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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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How to Use the Emotion and Situations Surrounding Last Home Games
The final two weeks of the regular season are upon us as teams push for conference titles and prepare for the conference tournaments and a run to the NCAA tourney. We’ve outlined some late season situations to evaluate in recent articles and pointed out the strength of home court in college basketball. In the last two weeks alone, nine teams lost for the first time this season after being undefeated at home, and just seven ...
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Missouri in 4-way tie for 3rd place while Ole Miss Struggles to Close out Season to Forget
Tuesday, Feb. 20
Ole Miss at Missouri (-7.5) - what's going on here? Line dropped 2 points to 7.5 despite Ole Miss' questionable cohesion and focus with solid outgoing coach Andy Kennedy, who decided to step aside for good following Sunday's game. Assistant Tony Madlock takes over but it's a tough situation in the locker room for a Rebels group that has not responded well. Ole Miss (4-10) is ...
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College Basketball Situational Betting Feb. 15
My recent article on late season situational handicapping has gained more interest, especially after the Feb. 14 games in which I provided game analysis and insight to support the situations. I outlined 6 games with analysis, and faded one of the situations on Florida State, and Clemson (+4.5) never trailed until overtime before falling 81-79. Tough loss for the Tigers, but a winner in the pocketbook at the sports book as we provided reasons to ...
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