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Kansas Jayhawks

College Basketball Odds: Hofstra at No. 1 Kansas

by BigpoppaThaShowstoppa | November 12th, 2009 | Add a comment
Exhibition play is over and now it is time for the Kansas Jayhawks to get down to business. Kansas, 21-0 in exhibition games under coach Bill Self, opens its season at home on Friday against the Hofstra Pride. College basketball odds have … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
North Carolina Tar Heels

College Basketball Odds: Florida International at North Carolina

by BigpoppaThaShowstoppa | November 9th, 2009 | Add a comment
The North Carolina Tar Heels may have to fight it out for attention tonight even though they open their season as defending national champions. That’s because the Heels’ opponent, the Florida International Golden Panthers, will be led by Isiah Thomas in … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
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College Basketball Odds – SEC Preview

by BigpoppaThaShowstoppa | November 9th, 2009 | Add a comment
While the SEC dominates the football chatter these days, the same can’t be said for the conference’s basketball teams. The SEC landed just three NCAA tournament bids last season, its lowest total since 1990. No team was seeded higher than eighth, … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
Ohio State Buckeyes

College Basketball Odds – Big Ten Preview

by BigpoppaThaShowstoppa | November 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Big Ten could be the place to go for those bettors who don’t like change. Much of the same cast of characters returns to the conference, which had one of most successful seasons in its history in 2008-09. For starters, … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
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College Basketball Odds – SEC Preview

by BigpoppaThaShowstoppa | November 6th, 2009 | Add a comment
While the SEC dominates the football chatter these days, the same can’t be said for the conference’s basketball teams. The SEC landed just three NCAA tournament bids last season, its lowest total since 1990. No team was seeded higher than eighth, … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
Kansas Jayhawks

College Basketball Odds: First Polls Are Out

by Allen James | November 1st, 2009 | Add a comment
The first polls of the season were released this week. The top-ranked team in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls was, to no surprise, Kansas. Stars Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich both decided not to go pro to return … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
Memphis NCAA Basketball

NCAA Committee Wipes Out Memphis' 2008 Season

by BigpoppaThaShowstoppa | August 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment
It looks like the storied 2008 season of the Memphis Tigers will no longer exist. An eternal investigation by the NCAA Committee of Infractions has revealed that former Tiger and current Chicago Bull Derrick Rose cheated on a standardized test to … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
NCAA Champions

North Carolina Tar Heels Named NCAA Champions

by Elizabeth Fairview | April 7th, 2009 | Add a comment
Bracketologists will remember the 2009 NCAA men’s basketball Tournament for getting all the No. 1 seeds, No. 2 seeds and No. 3 seeds into the Sweet 16 for the first time. Congratulations if you had the No. 1 North Carolina Tar … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
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NCAA Tournament Champion: Why North Carolina Will Win

by Elizabeth Fairview | April 6th, 2009 | Add a comment
Now the Tar Heels just have to go out and win one last game. Forget the game at Ford Field earlier this season, when they beat the Spartans 98-63 on Dec. 3. Both teams are playing at their very best and the 7.5-point … Read More Read More
 
 
 
 
 
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NCAA Tournament Champion: Why Michigan State Will Win

by Elizabeth Fairview | April 6th, 2009 | Add a comment
The Michigan State Spartans have beaten the odds so far in the tournament with a few upset wins and there is no reason to think they can’t do it again tonight. Michigan State will have to win with defense, which has … Read More Read More