These spreads are based on the current lines according to the World Sports Exchange, and they are ordered from most confident to least confident. Pitt (-3.0) vs. South Florida- The Bulls are better than I thought they would be this year in Big East play, but they’ve still yet to prove they can play with one [...]

We are just a little more than a month away from the start of March Madness, so it’s time to see which Cinderella stories could emerge.  The mid-major conference tournaments are the source much of the early holiday season drama, as only the tourney champion will be able to put on their dancing shoes.  While almost all mid-major [...]

These spreads are based on the current lines according to the World Sports Exchange, and they are ordered from most confident to least confident. Charleston (+6.0) vs. Davidson- Not really sure where this spread came from unless they think Stephen Curry is going to come back and play for the Wildcats.  This is Davidson’s worst [...]

I got off to a pretty good start going 2-1 with my picks last night.  I could have gone 3-0 if Downey had not decided play like Michael Jordan.  At any rate, here are my picks for tonight’s games.  These spreads are based on the current lines according to the World Sports Exchange, and they [...]

I don’t plan on putting  tips out there everyday for college bball, but when I get enough time I’ll throw a couple of games out there I like.  I’m also going to keep track of my overall record (as long as it remains respectable), just to see if I can match my basketball success.  These [...]

Here is this week’s edition of Brad-ketology.  There are just a couple of things you need to know if you haven’t read this column before.  The teams are displayed below on an S-curve, so they are ranked from left to right within each seeding line.  The italicized teams are ones predicted to win their conference tourney and gain an automatic [...]

With college football season over and NFL playoffs as boring as ever, I’m ready to start dreaming about March.  Therefore, it is time to publish the first edition of Brad-ketology (my version of NCAA/NIT mock seeding).   Brad-ketology is a little different than other NCAA tourney predictors in that it is much more expansive, as it also includes the NIT field and bubble.   As far [...]

The college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how I fared with my preseason predictions compared to the experts.  This is the third season I’ve conducted an in-depth analysis  of my preseason picks, and while I ended up being more accurate than the experts average in 2007, [...]

The college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how I fared with my preseason predictions compared to the experts.  This is the third season I’ve conducted an in-depth analysis  of my preseason picks, and while I ended up being more accurate than the experts average in 2007, [...]

The college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how I fared with my preseason predictions compared to the experts.  This is the third season I’ve conducted an in-depth analysis  of my preseason picks, and while I ended up being more accurate than the experts average in 2007, [...]

The college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how I fared with my preseason predictions compared to the experts.  This is the third season I’ve conducted an in-depth analysis  of my preseason picks, and while I ended up being more accurate than the experts average in 2007, [...]

Here are my preseason disappointment teams in order of the relative disparity between my picks and the experts’ average while also taking into account the relevance of the pick.  The experts’ average, which is represented in parentheses, consists of the avg. of the Athlon, Phil Steele, Sporting News, CBS, and various other sources.  The team’s actual postseason [...]

Here are my preseason surprise teams in order of the relative disparity between my picks and the experts’ average while also taking into account the relevance of the pick.  The experts’ average, which is represented in parentheses, consists of the avg. of the Athlon, Phil Steele, Sporting News, CBS, and various other sources.  The team’s actual [...]

The college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how I fared with my preseason predictions compared to the experts.  This is the third season I’ve conducted an in-depth analysis  of my preseason picks, and while I ended up being more accurate than the experts average in 2007, [...]

Each season I evaluate my preseason conference picks and compare them to the experts ranking (average of Phil Steele, Athlon, CBS Sports, The Sporting News, and College Football Poll).  I was more accurate than the experts average in 2007 but lost badly last year.  This year I once again outforecasted the experts as you will see in the blog entries below.  Here [...]