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The madness of March has finally arrived as 12-seed Drake looks to play spoiler to against five-seed Miami. It is time to take a look at our March Madness odds series where our Drake-Miami prediction and pick will be revealed. Capping off their regular season by going 27-7 and winning the MVC Championship by defeating Bradley […]

Kentucky basketball guard Sahvir Wheeler said he practiced this week and is ready to play, the Athletic Kentucky basketball reporter Kyle Tucker wrote in a Thursday tweet. “Says as a HS senior he tore his meniscus, came back in time for playoffs, won the state title,” continued Tucker. A former four-star recruit from Houston Christian high school […]

The first game for the West Region on Friday sends 12-seeded VCU to Albany, New York to face the five-seed in Saint Mary’s. It is time to continue our March Madness odds series with a VCU-Saint Mary’s prediction and pick. Former cinderella story VCU attempts to become the latest winner of a 12-5 upset in the tournament. VCU […]

The Big West Champion UC Santa Barbara Gauchos come in as a 14 seed and making their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance. They will face off against the Baylor Bears out of the Big 12, who hope to repeat the 2021 tournament. It is time to continue our March Madness odds series with a UCSB-Baylor prediction and pick. The […]

Iona head basketball coach Rick Pitino spoke on speculation on him going to St. John’s, Stadium basketball analyst Jeff Goodman wrote in a Thursday tweet. “It’s not a distraction for my players,” Pitino said. “It’s not a distraction for me.” Pitino was asked about the rumors on Sunday. “I don’t know,” Rick Pitino said, via Justin Walters of […]

The second day of the Friday slate tips off in Greensboro Coliseum for the Midwest Region, as 14-seed Kennesaw State faces off against Xavier, the three-seed. It is time to continue our March Madness odds series with a Kennesaw State-Xavier prediction and pick. Xavier comes into the game at 25-9, losing in the Big East tournament finals to […]

Kansas basketball is ready for March Madness to begin. The Jayhawks won the men’s March Madness last season and are eager to see how far the top seed in the West Region can go this season. Unfortunately, they will have to start the tournament without head coach Bill Self, who is dealing with a heart […]

The Notre Dame women’s basketball program was dealt a brutal blow, as Olivia Miles will miss the remainder of the season due to a knee injury, according to Alexa Philippou of ESPN. Olivia Miles was injured in Notre Dame women’s basketball’s regular-season finale against Louisville. She did not play in the ACC tournament. Notre Dame […]

Comebacks are quite rare in basketball. After a team mounts a commanding lead, it often results in a victory. However, there are some cases when the losing team finds a way to defy the odds by erasing a huge deficit in order to win the game. Like in any other basketball league around the world, […]

It’s March Madness time as the USC Trojans face the Michigan State Spartans in the first-round tournament game. We’re not mad at all as we share our March Madness odds series, make a USC-Michigan State prediction and pick while showing you how to watch. USC finished the season 22-10 (14-6 in conference) in the Pac-12 […]

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs take on the UCLA Bruins. Check out our March Madness odds series for our UNC Asheville UCLA prediction and pick. Find out how to watch UNC Asheville UCLA. The UCLA Bruins were the best team in the Pac-12 this season, winning the conference by several games over Arizona and USC. It […]

The Penn State Nittany Lions take on the Texas A&M Aggies. Our March Madness odds series has our Penn State Texas A&M prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Penn State Texas A&M. The SEC basketball season produced a big surprise: Texas A&M finished higher in the standings than Kentucky and Tennessee and Auburn […]

The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns take on the Tennessee Volunteers. Check out our March Madness odds series for our Louisiana Tennessee prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Louisiana Tennessee. The Tennessee Volunteers will go into this game without guard Zakai Zeigler, a strong defender who added a lot of value to coach Rick Barnes’ […]

The N Kentucky Norse take on the Houston Cougars. Check out our March Madness odds series for our N Kentucky Houston prediction and pick. Find out how to watch N Kentucky Houston. The Houston Cougars won the AAC regular-season championship. They lost only three games all season. Now they will play for a chance to […]

The Boise State Broncos take on the Northwestern Wildcats. Check out our March Madness odds series for our Boise State Northwestern prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Boise State Northwestern. This game occurs at a point in time when Mountain West basketball fans have to be wondering if their conference can finally deliver […]

The Auburn Tigers take on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Our March Madness odds series has our Auburn Iowa prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Auburn Iowa. The SEC basketball season involved a number of jarring developments. One was that Auburn, which looked like a top-five seed in the NCAA Tournament in the first half […]

It is one of the most wonderful times of the year on the sporting calendar. People are no longer productive at work, skipping meetings and ignoring e-mails to do one thing, watching their brackets fall apart game by game.  It is time to continue our March Madness odds series with prediction and pick for all 32 opening round […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini take on the Arkansas Razorbacks. Our March Madness odds series has our Illinois Arkansas prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Illinois Arkansas. This is a fascinating game between two very talented but very erratic teams. It is a classic 8-9 game in the NCAA Tournament. Illinois is good enough […]

The Princeton Tigers take on the Arizona Wildcats. Check out our March Madness odds series for our Princeton Arizona prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Princeton Arizona. The college basketball season has been quite a trip for Arizona. The Wildcats fell several games short of UCLA in the Pac-12 regular-season standings. Arizona lost […]

The Charleston Cougars take on the San Diego State Aztecs. Our March Madness odds series has our Charleston San Diego State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Charleston San Diego State. This game is going to be one of the most fascinating first-round games in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Everyone who follows college […]

The Texas A&M-CC Islanders take on the Alabama Crimson Tide. Our March Madness odds series has our Texas A&M-CC Alabama prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Texas A&M-CC Alabama. The SEC basketball season led to the coronation of Alabama as the conference champion. Alabama dominated the SEC, losing only twice in the conference […]

The Nevada Wolf Pack take on the Arizona State Sun Devils. Check out our March Madness odds series for our Nevada Arizona State prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Nevada Arizona State. The college basketball season has been a thrill ride for some teams. The Arizona State Sun Devils certainly rate as one […]

The No. 15 seed Colgate Raiders (26-8) face the No. 2 seed Texas Longhorns (26-8) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Action tips off at 7:25 p.m. ET. Below we continue our March Madness odds series with a Colgate-Texas prediction, pick, and how to watch. Colgate has lost just a single game since […]

Throughout NCAA history, only a handful of Historically Black Colleges and Universities have made their presence felt against the top universities of the nation. However, they are also responsible for some of the biggest upsets in tournament history. Because of this, there’s no question that a handful of them deserve to play in the NCAA […]

The No. 16 Howard Bison (22-12) face the No. 1 seed Kansas Jayhawks (27-7) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Action tips off at 2:00 p.m. ET. Below we continue our March Madness odds series with a Howard-Kansas prediction, pick, and how to watch. Howard squeaked out a one-point win in the MAEC […]

More than any other team in the NCAA Tournament, Alabama basketball weaponizes math. In the NBA, this isn’t a radical concept. The NBA’s culture war between the True Hoopers and the math wonks has been decided and the wonks have won; this is why every team is scoring more and more similarly than ever, continually […]

HBCUs have often been viewed as underdogs in NCAA basketball. However, given that the ball is round in basketball, there’s a reason why we still continue to play the games. In fact, throughout history, we’ve seen some HBCU basketball teams successfully pull the rug. For this piece, let’s take a look at 15 HBCU basketball […]

Houston basketball’s Marcus Sasser will be a game-time decision for Thursday’s NCAA Tournament game against Northern Kentucky due to a groin injury, according to Jon Rothstein. Marcus Sasser left Saturday’s AAC semifinal game against Cincinnati with about seven minutes left in the first half. Kelvin Sampson immediately went out to help him up. The Houston […]

The NBA season is up and running, but all eyes will now be on the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Organizations will have a final chance to watch and analyze the top prospects in the upcoming class and take some final notes before the 2023 NBA Draft. Teams such as the Brooklyn Nets should have active offseasons, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers once again find themselves on the outside looking in on the NBA playoffs. As with all non-playoff teams in the NBA, the 2023 NCAA Tournament signals that the 2023 NBA Draft isn’t far behind. And that means new hope for Blazers fans. With that in mind, here are the three best […]

The No. 10 seed Utah State Aggies (26-8) face the No. 7 seed Missouri Tigers (24-9) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Action tips off at 1:40 p.m. ET. Below we continue our March Madness odds series with a Utah State-Missouri prediction, pick, and how to watch! Utah State lost a tight contest […]

The Houston Cougars are coming off a tight finish against Memphis to end the year in the AAC Tournament, but as the number one seed in the Midwest, they are primed to make a run to a title this year. It is time to continue our March Madness odds series with a 2023 NCAA Tournament […]

The Fair Dickinson Knights take on the Texas Southern Tigers. Check out our March Madness odds series for our Fair Dickinson Texas Southern prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Fair Dickinson Texas Southern. The NCAA Tournament is about to explode into full color on Thursday and Friday with the Round of 64, but […]

The New York Knicks are playing well and are currently focused on the upcoming NBA playoffs. However, with the 2023 NCAA Tournament about to start and the 2023 NBA Draft to follow, it’s time for fans to look toward the future as well. In that vein, here are the three best potential Knicks draft picks […]

The first tip-off in the South Region features a 4-13 match-up as Furman faces off against Virginia in Orlando, Florida. It is time to continue our March Madness odds series with a Furman-Virginia prediction and pick. The Furman Paladins make their first trip to the big dance since 1980 after winning the SoCon tournament and […]

Georgetown basketball is one of the few programs that has a legitimate history—you can read each of their seasons as chapters in some overarching narrative, rather than merely entries in a Basketball Reference spreadsheet. This is the program of Big John Thompson and Patrick Ewing and Dikembe Mutombo and Alonzo Mourning and Allen Iverson that […]

March Madness is one of the most wonderful annual events of the sports year as teams across the country compete for the chance win a championship. That being said, while Houston Rockets fans may have their eyes in France or on the NBA G League, their eyes need to be on the NCAA Men’s Basketball […]

It is that time of year again for NCAA hoops. College basketball’s postseason has been underway for a little over two weeks with everyone now turning their attention to the NCAA Tournament. The discourse on whether the NCAA should expand the tournament reared its head again with multiple mid-major teams being left out of March […]

It’s that time of year, the one every basketball fan has been waiting for, March Madness. The 2023 NCAA Tournament tipped off on Tuesday with the First Four, and for the next few weeks, it will be the talk of the sports world. For NBA teams, the main draw of the event will be to […]