The start of the 2011-12 NCAA basketball betting conference slate has already tipped off with the thick of it going down in the New Year. Is there a better time to take a look at the pointspread breakdown of teams that have excelled and failed against the spread? The following is a look at the teams that have treated CBB bettors favorably and … [Read more]

In 2009, the North Carolina Tar Heels won the National Championship Game, and they sent a whole slew of players into the NBA that next season as first round choices in the NBA Draft. Names like Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington, Tyler Hansbrough, Danny Green, and the crew all seemingly left, and though there were a number of good players left behind, we … [Read more]

Connecticut Huskies (-3.5) vs. Butler Bulldogs (129) This one's for the dogs, for sure! The Huskies and Bulldogs have fought through five rounds of games, and the two are going to square off against each other on Monday night for all of the marbles at Reliant Stadium in Houston. These two teams have clearly come from entirely different paths … [Read more]

#4 Connecticut Huskies (+2.5) vs. #3 Kentucky Wildcats (140) The Connecticut Huskies and the Kentucky Wildcats played each other earlier this season at the Maui Invitational, and at that point, we never really believed that either one of these teams were legit Final Four material. The Huskies were an unranked team just cracking into the Top … [Read more]

#8 Butler Bulldogs (-2.5) vs. #11 VCU Rams (133.5) My, what a game in store for us in this one! The number of teams from mid major conferences that have been to the Final Four is awfully small as it is, but we have never seen two teams from the non-Big Six conferences squaring off for the right to go to the finale on the first Monday of April … [Read more]

We have now reached the Final Four of the 2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament, and in the immortal words of the Grateful Dead, “What a long strange trip it’s been!” As you probably know, we have analyzed how each individual seed has done in every round of the tournament over the last 10 years, and we have already presented our findings … [Read more]

#4 Kentucky Wildcats (-1) vs. #2 North Carolina Tar Heels (146.5) The Wildcats and Tar Heels are used to playing each other, as they do so almost every single season. North Carolina has gotten the better of the proceedings of late, winning seven out of eight and going 7-0-1 ATS over the course of that stretch. Both of these teams are … [Read more]

We are now continuing our series on how each individual seed has done in each round of the NCAA Tournament over the past 10 years, moving on to the Elite Eight, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday of this week. Interestingly, no number nine seed has made it to the Elite Eight since the 2001 Tournament, but yet two 10th seeds, two 11th … [Read more]

#8 Butler Bulldogs (+3) vs. #2 Florida Gators (132) Is it just us, or are the Gators really doing nothing but living their past in this NCAA Tournament? They have already taken out the UCLA Bruins, a team that they played in the National Championship Game a few years ago, and now they avenged the loss from last year's title game against the BYU … [Read more]

#3 BYU Cougars (+3) vs. #2 Florida Gators (149) This is a great rematch from last year's NCAA Tournament, as the Gators were knocked out of the dance in the first round by the Cougs. Florida returns basically its entire team from last season, but the problem is that BYU also has back Jimmer Fredette. Unless Head Coach Billy Donovan has figured out … [Read more]