College Basketball Handicapping Articles

NCAA Basketball Betting and Handicapping: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 12/23/2013

It was a very newsy week for two Atlantic Coast Conference teams, both in a good and bad way. Since I try to be a glass half-full guy, let's start with the good. North Carolina certainly has Final Four talent but has been wildly inconsistent this season. The Heels have wins over then-No. 3 Louisville, No. 1 Michigan State and No. 11 Kentucky but also a few head-scratching losses.

College Basketball Handicapping: Potential Upsets
by Trevor Whenham - 12/18/2013

We’re heading into what is essentially the last full week of nonconference action in college basketball. After Christmas the glorious conference season gets underway. That will bring a whole new set of handicapping puzzles and opportunities. Until then, though, let’s take a last look for some pleasant and profitable potential upsets:

NCAA Basketball Betting and Handicapping: Scouting the Week Ahead
by Alan Matthews - 12/17/2013

So if I told you that Oregon is a potential National Championship contender with one of the best offenses in the nation, that would sound correct, right? Only I'm not talking about the football Ducks but the basketball version. It might be time to jump on some Oregon futures now while you can still get long odds: +5000 to win a national title at Sportsbook.ag.

College Basketball Handicapping: Possible Upset Games
by Trevor Whenham - 12/10/2013

Throughout the college basketball season, and especially in nonconference play, upsets of top teams by feisty underdogs are very common. Handicappers who can consistently spot these potential upsets can find some nice profits. Here are six games in the coming week in which the likely underdog is a live one:

College Basketball Handicapping: Top Freshmen
by Trevor Whenham - 12/5/2013

Freshmen seem to be playing an increased role every year in college basketball. This year, though, is particularly special. There are a stunning number of strong young players who are already making a big impact and who could do dramatically more as the season progresses and they grow as players.

College Basketball Handicapping: Potential Upcoming Upsets
by Trevor Whenham - 12/3/2013

As this young college basketball season has gotten underway, a theme that has emerged has been upsets of ranked teams by upstart squads. That’s usually the case in college basketball — winning games is never easy — but it seems to be even more common now than usual. Looking forward over the next week of action, here’s a look at six upstart teams that have a chance to beat their ranked (or higher-ranked) opponents:

College Basketball National Championship Odds and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 11/27/2013

The college basketball season is still ridiculously young. We still don’t really know anything about what will happen in March, but we have seen enough to get a first sense of where teams are at and what might be expected. That means that it’s a good time to check in for value in college basketball National Championship futures and offer up some predictions (all odds are from Sportsbook.ag):

How to Bet College Basketball Early-Season Tournaments
by Trevor Whenham - 11/21/2013

We’re heading into the preseason tournament portion of the college basketball season. Every year there are more and more of these. From the established and high-profile like Maui, Puerto Rico or the NIT to the truly obscure, there is something for everyone over the next couple of weeks. For bettors, these early tournaments can provide some very good opportunities for early profit. They can also be a money pit, though, if you make sloppy mistakes and fall into the traps these tournaments can lay for you.

College Basketball Handicapping: Potential Upsets
by Trevor Whenham - 11/19/2013

Last weekend we witnessed some big upsets in college basketball. Belmont over North Carolina. Iowa State beating Michigan. Indiana State over Notre Dame. Upsets are a big part of the sport, and a loss in November means very little to the true contenders when things really matter in March. Upsets can be very profitable for bettors, though, because the public backs the ranked teams and ignores live underdogs. Here are seven games in the next two weeks that could have the potential for upsets.

College Basketball Handicapping: Teams that Could Disappoint
by Trevor Whenham - 11/11/2013

When the college season starts, handicappers are challenged by being forced to predict how good teams are when we haven’t seen them play for a long time and don’t know how they have developed. As freshman are more and more ready to contribute at a high level right out of the gate, handicapping top teams gets even tougher because we have no way of knowing how good the freshmen will be, how quickly they will be relied upon, and how effectively they will mesh with the upperclassmen on the roster.

2013-14 ACC Basketball Predictions and Futures Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 11/1/2013

One of the most underrated stories in college basketball over the last five years has been the deterioration of the ACC. Once the premier conference in all of college basketball, the ACC had become a top-heavy mess. The ACC hasn’t finished higher than No. 4 in conference rankings in each of the past three years, and outside of Tobacco Road the level of play has fallen off drastically.

Free College Basketball Picks: Memphis Tigers Futures Odds
by George Monroy - 11/1/2013

The Memphis Tigers have earned three straight NCAA Tournament bids, and they are coming off of a solid 31-5 season were they won the Conference USA Tournament. The Tigers went on to be eliminated in the round of 32 by the Michigan State Spartans in a matchup that they were never competitive in. Memphis will start the 2013-14 men’s college basketball season in the American Athletic Conference, where they will probably be the favorite to win the 10-team conference and earn another bid into the postseason tournament.

2013-14 Big Ten Basketball Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/25/2013

The Big Ten enjoyed a fantastic 2012-13 college basketball season. They finished as the No. 1-ranked conference in the country, and Michigan carried the banner for the league all the way to the NCAA Championship Game. Indiana experienced a resurgence, and it was nothing but roses for one of the nation’s most stable and venerable leagues.

2013-14 Pac-12 Basketball Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/25/2013

The Pac-12 is having a very good year. After years on the fringes of the national conversation in both college football and college basketball, the Pac-12 has come roaring back. The football conference might be the best in the country, and the basketball league heads into the 2013-14 season bursting with promise.

2013-14 Mountain West Conference Basketball Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/25/2013

The Mountain West is the indefinable conference. The Mountain is too talented and too successful to be considered and dismissed as a “mid-major conference”. While the Pac-12 was sorting itself out over the last five years, the Mountain West produced some of the West’s best basketball. But the Mountain West also lacks the big-budget sizzle and overall pedigree of the BCS conferences like the Big East or the Big 12.

2013-14 Big 12 Basketball Predictions and Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/23/2013

Kansas has won (or shared) an unprecedented nine consecutive Big 12 regular season championships. Those nine straight banners have been remarkable considering the level of basketball played in the Big 12, which for my money has been the second-best college hoops conference over the last eight years, behind the Big East. This isn’t Gonzaga winning nine straight West Coast Conference Championships. This is the Jayhawks dominating one of the best leagues in the land.

NCAA Basketball National Championship Picks: Value Plays
by Robert Ferringo - 10/16/2013

So if you’re going to make a NCAA basketball futures bet, then you might as well do it the right way. I already discussed which teams I thought offered the worst odds to win the National Championship. Below are the teams that I think that offer the best value for gamblers looking to take on this long-term investment.

College Basketball National Championship Picks: Sucker Bets
by Robert Ferringo - 10/16/2013

I think that the value of betting on which team will win the National Championship is limited, at best. But for those of you that like the challenge, the first thing that you need to do for a successful college basketball futures is figure out which teams ARE NOT going to win the National Championship.

2103-14 American Athletic Conference Basketball Predictions and Futures Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/11/2013

College basketball’s first mega-conference, the Big East, had been a dominant force on the national hoops scene over the last several seasons. But due to maneuvers motivated by college football revenue, this offseason the Big East splintered into what seems like 100 different pieces.

2013 Big East Basketball Predictions and Futures Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 10/10/2013

You can’t kill The Beast. The Big East has been the dominant college basketball league in the country over the last five to 10 years. But when several of its flagship members, including Syracuse, Connecticut and Louisville, abandoned the Big East to chase football money in other leagues, that was supposed to be the beginning of the end for the conference.