College Basketball Handicapping Articles

NCAA Basketball National Championship Predictions: Best Futures Bets
by Robert Ferringo - 11/10/2015

Don't bet money on who will win the college basketball championship. That's the best advice I can give someone looking to lay down money on a college basketball futures bet. I don't like wagers on winning championships in any sport - the odds never reflect the actual degree of difficulty it takes to predict a champion. And trying to predict a college basketball national champion is even more ridiculous than trying to spot a title winner in any other sport, college or pro.

NCAA Tournament Predictions and Early Projections for the Field
by Robert Ferringo - 11/10/2015

Let's go dancing. Making the NCAA Tournament is really the measuring stick of success and failure for most college basketball programs. Every one of the more than 350 teams in the country begins the season dreaming of hearing their name called on Selection Sunday. There can be only one national champion, and that elite status is reserved for only a select few teams. But for everyone else an invitation to The Big Dance is a major victory in and of itself.

Top 12 Nonconference College Basketball Games 2015
by Robert Ferringo - 11/10/2015

College basketball, from a purely competitive standpoint, is a vastly superior sport to college football. Top-tier college football programs each generally have one pseudo-marquee non-league game during their entire campaign. And because college football schedules are laid out years in advance, it is almost impossible to get Top 5 teams from different conferences to meet up in high-profile early-season games.

2015 Duke Blue Devils Predictions and College Basketball Futures Odds
by Victor Ryan - 11/10/2015

Longtime Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski proved he could adapt to the "one-and-done" era of college basketball by riding a trio of one-and-doner's all the way to the national championship a season ago. While this year Coach K brings in another highly-touted class that features four five-star recruits, the sledding could prove a little tougher this time around. None of Duke's freshmen are considered as NBA-ready as their counterparts from a year ago, and the returning veterans are largely role players.

2015 Kansas Jayhawks Predictions and College Basketball Futures Odds
by Victor Ryan - 11/10/2015

All the pieces are there for Kansas to make a serious national title run. Experience? Check. Kansas returns eight players that averaged double-digit minutes a season ago, including its leading scorer and top assist man. Talent? You got it. The roster is filled with former McDonald's All-Americans, including two elite big men from this year's incoming class.

College Basketball National Championship Contenders: the Sucker Bets
by Robert Ferringo - 11/9/2015

Sometimes the best bets are the ones you don't make. And when it comes to making predictions on who will win the college basketball championship, the first step is figuring out who ISN'T going to cut down the nets. Two years ago I nailed a 100-to-1 long shot to win the National Championship, predicting that Connecticut would win it all almost 12 months before they eventually cut down the nets. What did I do for an encore? Well, not much.

2015 Maryland Terrapins Predictions and College Basketball Futures Odds
by Victor Ryan - 11/9/2015

Maryland enters the 2015-16 college basketball season primed for a national title run. A season after winning the Big Ten, the Terrapins are loaded with high-quality players of all types. Returning starters, big-name transfers and McDonald's All-Americans fill the roster for Coach Mark Turgeon, providing a potentially explosive combination.

2015 Big Ten Predictions with College Basketball Conference Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/30/2015

The Big Ten is perpetually one of the more overrated basketball conferences in the country. Hey, the Big Ten is top shelf. I'm not arguing whether or not they are an actual Big Boy Basketball Conference like I am with the SEC. But I am saying that members of the bobblehead media and the general betting public seem to suffer an annual delusion about the quality and depth in this league.

2015 SEC Predictions with College Basketball Conference Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/30/2015

I was watching ESPN's SEC college basketball preview and can honestly say I'm not sure if I've seen a more blatant case of pandering and peddling from The Worldwide Leader in a long time. ESPN, which owns the SEC Network, has a clear financial stake in promoting what is by far and away the worst of the "Big Six" college conferences.

2015 Kentucky Wildcats Predictions and College Basketball Futures Odds
by Victor Ryan - 10/29/2015

Kentucky basketball under John Calipari has been the embodiment of the cliché "they don't rebuild, they just reload." Since the "one-and-done" rule was put in effect in 2006, no one has navigated the college basketball landscape quite like Calipari and the Wildcats.

2015 North Carolina Tar Heels Predictions and College Basketball Futures Odds
by Victor Ryan - 10/29/2015

North Carolina is built to win now. Nearly everyone is back on a roster that's filled with experienced upper classmen. Seniors Marcus Paige and Brice Johnson, juniors Kennedy Meeks and Nate Britt, as well as a few other of the veterans will get one last chance to make noise in the NCAA Tournament after two years of largely underachieving.

2015 ACC Predictions with College Basketball Conference Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/28/2015

In most conferences in the country there is one clear-cut favorite heading into the season. Kentucky is expected to win the SEC. Villanova and Kansas have stiff odds to win the Big East and Big 12, respectively. Maryland enters as the top team in the Big Ten and Arizona rules the Pac-12.

2015 Big 12 Predictions with College Basketball Conference Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/26/2015

In the age of parity in sports, what Kansas has done in the Big 12 this century is astounding. The Jayhawks are the overwhelming favorite to win their 12th straight Big 12 regular season conference title this season. That's 12 straight. Twelve. Kansas' regular-season title streak is older than YouTube. Kansas' regular season title streak is older than a fourth grader. Kansas was just two months away its first title to start this streak when Barack Obama took office…as an Illinois senator.

2015 Big East Predictions with College Basketball Conference Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/23/2015

The Big East has experienced as large of a fall from grace as there has ever been in college basketball. Three years ago it was the deepest and most competitive league in the sport. Now it is an afterthought, relegated to a second-tier status unbefitting its storied history.

2015 Pac-12 Predictions with College Basketball Conference Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/22/2015

It's no big secret that West Coast basketball gets short shrift in the national college hoops discussion. The late start times prohibit a lot of East Coast fans and gamblers from watching teams in the Pac-12, Mountain West, and the bevy of solid small conferences that play on Pacific Standard Time. The fact that these games are on Fox Sports, and therefore all but ignored by media behemoth ESPN, doesn't help matters. But that doesn't mean that there isn't a lot of great basketball being played on the Left Coast and that there aren't tremendous wagering opportunities in this part of the country.

2015 AAC Predictions with College Basketball Conference Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/19/2015

Too big to be a mid-major, too small to be a power conference; that is the limbo that the American Athletic Conference finds itself in. The AAC is still trying to find an identity and is struggling to gain respect, nationally. The fact that two of their most recognizable teams, Connecticut and Temple, failed to earn an at-large big in the NCAA Tournament field last year despite each topping 20 wins was a clear sign that this conference has a long way to go.

10 College Basketball Handicapping Tips from 10 Different Expert Handicappers
by Doc's Sports - 8/25/2015

Doc's Sports Service is the most trusted and well-respected sports information company in the United States. Below you will find a list of 10 basketball handicapping tips from 10 of the top college basketball handicapping experts in the country. Our service is second-to-none in terms of both results and customer relations. In our fifth decade of existence, Doc's Sports is the gold standard in the sports information industry.

NCAA Basketball Betting 3-Point Play: Three Interesting Opening Lines Thursday
by Alan Matthews - 3/11/2015

While Power 5 conference tournaments really started in full on Wednesday, those were mostly the dregs of those leagues. Starting Thursday, we begin to get a look at some bubble teams that absolutely can't afford to lose their tournament opener. I examine one of those clubs, the Big Ten's Illinois, below along with two other interesting matchups. Could UConn's relevance this season end already? It will with a huge upset loss.

College Basketball Betting: Weekly Big East Handicapping Report
by Dave Schwab - 3/11/2015

It has pretty much been a one-team show in the Big East this season with Villanova streaking to a SU conference record of 16-2 as part of an overall record of 29-2. The Wildcats have also been a solid bet along the way at 22-9 against the spread. They finished the regular season on a SU 12-0 run while going 11-1 ATS. Bovada has listed Villanova as a heavy 2/3 favorite to take the Big East Tournament title as well.

2015 SEC Tournament Expert Picks and Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/10/2015

Kentucky is going to win the SEC Tournament. The end. The Wildcats have dominated this second-rate conference all season long and followed last year’s Florida team’s lead by posting an undefeated 18-0 league mark this season. Kentucky is 31-0 and is looking to pick up three more wins in their quest for a perfect season. They should have little problem doing so against the rest of this rag-tag league.