Well its been over two weeks since Craig has released his Power Rankings for College Basketball. The Madness has officially begun and the upsets are only just starting. Not a ton of change at the top of Craig’s Power Rankings but the top 5 has had a few changes.
by T.O. Whenham – 03/11/2009
Big East – We’ll start with a tough one. The odds would logically suggest that three teams are favored well above the rest – UConn and Pitt at 7/4, and Louisville at 9/4. Head to head matchups don’t help much – Pitt beat UConn twice but lost to Louisville, and the Cardinals lost to UConn.
by T.O. Whenham – 3/10/2009
Maryland Terrapins, ACC – Maryland played one of the most exciting and impressive games I saw all season when they beat North Carolina in overtime last month. Greivis Vasquez had a triple-double and was as good as a player can be.
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The opening round of the Pac-10 Tournament gets underway Wednesday with the Stanford Cardinal taking on the Oregon State Beavers (9 pm ET, FSN). Stanford is 17-12 SU and 15-11-1 ATS this season while Oregon State is 13-16 SU and 11-13 ATS.
The regular season has ended, and the Conference Championships are in full swing as the top college basketball teams in the nation jockey for position heading into the Big Dance.
With Selection Sunday only days away, prized bracket seedings are still on the line as anything can happen over the next few days.
Madison Square Garden plays host to tonights Big East matchup between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the West Virginia Mountaineers. Notre Dame comes into this matchup off a 61-50 win over Rutgers, while West Virginia brings some anger in off their last game loss to Louisville.
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The Detroit Tigers flabbergasted MLB betting fans last year; so much talent, such poor results. While the Tigers weren’t the only bust in last year’s MLB odds – the Diamondbacks and Indians come to mind – they may be the least likely to bounce back of all last year’s disappointments.
NCAA Tournament is always exciting and we all know why we call it March Madness. Everybody is always looking for the next Davidson or Kent State that can upset and make it deep into the tournament. Winning your bracket though is not about picking the big upsets instead it’s about picking the most winners overall.
Championship Week has taken over campuses across the United States. Some teams need to perform extremely well at these conference tournaments to get invited to the Big Dance. Teams like Maryland, Providence, Oklahoma State and about half of the Big Ten are in danger of falling off the bubble.
If everything goes according to plan this week then New Jersey Devils veteran goalie Martin Brodeur will ironically enough have a chance this Saturday in Montreal to tie Patrick Roy’s record for all time wins by an NHL goalie.
March Madness every year starts with every person filling out NCAA tournament brackets and trying to win the office pool. This year how about you win the office pool with tips from Craig Trapp on handicapping the big dance.
The Conference Championships take place all this week, with an exciting lead-up to ‘Selection Sunday’ for March Madness.
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Selection Sunday looms, but before that can happen there is championship week.
While the power conferences have yet to get things going, Siena has taken the MAAC title, Gonzaga the WCC, Chattanooga the Southern, Morehead State the Ohio Valley, Northern Iowa the Missouri Valley, Virginia Commonwealth the Colonial Athletic, Radford the Big South and East Tennessee St. the Atlantic Sun.
In what can be summed up as taking a huge risk, the Montreal Canadiens made a major shakeup on Monday when they fired head coach Guy Carbonneau with only 16 games to go and replacing him with current general manager Bob Gainey.
March Madness betting favorites and Tiger Woods have a lot in common, so it seems. The Tar Heels stumbled out of the gate, yet have stayed the online betting favorites all season. Woods takes eight months off for knee surgery, and he’s instantly the favorite in any tournament he plays.
