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CT’s 2009 Conference Tourney Handicapping Tips

Craig’s 3 Betting Tips for Conference Tournaments

The Madness has already began with many conference tournaments underway and rest to start in the next few days. As much as we love to watch these exciting tournaments we really love to add to it by adding to your bank role before the big dance starts.

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CT’s 2009 Mid Major Predictions + Bubble Watch

Mid Major Team Predictions: NCAA Tournament

Last in a series of article by sports handicapper Craig Trapp where he brought you his predictions for top teams in all the major conferences. Today he will look at the mid major at large selections candidates and predict seeding’s and also how they might do in the NCAA Tournament. As always many mid major teams find themselves on the bubble and will find themselves fighting for a spot against the BCS conferences.

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CT’s 2009 Big 10 Predictions + Bubble Watch

BIG TEN Conference: NCAA Tournament Predictions and Previews 

Not a banner year for the BIG TEN Conference and with less than two weeks left several teams have work left to do. Can’t remember a year when the Big Ten had so few Nationally ranked teams. Also most years this conference has a minimum of seven locks to get in to March Madness but this year there are only three teams that are an absolute lock.

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CT’s 2009 SEC Predictions + Bubble Watch

SEC: NCAA Tournament Predictions and Breakdown

Even though this conference is the weakest in recent memory they could change many people’s minds with a couple large upsets come the NCAA Tournament.  Currently there is only one team that is a lock for the NCAA Tournament.

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CT’s 2009 ACC Predictions + Bubble Watch

March Madness Predictions: ACC Breakdown

The ACC has had a ton of upsets this year and there are two schools of thought about the strength of the ACC this year. Either you think this conference is so good that anyone can win on any given day or it’s a conference that is overrated and not near as strong as the rankings. Let’s predict who is in the big dance as of right now and predict how they will perform.

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CT’s Pac 10 Hoops Bubble Watch

PAC 10: NCAA Tournament Previews and Predictions

Right now the PAC 10 has a solid 5 teams in the big dance and no bubble teams. Any other team that wants to make the big dance from the PAC 10 will have to win the PAC 10 tournament. The bottom teams in this conference have been competitive but not good enough to get on the bubble.

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CT’s Big East Bubble Watch

Big East Bubble Breakdown and NCAA Selection Predictions

The Big East has been given the best conference tag by almost every expert in college basketball. Today Craig handicaps the Bubble teams from the Big East. Most NCAA Hoops experts see eight safe teams for the NCAA tournament: UCONN, Pittsburgh, Villanova, Marquette, Louisville, West Virginia, Syracuse.

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CT’s NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch

Craig’s March Madness Bubble Watch

There is nothing worse for a College Basketball coach than missing out on March Madness. Several big name programs have found themselves on the bubble of being home come March Madness. With less than 4 games left for much teams they still have opportunities to get themselves in. A late season winning streak could help any of the teams on the bubble prove there worth to the selection committee.

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Big 12 March Madness Handicapping

Projecting the NCAA Tournament: Big 12 Teams

Projecting the NCAA Tournament is not easy and is ever changing right up to selection Sunday. The BIG 12 has had a very disappointing year after having a very good year last year. Currently Craig has only four teams that are a lock for the NCAA tournament. There are four other BIG 12 teams that are on the NCAA bubble and need a string of wins to find themselves in the dance.

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NCAAB Championship Future Picks

Longshot Value Plays NCAA Basketball Futures

March Madness is a great time to root for the underdog teams and the long shot to win it all. Craig is throwing out the 5 favorites and is only looking at the teams that are 15-1 or higher.

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Butler vs. Davidson Gambling Preview

Bracketbuster Game of Weekend: Butler @ Davidson

Bracketbuster game of the weekend is still Butler @ Davidson: When the BracketBusters pairings came out on Feb. 2, Butler and Davidson were a combined 36-4 and easy choices for the top slot in the weekend’s made-for-TV matchups.

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UCONN vs Uof L Gambling Preview

Big Monday College Basketball Breakdown- UCONN vs Uof L

Tonight’s BIG MONDAY college basketball match up might be the game of the year in the Big East. If Louisville can beat there 2nd #1 team in the country in less than two weeks it will put them at 9-0 in the BIG EAST and in first place. Both teams come into tonight’s ESPN game riding winning streaks of 9 straight wins.

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March Madness Handicapping Tips

March Madness Odds: Ohio Teams to Make the Big Dance!

Dayton Flyers and an Early Exit

The Dayton Flyers will probably make the NCAA tournament because their record is 18-2 but if you take a closer looks at the Flyers you will see that they will probably not make it past the 1st weekend maybe not day 1. Dayton should be really worried about there weak schedule as the strength of schedule is 143rd. They were able to defeat Marquette and Auburn neutral courts early in the year and also have a home win against Miami, Oh.

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Duke Betting Tips

Duke Basketball 2009 Under Rated??

Handicappers are always looking for those teams that are over or under rated. The last few years Coach K’s team were over rated living off an illusion of past great teams. Last year pro handicappers got rich off playing against the spread when Duke was favored. But this years team is if you can believe it Under Rated.

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2009 NCAAB Handicapping: Top College Coaches

Top 5 NCAA Basketball Coaches

Last week we covered the top 5 over all rated college basketball teams and today we will look at the top 5 coaches in college basketball. As a handicapper Craig looks at it a little differently than just your average fan. Most fans of a school just look at the wins and losses but Craig instead looks at it as does this coach have his players performing above or below there potential.

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Oddsmakers Five Favorites – 2009 NCAAB Championship

March Madness: 5 Longshots to win NCAA Championship!!

With only one NFL game left it is time to turn my attention to NCAA basketball. It is hard to believe that the NCAA tournament selection show is only 55 days away. I’m going to look at five teams that present a lot of value with 8 weeks remaining in the season. To make the list I will only consider teams who odds makers have listed at 10-1 or higher so as of 1/19/09 that rules out the following teams UNC, UConn, Louisville, Duke and Pitt.