College Basketball Handicapping Articles

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.

College Basketball Handicapping: Can Syracuse Stay Unbeaten?
by Trevor Whenham - 2/12/2014

The Syracuse Orange are one of just two remaining undefeated teams, and with all due respect to Wichita State, they are the only one playing in a conference that is a real challenge for them. The unanimous No. 1 team in the country has faced some real challenges and has overcome them without exception so far. But how far can they go without a loss? When are they most likely to fall? And is there an advantage to losing at some point along the way? Let’s take a look:

NCAA Basketball Betting and Handicapping: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 2/10/2014

It's always nice when something clearly stands out from a weekend of college basketball for me to focus on in these weekly stories, and by far the big news last week was what happened to Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart in Lubbock on Saturday. It would probably still be dominating the news if not for the Michael Sam story.

College Basketball Handicapping: Possible Fade Opportunities
by Trevor Whenham - 2/7/2014

When betting on college basketball, one of the finest ways to generate a profit is to spot good teams that are vulnerable and could play below expectations for a stretch of games. Baylor was 12-1 and riding high in nonconference play. They have gone just 2-7 in the Big 12 and have delivered a lot of value for those who have bet against them. In the same conference, Oklahoma State was highly-regarded before they dropped four of their last five.

College Basketball Handicapping: Top 10 Struggles
by Trevor Whenham - 2/5/2014

There was carnage in the upper ranks of college basketball this past weekend. Top-ranked Arizona suffered their first loss at the hands of Cal, and four other Top-10 teams — Michigan, Michigan State, Kansas and Oklahoma State -- also lost. Oklahoma State had also lost their previous game during the week, too. So, what can we learn from the worst weekend of the season for Top-10 teams?:

Sports Betting Insights: College Basketball Totals Betting
by Dave Schwab - 2/5/2014

Wagering on the “over/under” in men’s college basketball is oftentimes an afterthought for many bettors who tend to mainly focus on the spread or moneyline bet. One of the reasons is total lines are often released well after the initial betting lines for games. Another is that many games involving mid-major teams will not even have a total line posted. Nonetheless, it is worth the time and effort to study total line betting trends as you can often find some golden opportunities to cash in on the games.

NCAA Basketball Betting and Handicapping: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 2/3/2014

We had three college basketball teams enter February still without a loss for the first time since 1976, but we are guaranteed that no more than two will get to March that way, and I tend to believe that number will be zero.

College Basketball Betting: Saturday Odds and Analysis
by Robert Ferringo - 1/31/2014

Below is a look at five games that aren’t in the same stratosphere as the SU-Duke game in terms of hype and national exposure. But these five games are each critical in their own way, involving teams either battling for conference championships or fighting to earn their way into the NCAA Tournament discussion.