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As we head into the final weeks of the college basketball regular season, there is plenty still to be decided in several conferences. There is a logjam at the top of the Big 12 with Kansas State narrowly holding down first place, though the Wildcats are being chased by several teams all within a game of the leaders. K-State looks to remain on top by knocking off West Virginia. We also have a rivalry matchup in the ACC when the Virginia Cavaliers visit Virginia Tech in an ACC tilt. ... 

The high-major conference teams are taking Friday night off, as many programs are traveling or resting in order to be ready for their matchups over the weekend. That doesn’t mean it’s a completely blank slate, as there will be plenty of lower-conference games to keep gamblers busy. ... 

A three-game losing streak didn’t affect the Michigan State Spartans status as the top team in the Big Ten. Had the slide gone on any longer things would have been different. Snapping the skid with a win over Minnesota last week, the Spartans made it two in a row and appear to have righted the ship after knocking off No. 20 Wisconsin to end a two-game road skid. Sparty looks to keep the good times humming against the rival Ohio State Buckeyes, who are coming off a disappointing home loss to Illi... 

The Wichita State Shockers are finding their second season in the American Athletic Conference to be a little more trying than their first. And unless they have a miraculous run in the conference tournament, their string of seven straight NCAA Tournament appearances will be snapped. The Shockers haven’t lost more than six conference games in a season since 2010 when they were in the MVC. They’ll have to knock off the second-place Cincinnati Bearcats on Sunday to avoid losing their seventh AAC ga... 

The TCU Horned Frogs know they need to keep winning if they have any hope of making it to the NCAA Tournament. TCU only has one Quad 1 victory on the season, on the road against Iowa State, and the team needs to make up for that with as many wins as possible. Fortunately, the Horned Frogs have been able to take care of business against teams outside of Quad 1, with a sterling 16-0 record against lesser teams. They will get a chance to make it 17-0 when they go on the road to face the Oklahoma St... 

Ohio State Buckeyes second year head coach Chris Holtmann has found the going much more difficult in his second year on the job. Holtmann will get no relief Sunday as his Bucks have a tough assignment at the Michigan State Spartans. The Villanova Wildcats may not be Final Four material, YET. But they are still Top 20 strong and figure to be too much for the St. John’s Red Storm. The Creighton Blue Jays have dropped off from their usual March Madness level of success. The Seton Hall Pirates have ... 

After a hot start that got them ranked number one in the country the Michigan Wolverines have come crashing back to earth. On Saturday the Maize and Blue face a dangerous up and coming Maryland Terrapins team that is now nationally ranked. The “Farmageddon” rivalry between the Iowa State Cyclones and Big 12 leading Kansas State Wildcats looms as one of the biggest games of the season. The Kansas Jayhawks may have been overrated at the start of the season but they remain a good value at Allen Fieldhouse where they will seek revenge for an earlier loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers. After being pronounced dead the Nebraska Cornhuskers pulled a Lazarus to beat Minnesota and can now jumpstart the March Madness quest against a struggling Northwestern Wildcats team. Let’s take a look at college basketball’s best bets for Saturday. ... 

It is a matchup of Top 25 teams on Monday night, as the Virginia Cavaliers visit the Virginia Tech Hokies in a game that can be seen on ESPN. The Cavaliers are battling with Duke and North Carolina for the top spot in the ACC, while the Hokies are fighting for fourth place in the conference. Virginia has won seven of the last ten meetings, but they are just 4-6 ATS. Let’s look at the matchup and college basketball picks.... 

It is no surprise that the Kentucky Wildcats are a top five team and with a shot at the Southeastern Conference championship. Few teams recruit better raw talent than head coach John Calipari’s U of K program. But a new power has quickly emerged to challenge the Cats for SEC Supremacy. The top ranked Tennessee Volunteers have been transformed by head coach Rick Barnes. Both Tennessee and Kentucky have been profitable despite their recent notoriety with the gambling public. And while the Wildcats... 

The NC State Wolfpack features one of the most explosive offenses in college basketball and that has helped keep them in the black for the 2018-19 season. But a defense that ranks in the middle of the national pack is preventing NC State from emerging as a bona fide national contender. The Duke Blue Devils are one of the most popular and public teams on the board for college hoops yet have been able to maintain good value despite those potential overlays. Duke plays a strong full court game that... 

For the Providence Friars it has been a season of disappointment and despair. An erratic and undependable offense paired with a defense that is mediocre has not made for success either on the hardwood or at the cashier’s cage. However, things have been even worse for the Xavier Musketeers as they rank far below most teams in college basketball on both ends of the court. Xavier has gone from a regular March Madness contender into the worst team in the Big East Conference. Most important of all th... 

Feeling alone on Valentine’s Day? Don’t worry, you’re not the only one. Thursday is a day for the little guys in college basketball. Most of the major conferences eschew the day in order to focus on their weekend games, and that gives the smaller schools the spotlight. So if you’re feeling a little lonely and looking for something to love, check out some of these schools. Darlings like Wofford and Belmont could make some serious noise in the NCAA Tournament, and you can say that you were in on those schools from the beginning. ... 

The Texas Longhorns may not have an impressive record on the season, but some of the advanced analytics believe this is a team that could make some noise in March Madness. Texas has to make sure it gets there, and a strong finish would help punch its ticket.... 

The race for the Big Ten crown is extremely competitive this season. Two teams smack dab in the mix are the Maryland Terrapins and the Michigan Wolverines. They are nationally ranked and will face off this week in a critical conference showdown.... 

Some of the best teams in the country will be in action on Wednesday night, but none of them are expected to receive too much of a test. Only one of the five ranked teams is less than a double-digit favorite, as these ranked teams are all playing lower-tier teams in their conference. Despite that, we know one of the teams is likely to receive a real test tonight, and the question is who will fall? ... 

We are in the final month of the college basketball regular season, and the field for the NCAA Tournament is starting to take shape. About 20 teams have all but punched their tickets to the Big Dance, but the bubble is starting to grow large as the havoc of conference play affects some team’s chances. On Tuesday, we will have four games between ranked teams, but while most of those teams are likely in the tournament already, a few need to avoid key losses down the stretch to make it.... 

A huge matchup of ACC heavyweights, top teams in the Big 12 squaring off, and four games in the SWAC highlight Monday’s college basketball schedule. The ACC is annually the toughest conference in the country and this year is no exception. The Virginia Cavaliers have lost two games this season and they are currently third in the league standings. That’s what happens when you have to play Duke, North Carolina, Louisville, Syracuse, yada, yada, yada. ... 

The Duke Blue Devils might not be the No. 1 team in the country, but everyone knows they are the team to beat. Duke has the inside track to win the ACC, and the Blue Devils have been the most impressive team in the country this year. They have the two best players in the nation in Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett, so everyone has them as the favorite to win the NCAA Tournament. The Louisville Cardinals will look to play spoiler, but they know they will have their hands full.... 

Losing its grip on the top spot in the Big Ten by losing three in a row, the Michigan State Spartans ended that slide before it could get any bigger by taking down Minnesota over the weekend. Sparty is just a game behind Michigan, but they will lament losses to Indiana and Illinois last week, two teams closer to the bottom of the standings than the top. The Spartans will get a chance to prove they’ve overcome those setbacks by taking down the host Wisconsin Badgers in a Tuesday tilt from Madison... 

The college basketball conference seasons are in high gear, and wins and losses at this stage are important. There are also many teams jockeying for position as March Madness approaches so the gravity of the situation is growing.... 

Kelvin Sampson is being vindicated by history and his current team. Sampson had to resign as head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers in 2008 due to sending out too many texts to recruits. Compared to the scandals of today that ranks as teenage girl’s antics. Currently Sampson’s red-hot Houston Cougars are making bank and will host a capable Cincinnati Bearcats team on Sunday in a key American Athletic Conference showdown. Meanwhile the resurgent Iowa Hawkeyes will host a Northwestern Wildcats team that has regressed since making their only NCAA Tournament bid in 2017 in a key Big Ten matchup. Meanwhile two Big Ten bubble teams will be in a death match on Sunday as the Indiana Hoosiers host the Ohio State Buckeyes. ... 

Is it possible for any team to have a letdown before playing North Carolina? If it is possible, then the Virginia Cavaliers just might have a letdown because they are coming off a huge game against Duke on Saturday. The Cavaliers, Blue Devils and Tar Heels are battling for the top of the ACC so this is a key game on Monday night on ESPN between the Cavaliers and Tar Heels. Let’s look at the matchup and college basketball picks.... 

At the beginning of the 2018-19 college basketball season Nebraska Cornhuskers coach Tim Miles knew he had to get his team into the Big Dance come the month of March. And for the first two months of the season it looked like the Big Red would make it. But now Nebraska’s post season and Miles’s job prospects are in free fall with a difficult assignment at the Purdue Boilermakers set for Saturday. The red-hot Wisconsin Badgers face a daunting task at the revenge minded Michigan Wolverines in a key Big Ten matchup. And the ACC showdown between the Duke Blue Devils and Virginia Cavaliers looms large. Let’s take a look at the best bets for Saturday college hoops! ... 

A quick glance at the stats suggests this matchup should be close. Both clubs score 75 points per game while allowing just over 60. Both are nationally ranked and they enter riding lengthy winning streaks, so something’s gotta give. And it’s first place in the American Athletic Conference when the Houston Cougars put their 31-game homecourt winning streak on the line in Sunday’s tilt against the Cincinnati Bearcats.... 

It’s been a struggle for both the Ohio state Buckeyes and Indiana Hoosiers since the calendar flipped to 2019. OSU was nationally ranked with only one loss through the end of December, but that all changed in a hurry. They lost five in a row to open Big Ten play and have settled down recently with two consecutive victories. Things have been worse on the other side with IU enduring a seven-game slide that ended with a big win over Michigan State. Both are clinging to faint hopes of reaching the N...