Friday, April 5, 2013

NCAA PREDICTION - Final 4 in Atlanta With Shockers & Cardinals




The Wichita State Shockers were not supposed to be here. The Louisville Cardinals are the best team in the NCAA tournament right now. Will we see a surprise on Saturday?

Why Wichita State Will Win

Even an online horse betting guru with a limited awareness of college basketball's finer points would say that Wichita State has a chance here. One thing to realize about college basketball at this time of the season is that seeds are just numbers and little else. Wichita State might be a number nine seed, but it is playing like a top-four seed. It beat top-seeded Gonzaga and second-seeded Ohio State to win the West Region. It is not here as a fluke team that got lucky. It has endured a hard path in order to get to Atlanta.

NHL PREDICTION - Bruins & Canadiens Battle for Northeast Supremacy




When the NHL realigns next season, these divisional battles between teams like the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens will become very important. The betting public does like the division playoff concept that the NHL will be going to where teams must fight their way out of their own division in the first two rounds of the playoffs. At this point, the Montreal Canadiens still hold onto the Northeast Division lead that it has held onto for the majority of the season. The Bruins are only a point out of the division lead and this is Boston’s chance to take the top spot.

NBA PREDICTION - Who Will Win: Memphis vs Lakers?



The Los Angeles Lakers are not trying to gain home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. They’re not trying to get the top seed. They’re merely trying to get into the field.


Why Memphis Will Win

Online Bet on Sports students who want to add a little intrigue to their week might be interested in making an underdog play on the Lakers here, but why would they want to? The Lakers are not “The Lakers” in this game, and they frankly haven’t been “The Lakers” for most of the season, save a brief flurry in the late-winter weeks when Dwight Howard flourished for a period of time. The Lakers had been playing a better brand of ball after the All-Star break, but they've been reduced to a lesser version because of injuries. Steve Nash  is banged up and has missed