Top-ranked Duke (23-3) is a 2/1 favorite to win the 2019 NCAA college basketball championship this year, but both North Carolina and Kentucky pulled off a couple of upsets to improve to 8/1 odds. Gonzaga (25-2) beat Duke earlier in the season at the Maui Invitational in Hawaii. The Zags […]
College Basketball
Demise of Pac-12 Basketball: Washington Huskies Best of a Sorry Bunch
The Pac-12 is on the verge of sending only one team, the Washington Huskies, to the college basketball tournament this season, which would be the first time in its history that an at-large team from the Pac-12 did not advance to March Madness. The Pac-12 does not have any teams […]
March Madness Bubble Watch: Iceland’s Jon Axel Gudmundsson and Davidson
If Davidson (19-7), led by Jon Axel Gudmundsson from Iceland, does not win the Atlantic 10 conference tournament, the Wildcats might not have enough wins to gain an at-large bid to March Madness this year. Davidson and VCU (20-6) are the two best teams in the A10 right now. Their […]
Mike Daum and South Dakota State Jackrabbits Seeking First March Madness Win
Mike Daum, the all-time leading scorer from the South Dakota Jackrabbits (21-7), is closing in on 3,000 points and the senior forward hopes he can secure the Jackrabbits their first victory in March Madness after SDSU lost their five previous games in the annual college basketball tournament. SDSU, located in […]
Mid-Majors Watch: Lottery Pick Ja Morant and Murray State
Sophomore guard Ja Morant is having a sensational season for the Murray State Racers (21-4) and he’s poised to become the first college player to average 20 points and 10 assists over a full season. Morant leads Murray State in scoring with 24.3 points and 10.2 assists per game. NBA […]
College Basketball Watch: Three Duncan Brothers from Vermont
The Vermont Catamounts (19-5), led by the three Duncan brothers, are currently in first place in the America East and trying to win an automatic bid to March Madness for a second time in three years. Vermont posted ten straight 20-win seasons. They’re one win away from eleven straight. Last […]
College Basketball Watch: Don’t Sleep On Ivy League’s Yale
Midway through the Ivy League season, Yale (15-4) is in first place and trying to win a bid to March Madness for the first time since 2016. Yale has won eight games in a row at home and currently hold a 5-1 record in the Ivy League. Princeton, Harvard, and […]
No. 2 Duke Easy Win Over Virginia, Frosh RJ Barrett Drops 26
In one of the biggest matchups of the college basketball season, freshman RJ Barrett scored 26 points for #2 Duke and the Blue Devils defeated #3 Virginia at home 81-71 Two of the top three teams in the country faced off in a game so special that NBA stars LeBron […]
College Basketball Teams to Watch: Last Year’s Cinderella Story Loyola-Chicago
Loyola-Chicago (15-9) took March Madness by storm last year and became the Cinderella story of the 2018 college basketball tournament, but this season the Ramblers got off to a slow 7-6 start. Loyola-Chicago has won 8 of their last 11 games to move into first place in the Missouri Valley […]
No. 3 Virginia Seeking Revenge in ACC Showdown with Rematch Against No. 2 Duke
Two of the top three teams in the country square off on Saturday with #3 Virginia (20-1) hosting #2 Duke (20-2). Duke and Virginia are also tied for first place in the ACC with an identical 8-1 conference record. Three weeks ago, Duke hosted Virginia in Durham, North Carolina and […]
Mid-Majors Watch: No. 6 Nevada Wolfpack Led by the Martin Twins
The Nevada Wolfpack improved to 21-1 this week and moved up two spots with the #6 overall ranking in the latest AP Poll for mens college basketball. With both Michigan (20-2) and Michigan State (18-4) losing this week, Nevada jumped from #8 to #6 overall. Nevada started the season ranked […]
Mid-Majors to Watch: Buffalo Bulls from the MAC Start Season 17-1
After starting the season 17-1, the Buffalo Bulls were ranked #16 this week by the college basketball AP Poll. The high-scoring Buffalo Bulls are averaging 84.6 points per game and led by senior CJ Massinburg. The 6-foot-3 guard averages 18.1 points this season and hitting nearly 42 percent of his […]
Michigan Starts College Basketball Season with 15-0 Record
The #2 Michigan Wolverines started the basketball season with a 15-0 record, and aside from their loss to Villanova in the NCAA Championship game last spring, the Wolverines are 29-1 over their last 30 games dating back to February 2018. The Wolverines are only one win away from tying their […]
UCLA Terminates Hoops Coach Steve Alford
After losing four straight games, UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero terminated men’s basketball coach, Steve Alford. Since 2013, Alford guided the Bruins to a 124-63 record with three Sweet 16 appearances and four March Madness appearances. As an #11 seed in the 2018 tournament, UCLA was bounced in the First […]
Big Bettors of the Year: ‘Sir Let it Ride’ and ‘Duffle Bag Boy’
Sportsbooks see some pretty interesting characters, some of which have a fondness for the large wager. There was a couple of guys who strolled into Las Vegas casinos with sacks of cash to put on marquee games or events. In 2018 it seemed like the high-profile bettor was taking some […]
Vernon Carey, Jr., the No. 2 High School Recruit in Nation, Picks Duke
Top-ranked recruit Vernon Carey, Jr, a 6-foot-10 center from NSU University Prep School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, declared his intentions to attend Duke University next year. Carey is considered the second-best center in the country behind James Wiseman. Two weeks ago, Wiseman announced he would stay in Memphis and play […]
NCAA Raises Eyebrows with Release of First Ever NET Ratings for College Basketball
The NCAA has long faced criticism from both traditionalist coaches and stats-heavy analysts for using the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) as a criteria when selecting teams for March Madness. That led the NCAA to create the NET ratings instead – and the early indications are that they could be even […]
Memphis Lands 7-Footer James Wiseman, the #1 Basketball Recruit in America
Memphis high school basketball star and the #1 prospect in the country, 7-foot tall center James Wiseman, decided to stay in his hometown and attend the University of Memphis next season. Memphis, thanks to new head coach Penny Hardaway, won a fierce recruiting battle against Kentucky to land Wiseman, the […]
Kansas Jayhawks Ranked No. 1 in Preseason College Basketball AP Poll
The Kansas Jayhawks are ranked #1 as the top team in men’s college basketball by the preseason AP Poll. The first poll of the year ranked Villanova, the defending champion, as ninth overall. Top Ranking for Kansas Kansas received 37 first-place votes, nearly twice as many as Kentucky. Villanova, the […]
NCAA Now Allows Student-Athletes Busted Gambling on Sports to Defend Themselves
The NCAA has long been one of the staunchest opponents of legalized sports betting, but they seem to be softening their stance, at least somewhat. No, they’re not about to drop their challenge to New Jersey vs. the NCAA in the Supreme Court, but the group representing college athletics has decided […]