Posted Thursday, December 03, 2009 03:38 PM
Florida vs Alabama odds for the SEC title
game signifies the impending end of the college football season, which means
basketball will soon take center stage in the NCAA. Before you start figuring
out who your NCAA basketball betting pick will be for the “Big Dance”, refresh
your memory with a list of the top five memories from last year’s Tournament.
1) Wayne Ellington
getting the MOP over Ty Lawson
Ellington had a good Final Four and all, but the one thing
I’ll remember most about North Carolina’s championship last year is the feeling
of confusion I had when they gave the Most Outstanding Player award to
Ellington and not Ty Lawson, who was the engine that made the high-powered Tar
Heels go. Lawson had 22 points, eight assists and seven boards in the Final
Four game against Villanova, and then 21 points, six assists and eight steals
(an NCAA title game record) in the clinching game against Michigan State. The
Tar Heels would have stood a better NCAA basketball betting chance without
Ellington than they did without Lawson, who missed the first game with a sprained
ankle.
2) More troubles for
the No.5 seed
When going to your online sportsbook for the first round of
the Tournament, you have to... [More]
Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 03:57 PM
Sportsbook players know that the NCAA basketball betting
season is pretty slow until the conference portion of the schedule begins, but
there are usually a handful of games involving the nation’s best. Here’s the
cream of the crop to fill up your December with.
Michigan State at
North Carolina (December 1st)
In a rematch of last year’s national-championship game, the
Spartans will be out to exact some revenge on the Tar Heels, who no longer have
Ty Lawson running the show. Instead, it’ll be Larry Drew III who has the task
of chasing Lucas around, but the Tar Heels will have the advantage in the post.
Carolina has won six of eight against the Spartans, including the last four,
which is good sportsbook knowledge to have.
North Carolina at
Kentucky (December 5th)
Sportsbook betting players will get their first big-game
look at Kentucky coach John Calipari and point guard John Wall, who some say
will be the top pick in the NBA draft if he decides to leave school. Most will
be watching to see how the Wildcats
adapt to Calipari’s dribble-drive offense that was so effective at Memphis, and
they get to test it against another top-10 team in the Tar Heels, who have won
their last five against Kentucky.
North Carolina at
Texas (De... [More]