Blue Devils Picks

Did you know that in the last 11 years the winner of the NCAA Tournament has come from the Atlantic Coast Conference 5 times? I’ll bet you also didn’t know that the ACC has the best winning percentage the last two years in the NCAA Tournament

This Saturday the highest combination of seeds ever to meet in a Final Four game will take place when the No.11 VCU Rams, winners of the Southwest Region take on the No.8 seed Butler Bulldogs

The NCAA men’s basketball regular season is winding down as teams look to add a few more wins to improve their position for their individual conference tournaments as well as the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament which starts on March 15. The primary goal for a number of teams between now and then is to first and foremost secure an invitation to the dance

Many expect Duke to win this game, but if West Virginia is able to implement the 1 3 1 zone on defense, it will force Duke to settle for jump shots. If the Blue Devils come out cold, the Mountaineers should capitalize, as they have better athletes

A team that everybody expected to be here (Duke) faces off against a team that many had losing in the first round (Purdue) to 13 seed Siena

The nation’s third overall seed, Duke takes the play-in game winner Arkansas Pine Bluff and the line is set at -22.

Conference tournaments are a great time to make some money by betting on the outcome of March Madness. It can be a profitable week and a half as some teams are fighting for their lives on the bubble, other teams are trying to stay atop a one bid conference, and others are vying for an opportunity to cut down the nets before Selection Sunday.

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