The SEC Basketball Tournament begins on Thursday, March 11 at Atlanta, GA, and if the past five years are any indication, these games are a crapshoot from a betting perspective, at least in regards to sides. Other conference tournaments have been strongly biased against the spread over the past five years, most of them toward [...]
The NCAA Basketball conference tournaments begin this week, but the post-season tournaments for the six major conferences swing into action next week, including the ACC Tournament. Now we have long subscribed to the belief that not only is it generally a bad idea to simply bet on the better teams in these Conference Tournament games, [...]
The 2011 Big East Tournament begins on Tuesday, March 8, and as we often say with these post-season conference tournaments, the higher seeded teams are usually bad bets, as many of them are already assured NCAA Tournament berths while the underdogs usually need to win the tournament just to make it to the Big Dance, [...]
The mid-major NCAA Basketball conference tournaments begin this week, but major post-season conference tournaments do not commence until next week, including the 2011 Big Ten Tournament. We have always believed that betting underdogs is the best way to approach these conference tournaments, especially in the major conferences where the favorites are oftentimes already assured of [...]
The NCAA Tournament is still about four weeks away, but the conference tournaments that kick off in a week or so do make for a hearty appetizer. Perhaps the most important piece of betting advice we can give regarding conference tournaments is not only do the better teams not always win, but they are usually [...]
With Colorado and Nebraska set to embark on their final campaigns in the Big 12, the conference will soon have a different look to it. Here’s a look at four favorites and a viable longshot to win the regular season title in the Big 12: Baylor Bears (+265*) Baylor head coach Scott Drew has pumped [...]
With four teams ranked in the top 15 to begin the season, the Big 10 race is poised to be one of the most hard fought conference battles in the country this year. Here’s a look at four favorites and a viable longshot to win the regular season title in the Big 10: Michigan State [...]
After producing the last two national champions, the Atlantic Coast Conference will once again be one of the elite leagues in college hoops this year. Here’s a look at four favorites and a viable longshot to win the regular season title in the ACC: Duke Blue Devils (-200*) The defending national champions enter the season [...]
With a deep field of 16 teams in the Big East, the conference is arguably the most difficult league in the nation. Here’s a look at four favorites and a viable longshot to win the regular season title in the Big East: Pittsburgh Panthers (+250*) In his seven seasons at Pittsburgh, head coach Jamie Dixon [...]
While the Duke Blue Devils are a 6/1 favorite to repeat as the NCAA champions heading into the 2010-11 campaign, there are plenty of other solid contenders in the mix that could unseat Duke when March Madness rolls around. In addition, there is a deep group of sleeper squads that could rise up in the [...]
