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There’s no doubt who the favorite is to take down the Cayman Islands Classic. The Cincinnati Bearcats are not just the only ranked team taking part in this tournament, but the only team that is currently receiving votes in the AP Top 25 poll as well. However, while Cincinnati is the favorite, other teams can use this tournament as a place to make their case for a postseason berth.These games will take place at John Gray Gymnasium in George Town, Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands Classic will take place from Monday, November 20 through Wednesday, November 22, 2017. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for every game in the Cayman Islands Classic.... 

This year's 2K Sports Classic doesn't quite have the same luster as some of the tournaments in the past, but this year's event could end up having a huge impact on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament. After Belmont, The Citadel, Detroit and Seattle were eliminated, the 2017 2K Sports Classic has four teams left that will head to Madison Square Garden for a two-day bonanza. ... 

For the second straight year, the Puerto Rico Tip-Off will not be played on the beautiful island. Last year, it was a Zika virus outbreak that caused the tournament to be moved to Orlando. In 2017, it’s just another one of the things affected by Hurricane Maria and the devastation it brought to the island. Coastal Carolina University will host the tournament instead and that should help local teams like South Carolina and Appalachian State.These games will take place at Coastal Carolina Universi... 

Winning the Charleston Classic has been a springboard for success in each of the past three seasons. The tournament’s last three winners (Villanova, Virginia, and Miami) all went on to post great regular seasons. There are a lot of smaller schools in this year’s event and they will be looking to make a name for themselves. Among them, Indiana State and Dayton might just be the favorites at this point.These games will take place at College of Charleston’s TD Arena in Charleston, South Carolina. T... 

There’s no doubt that the best non-conference game of the early season will take place at The Champions Classic in the Windy City on Tuesday night. The No. 1 Duke Blue Devils and the No. 2 Michigan State Spartans are in everyone’s top three. Duke brought back Grayson Allen and added some very talented freshmen, while Michigan State returned all four of its fabulous freshmen from last season and added another star into the mix. These teams are the favorites to win it all at most sportsbooks and t... 

The Kentucky Wildcats have received a much bigger test than they were expecting the first two weeks of the college basketball season. Kentucky struggled to put away tiny Utah Valley in its opener on Friday, winning by only 10. However, that’s nothing compared to what happened on Sunday. The Wildcats nearly ended up losing to a game Vermont team that came into Lexington and gave them all they could handle. Now, you have to wonder how Kentucky will react when they face its first real test in the Kansas Jayhawks.... 

It’s another year of one-and-done freshmen for the Kentucky Wildcats. Although you might hate John Calipari for it, there’s no doubt that his strategy of acquiring the best talent and getting them to come together pretty quickly has paid dividends during his time at Kentucky. Only one minor contributor from last year is back, Wenyen Gabriel, but this team has a ton of talented incomers ready to make an impact. The Vermont Catamounts will be their first real test of the year as they should have no problem taking care of Utah Valley in their opener.This war on the floor will go down Sunday, November 12, 2017, at 3:30 p.m. ET at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. The game will be televised live on ESPN. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for this and every game on the college basketball Sunday schedule.... 

Some lucky military members will receive a special treat on Veteran’s Day. In college basketball’s continuing effort to grow the game by playing in new and interesting places, the Texas A&M Aggies and the West Virginia Mountaineers will play at a United States military base in Germany on Friday night. The game will take place at midnight local time and plenty of servicemen and servicewomen will jump at the chance to start their holiday with this game. This will be the first college basketball game this season.This war on the floor will go down Friday, November 10, 2017, at 6 p.m. ET at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. The game will be televised live on ESPN. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for this and every game on the college basketball Friday schedule.... 

The start of college basketball season couldn’t come any sooner for the UCLA Bruins. With the football team seemingly ready to quit on Jim Mora, basketball is there to pick up the banner for the boys in blue. Although UCLA no longer has Lonzo Ball, T.J. Leaf, Bruce Alford, and Isaac Hamilton, big things are expected from the Bruins this season. The Bruins will kick off the season in China, taking on Josh Pastner’s Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.This war on the floor will go down Friday, November 10, 2017, at 11:30 p.m. ET at Baoshan Sports Center in Shanghai, China. The game will be televised live on ESPN. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for this and every game on the college basketball Friday schedule.... 

The North Carolina Tar Heels will get another chance at cutting down the nets, advancing to the National Championship game for the second consecutive season with a dramatic win over Oregon in the semifinals. Looking to erase the painful memory of last year’s loss, the Tar Heels have one more hurdle to get over. But that’s a big leap against the Gonzaga Bulldogs, one of the most well-balanced teams in the country and one that spent several weeks ranked No. 1.... 

The Gonzaga Bulldogs will be out to secure their first-ever national title on Monday night when the West region’s top seed collides with the South region No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels who will be gunning for the program’s sixth national title. These were two of the best teams in the country over the course of the regular season, so it only makes perfect sense that each is the last two standing.... 

Back in 1980, the United States men's hockey team pulled off one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports, beating the U.S.S.R. in the Winter Olympics. What most don't remember about that game is that that was actually the semifinal, not the final. The Stars and Stripes still had to go on to beat Finland in the gold medal match.... 

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have rolled through all four opponents they have seen in the NIT behind a suffocating defense. Now they have made it to the championship game, where they will face off against the TCU Horned Frogs for the title.... 

The North Carolina Tar Heels have punched their ticket to the Final Four for the 20^th time in program history. The Oregon Ducks last made it through the first two weeks of the NCAA Tournament way back in 1939 which just so happens to be the very first year the tournament took place. They actually went on to win it all. Dana Altman’s kids face a steep uphill climb in order to match that feat with the Tar Heels installed the odds on favorites to cut the nets down come Monday night.... 

The Gonzaga Bulldogs were expected to be here after being anointed the West region’s No. 1 seed. The South Carolina Gamecocks most definitely were not! In fact, many had the East region No. 7 seed exiting the Big Dance in the first round against Marquette. Be that as it may, each team now finds itself playing in a do-or-die tilt with a shot at marching on to partake in each program’s first ever championship game appearance.... 

The South Carolina Gamecocks have made a Cinderella run to the Final Four and hope the journey isn’t finished. The No. 7 seed has pulled off a bevy of upset in the NCAA Tournament and will aim for another one when it faces off against the No. 1 seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs in the Final Four. There will be a berth in the national championship on the line and both sides come in playing very well.... 

The Oregon Ducks knocked off a juggernaut in the Elite Eight when they dispatched No. 1 seed Kansas. If they can pull the trick again, they will find themselves in the national championship game. The third-seeded Ducks will face off against the No. 1 seed North Carolina Tar Heels in a marquee showdown.... 

The Final Four is set with North Carolina, Gonzaga, Oregon and South Carolina winning their respective regions. If you had these teams as the last ones standing through the first two weeks of the NCAA Tournament you best double up and buy yourself some lottery tickets! The Tar Heels are the only program familiar with this stage after falling in the title game at the gun last season. That said, each of the other three teams are currently playing some exceptional basketball. The desert will only get hotter once all four teams take to the hardwood on Saturday night!... 

Two of the most storied programs in college basketball will face off in the Elite Eight with only one Final Four spot available. The No. 1 seed North Carolina Tar Heels will aim to knock off the No. 2 seed Kentucky Wildcats.... 

The South Carolina Gamecocks have looked anything like a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament as they have rolled past three solid programs to make it to the Final Four. They have pulled upsets the past two games and will aim to make it three in a row with a win over the No. 4 seed Florida Gators.... 

Central Florida has used a strong defense to knock off No. 5 Colorado, No. 1 Illinois State and No. 2 Illinois. TCU has been just as impressive, also knocking off a No. 1 seed, Iowa, to make it here. This should be a competitive game as the teams had similar regular seasons and are both No. 4 seeds for this showdown.At 9 p.m. ET, tune into ESPN for live television coverage of this NCAA basketball game on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.... 

Cal State Bakersfield faces the No. 6 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in a semifinal matchup this Tuesday. The Yellow Jackets have outscored opponents 220-186 so far in the tournament and will aim for another victory.Georgia Tech will likely be a slight favorite based in its seeding but Cal State Bakersfield is playing so well that it could definitely win this contest.... 

As top seeds around them continue to fall, the Kansas Jayhawks are looking like a juggernaut. They are one win away from the Final Four and will aim to pick it up in a matchup against the No. 3 seed Oregon Ducks.... 

For all of their success, neither the No. 1 seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs nor the No. 11 seed Xavier Musketeers have ever made it to the Final Four. One of them will punch their ticket as they face off in the Elite Eight with that trip on the line.... 

UT Arlington has looked really impressive through the first two games, using a high-powered offense to knock off BYU and then Akron, and will aim to topple the CSU Bakersfield which has been equally as impressive.While the Roadrunners entered the NIT as one of the lowest-rated teams, they have knocked off top-seeded California and No. 4 Colorado State in back-to-back games to set up this matchup of small schools....