College Basketball Handicapping Articles

2014 Pac-12 Tournament Picks and College Basketball Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/10/2014

College basketball bettors in Las Vegas are going to have front row seats – literally – to one of the best conference tournaments in the country this week when the Pac-12 tournament gets underway. The Pac-12 Tournament begins Wednesday, March 12. It is being held in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and the champion will be crowned on Saturday.

Kansas Jayhawks Odds to Win 2014 NCAA Tournament with Picks and Predictions
by George Monroy - 3/10/2014

The Kansas Jayhawks struggled through parts of the regular season, but they finished the year with a 23-8 overall record and the No. 8 ranking in the AP Top 25. The Big 12 Champions are also receiving a lot of love from the oddsmakers as they continue to be the second favorite to win this year’s national title. Kansas may be the most talented team in the nation and could have the top two picks in this summer’s NBA Draft, which also explains why the squad never fell too far from the top of national title futures odds this season.

Florida Gators Odds to Win 2014 NCAA Tournament with Picks and Predictions
by George Monroy - 3/10/2014

The Florida Gators are set to head into the NCAA Tournament as the overall No. 1 seed and have not dropped a game since their one-point loss to Connecticut way back in early December. Florida still has the pressing business of actually winning the SEC tournament before Billy Donovan and his squad embark on the road to another National Championship. However, if the Gators happen to actually lose a game before then, the team will probably still remain a No. 1 seed even if it falls behind undefeated Wichita State and two-loss Arizona in the overall rankings.

College Basketball Handicapping: Betting Conference Tournaments Tips and Advice
by Trevor Whenham - 3/10/2014

We are in a time of transition in college basketball. The regular season has ended, and teams are looking to secure their postseason fates through their conference tournaments. These tournaments can present some great betting opportunities, but they also offer some unique betting challenges. Here are six factors to consider when looking to handicap conference tournaments:

College Basketball Handicapping: My Worst Players in the Nation List
by Robert Ferringo - 3/7/2014

This week I filled out my ballot for selecting college basketball All-Americans as well as offered my vote for National Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year. It’s difficult every year, but I feel pretty confident with my selections.

2014 Missouri Valley Tournament Basketball Picks with Odds and MVC Predictions Doc's Sports
by Robert Ferringo - 3/4/2014

It’s time to dance. The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament begins this Thursday and marks the beginning of one of the most frenetic and enjoyable times on the sports calendar. Arch Madness will take place from March 6 to March 9 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, with the winner earning the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

NCAA Basketball Handicapping: Louisville Flying Under the Radar
by Trevor Whenham - 3/4/2014

It would be tough for a defending National Champion to be more under the radar than Louisville has been this year — especially a well-regarded program sitting in the Top 10 nationally. It’s not that they have been forgotten, but despite their experience they aren’t being talked about as a top-level tournament contender. Sportsbook.ag has them installed as just the 10th choice to win it all at +2000. So, should they be somewhat overlooked? Or are they unfairly being overlooked? It’s a question without an easy answer.

2014 NCAA Tournament Handicapping: Does Wichita State Deserve Top Seed?
by Trevor Whenham - 3/4/2014

There isn’t going to be a tougher team to assess heading into the NCAA Tournament than the Wichita State Shockers. On one hand, they were a Final Four team last year, and their core is the same. They also are the only team that hasn’t lost a game, and they are the first to win 31 in the regular season. They are ranked second in the country, earned 14 out of 65 first-place votes in the latest AP Poll, and are the fourth choice at +1000 to win it all at Sportsbook.ag.

March Madness Handicapping: Betting or Fading Bubble Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 3/4/2014

We are right in the heart of the bubble season in college basketball. Things are getting particularly tense as teams start to realize that there are more teams with a claim on a spot in the NCAA Tournament field than there are spots to be had. The bubble can provide excellent betting opportunities for bettors, but to achieve those profits you need to be good at assessing what the bubble is going to mean for different teams.

NCAA Basketball Betting and Handicapping: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 3/3/2014

If you haven't been closely following college basketball this season, now it's time: Welcome to March. Really it's the only month that matters in the sport (not counting the spillover of the Final Four into early April). This is the final week of the regular season, and most of the mid-major conference tournaments start this week, so the 68-team NCAA field will start to fill.

NCAA Basketball Betting: Handicapping Saturday’s College Schedule
by Robert Ferringo - 2/28/2014

Conference championships, undefeated seasons, and critical league and NCAA Tournament positioning is on the line this weekend as we head for the biggest day on the weekly college basketball docket. There is a host of big games on the schedule for Saturday. Wichita State’s is attempting a perfect regular season.

College Basketball Betting: Handicapping NCAA Senior Nights
by Robert Ferringo - 2/27/2014

Emotion is one of the most prominent factors in handicapping college basketball. It is also one of the most difficult to assess for gamblers and analysts because it is next to impossible to predict how 19- and 20-year-old kids are going to respond to pressure and rapid combinations of joy, sorrow, excitement, and fear.

NCAA Basketball Handicapping: Wichita State Legit Title Contender
by Robert Ferringo - 2/27/2014

One of the biggest debates in college basketball right now involves the Wichita State Shockers. Most basketball analysts are fighting over their ranking and potential seeding for the NCAA Tournament, while basketball bettors are wondering what value the Shockers have as a national title contender.

NCAA Basketball Betting and Handicapping: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 2/24/2014

Quick, tell me which team leads the Atlantic Coast Conference without looking. Syracuse? Nope. Duke? Wrong again. North Carolina? Not even close. The answer is Virginia, and it's time to start taking the Cavaliers seriously.

College Basketball Betting: Best Games to Wager on This Weekend
by Robert Ferringo - 2/20/2014

The Basketball World will be focused on three of the biggest games of the year this weekend. First, Syracuse heads to Cameron Indoor for a revenge matchup with Duke at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Then at 7:30 p.m. Kansas will take on Texas in a game that can all but lock up the Jayhawks’ 1,000th Big 12 championship in a row. Finally, Sunday afternoon Michigan State heads to Ann Arbor for a matchup with archrival Michigan with first place in the Big Ten on the line.

College Basketball Handicapping: Teams Getting Too Much Credit with Futures Odds
by Trevor Whenham - 2/20/2014

The NCAA Tournament is still weeks away, and there is a whole lot that can and will happen between now and when the last team standing cuts down the nets. People are understandably looking at National Championship futures more than at any point up to now, though, and that will only intensify as the tournament draws near. This is a good time to look — imagine the joy you would have felt in April of 2011 if you had bet on UConn in February of that year, for example.

College Basketball Handicapping: Best and Worst ATS Teams
by George Monroy - 2/20/2014

The college basketball season is about to really heat up in a couple of weeks when March Madness officially begins. Up until this point, most bettors probably casually follow the sport and can name the big stars on the most-popular teams, but once the conference tournaments start gamblers will be exposed to some great players and teams they may not know about.

NCAA Basketball Betting and Handicapping: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 2/17/2014

A few weeks ago I recommended to throw a few dollars down on Florida to win the national title because I expected the odds were only going to get shorter once star freshman Chris Walker made his debut. Well, I was half right.

College Basketball Handicapping: Conference Rankings
by Robert Ferringo - 2/12/2014

I still hate the fact that the classic Big East has been dismantled in college basketball. But the one silver lining of having my beloved Syracuse Orange head to the ACC was that I knew they would absolutely demolish this pathetic, overrated, candy-ass conference.

College Basketball National Championship Odds and Predictions
by George Monroy - 2/12/2014

The 2014 college basketball season has been one of the most competitive and downright entertaining seasons in recent memory. The NCAA is full of marketable stars, talented teams, and compelling story lines. For a while there were four undefeated schools that all looked primed and ready to take a shot at running the table, but after a couple of losses, only Syracuse and Wichita State remain unblemished.