NIT Picking: The Not In Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is the oldest tournament in college basketball. The NIT was started in 1938. It was the first postseason tournament to be played in the country. The NIT started what today is known as "March Madness". The NCAA followed 1 year later with a tournament of their own. The tournament was originally played entirely at Madison Square Garden in New York. The opening rounds of the tournament were later moved from New York to campus sites in 1977. The Garden was reserved solely for the semifinals and the finals. This is currently how the tourna... cont. |
Planting Seeds
Re-published from March 2006When it comes to dancing in March, all teams are not created equal.
Pay close attention to seeds and HOW teams get there. Automatic bids are much better bets than At Large bids.
Here's some historic seeding notes to keep in mind when filling out your brackets.
16th seeds are 0-80 since the tournament moved to a 64 team format in 1985
15th seeds are 4-76
14th seeds are 16-64 and 13th seeds are 18-62 , giving them a combined record of 35-125 . Last season both Vermont & Bucknell b... cont. |
NCAAB Power Ratings to 01/23/08
College Basketball Power Ratings up to and including January 22/2008
Note: The BGS Brian Gabrielle Sports Power Ratings are recognized as the oldest and most reliable Gambling Power Ratings in existence. The following are not opinion polls like the AP or USA Today and are not politically influenced like Sagarin and other BCS ratings. The below ratings are the UNBIASED BGS Power Ratings designed specifically for determining expected RAW pointspreads.
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April Showers Bring More than Flowers
The boys of summer are back in action this weekend, college hoops will crown
it's champion, the NHL and NBA prepare for the playoffs and Triple Crown
watch begins. It's April folks, a shower of opportunity for bettors and bookies alike.
A real plethora of activity for industry folk, but always time for a little
fun and games as well at BoDog Sportsbook & Casino. The official sportsbook
of the Professional Handicappers League unleashed an elaborate April Fools
joke, Hail Mary Sportsbook. The fictitious book run by East LA gangster D.
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Bettors, Books Flirt with Duke
It's Duke by a landslide -- or maybe just a point. Either way, the Blue Devils seem to be a solid choice to twirl in the spotlight Monday night after they nab another NCAA hoops championship, this one at the Alamo Dome in beseeching, romantic San Antonio.
Duke, which has become a national powerhouse during Mike Krzyewski's long stewardship, opened at BoDog as a 1-point fluffy puppy to UConn in one of Saturday's two Final Four games and the number had shot up to 2 1/2 by Wednesday night. Oklahoma State was holding strong at minus 5 in their semi... cont. |
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