Today marks the start of the second month of college basketball. There have been many surprises to start the season. Two AP number one ranked teams have lost to a Mid-Major team at home. Kentucky lost to Evansville 67-64 in Lexington. Duke lost to Stephen F. Austin 85-83 in overtime in Durham. Right now, there is no team who is
As of November 30… Current Standings within the PAC-12: #21 Colorado Buffaloes (5-0) #14 Arizona Wildcats (8-0) Stanford Cardinals (7-1) (68-67 Loss to Butler) Oregon State Beavers (6-1) (Loss to Oklahoma) #23 Washington Huskies (5-1) (Loss to Tennessee) #11 Oregon (6-2) (Losses to #8 Gonzaga and #6 UNC) USC Trojans (6-2) (Losses to Temple and Marquette) California Golden Bears (5-2)
Read moreUCLA vs. BYU 11:30 p.m. ET ESPN2 (Odds courtesy of VegasInsider.com) Opening Spread: BYU -1.5 Current Spread: UCLA -1.5 Projected Spread: UCLA -3.5 Tonight’s Maui Invitational nightcap features Mick Cronin’s 4-1 UCLA Bruins against Mark Pope’s 3-2 BYU Cougars. The UCLA Bruins are coming off a lackluster performance where they surrendered 88 points to Hofstra. Prior to their loss against the Pride, the Bruins
Read moreIt’s not too often that you’ll hear ‘basketball game’ and ‘casino’ in the same sentence, so each November in rural Connecticut, it is quite a treat. The 7th ranked Virginia Cavaliers took down Arizona State, 48-45 in the 2019 Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Tip Off Championship. Casey Morsell and Mamadi Diakite led the Cavs on offense, with
Read more(Image Credit: Stephen Spillman-USA TODAY Sports) Texas vs. California 5:00 p.m. ET ESPN2 (Odds courtesy of VegasInsider.com) Opening Spread: Texas -11 Current Spread: Texas -11 Projected Spread: Texas -13.5 In tonight’s third-place game of the 2k Classic, Shaka Smart’s Texas Longhorns will face off against Mark Fox’s Golden Bears. Both teams are coming off opening-round losses where their effort and intensity were
Read moreStarting on Thursday, there are some great early season college basketball tournaments. I’m going to give readers my predictions and what players fans should look out for. Myrtle Beach Invitational I believe the favorite, Villanova, will win this tournament. However, Baylor or Mississippi State could definitely win this tournament as well. Villanova shouldn’t have any problems in the first round
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The Champions Classic consisted of the top four teams competing against each other at Madison Square Garden. The first game was #3 Kansas vs. #4 Duke. Although the game went down to the wire, Duke won the game 68-66. The first half was sloppy for both teams, but each team stepped it up in the second half. Kansas had 28
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Projected Starting Lineup: PG: Payton Pritchard SG: Chris Duarte SF: Anthony Mathis PF: CJ Walker C: Shakur Juiston *Opening day starters Key Additions: N’Faly Dante, CJ Walker, Addison Patterson, Chandler Lawson, Shakur Juiston, Chris Duarte, Anthony Mathis Key Losses: Bol Bol, Kenny Wooten, Victor Bailey Jr., Paul White, Louis King, Ehab Amin Season Ceiling: 30-7 (PAC 12 Conference and Tournament Champions,
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It seemed like just yesterday the Virginia Cavaliers were cutting down the nets at U.S. Bank Stadium, but we are just under one month from the return of the college basketball. No better way to get ready for the season than looking at some futures. Remember last season when a bettor laid $1,500 on Texas Tech at 200/1? Had the Red
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Last season in the Pac-12, only three teams made the NCAA Tournament. Oregon won the Pac-12 Tournament, so they received the automatic bid. Arizona State and Washington got in as at-large bids. Arizona State lost to Buffalo in the Round of 64. Washington advanced to the second round, where they lost to North Carolina. Oregon made it the furthest of
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