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The defending national champion Baylor Bears are off to a hot start winning all four games ahead of their showdown with the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis. And the Bears aren’t just winning, they’re blowing opponents away. The latest victim was another Pac-12 foe Stanford on Saturday. Baylor ran away in the second half for an 86-48 triumph and has won every game by at least 27 points with a margin of 34.8 points. They should have a stiff test against ASU, a team... 

The college basketball season is a couple weeks old at this point, but we have had no shortage of marquee games. Most of the blue bloods have played at least one quality opponent, including the Michigan Wolverines. They fell to the Seton Hall Pirates on Tuesday night, and they will look to bounce back against the UNLV Rebels in the Roman Main Event in Las Vegas this weekend. Fans on the East Coast will have to stay up late to watch this one, as it will take place 30 minutes after the Arizona Wil... 

It’s only fitting that the Baylor Bears and Gonzaga Bulldogs one and only meeting of the season ultimately turns out to be the one with the most on the line after their scheduled regular season bout was canceled because of the coronavirus. These ar... 

The Baylor Bears are back in the Championship Game for the first time since 1948. It came out the runner-up in that matchup and linemakers at online sportsbooks expect the same result on Monday night when they battle the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed for the right to cut down the nets. This is a pairing that was supposed to go down in the regular season. Unfortunately, the coronavirus prevented college hoops bettors from getting a chance to see how these teams actually stood up against one another. It only makes perfect sense that they meet for real on the grandest stage of them all as impressive each team’s overall bodies of work have been. Both teams have been exceptional en route to becoming the last two teams standing out of a 64 team field. But only one has a chance at making history on Monday night. The Gonzaga Bulldogs need just one win to become the eighth team in the tournament era to go undefeated and win the national championship, and my money says they see it all the way through! ... 

The Final Four is set! It’s comprised of two No. 1 seeds Gonzaga, Baylor a No. 2 Houston and shockingly, a No. 11 seed UCLA. With each brings a number of players that will either lead it to the Promised Land or go down in defeat trying. Betting odds for the Most Outstanding Player Award have been on the board for quite some time now, so there’s no better time than now to... 

The UCLA Bruins just became the fifth No. 11 seed to reach the Final Four. From First Four to Final Four, what a story! Unfortunately, the storybook tale now runs into the No. 1 overall seed in the form of the Gonzaga Bulldogs who’ve chewed up and spit out every opponent on their way to the program’s second Final Four appearance. As great Mick Cronin’s defense has played throughout its unforeseen charge to the final weekend of the NCAA Tournament, it’s going to have its hands full trying to cont... 

The Final Four tips off in the early evening on Saturday in the “Battle of Texas” with Kelvin Sampson’s No. 2 seed Houston Cougars set to square off against Scott Drew’s No. 1 seed Baylor Bears. The Coogs took one of the more chaotic paths to reach the Final Four for the first time since the Phi Slamma Jamma days from back in 1984 by disposing of four double-digit seeds en route to punching a ticket. The Bears took a more conservative route getting the best of a No. 16, No. 9, No. 5 and No. 3 to... 

It’s been a thrilling March Madness thus far, and the women are outshining the men on the court. We have seen more people tune in to the women’s NCAA Tournament, and that has led to a lot of buzz surrounding the Final Four in San Antonio. The women don’t have the same upsets we see with the men in college basketball as no team higher than a No. 6 seed made it to the Sweet Sixteen, so it’s not a big surprise to see three No. 1 seeds in the Final Four.... 

The 16 team NIT Tournament is now down to its Final Four with each team advancing on Thursday night. So before you sit back to enjoy what the NCAA Tournament offers up in the first installment of Saturday’s Sweet Sixteen, you might want to take a gander to see what’s going down in Texas first. Top seeded CSU and Memphis will kick things off before fourth seeded Mississippi State coll... 

A lot of people are already jumping off the Michigan Wolverines’ bandwagon. Although Michigan is the No. 1 seed in the East Region, many observers believe the Wolverines are ripe for an upset. The Big Ten is not all it was cracked up to be according to the brackets, and Michigan is the only team from that conference left in the NCAA Tournament. That has led to plenty of people picking the Florida Sta... 

The Gonzaga Bulldogs are on a mission. This has been one of the most successful programs in college basketball over the last two decades, but they are still looking for their first national championship. Gonzaga came close in 2017, making it to the national championship game where the Bulldogs fell to North Carolina, but this year’s team represents the school’s best chance yet. The Bulldogs have been the No. 1 team in the nation all year, and they are heavy favorites over the Creighton Bluejays in their Sweet Sixteen showdown. ... 

What is it with the Jim Boeheim and his Syracuse Orange going deep into the NCAA Tournament when the selection committee installs them No. 10 seeds or higher? After destroying San Diego State in the Round of 64 and following it up with a more competitive outright win and cover against West Virginia immediately after, the Orange are now 9-2 SU and 10-1 ATS at online sportsbooks as double-digit seeds. Kelvin Sampson’s No. 2 seed Houston Cougars are now the +114 favorites to take down the Midwest R... 

So how’s the Midwest Region of your bracket looking? It looks like hot garbage if you’re like me and penciled Illinois all the way into the Final Four! You can blame it all on Porter Moser and his Loyola-Chicago Ramblers who pulled a wire-to-wire job of the Fighting Illini in the Round of 32. I wanted to propel Cameron Krutwig and his mates deep into my bracket, but a Round of 32 tilt against the B1G champs gave me pause. Shame on the selection committee for installing the Ramblers a No. 8 seed!... 

The 16 team NIT Tournament has been whittled down to eight. It might not be as exciting as what’s gone down in the NCAA Tournament, but these kids have come to play; put some respect on the participants! Richmond, Western Kentucky, NC State, Boise State, Colorado State, Louisiana Tech, Memphis and Mississippi State comprise the eight team quarterfinal field, and there is some major t... 

The NCAA Tournament matchups between the No. 5 seed and the No. 12 seed always have drama. It seems like every year at least one upset comes from this part of the bracket – except for last year of course. The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos might be the best team no one has heard of cruising to the Big West Conference regular season and tournament titles while racking up 22 wins. The Gauchos are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011 as the No. 12 seed and tangle with the Big East’s C... 

It’s time to revisit our futures odds portfolio for the upcoming NCAA Tournament one last time with the First Four and Field of 64 etched in stone. Now that we know every potential path each and every team would have to take in order to cut down the nets, things get a bit clearer. More importantly, value spots surface with some of the top seeds being forced to run up against a number of hellacious op... 

I can’t wait for the Saturday evening slate to tip-off in the West Region when the No. 13 seed Ohio Bobcats look to pull the upset against the No. 4 seed Virginia Cavaliers! Believe it when I tell you that Jason Preston and his mates have the wherewithal to not only cover what I believe to be an inflated number, but also cash in on the moneyline and log one of the bigger upsets of the 2021 NCAA Tournament at online sportsbooks. As efficient UVA’s defense has been this season, it’s far from the l... 

Of all the No. 4 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, I’m most bullish on the Purdue Boilermakers chances of making a deep run. Matt Painter’s kids finished fourth in arguably the toughest conference in the nation behind Iowa, Illinois and Michigan. It would’ve made more noise in the B1G Tournament had it not been forced to exert a ton of energy to come back against Ohio State in the second half before runn... 

I guess hoops fans can be twice as excited for the NCAA Tournament since last year’s festivities were shuttered due to the coronavirus scare. There will be a dance this year though it will look much different with all games played in and around Indianapolis. One of the marquee first round matchups is in name only since both the Wisconsin Badgers and North Carolina Tar Heels struggled. But name recognition always draws a crowd and this one should be full of excitement with the clubs so evenly-mat... 

According to the most recent Bracketology forecasts, nine Big Ten teams are comfortably in the NCAA Tournament. Fourteen teams make the B1G their home, so it can be postulated that the Big Ten is the most dominant conference in the country; for the second straight season. This tourney has been dominated by the Michigan schools in recent years. Michigan State took home the hardware in the most recent back in 2019, but it was Michigan that cut the nets down each of the prior two seasons. While Mic... 

A year ago, the Alabama Crimson Tide and Arkansas Razorbacks possessed +2500 and +2200 respective odds of winning the SEC Tournament. Now, Nate Oats and Eric Musselman are overlooking the co-favorites to win it; that’s simply outstanding! A team on the complete opposite end of the spectrum is the Kentucky Wildcats who check in with a bloated +1500 rate of return to cut the nets down at online sportsbooks. A far cry from last year’s team that saw John Calipari’s troops locked in as the +175 favor... 

The Kansas Jayhawks and Iowa State Cyclones have dominated the Big 12 Tournament dating back to 2013 with the former taking home the title three times and the latter four. Though the Kansas Jayhawks somehow managed to snag the No. 2 seed, it’s not even the fourth best team in the bracket according to linemakers! The top dog is unsurprisingly the Baylor Bears who went on to accrue the regular season title and win all but one of its 22 played games. Even so, this bracket is loaded with teams desti... 

The Duke Blue Devils are still the defending champions of the ACC Tournament due to the fact that last year’s installment was cancelled. When this year’s is all but done, that will no longer be the case. The Dookies were lined as co-favorites to win it last season along with the Florida State Seminoles, but they now find seven teams ahead of them with shorter odds to cut the nets down come Saturday night. Though FSU and Virginia clock in as the top dogs this time around, this tournament looks to... 

The Michigan Wolverines just got done kicking the ever-living tar out of the Michigan State Spartans on Thursday night to tally win No. 19 of the college basketball betting season. Juwan Howard’s kids are destined to land a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament regardless of what goes down in Sunday’s rematch; or the B1G Tournament for that matter. Only Gonzaga and Baylor have shorter ... 

As it stands right now, the Duke Blue Devils aren’t in the Field of 64. To qualify, Coach K’s squad is going to need to win the ACC Tournament with it 15-9 SU and only 9-8 SU in conference play. As for Roy Williams and the North Carolina Tar Heels, most bracketologists have them installed a No. 10 or No. 11 seed. Some even have the Heels making their first-ever appearance in the First Four! Duke is a 285-1 choice to win the national championship at online sportsbooks, while UNC clocks in at 120-...