College Basketball Handicapping Articles

College Basketball Handicapping: Bottom 5 ATS Money Burners
by Aaron Smith - 1/23/2013

There aren’t any unbeaten teams left in college basketball. While a team’s overall win/loss record gets the most publicity in the media,, to a bettor it really is who covers the spread that matters most. Last week, we took a look at the teams with the best record against the spread. This week, we’ll look at the bottom five teams ATS.

College Basketball Handicapping: Predicting the Line on Marquee Matchups
by Aaron Smith - 1/21/2013

For the second straight week, the nation’s No. 1 team fell on Saturday afternoon against a conference foe. This week it was Syracuse that pulled off the upset to knock off the Louisville Cardinals on the road. The rest of the top teams held up well in the past week. Michigan bounced back from a tough loss at Ohio State to knock off a very good Minnesota team on the road.

College Basketball Handicapping: Top 5 ATS Teams
by Aaron Smith - 1/17/2013

The college basketball season is a couple months old. There are no remaining unbeatens. As conference play gets going at full speed, the action will just get hotter over the coming weeks. For most bettors, the most important factor is who covers the pointspread and who doesn’t.

College Basketball Handicapping: Surprising Teams
by Trevor Whenham - 1/17/2013

By the time the conference season starts in college basketball, we have seen teams play a lot of games over two months. That means that we think we know what to expect from them, and for the most part we are right. Sometimes, though, teams are either much better or much worse than we expected them to be once the games really matter. For bettors who can spot those teams, that can lead to very profitable betting opportunities.

College Basketball Handicapping: the Importance of Injuries
by Robert Ferringo - 1/15/2013

Duke is not the same team without Ryan Kelly. It’s one thing to say that. But it is another thing to see the Blue Devils in action and realize how much they miss their 6-feet-10 swing forward. Duke suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, 84-76, at North Carolina State. Without their third-leading scorer, second-leading rebounder, and sharpest three-point shooter, they were outscored, outrebounded and shot just 30 percent from deep in their ACC defeat.

College Basketball Handicapping: Predicting the Line on Marquee Matchups
by Aaron Smith - 1/15/2013

In last week’s edition of this weekly article, I predicted that both Arizona and Duke would fall from the ranks of the unbeaten. Indeed, both of those teams lost their first game of the year. The part that I didn’t see coming was that all the remaining unbeaten teams would lose in the same week. Wyoming, Arizona, Duke, and Michigan all fell last week. For yet another season, there will be no teams that finish the year without a blemish on their record.

Notre Dame at St. John’s Picks and College Basketball Odds
by Dave Schwab - 1/14/2013

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will look to get back to their winning ways this Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden when they tangle with the St. John’s Red Storm in a Big East Conference matchup. The game is set to tip off at 7 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2.

Baylor at Kansas Picks and College Basketball Odds
by Alan Matthews - 1/14/2013

It would surprise no one if Monday night’s Baylor-Kansas matchup is a preview of the Big 12 Tournament Championship Game. Despite losing stars Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor off last year’s national runner-up team, KU was the overwhelming preseason conference favorite as usual. KU was the regular-season Big 12 champ a year ago and has either won or shared the regular-season title in the conference in each of the past eight seasons.

Duke at NC State Picks and College Basketball Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 1/11/2013

Can you have a basketball game with two favorites? No. 1 Duke heads down Tabaco Road to take on No. 21 NC State at noon on Saturday. This is one of the biggest games in the ACC this season, and the first of two matchups takes place in Raleigh.

Looking Back at the Week in College Basketball Betting
by Trevor Whenham - 1/11/2013

As we get ready for another big week in college basketball action, with conference play all around, here’s a look back at the highs and lows of Top 25 action from the past week from a college basketball betting perspective:

Creighton at Missouri State Picks and College Basketball Odds
by Alan Matthews - 1/10/2013

Welcome to my first Friday NCAA basketball preview of the season. Fridays are definitely the worst day of the week in terms of quality teams in action in college basketball. But it will give me a chance to take a look at some good mid-major teams (and Ivy League schools) that otherwise might be overlooked. And there might not be a better mid-major this season than No. 13 Creighton -- sorry, I no longer consider Gonzaga a mid-major with its decade-plus run of success. Other than the Zags, Creighton is the highest-ranked non-BCS conference school in the country, just ahead of Butler in the AP poll.

Arizona at Oregon Picks and College Basketball Odds
by Dave Schwab - 1/9/2013

The Arizona Wildcats will look to remain perfect on the season when they head to the Great Northwest to face the Oregon Ducks in a Thursday night Pac-12 clash. All the action from Matthew Knight Arena is set to get underway at 9 p.m. (ET) and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2.

Clemson at Duke Picks and College Basketball Odds
by Dave Schwab - 1/7/2013

The Clemson Tigers will face their toughest test of the season this Tuesday night when they go on the road to square off against the No.1 Duke Blue Devils in Durham. All the action from Cameron Indoor Stadium is set to get underway at 7 p.m. (ET), and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.

Indiana at Penn State Picks and College Basketball Odds
by Alan Matthews - 1/7/2013

It’s a rare Monday night Big Ten game as No. 5 Indiana visits Penn State in Big Ten action – neither team will play another regular-season game on a Monday. That night is now the province of the Big East and Big 12 generally on ESPN (this one is on Big Ten Network).

College Basketball Handicapping: Predicting the Line on Marquee Matchups
by Aaron Smith - 1/6/2013

The New Year is here, and the Duke Blue Devils are still unbeaten and sitting on top of the college basketball rankings. College basketball will continue to take a bit of a back seat to college football and the NFL for the next couple weeks, so bettors may still have a chance to find a little extra value in college hoops right now.

Ohio State at Illinois Picks and College Basketball Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 1/4/2013

While the dead cold of winter and coming of the New Year attends the dying embers of one college sport, football, we can throw a new log on the fire and stoke the flames of regional rivalries and gambling debauchery thanks to the dawn of college basketball’s conference season.

Colorado vs. Arizona Picks and College Basketball Betting Odds
by Dave Schwab - 1/2/2013

The Colorado Buffaloes will face a tall task in their Pac-12 season opener when they go on the road to square off against one of the hottest teams in the nation in the No.3 Arizona Wildcats. Thursday night’s matchup from the McKale Center is set to tip off at 8 p.m. (ET), and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.

College Basketball Handicapping: Predicting the Line on Marquee Matchups
by Aaron Smith - 12/30/2012

Most of the sports world is paying attention to college football right now, but bettors looking for value should keep an eye on college basketball as the New Year nears. The oddsmakers tend to spend a little less time on these college hoops matchups this time of the season, so there is always that chance of finding some soft lines.

UNLV at North Carolina Picks and College Basketball Betting Odds
by Alan Matthews - 12/28/2012

It’s quite a rarity in Saturday afternoon’s game between No. 20 UNLV and North Carolina: It’s only the fifth time the Tar Heels’ 179 nonconference games at the Smith Center that the opposition is ranked and UNC isn’t. Carolina is 2-2 in those matchups, with the last such happening on Dec. 10, 2010, with the Heels beating No. 10 Kentucky, 75-73. As the school Web site points out, expect a great game Saturday as three of those previous four occurrences have been decided in the final 20 seconds.

College Basketball Picks: New Mexico vs. Cincinnati Odds and Predictions
by Dave Schwab - 12/26/2012

The New Mexico Lobos will look to get back to their winning ways when they square off against the undefeated Cincinnati Bearcats this Thursday night at Fifth Third Arena. The game is set to tip off at 9 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2. The Lobos cracked the AP’s Top 25 with an impressive 12-0 straight up start but quickly retreated from the latest rankings after an ugly 70-65 loss to South Dakota State as 15-point favorites at home this past Saturday.