212 Results for year: 2018
Bolt d’ Oro a Co-Favorite with the Field in Pool 3 of KDFW
A big weekend of Kentucky Derby prep races are scheduled for Saturday, March 10, and Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) opens it’s 3-day run March 9-11.
The Kentucky Derby Future Wager has been a Kentucky Derby tradition since 1999. The KDFW Pool 3, which enables bettors to wager on 23 possible Kentucky Derby contenders plus a pari-mutuel field eight weeks in advance of the May 5 Kentucky Derby, will open Frid...
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Projected NCAA Tournament No. 4 Seeds are a Very Strong Foursome
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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Evaluating Increased Scoring & Identifying Keys to NCAA Tournament Success
With conference tournaments continuing and the postseason tournaments upon us including the big dance NCAA tournament, the astute handicapper, bettor and fan can better position themselves for success in betting games at the sportsbooks or tournament pools by knowing the strengths and weaknesses of both conferences and teams.
Here are some thoughts and key considerations in handicapping college basketball and ...
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Madness Begins in March with College Conference Tournaments
The most exciting time of the college basketball season has arrived as the college conference tournaments (CCT’s) continue through selection Sunday March 11. While many fans and bettors anxiously await the NCAA Tournament brackets to be unveiled and the NCAA Tournament to begin in two weeks, the madness has already begun in March with the college conference tournaments. The final weekend of the regular season has some marquee ...
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Wolfpack Pushing for NCAA Tournament while Georgia Tech Struggling Down Stretch of Lost Season
Let’s see if we can cash in a college basketball gift on my birthday. Tonight, NC State (20-9/10-6) gets Top Play billing at Georgia Tech (11-18/4-12) who is on a 1-11 SU slide that includes 0-7 in February. Tech's February opponents made an average of 8.4 threes per game and shot 48 percent from distance, and the Yellow Jackets turnover troubles surfaced more with the loss of their point guard ...
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College Basketball Emotions in Play and St. Bonaventure Prevails in Triple Overtime to take over 2nd place in Atlantic-10
I was working on college basketball handicapping, research and writing up game analysis and more including for the upcoming NCAA Tournament last night while listening to one of the best college basketball games of the season. St. Bonaventure hosted Davidson in A-10 play, and both teams entered 12-4 in conference play tied for 2nd place behind Rhode Island, who lost by 30 on ...
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Texas Tech Red Raiders Ready to Take Over First Place in Big 12 Showdown
When the 2017-18 college basketball season started, Kansas was projected my most publications to win the Big 12 regular season title for the 14th consecutive season. If accomplished, Kanas would break a tie with UCLA for the most seasons in a row atop a set of conference standings. A remarkable feat, and with Kansas ranked top-5 in the country to start the season, one that seemed attainable again.
Meanwhile, the ...
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Last Home Games and Late Season Situations Highlight Cards to Close Season
So many late season college basketball situations and emotions as we head towards the final two weekends of the regular season. As I handicapped the card and evaluate the lines at the leading sports books for Thursday, Feb. 22, here are some situations of note, including last home games, along with some game analysis.
Last Home Games
Wisconsin at Northwestern (-3.5). Two teams that won at least one game in last ...
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