run in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) Saturday, March 17 at Oaklawn Park. The Rebel is a Kentucky Derby prep race where the winner earns 50 Derby points and stamps his ticket into the starting gate for the May 5 Kentucky Derby. The race is also the final major Derby prep contested at 1 1/16 miles.
A solid field of 11 is ...
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Villanova and Virginia Look Best among NCAA Tournament No. 1 Seeds
Selection Sunday provided the expected No. 1 seeds, and Kansas, Villanova, Virginia and Xavier will carry the weight as top teams in this year's NCAA Tournament. While those teams will get much of the support by the millions of fans that fill out brackets and join NCAA Tournament pools, it's the sharp handicappers and bettors that are doing their homework and digging into the stat profiles and match-ups in search of ...
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Ivy League Entrant Penn’s Chances and Oversight in NCAA Tournament Seeding
My recent article and insight into NCAA Tournament committee corruption and oversight does not impact fans and bettors interest in the tournament once the ball is tipped and the tournament begins. March Madness is about the NCAA Tournament, and the brackets, betting and tournament pools that make the event so exciting. The sports books do big business, and all the other noise surrounding snubs of teams and the ...
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Annual Frustration for Snubbed Teams and NCAA Tournament Corruption
The NCAA Tournament field was announced on selection Sunday, and bettors immediately started firing their bets as the leading online sports books posted the lines. Many looked at the brackets and could care less about the lower seeds or who got the shaft by the NCAA selection committee's distorted version of reality. Others looked at the seedings and have little knowledge of who was mis-seeded or got setup for a much tougher ...
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NCAA Tournament No. 2 Seeds have Talent, Efficiency and Grit
As selection Sunday arrives and the NCAA Tournament brackets are unveiled, we’ll have just a few days to put our brackets and pool picks together and study the match-ups. Sharp handicappers and bettors that have done preliminary homework on teams will fire in early bets as the sports books release the lines Sunday night and Monday. Those that are prepared with insight and info on the teams and understand some of the keys to NCAA ...
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Meaningful College Conference Tournament Games to Watch March 10
It’s been wall-to-wall basketball this week for the College Conference Tournament (CCT) games, and I’ve personally been striping it and hitting it in the sweet spot. A 7-2 week on Top Plays including a 6-0 run into Saturday has us feeling full of energy despite endless hours of prep and research. Yet even an Ole Miss meaningless 3-pointer at the buzzer vs South Carolina (-2’) in a 1-point Rebels loss reminds us that we’re ...
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Big Ten and SEC Teams are Projected NCAA Tournament No. 3 Seeds
As selection Sunday approaches and the NCAA Tournament brackets are unveiled, we'll have just a few days to put our brackets and pool picks together and study the match-ups. Sharp handicappers and bettors that have done preliminary homework on teams will fire in early bets as the sports books release the lines Sunday night and Monday. Those that are prepared with insight and info on the teams and understand some of the keys ...
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Major Conference Stats and Info to Use for NCAA Tournament and Postseason
During the course of the college basketball regular season, I often provide statistical parameters and profiles of teams in various categories. Previously I noted the defensive dominators and top defensive teams, and also looked at undefeated home teams and last home game situations and how to use the emotion of college basketball teams in conjunction with stats.
With the College Conference Tournaments continuing the ...
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