The East has become the 'Region of Chalk' with four of the top 5 seeds advancing to the Sweet 16 - All eyes turn to Boston where Villanova, West Virginia, Purdue and Texas Tech will determine the fate of their Final 4 destiny...
Read moreSouth Region Preview: 2017-18 NCAA Tournament Preview
Armed with two of the toughest defenses college basketball has ever seen, Virginia and Cincinnati find themselves on a collision course as the top-2 seeds in the South...
Read moreEast Region Preview: 2017-18 NCAA Tournament
'The Brunson Burner' and the top-seeded Wildcats are back to avenge last year's round of 32 departure in hopes of recapturing the magic from 'Supernova's' 2016 national championship run...
Read moreAmerican 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Mick Cronin and the Bearcats hushed the Wichita State preseason hype, claiming the AAC regular season crown by two full games - Cincy, Wichita and Houston will focus on rounding into postseason form this weekend in Orlando, given their at-large berths are already safely in tact.
Read moreConference USA 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Middle Tennessee refused to surrender their C-USA title belt led by the interior dominance of Nick King. But can Kermit Davis solve Marshall's 'run-and-gun' offensive attack which befuddled the Blue Raiders twice during the regular season?
Read moreAtlantic 10 2017-18 Tournament Preview
After a clear-cut top-3 (Rhody, St. Bonnies and Davidson) the rest of the A-10 formed a massive logjam in the middle of the final standings. 12 of the league's 14 teams tallied at least 7 wins in conference, which means it could be a wild ride this weekend in D.C.
Read morePac-12 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Phew, it was a rough year for the Pac-12 - not only was the league's top-to-bottom competitiveness watered down, but two of its premier programs played the season with a dark grey cloud hovering over them.
Read moreSWAC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Grambling was the toast of the SWAC this year, but ineligibility will keep them out of contention for the championship this weekend in Houston - after a rather rocky conference season, can Mike Davis and the Tigers sustain their recent SWAC tourney dominance?
Read moreAmerica East Tournament Preview 2017-18
Ignoring the weird home loss to Hartford, Vermont continued their dominance of the America East on their way to a 2nd straight regular season title - it's the Catamounts tournament to lose, but Albany and UMBC will not go quietly.
Read moreWCC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Just when we thought Saint Mary's might finally dethrone the Zags, a letdown at San Francisco put Gonzaga right back in the driver's seat, which has become familiar territory for Mark Few & co.
Read moreSoCon 2017-18 Tournament Preview
UNC Greensboro committed highway robbery to snatch the SoCon regular season title belt from a stumbling East Tenny squad. Will Steve Forbes and the Bucs avenge their late season collapse to clinch their 2nd straight automatic berth?
Read moreNEC 2017-18 Tournament Preview
Only one of the 8 teams that qualified for the NEC championship finished with a sub .500 record in league play - the tourney field is wide open, but Wagner's balance on both sides of the ball makes them the favorite to punch the NEC's ticket to the big dance.
Read moreQuick Peek at Futures: February Follow-Up
With the stock market in the midst of a record breaking slide, it's time to reallocate those assets to the always safe and steady futures market - and we're obviously talking about college basketball futures, not boring commodities...
Read moreThe Tale of Trae Young
The relentless chatter about Trae Young appears to have no end in sight, so we figured why not join the heated debate on the freshman phenom's polarizing season to date...
Read moreMorning Mashup - 1/19/18
Thursday Night was YOUR night mid-major maniacs - the Zags and Gaels gave us a treat of an encore, while some intriguing squads across the C-USA, Colonial, OVC and Sun Belt took the hardwood as well.
Read moreMorning Mashup - 1/17/18
Trae Young is slowly earning a new nickname: "Turnover Trae". The trip to Manhattan spelled 'doom' for the Sooners, but Oklahoma wasn't the only victim of conference life on the road last night...
Read moreMorning Mashup - 1/16/18
Piping hot quick hitter takes from a marvelous MLK Monday in the wonderful world of college hoops.
Read moreAgainst the Spread Trends & Analysis: Conference Betting Guide
Looking for an edge against your bookie? Let the data guide you with 3MW's conference gambling tool, which houses a decade's worth of ATS results for all conference games to help you explore historical team and matchup trends.
Read moreAgainst the Spread Trends & Analysis: The Impact of Injuries
The Vegas oddsmakers are essentially robotic in their level of precision setting college basketball lines on a night-to-night basis - but do injury and eligibility nuances throw a wrench into their models?
Read moreAgainst the Spread Trends & Analysis (Mid-December Recap)
We're officially in the awkward downtime of the college basketball season anxiously awaiting conference action to ramp up, so what better time for another update on the best and worst teams against the spread so far this year...
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