BASKETBALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL ARTICLES

The proliferation of March Madness brackets means the majority of viewers will be concentrating on the victors of Thursday’s NCAA Tournament games. But bettors know there are more ways to make money on the tournament, and one of the underrated ways is on the scoring total.... 

Get your entry into the BookMaker $1 Million Dollar March Madness Bracket Challenge. ... 

Get your entry into the BookMaker $1 Million Dollar March Madness Bracket Challenge. The 2019 NCAA Tournament begins with first round action on Thursday, March 21, so you have until Thursday morning to fill out your bracket for a chance to win $1 million dollars. BookMaker.eu will give out a first place prize of $1 million dollars to any qualified entrant who correctly predicts the winner of every game of the 2019 NCAA Tournament.... 

The last of the NCAA Tournament First Four games are on tap as part of a busy Wednesday schedule in college basketball. Just to get everyone excited for the first weekend of the Big Dance, we have a bunch of first round games from the other postseason tournaments as well. The NIT wraps up first round action with six games on the slate with the home team favored in each contest. The NIT, along with the College Basketball Invitational and the CollegeInsider.com Tournament host games at campus site... 

Just because the regular season is over doesn’t mean the hoops have to stop or slow down. Au contraire, things are just starting to heat up and Wednesday’s slate on the college basketball schedule features matchups from all four postseason tournaments. The biggest takes place in Dayton, Ohio, where the North Dakota State Bison are a 4.5-point favorite to beat North Carolina Central in a NCAA Tournament First Four game. The winner gets No. 1 overall seed Duke. Arizona State is a slim 1.5-point fa... 

There are always teams that feel deserving of a NCAA Tournament at-large bid after failing to secure a conference title. Those of you who threw down on UNC Greensboro were disheartened to learn of their snub. For the most part, however, the committee got it right, and the field is set for the three-week battle to determine the 2019 National Champion.... 

All eyes will be focused on Dayton for the start of the NCAA Tournament and the First Four games. But those two matchups are just a small piece of the Tuesday college basketball slate with other postseason tournaments getting underway. The fight for the 69th best team in the country is contested in the NIT Tournament with 10 first round games at campus sites.... 

Get those brackets ready because madness will ensue for the next three weeks. If the conference tournaments weren’t exciting enough, the real Madness gets underway on Tuesday with a pair of NCAA Tournament play-in games. Oh, but wait. There are several other postseason tournaments that increase the chances of you winning at the betting window.... 

This is it. The last six automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament will be filled on Sunday afternoon as the last six conferences determine which team will be crowned their champion. For conferences like the Ivy League, Atlantic 10, and the Sun Belt Conference, the winner today will get to join in on March Madness, while the loser is relegated to a lesser tournament. Bigger conferences like the SEC, AAC, and Big Ten have seen both of their finalists do enough to earn an at-large bid, so this will be... 

This is your last chance to bet college basketball before March Madness begins in earnest on Thursday. There are six conference championship games to bet on Sunday, and they are all early afternoon games as they must finish up before the Selection Committee determines the field of 68 teams for the NCAA Tournament. Every single game has seen at least a small move towards the under, with the total in both the Big 10 Championship Game and SEC Championship Game dropping by four points since open last night. ... 

We’re right in the thick of conference tournament season, and the best conferences in the country will be holding the semifinals or finals of their conference tournament today. The Big Ten and SEC are holding their semifinals on Saturday, while the Big East, Big 12, and ACC will be holding their finals tonight. Very few teams are still playing for a spot in the NCAA Tournament, but today will go a long way to determining teams’ seeds tomorrow.... 

By this time next week, everyone will have a serious case of March Madness. The NCAA Tournament will be in full force next Saturday, but the field still needs to be set over the course of the next two days. While we are confident that around 60 spots in the 68-team field have been set, there are still those last remaining spots to play for as well as all-important seeding. Coaches are coaching for their jobs, players are playing for their future, and we gamblers are gambling to get that money.... 

What a difference having the best player in the country on the floor makes. And apparently the down time helped Zion Williamson, who had a perfect return to Duke’s lineup in a takedown of Syracuse in the ACC quarterfinals, setting up another tilt with North Carolina. The Heels won both regular season meetings, but they will have to contend with the future No. 1 NBA draft pick for the first time, and we’ll see just how good they are. ... 

Things are getting interesting in a number of conference tournaments with the excitement building for the weekend. The top-seeded teams in the American Athletic, Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences will hit the hardwood for the first time after watching the lower-seeded teams thin the ranks. Regular season AAC champ Houston opened as a 10-point favorite for its first game against UConn. We also have a double-digit favorite in the Big Ten with No. 1 seed Michigan State laying 11.5 points to Ohio State. ... 

The deeper we get into the conference tournaments the more intensity we see on the floor. Maybe that’s because in some of the leagues, the better teams are starting to see action. The field has been trimmed in the Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC and Pac-12, and we’re also seeing some larger spreads with the higher seeds battling lower-seeded squads. ... 

The last of the conference tournaments get underway on Thursday with first-round games in the AAC, Big West and WAC taking place. We’ve also thinned out the ranks in the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12, meaning the big boys will hit the hardwood. And that’s just a lead-in to what will certainly be a chaotic weekend.... 

If you think the Madness only happens in the NCAA Tournament, think again. We got our first taste of it on Tuesday when No. 1 ranked Gonzaga was upset by Saint Mary’s in the West Coast Conference championship. That’s a boost for the WCC, which now gets two teams into the Dance and proves once again that David can slay Goliath. ... 

With first round tournament action getting underway Wednesday in a number of conferences, we’re seeing some tight lines on the opening. Leagues are trying to reward the top regular season squads by giving them a bye and in some cases a double-bye before hitting the hardwood. That typically pits the worst of the group against each other in the early rounds and therefore we have closer spreads. ... 

As has been the case all season, the Duke Blue Devils closed out the regular season as the favorite to win the 2019 National Championship. I would have to guess that their odds of +233 are based on Zion Williamson making a complete recovery from an injury that cost him all but one minute of the final six regular season games. Over that span the Dookies went just 3-3 straight up and narrowly got by a bad Wake Forest team.... 

A quick glance at the odds for the Big East Tournament tells us one thing: There is no clear-cut favorite. Oh, the defending national champion Villanova Wildcats surged late in the regular season to claim the title. But that was more because Marquette stubbed its toe by losing four straight to close the year. They were the only two teams to finish above .500 in conference play and they both lost their final regular season game, so expect chaos to ensue when the Big East takes over the Garden starting on Wednesday. ... 

The top three teams in the Big Ten stumbled down the stretch and it appeared for a while that nobody wanted the regular season title. Purdue and Michigan State finished as co-champs with the Spartans earning the No. 1 seed. And they did it even after losing Joshua Langford in January and playing the last month without second-leading scorer Nick Ward, who is expected to return for the tournament. That’s a big boost for the Spartans, who came off as the favorite to win the conference tournament ah... 

Tuesday is a busy day in college basketball with the start of the ACC Tournament and several other conferences ready to crown a champion. Tournament week is always tough on oddsmakers with teams having a short turnaround as they progress through their bracket. That’s why we have yet to see an opening line for a number of games on the slate. But rest assured, those numbers will be up and you can bet the house on that.... 

Where there’s a beginning there is also an end, or something like that. But that is the case in the college basketball world for Tuesday’s slate of games. The ACC Tournament gets underway while the No. 1 ranked team in the country goes for yet another win in a West Coast Conference tournament final that has become all too familiar. Gonzaga can wrap up a No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament by taking down Saint Mary’s.... 

The Kentucky Wildcats have dominated the SEC men’s hoops tournament in recent years, winning four consecutive titles heading into this year’s action. Kentucky will be a fashionable pick once again, but in a rarity, it is not the favorite to claim the tourney title. That honor goes to the Tennessee Volunteers, who have put together an impressive season and would love to knock the Wildcats off the perch.... 

The Kansas Jayhawks’ long run as the regular season champion in the Big 12 ended this year, but the storied program has a chance to redeem itself in the conference tournament. Kansas is only the No. 3 seed but pick against the Jayhawks at your own peril, because this is still one of the most talented teams in the nation....