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Betting on March Madness odds is more often associated with the NCAA Tournament. But the madness actually starts this week, via all the conference tournaments. That’s something sharp bettors certainly recognize, and the public betting masses are starting to catch on, as well. In particular, conference tournament futures odds — betting on which team wins the title — are drawing action. "It’s predominantly the sharp crowd, taking teams that are […]

For my final men's Player of the Year Ladder of the season, I decided to take a step back and look at the full picture, ranking the top 10 players based strictly on their overall body of work. Injuries forced me to remove both Texas Tech's JT Toppin and North Carolina's Caleb Wilson from recent lists, but their seasons were too strong to leave them off the final rankings. At […]

One of the best times of the year is upon us, as winter slowly gives way to spring and March Madness gets underway. Last weekend was filled with exciting conference tournament action, with plenty of upsets and buzzer beaters that make March special. Navy, St. Thomas, Belmont, Central Arkansas and UNC Wilmington were all regular-season conference champions that have already suffered upset losses in their respective conference tournaments, illustrating once […]

The top 25 rankings are important for understanding just who is killing it in college basketball, but we can go deeper — all the way to the bubble and beyond. The NCAA Evaluation Tool, or NET, is a rankings system used in Division I basketball to help figure out which teams are going to participate in March Madness. As the NCAA puts it, NET "takes into account game results, strength of […]

Michigan won three of the top four Associated Press Big Ten men's basketball awards Tuesday, with Yaxel Lendeborg voted player of the year and top first-year transfer and Dusty May named coach of the year. Illinois' Keaton Wagler was the unanimous choice for freshman of the year in voting by a panel of 16 media members who cover the Big Ten. Lendeborg polished what already was a strong all-around game […]