East Region Overview: Tournament Picks & Bracket Predictions

Who will be the beasts of the east? We surprised even ourselves here. Here we'll be taking a look at the East Region, and how we see the bracket happing up. Check out coverage of each region here as well. I'm here to tell you some teams that I believe in - this should help you make the right tournament bracket […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (3/6/17)

It's almost tournament time. In our final rankings of the regular season, you won't see much change from last week. But change surely will come. That's our only prediction. Here are our CBB rankings for the week of March 6th (won-loss records in parentheses).   NCAA College Basketball (CBB) Rankings 1. Kansas, (28-3) The Jayhawks […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (2/27/17)

Beware the Ides of March... Or, if you're Gonzaga, late-February. The bloom officially fell off the 'Zags rose, courtesy of BYU. So who's left? Here are our CBB rankings for the week of February 27th (won-loss records in parentheses).   NCAA College Basketball (CBB) Rankings 1. Kansas, (26-3) As you know, we've always liked the […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (2/20/17)

There is no "I" in team. But, as "Leon" in those old beer commercials once pointed out, to Joe Buck, "There ain't no 'we' neither." (Look it up on Youtube.) Still, the collective at Gonzaga may be proving "Leon" wrong. They certainly are proving a lot of others wrong, as they keep on winning. Here […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (2/13/17)

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, we're going to try to show the love this week. No negativity here. Just the positives, please. Like the exchanging of cards in grade school, when all the kids make out Valentines for all their classmates--even the dorks--we're just gonna ladle out the mush. So, with that in mind, […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (2/6/17)

We're not Sports Illustrated. We don't hold ourselves in such high esteem. But we have our own SI "cover jinx" here at RotoBaller College Hoops headquarters (we have our own home theater system, too, but don't tell the rest of the staff). It seems that every time we pick a new No. 1 (Baylor this […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (1/30/17)

We can't win for losing. Just when we think we have the college hoops landscape all figured out, teams start dropping like flies. UCLA dropped two in a row. So did Kentucky. Several other teams suffered upset loses on the road, including North Carolina. So who survives in our rankings? Here are our CBB rankings […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (1/23/17)

Will Gonzaga go undefeated? Will the pollsters praise the Big 12 and give Kansas and Baylor their due? Will Villanova win it all--again? These aren't questions we can answer in January, but we can tell you our thoughts on the top teams as of now. Here are our CBB rankings for the week of January […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (1/16/17)

Like the late great Dr. King, we have a dream--although it is far less ambitious (or important). Really, we just want to get my Top 10 done on time. Here are our CBB rankings for the week of January 16th (won-loss records in parentheses). NCAA College Basketball (CBB) Rankings 1. Kansas, (16-1) The Associated Press still has […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (1/9/17)

It had to happen sooner or later. Just eight teams have completed perfect seasons as NCAA Division I champions, the last being Bobby Knight's Indiana Hoosiers in 1976. So it was a matter of time for Villanova. Today, due to conference realignment, the college basketball season entails more travel, tougher matchups and more hostile road […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (1/2/17)

So we go to bed--early, we're old--on New Year's and we wake up to find our Top 10 eviscerated. So much for our hopes for a better 2017. Anyway, the results this weekend illustrate that while the years 2016 and 2017 may not be the greatest of all time, the 2016-17 college hoops season certainly […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (12/26/16)

We're making two New Year's resolutions for 2017--or at two that are relevant to you, dear reader. For the first, we pledge to stick with Villanova until another team proves that they are better than the 'Cats, and it is starting to look unlikely that such a team will emerge from the pack. For the […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (12/19/16)

For the NBA, Kentucky coach John Calipari is the Christmas gift that keeps on giving, year-round, from the NBA draft on through the finals. You can certainly argue the ethics of the NBA using our nation's colleges as its feeder system, but you can't argue that Coach Cal isn't among the best in the business […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (12/12/16)

With the college football regular season over, college hoops takes center stage from now until the meat of the bowl season. This is also the time of year when the conference schedules get into full swing and we begin to see how the top teams stack up against top competition. Will the freshmen who were […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (12/5/16)

We waited too long to jump on the Villanova bandwagon last season, and never heard the end of it. If nothing else, we learn from our mistakes. The Wildcats are hot, and there's no reason to not give them their due. How do the rest of the teams and players stack up? Here are our […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (11/28/16)

Thanksgiving weekend doesn't make or break a college basketball season. It doesn't tell you which teams will be in the Final Four come March. But with all the neutral-site tournament games, and the odd out-of-conference road games for Power Five conference teams fulfilling scheduling contracts, you do learn which teams can handle pressure as well […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (11/21/16)

If you played street ball as a kid, you know the expression, "No blood, no foul." Well, some of our preseason Top 10 teams already have blemishes to their records, but none of the critical variety--so no blood. And, thus, no foul. I mean, does Kansas losing to Indiana or Duke losing to Kansas mean […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (11/11/16)

At this time of year, we here at Rotoballer College Sports Headquarters like to think back to some of our favorite athletes, guys like Donovan McNabb (Syracuse) and Charlie Ward (Florida State), who successfully played the two biggest college sports at the highest level. Both would also go on to earn money for their athletic […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (4/5/16)

Well, it's official. Villanova has made us look like idiots. We doubted the Wildcats all year--questioned the quality of the Big East--and what did they do? They only beat the three teams we ranked ahead of them for much of the season to take the national championship. Here are our final CBB rankings for the […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (3/28/16)

Let's be honest: Ranking the best college teams week in and week out is hardly an exact science. Sure, you can take into account won-loss records, strength of schedule and "quality wins," but the fact is almost any team in the upper echelon of Division I can beat any other on a given day, particularly […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (3/22/16)

The first two rounds of the NCAA tournament have not only laid waste to our office pool brackets, they've done a number on our Top 10 as well. Still, for regular readers, there will be some familiar teams on this list--particularly at the top. Here are our CBB rankings for the week of March 22, […]

CBB DFS Lineup Picks (3/19/16): Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice for FanDuel

Two days in and the "madness" of March is already in full effect. Several staples of daily fantasy rosters are gone--along with their teams, of course--but there are still plenty of great players to go around. So, how to choose? Without further delay, below are our favorite Daily Fantasy College Basketball picks for FanDuel DFS […]

CBB DFS Lineup Picks (3/15/16): Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice for FanDuel

Pickin's are slim tonight, given that the big postseason tournament doesn't get fully underway until later in the week. However, if you still want to be in the game, you'll need players to play, and the play-in games for the Big Dance and the NIT all provide some decent talent. Without further delay, below are […]

CBB DFS Lineup Picks (03/08/16): Daily Fantasy College Basketball  Advice for FanDuel

Everyone knows about March Madness, but only Daily Fantasy players know that this can be a difficult week for team selection, given the complexities of the conference tournament schedule. After all, Tuesday is a day for "play-in" games--contests in which lower-seeded teams fight it out for a sit at the big table--and not all of […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (3/7/16)

Spring is a time of renewal, a time to clear the air, recharge the batteries and clean out the closets. Or our Top 10 list. With Spring approaching, we've rearranged our Top 10 a bit, to prepare for the postseason. Here are our CBB rankings for the week of March 7, 2016 (won-loss records are […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (3/1/16)

We've heard about March Madness, of course, but February Fantasies? How else to explain the tumult in our poll every week, which sees darlings turn to deadbeats almost daily? Okay, so we like change, in addition to alliteration. It keeps things interesting. Below are our CBB rankings for the week of March 1, 2016 (won-loss […]

CBB DFS Lineup Picks (02/23/16): FanDuel Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice

Fantasy sports is a numbers game, of course, and on Tuesday we advise you to go with the numbers, or at least the players who put up big numbers for their teams. Several of these players will line up against struggling opponents--always a good sign for DFS gamers. And, most are consistent performers anyway, regardless […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (2/22/16)

Just call us the anti-"Wizard of Oz" poll because, no matter what Villanova, the putative Number One team in most polls, does we're still going to be in Kansas, or at least in the Jayhawks' camp, until they give us a reason to jump off their bandwagon. So, with that in mind, click your heels, […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (2/17/16)

I know. We just celebrated Valentine's Day, the ultimate of Hallmark holidays. While I'm hardly an expert in matters of the heart, I would like to think that I know what I'm talking about when it comes to college hoops. And the fact is, I fell out of love with a few teams this week. […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (2/10/16)

We're getting into the nitty-gritty of the college basketball season now--the time of year that separates the contenders from the pretenders. And, not surprisingly, we've seen some movement in our Top 10, just like in the AP and USA Today polls, even as we evaluate teams based on fantasy metrics. Below are our CBB rankings […]