January 4, 2025

College Basketball Bets of the Day – December 23rd, 2010

Happy Christmas Eve Eve. Hawaii is playing at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu this evening. Rice is 6-2 against-the-spread in their last eight games overall. Good luck!

Hawaii +3.5
Rice +3

Overall Record:

College Football 26-14-3 (2010) 167-128-4 (overall)
NFL 20-23-2 (2010) 158-113-7 (overall)
College Basketball 28-28-3 (2010) 261-202-9 (overall)
NHL 0-2 (2010) 1-4 (overall)
NBA 25-19 (2010) 69-55 (overall)
MLB 69-48 (2010) 159-117-5 (overall)

College Basketball Bets of the Day – December 22nd, 2010

The University of Detroit is 16-5-1 against-the-spread in their last twenty-two road games. Dayton is 9-2 ATS in their last eleven games overall. Good luck!

Detroit +1.5
Dayton +9.5

Overall Record:

College Football 26-14-3 (2010) 167-128-4 (overall)
NFL 20-23-2 (2010) 158-113-7 (overall)
College Basketball 27-27-3 (2010) 260-201-9 (overall)
NHL 0-2 (2010) 1-4 (overall)
NBA 25-19 (2010) 69-55 (overall)
MLB 69-48 (2010) 159-117-5 (overall)

College Basketball Bets of the Day – December 21st, 2010

St. John’s is 2-6 against-the-spread in their last eight games so going to take Northwestern. Cal Poly Slo is 15-2 against-the-spread in their last seventeen games against a West Coast Conference team and tonight they take on Pepperdine. Good luck!

Northwestern +3
Cal Poly Slo +6

Overall Record:

College Football 26-14-3 (2010) 167-128-4 (overall)
NFL 20-23-2 (2010) 158-113-7 (overall)
College Basketball 26-26-3 (2010) 259-200-9 (overall)
NHL 0-2 (2010) 1-4 (overall)
NBA 25-19 (2010) 69-55 (overall)
MLB 69-48 (2010) 159-117-5 (overall)

College Basketball Bets of the Day – December 8th, 2010

Happy hump day folks. A lot more college basketball games to pick from tonight versus the last couple of days. We came up with two for today we like. Good luck!

DePaul +5
Ohio +5

Overall Record:

College Football 26-14-3 (2010) 167-128-4 (overall)
NFL 19-20-2 (2010) 157-110-7 (overall)
College Basketball 25-25-3 (2010) 258-199-9 (overall)
NHL 0-2 (2010) 1-4 (overall)
NBA 23-17 (2010) 67-53 (overall)
MLB 69-48 (2010) 159-117-5 (overall)

College Basketball Bets of the Day – December 7th, 2010

Tonight is the Jimmy V Classic on ESPN with two solid matchups. In the first game at 7:00 PM Memphis takes on Kansas. In the second game Syracuse faces Michigan State. Good luck!

Michigan State -3
Marshall -5

Overall Record:

College Football 26-14-3 (2010) 167-128-4 (overall)
NFL 19-20-2 (2010) 157-110-7 (overall)
MLB 69-48 (2010) 159-117-5 (overall)
College Basketball 25-23-3 (2010) 258-197-9 (overall)
NHL 0-2 (2010) 1-4 (overall)
NBA 23-17 (2010) 67-53 (overall)

College Basketball Bets of the Day – December 1st, 2010

Welcome to the month of December. A month of pretty good basketball action and college football bowl games get in full swing. Two little diddies for you this evening in college basketball. Good luck!

Indiana +6
Richmond +3.5
Charlotte +5.5

Overall Record:

College Football 26-14-3 (2010) 167-128-4 (overall)
NFL 17-20-2 (2010) 155-110-7 (overall)
MLB 69-48 (2010) 159-117-5 (overall)
College Basketball 24-21-3 (2010) 257-195-9 (overall)
NHL 0-2 (2010) 1-4 (overall)
NBA 23-17 (2010) 67-53 (overall)

College Basketball Talent Continues to Decline

Has anyone sat back and thought about what could be going on these days in college basketball if the players actually stayed for an entire four years? This year’s preseason AP All-American team could be: Guard John Wall (Sophomore), Guard Tyreke Evans (Junior), Guard Derrick Rose (Senior), Forward DeMarcus Cousins (Sophomore), Forward Blake Griffin (Senior). The talent doesn’t drop much at all when you think about who could be on the second team: Guard Eric Gordon (Senior), Guard OJ Mayo (Senior), Forward Derrick Favors (Sophomore), Forward Evan Turner (Senior), Forward Michael Beasley (Senior). By no means is it the kids fault for jumping ship in order to make the cabbage, but it is diluting the college product more and more. I am still a HUGE college basketball fan, but take a look at who is on this year’s AP All-American Team.

Kyle Singler (Duke)
Jimmer Fredette (BYU)
Jacob Pullen (K State)
Harrison Barnes (UNC)
JaJuan Johnson (Purdue)

When Harrison Barnes is the second most well-known name on the team you know NCAA basketball is feeling the pinch. Barnes has a chance to be a lottery pick, but after Barnes the other four are by no means a guarantee. Singler will probably be a lottery pick, but it doesn’t seem many of the scouts see him as a “game changer” at the next level.

By no means am I hating on the game of college basketball rather I’m pointing out things need to change in order to keep the talent around a little longer.

Cheaterpari at it Again

Speculation is swirling around another Kentucky basketball recruit which isn’t surprising when you consider who is at the helm. Highly touted center Enes Kanter will be receiving a call from the NCAA in the coming days after reports surfaced that he had been paid thousands of dollars from a professional Turkish basketball team. The GM for the team allegedly provided housing to Kanter’s family for more than three years and paid Kanter $6,500 a month in his final season with the team. If these reports are true there is no way 6-11 Kanter will ever play ball for the Wildcats which would be a blow to the 2010-11 squad. Since this has broke before the season has started Calipari will dodge another bullet, but sooner or later he is going to get caught.

Enes Kanter

USC Gets Smart and Hires New AD

The USC of the west coast has finally put to pasture Mike Garrett who was their AD for the last 17 years. USC has hired Pat Haden who in the 1970’s quarterbacked the Trojans to three Rose Bowls, two National Championships and was a Rhodes Scholar before playing in the NFL for the Rams from 1976-81.  Recently he was an analyst for Notre Dame football on NBC and is a partner for a venture capital firm in LA. Haden will begin reporting to the president of the University August 3rd.

This hire will bring stability to an athletic program which is one of the best in the country, but also one of the dirtiest in recent years.

USC Penalties – Update

The NCAA has not been fooled and thus they have really come down hard on the USC Athletic Department.

The findings of the NCAA investigation found issues with not only Reggie Bush, but basketball player OJ Mayo and an unnamed women’s tennis player.

• A postseason ban in football following this season and next.

• A loss of 30 total football scholarships over the 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons.

• A vacation of all football victories starting in December 2004 and running through the 2005 season. This includes the National Championship win over Oklahoma on January 4th, 2005.

• An acceptance of USC’s self-imposed penalties on its basketball program, which included a forfeiture of all wins in 2007-2008 and a one-year postseason ban.

• All statistics vacated for Bush, Mayo and an unnamed women’s tennis athlete in the games which the NCAA deemed them ineligible due to rules violations.

• All titles won during ineligible games must be vacated and trophies and banners must be removed.

• Bush and Mayo must be disassociated from USC athletics.

• A forfeiture of wins in the women’s tennis program from May 2006 to May 2009, for long-distance telephone violations committed by an athlete.

• A reduction of recruiting days for the men’s basketball program in 2010-2011.

• Four years of probation