Ncaa Basketball Expert Picks - March 17, 2009

Are you ready for some b-ball? The Collegeinsider.com Tournament tips-off today and we really like one of the opening-round games. We enter the Collegeinsider.com, NIT, and NCAA tournaments at 107-86 and +14.1 units since the first week of January.

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Today's NCAA Basketball Picks:

Game: Kent State at Oakland (7:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: 4 units on Oakland -4 (-110) (risk 4 to win 3.6)

This is a opening-round game in the first-ever Collegeinsider.com Tournament. Kent State is looking for their 11th straight 20-win season, but I don't see it happening tonight. Kent State was carried by an eight-game winning streak during the year, but otherwise was a very mediocre 11-14. They closed the season on a 3-3 note. The Grizzlies come into this one as the second winning team in school history, notching 22 in the win column. They fell just shy of a chance for the big dance when they fell to eventual Summit Champ North Dakota State by two. The Golden Flashes are severely offensively challenged, connecting on just 43% from the floor this season. That will be tough against this Oakland team that is averaging nearly 75 points per game. Too much offense and a home-court advantage will carry Oakland to the win and cover here.

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Check out the last five NCAA Basketball Picks Newsletters:

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NCAA-Basketball-Picks-March-14-2009
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NCAA-Basketball-Picks-March-13-2009
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NCAA-Basketball-Picks-March-12-2009
The Ball State Cardinals are a slow-paced team that relies on defense to keep them in games. They have played 11 conference games where the opponent has not gotten out of the 40s and 50s, and they hav...

NCAA-Basketball-Picks-March-11-2009
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