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Explosive fast-paced offenses are set to hit the hardwood on Saturday afternoon when the Georgia Bulldogs and No. 9 Memphis Tigers step out of conference play to square off on Beale Street. Yet to log a single solid win away from Stegeman Coliseum save for barely getting by Chaminade as huge favorites in the Maui Invitational, Tom Crean’s kids will without a doubt be going all-out to log a win at online sportsbooks against a top-10 opponent. That will however prove to be a tough chore with Penny Hardaway’s squad entering this tilt winners of 13 straight in front of the hometown faithful. But can they cover the current college basketball odds should they ultimately come out on top? ... 

The Indiana Hoosiers and Maryland Terrapins have crossed paths once each of the last three seasons. If the end results of those games are any type of indicator, Saturday afternoon’s throw down in College Park will be extremely competitive with all three games decided by an average of 3.0 points per game. Both squads have been in a funk of late for college basketball bettors with the Hoosiers managing just one cover against the current college basketball odds in their last five games, while the Terps have failed to cover each of their last four against the closing pointspread. Maryland is 2-2 SU and 1-3 ATS in the last four meetings with the under cashing in three times. Expect both squads to be ready for this huge B1G clash! ... 

The Duke Blue Devils invade South Beach red hot having rattled off six straight wins and four covers against the closing college basketball odds since shockingly falling at home to Stephen F. Austin as decided home chalk at the end of November. The same can be said for the Miami Hurricanes who enter this crucial ACC home tilt winners of five straight while securing four pointspread covers since getting skunked on a neutral floor by the Florida Gators. Having already been curb stomped at home by the Louisville Cardinals; this is a spot the Canes must rise up in if they’re to be taken as serious ACC title contenders. ... 

As great a start Chris Holtmann’s Ohio State Buckeyes have gotten out to, the team will be looking to get back in the win column in B1G play on Friday night when they welcome the Wisconsin Badgers into C-Bus for a crucial conference clash. Fresh off an embarrassing non-conference loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers, you can bet your bottom dollar that Kaleb Wesson and company come ready to play. But the Badgers enter this tilt on a solid streak of their own having rattled off a pair of wins a... 

Becoming the latest No. 1 team to fall from the lofty perch, the Kansas Jayhawks return to the hardwood in their first game since a disheartening setback at Villanova. They get an unranked opponent on Sunday, but that doesn’t mean the road is any easier. The Stanford Cardinal are knocking on the door of the top-25 after opening the season with 11 wins in 12 games, their best start in more than a decade. The teams met last season with KU pulling out an overtime home victory against a Cardinal tea... 

Only two teams have won the Big East since the reformation of the league in 2014, and those two squads open a new season of conference play on Monday when the Xavier Musketeers visit the Villanova Wildcats. Nova entered the Christmas break on a high after knocking off No. 1 Kansas for their fifth straight win. The X-men have won two in a row since a heartbreaking loss at Wake Forest and will try for their first road win against the Wildcats since joining the Big East.... 

The Kentucky Wildcats will find out a lot about themselves on Saturday when they return from a winless trip to Las Vegas at the CBS Sports Classic to take on the rival Louisville Cardinals. We’re not used to seeing the Wildcats lose two in a row and bouncing back against a quality Louisville club isn’t going to be easy. Both teams were ranked No. 1 in the country at one point, so there definitely is talent on the floor, and the Cardinals feel like they have a good chance to end a two-game slide ... 

The good news for the Wisconsin Badgers and Tennessee Volunteers is that they won’t have to worry about a No. 1 ranking and the problems that have befallen the top team in the land in the early going of the season. The bad news is that they both have a lot of work to do to even sniff a national ranking at this point. Both clubs put an end to a mini slide last time out and will look to expand on a victory when they hook up on Saturday afternoon. And both clubs have reinforcements on the way that ... 

The Ohio State Buckeyes are looking sharp in Chris Holtmann’s third season. Holtmann’s team looks like it has turned a corner, and Ohio State is currently rated the best team in the country according to Ken Pomeroy with a 10-1 record. They already have two wins over top ten opponents, and the Buckeyes will look to add another resume building win in Sin City just before Christmas when they face John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats. Kentucky is 8-2 entering this game, but they haven’t faced another t... 

Two high profile programs that are off to disappointing starts meet on Saturday, as the UCLA Bruins take on the North Carolina Tar Heels on CBS. The Bruins come into this game at 7-4 and off a bad loss to Notre Dame, while North Carolina is coming off a tough game at Gonzaga. The Bruins already look like a team that is going to struggle to make the NCAA Tournament, while the Tar Heels are trying to tread water until star freshman Cole Anthony returns from injury. Let’s take a look at this matchu... 

When the Villanova Wildcats meet the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday fans will be treated to a nationally televised matchup of two of the most consistently successful programs with the College Basketball Odds. Beyond that each school is led by an elite coach. Bill Self has made Kansas basketball an elite top tier program reflective of its traditional power status that is in the same lineage as Kentucky, Duke, and North Carolina. Villanova is a newer powerhouse with recent national championships in 2... 

When the North Carolina Tar Heels got not as much as a slap on the wrist from the NCAA for sending players to a fake class the uproar was immense. Especially when the Missouri Tigers got far stiffer penalties after fully cooperating with the NCAA. Now it seems that perhaps karma is acting as an agent against head coach Roy Williams and the Tar Heels. North Carolina has been struggling both on the hardwood and with the College Basketball Odds. By contrast the Gonzaga Bulldogs are clicking like a ... 

It is a matchup of Top 15 teams on Saturday night, as the No. 6 ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs visit the No. 15 Arizona Wildcats on ESPN 2. Both teams come into this game at 10-1, so it should be an excellent matchup. These teams met last season in a tournament in Hawaii and it was Gonzaga pulling away to win by a score of 91-74. This time around the game will be at Arizona and the odds are expected to be close to a pick. Let’s take a look at this matchup and college basketball picks.... 

When the Memphis Tigers hired Penny Hardaway as their new head coach there were those who derided the hire as an act of desperation. Hardaway was known as a “name” from his days as an NBA star and with his strong AAU connections in the city of Memphis but no more. However, Hardaway is humbling those skeptics with dominant recruiting and the best team in the American Athletic Conference. In a similar way Rick Barnes was seen as a warmed-over retread upon his arrival as head coach of the Tennessee... 

When John Beilein unexpectedly bolted for the riches and challenge of the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers there were a lot of worries about the Michigan Wolverines ability to maintain excellence with the College Basketball Odds. Beilein had set a standard while at Ann Arbor as the most successful coach in the modern history of Michigan basketball. Most important of all he did it in what Maize and Blue faithful call “the right way.” Favorite son Juwan Howard of Fab Five infamy was hired to keep ... 

It’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge week! From Monday to Wednesday, the two conferences will play 14 games between each other for bragging rights and profile boosts. The ACC has controlled this series over its existence, holding a 12-5-3 record over the Big Ten, but the Big Ten is 5-2-3 over the last ten years. Two of these conferences’ premier programs will meet on Tuesday in the most high-profile game of this year’s event. Duke and Michigan State are both ranked in the top five, and the Blue Devils and... 

It is a matchup of Top 10 teams on Wednesday night on ESPN, as Ohio State visits North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Buckeyes come into this game at 7-1 and they have been an excellent team to bet on so far this season, as they are 6-1 ATS. The Tar Heels are 6-1, but they have been a poor team for bettors so far this season, as they are just 2-5 ATS. Let’s take a look at this high profile matchup and college basketball picks.... 

The Oregon Ducks and Seton Hall Pirates are both off to encouraging starts to the 2019-20 season, and will face off in an intriguing early-season clash this week. Both teams are ranked in the top-15 in the nation and have the type of talent to make a serious push deep into March Madness at the end of the year. The teams will play in a neutral site affair in the Bahamas so neither side will have the benefit of a fervent crowd behind it. Oregon has looked like the slightly superior team early in t... 

The Duke Blue Devils are off to a fantastic start this season, as they are looking every bit the national championship contender the oddsmakers pegged them to be in the preseason. Duke will put its undefeated mark on the line next time out when it faces off against the California Golden Bears in the 2K Empire Classic. California is off to a nice start as well but has yet to see a team that is close to the quality of Duke and will be the significant underdog. The Blue Devils will aim to keep it r... 

The Michigan State Spartans are testing themselves early and often this season. They didn't get off to a great start in the opener with a loss to Kentucky, and will try to rebound against another ranked opponent next time out. Michigan State will hit the road to face the Seton Hall Pirates. Both teams are ranked in the top-15 and Seton Hall would love to pick up a huge victory by pulling the upset in this one. March Madness is still far away but this could be an early-season statement game for e... 

Two of the better teams in the country are preparing for an early-season clash as the Ohio State Buckeyes welcome the Villanova Wildcats to town. Villanova is the higher-ranked team as it is currently in the top-10 in the national rankings, but the Buckeyes are not too far behind and have the benefit of the home court advantage. This is shaping up to be one of the more intriguing non-conference matchups in November and could be an indication of how well-built each of these teams are as the seaso... 

The Oregon Ducks and Memphis Tigers have both started the season ranked in the top-25, and will aim to live up to that billing during the non-conference slate. They will have a premium matchup against each other on Tuesday, with the winner adding some serious momentum as the season gets rolling. Even though they are close to each other in the rankings, the oddsmakers believe Oregon is the clear favorite in this matchup. For those that believe the polls, Memphis could be a popular pick, but the o... 

The college basketball season is right around the corner, and there are many different future bets to make. The usual suspects are among the favorites to win the national championship, but even picking a blueblood to win it all doesn’t always work out. There are some available bets that will pay off easier, and that has to do with picking the winners of each conference. While there are multiple teams generally involved in conference races, the best teams in the nation will have a good chance of ... 

The 2019-2020 college basketball season begins on Tuesday and it starts with the top four teams playing each other in the State Farm Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden on ESPN. The first game has the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks taking on the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. Eastern and is followed by the No. 1 Michigan State Spartans taking on the No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats. Let’s look at the game between Kansas and Duke and college basketball picks.... 

The 2019-2020 college basketball season begins on Tuesday and it starts with the top four teams playing each other in the State Farm Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden on ESPN. The first game has the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks taking on the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. Eastern and is followed by the No. 1 Michigan State Spartans taking on the No. 2 Kentucky Wildcats. Let’s look at the game between Michigan State and Kentucky and college basketball picks....