Articles
Article Topics: View All Articles | NFL | College Football | NBA | College Basketball | MLB | WNBA | NHL
Date added: 03.10.10
Nite Owl Sports
Preserving Your March Madness Bankroll
Every year without fail the "March Madness" hoopla starts in earnest as soon as our annual "short month" of February ends, and college hoops fans and all of the "talking heads" on radio and TV sports stations become obsessed with "bracketology" (speculating which teams will end up in which regions and brackets, ... read more
Nite Owl Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.10.10
Marc Lawrence
PAC 10 TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
PAC 10 TOURNAMENT PREVIEWPROJECTED FINAL FOUR:California, Arizona State, Washington and ArizonaTHE WAY WE SEE IT: In the eight-year history of this tournament, there have been six different winners. CALIFORNIA isn’t one of them. Could this be the Bears’ turn? Cal was one-and-done last year but led by guards Jerome Randle and Patrick Christopher, ... read more
Marc Lawrence Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.10.10
Marc Lawrence
BIG 12 TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
BIG 12 TOURNAMENT PREVIEWPROJECTED FINAL FOUR:Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and TexasTHE WAY WE SEE IT: The NCAA committee will probably hand out invitations to seven Big 12 schools, but can any of them be trusted in this event? KANSAS does arrive with some gaudy offensive and defensive numbers but their rusty 2-11 ATS mark with 3 or more days of ... read more
Marc Lawrence Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.10.10
Marc Lawrence
BIG 10 TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
BIG 10 TOURNAMENT PREVIEWBy Marc LawrencePROJECTED FINAL FOUR:Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, PurdueTHE WAY WE SEE IT: With five returning starters and conference MVP Evan Turner hitting on cylinders, OHIO STATE appears poised to improve on last year’s runner-up finish. Led by a smothering defense that has allowed an average of 60.5 PPG ... read more
Marc Lawrence Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.10.10
Marc Lawrence
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
PROJECTED FINAL FOUR:Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia and PittsburghTHE WAY WE SEE IT: The Mecca of basketball should once again witness another competitive, exciting Big East tourney. SYRACUSE lost to Louisville in last year’s title game and the top-ranked Orange are primed to make another title run. The No. 1 seed in this event has appeared ... read more
Marc Lawrence Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.10.10
Marc Lawrence
ACC TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
PROJECTED FINAL FOUR: Duke, Maryland, Virginia Tech, ClemsonTHE WAY WE SEE IT: DUKE will be looking to advance to the title game for the 11th time in 14 years (6-3-1 ATS playing for the cheese) and defend their ACC crown (beat FSU last year). The good news for the Blue Devils, as they added yet another ACC regular-season trophy to their mantelpiece, ... read more
Marc Lawrence Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.10.10
Vernon Croy
Vernon Croy's March Madness Betting
March Madness is the U.S. college basketball championships, also known as the NCAA Tournament. It covers both men's and women's NCAA college tournaments, which take place throughout March to determine the men's and women's college basketball champs in the U.S. The tournament starts with 64 teams and after each round of play, the number of teams is ... read more
Vernon Croy Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.10.10
Rocketman Sports
Pac 10 CBB Conference Tournament Preview 2010
The Pac 10 has caught a lot of flack for being down this year and deservedly so. There isn’t one dominant team in the league that looks to be a threat to make it to the Final Four. California is however the best team in this conference and have to be regarded as the favorites. They won the regular season crown going 13-5 in conference play, ... read more
Rocketman Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.10.10
Rocketman Sports
Big 12 CBB Conference Tournament Preview
Kansas is the top team in the country and by far the most talented team in the Big 12. Everyone will be gunning for the Jayhawks in order to solidify an automatic bid. Kansas checks in at 29-2 overall and 15-1 in conference play. The next best team in the conference is arguably Kansas State and Kansas has already beaten them twice this year including ... read more
Rocketman Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.10.10
Marc Lawrence
SEC TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
PROJECTED FINAL FOUR:Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Mississippi StateTHE WAY WE SEE IT:KENTUCKY enters as the No. 1 seed for the first time since 2005 and we’ll look for them to continue their dominant play in this event. Since 1992, the Wildcats are 38-8 SU and 31-13-2 ATS, including an amazing 28-8-1 ATS as favorites of more than four ... read more
Marc Lawrence Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.09.10
Wunderdog Sports
Wunderdog's Weekly NBA Power Rankings
A note about these NBA Power Rankings: These Power Rankings represent Wunderdog's statistical measurement of relative team performance for this NBA season. They can be used to assist in making winning NBA picks. Of course, they only tell part of the story and should be used in conjuction with other important NBA handicapping tools such as motivation, ... read more
Wunderdog Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.08.10
Rocketman Sports
Big East CBB Conference Tournament Preview
Year in and year out, the Big East is always the most wide open conference tournaments. This due to the strength of the league as the Big East boasts eight teams with at least 20+ wins. Syracuse won the regular season title posting a 15-3 conference record, finishing 2 games ahead of Pittsburgh and West Virginia. Syracuse, however, took a step backward ... read more
Rocketman Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.08.10
Rocketman Sports
Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Preview
Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Preview There are three teams in the top tier of the Atlantic 10 Conference and all three have a great shot at winning this tournament. Temple is obviously the favorite as they enter the post-season with an overall record 26-5 and an outstanding conference record of 14-2. The next best team in ... read more
Rocketman Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.08.10
Tony George Sports
Big 12 Tourney Power Ratings and Notes
They are coming to Kansas City, and yours truly, who owned this conference again this year with over 60% winners for the 8th straight season will be at every game in Kansas City in person with a pass for this tourney! After dominating the MO Valley tourney and conference in the past 2 weeks, I turn my attention to this tourney, WHERE IS EVERYONE ELSE ... read more
Tony George Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.02.10
Wunderdog Sports
Wunderdog's Weekly NBA Power Rankings
A note about these NBA Power Rankings: These Power Rankings represent Wunderdog's statistical measurement of relative team performance for this NBA season. They can be used to assist in making winning NBA picks. Of course, they only tell part of the story and should be used in conjuction with other important NBA handicapping tools such as motivation, ... read more
Wunderdog Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 03.01.10
Jim Feist
Final Run to the Big 10 Title
Tournament play is on the horizon! It's the start of a wild few weeks with conference tournament play helping to whittle the field. In the Big 10, Ohio State made the title game three years with Greg Oden while Michigan State won it all in 2000. Here's a look at some of the top teams of the Big 10 looking to make a similar run. Purdue: The Boilermakers ... read more
Jim Feist Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.25.10
Rocketman Sports
Kentucky Seeks Revenge tonight!
The Kentucky Wildcats will be looking to avenge their only loss of the entire season when they play host to South Carolina on Thursday night. As this is a classic revenge situation, odds makers have the proper adjustments by installing Kentucky as 16½ point home favorites over the Gamecocks. South Carolina won by a final score of 68-62 on January ... read more
Rocketman Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.23.10
Doc's Sports
NBA Playoffs Seeding Predictions
Eastern ConferenceThis could end up being a banner year for the Eastern Conference. It looks like the requirements to get into the playoffs in the East have just gotten a little stricter. Currently, the top eight teams in the East are all at least .500 ball clubs. That is something that could not have been said the last few years at the end of the ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.23.10
Wunderdog Sports
Wunderdog's Weekly NBA Power Rankings
A note about these NBA Power Rankings: These Power Rankings represent Wunderdog's statistical measurement of relative team performance for this NBA season. They can be used to assist in making winning NBA picks. Of course, they only tell part of the story and should be used in conjuction with other important NBA handicapping tools such as motivation, ... read more
Wunderdog Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.22.10
Jim Feist
College Hoops: Best Pac 10 Teams
It's been a mediocre year in Pac 10 in basketball, with the struggles of UCLA and a string of teams battling for the top spot. Here's a look at the strengths and weaknesses of some of college basketball's best teams in the Pacific 10.Cal: The Bears have used a strong home court edge and a dynamite backcourt to have strong season. The three-guard offense ... read more
Jim Feist Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.18.10
Doc's Sports
College Basketball: Bracket Buster Betting Trends
by Robert Ferringo - 2/18/2010I've analyzed the last five years of the mid-February mid-major hoops orgy known as Bracket Buster Weekend to see if I could establish any useful betting angles or trends. Instead of working over every single "official" Bracket Buster game I squared my focus on the ones that featuring the mid-major conferences ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.15.10
Jim Feist
College Hoops: Best of the SEC
by Jim Feist The SEC has a bunch of teams that are loaded with talent, depth and athleticism. Kentucky won the national championship in 1998, Florida knocked on the door in 2000 getting to the title game against Michigan State, the won it all with back-to-back titles. Here's a look at some of college basketball's best teams in the SEC. ... read more
Jim Feist Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.14.10
Marc Lawrence
NBA AT THE BREAK… Teams and Trends to Ponder
Some say the NBA is simply an acronym for Nothing But Aggravation. Others contend it’s merely a Nice Bankroll Additive. Whatever your take, there is no better time than the present – with Pro Basketball taking a time out for the All-Star break - to examine the condition of each team in the league at this stage of the season. From the ... read more
Marc Lawrence Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.14.10
Vernon Croy
Vernon Croy's 2010 NBA All Star Game Preview
Every year, the NBA All Star game comes along and the basketball world stands still. They put aside the race for the playoffs, team affiliations, and just have a good time with the game of basketball. Anytime you put such a huge collection of the best players in the world in one place, there are bound to be some amazing things that happen. The East ... read more
Vernon Croy Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.12.10
Tony George Sports
Big 12 Power Ratings / News and Notes
The Big 12 is shaping up to be Kansas, and basically everyone else folks. The Jayhawks have been tested on the road and survived a scare at Colorado, beat K State on the road in a big game, dominated Texas on Big Monday this past week, and manhandled their hated rival MIzzou. The depth of Kansas is an issue for any team who plays them, and Aldrige ... read more
Tony George Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.10.10
Doc's Sports
Super Bowl Betting Recap
It was another great NFL betting season at Doc’s Sports and I couldn’t leave it without a wrap-up of thoughts on another excellent Super Bowl. So here is a special edition of the Ferringo Report on Super Bowl 44:- Whenever I talk to people before the Super Bowl they still all say the same thing, “I just hope it’s a good game.” ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.10.10
Marc Lawrence
END OF THE LINE
END OF THE LINE…A Decade of College Football StreaksBy Marc Lawrence With the 2009-10 College Football season having drawn to a conclusion, it marks the end of an initial decade of results from the new millennium. With that, I queried our powerful database, looking for teams that have outperformed others in the spread wars. What I found was ... read more
Marc Lawrence Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.09.10
Wunderdog Sports
Wunderdog's Weekly NBA Power Rankings
A note about these NBA Power Rankings: These Power Rankings represent Wunderdog's statistical measurement of relative team performance for this NBA season. They can be used to assist in making winning NBA picks. Of course, they only tell part of the story and should be used in conjuction with other important NBA handicapping tools such as motivation, ... read more
Wunderdog Sports Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.08.10
Jim Feist
College Hoops Takes Center Stage
With the Super Bowl in the rear view mirror, the next big event on the sports stage is college basketball's season-ending tournaments. Since 1997, college basketball's national champion has come from several different conferences: the Pac 10 (Arizona), SEC (Kentucky and Florida), Big 10 (Michigan State), the ACC (Duke, Maryland, North Carolina), Nig ... read more
Jim Feist Bio and Picks
Date added: 02.04.10
Doc's Sports
Playing the Super Bowl Total
Drew Brees Saints quarterbackApparently, defense isn’t allowed in the NFL anymore.This January we have seen a dizzying display of offensive artistry as points have been a-plenty through the 10 games that we’ve witnessed. And the two teams that have survived the splurging are – not surprisingly – the two best offensive clubs ... read more
Doc's Sports Bio and Picks
