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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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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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