The Loyola-Maryland Greyhounds (2-3 SU 0-3 ATS, 2-1 O/U) are coming off a convincing 64-54 win over James Madison in the BetUS Sportsbook on Monday at the NIT Season Tip-Off in a third-round game at Belk Arena. The Davidson Wildcats (4-1 SU, 1-1 ATS, 1-1 O/U) used a second half scoring flurry by Stephen Curry to overwhelm Florida Atlantic 76-60 at the same tournament on Monday.
The Florida Atlantic Owls (3-1 SU, 2-0 ATS, 0-2 O/U) have won two straight games in the BetUS Sportsbook and are coming off a thorough 77-59 win over University of Missouri Kansas City on Saturday.
The St. Joe’s Hawks (1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS, 0-1 O/U) are coming off a poor performance in their last outing in the BetUS Sportsbook, losing to Holy Cross 71-69 in overtime last Sunday. The eighth-ranked Texas Longhorns (2-0 SU, 1-0 ATS, 0-1 O/U) have displayed a spectacular brand of defense to get off to a perfect 2-0 start for NCAA college basketball sports betting fanatics.
The Kansas State Wildcats (3-0 SU, 0-1 ATS, 0-1 O/U) have gotten the post-Michael Beasley era off on the right foot, winning three straight games in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Cleveland State Vikings (1-1 SU, 0-1 ATS, 0-1 O/U) took a tough loss on the chin their last time out, losing to Washington 78-63 on Tuesday.
The La Salle Explorers (1-1 SU, 0-1 ATS, 0-1 O/U) couldn’t hold off Florida State in the second half of their 65-61 loss at Tom Gola Arena Tuesday night. The Connecticut Huskies (2-0 SU, 0-1 ATS, 0-1 O/U) pounded nearby Hartford 99-56 at home on Monday without floor leader A.J. Price.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1-0 SU) got their 2008-09 season off to a solid start with their season-opening 94-58 win over South Carolina-Upstate. Things haven’t been so good for the Loyola Marymount Lions (0-3 SU, 1-1 ATS, 0-2 O/U) who have dropped three straight games in the BetUS Sportsbook to kick off their season.
Illinois Fighting Illini’ (2-0 SU, 0-1 ATS, 0-1 O/U) have gotten off to a solid start and enter tonight’s contest having won two straight games in the BetUS Sportsbook. Vanderbilt Commodores (1-0 SU, 1-0 ATS, 0-1 O/U) also looked very strong in winning their 2008-09 regular season opener this week.
The Seton Hall Pirates, (2-0, 1-0 ATS, 0-1 O/U) have started the season on positive note, blowing out Saint Francis on opening night and most recently, Columbia last Sunday. The Southern California Trojans, (2-0, 1-1 ATS, 1-1 O/U) have also won their first two games of the young season. Most recently, defeating New Mexico State, 73-60 on Monday.
The college basketball season is slowly but surely get underway. It will be a while before people start paying a lot of attention, but it’s never too soon to start making some college basketball predictions. College basketball culminates in the single best spectacle in sports, but there is a lot of excitement and intrigue between now and the madness of March. As things get fired up, here is my random collection of college basketball predictions to get you thinking about the season ahead of us (all odds are from Bodog):
After two-straight ACC Championships, the North Carolina Tar Heels are the heavy favorite to get the national title that has eluded them the past two seasons.
It’s simply amazing to me how perfectly in sync the Pac-10 Conference is this year in terms of football and basketball.
Both football and hoops seemed to peak last season as national powers, and with a mass exodus of its top performers the league has degenerated into a free-for-all.
