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College Basketball Handicapper Free Pick: Iowa State Cyclones at Baylor Bears

Published on 2012-02-13 16:26:21

The Cyclones have been an undervalued commodity since the start of Big XII play. Expectations were low in Ames once again this year just like they are most years. And Iowa State did not overachieve against the spread in non-conference play, with a mediocre 4-5 ATS mark through its first nine lined games.

NCAA Basketball Betting Tips: The value with totals remains with UNDERS

Published on 2012-02-13 16:09:44

It is pretty remarkable what the Virginia Cavaliers have been able to accomplish with their season-long trend of 3-16 O/U. Its not like oddsmakers and bettors arent aware of UVAs desires to play at a slow pace and put forth max effort on the defensive end of the floor (11-14 O/U last year). And teams which such strong identities especially those who play in major conferences dont often hold much value when their blueprint is so obvious. For example: North Carolina likes to run up and down and

NBA Handicapping: Phoenix Suns start first B2B2B of the season at Golden State

Published on 2012-02-13 14:00:12

The Phoenix Suns begin the first game of their first back-to-back-to-back stretch of the season tonight at Golden State. They travel to Denver on Tuesday and then return home to host Atlanta. So far this season, 10 of the 17 NBA teams that played the straight games came away with a winning mark (3-0 or 2-1). The Suns are playing solid basketball of late; winners of five of seven (4-3 ATS).

College Basketball Gambling: Alabama undecided on suspended players

Published on 2012-02-13 12:45:01

The latest on the suspension of four Alabama basketball players. This was the third suspension for leading scorer and rebounder JaMychal Green under the watch of head coach Anthony Grant. Tony Mitchell was suspended prior to the Auburn game yet the Crimson Tide played one of their better games of the season in a 68-50 victory. Green, Mitchell, Trevor Releford and Andrew Steele were then ruled out prior to Saturdays game against LSU. The Tigers took a 31-15 halftime lead and went on to win 67-58.

Sports Betting Podcast 2-13-2012 with Handicapper Teddy Covers

Published on 2012-02-13 11:18:09

Mondays Sportsmemo Podcast featured handicapper Teddy Covers. Teddy tackled both the College Basketball and NBA slates from a betting perspective.

NCAA Basketball Betting: Kansas-Kansas State series has history of blowouts

Published on 2012-02-13 09:56:58

Despite it being a rivalry, the Kansas-Kansas State series has recently been littled with lopsided outcomes the majority of which in favor of the Jayhawks.

Charles Barkley loses big on New England Patriots Super Bowl bet

Published on 2012-02-13 09:40:13

Charles Barkley is down a few units after putting $100K on the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl XLVI.

NCAA Basketball Gambling: Baylor tries to bounce back against Iowa State

Published on 2012-02-13 09:26:54

A lot of teams would be pleased to be 21-4 with their four defeats coming at the hands of Kansas and Missouri. But for Baylor, there are concerns whether this team is the real or just a product of catching the opposition off guard during the non-conference. The Bears are 8-4 in Big XII play but if we

NBA Handicapping: Clippers continue to win despite sub-par defense

Published on 2012-02-13 09:10:42

Blog on the defensive deficiencies of the Los Angeles Clippers. LA ranks 24th in points per possession allowed (103.3). The author noted that the six teams ranked below the Clippers have a combined winning percentage of .316.

College Basketball Betting: Boston College is nations top underdog

Published on 2012-02-13 09:03:57

The Big Drive blitz continues as our top-rated selections continue to produce big profit following a pair of 20* winners with our Big Ten Game of the Month on Michigan State (+9) outright over Ohio State (58-48) and ACC Game of the Year winner on Boston College (+12.5) in their 66-65 last second loss at Virginia Tech; a game the Eagles led nearly the entire way. The Spartans snapped the Buckeyes 39-game home winning streak; second-longest in the nation.