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Old School Meets New School
The Duke Blue Devils are in a familiar position as the NCAA men’s basketball approaches. They are once again on the short list of contenders for the national title, with only a few other programs listed with better odds to claim the championship....
Many weren’t sure if the Oklahoma Sooners would make the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, but they made it in rather easily, securing a No. 10 seed. Oklahoma is hoping to show it deserved this bid by pulling off an upset in the first round against the No. 7 seed Rhode Island Rams....
The Michigan Wolverines are one of the hottest teams in the country, as they just knocked off Big Ten powerhouses Michigan State and Purdue to win the conference tournament. Michigan would have made the NCAA men’s basketball tournament either way but has really improved its seeding with a great finish to the season....
The San Diego State Aztecs found a groove in the Mountain West Conference tournament, pulling some upsets to win the championship and advance to March Madness. Double-digit seeds regularly pull upsets in the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament and San Diego State would love to be part of that crew this week. It will face off against the No. 6 seed Houston Cougars, who played really well late in the year....
The Big East and ACC were two of the best conferences in college basketball this season. Two of the better teams from each will face off in the first round of March Madness. The No. 8 seed Seton Hall Pirates match up against the No. 9 seed North Carolina State Wolfpack....
The Kansas Jayhawks didn’t have the smoothest start to the season but found their groove down the stretch. The Jayhawks won the Big 12 regular season title and the conference tournament title to claim a No. 1 seed in March Madness. Kansas is on the short list of national championship contenders and will begin their journey in the first round against the No. 16 seed Penn Quakers....
The two best teams during the 2018 college basketball regular season were the Villanova Wildcats and Virginia Cavaliers. Those two teams are No. 1 seeds in the 2018 NCAA Tournament and they are favored in March Madness odds. The Wildcats are the highest scoring team in college basketball, while the Cavaliers are the best defensive team. Bettors usually side with offense, which is why Villanova is listed as the top betting choice to win the 2018 NCAA Championship at odds of +500. Virginia is listed as the second choice at odds of +600....
The Pennsylvania Quakers were the class of the Ivy League over the course of the regular season. Unfortunately for Steve Donahue’s kids, they dropped a crucial match at Harvard which allowed for the Crimson to leapfrog them in the standings and secure the top seed in this weekend’s tournament. That no doubt won’t sit well with Ryan Betley and his mates who get the benefit of partaking in this tourney on the friendly confines of their own hardwood. That’s another reason why the Quakers have been installed nearly even-money favorites to cut down the nets....
The Wichita State Shockers were expected to run away and hide from the rest of the opposition in the program’s first year as a member of the American Athletic Conference. That didn’t turn out to be the case with Greg Marshall’s kids not catching fire till the tail end of the season. Even so, it all came down to a regular season finale at home against Cincinnati with the AAC title on the line. The Bearcats ended up taking them down and avenging a defeat incurred on their own floor a week earlier. With that, Cincinnati earned the tournament’s top seed with Wichita State, Houston and Tulsa rounding out the top-4....
The UC Davis Aggies will attempt to become the first team to win the Big West Tournament in back-to-back seasons since the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos did it in 2010 and 2011 when they take to the Honda Center floor on Thursday night. If they find a way to pull off the feat, they will have held serve as the top seed in the tournament. That would be a triumph in and of itself as wide open the regular season played throughout the conference....
The Xavier Musketeers are the top seed for the Big East Tournament, and a championship to go along with its regular season crown would more than likely nail down a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. But the conference is loaded with talented teams and it won’t be an easy road....
The Kansas Jayhawks used a strong finish to the regular season to claim the Big 12 title, and now will aim to double up with a conference tournament title. Kansas shook off an inconsistent start and is now back to its rightful place among the top teams in the country....
The Pac-12 has a bunch of teams on the NCAA Tournament bubble heading into its conference tournament. So while it will be interesting to see which team is crowned champion, it’s going to be just as interesting to watch the early-round games as several teams aim to improve their stock and solidify their chance at earning a March Madness berth....
The Auburn Tigers surprised many by fending off traditional powers like the Florida Gators and Kentucky Wildcats to claim the regular season SEC crown. Even so, the oddsmakers may not be buying their ability to win the conference tournament....
The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders held off several Conference USA foes to finish atop the conference when the regular season wrapped up. The conference is likely to only get one berth into March Madness, so Middle Tennessee must be able to pull off the feat again in the Conference USA Tournament in order to go dancing....
The Buffalo Bulls proved to be the class of the Mid-American Conference throughout the regular season, dominating in home games and winning consistently enough on the road to out-pace the competition. Buffalo is currently slotted in to qualify for the NCAA Tournament but first has to pick up the MAC Tournament title....
The New México State Aggies proved themselves throughout WAC conference play, but a two-game lull in the midst of it makes it unlikely they make it to the NCAA Tournament with an at-large bid. New México State must do it the hard way by capturing the conference tournament, but will assuredly be the favorites to do so....
If you want to have a good chance to make money during March Madness and you don’t want to have to do a ton of research then there is one simple thing you can do, and that is take underdogs. History has shown that taking the points in the NCAA Tournament has been the way to go. The public loves to bet marquee teams and they like to bet favorites, and that means betting March Madness underdogs is usually profitable....
The ACC proved to be one of the deepest conferences in the country in 2017-18, and its postseason tournament should be a hard-fought battle between plenty of elite programs. The Virginia Cavaliers will enter with the top seed after rolling through the conference like a hot knife through butter....
The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns have been the best team in the Sun Belt Conference all season, and now need to be so for one more week. Louisiana is primed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament provided it can come away with the title in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament....
The Nevada Wolf Pack is ranked in the top-25 nationally, and even if it doesn’t claim the Mountain West Tournament, it should still earn an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament. The same cannot be said for any of the other teams in the conference, so this postseason tournament is do-or-die for the rest of the programs....
The Rhode Island Rams were the best team in the Atlantic 10 in the regular season and are aiming to finish off an impressive resume with the conference tournament championship. Rhode Island is nationally ranked and will have no problem making it into March Madness no matter their run, but the same cannot be said for the rest of the teams in the conference....
The Cincinnati Bearcats are zeroing in on the American Conference regular season title but have one big hurdle remaining. Cincy must go on the road and knock off fellow ranked team the Wichita State Shockers in order to claim the hardware. The Shockers won the first matchup and would hold the tiebreaker if the teams each finished 15-3 in conference, which would be the case if they can come away with the win....
If you are going to have any chance of winning a March Madness Bracket contest then you have to get off to a good start. The first round has 32 games for you to pick and while some games are easy, the 1 vs. 16 for example, many other games are not. What are some things to keep in mind as you pick the first round games in the 2018 NCAA Tournament? Let’s take a look....
It’s that time of the year once again. March is here, and that means warmer weather, sunnier skies, and college basketball tournament magic. Ten teams will square off for the Colonial Athletic Association title in lovely Charleston over four days, with the winner earning the golden ticket into the NCAA Tournament....
