#1 Kansas vs. #16 Western Kentucky How they Punched Their Ticket Kansas (29-5, 14-4 Big 12): Won Big 12 Tournament- Automatic Bid Western Kentucky (20-15, 10-10 Sun Belt): Won Sun Belt Tournament- Automatic Bid ATS (Against the Spread) Kansas: 18-15 Western Kentucky: 17-17 Jayhawks Outlook: A lot of people forget that freshman guard Ben McLemore [...]

#1 Gonzaga vs. #16 Southern University How they Punched Their Ticket Gonzaga (31-2, 16-0 WCC): Won the WCC Tournament- Automatic Bid Southern (23-9, 15-3 SWAC): Won the SWAC Tournament- Automatic Bid ATS (Against the Spread) Gonzaga: 17-13-1 Southern: 4-1 Bulldogs Outlook: Huge expectations follow this Gonzaga team heading into the NCAA tournament.  There is no [...]

The Good Oklahoma State Cowboys (17-5, 7-3 Big 12) Current RPI #22 Noteworthy Performance: Wins vs. Baylor & Texas A week after dismantling the Kansas Jayhawks in Lawrence, the Cowboys continued their current hot streak by knocking off the Baylor Bears and Texas Longhorns respectively.  During its current five game winning streak, Okie State has [...]

With the presidential election upon us, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to roll out our college basketball preview.  I know what you’re thinking, what in the heck does the presidential race have to do with college basketball.  Well, nothing really, so you got me there.  But for the sake of argument, I [...]

1st Down Storylines: The high octane Aggies invade Davis Wade Stadium to do battle with a much improved Bulldogs squad.  Aside from close losses to Florida and LSU, A&M looks like one of the stronger teams within the SEC in 2012.  Freshman Johnny Manziel leads an offense that scored at will last week versus Auburn, [...]

1st Down Storylines: Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide continue to look like the class of college football in 2012.  Alabama has simply dominated their opponents, winning by an average margin of 33 points.  The Bulldogs may be  off to their best start since 1999, but can they survive the juggernaut that is the Crimson [...]

Quick Hits #1 Alabama (6-0, 3-0 SEC) vs. Tennessee (3-3, 0-3 SEC) +20 ½, 55 ½ O/U In their three non-conference games this season, the Volunteers defense surrendered an average of 20 points per game to their opponents.  In their three conference games, that number has significantly increased to the tune of 43 points per [...]