The chalk continues to dominate the NCAA tournament and it has been for the last two years. Everyone is looking for the little guy to advance in the tournament like George Mason and Davidson did in prior years. Not the case this year unless you want to consider 12-seed Arizona a ‘cinderella’ and highly doubt you do.
What we do have are some tremendous match-ups and should make for an exciting sweet 16 round and elite 8 this weekend. The only #1 seed that looks a little shaky to me is Pittsburgh. They have not played well in two games in the tournament and I guess if you are Pitt fan that could be good news because you haven’t seen their best yet. Louisville had a scare against Siena but I think they come out this weekend more focused and refreshed. UNC didn’t play in the first half of the LSU game but that was because Lawson di not play. The ACC player of the year came out in the 2nd half with his superman capeon and destroyed LSU. UConn looked as dominating as we have seen in quite some time for 1 seed as they dismantled both of the their week opponents in the 1st weekend.
From a handicapping point of view, the favorites continue to cover the spread and makes you wonder will this be the weekend of the dog? Could be, but you should never handicap a set of games thinking ‘ the favs have covered the first 2 games and now the dogs will cover’. Every game has different situations and match-ups that we look and we compare them t o our power numbers.
Get ready for some fun this weekend in front of the t.v. with these games. Don’t forget about the CBI, College Insider and NIT tournaments. From a gambling perspective, we are always looking for value and you will find some value in these games. Kind of like betting the pre-season in the NFL. There is value in these games. We think we found a few tonight ,including our CBI Tournament GAME OF THE YEAR…Hope to see you with us tonight! Also, the NBA remains smoking-hot as we on again yesterday (8-1 last 9). Don’t miss our 15* NBA BEST BET for Monday!
