NCAA Betting Tips

The Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-2) and the Michigan Wolverines (8-2) have gone through similar seasons en route to a possible date for the Big 10 Championship game in Indianapolis this December.

Nebraska has pulled off some big wins and suffered some humiliating defeats in their first season in the Big 10. The Cornhuskers are still stinging from their upset at the hands of Northwestern as they head into this critical late season tilt with a dangerous Michigan team.

Michigan dropped a tough game to their state rivals, Michigan State and they also lost to the Big 10′s perennial giant killer, the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Denard Robinson leads the Wolverines in passing and rushing this season and his ability to scramble, get out of the pocket and run, will make it tough on the Nebraska defenders.

Nebraska is no slouch when it comes to getting down and dirty with the running game. Taylor Martinez is subject to run on every down but he has scaled back his run first philosophy this season. Martinez has 768 yards rushing and an outside chance to rush for 1,000 yards this season.

Bo Pelini and his Cornhuskers enter this game after an emotional win over the Penn State Nittany Lions and that game might have taken a lot out of this team. The Penn State game was a raw and emotional affair that proved awkward but cleansing for the Penn State players.

Both teams have one game remaining after this weekend and both will take on rivals from their neighboring state. Nebraska will face the Iowa Hawkeyes and Michigan faces the Ohio State Buckeyes. It will be interesting to see how the professional handicappers will pick these games.

This weekend in one of the most highly anticipated games of the season, the Purdue Boilermakers will battle against the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Boilermakers are the 11th ranked team in the nation whereas the Buckeyes are currently the 3rd ranked team in the nation.

With Purdue at 30/1, March Madness odds have the Buckeyes at 4/1 to win the national championship.

Until losing a game recently to 14th ranked Wisconsin, the Buckeyes were the top team in the polls. Before playing against the Buckeyes this weekend, the Boilermakers will have to take on Wisconsin.

On this game for Purdue, the game against Wisconsin will likely have a large effect. The Boilermakers will have a lot of momentum when they play against Ohio State, if they come out on top. The Boilermakers will lose a lot of momentum and they could start a losing streak, however, if they can’t pull out the victory.

The Boilermakers the 18th best team in the nation in term of assists per game, as well as they rely on a lot of ball movement for their offense. They have only allowed their opponents to score more than 80 points one time this season as well as they also have a very solid defense.

Earlier this season the one time that the Boilermakers allowed a team to score 80 was against the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes looked like the far superior team as they won the game by 23 points. This should be a great matchup and look for the Buckeyes as they may try to employ a similar strategy what they used in their last game against the Boilermakers.

University of Kentucky men’s tennis juniors No. 6 Eric Quigley and No. 53 Alex Musialek each displayed an impressive opening round win on Wednesday at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, Calif. Both move forward to the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship.

Tying the school record for singles wins in a season; Quigley’s win was his 45th singles win this season. He overwhelmed Mehdi Bouras, 7-6 (2), 6-2, while Musialek topped Ed Corrie of Texas, 6-1, 7-6 (4).

In the first set, Musialek went past Corrie, 6-1 but was down 4-2 in the second when the rain came.  There was a long delay in the game and when the game started off again, Musialek held serve and then broke Corrie en route to the tiebreaker. He won it 7-4.

In the first round of the 2011 NCAA Singles Championship, the University of Louisville’s Austen Childs overpowered Georgia’s 18th ranked Wil Spencer 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. In the second round Friday, Childs will face Kentucky’s Alex Musialek.

Quigley will play junior Marcel Thiemann of Ole Miss, who earned a win over Chris Kearney of California-Irvine by a 7-6 (4), 6-1.

On Thursday at 1 p.m. ET, the second round of the NCAA Singles Championships will resume. Until the NCAA Singles final on May 30, a round of singles competition will be played each day. The doubles event begins Thursday afternoon and concludes on May 30. Until late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, times are not expected to be set.

The University of Minnesota-Duluth will contest against the University of Michigan in men college ice hockey’s national final, at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Against Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday, Michigan will try to claim its 10th national title.

To arrive at the National Collegiate Athletic Association title game, Michigan beat North Dakota 2-0 and Minnesota-Duluth defeated Notre Dame 4-3 last night. Minnesota-Duluth is looking for its first national title, while it will be 10th championship for Michigan since 1948.

For Duluth (25-10-6), Jack Connolly, J.T. Brown, Mike Connolly and Kyle Schmidt had scored. To reach the semifinal, Duluth overwhelmed top-seeded Yale. For the Fighting Irish (25-14-5), T.J. Tynan, Jeff Costello and Calle Ridderwall had scored goals.

In the first period, Ben Winnett scored for Michigan (29-10-4) and Scooter Vaughan supplemented with a goal with 35.8 seconds left in the game. 40 saves were made by Shawn Hunwick for his fourth shutout of the season.

Through a tense third period, J.T. Brown had a goal and an assist that helped Minnesota Duluth to hung on to beat Notre Dame 4-3 in the NCAA semifinals. This helped the team to move forward to its second national title game in school history. The Bulldogs (25-10-6) survived being outshot 15-2 in the third period and Mike Connolly, Jack Connolly and Kyle Schmidt scored to get past Notre Dame (25-14-5). To make 31 saves, Ken Reiter overcame a wobbly start.

Saturday night, UMD will face Michigan in the championship game. Since 1984, U.M.D. made the championship game for the first time, when it lost to Bowling Green in four overtimes, 5-4.

Betting odds for college hockey will feature here as soon as bookmaker prices become available.

In their Sweet 16 matchup, the No. 12 Richmond Spiders Cinderella run may be coming to a close as they clash with No. 1 seed the Kansas Jayhawks. In this game, do the Richmond Spiders have any shot of competing with Kansas? They have a great opportunity to pull the upset, whether believe it or not.

In March Madness odds, the Las Vegas Hilton Superbook has posted the Kansas Jayhawks as an 8-point favorite, which is the heaviest in the Sweet 16. Even though Richmond has nothing to lose, the Jayhawks have been strong this year. It is conceivable that they can run away with the lead early if they get hot from three point lands.

Richmond’s three point shooters are hitting better than 40 percent and one starter that is hitting 39 percent as they have four starters that are deadly accurate. It will be obvious that Kansas will be pressuring as soon as Richmond brings the ball across back court line with big shooters from the downtown.

To game plan against, Kansas and the Morris twins are tough. In the NCAA Tournament, Marcus and Markieff are two of the toughest remaining players as well as their play under the basket may be the difference in this game. If they want to trade shots with the Spiders three point specialists, The two brothers will have to bring their “A Game”.

It will lead to the most intriguing matchup of the Sweet 16 games as the difference between these two teams is night and day. A game is between the brute force of Kansas and the finesse of Richmond. In NCCA basketball picks, the Jayhawks are favorite win this match.

On Friday at Canseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament will face the No.5 seeded Illinois in one of the best matchups of the tournament. With identical records of 19-12 and 9-9 in the Big Ten, both teams enter the battle.

When it comes to their play on defense, the two teams differ. Illinois are only ranked 175th in the country but that is much better than Michigan Wolverines which ranks a dismal 299th among NCAA Division 1 schools whereas Illinois is the better team on the boards. Michigan is averaging 32 per game whereas Illinois averages 35 rebounds per game.

This game will be no different as three point shooting is always a hit or miss affair in tournament play. Illinois is hitting 39 percent from behind the three point arc whereas Michigan is hitting 35 percent from three point territory. With a 46 percent shooting percentage at three point range, Demetri McCamey leads Illinois as well as he is the shooter of choice for Illinois in crunch time.

Illinois is the best shooting team from the field. They have the ability to take over the game when they get on a role as they rank 34th in the country in shooting percentage. Michigan has yet to win a game or shoot well against superior competition as they ranks 120th in shooting percentage.

if Illinois get hot in the first half it could be all over by the early second half even though March Madness betting Odds have Illinois favored by 3 points in this closely matched contest.

This weekend the North Carolina Tar Heels will battle against the Duke Blue Devils. As both of these teams are within the top 25 teams in the nation, this game will be highly anticipated. Even though the rivalry between these teams is strong and has produced tons of great games over the years, this is a game between two of the top teams in the nation. Of this season this could be one of the best games.

In NCAAB Odds, both teams are among the top favorites to win the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

If the Blue Devils win the rest of their games this season, they could be in line to get a top seed in the NCAA tournament as they are sitting at 26-3 on the season. This season the Tar Heels are 22-6. The Tar Heels could position themselves better in the NCAA tournament as well, with a few wins to end the season.

These teams had a great game as they played just a few weeks ago. The Blue Devils managed to walk away with a 79-73 victory as the game ended close. As each team is trying to gain some momentum entering the NCAA tournament, this game should be even closer.

Even though the Tar Heels will need Zeller to step up in this game, they rely on a number of players to put point on the board. To go along with 7 rebounds he averages just less than 15 points per game. As the Blue Devils are a very strong team, they will need him to improve on those numbers for this matchup.

In this game, Duke will need a big game from Singler. Now the Blue Devils need him to show why everyone is talking about him as he has received national recognition for his skills.

This weekend in one of the most highly anticipated games of the season, the Purdue Boilermakers will battle against the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Boilermakers are the 11th ranked team in the nation whereas the Buckeyes are currently the 3rd ranked team in the nation.

With Purdue at 30/1, March Madness odds have the Buckeyes at 4/1 to win the national championship.

Until losing a game recently to 14th ranked Wisconsin, the Buckeyes were the top team in the polls. Before playing against the Buckeyes this weekend, the Boilermakers will have to take on Wisconsin.

On this game for Purdue, the game against Wisconsin will likely have a large effect. The Boilermakers will have a lot of momentum when they play against Ohio State, if they come out on top. The Boilermakers will lose a lot of momentum and they could start a losing streak, however, if they can’t pull out the victory.

The Boilermakers the 18th best team in the nation in term of assists per game, as well as they rely on a lot of ball movement for their offense. They have only allowed their opponents to score more than 80 points one time this season as well as they also have a very solid defense.

Earlier this season the one time that the Boilermakers allowed a team to score 80 was against the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes looked like the far superior team as they won the game by 23 points. This should be a great matchup and look for the Buckeyes as they may try to employ a similar strategy what they used in their last game against the Boilermakers.

On Wednesday night, Curtis Kelly added 16 and Jacob Pullen scored 18 points to lead Kansas State to a 69-53 victory over Nebraska. For the Wildcats (15-8, 3-5 Big 12), Rodney McGruder added 10 points. Nebraska (15-6, 3-4) was plagued by a season-high 22 turnovers, which fell to 0-4 in road games and thus their March Madness betting odds falling short by a great deal.

A Nebraska fan took the opportunity to scream, “Shave your beard!” with Bramlage Coliseum silent for Jacob Pullen’s free throws. In a frustrating season, there may have been times when Pullen and the Wildcats would have been willing to do anything to change their fortunes. Kansas State cruised past Nebraska 69-53, although that was not the case on Wednesday night.

Jorge Brian Diaz had 10 points and Lance Jeter scored 16 points to lead the Cornhuskers. In the first half, Kansas State took control of the game going on a 9-0 run and holding Nebraska without a field goal for more than 5 1/2 minutes. With a layup that gave Kansas State a 30-14 lead, Pullen capped the stretch.

After halftime, Nebraska never got closer than 11. From the free-throw line, Kansas State was 21 of 25, 18 of 21 in the second half. The Cornhuskers jumped to an even 50 percent from the floor in the second half, but by converting all, KSU handled the pressure at the free-throw line.

The Huskers shot only 3- of-12 behind the three-point line and finished with a mere five offensive rebounds, turned the ball over a total of 22 times. To get within 61-50 with 4 minutes remaining, Nebraska scored seven straight points, including a 3-pointer from Brandon Richardson. It was the Cornhuskers’ last gasp.

To rebuild the cushion, Pullen and Kelly each hit two free throws, a theme for the game. It was Kansas State’s first game, since sophomore Wally Judge, a former McDonald’s All-American, who left the team.

For a key early season match up with their Big 12 rivals, the Texas Longhorns head into Kansas to take on the Kansas Jayhawks in the famous Allen Field House. The Longhorns may not show up on Saturday, if they watched the Jayhawks dismantle the Baylor Bears on national television Monday.

For this matchup basketball Betting Odds have not yet been posted.

As the season wears on, the Morris twins were unstoppable in the game against the Bears and they are only getting better. Even though the Jayhawks’ outside shooting is one of their weaknesses, they are the best shooting team in college basketball, shooting 52 percent from the field.

In college basketball The Longhorns are not the best shooting team.  They are ranked 97th in the country as well as their shooting percentage is 45 percent from the field. On the Texas Longhorns, Jordon Hamilton is the one man wrecking crew.

He is shooting 42 percent from three point land whereas he is averaging 19 points per game. Averaging seven rebounds per game, Hamilton is also a strong two way player. The sophomore is a force whether he is under the basket or shooting from downtown as he plays bigger than his 6′ 7″ frame.

Between the Morris twins, Marcus Morris is the better half. He is shooting 60 percent from the field and 41 percent from behind the three point line as well as he is averaging 16 points per game. Hauling down 8.7 rebounds per game which leads the team in rebounds, Markieff Morris, Marcus brother, is scoring over 12 points per game.

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