Villanova – Notre Dame Betting Tips
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Villanova hopes to bounce back against Notre Dame.
Yes, the 10th-ranked Villanova Wildcats will try to bounce back from their ugliest offensive performance of the season Monday night when they visit the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, that is if they want to stay focused until the 2009 March Madness bracket tournament gets here.
The Villanova Wildcats (23-6, 11-5) have won nine of ten games from January 24 to February 25 to give itself a striking shot of cracking the Big East’s top four, a feat that would give it a double bye into the quarterfinals of the conference tournament at Madison Square Garden.
But the Wildcats’ chances of trading places with Marquette or Pittsburgh among the league’s elite took a blow Saturday. The Wildcats shot just 33.3 percent, 18.8 percent (3-for-16) from 3-point range, in a 56-54 home loss to Georgetown, which had lost nine of its previous 11.
The Wildcats can still catch Pittsburgh if they win their last two games and the Panthers drop their last two, but the more realistic chance looks to be tracking down Marquette. A loss by the Golden Eagles plus two Villanova victories will leave the fourth seed to a complicated tiebreaker.
On the other hand, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, aside from having another chance in three days to knock off a league heavyweight, will have the opportunity to ascend to one of the final four spots in the Big East tournament with wins in their final three contests.
The fifth through eight place teams will have a bye in the first round of the conference tournament, making it very important for the Irish to at least…
Memphis Tigers visit UAB Blazers
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
People say the Blazers are the only real challengers to Memphis in the C-USA. On Thursday, they will have the chance to prove it.
Yes people, the countdown to the 2009 March Madness bracket tournament continues with another huge game on Thursday night between the fourth best team in the nation, Memphis, against the only team who has the Tigers’ number, UAB.
You read it, the Memphis Tigers are 
going up against the UAB Blazers again with a chance to further climb up the proverbial ladder before the brackets arrive. Memphis is currently ranked No.4 overall and since they lost to UAB two years ago, they’ve won an astounding 54 league games in a row. They also cruise down Highway 78 on an 18-game overall win streak.
Of course, another loss to the UAB Blazers will halt what has been the Tigers’ march for March. And coming to their big game against Memphis this Thursday night, the Blazers also have, although modest, winning streak of their own, having won six games in a row.
One thing going for UAB on gamenight is the fact that they have simply been phenomenal at Bartow. They are a perfect 12-0 at home this 2008-09 NCAA college basketball season and you can bet your ass that their home fans will be pumped for this one.
If you’re betting on Memphis, then you should know that the Tigers won their first meeting, 81-68, at the FedEx Forum. Although UAB has won nine of their last ten games since, the Tigers should still have the upper hand, that is if they can keep their…
UNC just fine without Tyler Hansbrough
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Yes, they’re still winning even without the reigning national player of the year.
One week into the 2008-09 NCAA college basketball season and the North Carolina Tar Heels are still reigning supreme. The Heels passed their first big test without Tyler Hansbrough as their front line stepped up big with Tyler Zeller scoring a team-high 18 points while fellow freshman Ed Davis came up with a double-double Saturday to help North Carolina beat Pennsylvania 86-71.
This is definitely an impressive season-opening performance that indicates that the North Carolina Tar Heels can weather the uncertainty of playing without the national player of the year.
Deon Thompson added 17 points for the Tar Heels, who led by double figures much of the day yet had some trouble putting together a game-sealing run. North Carolina was also without fellow senior Marcus Ginyard, injuries that forced North Carolina to thrust Zeller and Davis into the lineup.
Taking the second spot after week 1 are the Connecticut Huskies, led by Hasheem Thabeet, the 7-foot-3 junior from Tanzania, who scored 23 points and had a career-high 17 rebounds to lead No.2 Connecticut to a season-opening 81-55 win Friday over Western Carolina.
Thabeet, who towers 7 inches over any defender, also blocked five shots. He was 7-of-11 from the field, with most of his attempts from inside five feet. After two years as the Huskies’ defensive stopper, Thabeet says he ready to step it up on offense as well.
Following at third are the Louisville Cardinals, at fourth spot is UCLA and rounding up the fifth spot is Pittsburgh. Levance Fields and DeJuan Blair had 15 and 17 points respectively as they breezed past Fairleigh Dickinson 86-63 Friday night.
Michigan State is at sixth, the Texas Longhorns are at seventh spot, while the Duke Blue Devils, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and…
NCAA: Half of Final Four
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
NCAA Kansas Jayhawks beat Davidson Wildcats 59-57 to win the Midwest Regional in the 2007-2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Kansas Jayhawks (35-3) moved on to play overall No. 1 seed North Carolina—and former coach Roy Williams—on Saturday, and UCLA and Memphis will round out the party at the Alamodome in San Antonio. [...]
NCAA: Half of Final Four
Monday, March 31st, 2008
NCAA: Half of Final Four UCLA Bruins wins the battle against Xavier Musketeers 76-57 to earn a spot in the Final Four of the 2007-2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Saturday night. Kevin Love, who had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the top-seeded UCLA Bruins. “Obviously, it’s unbelievable,” UCLA coach Ben Howland [...]
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