March Madness Betting experts like Duke's chances - NCAA OddsDuke has become such a fixture in the March Madness betting that many NCAA odds take for granted all the hard work and dedication that goes into qualifying for the NCAA basketball betting tournament. But year in and year out Coach K gets the best out his brainy and mostly white players and in the process has made his Blue Devils a perennial favorite in the NCAA tournament odds.
But it's been a decade since the Dukies were college basketball betting champions and for the Duke Basketball program and sports betting fans that seems like an eternity.
This could be year that all that changes as the Blue Devils have already booked a spot in the Elite Eight wagering competition and this team has the look of a champion. In years past Coach K has fielded good teams but there has always been a piece or two missing and that's why his team has missed out on the March Madness betting success it once enjoyed. In recent NCAA basketball betting tournaments Duke has won some games but a lack of scoring, or low post defense has always prevent it from being a favorite in the NCAA odds.
This year Duke has the scoring and the defense in the paint to take it all the way to NCAA basketball betting Final and has made it the favorite of many March Madness betting experts to win the title.
Kyle Singler has been a one man demolition crew so far in the NCAA betting tournament racking up points and grabbing up rebounds. Nolan Smith has also been good for 15 points a game in the NCAAA tournament wagering competition and John Schuyer recently broke out of his shooting slump and looks to be finding his grove in the March Madness wagering competition.
But the biggest difference has been in Duke's post play. This team has a deep and talented reserve of big men which it will certainly need if it's going to take on team like Kentucky in the Final Four odds action.
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Sweet 16 Odds Northern Iowa vs Michigan State Sweet 16 PicksSweet 16 Odds Northern Iowa vs Michigan State Sweet 16 Picks - I just got to say congratulations for Northern Iowa on beating Kansas, impressive. But what I can't stand now how I see UNI fans come in automatically thinking they can win, which they might. Yeah i'm pretty sure Kansas thought the same thing before they played them. Sweet 16 Betting Odds Northern Iowa +2 underdogs to Michigan State heading into this Free College basketball Picks matchup.
Michigan State comes into this game battered and bruised. Starting point guard Kalin Lucas will miss the remainder of the season with a ruptured left Achilles. He was replaced in the Spartans' second round win over Maryland by Korie Lucious who hit the game-winner at the buzzer for the 85-83 victory. College Basketball Odds Sweet 16 list the total in this Northern Iowa vs Michigan State game is set at 121.5 points.
I am looking forward to the UNI MSU game, it should be a good one because kalin is out. Lets be real here MSU would probably end up in the final four if he were playing. Sweet 16 Picks Bet on Northern Iowa vs Michigan State UNDER the total. Under is 4-0 in Spartans last 4 vs. Missouri Valley. Under is 4-1 in Spartans last 5 Friday games.
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Ohio St will win again over Georgia Tech
OSU was not competitive in 2003 with GT, but not this yr. OSU is peaking at the right time and Evan is due to go off again after his "bad" game Friday. College Basketball Odds Ohio St -6.5 favorites over Georgia Tech heading into this NCAA Bracket Predictions matchup.
Ohio State was in a great division and were picked to be 4th, I believe, in the big ten. (Behind Purdue, Michigan state, and Wisconsin. GT has been inconsistent this year for sure, but they definitely have as much or more talent on the court as any 10 seed has in a long time. 3 McDonalds All Americans in there starting 5. When they are clicking they can play with anybody, but when they are missing free throws/turning it over they can lose to a lot of teams too. NCAA Bracket Odds list the total Georgia Tech vs Ohio St. is set at 134 points.
NCAA Bracket Picks - GT has weaknesses. But talent, size, strength, length and conditioning are not among them. Buckeyes should cruise if they stick to basketball. Bet on Georgia Tech plus the points in this one. If you are betting the moneyline College Basketball Odds Bet on Ohio State they are going to win but come short of covering the College Basketball Point Spread. Yellow Jackets are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 neutral site games as an underdog. Yellow Jackets are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 non-conference games.
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Big 12 Tournament: Kansas Jayhawks vs Texas A&M Aggies Game OddsIt's time to make our college basketball betting picks in the Big 12 tournament game between the Kansas Jayhawks and Texas A&M Aggies.
Tonight's Big 12 tournament matchup between the Kansas Jayhawks and Texas A&M Aggies will be played at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and you can catch the bracket game unfold at a start time for 7:00 PM ET/4:00 PM PT.
It will take a huge upset for the Aggies to get by the top-ranked Jayhawks tonight, and the college basketball betting odds for this Big 12 tournament game at sportsbooks have Kansas as the 9.5-point favorite against Texas A&M. Our "Best Betting Odds" award winner should be the place to wager on the Big Ten tournament's schedule.
This isn't the first time these Big 12 schools have met up this year, and the Jayhawks took home a 59-54 victory in the first Kansas vs Texas A&M matchup of the year. The Aggies did manage to cover the college basketball betting odds in that game, but it won't be nearly as easy on a neutral court.
Many top seeds in these conference tournaments have been falling lately, but I just can't see the Jayhawks losing outright. Texas A&M might be able to cover the point spread though as the Aggies have a tremendous 18-9 mark against the betting odds on the year.
Kansas has a stop seed already in the bag for the upcoming NCAA tournament, so they really don't need to play hard in this game and I would expect a more cautious approach to keep the squad healthy before the big dance. Look for Texas A&M to keep the game close enough to cover the college basketball betting odds, even though it will be the Kansas Jayhawks advancing in the Big 12 tournament.
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Slick shooting propels Pointers past St. Norbert
DE PERE -- Either St. Norbert's 16-game winning streak or the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's run in the NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament had to come to an end Saturday night.
It would be the streak that would be snapped, and the Pointers are advancing to the sectional finals in the D-III tournament with a 71-58 win at the Schuldes Sports Center.
With the win, the Pointers (23-6) move to the Sweet 16 next week for the second straight season.
"To go on the road and win two NCAA tournament games is really kind of special," UW-Stevens Point coach Shirley Egner said.
"This is a big deal with a team as young (one senior) as ours."
The Green Knights were able to keep the game close until midway through the first half when the Pointers managed to put together a 19-5 run.
The Pointers took advantage of stellar defense by Brooke Allen and hot shooting from Cassie Bandow to give Point a 31-20 advantage at halftime.
Allen was able to come up with three steals in the half and helped the Pointers force the Green Knights into 11 first-half turnovers.
The Green Knights got as close as nine points at 60-51 late in the second half.
"I'm really happy for our women. We were just solid in everything we did tonight," said Egner. "This group has worked hard from Day 1 in September and has been able to grow as a team."
Bandow and Ashley Averkamp both hit a pair of 3-pointers and led all scorers with 18 points each while Andrea Flease helped out with 14 points and Britta Peterson added 12.
Peterson also pulled down eight rebounds and Averkamp and Flease helped with seven each.
UW-Stevens Point (23-6) will find out the location and time of its Sweet 16 game today. The next round begins Friday.
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College Basketball Betting: Oklahoma vs Texas Odds
The second half of ESPN's Big Monday has Oklahoma visiting Texas. Neither team has played well of late but at least Texas can say they are going to make the NCAA Tournament. The Sooners don't have much to look forward to as they probably won't be making a post-season appearance. They have lost six straight overall and they are 1-8 in true road games this college basketball betting season.
Texas is a 13.5 point favorite with a total of 147.
Texas is coming off a 74-58 loss at No. 22 Texas A&M and they have lost seven of their last twelve. Oklahoma beat Texas last month in Norman by a score of 80-71. That result seems unlikely on Monday considering the Sooners have not won a road game in the college basketball betting conference all year. In their last six losses they are giving up an average of 82 points per game. Oklahoma is led by freshman point guard Tommy Mason-Griffin who is averaging almost 20 points per game in his last 11 games. Willie Warren is still the team's leading scorer but he has missed the last three games and is not expected to play on Monday.
Texas did not play well on Saturday against Texas A&M and guard J'Covan Brown strained his neck in that game and is listed as day-to-day. The Longhorns have already lost Dogus Balbay to injury so they have problems in the backcourt. The injury to Brown was just another thing that has gone wrong this college basketball betting season for Texas and head coach Rick Barnes is frustrated. "I look at it and it's probably one of the - for whatever reason - as poor a coaching job as I've ever done because I haven't been able to get the message across consistently," Barnes said. "There's nobody to blame for that but me. I can only tell you that I'm not going to quit trying because I do think that we've got the ability to put some things together and do what we think that we can do."
Oklahoma has been abysmal on the road recently. They are 16-36-3 ATS in their last 55 road games. Overall, the Sooners are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games. The Sooners are 0-5 ATS in the last 5 meetings at Texas.
Texas has not played well either as they are 3-13 ATS in their last 16 games. They haven't been very good at home either as they are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 home games. The one positive for Texas is that they are 27-11 ATS in their last 38 Monday games.
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Cougars trying not to fret over standings
Provo -- As far as the BYU basketball team is concerned, that object in the rear-view mirror that is closer than it may appear is now squarely even with the Cougars -- maybe a little bit ahead.
The No. 15 New Mexico Lobos made up some big ground on the No. 17 Cougars, and everyone else in the Mountain West Conference, with Wednesday's surprisingly easy 76-66 win at UNLV just four days after the Rebels obliterated the Cougars in the same venue.
If the Lobos (22-3, 8-2 MWC) didn't have BYU's attention before, they do now, even if nobody around Provo will acknowledge it.
As he often does, BYU coach Dave Rose says now is not the time to start hearing footsteps or scanning the league standings. The Cougars (22-3, 7-2) play host to last-place Air Force today , and the coach has preached all week that it is way too early to think about anything else.
"That is about as far [ahead] as we need to be thinking, because if you try to get yourself to figure out what the other teams are going to do [it is a distraction]." Rose said. "We don't have to worry about what other teams do. We just need to worry about ourselves. And if we can control what we do and how we play, that's our goal."
Speaking of which, the Cougars insist they were not themselves the last time they played -- last Saturday's 88-74 loss to UNLV, which was worse than the final score indicates. It has been a long week, forward Noah Hartsock said, with no game to play due to the midweek bye and a lot of time to remember that horrific start in Sin City.
"We have spent a lot of time working on the basic stuff that made us good in the first place," Hartsock said. "Just getting up and down the court better, and attacking teams. We are just focusing on stuff like that, and getting better."
The Cougars believe they will get a stiff test from Air Force, which has back some of its key players who missed the 67-49 loss to BYU in Colorado Springs due to injury or illness. And BYU hasn't forgotten what happened last year at the Marriott Center, when the Falcons almost pulled off a historic upset before fading in the final couple of minutes.
"Any team is a good team to play [after a loss] because you just want to get back out there and compete," Rose said. "This is a different type of game, though. And the games with Air Force the last few years, especially in here, have been really competitive. And that's what we look for on Saturday."
The Cougars will also look to improve their field-goal percentage, which has been steadily slipping the past half-dozen games or so.
BYU shot 52 percent in nonconference games, but is shooting just 43 percent in league games. Starters such as Jackson Emery and Tyler Haws have especially struggled lately to regain their shooting touch.
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