Free Final Four Picks: Ohio State vs. Kansas Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/27/2012

Saturday’s Final Four opener in New Orleans between Louisville and Kentucky will probably get the majority of the hype as those two intrastate rivals face off on college basketball’s biggest stage for the first time in their storied rivalry. It definitely makes for good press. But the late game between No. 2 seeds Ohio State and Kansas isn’t exactly chopped liver. And just like UK-U of L, it’s a rematch of a December showdown.

Final Four Betting Predictions for NCAA Totals
by David Schwab - 3/26/2012

There are just three more games left in this year’s NCAA Tournament before we crown a new NCAA National Champion. Hopefully you have been cleaning up on betting the sides for this year’s tournament games, but there is a tremendous opportunity to add to your overall return on investment with a few timely wagers the total line for this Saturday’s Final Four matchups.

March Madness Free Picks: Indiana vs. Kentucky, Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/21/2012

There is one regular-season rematch in the Sweet 16 and it comes in the second game Friday night in South Region at Atlanta as No. 1 Kentucky, the 11/5 overall favorite to win the NCAA title, faces No. 4 Indiana. The winner of that one gets the Xavier-Baylor victor on Sunday for a trip to the Final Four.

March Madness Sweet 16 Props Odds and Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/21/2012

We are down to a Sweet 16 from 68, with the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend set to tip off on Thursday night in the East Region (Boston) and West Region (Phoenix). So it’s time to do a Bovada props reset from the opening of the Big Dance.

NCAA Tournament Handicapping: Hedging Your Bets in the Sweet 16
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 3/21/2012

If you still have a dog in the race that is March Madness, consider yourself lucky. Whether it is a bracket in a big-money pool still capable of winning or a future prop bet still standing, surviving the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament not only gives you something to look forward to during the Sweet 16 on Thursday and Friday, but it also gives you plenty of chances to hedge to ensure you are rewarded for making it this far unscathed.

Sweet 16 Free Picks: Louisville vs. Michigan State Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/20/2012

There is only one game in the Sweet 16 matching conference tournament champions, and it’s Thursday night’s West Region semifinal in Phoenix as fourth seed and Big East Tournament champion Louisville (28-9) faces Big Ten tourney king and top-seeded Michigan State (29-7). The winner gets the Florida-Marquette winner on Saturday for a trip to the Final Four.

NCAA Tournament Handicapping: The Sweet 16 Contenders
by Darin Zank - 3/20/2012

After one of the more entertaining opening weekends of the NCAA tournament that I can remember we're down to 16 teams. So as sportsbooks everywhere adjust their Big Dance betting odds, here's a quick look at who's left standing, ranked in order of what I think their chances are of cutting down the nets in New Orleans April 2. Without further ado, here are my Sweet 16 contenders:

2012 Sweet 16 Predictions and Betting Advice
by T.O. Whenham - 3/20/2012

Let’s not over-complicate this introduction. The Sweet 16 is about to get underway. Here are five things that I predict will happen in those eight hopefully great games: These Sweet 16 predictions can help with college basketball betting for this week’s games.

Sweet 16 Betting Odds: Underdog Value
by T.O. Whenham - 3/20/2012

And then there were 16. The field for Thursday and Friday’s Sweet 16 is set. For the first time ever it includes four representatives from one state — Ohio, in this case. It is also the first time in more than 60 years that there have been no teams in the pacific or mountain time zones. Sadly, my beloved Michigan Wolverines decided to play as badly as they can play in their opener and they aren’t included, either.

NCAA Tournament Handicapping: March Madness Surprises
by T.O. Whenham - 3/20/2012

We’re only two games into the NCAA Tournament, but already more than three-quarters of the teams that made the field have been sent home. There have obviously been some surprises — Duke and Missouri certainly weren’t expecting to have this much free time on their hands at this point. Despite the early surprises, though, this tournament is running relatively close to expectations — and relatively short of drama so far as a result.

NCAA Tournament - Sweet 16 Futures Odds and Predictions
by David Schwab - 3/20/2012

The original field of 68 teams for this season’s NCAA Tournament has been pared down to the Sweet 16 through three rounds of games. And while a few top seeds fell by the wayside, the majority of the favorites, including all four No.1 seeds, are still in the hunt for this year’s national title.

College Basketball Betting: Hot or Not Handicapping Report
by David Schwab - 3/19/2012

This year’s NCAA Tournament’s field of 68 teams has been whittled-down to just 16 after three rounds of action. While all 16 teams head into the regional semifinals in solid form on the court, we are more concerned with their form where it counts the most; against the spread.

NCAA Tournament Betting Picks: Ohio University vs. Michigan Odds and Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/14/2012

The irony of Friday night’s second-round Midwest Region NCAA Tournament game in Nashville between Ohio University and Michigan is that Wolverines football Coach Brady Hoke refuses to call Michigan’s hated rivals Ohio State that full name just out of principle – the Buckeyes are simply referred to as Ohio. Well, the “real” Ohio is UM’s first opponent in the Big Dance and these Bobcats did something that their state-brethren Buckeyes didn’t in basketball this season: win their conference tournament championship.

NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Odds and Free Pick
by Alan Matthews - 3/14/2012

Last season when Bovada (then still Bodog) released the pre-NCAA Tournament odds, Kansas wasn’t the No. 1 overall seed but the favorites to cut down the nets. Thus, it was no surprise that Jayhawks star Marcus Morris, the Big 12 Player of the Year, was the opening favorite to win the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player award. You aren’t going to win this award if your team isn’t playing for a National Championship, it’s as simple as that (it’s really the Final Four MOP award).

2012 March Madness Bracket Predictions: Midwest Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/13/2012

If you want proof of the mid-major invasion into this year’s NCAA Tournament you just have to look at the Midwest (St. Louis) Region. Teams from the six BCS conferences fill only seven of the 16 slots in this region. That is the second-fewest only to the West Region, which has just six slots filled by teams from the power conferences.

2012 March Madness Bracket Predictions: East Region
by Robert Ferringo - 3/13/2012

What a difference a loss makes. Last week Syracuse was 30-1 and was the clear-cut No. 2 favorite to win the National Championship. At the same time, Ohio State was coming off a mammoth win at Michigan State to earn a piece of the Big Ten title and was positioning itself to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

2012 March Madness Predictions: Potential Cinderellas
by Darin Zank - 3/13/2012

Watching ESPN Sunday night almost made me sick, with that band of squares, also known as their board of “experts” going so top-heavy with their Final Four picks they laughed at themselves. How much do you need to know to take Kentucky, Michigan State, Syracuse and North Carolina to go to the Final Four? There's no big challenge in that.

NCAA Tournament Free Picks: Gonzaga vs. West Virginia Odds and Predictions
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 3/13/2012

Gonzaga got to the NCAA Tournament the same way they always do, by winning a few big nonconference games (Notre Dame and at Xavier) and finishing in the top two of the West Coast Conference. St. Mary’s won the regular season and postseason tournament, with the Zags finishing in second.

March Madness Betting Trends: Handicapping the No. 1 Seeds
by T.O. Whenham - 3/13/2012

For the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament there is nothing more prestigious that they could have earned heading into the tournament. While the top seeding ultimately guarantees them nothing, it does make their path to a championship easier than any other seed. A No. 1 has never lost a first-round matchup in 108 tries since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, 94 of those 108 teams have advanced to the Sweet 16, and 16 of the 27 tournament winners in that time have been top seeds.

March Madness Predictions: Reseeding the Brackets
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 3/13/2012

The NCAA Selection Committee and Las Vegas oddsmakers do not see eye-eye when it comes to seeding NCAA Tournament teams. That is quickly evident by a look at the March Madness point spreads and NCAA Tournament future odds. Of course, the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds will be favored by a large sum but it is not at all rare to see a No. 12 seed favored over a No. 5 seed.