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Old School Meets New School
The Big XII season gets underway in a huge manner on the first Saturday of the new year. The Kansas Jayhawks, the favorites to win the conference this year, will take on one of the big time challengers, the Baylor Bears....
Bruce Pearl spent year after year building the basketball program for the Tennessee Volunteers. He got himself into trouble and eventually got fired, but now, he's back in the SEC with the Auburn Tigers and would love nothing more than to spoil his old team's start to the conference season on Saturday.You can bet on college basketball odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season....
Is this the year that the Gonzaga Bulldogs take a bit of a step back in the WCC? They haven't let go of their vice grip on this conference for well over a decade at this point, but this team feels like it might be at least a bit vulnerable. The San Francisco Dons aren't great, but they've challenged the Zags before successfully and know what they're getting into in their biggest conference game of the season at home on Saturday night....
No. 7 North Carolina hosts Clemson in the ACC opener, and the high-scoring Tar Heels are expected to roll, but Clemson’s slow pace could keep them from reaching their season average of 86 points per game which ranks No. 5 in the country. Clemson enters on a downer having lost two straight and three of its last four; all too SEC opponents....
Big Ten play begins and Michigan is expected to push top contenders Michigan State, Maryland and Indiana. The Wolverines are 10-3 and finished 8-10 in Big Ten play last season following a national championship game appearance in 2013. Illinois enters conference play at 8-5 and the Illini were 9-9 in Big Ten play a year ago.Injuries are impacting the Illini's performances and new rotations, and more scoring is anticipated in this opening conference game....
Have fun with this start to the Big Ten season. The Penn State Nittany Lions have to kick off conference play with two road games, both of which will see them lined as double-digit dogs for sure. The first of the two is against the Maryland Terrapins on Wednesday, and that comes leading into a game in Ann Arbor on Saturday....
A road game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights is one of these no-win scenarios for the Indiana Hoosiers. This is a game which is expected to be won, but going on the road is always tough. At least IU will get the benefit of getting its first Big Ten road game out of the way in the middle of the day and in the middle of the week all before the students come back to Piscataway from the winter break....
The Syracuse Orange and Pittsburgh Panthers are used to playing against each other, first as rivals from the Big East and now as ACC foes. Both of these teams seem like they're going to be bound for the tourney this year, but a good start in conference play for both is crucial as we finish up the calendar year....
After Christmas, the Huskies head to Texas for their first true road game of the season to oppose the Longhorns. Texas has won six straight home games, but are just 2-3 ATS on its home court.You can bet the college basketball odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season....
It's traditional for the Florida Gators and the Florida State Seminoles to play each other towards the end of their non-conference dockets. In this case, both are playing their last non-conference games of the year on Tuesday in what could end up being a heck of a showdown....
The Florida Gators might have an 8-3 record heading into their last non-conference game of the year against the Florida State Seminoles, but they haven't really beaten anyone yet this year with a legitimate chance to get into the NCAA Tournament. That could all change if they can snare this win on Tuesday over their arch rivals from Tallahassee....
The Golden Bears finally got back in the win column ATS on Saturday and will look to build off that with another win on Tuesday, but the competition will be tough against the No. 9 ranked Virginia Cavaliers....
The Iowa State Cyclones were ranked in the Top 5 in the land entering last week, and many believed they had a legitimate claim to being ranked No. 1. That won't be the case now that they've been knocked from the ranks of the unbeatens following a loss against Northern Iowa.Now, they could be staring a second straight defeat in the face when they visit the Cincinnati Bearcats....
Throw out the record books when the Missouri Tigers and the Illinois Fighting Illini get together. This is one of the most unpredictable rivalries in college basketball, and each of the last five meetings have been decided by single digits. There's no reason to expect anything but another close game between these foes at the Scottrade Center on Wednesday night....
Five wins in a row, including a last second victory over UNC have the Longhorns cruising into Stanford to take on the Cardinal in search of payback. Last season, the Cardinal beat the Longhorns, 74-71 in overtime. This season, the Longhorns have Shaka Smart....
A short journey for the Bulldogs, the Volunteers will take the long hike up to Seattle for the Washington Federal Battle against a ranked Gonzaga team. The Vols have struggled against better competition, particularly on the road and will try to overcome both issues, but Gonzaga doesn’t figure to make it easy....
The Duke Blue Devils know Madison Square Garden well. It feels like they take at least one trip there every season, and this year is no exception. They'll be back at MSG this Saturday to face the Utah Utes in what might turn out to be a relatively dangerous non-conference tussle....
Points could really be at a premium on Saturday in what might be the best college basketball game of the week when the Villanova Wildcats pay a visit to the Virginia Cavaliers in a Top 10 battle.You can bet on college basketball odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season....
The non-conference schedule is winding down, and there are still teams that are in dire need of some big wins for some momentum heading into conference play. The UCLA Bruins have already beaten one former No. 1 team in the land this year, and they'll have a shot to do it again to the North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday at the Barclays Center....
The Kentucky Wildcats are awfully perplexing this season. They've only been beaten one time, and outside of their game against UCLA, they've comfortably put away foes. However, thanks to the perception around them, they've only covered three of their first 10 games. They're sure to be asked to lay a big number once again on Saturday at the Barclays Center when they take on the slumping Ohio State Buckeyes....
There's no doubting the fact that the Indiana Hoosiers are talented enough to make a huge run throughout the Spring. However, they haven't played well against the best teams on their docket yet this season, and they haven't historically lived up to their lofty expectations. They've got another shot to claim a huge scalp this Saturday against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish....
No. 13 Arizona is 9-1 and will be laying near double-digits at home against a talented UNLV team that is 8-2 with a pair of close losses to UCLA and Wichita State away from home. You can bet the college basketball odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season....
In the second game of the Metro PCS Orange Bowl Basketball Classic, the Gators will take on the Cowboys at the BB&T Center looking to get back into the win column following back-to-back losses....
One of the sad parts of conference realignment from a few years ago is that there were a lot of traditional rivalries which were lost along the way. It makes perfect sense for the Baylor Bears and Texas A&M Aggies to play against each other on the hardwood, as it provides both with a great non-conference foe without having to travel all that far for one to visit the other. That rivalry will play out once again this weekend in College Station....
No. 11 North Carolina meets No. 22 UCLA in the new college basketball showcase, CBS Sports Classic in Brooklyn, NY Saturday. The Tar Heels come off a disappointing last second loss at Texas while the Bruins enter off their second big win beating Gonzaga after dispatching then No. 1 Kentucky....
