The Rider Broncs head out on the road tonight to take on the Northern Iowa Panthers in tonight’s opening round of the College Insider tournament with a scheduled tip-off time slated for 8:00 PM ET. Handicapper Mike Cortright examines the teams and provides his free prediction on the game. The sportsbooks opened tonight’s matchup with Rider being a 4.5 point road underdog and the line has now moved up to Rider +5 at most outlets. Rider (23-10) enters this matchup tonight playing very good...
Read more about Rider at Northern Iowa 2011 NCAA Tournament Bracketology: #1 Seeds - March 15, 2011The NCAA Tournament is just about ready to get started. All of this year’s #1 seeds are deserving and they also just happen to be some of the most successful teams in the history of college basketball. Let’s get to know the top seeds in this year’s NCAA tournament bracket by looking back at some of their most impressive accomplishments. Ohio State Buckeyes – East Region Ohio State has appeared in the Final Four 10 times. One of those appearances (1999) was officially...
Read more about 2011 NCAA Tournament Bracketology: #1 Seeds March Madness Upset Picks - March 14, 2011The most exciting aspect of March Madness is all of the upsets that take place. When you are making your NCAA Tournament predictions, you must go through and pick which underdogs you are going to take to upset a favorite. The satisfaction and thrill you get from correctly picking an upset makes this time of year worth while. In this article I’ll go over a few questions pertaining to the #12 through #16 seeds and list a few facts that you can use as guidelines when making your upset picks. What...
Read more about March Madness Upset Picks Seeds & National Championship Odds - March 14, 2011An important aspect of the NCAA tournament to understand is how each seed traditionally does. Obviously there will be exceptions to the rules, however, knowing the facts about each seed in the NCAA tournament bracket is going to help you overall. Here is how each seed has done in the first two rounds since 1985, some statistics on seeds and championship winners, plus this year’s college basketball odds on which seed will win the championship. First Two Rounds #1 Seeds First Round: The...
Read more about Seeds & National Championship Odds #1 Seeds Odds for 2011 NCAA Tournament - March 14, 2011The 2011 NCAA Tournament brackets have been released and there were no real surprises as to who the No. 1 seeds would be. Ohio State is the top seed overall and will play in the East region, with Kansas being the second No. 1 seed out of the Southwest. Pittsburgh is the top seed in the Southeast region, despite not winning a single game in the Big East conference tournament while Duke eeked out Notre Dame in the Southeast and is classified as the weakest #1 seed. One of the great things about...
Read more about #1 Seeds Odds for 2011 NCAA Tournament 2011 CIT Tournament Bracket & Schedule - March 14, 2011As if there weren’t enough college basketball this week with the 2011 NCAA Tournament bracket, the NIT, and the CBI, you can add another slew of games to watch with the CIT, which starts on March 14th this season. Officially titled The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, the CIT is a men’s college basketball tournament created in 2009 by the website CollegeInsider.com. Originally designed for 16 teams, the tournament expanded its field to 24 teams this season. All games are...
Read more about 2011 CIT Tournament Bracket & Schedule Odds to Win Tournament MOP - March 14, 2011At the end of the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament the Associated Player names one student the Most Outstanding Player (MOP). Even though this player is not required to come from the winning team, it almost always is. The last person to win the award without cutting down the nets was Hakeem Olajuwon all the way back in 1983. Here is a look at some of the past champions: 2010 – Kyle Singler, Duke 2009 – Wayne Ellington, North Carolina 2008 – Mario Chalmers, Kansas 2007 –...
Read more about Odds to Win Tournament MOP 2011 CBI Tournament Bracket & Schedule - March 14, 2011The College Basketball Invitation Tournament (CBI) participants were announced on Sunday. The 16-team field includes some relatively big-names in college hoops including, Oregon, Rhode Island, Boise State, James Madison, and Weber State to name a few that have participated in the NCAA tournament bracket in recent years. You can view and download or print our CBI tournament bracket to fill out while you watch all of the action throughout the series. What’s interesting about the CBI is that...
Read more about 2011 CBI Tournament Bracket & Schedule 2011 NIT Bracket & Schedule - March 14, 2011The main focus of March Madness is the NCAA tournament bracket, however, let’s not forget that the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) also gets started this week. Be sure to view and download or print our 2011 NIT Bracket to follow all of this year’s action. As usual there are a few teams in this year’s NIT that deserved consideration for the NCAA tournament. Colorado, for example, had a better record against top 50 RPI opponents than several teams that ended up making the...
Read more about 2011 NIT Bracket & Schedule NCAA Tournament Handicapping - March 14, 2011The college basketball postseason is a completely different animal than the regular season. During the conference season, when analyzing a matchup you can compare a lot of games in which the two schools played common opponents. Towards the end of the season, each team starts to develop a similar strength of schedule rating as their opponent, especially if you are looking at recent performances that only include these conference games so it’s easy to compare a team with their foe. Once March...
Read more about NCAA Tournament Handicapping Final Four Predictions - March 14, 2011When filling out my NCAA tournament bracket I like to start from the Final Four and work backwards. Decide who you think are the best teams in each region and advance them to the Final Four. If you are going to take a chance with upsets, make sure you eliminate teams that you would have probably bounced in the next round anyway. This keeps you from losing points later on in the tournament when each winner is worth more and gives you a better chance of winning your March Madness contests. So...
Read more about Final Four Predictions 2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket - March 14, 2011The men’s 2011 NCAA Tournament field is all set and ready to go. You can download your blank tournament bracket to fill out and follow all of the great action for March Madness this year. Opening round games, now dubbed the “First Four” tip off on Tuesday, March 15th and Wednesday, March 16th. The second round (what would be the traditional first round in past years) gets going on Thursday, March 17th and concludes on Friday, March 18th. The top seeds were pretty obvious this...
Read more about 2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket Odds to Win the 2011 NCAA Tournament - March 14, 2011March Madness is here and this is heaven for college basketball fans. It means the time has come to fill out your brackets until you come up with which team you feel is going to win the 2011 National Championship. For those of you who just want to wager on which team will win it all, then there are odds listed on each team in the field. I will list those odds below while previewing a few of the favorites. They are listed in the order of their overall seeding, and as you can see Kansas is the favorite....
Read more about Odds to Win the 2011 NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament Sleepers - March 14, 2011The brackets are out for the 2011 NCAA Tournament, and this year could be as difficult as ever in predicting who will make the Final Four, as each region has a number of teams who you could make an argument for, and if years past have taught us anything, you never know what to expect. I have taken the time to breakdown the possible sleepers (teams not the top two seeds) in each region, which should help you make your tournament picks this year. East Region Sleepers: The East really has a lot of...
Read more about NCAA Tournament Sleepers NCAA Expert Bracket Picks - March 14, 2011It’s time to fill out your 2011 NCAA Tournament bracket. For those of you looking for some help on who to take in each game, or just simply looking for some possible upsets, here is a look at who I have coming out of each division, plus my Final Four predictions as well so you have a better chance of winning your March Madness contests. For a quicker fix, you can download my fully filled-out bracket. East Region Predictions: The East is in my opinion the toughest region to come out of,...
Read more about NCAA Expert Bracket Picks NCAA Tournament Contests - March 14, 2011The 2011 NCAA Tournament brackets have been released and that means it’s time to start scoping out all of the March Madness contests from around the web. I have a combination of free contests and ones that require a deposit into an online sportsbook to enter. The sportsbooks tend to give out some pretty great prizes, and the entry fee is just a deposit into an account to wager with and isn’t used on the entry. This year there are going to be 68 teams in the field, but I do not think that...
Read more about NCAA Tournament Contests 2011 NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions - March 14, 2011The NCAA Tournament selection committee has made their choices, and now it’s time for the fun to begin. March Madness is the best time of year for hoops fans because there is no other tournament like the Big Dance. The 2011 season represents the first time that there will be 68 teams in the field. That means four play-in games and everyone loves more basketball, so it should work out well. This field is more wide open than it has ever been with up to ten different teams being legitimate national...
Read more about 2011 NCAA Tournament Bracket Predictions How Much Money Is Bet On March Madness - March 13, 2011Each year there are thousands of college basketball fans who make an annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the NCAA Tournament. Some fans are content to try to win their local office pool, but the real gamblers head to Sin City to throw down action on the individual games as well. The NCAA tournament now ranks second to only the Super Bowl in terms of betting and seems to be gaining ground in recent years. There is so much action going on from the first tip with four consecutive games going all...
Read more about How Much Money Is Bet On March Madness NCAA Tournament Upset Predictions - March 13, 2011The NCAA Tournament brackets have been set, and over the next few days millions around the country will fill out their brackets, and try and come as close as possible to what actually happens. If you have ever filled out a bracket, you know simply picking the team with the higher seed will not get you far win it comes to winning your office pool. Just like the regular-season, there are upsets all through the course of the tournament, and spotting early upsets is crucial to picking a strong bracket....
Read more about NCAA Tournament Upset Predictions 2011 SEC Basketball Tournament Predictions & Schedule - March 9, 2011The SEC hasn’t exactly been the power conference we have seen in years past, and as a result a number of teams will be trying to impress the NCAA Tournament committee over the next four days, as the 2011 SEC Basketball Tournament gets under way this Thursday, March 10 and concludes on Sunday March, 13. The tournament will be held in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Dome. First and second round games will be televised on the SEC Network, while the semifinals and championship game will be aired...
Read more about 2011 SEC Basketball Tournament Predictions & Schedule 2011 ACC Tournament Basketball Predictions & Schedule - March 8, 2011With the ACC regular season wrapped up, it’s now time to look forward to the 2011 Conference Tournament. The regular season came right down to the wire with Duke and North Carolina playing the deciding game this past Saturday. The Tar Heels prevailed at home, and were crowned regular season champions. A bunch of players took home the hardware for North Carolina. Roy Williams won ACC Coach of the Year, Harrison Barnes won Rookie of the Year and John Henson won Defensive Player of the Year honors....
Read more about 2011 ACC Tournament Basketball Predictions & Schedule 2011 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Predictions & Schedule - March 8, 2011An automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament will be up for grabs this week, as the 11 Big Ten teams get ready to do battle in the 2011 Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The tournament is scheduled to get underway Thursday, March 10 and will conclude on Sunday, March 13. While teams like Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin are all locks to make the Big Dance no matter how they perform, teams like Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, and Penn State all finished the conference...
Read more about 2011 Big Ten Basketball Tournament Predictions & Schedule 2011 Pac-10 Tournament Basketball Predictions & Schedule - March 8, 2011The 2011 Pacific Life Pac-10 Basketball Tournament is scheduled to get going this Wednesday, March 9, and will run until a champion is crowned on Saturday, March 12. The tournament is held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and it figures to be an entertaining four days. The Pac-10 isn’t getting a whole lot of credit when it comes to the NCAA Tournament, so this will provide a number of teams a chance to earn that automatic spot. The only teams that seem to be a lock for the Big Dance are...
Read more about 2011 Pac-10 Tournament Basketball Predictions & Schedule 2011 Big 12 Tournament Basketball Predictions & Schedule - March 7, 2011It’s time for the 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament to get under way. Kansas has wrapped up the regular season title, and it appears this is likely going to be a two-team race. The Texas Longhorns actually beat the Jayhawks on the road in the regular season, and they are the likely candidate to have any shot at beating Kansas. I will be giving my predictions on this tournament that runs from Wednesday, March 9 through Saturday, March 12 in Kansas City, Missouri. If you are looking...
Read more about 2011 Big 12 Tournament Basketball Predictions & Schedule 2011 Big East Tournament Basketball Predictions & Schedule - March 7, 2011The Big East is the most competitive league in the history of college basketball. That has certainly been the case in 2011 with 10 teams likely headed to the NCAA Tournament and a possible 11th. With the regular season in the books, the Big East Tournament is next. It starts on Tuesday, March 8th with every game being played at Madison Square Garden and the 5-day event lasts through the 12th. Every single game will be nationally televised on either ESPN, ESPN 2 or ESPNU so all who are interested...
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