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College Basketball 2007-2008 Prior Picks

2007-2008 NCAA Basketball RESULTS
MOST RECENT WINS
MOST RECENT LOSES
6 8
SEASON WINS
SEASON LOSES
297 269


April 2008
04/07/2008  Maybe some hoped for a different matchup for the final, but it would be difficult to argue that these aren't the top two teams in the country. Kan...View all
04/05/2008  Memphis has played through the season with just one blemish, yet many still don't believe, but after they trashed Texas, that opinion has started ...View all
04/03/2008  The NIT Championship will be decided at The Garden tonight as UMass takes on Ohio State. It will be the offense of UMass against the defense of Ohio S...View all

March 2008
03/30/2008  We liked Texas over Stanford and they didn't dissapoint. As we stated in our writeup for that game, the late stages of this tournament are about q...View all
03/29/2008  UCLA is on a mission. They aren't playing blow-out basketball, squeaking by Texas A&M and Western Kentucky in the pat two rounds. But as they ...View all
03/28/2008  This game, as is the case in most Badger games, has ugly written all over it. Wisconsin certainly doesn't win with offense as they average just 67...View all
03/27/2008  The Tar Heels haven't just won this year, they have won big. They have an amazing 26 double-digit wins on the season and are absolutely clicking o...View all
03/25/2008  UMass is just 10-7 away from home, allowing 78.8 ppg. At home, the Cuse is 16-5, producing more points per game and allowing fewer than the Minutemen....View all
03/24/2008  Ohio got here behind a great team effort as all five starters reached double figures in their 80-74 win over Brown. Bradley was deadly from the line i...View all
03/23/2008  Miami has been a real success story this year, bouncing back from a 12-win season the year before to make it this far. In this game the student (Frank...View all
03/22/2008  Lots of people fell off the Duke bandwagon after the emotional 1 point squeaker win vs. Belmont. There were questions about this Blue Devils team...View all
03/21/2008  Tennessee's defense was a no-show in the SEC tournament and they have heard about it ever since. You can bet they are going to be looking to make ...View all
03/20/2008  The problem for the Vikings here is that their output against the few top-caliber teams they have played this year has not been good. But in those gam...View all
03/19/2008  The Hokies may be feeling snubbed by NCAA committee and find themselves in the NIT (Not In Tournament). Morgan State had a 15-1 run stopped in their c...View all
03/18/2008  This game kicks off the College Basketball Invitational - a new single elimination tournament to be held on the home courts of the higher seeds. ...View all
03/17/2008  March 17, 2008 We ended the regular season with nice day yesterday thanks to hitting the Georgi...View all
03/16/2008  These teams have played very competitive against each other with both games going to OT. These games saw 196 and 178 points scored, but more important...View all
03/15/2008  Hartford? UMBC? Who the heck are they? Exactly. We think there's value on this game, in part due to the lack of attention to this America East Con...View all
03/14/2008  The Buckeyes played in the National Championship game last season. Now they are fighting for a birth to into the tournament. They beat the Spartans on...View all
03/13/2008  We had to ponder some numbers regarding Georgetown. Why does a team that shoots 48.3% and 37.1% from three-point range, as well as the best FG percent...View all
03/12/2008  Saint Louis has sure put up some ugly numbers this season, none worse than their 14% shooting, 20-point effort against George Washington. Their last t...View all
03/11/2008  These teams are about as even as it gets. Especially since Indiana-Purdue won by three points at home then and lost at Oral Roberts by one. There is o...View all
03/10/2008  Yes, this is a home game for San Diego. But, it won't matter. The Toreros upset St. Mary's last night to advance to this title game. After a b...View all
03/09/2008  Florida has the record at 21-9, but where have the wins come from? The Gators are 18-1 vs teams with an RPI of over 100! They are 3-9 vs the top 100. ...View all
03/08/2008  The Mildcats haven't done much purring in Big Ten play. They have been beaten at home by double-digits in six of eight conference games, and ...View all
03/07/2008  No. 8 and No. 9 do battle this afternoon in the first round of the Southern Conference tourney. The winner gets the privelege of facing Davidson tomor...View all
03/06/2008  Saint Bonaventure has won just eight games all season, and the teams they beat are pretty much at the bottom of the barrel. The reason we mention this...View all
03/05/2008  Let's set the stage for this pick. How big is the Duke vs. North Carolina game? It means everything to the fans, coaches, recruitment, and players...View all
03/04/2008  It's hard to ignore what the Broncos have done this season. After a slow start, they have now won eight of nine, but haven't been a parti...View all
03/03/2008  If you've faded Fresno State this season, your putting funds in your account on a regular basis. The Bulldogs are on a nine game ATS losing streak...View all
03/02/2008  Providence has dropped eight of nine and sit at 4-10 on the road this year. They are facing a team that is 10-5 at home. Yet, they are a small do...View all
03/01/2008  After a 13-0 start the Rebels have fallen hard and this is a must win game if they have any NCAA tourney aspirations. They still have an RPI hovering ...View all

February 2008
02/29/2008  The Big Red have a three-game lead atop the Ivy League standings, so why get up for this game against lowly Dartmouth? They have won 12 straight and a...View all
02/28/2008  Notre Dame has been unbeatable at home, but the road has been a different story especially against the top of the conference. They were humiliated at ...View all
02/27/2008  Florida is obviously used to being in the Big Dance of late but their fate this season is still to be determined. The scored a big win over South Caro...View all
02/26/2008  The Huskies had a 10-game winning streak end at Villonova on Saturday. Even during the streak, the margin for error for this team was very slim. They ...View all
02/25/2008  Nova is fresh off big win vs. UConn and this line tells you all that is needed to know. Nova was a slight favorite vs Connecticut but is now...View all
02/24/2008  Is there any conference better than the Big East this year? Pittsburgh will take their third crack at getting to the 20-win plateau and we think they ...View all
02/23/2008  Nevada has slipped seriously since the good ole days of four straight league titles. They are solid at home this season (11-2) but weak on the ro...View all
02/22/2008  The Wildcats have been roaring with 16-straight in the win column and this one looks easy as Winthrop lost most key pieces from a 29-5 NCAA tourney te...View all
02/21/2008  This young Tech team has hit the wall, dropping three in a row. What was once a team hitting 48% and 38% from beyond the arc, has only shot 41.9%...View all
02/20/2008  Drexel is just 11-16 and 4-11 in conference play. They are shooting 40.9% from the field and scoring just over 60 ppg. On the road it get's worse ...View all
02/19/2008  Davidson is in a class unto itself in the Southern Conference. They are virtually unbeatable on their home-court, where they are 10-0 and winning all&...View all
02/18/2008  Rick Pitino's boys are healthy, on a charge and find themselves at the top of the Big East. They have rattled off five straight and are 10-2-1 ATS...View all
02/17/2008  Georgia Tech has played the No. 16 highest-rated schedule in the country. And although the win column doesn't show it, this team is getting better...View all
02/16/2008  Kansas has been beating up the teams at home for two years now, and we don't expect that to change here. This season 12 of their 15 home wins have...View all
02/15/2008  Harvard enters this one at 1-5 in Ivy play and will likely be without Pat Magnerelli who is their leading rebounder and second-leading scorer. Defense...View all
02/14/2008  The Scarlet Knights are clearly in a rebuilding year, but their recent play suggests that they have improved as the season progresses. After suffering...View all
02/13/2008  South Florida's transition into the Big East has been a nightmare. They are just 5-38 SU, and have lost 10 straight this season. They have been aw...View all
02/12/2008  Butler manhandled this Wisconsin-Milwaukee team a few weeks ago and we expect nothing short of that tonight. The Panthers were held to 19 points at th...View all
02/11/2008  The Wildcats were cruising along with an 11-2 mark. Then Casiem Drummond went down with an injury and they have not been the same team since. The Wild...View all
02/10/2008  Saint Joseph’s is playing well as Phil Martelli has once again put together a solid team, but this by far will be the toughest road test of the ...View all
02/09/2008  Duke played a big-time game last time out going to Chapel Hill and coming away with an impressive win over North Carolina. Duke really has it going, b...View all
02/08/2008  The changing of the guard in the Ivy is now complete. Both Penn and Princeton have officially become also-rans in the Ivy, while former doormat, Corne...View all
02/07/2008  Clemson comes in off a stomping of Boston College (78-56) which is why we see them laying points to a decent Virginia team here. But let's not ove...View all
02/06/2008  ODU is 8-4 at home but just 3-6 on the road. They have been known for defense this season but right now it's Northeastern who is playing tenacious...View all
02/05/2008  The Bulls have lost nine straight yet are somehow expected to keep this one close on the road, where they are 0-10 this season. We aren't buying i...View all
02/04/2008  The Spartans have now gone 10-2 in their last 12 game and are playing with confidence. Kyle Hines has been a dominating player lately. He has averaged...View all
02/03/2008  Karl Hobbs has had some very good teams at George Washington, but this isn't one of them. The Colonials are 0-8 on the road and have lost by an av...View all
02/02/2008  This young Gator team has only ventured out on the road four times all season, and has found out life is different on the road as they have met two lo...View all
02/01/2008  It is tough to back a team favored on the road that has gone 4-27 away from home in their last 31 games, especially when two of those games were by tw...View all

January 2008
01/31/2008  Providence has been vulnerable to teams that can bury three-pointers all season. Teams that can score on the perimeter have really crippled the Friars...View all
01/30/2008  This Saint John's team is young and simply not coming together as a unit. They have now dropped seven of eight, and the offense is sluggish at bes...View all
01/29/2008  Austin Peay has put nine of their last eleven in the win column and are playing at a very high level right now. The Governors sit atop the Ohio V...View all
01/28/2008  The Phoenix risen from obscurity with a 15-win season in 05-06. But the "before" and "after" have not been so great. This season t...View all
01/27/2008  These teams shared the Atlantic 10 title last year with 13-3 records. This season Xavier has established themsevles as the superior team. The Muskatee...View all
01/26/2008  #15 Butler comes into this one at 18-2, 7-2 in league play and a perfect 7-0 at home. Illinois Chicago will be grossly overmatched here. The Flames co...View all
01/25/2008  Canisius is 3-15 including 1-7 in league play including a 77-49 loss to Siena on Monday. They are 0-9 on the road whre they get 57 points per game on ...View all
01/24/2008  Florida International hasn't won on the road in six tries. This team is getting outscored by over 16 ppg away from home. They will be more down th...View all
01/23/2008  The Seahawks bring a very balanced attack that features four starters averaging double digits. They are 6-2 at home while Northeastern is just 3-9 on ...View all
01/22/2008  This certainly is not a vintage Illinois team. They enter with just one road win and a losing record on the season. Even though they haven't put a...View all
01/21/2008  You don't see Syracuse absorb too many double-digit losses at home. In the last seven years it has only happened seven times, with the home loss t...View all
01/20/2008  Both of these teams are coming off upsets. Temple beat 20th ranked Xavier by 19 points on Wednesday while the Bilikens took care of #23 Rhode Island o...View all
01/19/2008  Losses to Drake, Pittsburgh, W. Virginia and Rhode Island (all top teams) is all that separates Duquense from being perfect. Shawn James has really bo...View all
01/18/2008  Iona suffered through one of the worst seasons ever, finishing 2-28 last year. They began this season losing six straight. The culture of losing is to...View all
01/17/2008  After an opening loss to Cincinnati, Louisville has gotten back on track and won their last three. They are really playing some rugged defense, limiti...View all
01/16/2008  Rutgers is in for a long season. The Scarlet Knights have really struggled, but that struggle is compounded by playing good teams. They have faced Lou...View all
01/15/2008  Both of these teams lost to top-ranked North Carolina but the difference is stark. NC State lost by 31 points while the Tigers took the Tarheels to ov...View all
01/14/2008  The Citadel owns just five wins on the season, and when you consider four of those have been to teams outside Division-1, that leaves them with one wi...View all
01/13/2008  Niagara can score but Manhattan's defense is pretty good. Niagara chucks up 24 three-pointers per game, making 8 per game, which is where much of ...View all
01/12/2008  St. John's has shown its inexperience all season, occasionally putting together good stretches in games, but not 40 minutes. And they make too man...View all
01/11/2008  Niagara is coming off a 96 point performance while Siena is off a 52-point game. What gives here? We like this game to come in UNDER the lofty total. ...View all
01/10/2008  Five of the six games these teams have played over the past three seasons have gone OVER but we like this one to buck that trend. Hofstra is horrendou...View all
01/09/2008  Iowa is scoring just 58.5 ppg while turning the ball over 16.7 times per game. However, they have picked up their scoring since conference play began ...View all
01/08/2008  The Stags have just not gotten anything going on offense, as they shoot just over 40% on the season. That makes it tough to stay in games, especially ...View all
01/07/2008  Tennessee Martin is averaging just 41.8% from the field overall and 37.8% on the road. That kind of shooting can make for an off night and with a tota...View all
01/06/2008  Pittsburgh sustained a pair of severe blows as Lavance Fields and Mike Cook have gone down with injuries. It's tough to go on the road i...View all
01/05/2008  Syracuse is rolling right now having won five straight by an average score of 92.6 to 68.4. On the season they are 9-2 at home. To beat the Orange, yo...View all
01/03/2008  The Irish will open Big East play against West Virginia. Notre Dame has been one of the most difficult teams to play at home as they swept the schedul...View all
01/02/2008  Georgia State owns three wins. They beat Texas-San Antonio at home in OT, a team which owns a 0-4 road record. They beat Jacksonville at home, a team ...View all
01/01/2008  The Bearcats are 0-4 on the road where they manage just over 60 points per game. Louisville is taking no prisoners. They are 7-1 at home and are comin...View all

December 2007
12/31/2007  Vandy can secure the best start in school history with a win here. They have the two best scorers in the SEC in Shan Foster and AJ Ogilvy who is just ...View all
12/30/2007  Air Force travels cross-country here to face a Wake team that is a perfect 7-0 at home and coming off three straight wins. The Demon Deacons have won ...View all
12/29/2007  Vanderbilt games have been soring over the total this year but we like this one to come in UNDER. Tennesee Martin is shoting 36.4% from the field on t...View all
12/28/2007  The Saints opened slowly but have caught fire. They have three solid scorers in Hasbrouck, Ubiles and Franklin, all averaging over 15 ppg. St. Jo...View all
12/27/2007  Tennessee Tech started out 1-5 vs. weak competition. They have won three of their last six, but when facing solid competition, they can't stay clo...View all
12/26/2007  It has been an injury plagued start for Louisville. Throw in a suspension, and this team has really struggled to find an identity. That could be bad n...View all
12/23/2007  The Cougars are out of the gate fast at 10-0. They are shooting 51%, while holding opponents to 37%. The Bengals have nothing, and are off of a 40-poi...View all
12/22/2007  Hofstra has averaged 24 wins over the last two years and have been snubbed by the NCAA both times. Now they must learn to win without the leadership a...View all
12/21/2007  Florida Tech, Kennesaw State and Buffalo represent the games put in the win column by Florida International. We aren't sure if most could find tho...View all
12/20/2007  Miami Ohio is a team that likes to limit possessions. Games vs. top teams in Louisville, Xavier and USC were all played in the 40s and 50s. Illinois i...View all
12/19/2007  This is a young Wake team that is going to take its lumps in the ACC this year, and may very well finish at the bottom. Williams and Hale were expecte...View all
12/18/2007  The battle of the inept takes place tonight in Biloxi Mississippi as Alcorn State and Louisiana Tech square off. This is a matchup of a couple of one-...View all
12/17/2007  Tennessee Martin has been the doormat in the OVC for several years. Last year's season concluded with 23 losses. They have just one returning play...View all
12/16/2007  Fred Hill is in trouble at Rutgers, as the cupboard is bare. The Scarlet Knights were 307th in the nation last season in offense. Subtract 24 points f...View all
12/15/2007  Utah defended no one last year, but new coach Jim Boylen has gotten this group to buy-in on the defensive end. Last year the Utes allowed 50% FG shoot...View all
12/14/2007  Iowa is down, and we have seen nothing from this team that makes us feel this year will be any different. They have won five games at home over teams ...View all
12/13/2007  Miami comes in at 8-0 but this will be a test like they have not yet faced. Mississippi State is 4-1 at home and Miami will struggle to contain Jamont...View all
12/12/2007  Vanderbilt has been playing exceptionally well and brings a 9-0 record into this game. DePaul is in for a long season. They own two insignificant...View all
12/11/2007  LA Lafayette is 1-4 overall and 0-3 on the road where they are scoring under 60 ppg ans shooting 37% from teh field. UCF is 3-1 at home getting 72 per...View all
12/09/2007  Rutgers lost two starters from a 10-19 2006 team. They have started off 6-2 but they lost a game they were supposed to win vs. St. Peters, they got ha...View all
12/08/2007  Delaware, after an 0-4 start, has reeled off two wins. But, one came against lowly Towson State and the other against Albany. Those two were at home. ...View all
12/07/2007  The Stags started 3-15 last season and have started poorly again. Missing is graduated Michael Van Schaick (15.4 points per game), and the Stags are s...View all
12/06/2007  Rider and Niagara will face-off in the conference opener for both teams. Rider has won back-to back games and has been very efficient on offense, as t...View all
12/05/2007  South Florida opened the season with three-straight losses, but has been on a tear winning five straight including a neutral court win over Florida St...View all
12/04/2007  The Southern Conference has a couple of good teams. Everyone has seen Davidson hang with NC and Duke. The not so talked about team is UNC Greensboro. ...View all
12/03/2007  The bad news for Dartmouth last season was that they suffered through a lot of injuries. The good news is that it allowed many players to gain valuabl...View all
12/02/2007  Nebraska has been tough to beat on its home-court when playing out of conference. The Cornhuskers are a remarkable 43-4 in this situation over the las...View all
12/01/2007  James Madison has been producing offense at the rate of 84.4ppg, and is shooting a lights out 55.3% from the floor, all ingredients to win on the road...View all

November 2007
11/30/2007  Whenever you give up this many points you better make sure you have a team that can score. Tennessee comes in averaging just under 90 points a game an...View all
11/29/2007  Gonzaga lost some key pieces last year, and took another blow when Josh Heytvelt underwent surgery (will miss about six weeks). This will be the first...View all
11/28/2007  CS Northridge won a bracket buster game over Cleveland State last year by nine points, and to come in here as this big a dog doesn't make a whole ...View all
11/27/2007  Georgia Tech has been a dissapointment so far. After a good 2006 campaign including an NCAA tournament upset win over UNLV, they have started out 3-2 ...View all
11/26/2007  Cal-Poly has rattled off 3 straight. They don't have a go-to guy, but have eight solid contributors. They have shot the ball as well as their...View all
11/25/2007  Siena pulled off a shocker by handling Stanford 79-67 to hand the Cardinal their only loss of the season. The Saints were competitive in road games ag...View all
11/24/2007  Loyola, Chicago coach Jim Whitesell has done an excellent job. Not only have they won six straight on the road, dating back to last year, but they hav...View all
11/23/2007  These teams square off in the semifinal round of the Chicago Invitational. Southeast Missouri State is coming off two straight wins. The latest w...View all
11/22/2007  Two 3-0 teams meet in the Great Alaska Shootout. We like the #14 Bulldogs. Last year Gonzaga made it to the finals of this event only to lose to Marqu...View all
11/21/2007  Not very often will you find a Southern Conference team on the road against a mid-major that is favored. One of the reasons for this line tonight is t...View all
11/20/2007  Elon was supposed to be the doormat in the Southern Conference this year but some big surprises have seen them play at a much higher level early. A fo...View all
11/19/2007  Detroit has announced that Brandon Cotton is no longer a member of their team. Cotton was the main cog last year scoring 18.1 points per game, and sti...View all
11/18/2007  A 7-22 season under new coach Benny Moss was truly a disappointment. When T.J. Carter went down with an injury before the season even started, it was ...View all
11/17/2007  We like taking teams early that have motivational reasons to get things going early in the season. That is the case with Dayton. A 19-win season, flan...View all
11/16/2007  This game is part of the Paradise Jam, in the Virgin Islands. Charlotte is off to a nice 2-0 start, while Georgia Tech has already dropped a game to N...View all
11/15/2007  Last year when these two teams met, Citadel lost by 22. But, USC lost three starters that combined for over 55% of their scoring from last year. The y...View all
11/14/2007  Last year was a far cry from the team we saw playing Cinderella in the dance two years ago. This is a school that can't just reload, but needs to ...View all
11/13/2007  It is a tough start for the Wolfpack who discovered life after Sessions and Fazekas is not going to be easy. They dropped their opener travelling to O...View all
11/12/2007  This line is surprising. There definitely is a Duke factor built in and the fact that the Dukies are coming off a 60+ point win over NC Central, and t...View all
11/11/2007  Stanford has their best team since the 03-04 team started at 26-0. They have two blowout wins which help feed this line. But realistically, they have ...View all
11/10/2007  Coach Dan Monson guided the 49ers to their first NCAA Tourney bid since 1995. The Niners’ finished at 24-8, but the cupboard is bare. The Niners...View all
11/09/2007  It's been a good year at UC Irvine. The Men's Volleyball team won the NCAA Championship, the baseball team made it to the College World Series...View all
11/05/2007  November 07, 2007 The 2007-08 College Basketball season has arrived...View all

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