Predicting Eight Eight, Final Four, and Championship Teams - 2024 NCAA March Madness

Early round upsets are fun, but correctly picking the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 is the real reason you win your bracket pool. People love to be right picking a big underdog when in reality only a handful make the Sweet 16 with even fewer advancing to the Elite Eight. As a general rule of […]

NCAA March Madness: Predicting the Leading Scorers of the First Round

There's nothing quite like the Madness of March. It's where dreams are crushed or become reality, heroes falter or heed the call, and legacies are solidified. Every year, there are a couple of players that captivate the country with their scintillating play and ridiculous shot-making ability. Within the past 20 years, we've had players like […]

NCAA Tournament Busts By Region - 2024 March Madness Predictions

The field of 68 is finally out and we are on the brink of the four greatest days in any sport in any country on any continent. The NCAA Tournament is an entirely different animal, and the first four days of this behemoth are the most fun days you'll have watching sports, even if it's […]

Midwest Region: 2024 March Madness Bracket Predictions and NCAA Tournament Picks

The stage is set for the 2024 NCAA Tournament. We start with a play-in appetizer, followed by the greatest weekend in sports. 48 games in four days. A field whittled down to 16 teams from 64. There is nothing on earth like it, and we here at RotoBaller will be with you every step of […]

NCAA Tournament Busts By Region - 2024 March Madness Predictions

The brackets are out and we are just a couple of days before March Madness tips off! Who doesn't love poring over brackets, joining office pools, and chopping it up with co-workers about some college basketball as we all try to (and fail) predict how it will all shake out? I am no guru, but […]

CBB DFS: DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (3/17/24)

St. Patrick's Day is the same as Selection Sunday. It almost seems a crime that Notre Dame won't be in the field of 68 this year. Don't worry...there were plenty of bid thefts yesterday. New Mexico was probably in anyway, but North Carolina State, Temple (or UAB), and Oregon were NIT-bound until they won the […]

CBB DFS: Early DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (3/15/24)

We still have a split slate today with most of the major conference tournaments in the quarterfinal rounds. We still have 18 games going on, though the split isn't quite as convenient as it was yesterday. We will concentrate on the seven-game early slate before tackling the main sometime tomorrow. It has been late afternoon […]

CBB DFS: DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (3/10/24)

DraftKings has eschewed the small conference championship games today in favor of uniformity. What a way to end the regular season! It's all Big Ten (14) on this slate with 12 of the 14 conference members in action. We start at the crack of noon in Ann Arbor with Nebraska in town. The afternoon starts […]

The Greatest (Active) College Basketball Coaches Who Have Not Won A National Championship

The first week of March is not quite madness. Most are patiently waiting for high-major conference championship week, which doesn't tip off until March 12. While we sit around and twiddle our thumbs in anticipation, it's always fun to take a step back and look at the landscape of college basketball more holistically, indulging in […]

CBB DFS: Main DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (3/5/24)

It's Super Tuesday and DraftKings is backing up that billing. We have 16 games across two slates with a nice split of 10 games and a six-game nightcap. We will start with the 10-game main slate breakdown, but I won't leave you hanging! I'm around for the night slate, too. Most of the games start […]

CBB DFS: Night DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (3/2/24)

We have another monster Saturday on tap as the college basketball regular season winds down. We only have one more of these after today before the conference tournaments kick-off. We have 35 games split up nicely between three slates and I'll be with you through the whole thing. I'm your college basketball DFS spirit guide. […]

CBB DFS: DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (2/25/24)

We have a nice Sunday slate on the horizon for today. We have eight games spaced out through the day. We have three nooners to get us started. Creighton in is Queens to take on St. John's. Maryland heads up to Jersey to take on Rutgers. SMU is in Tampa to face a dangerous South […]

CBB DFS: DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (2/22/24)

We have a delightfully busy Thursday night in the college world with a lot of Big Ten and Pac 12 teams taking the court. Eight games is about the right size for a slate and we have some elite talent on here. Hopefully you stuck around after the NBA break because this is going to […]

CBB DFS: DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (2/18/24)

We have a nice, all-inclusive Sunday slate on DraftKings today. DraftKings didn't leave any games off, not even the nooner in Tampa between Florida Atlantic and South Florida. This is the way it should be! We even have Sunday staple Purdue on here, which brings up the age-old DFS question: To Edey or not to […]

CBB DFS: DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (2/15/24)

NCAA teams are starting to get this television thing. Instead of packing Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday and leaving the other days barren, they have spread them out more this year. We see a lot of Pac-12 on Thursday and Friday. The Big Ten decided that Sunday was their day. It's great for the sport. More […]

College Fantasy Football Sleepers - Top 10 Early Wide Receiver Transfers Of 2024

A staggering 258 wide receivers have already entered the transfer portal during the first window. This is usually the window of most activity. Yes, this is the first year of official transfer windows, but over 80% of all transfers left in December and January since the portal free-for-all opened in 2020. Most players who are […]

CBB DFS: Night DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (2/10/24)

We have a nice 10-game slate to take us home on our monster college basketball Saturday. As if there weren't enough great games in the first two slates, we start the night game off with Bedlam in Norman and Washington going Beaver hunting in Corvallis. Next up is Indiana in West Lafayette to take on […]

NCAA Men's Basketball: Predictions For Major Conference Winners

The NFL season needs to get on with itself. I can only take so much more Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce content. That's why Nick Rodriguez (@DrRoddy_) and myself have decided to instead immerse ourselves in the college basketball conference races, most of which are looking like they will come down to the wire. So, […]

2023-2024 NCAA Basketball: Early Predictions for the 2024 Final Four and National Championship

We've hit the dog days of the college basketball season where teams are fighting tooth and nail to add some additional wins to their resume in order to see some sort of postseason action. While the NFL continues to take up most of the media headlines with the Super Bowl right around the corner, don't […]

CBB DFS: Main DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (1/31/24)

We have another busy Wednesday night with 14 games on tap. Unfortunately, DraftKings made it very main slate heavy tonight. 12 of the 14 games take place on the main slate when they could just as easily added the 8 p.m. and later start times to the night slate and split it evenly at seven […]

CBB DFS: DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (1/28/24)

We have a nice Sunday of college basketball before the NFL takes over for conference championship games. The top two teams are both in action today, along with three other ranked squads, and that's not including New Mexico playing tonight. The Big East starts us off in Storrs with Xavier in town. Purdue and Rutgers […]

CBB DFS: Night DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (1/23/24)

DraftKings gives us another 15 games today, but the split is a little weird tonight. The main slate is nine games and the night slate is six games. We will concentrate on the six-game night slate this time around. The main slate had some interesting matchups in it, but the night slate might be just […]

CBB DFS: Main DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (1/20/24)

Saturdays are for college hoops! It makes the three college football slates that we lived on all season seem like cupcakes compared to what roundball brings. We have 34 games on three slates to occupy our Saturday. A dozen of them make up the first "main" slate. We will focus on those first. The Big […]

CBB DFS: Main DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (1/16/24)

I like that DraftKings offers up two big slates for college basketball in the middle of the week instead of trying to cram them all into one. It gets more key games into the DraftKings tournaments, which is always a good thing. The nine-game "main" slate tips early in Rocky Top tonight between Tennessee and […]

CBB DFS: Afternoon DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (1/13/24)

Saturday is here, and that means wall-to-wall college basketball! The main slate features nine action-packed afternoon games. We've got majors infiltrated by a couple of mid-majors. We have some interesting matchups. Let's unwrap this gift! The Big Ten starts us off with Penn State in West Lafayette to take on Purdue. The ACC is well […]

DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks For 1/5/24 - Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice

We have a nice five-game slate on tap for tonight. We have some Big East, some Big Ten (14), and even some basketball MACtion. We even have a game out west to keep us occupied for a while. What more can you ask for? We begin in Indy as UConn visits Butler. Next up is […]

DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks For 1/2/24 - Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice

Happy New Year from all of us here at RotoBaller. Yesterday's all-Texas slate was so messy that even I wouldn't get after it, but today we are back with a big 10-game slate and they are all conference games! Get used to it. This is going to be normal for the next couple of months. […]

Main DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks For 12/16/23 - Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice

Most of the college football action takes place in the afternoon and evening, so college basketball loaded up on the main slate today. We have a dozen games going on with no afternoon slate, then a late slate. We have quite a day of college goodness in front of us. We have some big games […]

Free College Basketball Betting Picks - Saturday's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (12/16/23)

This weekend's games are littered with pseudo-neutral site matchups, offering us a clearer picture of where each team and conference stands heading into conference play. Here are two spots I'm targeting from a betting perspective, along with some of my favorite games to watch this Saturday. I hope you enjoy my picks and make sure […]

Saturday College Basketball Matchups And Spots - December 9th, 2023

Ah, we’ve arrived. With Army vs Navy being the only Division I college football game this weekend. College hoops gets to slide into the Saturday limelight.  With a big Saturday slate, here are a few spots and mismatches I’m looking to bet early on.    Situational Spots Grand Canyon at Liberty (-4 KenPom) @ Liberty […]