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2011-2012 NCAA Basketball Recent Results
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March 2012
03/31/2012  Obviously this pick isn't going out on a limb. You might wonder why I'm releasing such a big favorite. It again comes down to value. Not all 4...View all
03/29/2012  Stanford has plenty of motivation to show up tonight in Madison Square Garden. They are one win away from bringing home the NIT championship and 2-0 S...View all
03/25/2012  The value with this play is Kentucky on the money-line to win the game. As stated yesterday, certain favorites in the NCAA tournament in later rounds ...View all
03/24/2012  It does look strange to see a No. 7 seed in the Florida Gators as a favorite to get to the Final Four, vs. a team seeded three spots better in the Lou...View all
03/23/2012  While upsets occur often in the NCAA tournament in early rounds, once we get to this point, big upsets are rare. The teams that are supposed to win (b...View all
03/22/2012  The Gators have picked-up the pace in the tournament as they are off of two blowout wins of 34 and 26 points. They will certainly be well rested here ...View all
03/21/2012  After a pair of seasons making it all the way to the NCAA Finals, this Butler team lost a lot of its experience and punch. They have made some gains o...View all
03/20/2012  Both Oakland and Rice come in at 17-15 for the season. Rice plays in a better conference, and these teams have both had their moments this season, but...View all
03/19/2012  The Tennessee Volunteers were left in shambles to start the season. They lost their coach, players graduated, others defected, and it looked like a lo...View all
03/18/2012  North Carolina State will have its hands full against Georgetown's defense and frontcourt, led by 6-8 freshman Otto Porter and 6-10 senior He...View all
03/17/2012  The tournament is getting interesting with a pair of No. 15 seed upsets yesterday, and this Syracuse team was on the ropes in their first game to a No...View all
03/16/2012  This should be an ugly game to watch, as a pair of very physical teams hit the floor to kick-off Friday Tourney action. There was a lot of speculation...View all
03/15/2012  There have been some mid-level conference teams that have made quite a splash over the years. Certainly Davidson comes to mind, and certainly Butler&#...View all
03/14/2012  The NCAAB Tournament play in round will feature Vermont taking on Lamar. While most remember the Cinderella ride the Catamounts took a few years ago w...View all
03/13/2012  The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers have caught lightning in a bottle, and a little luck, to get to the play-in game here vs. Mississippi Valley State. T...View all
03/12/2012  March 12, 2012 Let's dance! It's finally here - the 2012 NCAA Tournament and we are more than r...View all
03/11/2012  Vanderbilt (23-10) finished in second place behind Kentucky in the SEC, a terrific defensive team that is 2-0 SU/ATS in the tourney, holding Georgia a...View all
03/10/2012  The Kentucky Wildcats are the best team in the country, there is no doubt about that. Most often when teams are this good they get public backing and ...View all
03/09/2012  The Kentucky Wildcats at 30-1 are one of the teams picked to be the most likely to cut down the nets at the end of it all. The Wildcats don't have...View all
03/08/2012  While Indiana will be playing deep into March, this is the final opportunity for Penn State to get a big win. While the wins were hard to come by in B...View all
03/07/2012  Many will defaut to the over in this one with a total less than 110, but there is a reason for that. The  Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks have...View all
03/06/2012  The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks managed just four wins this season vs. div-1 opponents and closed the season failing to top the 60 point mark in each...View all
03/05/2012  The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles may be 27-5 on the season, but with a strength of schedule at 188 and an RPI of 38, they sit firmly on the NCAA Tournam...View all
03/04/2012  Clemson is in a tight ACC battle for fourth place, tied with three other teams with seven conference losses, while Florida State has locked up the No....View all
03/03/2012  The Georgetown Hoyas and the Marquette Golden Eagles will close out Big East play in what should be a high-octane game. A Marquette win assures them o...View all
03/02/2012  It isn't often, if ever, that a team loses 30 games in a season, but that has been the fate of the Towson Tigers this season. The Tigers have noth...View all
03/01/2012  North Florida and East Tennessee State square off in the No. 4 vs. No. 5 game in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, and one of these teams will p...View all

February 2012
02/29/2012  The Buffalo Bulls have had a nice 17-9 season to date and will have a shot in the MAC Tournament. They have not played good basketball lately as they ...View all
02/28/2012  The Xavier Musketeers paid a heavy price with a win at Cincinnati to move them to 8-0. It was an ugly game marred with a brawl that resulted in Xavier...View all
02/27/2012  The two weeks of “Madness” begins tonight in the Big South, as conference tournament action tips off with VMI hosting Radford. The Keydets...View all
02/26/2012  Marist is 9-4 at home and playing well at the right time on a 3-1 SU/ATS run. In fact, they are 6-1 ATS their last seven games. Having a big frontcour...View all
02/25/2012  A short time ago the Southern Illinois Salukis ruled the MVC and made some noise in the NCAA Tournament, but it is a program that has had a difficult ...View all
02/24/2012  This may not be the same type of Penn team that was winning the Ivy League with regularity in past years, but it is a much improved version from the r...View all
02/23/2012  The Duke Blue Devils make news when they lose a game, something that has occurred just four times this season. One of those news makers was vs. Florid...View all
02/22/2012  There have been some good teams at Northeastern over the years, but simply put, this isn't one of them. They had a nice run where they went 8-3 ov...View all
02/21/2012  The Florida Gators stand at an impressive 21-6 on the season, but to say they are playing their best basketball right now would be a reach as the Gato...View all
02/20/2012  The Baylor Bears football and basketball programs were a joke until recently. We all know they had the Heisman Trophy winner in football, and they mad...View all
02/19/2012  Boston University is 10-4 in the America East Conference, just behind Stony Brook and Vermont. After a rough start and a tough schedule this team is c...View all
02/18/2012  UTEP (12-13) has a good offense, shooting 47% as a team (No. 49 in the nation) and can play defense as we've seen the last two games, both wins, a...View all
02/17/2012  Bracketbuster weekend will launch into action when VCU plays host to Northern Iowa. These games have a tendency to be played a lot more loosely, as eq...View all
02/16/2012  The Michigan State Spartans are at it again. They have wiped the slate clean in their home games at 15-0 on the season. That certainly has beefed-up t...View all
02/15/2012  It has been quite the year for the Ohio,U as they enter Mid American Conference action at home vs. Bowling Green at 19-6 on the season. Their success ...View all
02/14/2012  The Florida Gators were hammered by Kentucky on the road by 20, then came home vs. a suspect Tennessee team and took another loss. It was clear they w...View all
02/13/2012  The Syracuse Orange have put together some great teams over the years under coach Jim Boeheim, but this may be his best. The Orange lacks the big time...View all
02/12/2012  Pittsburgh Coach Jamie Dixon knows the value of defense and that has keyed this run for the Panthers, winning four of the last five games. They allowe...View all
02/11/2012  The North Carolina Tar heels are off a real bad loss vs. their archrival Duke, in a game that saw the Blue Devils win it on an impossible 3-point shot...View all
02/10/2012  The road for Dartmouth has been paved with potholes, as this Ivy League cellar dweller is 0-10 on the highway for the season. The Big Green have now d...View all
02/09/2012  It is amazing how far this Georgia Tech team has fallen in the last eight years. They were once a viable commodity in the ACC, but this will be their ...View all
02/08/2012  It has been so long since we have seen a Pitt team struggle like we saw this one do earlier in the season.  That resulted in eight straight losse...View all
02/07/2012  It has been an unexpected joy ride through early February for the Iowa State Cyclones who bring a 17-6 mark with them to Stillwater. They have not had...View all
02/06/2012  The Davidson Wildcats are certainly the known entity in this one, and once again they have taken charge of the Southern Conference with an overall rec...View all
02/05/2012  The Loyola, Maryland Greyhounds are the surprise team in the Metro Atlantic Conference this season. They are 17-5 overall and 10-2 in conference play ...View all
02/04/2012  The Eastern Michigan Eagles have gone 5-3 over their last eight games and have played a lot better in the process. They will have their hands full tra...View all
02/03/2012  The Ivy League was once a two-horse race with Princeton and Penn dominating the top, but a couple of teams have had their day in the sun recently in C...View all
02/02/2012  Canisius started four guards in each of its last two games, with freshman Franklin Milian making two-straight starts for the Blue and Gold. That four-...View all
02/01/2012  The Fordham Rams are 4-1 ATS in their last five games following a win and come off a 63-58 win over George Washington as a +3 dog.  Temple is the...View all

January 2012
01/31/2012  The Wisconsin Milwaukee Panthers led the nation early on defense, and through seven games they had allowed just 53.1 points per game. There has been a...View all
01/30/2012  The Charleston Cougars opened the season at 9-1 and wins over Clemson and Tennessee had this team looking to be the team to beat in the Southern Confe...View all
01/29/2012  This is going to be a tough Big East battle, which often means a dynamite defensive display. Notre Dame has been on a strong run defensively allowing ...View all
01/28/2012  The Colorado Buffalos were not expected to compete at or near the top of the Pac-12, but here they are at 6-2 in conference play. This is a team that ...View all
01/27/2012  The Harvard Crimson has made a name for themselves since Tomy Akaker has taken over the program. They come into this one at 16-2 on the season and are...View all
01/26/2012  The Nebraska Cornhuskers were at one time an 8-3 team, but then Big-10 play began and the schedule got tougher. They did well against mediocre teams, ...View all
01/25/2012  The Ohio State Buckeyes have been perfect at home where they stand in at 14-0 on the season. They have won 36 straight games here and their last loss ...View all
01/24/2012  The Michigan Wolverines have only been on the road four times all season, and have yet to find the win column. This team is solid on the defensive end...View all
01/23/2012  The Citadel Bulldogs have yet to put one in the win column on the road this season as they stand 0-8. They have been competitive on the season however...View all
01/22/2012  Indiana has home court, but comes stumbling in on a three-game skid after a 15-1 start. Indiana is not a good bounce-back team, and overvalued by odds...View all
01/21/2012  The Oklahoma State Cowboys are 9-9 on the season, and to their credit they played an aggressive early season schedule. The problem isn't with the ...View all
01/20/2012  The Marist Red Foxes have matched their season win total over the last two years at seven. That may sound like a team that is getting better, but they...View all
01/19/2012  The Duke Blue Devils are a top 10 fixture just about every season since Coach K arrived. He is missing one key ingredient this season and that is the ...View all
01/18/2012  The St. John's Red Storm have slipped below the .500 mark as they have lost four of their last five games. That may look ominously dark against th...View all
01/15/2012  Western Kentucky doesn't have a lot of wins, but is a young team that's playing hard. They've lost two of the last three games by a single...View all
01/14/2012  The Tulsa Golden Hurricane have a lot less talent than we have seen in the recent past, and have struggled to an 8-9 mark. One problem is that their t...View all
01/13/2012  The Butler Bulldogs sure put themselves on the map with a pair of NCAA Tournament Championship appearances over the last two years. While they took he...View all
01/12/2012  The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders may be the biggest surprise of all in NCAA Basketball this season. The Raiders are out to a stellar 15-2 start...View all
01/11/2012  Once upon a time this was a battle of the ACC heavyweights and, while the records are good to this point, they will both struggle as they get into the...View all
01/10/2012  The Iowa Hawkeyes are off a humiliating home loss as the Ohio State Buckeyes handed them an embarrassing 76-47 defeat. Meanwhile, the Michigan State S...View all
01/09/2012  The Wyoming Cowboys are a perfect 10-0 at home, and dispatched this Idaho State team with relative ease on the road by 24 points, so it would look lik...View all
01/08/2012  A high total for a college basketball game, especially with so much at stake. DePaul loves the uptempo game but they haven't played many road game...View all
01/07/2012  The Texas Tech Red Raiders were put on the map when Bobby Knight took over the program, but before and after this has been an ordinary team. They are ...View all
01/05/2012  Neither one of these programs get much ink as they play in the obscure Southern Conference that typically is noted for Davidson and Charleston. Elon h...View all
01/04/2012  Seems like once a year the Rutgers Scarlet Knights rise up and do something unexpected. That happened in their second to the last game, an improbable ...View all
01/03/2012  Both of these clubs come into this one with winning records, and both have done most of their damage on home hardwood. The IPFW Mastodons have been as...View all
01/02/2012  The James Madison Dukes come into the New Year with a record of 7-4, taking on the 6-7 Old Dominion Monarchs. It might look odd to see a 7-4 club as a...View all
01/01/2012  The DePaul Blue Demons have gotten beat up in Big East play the last few years. DePaul is 2-53 straight-up in their last 55 Big East games. Syracuse h...View all

December 2011
12/31/2011  The Idaho Vandals are 7-6 and have hung tough in every game they have played on the season. This is a team that has a lot of weapons out on the perime...View all
12/30/2011  The Murray State Racers are off to a perfect 13-0 start to their season. They have been lights-out with their shooting, connecting on 48.5% of their s...View all
12/29/2011  It has become very apparent that this Butler team which made it to the Finals each of the past two years is not the same without Heyward or Mack. A lo...View all
12/28/2011  George Washington owned D.C. for awhile when Georgetown went down some, but the Hoyas are back and the Colonels are in the back seat once again, losin...View all
12/27/2011  The providence Friars have been living in the fast lane off to an 11-2 start. We have seen this play out many times before, as the Friars look like a ...View all
12/25/2011  Clemson has played excellent defense this year while not scoring a lot. But, Hawaii (virtual home game) will likely control the tempo. Hawaii games ar...View all
12/23/2011  The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles are 7-5 on the season, but own a pair of wins vs. sub-Div1 programs, so 5-5 otherwise. This team is vulnerable as a f...View all
12/22/2011  The little-known Kennesaw State Fighting Owls have not shown much fight, starting the season at 2-8. That may be a bit misleading as this team has ste...View all
12/21/2011  The Texas Longhorns lost six players to the NBA over the last two seasons and all five starters from a year ago have moved on. While the talent pool i...View all
12/20/2011  The Syracuse Orange have risen to the top spot in the polls and will defend their No. 1 ranking at home vs. the Bucknell Bison. They will have to get ...View all
12/19/2011  While NC Greensboro hardly belongs on the same floor as Duke, we are talking about a giant-sized line that is at 30. This is a talented, but still you...View all
12/18/2011  IPFW Fort Wayne is playing well at 6-3 on the year for first-year head coach Tony Jasick. They are a strong rebounding team, No. 51 in the nation led ...View all
12/17/2011  It has been a long time since this Northern Illinois team has tasted victory. They have taken the donut to open the season at 0-9, running their losin...View all
12/16/2011  UM Kansas City is a surprising 6-5 on the season. But looking over the wins shows nothing impressive about them, especially when you turn to the loss ...View all
12/15/2011  This is pretty much an impossible task at hand for Savannah State. They tried here before four years ago and left buried in the rubble of a 79-32 defe...View all
12/14/2011  Deep tourney run for the Spiders last season, but a lot of key pieces missing despite a decent 6-3 start. The problem is they have won six games that ...View all
12/13/2011  This might not be the best Drexel team we have seen in the recent past, but at the same time this Niagara team may turn out to be one of the worst the...View all
12/12/2011  Oral Roberts produced just one OVER all season while Arkansas, Little Rock has produced only two. The Golden Eagles have played solid defense this sea...View all
12/11/2011  UC Riverside was in a let down spot the last game, looking flat in a loss to USC. But that came right after a big upset of Washington State, 64-63, af...View all
12/10/2011  Tennessee State has had some bad teams over the years, but despite the 3-6 record this one is much better. They have played a very tough schedule faci...View all
12/09/2011  This is one of those games that should be a rest for Florida after playing a couple of big games vs. Syracuse and Arizona. It is their last time on th...View all
12/08/2011  The Titans may get caught napping here after recording a nice home win over St. John's. Let's not forget that they had previously lost three s...View all
12/07/2011  The Florida Gators suffered their second loss of the season at the hands of Syracuse in their last game. They lost to #1 Kentucky earlier in the seaso...View all
12/06/2011  Syracuse is looking as good as their pre-season billing now at 8-0, and is off an emotional game vs. Florida where they logged a 4-point win. This is ...View all
12/05/2011  The Austin Peay Governors have so far taken the donut at 0-9. They have also allowed 80 points or more in five of their nine games played this season....View all
12/04/2011  Manhattan (4-4) is 1-0 in conference play and head coach Steve Masiello has brought in a new style, an up-tempo attacking style in his first year at t...View all
12/03/2011  Old Dominion has been a mainstay in the Colonial Conference and consistently puts a quality and competitive team on the floor, especially in league pl...View all
12/02/2011  Rider is learning that life without two of the best players in their basketball history in Justin Robinson and Mike Ringgold is a bit more difficult. ...View all
12/01/2011  Sharp-shooting Middle Tennessee State made an early statement as they went to the left coast and surprised a UCLA team in a big way, beating them by 2...View all

November 2011
11/30/2011  The Pitt Panthers have been one thing every year under Jaime Dixon. That is a defensively tough and physical team. It takes on the personality of thei...View all
11/29/2011  Syracuse is now facing similar issues as Penn State, which led to the dismissal of Joe Paterno. Could Jim Boeheim be next? This will be a tough place ...View all
11/28/2011  Xavier is going to find out that Memorial Gym is a very difficult place to play a basketball game, especially when the Commodores have a good team. Va...View all
11/27/2011  This is the second game in two days for these teams from the Jim Thorpe Classic in Wyoming. Maryland-East Shore got beat by the host team last night, ...View all
11/26/2011  Nothing stands out in a 3-2 start by Duquense, but there is certainly one concern coming into the season that appears to be unfixed. The Dukes have is...View all
11/25/2011  The St. Louis Billikens are expecting great things to happen this season. They have not disappointed at 4-0 to start the season, but will be served th...View all
11/24/2011  Wake Forest is 3-0, but they own only one quality win (Loyola Maryland). The Deacons beat Georgia Southern, but didn't cover the spread and their ...View all
11/23/2011  The Spiders did their part to shake the slowdown tempo label by opening last season with six straight games going for 70+. They have scored 68 points ...View all
11/22/2011  The Memphis Tigers are loaded after a 25 win season a year ago. They return over 81% of that scoring and have a lot of athleticism. They are off a dis...View all
11/21/2011  Drexel has to be concerned about their stagnant offense which was held to an embarrassing 35 points against Virginia. This is a team that expects to s...View all
11/20/2011  The ACC meets the SEC in a battle of defensive teams. LSU winds up a four game road trip to the state of South Carolina when it faces Georgia Tech in ...View all
11/19/2011  The Butler Bulldogs have been a real Cinderella story, making it to the NCAA Finals two years running. It is doubtful that they manage the same this s...View all
11/18/2011  The Paradise Jam pairs up TCU with the ACC's Virginia tonight. The total here has risen on TCU’s 103-point effort in their last outing. Don&...View all
11/17/2011  There is no home-court edge for either team playing in San Juan, Puerto Rico. You don't win 29 games by being soft defensively and that's what...View all
11/16/2011  It is always the "sexy" play to grab Creighton as this team has done their share of winning in the Missouri Valley Conference, as well as ma...View all
11/15/2011  Every year the Big-5 in Philadelphia square off against each other, and La Salle gets a shot at one of the big boy's as Villanova will take the fl...View all
11/14/2011  The SMU Mustangs and the Colorado State Rams have both opened the season with wins. The Rams connected on just 38.8% of their shots against Montana, b...View all
11/13/2011  The end of a three-game tournament in San Diego, playing three games in three days. Southern Utah had to play a powerhouse San Diego State team in the...View all
11/12/2011  The Syracuse Orange will put their No. 5 ranking to the test in their opener vs. Fordham. The Rams’ program has fallen on hard times and has onl...View all
11/11/2011  The UConn Huskies have won three National Championships since 1999, and will begin defense of their latest against Columbia tonight at Gampel Pavilion...View all
11/07/2011  November 07, 2011 We are coming off a great season last year in college hoops as we went 316-26...View all
11/04/2011  November 04, 2011 We are coming off a great season last year in college hoops as we went 316-26...View all

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