2017 AL West Picks and Expert MLB Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/31/2017

The American League West should again provide one of the most entertaining division races in all of baseball. With two-time defending West champions in Texas, potential powerhouses in Houston and Seattle, and under-the-radar spoilers in Los Angeles and Oakland, this division has a little bit of everything.

2017 NL West Picks and Expert MLB Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/31/2017

The Dodgers are absolutely loaded and one of the favorites to win the World Series, finally. The Giants have to be respected for the fact that they've won three championships already this decade, and they are always a threat. Arizona has a pitching staff that, with a break or two, could be one of the best in the N.L. and Colorado has a lineup that is among the best in all of baseball. The Padres, well, they are pathetic. But the West has four teams that I expect to be competing for postseason opportunities.

2017 NL East Picks and Expert MLB Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/30/2017

It's hard not to think of the National League East as a division full of losers. Sure, that's a bit misleading. The East has been one of the deepest and most consistently competitive divisions in baseball for the past two decades. But there is also no denying that the East has also been home to some of MLB's biggest postseason underachievers during that same stretch. From the old Braves teams that you just knew weren't going to win in October, to the loveable loser Mets, to the current Nationals, who are still waiting for their first postseason series win, the East has become a breeding ground for playoff futility.

2017 AL East Picks and Expert MLB Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/29/2017

There are outstanding rivalries throughout every division in baseball. But the American League East still sets the standard for all-out war in terms of its division race. All five teams in the East are more than capable of putting together a playoff run, and there is absolutely zero margin for error with a group as stacked as this one. Throw in some good old-fashioned hatred and longstanding feuds, and this entire division is a powder keg.

2017 AL Central Picks and Expert MLB Betting Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/28/2017

Last fall Cleveland was one excruciating extra-inning loss in Game 7 away from its first World Series title in nearly 70 years. With a core of ascending talent locked up, a loaded young rotation, and a reasonable payroll situation on the heels of last year's success, the Indians look like a very stable franchise with a multiple-year window open for winning that first championship since 1948.

NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions: South Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/14/2017

Three of the greatest college basketball programs in history highlight the field in this year's South Region. North Carolina, Kentucky and UCLA have combined for a stunning 25 National Championships and are the top three seeds in this bracket. Not only do these programs have the pedigree of proven long-term winners. But they also feature star-studded rosters and at least five players that are likely to be among the Top 20 NBA draft picks this summer.

March Madness Bracket Predictions: Midwest Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/14/2017

The Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament is absolutely stacked! Of the 16 teams in this quadrant we have the Big 12 regular-season and tournament champions, the Big Ten regular-season and tournament champions, the Pac-12 regular-season champion, the second-best team in the ACC's regular season, and the Big East runner-up. And that is to say nothing of the some of the best mid-major teams in the country with Nevada, Rhode Island and Vermont all ready to spring an upset.

March Madness Bracket Predictions: West Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/14/2017

It seems like every year around this time I am caught making an argument for why people need to stop underrated teams from out West. Whether it is a Pac-12 powerhouse that I felt has been underseeded or some Mountain West mid-major that I'm making an upset case for, I find myself constantly defending teams from the Left Coast.

NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions: East Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/14/2017

Villanova enters the NCAA Tournament as the defending National Champion and the No. 1 ranked team in the country. The Wildcats are 31-3 and the Big East regular-season and tournament champions. They were posted by the selection committee as the No. 1 overall seed in the entire tournament.

2017 SEC Conference Tournament Predictions with College Basketball Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/9/2017

I listened to an interview of an SEC athletic director on Wednesday morning. He was lamenting the fact that the ACC is projected to get nine or even 10 teams in the NCAA Tournament. While the SEC, probably the worst of the major conferences in basketball, was looking at earning four or five bids at most.

2017 Big 12 Conference Tournament Predictions with College Basketball Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/8/2017

No one dominates like Kansas dominates. The Jayhawks have won the Big 12 regular season an astounding 13 straight times, completely owning one of the best leagues in the country. They've been only slightly more susceptible in the conference tournament, winning the Big 12 title seven times in 17 opportunities since the turn of the century.

2017 Pac-12 Conference Tournament Predictions with College Basketball Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/8/2017

Oregon, Arizona and UCLA give Bill Walton's "conference of champions" a legitimate shot at one in the NCAA Tournament. But first things first. And this league, which had just one game separate those three powerhouse programs this year, will need to crown a conference champion.

2017 Big East Conference Tournament Predictions with College Basketball Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/8/2017

With all the change that the Big East has undergone this decade it is nice to know that some things about this league will never die. And holding its conference tournament at Basketball Mecca is one of them. The Big East Tournament will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York this week and here is Doc's Sports 2017 Big East Conference Tournament preview.

2017 Big Ten Conference Tournament Predictions with College Basketball Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/7/2017

Perhaps no conference in the country experienced the talent drain that the Big Ten endured during this past offseason. The result has been a parity-driven league that saw several big-name programs rise and fall (and vice versa) throughout a harried conference campaign. But that parity and inconsistency has had another consequence: it has made the Big Ten Tournament one of the most intriguing conference championships in the country this week, with a host of storylines and a seemingly endless crop of teams fighting for NCAA Tournament berths, along with a league banner.

2017 ACC Tournament Predictions with College Basketball Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/6/2017

The ACC is invading NYC this week, with the men's ACC Conference basketball tournament taking place in Brooklyn this weekend. The ACC's 15-team Franken-tournament is the largest of the major conference tournaments and will have long-reaching ramifications not just in regards of crowning a league champion but also for setting up next week's NCAA Tournament field.

2017 Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Predictions with College Basketball Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/6/2017

I'm not exactly sure when it happened, but the Atlantic 10 has become the No. 1 mid-major conference in the country. And unless St. Mary's makes the field out of the WCC then this appears to be the only non-major conference set to receive multiple bids to the NCAA Tournament.

Joe Lunardi and ESPN Bracketology a Complete Fraud
by Robert Ferringo - 3/6/2017

I have nothing against Joe Lunardi personally. But perhaps more than any other person on television Lunardi has become the "voice" of NCAA Tournament predictions despite the fact that, in my opinion, his whole facade is nothing more than corporate-sponsored branding. In short, Joe Lunardi and his self-proclaimed "Bracketology" is a fraud.

March Madness Projections & NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions
by Robert Ferringo - 3/3/2017

The most glorious month of the sports betting calendar is upon is. For 31 days the college basketball-loving world will be inundated with buzzer beaters, back-door covers, bubbles bursting and big shots everywhere. It can be a gambler's paradise - or a nightmare. But either way, it is always an adrenaline-addled thrill ride that encapsulates everything we love and loathe in terms of sports, competition, gambling and Life on Earth here, now, in this Year of Our Lord 2017.

2017 West Coast Conference Tournament Predictions with College Basketball Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/2/2017

There are a lot of stats that you can point to as evidence of Gonzaga's sheer and utter dominance this year. And not just dominance over the West Coast Conference. But the Bulldogs, who are 29-1, dominated college basketball. Some of the luster was lost after the Bulldogs lost their final home game of the season to BYU. But on the whole this team put forward one of the best regular seasons we've seen in college basketball this century.

2017 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Predictions with NCAA Basketball Betting Odds
by Robert Ferringo - 3/2/2017

Arch Madness, also known as the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, is one of the first conference tournaments to be played and kind of an unofficial indicator that The Madness of March has begun. Like most recent seasons, there are two powerhouse teams at the top of the league and then a bunch of also-rans. However, I feel like the gap between those top two clubs is shorter than the win-loss records suggest.