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After an incredible regular season, college basketball is on the precipice of the glorious month of March. The NCAA Tournament is less than one week away, and we will once again be filled with dominant programs, great individual performances and dangerous mid-major underdogs.   First, however, we are truly blessed with college basketball’s conference tournament […]

The 2023-24 College Basketball season is winding down, and we are finally at the last regular season Saturday of the season. We have loads of great matchups across the country, and below is my favorite bet of the Saturday slate. Let’s have some fun.   Duke vs. UNC Duke -5, (DraftKings Sportsbook) The greatest rivalry in […]

With the NBA, PGA, NHL, and MMA all occupying our attention, one area outside of betting is overlooked this time of year — The Oscars.  Today, I’m predicting predicting all winners and highlights his favorite values ahead of Sunday’s 96th Academy Awards.    Oppenheimer leads all motion pictures with 13 nominations and has had a dominant awards season that should […]

After an incredible regular season, college basketball is on to the glorious month of March. The NCAA Tournament is just two weeks away, and we will once again be filled with dominant programs, great individual performances and dangerous mid-major underdogs. First, however, we are truly blessed with college basketball’s conference tournament season.   The West […]

After an incredible regular season, college basketball is on to the glorious month of March. The NCAA Tournament is just two weeks away, and we will once again be filled with dominant programs, great individual performances and dangerous mid-major underdogs. First, however, we are truly blessed with college basketball’s conference tournament season.   The Missouri […]

The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we now enter conference tournament season. Teams compete for a conference championship in a single-elimination tournament to realize their dreams and earn a coveted automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Below is my preview for the Coastal Athletic Association Tournament.  (All odds from FanDuel Sportsbook.)   […]

This article is intended to assist subscribers preparing for their first NFBC Main Event league, with a particular emphasis on drafting live. The recommendations advanced, however, also can apply to fantasy managers drafting online and in leagues other than the Main Event.   For the uninitiated, the NFBC Main Event is the premier high-stakes fantasy […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! We have a jam-packed TNT Tuesday night full of NBA basketball, but sometimes quantity does not mean quality. Teams do tend to play their best this late in the season. so they can finish in the best spot possible for the postseason, but this is also the time of the […]

The bracket is coming. In less than two weeks, offices and companies throughout the country will be feverishly completing March Madness brackets trying to predict who will win the race to the Final Four in Phoenix.    While most will tell you filling out a bracket is based on complete luck, there are certainly tricks […]

Turning our attention to another limited-field, signature event, we have the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week at Bay Hill Club & Lodge.  There are just 69 golfers teeing it up this week in Orlando, and similar to what we saw at the Genesis, there will be a 36-hole cutline that trims the field to the […]

The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are entering conference tournament season. Teams compete for a conference championship in a single-elimination tournament to realize their dreams and earn a coveted automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Below is my preview for the Big South Tournament.  (All odds from DraftKings Sportsbook.)   2024 Big […]

After an incredible regular season, college basketball is on the precipice of the glorious month of March. The NCAA Tournament is just under two weeks away, and we will once again be filled with dominant programs, great individual performances and dangerous mid-major underdogs. First, however, we are truly blessed with college basketball’s conference tournament season! […]

The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are getting into the depths of conference play. We have loads of great matchups across the country and below is my favorite bet of the Tuesday slate.    Purdue vs. Illinois (Illinois -2, DraftKings Sportsbook) Purdue enters Champaigne on a Super Tuesday in March to […]

The 2023-24 College Basketball season is winding down, and we now enter conference tournament season. Teams compete for a conference championship in a single-elimination tournament to realize their dreams and earn a coveted automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. Below is my preview for the Horizon League Tournament. Let’s have some fun.   All odds […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! The NBA season rolls onward with a six-game slate tonight. We have two matchups between teams poised to make deep postseason runs, two matchups between interesting members of the league’s middle class, and to be perfectly honest, two games that are kind of a mess. It’s a mostly appetizing spread […]

After an incredible regular season, college basketball is entering the glorious month of March. The NCAA Tournament is just over two weeks away, and we will once again be filled with dominant programs, great individual performances and dangerous mid-major underdogs. First, however, we are truly blessed with college basketball’s conference tournament season!   The Sun […]

Spring training is a wild time for fantasy players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops, and other big swings. We aim to cover notable news, value changes and other nuggets. We’ve got you covered!   AL East Baltimore Orioles: Colton Cowser (OF), […]

The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are getting into the depths of conference play. We have loads of great matchups across the country, and below is my favorite bet of the Saturday slate.   Tennessee vs. Alabama (Tennessee +4, DraftKings Sportsbook) Huge battle atop the SEC as Tennessee travels to Tuscaloosa […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! We’ve got about 24 games per team left in the season, and the competition is heating up as teams fight to finish the season as best they can. Three teams are within 1.5 games of the top seed in the Western Conference, while the Bucks and Cavaliers duke it out […]

Is Sports Betting Legal in North Carolina? March 11, 2024, is the date targeted for sports betting online in the state of North Carolina. Multiple sportsbooks are lined up to get a license. North Carolina sports bettors have multiple options.    When can I bet in NC? You can now bet online in the state […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! It’s a TNT Thursday, and in a pleasant surprise we have eight games of NBA action instead of the 3-4 games we usually get on Thursdays. It’s almost March, which means we have a few games featuring teams not trying to win, but there are a few great matchups for […]

Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah positively adores Justin Jefferson. Sean Payton would toss Russell Wilson into the mouth of a volcano if he could. The Chicago Bears braintrust still likes Justin Fields, but not nearly as much as they like their other options. The NFL scouting combine is a time for head coaches and […]

It’s a mad dash to the finish line in college basketball, as teams race to get the best seeding for their conference tournaments. I’m still trying to fade squads that are pretty much checked out on the season though because there’s some value in that. It’s an interesting slate Wednesday, so let’s try to find […]

We are just 18 days away from Selection Sunday. The college basketball betting world has turned its attention to NCAA Tournament Futures, investing in Final Four and National Championship wagers. March Madness bettors are looking for two things: first-round upsets and blue bloods that will make the Final Four.    Almost all bracket contests are […]

Following recent articles examining player share diversification and KDS strategy and draft mapping, it’s time to turn back to players whose ADPs are rising or falling materially. This time, we will focus on NFBC Online Championship leagues, which are 12-team, 30-round contests with weekly FAAB and an overall component. The purpose of these articles is […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! We have a jam-packed slate of games on a TNT Tuesday. Unfortunately, Joel Embiid’s knee injury has taken most of the excitement out of the first game, but the second national TV is a must watch. The Houston Rockets go to Oklahoma City to face the Thunder in a game […]

Welcome to the sunny shores of Florida as we look to PGA National, host of this week’s Cognizant Classic. This was formerly known as the Honda Classic, for those confused by the new title sponsor.  Next thing to note is a change to the layout. Hole No. 10 has been shifted from a long par […]

I have the need, the need for speed.  The 2024 NFL Combine is here, and FanDuel Sportsbook has posted several bets for this week’s event in Indianapolis. My favorites center on the most popular event: the 40-yard dash.    As with all speed records in sports, the average 40-yard dash has continuously dropped as athletes […]

The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are in the depths of conference play. We have loads of great matchups across the country, and below is my favorite bet of the Tuesday slate.    BYU vs. Kansas (Kansas -7, DraftKings Sportsbook) The Big 12 gauntlet continues as newcomers BYU travel to Phog […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! After a jam packed, 11-game slate on Sunday, we have just four games tonight. I love NBA Sundays once the NFL season finishes. We get to watch NBA basketball all day, and I can only hope that someday we get to do that more than once a week. I’m not […]

We are just a few weeks away from Selection Sunday, so it’s time to once again take a look at the Final Four market and find some potential winners. Over a month ago, I gave out a few underdog plays that had some longer odds. Today, I’m going to see the market as a whole […]

Spring Training is a wild time for fantasy players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops, and other big swings. We aim to cover notable news, value changes or other valuable nuggets. We’ve got you covered!   AL East Baltimore Orioles: Cole Irvin […]