Last Four In: Ohio State, Washington State, Louisville, San Diego State

First Four Out: Miami, Clemson, Oklahoma State, Long Beach State

The bubble had an up and down weekend with a number of interesting results. Ohio State moves into the tournament bracket but had a tough draw against Arizona at home. This hurts the Buckeyes because the Big Ten is getting tougher by the day with the evolution ...

Last Four In: Northeastern, Cal Poly, Furman, Clemson

First Four Out: Xavier, California, Boston College, Providence

There was some great soccer played out west in the opening weekend of men’s soccer. Stanford and Cal hosted Maryland and Georgetown. There were quality results for everybody but the Terps. Maryland tied Stanford on Friday in a 3-3 shootout and then fell to the Bears on a golden ...

Last Four In: Stony Brook, Youngstown State, Samford, Northern Arizona

First Four Out: James Madison, Stephen F. Austin, Chattanooga, Indiana State

If it didn’t already have a strong reputation as one of the top, if not the top conferences in the FCS, the Missouri Valley Football Conference can boast this week. Four of the league’s five teams in the top 25 won their openers, with number one ...

The big story of the first weekend of college football was the upsets by FCS schools over what was supposed to be some decent FBS squads. There should be a few more coming up over the next couple of weeks. But we will look at the top of the pecking order. Alabama and Ohio State cruised to relatively easy victories over Virginia Tech and Buffalo, respectively, to stay #1 and #2 in the rankings. However, there were chinks in the armor. The Crimson Tide did not need much offense thanks to the special teams play of returnman Christion Jones, ...

Betting Turf, By Ts

Gambling sharps (the best gamblers around) are right roughly 57% of the time. That figure sounds low to most. But, in fact, it is a high enough figure to make a living off of. The key to being a sharp is not only picking more winners than losers, but also finding the best lines and odds for your bets. An extra half point here, an extra point there makes a huge difference over the course of a season. Unfortunately, we will not be shopping around for our ...

Women’s Soccer Games of the Week 8/30 to 9/1

The second weekend of women's soccer is full of big games. Friday alone features three games between highly ranked teams with Marquette taking on UCLA, Penn State traveling to Virginia and Florida hosting in-state rival Florida State.  Saturday's big game includes Portland traveling to Palo Alto to play Stanford. The weekend concludes with a matchup of powerhouses when UCLA visits Notre Dame. UCF also ...

Week 1 FCS Football Game Breakdowns

The leaves are turning brown, the air conditioner is finally turned off, the local high school band is jamming out and somebody in the College Sports Madness office made a pot of chili. It looks, feels, sounds, smells and tastes like football season.  Any hope we have left for summer will go away this weekend as college football kicks off. Fall and football are here and College Sports Madness has all of ...

Betting Turf, By Ts

Gambling sharps (the best gamblers around) are right roughly 57% of the time. That figure sounds low to most. But, in fact, it is a high enough figure to make a living off of. The key to being a sharp is not only picking more winners than losers, but also finding the best lines and odds for your bets. An extra half point here, an extra point there makes a huge difference over the course of ...

Last Four In: USC, South Carolina, LSU, Louisville

First Four Out: Clemson, Oklahoma State, Washington, Ohio State

It was an interesting opening weekend for the bracketology bubble as USC made a huge statement by dominating San Diego State 4-1 on Friday. The University of South Carolina also solidified their place in the tournament by knocking off a Duke team that came in flying high off a huge ...

Production versus Promise at the NBA Draft

Each year, the prospects for the NBA draft can be thrown into two neatly differentiated barrels: the ones who produced and the ones who have potential.

This seems oversimplified but go ahead and try to find a single draft hopeful who doesn’t fall into one of the two categories. Anyone being drafted either put up numbers in college ...