College Basketball Handicapping Articles

2011 College Basketball: Kentucky Wildcats Predictions and Futures Odds
by T.O. Whenham - 10/31/2011

North Carolina will have the most talented, complete, game-ready squad in the country on the first day of the college basketball season. It would be hard to argue against that. If the young Kentucky squad can quickly learn to play at the college level and can find some chemistry, however, then they are perhaps the one team in the country with the best shot to outshine the Tar Heels and become the best team on the hard court this year.

2011 College Basketball: Michigan Predictions and Wolverines Futures Odds
by T.O. Whenham - 10/31/2011

This story has to feel very familiar to Michigan fans. Three years ago John Beilein and his squad capped a solid year with a nice win in the first round of the tournament and a near loss to a strong team in the second round. That boosted expectations significantly heading into the next season, but that year was a total disaster.

2011 College Basketball: Michigan State Predictions and Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 10/31/2011

Probably no team in the nation was more disappointing last season than Michigan State. Tom Izzo’s club entered the 2010-11 campaign off back-to-back Final Four appearances and with a veteran cast in place: Sparty was ranked as the preseason No. 2 team in the land behind defending national champion Duke.

2011 College Basketball: Cincinnati Predictions and Futures Odds
by David Schwab - 10/31/2011

As preparations begin for another college basketball season, optimism is running high in Cincinnati after a very successful campaign last season. The Bearcats started the year by reeling off 15 straight wins, and they ended up posting one of their best records in school history at 26-9.

2011 College Basketball: Florida Gators Predictions and Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 10/31/2011

Billy Donovan’s club finished the regular season at 13-3 overall in the SEC, winning the East Division title by three games over Kentucky, although the Wildcats would beat Florida in the SEC Tournament Championship Game. UF, to the surprise of some, was given a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and had little trouble in its first two Big Dance games.

2011 College Basketball: Texas Longhorns Predictions and Futures Odds
by - 10/31/2011

The Big 12 has made headlines this fall for all the wrong reasons. Money-hungry schools are looking to jump ship and find the best possible situation (with the most dollars) in new leagues, and it seems to all start and end with this conference.

2011 College Basketball : North Carolina Predictions and Futures Odds
by T.O. Whenham - 10/27/2011

Those cupboards are overflowing with talent again, though, and the team will look to win twice as many tournament games as they did last year when they reached the Elite 8. As the No. 1 team in the country and the solid favorite to win it all they are in a position Roy Williams knows well — they are the team with the massive target on their backs.

2011 College Basketball : Kansas Jayhawks Predictions and Futures Odds
by Darin Zank - 10/27/2011

The Kansas Jayhawks continue to operate as one of the premier programs in college basketball. Last year KU won the Big 12 regular-season title for the seventh straight season, won the conference tournament for the fifth time in the last six years, and made it to within one win of the Final Four.

2011 College Basketball : Xavier Musketeers Predictions and Futures Odds
by David Schwab - 10/25/2011

While the 2010-11 season has to be considered a success for this Xavier program, this team knows in its heart that it was much better than its 66-55 first-round loss to 12th-seed Marquette in the NCAA Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the East Region.

College Basketball Futures Odds
by Alan Matthews - 4/7/2011

We’re barely 10 days past the end of the 2010-11 college basketball season, where a Connecticut squad that was unranked in the preseason took home the title and paid off nicely for bettors that took a flier on the long-shot Huskies way back when.

College Basketball Predictions: Who Replaces Bruce Pearl at Tennessee?
by Alan Matthews - 3/24/2011

So why does Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton still have a job? After all, this is the guy who got egg on his face when he hired Lane Kiffin as football coach, with Kiffin committing numerous rules violations in his one year in Knoxville and then bolting for Southern Cal.

College Basketball Picks: Syracuse vs. UConn Betting Predictions
by Dain Zank - 3/10/2011

We've come to expect the unexpected in the Big East Tournament each season, and it happened again Thursday when the ninth-seeded Connecticut Huskies knocked off the top-seeded Pitt Panthers, which might cost Pitt a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. So UConn, a team that lost seven of its last 11 regular-season games and finished 9-9 in Big East play, moves on to the conference semis Friday to play fourth-seeded Syracuse (7 p.m. EST, ESPN), which outlasted St. John's Thursday.

March Madness Predictions: Potential Cinderellas
by T.O. Whenham - 3/9/2011

Every year there are teams that are surprisingly strong at the NCAA Tournament. They might not get a whole lot of attention coming in, but they are ready to play, they are talented, and they make some noise. Obviously it’s not always easy to see these Cinderella teams coming -- if it were then they wouldn’t be surprises. You can make a guess about who will come through, though. Here are my March Madness predictions for four teams that look to me like they have the potential to shine:

Big 12 Tournament Predictions and College Basketball Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/9/2011

Outside of the Big Ten there is perhaps no conference with as many teams still fighting for NCAA Tournament berths than the Big 12. While there is little intrigue about who the favorite and dominating force is in this league, there are still several clubs – Baylor, Colorado, Nebraska and even Oklahoma State – that are clinging to hope that a rush this week can earn them a ticket into The Big Dance.

ACC Tournament Odds and College Basketball Predictions
by Aaron Smith - 3/9/2011

The ACC Tournament is generally one of the most competitive tournaments, and the atmosphere in Greensboro is always electric. North Carolina knocked off Duke last Saturday night to snag the top seed in this year’s tournament. While this is typically one of the strongest conferences in all of college basketball, the league had a down year this season. North Carolina and Duke are still very good, but once you get down to the middle and bottom of the ACC, this is a weak conference in 2011.

2011 Pac-10 Tournament Predictions and College Basketball Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/8/2011

The Pac-10 Tournament begins Wednesday, March 9 in Los Angeles. While the league may still be in flux compared to its fellow BCS compadres (hey, at least it’s not the SEC), the usual suspects are still headed to the City of Angels as heavy favorites. Arizona, Washington and UCLA are the top-tier teams with USC entering the weekend as a solid sleeper.

Conference USA Tournament Odds and Betting Predictions
by Aaron Smith - 3/8/2011

Up until the last couple years, Conference USA was simply the Memphis Tigers playground. Memphis started to slide a bit last year, and the Tigers are even more down this year. No longer are the rest of the teams in this league playing for second place. This is a wide-open Conference USA Tournament field. There are at least five or six teams that have a legitimate shot of winning the automatic bid.

2011 Big East Tournament Predictions and College Basketball Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/7/2011

Win In The Garden or win in The Tournament. That seems to be the prevailing attitude toward the Big East Tournament from the bobblehead media. The idea is that this Mega-Conference has a tournament that is so grueling, and so exhausting that whoever wins couldn’t possibly have the reserves to make a deep NCAA Tournament run.

2011 Mountain West Conference Tournament Predictions and Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/7/2011

Finally, the Mountain West is getting some love. For the past five years I have been screaming that this league is the most underrated in all of college basketball. The top tier of this conference is capable of playing at a very high level and there is plenty of talent both at the individual and team levels.

Atlantic 10 Tournament Odds and College Basketball Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/7/2011

The Atlantic 10 Tournament begins on Tuesday on campus sites before moving to Atlantic City for the quarterfinals on Friday. The top four regular-season finishers in the conference; Xavier, Temple, Richmond and Duquesne; all have byes into the quarterfinals. The other seeded teams are No. 5 George Washington, No. 6 Rhode Island, No. 7 St. Bonaventure, No. 8 Massachusetts, No. 9 Dayton, No. 10 La Salle, No. 11 Saint Louis and No. 12 Saint Joseph’s.