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A big one is set to go down in the Big Ten Conference early Sunday afternoon when Chris Holtmann’s No. 16 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes invade Mackey Arena to take on Matt Painter’s No. 6 ranked Purdue Boilermakers. It doesn’t get much bigger than this for both programs with the meeting proving to be the only set to go down in the regular season between the schools. As such, a win in this spot would go a long way towards making life a bit easier for either team to cash in on the B1G futures odds at... 

A good one is set to go down in the Phog early Saturday evening when John Calipari’s No. 12 ranked Kentucky Wildcats square off against Bill Self’s No. 5 Kansas Jayhawks in one of the premiere matchups set to go down on Saturday’s loaded college basketball betting slate. Both teams enter this tilt fresh off overtime wins and non-covers at online sportsbooks. Kentucky was able to avoid falling to Iverson Molinar and the Mississippi State Bulldogs, but failed to cover the 9.5-point spread in the 8... 

The No. 7 ranked Kansas Jayhawks have lost two games this college hoops betting season. Bill Self’s kids will get a chance to avenge one of them on Monday night when Mark Adams and his No. 18 ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders invade the Phog looking to sweep the season rivalry. The teams squared off in Lubbock a few weeks back in a game Texas Tech controlled throughout. It would go on to log the 75-67 outright win and cover at online sportsbooks as decided 7-point home underdogs. The triumph snapped... 

The No. 24 ranked Tennessee Volunteers will return to the comforts of their home arena to battle the No. 13 ranked LSU Tigers off a two-game split against Kentucky and Vanderbilt. LSU will be out to snap a two-game losing streak after dropping a tough one at home to Arkansas and following it up with a hard fought loss and point spread cover at Alabama. These rivals sit neck-and-neck in the current SEC standings with each already absorbing three conference losses. With Auburn, Kentucky and Texas ... 

Since taking over the storied Kentucky Wildcats program in 2009, head coach John Calipari has been an undeniable recruiting machine. As the undisputed King of “One-And-Done” recruits, Calipari has put numerous players in the NBA. But the one thing he has not done is win multiple national championships. Kentucky’s only natty under Calipari was in 2012. And their most recent Final Four was in 2015. To say that the natives are getting restless would be an understatement. Kentucky hosts a tough Tenn... 

Forced into a COVID pause makes the remainder of the season a difficult stretch for Pac-12 teams. One team facing the challenge is the Oregon Ducks, who play three times this week. The middle of those games is on Thursday against No. 3 UCLA Bruins. It hasn’t quite been the season most expected in Eugene. The Ducks were ranked in the top-20 at the start of the campaign but suffered three embarrassing losses in their first six contests. Ahead of Monday’s tilt against Oregon State, the Ducks have p... 

On Sunday afternoon, two faded powers will try and find their way. The Cincinnati Bearcats are on their third head coach in the past four years. Longtime leader Mick Cronin bailed for UCLA after the 2018-19 season and was replaced by John Brannen. Brannen had the misfortune of having a probable NCAA Tournament berth in his rookie season canceled by the pandemic. And then last year, Brannen was fired after a player revolt that included six transfers out. Wes Miller arrived this season from UNC Gr... 

It’s a top-25 showdown in the Big 12 when the No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks visit the No. 25 Texas Tech Red Raiders on Saturday. It’s a bit surprising Kansas isn’t ranked higher since they’ve won eight straight and have just one loss on the season. The schedule has a lot to do with that and this is the first nationally ranked opponent KU will face. The Jayhawks had a rough outing on Tuesday but rallied to beat Oklahoma State in the league opener. They were tenacious overcoming a poor shooting night to b... 

Coach Sean Miller’s departure from Arizona has left considerable doubt about the future of the Wildcats. During his time in Tempe, Miller was a big winner, but it was under a cloud of scandal. There were multiple accusations of serious NCAA violations regarding recruiting, etc. Of course, not long after that, the “rules” changed in that there are no rules, and the NCAA has been rendered utterly feckless. Stepping into this mess as Miller’s replacement is Tommy Lloyd. Lloyd’s original plan in lif... 

It looks like the Kentucky Wildcats are back. A perennial college hoops powerhouse, the Wildcats stumbled to a 9-16 record last season, the first time in over three decades they lost more games than they won. They can match their entire win total from a season ago by taking down in-state rival Louisville Cardinals on Wednesday. UK is coming off an impressive 98-69 win over North Carolina, the eighth win in 10 games for the 21st ranked team in the country. The Cards added to the misery of last season beating the Wildcats for the first time in four tries. Still, UK holds a huge 36-16 advantage in the all-time series that dates back over 100 years. ... 

Their stay atop the national rankings didn’t last long, but the Purdue Boilermakers rebounded from their first loss of the season with an overtime win over NC State. There’s another big matchup on the schedule with the Butler Bulldogs waiting in the first round of the Crossroads Classic in Indianapolis. Purdue is one of the best offensive teams in the country scoring at least 90 points six times in 10 games and the Boilermakers will give Butler’s top-20 scoring defense a good test. Butler has wo... 

A top-10 matchup takes place on Sunday when the No. 6 Villanova Wildcats visit No. 2 Baylor Bears. At 8-0 the Bears are a win away from taking over the top position in the national polls and some would argue they should be there now. The schedule hasn’t been overly demanding with a win over Michigan State for the Battle 4 Atlantis title the biggest notch in their belt. The defending national champs have won five games by at least 27 points and have outscored opponents by an average of 27.6 point... 

Nobody understands just how long the college basketball season is more than the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Their undefeated season came to an end in the national championship game last season, so maybe an early season setback isn’t the worst thing. A brutal stretch of games is what prepares this club for the postseason, and they’ve been really good over the years. The Zags dominated then No. 2 UCLA and lost to then No. 5 Duke. Saturday’s game against the No. 16 Alabama Crimson Tide may seem like a walk i... 

The defending national champion Baylor Bears are off to a hot start winning all four games ahead of their showdown with the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis. And the Bears aren’t just winning, they’re blowing opponents away. The latest victim was another Pac-12 foe Stanford on Saturday. Baylor ran away in the second half for an 86-48 triumph and has won every game by at least 27 points with a margin of 34.8 points. They should have a stiff test against ASU, a team... 

The college basketball season is a couple weeks old at this point, but we have had no shortage of marquee games. Most of the blue bloods have played at least one quality opponent, including the Michigan Wolverines. They fell to the Seton Hall Pirates on Tuesday night, and they will look to bounce back against the UNLV Rebels in the Roman Main Event in Las Vegas this weekend. Fans on the East Coast will have to stay up late to watch this one, as it will take place 30 minutes after the Arizona Wil... 

It’s only fitting that the Baylor Bears and Gonzaga Bulldogs one and only meeting of the season ultimately turns out to be the one with the most on the line after their scheduled regular season bout was canceled because of the coronavirus. These ar... 

The Baylor Bears are back in the Championship Game for the first time since 1948. It came out the runner-up in that matchup and linemakers at online sportsbooks expect the same result on Monday night when they battle the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed for the right to cut down the nets. This is a pairing that was supposed to go down in the regular season. Unfortunately, the coronavirus prevented college hoops bettors from getting a chance to see how these teams actually stood up against one another. It only makes perfect sense that they meet for real on the grandest stage of them all as impressive each team’s overall bodies of work have been. Both teams have been exceptional en route to becoming the last two teams standing out of a 64 team field. But only one has a chance at making history on Monday night. The Gonzaga Bulldogs need just one win to become the eighth team in the tournament era to go undefeated and win the national championship, and my money says they see it all the way through! ... 

The Final Four is set! It’s comprised of two No. 1 seeds Gonzaga, Baylor a No. 2 Houston and shockingly, a No. 11 seed UCLA. With each brings a number of players that will either lead it to the Promised Land or go down in defeat trying. Betting odds for the Most Outstanding Player Award have been on the board for quite some time now, so there’s no better time than now to... 

The UCLA Bruins just became the fifth No. 11 seed to reach the Final Four. From First Four to Final Four, what a story! Unfortunately, the storybook tale now runs into the No. 1 overall seed in the form of the Gonzaga Bulldogs who’ve chewed up and spit out every opponent on their way to the program’s second Final Four appearance. As great Mick Cronin’s defense has played throughout its unforeseen charge to the final weekend of the NCAA Tournament, it’s going to have its hands full trying to cont... 

The Final Four tips off in the early evening on Saturday in the “Battle of Texas” with Kelvin Sampson’s No. 2 seed Houston Cougars set to square off against Scott Drew’s No. 1 seed Baylor Bears. The Coogs took one of the more chaotic paths to reach the Final Four for the first time since the Phi Slamma Jamma days from back in 1984 by disposing of four double-digit seeds en route to punching a ticket. The Bears took a more conservative route getting the best of a No. 16, No. 9, No. 5 and No. 3 to... 

It’s been a thrilling March Madness thus far, and the women are outshining the men on the court. We have seen more people tune in to the women’s NCAA Tournament, and that has led to a lot of buzz surrounding the Final Four in San Antonio. The women don’t have the same upsets we see with the men in college basketball as no team higher than a No. 6 seed made it to the Sweet Sixteen, so it’s not a big surprise to see three No. 1 seeds in the Final Four.... 

The 16 team NIT Tournament is now down to its Final Four with each team advancing on Thursday night. So before you sit back to enjoy what the NCAA Tournament offers up in the first installment of Saturday’s Sweet Sixteen, you might want to take a gander to see what’s going down in Texas first. Top seeded CSU and Memphis will kick things off before fourth seeded Mississippi State coll... 

A lot of people are already jumping off the Michigan Wolverines’ bandwagon. Although Michigan is the No. 1 seed in the East Region, many observers believe the Wolverines are ripe for an upset. The Big Ten is not all it was cracked up to be according to the brackets, and Michigan is the only team from that conference left in the NCAA Tournament. That has led to plenty of people picking the Florida Sta... 

The Gonzaga Bulldogs are on a mission. This has been one of the most successful programs in college basketball over the last two decades, but they are still looking for their first national championship. Gonzaga came close in 2017, making it to the national championship game where the Bulldogs fell to North Carolina, but this year’s team represents the school’s best chance yet. The Bulldogs have been the No. 1 team in the nation all year, and they are heavy favorites over the Creighton Bluejays in their Sweet Sixteen showdown. ... 

What is it with the Jim Boeheim and his Syracuse Orange going deep into the NCAA Tournament when the selection committee installs them No. 10 seeds or higher? After destroying San Diego State in the Round of 64 and following it up with a more competitive outright win and cover against West Virginia immediately after, the Orange are now 9-2 SU and 10-1 ATS at online sportsbooks as double-digit seeds. Kelvin Sampson’s No. 2 seed Houston Cougars are now the +114 favorites to take down the Midwest R...