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2009-2010 NCAA Basketball Recent Results
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April 2010
04/05/2010  April 05, 2010 While I liked Duke a bit at -6...View all
04/03/2010  These teams are certainly of high caliber, but also unlikely Final Four participants. Butler is a longstanding powerful mid-major, and has surprised a...View all

March 2010
03/30/2010  The Pacific Tigers have had the toughest course in the CIT as they have played all three of their games on the road, winning and covering all of them....View all
03/28/2010  The Tennessee Volunteers have been on the run in the tournament and have averaged nearly 80 points per game in their last two. They won and covered in...View all
03/27/2010  The Butler Bulldogs have shown the nation that they can compete with anyone. They took down Syracuse, but it was what happened late that proves the me...View all
03/26/2010  Tennessee had some disruptive issues at mid-season, but has shaken them off and is actually a better team for it. The Volunteers are 7-1 in their last...View all
03/25/2010  Syracuse was supposed to drop back a bit in the Big East, but this team has some great chemistry.  The interior players such as Onuaku and Jackso...View all
03/24/2010  The Terriors have been playing great basketball of late and have won eight of their last nine, losing only to Vermont who was in the dance. This is a ...View all
03/23/2010  The Tar Heels didn't make the NCAA tournament this year which is clearly a disaster for this team. They could have folded tent, thinking the NIT w...View all
03/22/2010  Once upon a time, the Thundering Herd were 15-2 and looking like a real threat to crash the Big Dance, but the wheels fell off in a disappointing 8-7 ...View all
03/21/2010  The oddsmakers have pumped this one up with No. 1 seed Syracuse as the public will look for an explosive scoring outing from one of the nation’s...View all
03/20/2010  The Tar Heels are not used to the NIT, but with a talented youthful team, it isn't a bad spot for them to get some experieince, and an 8 point win...View all
03/19/2010  This total is very high looking to me with a Big-10 team and the defensive nature of the conference, so it’s surprising to see this one in the 1...View all
03/18/2010  Sometimes you have to break a team down as to how they do playing very good teams. The Gators have proven one thing, and that is defense is their call...View all
03/17/2010  The Bearcats really had it going and looked like they were on their way to an NCAA Tournament bid, but then the wheels fell off. The Bearcats finished...View all
03/16/2010  Winthrop is a well-coached team and they slowed games down to win the conference tournament and get to the big dance. The Eagles allowed less than 100...View all
03/15/2010  March 15, 2010 It's that time again and we hope you have dusted off your dancing shoes as the 2...View all
03/14/2010  Richmond beat Temple by 17 points last time they met. Now they are getting points. Yes, you can argue for revenge motivation, and Temple is very good....View all
03/13/2010  The Kentucky Wildcats have lost just two games this season and one was to the Tennessee Volunteers, so they won't be intimidated here. Along the w...View all
03/12/2010  The Duke Blue Devils are a huge favorite in this one, and I don't think they will be going with starters deep into the second half with a likely t...View all
03/11/2010  The Hurricanes have been held to the 60s or less in 10 ACC games, and aren't a team that likes to get out and run, but would rather work in the ha...View all
03/10/2010  The Houston Cougars certainly draw attention from oddsmakers as they like to run up and down the floor. The problem is this team carries totals it can...View all
03/09/2010  Bethune Cookman is barely over .500, and Florida A & M well below. Regardless of the outcome here the winner is playing in the play-in game come t...View all
03/08/2010  The Siena Saints have been the kingpin in the MAAC for the past three years, and they are playing this one at home where they have now won 37 straight...View all
03/07/2010  N. Iowa is 13-4 SU and 11-5 ATS at home this season. Their defense simply dismantles teams here. And, their defense has been getting better. Over the ...View all
03/06/2010  The Sooners have found life without Blake Griffin grabbing every rebound and scoring every big basket not very cozy. The Sooners are having their wors...View all
03/05/2010  This is a matchup of teams that have each lost 20 or more games, with an opportunity to extend their season. It should present an intensity that trans...View all
03/04/2010  These teams played twice in the regular season, with both games going over the total. The MVC has had a long history of tight, low-scoring games in th...View all
03/03/2010  The Navy Midshipmen have not done much on the road all season with just three wins. They have, for the most part, been uncompetitive with a scoring ma...View all
03/02/2010  When these teams first met this season in February, Coastal Carolina cruised to a 30 point home win. There's a very good chance that they will tak...View all
03/01/2010  There is not much of a gap between these two Southern Conference bottom dwellers that come into tonight's game with a combined 15-43 record on the...View all

February 2010
02/28/2010  The Wildcats are just 4-6 straight-up on the road, but they cover the number, having gone 8-2 ATS this season. Meanwhile, Penn State is just 3-9 ATS a...View all
02/27/2010  The UAB Blazers have positioned themselves at 22-5 to get an at-large bid even if they don't win their conference tournament. They are not the typ...View all
02/26/2010  Put these two teams in a moneyline parlay. In the Ivy, Cornell hosts Princeton. Cornell has only lost one game here all season and that was way back i...View all
02/25/2010  The Mountaineers are a team that can score, but they defend very well, so playing often to higher totals than what would be reasonable. That has led t...View all
02/24/2010  The last Blue Demon road win in conference play goes all the way back to March of 2008, just about two years ago. That win, by the way, came in Cincin...View all
02/23/2010  The Monarchs had a huge opportunity on Bracket Buster Saturday to add to the resume, but failed to get it done vs. Northern Iowa. It was their third r...View all
02/22/2010  The Davidson Wildcats have caught the public eye. Despite a lean rebuilding season, the oddsmakers realize that they are still a public favorite, and ...View all
02/21/2010  Nova comes in here ranked No. 3 in the country. Despite losing six straight in this arena, the Wildcats are favored. I like them the get it done. The ...View all
02/20/2010  The Davidson Wildcats have enjoyed the limelight over the past few years, and that has made them a public favorite. It is hard not to visualize their ...View all
02/19/2010  Both of these teams have NCAA dance aspirations and the winner gets a quality win, which they will need in case they are not their conference champion...View all
02/18/2010  IUPUI squeaked by UMKC by one point in their first meeting last month. Now they are laying 14.5 here? Certainly the home team is the better squad here...View all
02/17/2010  There is a price for success in the gambling world and that is becoming more and more evident with each Butler win, now 23-4 and winners of their last...View all
02/15/2010  Fairfield is 17-8 while Manhattan is just 9-16. Yes, this is nearly a pick-‘em game. The oddsmakers know something and I agree with them that Ma...View all
02/14/2010  When these teams met a month ago, Niagara rolled to a 16-point victory. That can lead to complacency when getting the same team at home, esp...View all
02/13/2010  The Commodores are out to a 7-2 start in SEC play and are looking like a championship-caliber team, but not so fast. Their last three out of four game...View all
02/12/2010  The Penn Quakers take on an unfamiliar role, that of a huge dog in this one. This team was getting steamrolled by everyone early, but has found the wi...View all
02/11/2010  Charleston has the program back on track as former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins is recruiting superior athletes, and good enough to even beat Nort...View all
02/10/2010  A pair of Atlantic-10 teams clash in Kingston, RI tonight with major NCAA Tournament implications. URI has surprised everyone with a 19-3 mark on the ...View all
02/09/2010  I like these two teams to win their games outright. Wisconsin. The Badgers have won four of their last five games, losing only at Purdue, covering a l...View all
02/08/2010  Niagara has had a few good seasons in the MAAC, but they are short of what those teams accomplished this season, but the reputation lives on. Niagara ...View all
02/07/2010  The South Florida Bulls have been bad for so long that the oddsmakers aren't sure what to do with them here. What they have done is fail to recogn...View all
02/06/2010  The Bowling Green Falcons are a very poor offensive team, and right now have been playing at their worst. The Falcons have averaged just 57 points per...View all
02/05/2010  The Fairfield Stags looked like they were a player in the MAAC alongside Siena, but have seemed to fall back after losing at home to the Saints - mayb...View all
02/04/2010  The Golden Flashes have scored the win in each of their last five, and have turned a poor start into a 10-3 mark over their last 13. Outside of a road...View all
02/03/2010  Georgia State has proven to be a tough out at home where they have averaged 69 points per game on the season. George Mason has really picked it up on ...View all
02/02/2010  The Blue Hens have not done a lot of winning on the season, logging just one in their last nine games. They did take Northeastern by surprise on the r...View all

January 2010
01/31/2010  The Tigers have dropped three in a row but they are 9-2 at home where they have won games by an average of 18 points per game. Their only two stumbles...View all
01/30/2010  The Indiana Hoosiers have made some strides, but this is a program that is far from their level of expectation. They are not on the level of the rigor...View all
01/29/2010  The Harvard Crimson has really stepped up and is not an Ivy League caliber team - they are much better. This is a team that had UConn on the ropes at ...View all
01/28/2010  When you’re slated as a team that has the potential to cut down the nets at the end of the season, you’re going to have to pay the price t...View all
01/27/2010  The Kentucky loss to South Carolina and the Texas loss to Uconn poises the Wildcats to proclaim the #1 spot, and rightfully so. The Wildcats are 18-1 ...View all
01/26/2010  The Terps are kicking butt and taking names. They dropped a 2-point decision at Wake Forest a couple of weeks ago but outside of that, they have won f...View all
01/25/2010  These are a pair of teams that are far from what they have been in the past. Penn, once the dominator in the Ivy with Princeton has fallen fast and ha...View all
01/23/2010  The Drexel Dragons are down this year as are the Hofstra Pride. Drexel is just 2-4-1 ATS in their last 7 in the role of a favorite. They have struggle...View all
01/21/2010  Penn State hosts an 8-9 Indiana team that has only one road win on the season in six tries. The Hoosiers offense is !BAD! while the Penn State defense...View all
01/20/2010  Put these two teams together in a moneyline parlay. Davidson, a team holding opponents at home to 58 points per game, hosts W. Carolina, a team that a...View all
01/19/2010  George Mason has been a hot team of late, winning seven of their last nine. Taking a closer look the Patriots have been living off a lot of home cooki...View all
01/17/2010  Kent State is 5-1 at home while Bowling Green is just 3-5 on the road. The Falcons have really struggled to score this season, averaging just 56.4 poi...View all
01/16/2010  I think the Sooners would sure like to see Blake Griffin on the court as they have missed him in a big way. Even without him, they are still always a ...View all
01/15/2010  Marist is following in the footsteps of Iona as the Gaels won just two games back in ‘06-‘07, and the Red Foxes are heading in the same di...View all
01/14/2010  The Tribe is without reputation as they weren't expected to challenge in the CAA, but here they are at 12-3 and they are not pretenders. Just ask ...View all
01/13/2010  Rick Majerus continues to employ the slowdown tactics designed to keep his team in the game as he rebuilds the talent at St. Louis. That means that th...View all
01/12/2010  I like Kansas State and Illinois to each win their games outright. Putting them together in a two-team moneyline parlay gets us reasonable odds. The N...View all
01/11/2010  This has already been a long year for the Marist Red Foxes as they have only been able to win a single game on the season and enter here at a depressi...View all
01/10/2010  Evansville has dropped all four games since MVC play began, and five in a row overall. When facing decent competition this year, they are 0-8. Their f...View all
01/09/2010  One of the toughest places to play in college basketball is at Vanderbilt. That certainly has been a weapon for the Commodores this season as they sta...View all
01/08/2010  Fairfield has gotten off on the fast track at 10-4, including a perfect 6-0 mark at home. Unfortunately for the Stags there is not a quality win in th...View all
01/07/2010  The upstart Jags come in at 11-4 overall and are on a three-game toot, culminating with an overtime win over Florida International. Their record is a ...View all
01/06/2010  This isn't one of coach Phil Martelli's vintage St. Joe's teams and they have to be feeling their oats dropping one at home to Princeton. ...View all
01/05/2010  The Purdue Boilermakers remain one of five teams still unbeaten and have a Final Four look as long as they keep Robbie Hummel healthy. The Golden Goph...View all
01/04/2010  James Madison comes in here as a .500 team at 6-6 but the six wins are against Fordham, Gardner Webb, Norfolk State, MD Baltimore County, North Caroli...View all
01/03/2010  Two excellent defenses clash here and thus we see a low total of 122. But the Hoyas’ defense has shown signs of being mediocre. Against non-conf...View all
01/02/2010  These two teams are spoiled along with their fans, as the winning has come with high frequency the last several years. Both these programs have taken ...View all
01/01/2010  Two undefeated Top 10 teams collide here in West Lafayette. I think these teams are very close and I really like the Mountaineers getting more than tw...View all

December 2009
12/31/2009  The Privateers appear to be a good home club, dropping just one, but their schedule is extremely weak with two wins coming against teams below Div-1, ...View all
12/30/2009  After a four-game slide, Canisius has won two straight including a huge upset win over Southern Miss in which the Golden Griffins were an 11.5 point u...View all
12/29/2009  Jacksonville scores just 62.6 per game on the road. That puts a lot of pressure on Buffalo to help this one get over this high total. Neutral court ga...View all
12/28/2009  8-2 meets 2-8 and I expect this one to get ugly. Wake has had one really bad game this year, losing to William & Mary as a 16-point favorite. Thei...View all
12/27/2009  Both of these teams can score, especially Maryland. But, the Terps can also play defense. They have allowed just 63.6 per game this season (61.7 at ho...View all
12/23/2009  The Kentucky Wildcats are a young team and are extremely talented, but the focus could be an issue here. This is the last game before the X-Mas break,...View all
12/22/2009  This is the first game in the Las Vegas Classic, and it should be a good one between the Cougars and the Wolfpack. The Cougars have a lot of options a...View all
12/21/2009  There is no doubt that Providence will try to use their quickness to run up-and-down on the Bulldogs. That is easier said than done vs. this Bulldogs ...View all
12/20/2009  I really like these three teams today to win their games. They are heavy favorites but by putting them in a three-team moneyline parlay we get nice od...View all
12/19/2009  A true early season heavyweight battle of NCAA titans takes place here with the young and talented Tar Heels squaring off against the Texas Longhorns....View all
12/17/2009  The Purple Aces are not exactly showing a lot of punch with their last five showing three losses, and two wins by a combined five points. Those wins w...View all
12/16/2009  This total is much higher than I expected and I think it is mostly predicated upon the game these teams played a year ago that saw Wake Forest win a 1...View all
12/15/2009  What a difference a year makes. UCLA has been in the thick of the national title hunt the past several years, but now the cupboard is truly empty. The...View all
12/14/2009  Georgia Tech has a pair of beasts inside that will dominate this game. Gani Lawal and Derrick Favors are averaging 28 points and 19 rebounds between t...View all
12/13/2009  Michigan has the name here, but maybe not the team to be laying this kind of wood. The Wolverines opened the season ranked in the Top, 25 but they hav...View all
12/12/2009  This will be a serious test for a Butler team that has everyone back, and has really loaded up the schedule to ensure an NCAA Tournament bid, should t...View all
12/11/2009  Dayton surprised a lot of teams last season and has just about all the contributors back this year, but they won't sneak up on anyone. Old Dominio...View all
12/09/2009  Austin Peay has played a couple of big-conference teams which will help them here. They have won three straight and played NC State to a seven-point g...View all
12/08/2009  This will be an intensely played game as the Panthers’ annual clashes with Iowa State and Iowa usually are. I respect the Panthers’ talent...View all
12/07/2009  The Catamounts are making some early noise and are poised to be in the Southern Conference Championship running, especially with Davidson down. The Ca...View all
12/06/2009  We were treated to a great SEC tilt in college football yesterday and today we get one in basketball as South Carolina heads to No. 18 Clemson. I expe...View all
12/05/2009  The Eastern Michigan Eagles are in for a rude awakening this afternoon. They may be 5-2, but the schedule has been very lean, and this is their bigges...View all
12/04/2009  Northern Arizona suffered a 31-point defeat last game at the hands of San Diego State. The Lumberjacks gave up a 23-2 scoring run to start the game, d...View all
12/03/2009  The Princeton run at the top of the Ivy League has been disrupted by Cornell the past few years. Meanwhile, the Scarlet Knights basketball team used t...View all
12/02/2009  Western Kentucky has built a program that reigns supreme in the Sun Belt Conference. In recent years, they have stepped on the big stage and had their...View all
12/01/2009  Chattanooga suffered a lot of losses from a year ago as the top four scorers have departed. They have won three games, but they were certainly very so...View all

November 2009
11/30/2009  The Fairfield Stags may be 4-1, but the wins have come against teams that were simply much better them. When they stepped up in competition, they were...View all
11/29/2009  UCLA has scored just 57 points per game in their two road games. Under Ben Howland, this team is 41-25 UNDER when the total is posted in the 130s. In ...View all
11/28/2009  The record for Detroit might say 4-1, but they have had a very soft schedule early, after getting pounded by 34 points vs. Cal. This team has taken a ...View all
11/27/2009  ASU and LSU square off in the consolation game in the NIT Season Tip-Off in New York. The Sun Devils disposed of four weak opponents to open the seaso...View all
11/26/2009  The Old Spice Classic kicks off here at Walt Disney World between two undefeated teams. Both of these teams have beaten up on very weak competition so...View all
11/25/2009  The Roadrunners have surprised opening 4-0. They also own a win over Iowa, but that doesn't appear to mean as much as usual as the Hawkeyes also l...View all
11/24/2009  The Anteaters were humiliated by Texas-San Antonio by double-digits last time on the floor. They definitely have missed the three-point shooting of Br...View all
11/23/2009  The San Francisco Dons may be holding up the rear of the West Coast Conference this season. Outside of Lowhorn and Vaughn, the talent level here drops...View all
11/22/2009  Missouri State is 3-0 and they look to remain perfect with a win over Eastern Michigan. I think they get the win and the cover here. This team has won...View all
11/21/2009  The Nebraska Cornhuskers reside in one of the top conferences and it is a given that they will face a lot of losing situations inside the Big 12. What...View all
11/20/2009  The No. 13 and No 15 teams in the country meet in the final round of the 2K classic  in Madison Square Garden (game on ESPN2). Both of these team...View all
11/19/2009  This one is being held down for one reason - the Tribe went to No. 12 ranked UConn and gave the Huskies a handful. What we have learned from that game...View all
11/18/2009  This is a rivalry game as both schools hale from the tiny state of Rhode Island and are just 15 minutes apart. The Rams have started out fast the past...View all
11/17/2009  The Northern Illinois Huskies have already ventured into the Big-10, and came out on the wrong side of a 22-point blowout at the hands of Northwestern...View all
11/16/2009  The Duke Blue Devils ran out to a 34-point win over NC Greensboro, and I expect more of the same vs. Coastal Carolina. There was certainly more talent...View all
11/15/2009  Valpo dropped their opener to Ball State by double digits and it's only going to get harder here as they face the sixth-ranked team in the nation ...View all
11/14/2009  The Creighton Blue Jays are one of the most consistent programs in the country. This mid-major seems to never skip a beat as there are always players ...View all
11/13/2009  Jim Boylen has had a lot of success at Utah in his first two seasons and last year's 24 wins will be hard to match. This program never falls far h...View all
11/09/2009  November 09, 2009 Welcome to the 2009 NCAA basketball season tip-off...View all

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