As we approach the final weeks of the college basketball regular season, which includes the major conference tournaments, it’s time to remind you of one of the great pitfalls gamblers make. That is to bet on the team that needs a win more. Combine this with the public’s infatuation with betting on the better team, [...]
Game 1: Northwestern Wildcats @ Iowa Hawkeyes – Saturday, March 3 Sports betting experts are immersed in many college basketball discussions these days, and two of them concern the Big Ten Conference’s bubble teams, Northwestern and Illinois. The Illinois Fighting Illini have to beat Wisconsin on Sunday to have a shot at the NCAA Tournament, [...]
Senior Handicapper Matt Rivers of OffshoreInsiders.com has a free pick Tuesday is on Xavier (+8) to St. Louis. Reasoning: St. Louis has been far more consistent and better than Xavier this season as Rick Majerus’ squad has been a legitimate top 25 type group. That last loss, though, at Rhode Island against a bad Rams [...]
Senior Handicapper Matt Rivers of OffshoreInsiders.com has a free pick winner for Monday is on Georgetown (-6) to Notre Dame. Reasoning: I have certainly faded Notre Dame a lot of late only to watch Mike Brey’s team continually rise up and bite me in the backside. Well I guess I’m at it again but after [...]
Senior Handicapper Matt Rivers of OffshoreInsiders.com has a free pick winner is on Fairfield (-3) to Rider. Reasoning: Rider shoved it up my butt a few days ago upsetting Loyola but I don’t see lightning striking twice. The Greyhounds were the better team but didn’t get the job done in the end and this is [...]
Senior Handicapper Matt Rivers of OffshoreInsiders.com has a free pick Saturday is on Auburn (-2.5) to Arkansas. Reasoning: Arkansas was terrible against Florida two games ago and then the other night were completely outclassed at home against a half suspended Alabama squad. Certainly Billy Donovan’s Gators are tough and the Crimson Tide are a well [...]
Senior Handicapper Matt Rivers of OffshoreInsiders.com has a free pick winner for Friday is on West Virginia (-1) to Marquette. Reasoning: I truly could not have been any more disappointed in the Mountaineers in Notre Dame on Wednesday night. To say they wet the bed in that second half would be the understatements of understatements. [...]
Senior Handicapper Matt Rivers of OffshoreInsiders.com has a free pick on Thursday is on Arkansas (-2) to Alabama. Reasoning: I watched the Razorbacks play their worst game of the season the other day as Florida came to town and won by a billion. That was a total egg laid by the hogs as they just [...]
OffshoreInsiders.com says it’s been one of the best starts to an NBA season for sharp players and a not-so-great season for the squares. The reason is simple: the dynamics expected to come out of the condensed NBA season have proven to be even more accurate than expected. Most of the Golden Rules of Sports Handicapping [...]
Senior Handicapper Matt Rivers of OffshoreInsiders.com has a free pick winner is on the San Antonio Spurs (-2.5) to Utah. Reasoning: I know that Manu Ginobili is injured once again and Tiago Splitter may miss this game as well. I also respect how the Jazz in Utah are always tough to beat at home whether [...]
