2019 NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions: Midwest Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/20/2019

One of the tenants of chaos theory is that that if you focus long enough and hard enough on dynamic, highly-sensitive, and seemingly random systems, then patterns actually start to emerge. There is no system in sports more imbued with chaos than the NCAA Tournament.

2019 March Madness Bracket Predictions: South Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/20/2019

Last year Virginia was obviously the most overrated team in the field. This year you could argue that they are underrated. And while I was selling the Cavs heading into last year's Big Dance, I am somewhat bullish on Virginia this year. If the Cavaliers are going to earn that elusive slot in the Final Four, they are certainly going to have to earn it. Heavyweights like Tennessee and Villanova, as well as top-tier programs like Wisconsin, Oregon, and Purdue, all stand in their way.

2019 March Madness Bracket Picks: Expert Predictions for West Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/18/2019

Every year there is one region that is so brutally loaded with potential Final Four participants that it is dubbed "The Region of Death". Well, this year it is the West Region, and frankly it's not even close. Gonzaga, Syracuse and Michigan have all been the Final Four in the past three years. Florida and Florida State have each made the Elite Eight in the past three years. This region features two of the best offensive players in the country (Marquette's Markus Howard and Murray State's Ja Morant), while also featuring two of the best defensive teams in the country (Syracuse and Texas Tech).

2019 March Madness Bracket Predictions: Expert Picks for East Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/18/2019

In general, I think that the NCAA Tournament selection committee did a pretty decent job with this year's field. It is a weaker, more watered-down field than we've seen in the tournament in several years, and there weren't all that many difficult decisions to be made. Setting the field was a layup, and the committee didn't blow it.

2019 Big East Tournament Expert Picks with Odds and Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/13/2019

The Big East Tournament has become a rite of March. The league's championship has been held at The Mecca of Basketball, Madison Square Garden, every season dating back to 1983. This year's Big East Tournament will be held from March 13 through March 16, and it should be one of the most exciting, most unpredictable, and most emotional tournaments in the nation.

2019 Atlantic 10 Tournament Expert Picks with Odds and Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/13/2019

It has been another rough year for the Atlantic 10. Last season wasn't great. But Davidson's surprise win in last season's league tournament - and a surprise at-large bid for St. Bonaventure - helped secure the league's 12th straight season ranked as a Top 10 league in college basketball.

2019 Pac-12 Tournament Expert Picks with Odds and Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/13/2019

I invented a drinking game for watching Pac-12 college basketball games that noted UCLA alum calls as an announcer. Every time Walton says the phrase, conference of champions you take a drink. I can assure you that you will be hammered by halftime.

2019 Mountain West Tournament Expert Picks with Odds and Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/13/2019

On Tuesday night Gonzaga proved on a truism of March Madness: no team is unbeatable. No matter how big of a juggernaut a team is, no matter how much they dominate their league, no matter how big of a favorite they are in their league tournament, no one single team is unbeatable.

2019 Big 12 Tournament Expert Picks with Odds and Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/12/2019

For the first time in 15 years, the Big 12 Tournament will begin without Kansas as the regular-season champions. The Jayhawks had their string of 14 straight regular-season outright or co-champion titles snapped. And they head into the league championship determined to defend last year's tournament crown.

2019 Big Ten Tournament Expert Picks with Odds and Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/12/2019

Last year's Big Ten Tournament was a fiasco. The league held their conference tournament a full week before the rest of the major conferences and two weeks prior to the NCAA Tournament. They also decided to hold the tournament in New York City, home to absolutely no one in the Big Ten.

2019 SEC Tournament Expert Picks with Odds and Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/12/2019

For most of the last decade, the SEC has been a bit of joke when it comes to college basketball. Especially compared to how dominant this sports-crazed league is with regards to college football. From 2009 to 2017, the SEC earned just 35 total bids to the NCAA Tournament. That's an average of fewer than four bids per season, and that's not nearly good enough for a top-tier league. Yet last season the league sent eight teams - more than twice their average - to The Big Dance, and this season appears to be set up for more of the same.

2019 ACC Tournament Expert Picks with Odds and Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/11/2019

The ACC Tournament is back in Carolina. The last two years this league went honeymooning in New York City, and in 2016 they were moonlighting in Washington D.C. But now the boys of the Atlantic Coast Conference are going to settle their championship in their own backyard, spending the week wrestling in the state's capital.

2019 Sun Belt Tournament Expert Picks with Odds and Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/11/2019

The Sun Belt Conference is usually one of the most parity-driven mid-major leagues in college basketball. This year that seemed to shift, though, and the Sun Belt experienced one of its most top-heavy conference seasons in recent memory. Four teams won 12 or more league games, and just one single game separated the No. 1 seed from the No. 4 seed.

2019 West Coast Conference Tournament Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/6/2019

Gonzaga needs to just join the Pac-12 and be done with it. Maybe at least wander into the Mountain West. The Bulldogs' lack of a FBS-caliber football team would preclude any move from happening. But at this point it's not even fun watching Gonzaga absolutely demolish the West Coast Conference. Gonzaga, which is currently the No. 1 team in the country, has gone 16-0 in conference play this year while outscoring league opponents by 25 points per game.

2019 Missouri Valley Tournament Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/5/2019

Arch Madness will never be the same. With Creighton and Wichita State having moved on to the greener pastures of major conference basketball, the Missouri Valley is missing two of its biggest, best and most accomplished programs. On one hand, it has made the MVC Tournament much more balanced and wide open. On the other hand, one decade ago the Missouri Valley Conference was one of the Top 10 leagues in the country. This year it is No. 17.

2019 Ohio Valley Tournament Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/5/2019

The Legend of Ja Morant has been one of the most interesting subplots in mid-major basketball this year. The unstoppable Morant, a likely lottery pick in this summer's NBA draft, leads a high-flying Murray State team that is looking to get back to the NCAA Tournament after its last cameo in The Big Dance.

2019 Southern Conference Tournament Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/5/2019

I know this sounds unbelievable but it is absolutely true: the Southern Conference could end up with the same amount of NCAA Tournament teams as the Pac-12 this year. Now, part of that statement is an indictment of just how pathetic the Pac-12 has been this year. Yet it is should also shine some light on the fact that this might have been the best collective season of basketball in SoCon history.

Best Mid-Major Betting Teams in College Basketball: Time to Buy or Sell?
by Robert Ferringo - 2/26/2019

On Friday I broke down the five most profitable major conference teams in college basketball betting this year. Today I am going to take a look at the five best mid-major bets in the sport this season and figure out if we she tail or fade these teams as we head into March.

Best Betting Teams in College Basketball: Time to Buy or Sell?
by Robert Ferringo - 2/21/2019

Today we're going to take a look at the five most profitable teams in college basketball this year and determine if there is more value betting on them or against them the rest of the way. It helps to look at these teams as stocks. Each of them has overperformed against market expectations this season, as indicated by their positive records against the spread.

NCAA Tournament Projections and Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 2/7/2019

This is a great year to be an NCAA Tournament bubble team. We are still more than a month out from Selection Sunday, and there is a lot of college basketball to be played. But a quick scan of the field tells me there will be a whole bunch of teams going dancing this year that wouldn't get a sniff of The Big Dance in most normal years.