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The Michigan State Spartans lost to Duke early this season but have been great ever since. They dominated the competition in their half of the Phil Knight Invitational, crushing DePaul, Connecticut, and North Carolina by an average of 20 points. There is no doubt that they will be favored over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.... 

The North Carolina Tar Heels are hoping to have a better result when they take on the other big state school in Michigan. North Carolina got crushed by Michigan State on Sunday night, losing to the Spartans by 18 points in one of the championship games of the Phil Knight Invitational. In the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, they will be taking on the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan is looking to score a big win over a highly ranked opponent, but the odds will be heavily stacked against the Wolverines.... 

Perhaps the best matchup of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge will go down in the second part of ESPN2’s Wednesday night doubleheader when the Minnesota Golden Gophers host the Miami Hurricanes. Richard Pitino is proving to be a chip off the old block and has the Golden Gophers off to a 7-0 start. The Golden Gophers will look to keep that undefeated record intact when they host the Miami Hurricanes this weekend. Miami has played an extremely weak schedule, but came into the season highly ranked and has ... 

The ACC-Big Ten Challenge will bring us another great matchup between ranked teams when the No. 19 Louisville Cardinals and the No. 18 Purdue Boilermakers meet on Tuesday night. Louisville has shaken off the aftermath of the last Rick Pitino scandal as best it could and it looks like a weight has been lifted off some of the players’ shoulders. As for Purdue, the Boilermakers are looking to shrug off their poor performance at the Battle 4 Atlantis.... 

It hasn’t been a great start to the season for the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa was seen as one of the favorites in the Cayman Islands Classic as one of the few big name teams present at the tournament. However, the Hawkeyes went just 1-2 during their time in the Caribbean and came in seventh place out of eight teams. Now, they will get a chance for redemption. They must travel to face a solid Virginia Tech Hokies side in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and know that a win here will be big for their resume.... 

It’s impossible to argue that the Duke Blue Devils should not be the No. 1 team in the country at this point of the season. Duke is undefeated and has two wins over Top 10 teams after coming from behind late to knock off Florida in one of the finals of the Phil Knight Invitational. It would be surprising to see the Blue Devils not be a unanimous No. 1 in the next set of rankings and now they are set to go on the road again. Duke will have just two days of rest before taking on the Indiana Hoosie... 

There is already plenty of bad blood between the Clemson Tigers and the Ohio State Buckeyes, it’s just that this time we will have it play out on the basketball court. Two of the biggest football programs in the land have decent basketball teams this year as well, but the programs are in completely different places. Ohio State is moving on from the Thad Matta era, while Clemson is almost ready to replace Brad Brownell barring a great campaign this year. It will be interesting to see how this one... 

Old ACC foes will square off on Monday night when the Maryland Terrapins take on the Syracuse Orange. Ironically enough, this will be the very first game in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Both teams are undefeated heading into this game, but neither one has played a good opponent. However, the Terrapins were tested last week by a game Bucknell team that took them to the buzzer.... 

To honor the legendary founder of Nike, there will be two eight-team tournaments held in Portland, Oregon during Thanksgiving weekend. Teams that are sponsored by Nike from across the country will take part in the event that should be the premier preseason college basketball tournament of the season. Four of the top ten teams in the country will be participating in this event and ESPN will be televising every game.These games will take place at the Moda Center and Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. The Phil Knight Invitational will play out from Thursday, November 23 until Sunday, November 26, 2017. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for every game in the Phil Knight Invitational.... 

In just a short amount of time, the Battle 4 Atlantis has become one of the premier tournaments in college basketball. Staged at one of the most beautiful locations in the Caribbean, teams and fans flock to Paradise Island in spite of it being held during Thanksgiving. It doesn’t hurt that the tournament gives $2 million for teams to come to the island for the three-day tournament. This year’s event will have two of the top teams in the country and six other contenders that will look to use this... 

The Hall of Fame Classic will pit four solid programs up against each other in America’s Heartland right before Thanksgiving. Three of the four teams taking part in this tournament might be ranked next week before these games tip off as Creighton, Baylor, and UCLA are all undefeated. Wisconsin is the lone exception after dropping a home game to No. 15 Xavier.These games will take place at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The Hall of Fame Classic will play out on Monday, November 20 and Tuesday, November 21, 2017. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for every game in the Hall of Fame Classic.... 

The Maui Invitational is one of the most prestigious tournaments in college basketball. One of the first tournaments that was played in a tropical getaway destination, we have now seen this tournament in 34 straight seasons. This tournament has always attracted top teams from throughout the country and this year’s edition is going to be no different.... 

Four teams from Power Five conferences are left standing in the main bracket of the Legends Classic. Either the Texas A&M Aggies, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Penn State Nittany Lions or Pittsburgh Panthers will walk out of the Barclays Center on Tuesday with a coveted preseason tournament title that could go a long way towards punching tickets to the NCAA Tournament.These games will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The main field of the Legends Classic will play out on Monday, November 20 and Tuesday, November 21, 2017. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for every game in the Legends Classic.... 

There’s no doubt who the favorite is to take down the Cayman Islands Classic. The Cincinnati Bearcats are not just the only ranked team taking part in this tournament, but the only team that is currently receiving votes in the AP Top 25 poll as well. However, while Cincinnati is the favorite, other teams can use this tournament as a place to make their case for a postseason berth.These games will take place at John Gray Gymnasium in George Town, Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands Classic will take place from Monday, November 20 through Wednesday, November 22, 2017. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for every game in the Cayman Islands Classic.... 

This year's 2K Sports Classic doesn't quite have the same luster as some of the tournaments in the past, but this year's event could end up having a huge impact on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament. After Belmont, The Citadel, Detroit and Seattle were eliminated, the 2017 2K Sports Classic has four teams left that will head to Madison Square Garden for a two-day bonanza. ... 

For the second straight year, the Puerto Rico Tip-Off will not be played on the beautiful island. Last year, it was a Zika virus outbreak that caused the tournament to be moved to Orlando. In 2017, it’s just another one of the things affected by Hurricane Maria and the devastation it brought to the island. Coastal Carolina University will host the tournament instead and that should help local teams like South Carolina and Appalachian State.These games will take place at Coastal Carolina Universi... 

Winning the Charleston Classic has been a springboard for success in each of the past three seasons. The tournament’s last three winners (Villanova, Virginia, and Miami) all went on to post great regular seasons. There are a lot of smaller schools in this year’s event and they will be looking to make a name for themselves. Among them, Indiana State and Dayton might just be the favorites at this point.These games will take place at College of Charleston’s TD Arena in Charleston, South Carolina. T... 

There’s no doubt that the best non-conference game of the early season will take place at The Champions Classic in the Windy City on Tuesday night. The No. 1 Duke Blue Devils and the No. 2 Michigan State Spartans are in everyone’s top three. Duke brought back Grayson Allen and added some very talented freshmen, while Michigan State returned all four of its fabulous freshmen from last season and added another star into the mix. These teams are the favorites to win it all at most sportsbooks and t... 

The Kentucky Wildcats have received a much bigger test than they were expecting the first two weeks of the college basketball season. Kentucky struggled to put away tiny Utah Valley in its opener on Friday, winning by only 10. However, that’s nothing compared to what happened on Sunday. The Wildcats nearly ended up losing to a game Vermont team that came into Lexington and gave them all they could handle. Now, you have to wonder how Kentucky will react when they face its first real test in the Kansas Jayhawks.... 

It’s another year of one-and-done freshmen for the Kentucky Wildcats. Although you might hate John Calipari for it, there’s no doubt that his strategy of acquiring the best talent and getting them to come together pretty quickly has paid dividends during his time at Kentucky. Only one minor contributor from last year is back, Wenyen Gabriel, but this team has a ton of talented incomers ready to make an impact. The Vermont Catamounts will be their first real test of the year as they should have no problem taking care of Utah Valley in their opener.This war on the floor will go down Sunday, November 12, 2017, at 3:30 p.m. ET at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. The game will be televised live on ESPN. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for this and every game on the college basketball Sunday schedule.... 

Some lucky military members will receive a special treat on Veteran’s Day. In college basketball’s continuing effort to grow the game by playing in new and interesting places, the Texas A&M Aggies and the West Virginia Mountaineers will play at a United States military base in Germany on Friday night. The game will take place at midnight local time and plenty of servicemen and servicewomen will jump at the chance to start their holiday with this game. This will be the first college basketball game this season.This war on the floor will go down Friday, November 10, 2017, at 6 p.m. ET at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. The game will be televised live on ESPN. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for this and every game on the college basketball Friday schedule.... 

The start of college basketball season couldn’t come any sooner for the UCLA Bruins. With the football team seemingly ready to quit on Jim Mora, basketball is there to pick up the banner for the boys in blue. Although UCLA no longer has Lonzo Ball, T.J. Leaf, Bruce Alford, and Isaac Hamilton, big things are expected from the Bruins this season. The Bruins will kick off the season in China, taking on Josh Pastner’s Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.This war on the floor will go down Friday, November 10, 2017, at 11:30 p.m. ET at Baoshan Sports Center in Shanghai, China. The game will be televised live on ESPN. We'll have NCAA basketball odds at BookMaker.eu available for this and every game on the college basketball Friday schedule.... 

The North Carolina Tar Heels will get another chance at cutting down the nets, advancing to the National Championship game for the second consecutive season with a dramatic win over Oregon in the semifinals. Looking to erase the painful memory of last year’s loss, the Tar Heels have one more hurdle to get over. But that’s a big leap against the Gonzaga Bulldogs, one of the most well-balanced teams in the country and one that spent several weeks ranked No. 1.... 

The Gonzaga Bulldogs will be out to secure their first-ever national title on Monday night when the West region’s top seed collides with the South region No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels who will be gunning for the program’s sixth national title. These were two of the best teams in the country over the course of the regular season, so it only makes perfect sense that each is the last two standing.... 

Back in 1980, the United States men's hockey team pulled off one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports, beating the U.S.S.R. in the Winter Olympics. What most don't remember about that game is that that was actually the semifinal, not the final. The Stars and Stripes still had to go on to beat Finland in the gold medal match....