Duke is the favorite to win the NCAA Men’s basketball championship in 2019, according to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, even though the Blue Devils will be losing several starters. They’re listed at 5/1 to triumph in next year’s March Madness. Defending champs Villanova opened as 8/1 picks, the same […]
It isn’t that Villanova won its second NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in three years, it’s how overpowering they were in doing so. Monday’s 79-62 victory over Michigan was just the coronation after ruling over all of their competition throughout March Madness. The Wildcats won all six of their games by […]
Most basketball players dream of hitting a game-winning shot, but Arike Ogunbowale of Notre Dame made two in three days, one of which gave her team the NCAA Women’s Championship. It was the conclusion of a season that was wrought with adversity. It was the second NCAA Title for Irish […]
The Villanova Wildcats will be looking to earn their second national championship in three years when they take on the Michigan Wolverines Monday night in the finals of the NCAA Tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio. While March Madness has been full of surprises throughout the tournament, Villanova (35-4) […]
Villanova and Kansas are meeting in one of the Final Four semifinal games, but it might just be the real title game. Oddsmakers have these two as the favorites to win, regardless of who the winner of this matchup ultimately faces in the championship game. Villanova and Kansas are both […]
Another chapter will be written in one of the most memorable Cinderella stories in recent NCAA Tournament history on Saturday, as Loyola-Chicago takes on the University of Michigan at the Final Four in San Antonio. The Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (32-5) may have come into the tournament as the South region’s No. […]
While Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt might be preoccupied praying for her Loyola-Chicago team in the NCAA Tournament, sportsbooks have been busy including her in their slate of Final Four prop bets. The 98-year-old team chaplain has been a fixture on the Ramblers sideline, and now she’s getting attention from internet […]
The Final Four of the Women’s NCAA Tournament begins Friday night in Columbus, Ohio, with the UConn Huskies taking their annual position as the favorite to win yet another national championship. UConn (36-0) is appearing in the Final Four for a record 11th consecutive year. But unlike their last four trips […]
There may have been some upsets along the way, but the Final Four of the Women’s NCAA Tournament will feature the teams that have been on everyone’s radar all year long, as all four No. 1 seeds have reached the national semifinals. Some of the favorites have hardly been challenged […]
Not everyone loves an underdog, especially those betting on the NCAA Tournament. Gamblers have been getting killed by all the upsets, and that trend continued in the four Elite Eight games over the weekend. Since the Sweet 16 favorites are 5-15 against the spread, sportsbooks are cleaning up as the […]
The South, the most unpredictable NCAA Tournament Bracket, lived up to its improbability as Loyola-Chicago and Kansas State pulled off upsets to advance to the Elite 8. Those two unlikely contestants will compete on Saturday to see who goes to the Final Four. Loyola-Chicago knocked off Nevada 69-68 in the […]
The undefeated UConn Huskies (34-0) enter the Sweet 16 as heavy favorites to win the Albany region of the Women’s NCAA Tournament and continue their quest to claim the school’s 12th national championship. The Duke Blue Devils (24-8) are the next team looking to end the Huskies’ perfect season. Duke is […]
The slew of college basketball underclassmen eligible for the NBA Draft are slowly making their intentions known. Three high-profile players announced this week their intention to give up their NCAA eligibility to instead play professionally. Arizona’s Deandre Ayton, Oklahoma’s Trae Young, and Mohamed Bamba of Texas all publicly declared they […]
While Thursday’s Sweet Sixteen teams were all about Cinderella trying to get to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, Friday will focus on top seeds expected to advance. Villanova and Kansas, both No. 1 seeds, and No. 2 seeds Duke and Purdue are favored to move on to the […]
The NCAA Tournament is back in action on Thursday with four Sweet 16 games featuring lower seeds who now feel like they have a realistic chance of working their way to the Final Four. The action begins in the South region, where No. 11 seed Loyola-Chicago (30-5) looks to continue […]
The top two seeds in each region of the Women’s NCAA Tournament reached the Sweet 16 with no trouble over the past week, but that didn’t mean there weren’t a few surprises during the first two rounds of the women’s edition of March Madness. As has been the case in […]
One gambler on Friday learned the painful adage that there’s no such thing as a sure thing during March Madness. Historically speaking, it was an impossible bet to lose. But in the 2018 NCAA Tournament, it was just one of several shockingly bad beats suffered at the betting window. The […]
One of the wildest opening weekends in recent NCAA Tournament history resulted in the elimination of two No. 1 seeds and several other major upsets, resulting in an eclectic mix of teams reaching the Sweet Sixteen. The biggest upset of the tournament so far may well be the biggest upset […]
Were you a victim of a bracket buster? Don’t feel bad so were millions of others. ESPN reported that out of 17.3 million entries, 6,306 perfect brackets remain after only one day. That is .04 percent and that number will go lower after Friday. The biggest bracket buster was No. […]
If there was any doubt about how bad West Coast college basketball was in the NCAA Tournament, Thursday painfully proved it. Arizona, the lone remaining participant of the Pac-12 Conference, got embarrassed by Buffalo, losing 89-68. They were a 9-point favorite to beat a college whose previous signature victory this […]
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