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College Basketball: The Four Seasons

There are four seasons packed into a college basketball year: Non-conference play, conference play, conference tournament time and postseason action (NIT and March Madness). Each has unique attributes. Non-conference action starts off the year where teams are getting acquainted with new personnel and facing many schools they’ve never played before. Conference action finds teams battling for positioning against teams they face two or three times every year, while tournament time in February... 

The Scoop on Home Courts – Part II

Next time you watch a college of pro basketball game, watch what happens when a player at home makes a great block or dives out of bounds to save a loose ball. The fans will erupt at the player’s effort. This all-out effort on the court can be contagious, and you’ll often see that player run down the court, followed by teammates who will copy his all-out effort at both ends of the floor. The crowd noise will grow even louder, which can result in momentum for the home team. This is why opposing... 

Basketball Handicapping: Home Court Advantage

“We’ll get ‘em on our court.” You’ll hear professional and college athletes say things like this all year, be it in basketball’s post or regular season. College basketball teams often play twice against conference opponents during the regular season, with each team splitting a game between their home court and the opponent’s. Other times, teams can meet on a neutral court during tournament play and sometimes teams meet a third time in February and March during tourney time. What’s... 

College Basketball Handicapping: Back to Back Road Games

I remember 1984 well growing up in Cleveland. The Browns were struggling, the young Cavaliers were looking for a shining star in the NBA draft, and the Indians were still searching for their first World Series title since 1948. How times have changed! While the year might have been a bit thin on hope for Cleveland’s pro franchises, ’84 was more enriching for me. That’s when I began my sports handicapping career examining basketball sides and totals. I started out strictly as a basketball... 

Final Four Preview 2011

It is a great weekend for sports fans with the Final Four and the culmination of the college basketball season next Monday in Houston for the national championship. It is clear that it is not the teams the start the season hot, but the ones that get hot when it really matters — March and April! Many things happen over the course of a long season. Some teams play great basketball in December and January, only to break down from injuries or run out of steam down the stretch. Villanova is a good... 

March Madness Bracket Tips: Motivation

While watching all the tournament games this week, does anything stand out? How about all the upsets? As usual, upsets and surprises dominated the highlights. George Mason did it again, a team that went to the Final Four in 2006; VCU not only beat Georgetown but blasted them, 74-56, and Louisville going down on opening night. Upsets happen a lot in March and will continue. Sometimes it’s matchups, but other times it is interest and motivation. That explains the demise of Tennessee, pulling a no-show... 

NCAA Tournament Bracket Tips 2011

It’s the final stretch of a long college basketball season. There are better teams, tougher matchups, and defensive intensity. It’s a good time of the season to look backward — to look back, that is, to conference regular season tourney play and early season matches against different conferences. That’s because it can be tougher to analyze matchups during the Big Dance, with teams like Vandy and Louisville from the East heading out West to play, which happened in Round One. Even... 

March Madness Tips: Beware of the No-Name Teams

It’s that time of year again: Basketball games night and day, day and night and after a few hours of sleep, we wake up the next day and go through it all over again. College tournament play is one of the most enjoyable times of the year for sports fans and bettors, with a seemingly endless stream of action and excitement. Big name schools often end up playing for the title. Florida of the SEC took home back to back national championships by beating UCLA and Ohio State in 2006 and ’07.... 

March Madness Predictions: Potential Cinderellas

Every year there are teams that are surprisingly strong at the NCAA Tournament. They might not get a whole lot of attention coming in, but they are ready to play, they are talented, and they make some noise. Obviously it’s not always easy to see these Cinderella teams coming — if it were then they wouldn’t be surprises. You can make a guess about who will come through, though. Here are my March Madness predictions for four teams that look to me like they have the potential to shine: Michigan... 

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